1. |
DESTROYING THE EYE
03:53
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Forgive them father for they know not what they do
[VERSE ONE]
Do you feel it in your bones?
From the bottom to the top inside you taking control
In a world that’s cracked while the odds are stacked
We somehow never cease to hesitate to spin our backs
When it’s “Survival of the Fittest” what’s the point in compassion? (Why) Why even cure disease when it’s a hospital cash-in?
Evolutionized Identity
Gorilla-like Propensity
Lord help this Extremity!
[CHORUS]
In Your Name
[VERSE TWO]
Do you feel it in your soul?
From the bottom of your heart inside it’s digging a hole.
In a war that’s fought while both sides are bought.
We somehow never cease to hesitate to fight to stop.
Here’s to Progressive Liberation through a government sanction. (Lies) Here’s to Fiscal Conservation through some Fiat Inflation.
Transhuman Singularity
Coercive Cryptocurrency
Yah break down this tyranny!
[CHORUS]
In Your Name
[BRIDGE]
What we fear could set us free
Ooooo Just that moment of redemption Something BIG... ETERNITY
Just beyond these three dimensions
I can feel it in my body
A Metaphysical Tsunami
Something Better
Than I could ever
Wish for every soul so systematically enslaved...
[CHORUS]
In Your Name
Forgive them father for they know not what they do
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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2. |
NEVER GREENER
03:59
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[VERSE ONE]
In this life
The world gets sometimes flipped on its side We hold on tight
While gravity’s colluding with time
[PRE-CHORUS]
This just in
Breaking News
Your home is a wreck
Lawn’s dried up
Reminder that you’d like to forget That you already forgot
A single drop
Now water’s flooding out your vision Cause the tears won’t stop
[CHORUS]
It’s Always Never Greener On The Other Side
[VERSE TWO]
In this light
The hue gets sometimes skewed in the shade The fence stays white
While hearts blacken and decay by the day
[PRE-CHORUS]
This just in
Breaking News
Your home is a wreck
Lawn’s dried up
Reminder that you’d like to forget That you already forgot
A single drop
Now water’s flooding out your vision Cause the tears won’t stop
[CHORUS]
It’s Always Never Greener
On The Other Side
[BRIDGE]
SAID it like we MEANT it but we BLED it ENDED up on the FENCE
And then REGRETTED as we FLED IT, DREADED our CONSEQUENCES Coulda MENDED INSTEADA SHREDDED all the EVIDENCE
Like Sharper Blades across the FENCE so Green so ENVIOUS
No LESS a LESSON from the life we LEFT a MESS a HEX
A payment of RESPECTS to what will never COALESCE
The SHEDDED tears CONFESS our fears spit out on LETTERHEADS
In Legalese and Ink to seal the DEAD and LEFT UNSAID.
Cross my heart hope it’s fly
Ah Ah On the other side
One more toe across the line
Baby don’t look back and you’ll be just fine
Hop the fence and stay a dreamer
Asleep the grass seems so much greener.
[CHORUS]
It’s Always Never Greener On The Other Side
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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3. |
HINDSIGHT 2020
04:01
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[VERSE ONE]
Nights like this
Oh what’s the use in sleeping?
I’ve been asleep for my whole life (Anyway)
Stones and sticks
Oh why waste time repeating?
We’re just a rerun on our screens (Everyday)
A highly likely story with a twist on the rocks
So faded but I made it from rock bottom to top
It’s almost like some wanted me to fail
But shit I prevailed
Set sail, Tipped scales and Blazed the trails
Whatever happened to the golden rule and when was it seized? Whoever has the gold they make the rules indeed.
Displaced but I placed my faith in something else.
[CHORUS]
And I finally figured out
(I finally figured out)
What you’re all about
Talk is cheap when truth ain’t free
And I finally figured out
(I finally figured out)
What it’s all about
A typical triangular scheme
[VERSE TWO]
So impolitic
Oh what’s the point in speaking?
I’ve been in silence my whole life (Anyway)
Scratch the itch
Oh why waste time on healing?
When we’re just cheating on our dreams (Everyday)
Conclusion: only so much time left on the clock So faith it till you make it till the ball finally drops It’s possible some just wanna hate
But haters gon’ hate
So create, Elevate, Never let that ego inflate
Whatever happened to humility and why was it squeezed? Whoever took control they locked away the keys
You can do anything but you can’t do everything.
