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That Which Destroys Us

by Sleeping In Traffic

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The Equation 03:58
How do I endure coexistence alongside of irrationality? Absurd and unrealistic, defies comprehension Twisted joke of existence, false ascension I’m to respect their lies Told not to pry their unopened eyes Cognitive dissonance Backfiring arguments fortify Drowning in a sea of ignorance, fearing ships will do them harm Yet demand respect and reign, to shape the world and form the law There is no sanctum free from fools, no alternate dimension Untenable yet inescapable, consumed by cruel irony How do I endure coexistence alongside of irrationality? The square root of negative pi Divided by none is somehow equal to one in this world This unreal and irrational equation Will bring about our downfall
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Such hubris from man That he believes the world was built for him Hoarding all that he can As if entitled to possession When mankind emerged he thought himself unique and chosen That he was gifted all within the world he rose in Guzzling the lakes he finds Leaving dregs and trash behind But all that’s here is all for him, ‘til all is wasteland, sludge, or frozen Surely, all the lesser creatures are under his command He’ll bend them and he’ll break them ‘til they’re eating from his hand He tells himself their brain Cannot know fear or pain Forgetting he was once a simple ape not long ago from where he stands Audaciousness of him Consuming all within the Earth When the white man arrived he thought himself superior And all without his skin and dick, weak and inferior The dark of flesh saw whip and chain Lifebearers, scorn and disdain Ignoring we’re all brains and blood and meat, in myriad exteriors Thus man built his mighty empires to conquer land As if to own the mountains, trees, and grains of sand Regardless of the peoples there Innocent and unaware That these marauding men would raze their homes and cultures, who could understand? Audaciousness of him Consuming all within the Earth When mankind emerged he thought himself unique and chosen That he was gifted all within the world he rose in Pumping fossils from the Earth Seeking only wealth and worth Burning to enrich himself, ‘til smoke engulfs and all is frozen Does he know he feeds upon the ground beneath his feet? Insatiable, he’s destined to be drowned in molten heat A balance must be struck before Him and all that he adores Is buried under mountains of the toxic fecal matter he excretes Audaciousness of him Consuming all within the Earth
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Lying narcissistic pustule Commander of a festering wound Malfeasance and corruption spread like necrotizing fasciitis Depravity and vulgarity boundless Whipping up frenzied fanatic addicts of demagoguery Feeding off the fury of antagonistic masses
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Drink the sordid lies Construct your disguise Look for the escape Play along to survive Just biding your time It’s the only way The toxic rules commanding you Enforce or your life Fear of retaliation A cycle of strife The toxin, dictating that aggression makes us whole That virtue is a hard an empty soul The masculine, a stone that never grows When will we free ourselves of self-inflicted plight, Learn to be a man is more than just to fight, Bursting all emotion to the light Society moulds us and who we are The systems that hold us in place The hammer that built is the hammer to crack the wall Soul of mankind can be saved / Threat of this nightmare erased The toxin, dictating that aggression makes us whole ...The masculine, a stone that never grows When will we free ourselves of self-inflicted plight, Learn to be a man is more than just to fight, Bursting all emotion to the light True strength is vulnerability The stoic know no sadness or joy Take all the bricks of the modern man Smashed down to build him up once again True boldness is kindness and nurturing Not callousness, cruelty, or rage True alpha, the hand of the caretaker This soul of mankind may be saved Oh, help us to redefine This meaning of man We must find the antidote For masculine toxin
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Her patience wears thin The atmosphere grows thick with carbon Not since the Permian Has such a path incurred her wrath This gift of life Is conditionary Our neglect May see it shrugged away A blatant disrespect for the world we dwell in All in the name of wealth and power Consequences are catching up to us Mass extinction spells our final hours Every day We wither further away, away From the only god that ever mattered Gaia Shrugged mankind away Her gift of life is all but worn and frayed When all the fires of industry have burned out And all the fuel is spent Who among the dead will claim the riches, who among the dead Gaia Shrugged mankind away When all the fires of industry have burned out And all the fuel is spent Who among the dead will claim the riches, who among the dead Who among the dead We have no other home Nowhere else that we can go For we have abandoned the creed of the goddess of Earth
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released September 28, 2019

Written by Sleeping In Traffic
Produced, Recorded and Mixed by Cory Bosse & Ryan Berehulke @ SL2 Productions

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Sleeping In Traffic Edmonton, Alberta

Sleeping In Traffic is a four-piece progressive band plotting a course for sounds uncharted. It is an amalgamation of artistic aspirations and inspirations, held together by a code of limitless creativity, and unbound in sonic curiosity.

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