This hive is in a state of colony collapse; the worker bees have ceased, they're ready to attack!
The way of life they've had: subservient and bland; the master class, now powerless, no longer in command.
Constant efforts to just exist under the rule of capitalists: a daily lack, a constant stress; just work machines, no more, no less.
We drive to work, we work for drive; we die to live, we live to die.
We work for things, those precious things, and only emptiness it brings.
Climb the ladder, get that raise; buy that home, so much praise.
A thriving drone, a loyal drone; so successful, so alone.
Few are prosperous to convince the rest of us that our slow decline is in our minds; all is well, all is fine.
This fucking fiction we've been sold is getting really fucking old!
I'm not that goddamn naive!
I won't fucking believe!
This fucking fiction we've been taught and all the tragedy it's brought;
I'm not that goddamn naive!
I won't fucking believe!
Acquiesce! (The oppressor)
We dissent! (Those liberated)
Acquiesce! (The oppressor)
We won't relent! (Those liberated)
Acquiesce! (The oppressor)
We'll circumvent, your control we all resent! (Those liberated)
Acquiesce! (The oppressor)
We dissent! (Those liberated)
Acquiesce! (The oppressor)
We won't relent! (Those liberated)
Acquiesce! (The oppressor)
We'll circumvent, your control we all resent! (Those liberated)
This fucking fiction we've been sold is getting really fucking old!
I'm not that goddamn naive!
I won't fucking believe!
This fucking fiction we've been taught and all the tragedy it's brought;
I'm not that goddamn naive!
I won't fucking believe!
credits
from Colony Collapse,
released April 9, 2020
Engineered and Recorded by Martin Black
Mixed and Mastered by Matt Taylor at Bungalow Studios
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