[CHORUS]
And I finally figured out
(I finally figured out)
What you’re all about
Talk is cheap when truth ain’t free
And I finally figured out
(I finally figured out)
What it’s all about
A typical triangular scheme (Scheme)
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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4. |
POWER
04:49
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[VERSE ONE]
Be careful what you say
You just might just get what you wish for today
It’s true... What you want ain’t synonymous
with your needs...Spiritually
Just say you understand
We’ll ink up your feet and stand you under contract.
In fact your fictional existence doesn’t exist in essence nonetheless it’s extensively binding.
Greed Breeds
[CHORUS]
Bleed, come on and Bleed! We’re twisting the knife so slow That you won’t believe
Our power is real.
But you can’t feel
So desensitized by lies
You’re stuck in between
Our power is real.
[VERSE TWO]
Be careful if you’re wise
This might just come as a shocking surprise
Who knew? All we’d have to do is haggle with the truth.
Oh and here’s a free suit...
Just say you’ll compromise
We’ll swear you in by oath and watch you fight for your life. Decide! Time has come for you to make your decision so don’t fight the incision. Take the mark and share our vision.
See Blindly
Free Indeed
[CHORUS]
Bleed, come on and Bleed! We’re twisting the knife so slow That you won’t believe
Our power is real.
But you can’t feel
So desensitized by lies
You’re stuck in between
Our power is real.
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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5. |
MUTTON
02:49
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Upside down and inside out
Like the body of a lamb once slain
Torn apart to twist and shout
Tried and tenderized and right as rain
Weeks turned into centuries
And here we sit so skeptically
Historical revisions with 2020 vision
We once were blind but still we cannot see
PRE-CHORUS
I read they sunk their teeth straight in with no remorse
I heard they struck a nerve without a thought of course
(CHORUS)
Head Underwater
Lamb to the Slaughter
Clay to the Potter
You’re my Father!
Thought I was a Goner
Until you freed a Robber
Now I give you Honor
Coz You’re my Father!
Upside down and inside out
Like a world without a damned restrain
Split apart to soon sell out
Sold and televised in cellophane
Strings attached so savory
A system based in entropy
Societal Divisions with 2020 vision
We once were kind but now we’re kind of cheap
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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6. |
STEEL WOOL
03:51
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[VERSE ONE]
Shepherd say it ain’t too late to be a sheep.
It seems that I can’t quite escape the gate that you keep. Cause I’ve got a will to lose.
So grab this goat by the horns and reverse his ruse.
[CHORUS]
Thought I could pull the wool over your eyes Thought I could fleece the peace
Thought I could stay stubborn and milk it But I concede the “Lead”
[VERSE TWO]
Shepherd spare me one last chance to let you shear.
It seems I can’t avoid your hands to give forth cashmere. Cause I’ve got a worth to lose.
So cut this buck down to size and repay his dues.
[CHORUS]
Thought I could pull the wool over your eyes Thought I could fleece the peace
Thought I could stay stubborn and milk it But I concede the “Lead”
[BRIDGE]
For he is our God,
And we are the people of his pasture And the sheep of his hand. (x2) Today, if ye will hear his voice. (x2)
[CHORUS]
Thought I could pull the wool over your eyes Thought I could fleece the peace
Thought I could stay stubborn and milk it But I concede the “Lead”
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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7. |
ESCAPE BABYLON
04:05
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[VERSE ONE]
This is a curtain call
Or could it be a call to arms?
The writing is on the wall
And written in the stars with the utmost of charm.
Profits on Prophecies
Selling us a dream while we forget we’re sleeping (sleeping) Puppets and Policies
Spending borrowed time while we’re serving life in captivity. Stay Woke
[CHORUS]
Stay awake and scale the wall Escape the fate of Babylon Hop the gate and pick the lock Escape the chains of Babylon
[VERSE TWO]
This ain’t no mystery
Babylon the great she’ll again take a fall.
The whore becomes history
History in the making again once and for all
Pulpits of Prostitutes
Spewing toxic lies while we swallow their preaching (preaching) Pilots and Parachutes
Soaring over skies while spilling bombs on our passivity.
Stay Woke
[CHORUS]
Stay awake and scale the wall Escape the fate of Babylon Hop the gate and pick the lock Escape the chains of Babylon
[BRIDGE]
The writing’s on the wall Escape Babylon
[CHORUS]
So Stay awake and scale the wall Escape the fate of Babylon
Hop the gate and pick the lock Escape the chains of Babylon
Babylon! Babylon! Babylon! Babylon!
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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8. |
GRAVESPIT
03:32
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[VERSE ONE]
You can spit on my grave if you wanna
But it won’t bring me back for a second attack
You can say I’m insane if you wanna
But it won’t do much good to help you sleep at night And you can do what you want cause you’re gonna But it will eat your soul to hate who ain’t alive.
So go and spit on my grave if you wanna
But it won’t bring me back for a second attack.
[VERSE TWO]
You can spit on my grave if you wanna
But it won’t bring me back for a second attack
You can say I’m insane if you wanna
But it won’t do much good to help you sleep at night Held tight against my will
Continue choke on hate
But hey I Love you still
I’ve seen this kinda thing
About a million times
I’m not surprised nor will my temper rise for
Woe to you who call evil good and good evil
You can spit right on my grave
But I won’t come back for a counter-attack
[BRIDGE]
LA LA LA LA LA LA
If the world shows you hate Know that it hated me Before hating you... OOoooooooOOOO
Gravespit!
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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9. |
LOVE AGAINST THE MACHINE
05:11
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[VERSE ONE]
As heavy as a ton of bricks falling from the 55th floor of a vacant sky scraper
Though hardly scraping skies
Your scarring smile sinks in my soul So terrifying
Towering above
You reach out both gloves
Then the fingers round my neck They show who’s really in control (Not me, Not me)
But as I steal my last breath
kinda like you stole my innocence
I’m feeling nothing in my spirit bus some peace and penitence. I’m free... Ooooooooo
[CHORUS]
I’ma say Bless You! (x2) Anyway! I’ma say Bless You! (x2) This I Pray!
[VERSE TWO]
As heavy as a wooden plank Resting on the tattered shoulder of a sinless carpenter.
Though hardly saving his
Own life in stride through submission Yet exemplifying selflessness.
Cowering above
They push and they shove Then the weight upon his back It gets too much to keep ahold. (He Bleeds and Bleeds)
But as he takes his last steps
Just like they took away his rep.
He feels the spit and hears the hatred shouting “Put the “KING” to death!”
He speaks..... OOooooooo
[CHORUS]
I’ma say Bless You! (x2) Anyway! I’ma say Bless You! (x2) This I Pray!
No matter without fear inside me.
No stumbling with the truth residing.
Joy overflowing (Joy overflowing)
One moment with the Lord beside me. Face Forward Satan get behind me! Peace overgrowing (Peace overgrowing)
Agape!
[CHORUS]
I’ma say Bless You! (x2) Anyway! I’ma say Bless You! (x2) This I Pray!
No matter without fear inside me.
No stumbling with the truth residing.
Joy overflowing (Joy overflowing)
One moment with the Lord beside me. Face Forward Satan get behind me! Peace overgrowing (Peace overgrowing)
Lord!
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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[CHORUS]
The things you know I never knew
[VERSE ONE]
I used to be so afraid
Until the bed we used to share was made A house ain’t a home anyway.
I had to give up on a losing game
And accept that we were both to blame But then the home went up in Flames!
I ran back in for the last of what I had
Most got burned up but still not quite as fucking sad
As the life long scars we left on our two innocent babies
[CHORUS]
The things you know I never knew I never knew, I never knew
[VERSE TWO]
I used to feel so much pain
And did I mention that I’m still ashamed? I wonder: “do you ever feel the same?”
The way we put our problems on parade Despite applaud critical acclaim
The crowd inevitably turned away
I shot back with the last of what I had
Mostly skin deep but still not half as fucking bad
As the life-long ricochet off of our two precious babies
[CHORUS]
The things you know I never knew I never knew, I never knew
[BRIDGE]
I thought you should know
It’s hard to believe
But we we’ll never be
What they thought we could be
[CHORUS]
The things you know I never knew I never knew, I never knew
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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11. |
LUCY MAE
04:11
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[VERSE ONE]
What’s in a name?
Is it the sound or the soul that gets the fame?
If you’re hearing me right, could I please stay tonight? One last sweet serenade so I sleep...
[CHORUS]
(Oh My)
Lucy Mae, You’re the accolade, that I’ll never deserve.
(My My)
Lucy Mae, Such an anomaly, simply the scarcest of girls.
(Oh No)
Lucy Mae, Sometimes it’s hard to stay, true to the beat in your heart. (No No)
Lucy Mae, Sometimes the final page, is the best place to start (Over).
[VERSE TWO]
Reminiscing on the night we met
Suddenly my solo became a duet
Floating up through the water
Silk hearts turning softer, love
First introductions in a birthing tub
Made a promise that I’d do the best I can
Hold your hand and lift you up with all I am
Told your mother that I’d teach you how to give and to receive love from a man.
[CHORUS]
(Oh My)
Lucy Mae, You’re the accolade, that I’ll never deserve.
(My My)
Lucy Mae, Such an anomaly, simply the scarcest of girls.
(Oh No)
Lucy Mae, Sometimes it’s hard to stay, true to the beat in your heart. (No No)
Lucy Mae, Sometimes the final page, is the best place to start (Over).
[BRIDGE]
Lucy Mae, I wish I could stay but “they” say it’s for the better
I left my pride stuck somewhere in a letter
Lucy Mae, I wish I could stay one more night or forever
I’m so sorry that your mother and I just wouldn’t put it back together Lucy Mae, Baby you don’t say...
I know it’s a cruel cruel world sometimes
But there’s a brighter day when all the darkness fades This I promise so...
[CHORUS]
(Oh My)
Lucy Mae, You’re the accolade, that I’ll never deserve. (My My)
Lucy Mae, Such an anomaly, simply the scarcest of girls.
(Oh No)
Lucy Mae, Sometimes it’s hard to stay, true to the beat in your heart. (No No)
Lucy Mae, Sometimes the final page, is the best place to start (Over).
Oh my Lucy Mae, you’re the accolade that I’ll never deserve My My Lucy Mae, Lu
Hard to stay true to the beat in your heart.
Lucy Mae, wish that I could stay baby girl you’re my world
And one last thing before you go back to your mother, Ain’t no love greater than for you and your brother.
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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12. |
YESHUA
05:12
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[VERSE ONE]
Maybe what we see and everything we breathe Ain’t the be all and end all and
Maybe what we do don’t do much without a clue. Our cluelessness won’t clue us into
Faith we’re swimming in a world of Lies we believe.
We’re drowning in the shallow end of deepness that goes deeper than the depth of our entire mind goes.
[CHORUS]
Lord of all life, Yeshua, Yeshua The Heavens reply, Yeshua, Yeshua
[VERSE TWO]
Embraced, engulfed
Immersed in every doubt.
It takes a lot of guts to spill them out before your maker. Bright side, we wanna be genuine but remain dim in fraudulence. Stretching Science, wrecking everything He designed, Even conquering time is no match for grace that comes when undeserved.
[CHORUS]
Lord of all life,
Yeshua, Yeshua
The Heavens reply, Yeshua, Yeshua Hallowed be thy (name), Yeshua, Yeshua
Creator Define,
Yes You are Yeshua
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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13. |
BIRTH PANGS
03:48
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[VERSE ONE]
No matter pre or post Tribulation Rapture Be not comatose
If you’re alive
Show signs of breathing
The noose around your neck is not a tie
[CHORUS]
The path to heaven is straight but not so wide Enlightenment don’t come from the inside The road to hell is paved with good intentions, slick inventions and mass deception.
Pay no attention!
[VERSE TWO]
For neither cash nor check Blockchain chip implantment Be not drenched in death
If you’re denied
Don’t bother pleading
The write-off on your tax was not a tithe
[CHORUS]
The path to heaven is straight but not so wide Enlightenment don’t stem from a third eye The road to hell is paved with good intentions, sick infections and mass injection.
See no connections! Birth Pangs!
(Lyrics/Music by S. Swanson/Escape Babylon Music BMI)
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