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Toys
04:07
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You buy toys to keep you happy, Your ambition has kept you subdued
But when it all comes falling down, Did you really think that would do?
You get a vote to keep you placid, And they argue to keep you confused
But when the parties turn around, Nothing ever changes
We get toys that keep us happy, Our ambition has kept us subdued
But now it’s all come falling down, Did we really think that would do?
We get a vote to keep us placid, And they've argued and kept us confused
But when the parties turn around, Nothing ever changes
The more you hold onto, the more it holds you down
The more you look above, they turn away
The more you hold onto, they hold you down, they hold you down
The more you hold onto, the more it holds you down
The more you look above, they turn away
The more you hold onto, they hold you down, they hold you down
The more we hold onto, it holds us down
The more we look above, they turn away
The more we hold onto, they hold us down, they hold us down
The more we hold onto, it holds us down
The more we look above, they turn away
The more we hold onto, they hold us down, they hold us down
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Hold Us Down
03:19
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We give it up but we don’t wanna give in
The money left is starting to look pretty thin
Beaten down by reliance on the oligarchs
Their days left are starting to look numbered
And they can’t hold us down
I’d pay my tax, but no one trusts the government
Cos they were bought out by every bidder
Instead we trust in a hand that’s invisible
It filters up but it never seems to trickle down
And they won’t hold us down
No they won’t hold us down
We’re going nowhere, fighting over scraps of power
Exploiting resource while the world is in its final hour
We’re giving up, we’re giving in, we gave it everything
We’ll take it back and you’ll be left with nothing
We can't unite, if we don't know what we're fighting for
We will not fight, if we don’t know what we’re moving to
You took it all, you take our all, you take our everything
We’ll take it back and you’ll be left with nothing
We gave it up but we don’t wanna give in
And all that’s left is starting to look pretty thin
And I don’t trust in a system that oppresses us
Your hold on us is starting to get broken
Cos they won’t hold us down
We’re going nowhere, fighting over scraps of power
Exploiting resource while the world is in its final hour
We’re giving up, we’re giving in, we gave it everything
We’ll take it back and you’ll be left with nothing
We can't unite, if we don't know what we're fighting for
We will not fight, if we don’t know what we’re moving to
You took it all, you take our all, you take our everything
We’ll take it back and you’ll be left with nothing
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Hold on Tight
03:02
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Hold on tight and don’t let go
The realism of the world we created
Is so enticing our safety net is found
In everything we own
With every beat and with every breath
We recreate the world we’re stuck here living in
We can’t define ourselves and what we’re worth
Just by what we own
So, know what you’re doing
Learn, what you’re fighting for
Try to change the atmosphere
And find a reason to exist
We can’t be blamed for the world we inherit
But it’s our duty to leave the best behind
We can’t destroy this earth and what it’s worth
Just for what we own
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Keep on Moving
03:35
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Don’t care for governance, We gotta keep on move, keep on moving
Don’t care for systems, When all it does is our every move
Don’t care for power, When all we have is taken from us
Won’t for no one, 'Cos the time is running out to make a change
Repetition holds us, In a Fordian carceral nightmare
Our purpose held down, By the exploitation of our working day
Your life is forfeit, At the price of someone else’s leisure
We’re bound and broken, But the time is running out to make a change
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Living a Dream
03:17
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Stuck in the messy middle, looking for grips to hold
And no one buys the life that we’ve been sold
I can’t raise a kid to live in a fantasy
And there’s no escape that I can see
We’ve been told that we’ve been holding onto
And living a dream that ain’t real
We’ve been told that we’ve been holding onto
And living a dream that ain’t real
Blaming boomers for the shit that we’re left in
But they were sold the same lies that we bought
And I can’t stand to see us stuck in a fantasy
And there’s no escape that’s more than a dream
We’ve been told that we’ve been holding onto
And living a dream that ain’t real
We’ve been told that we’ve been holding onto
And living a dream that ain’t real
Living a dream that ain’t real
We’ve been told that we’ve been holding onto
And living a dream that ain’t real
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It Ain't True
02:38
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It ain’t true that there’s nothing in my control
It ain’t true that I can’t change a thing
It ain’t true I’m the only one to blame
And it ain’t true that it’s all up to me
It ain’t true that we live this life alone
And it ain’t true we’re defined by class
It ain’t true that we’re only individual
And we all know that we’re stronger together
Hey, oh, If love don’t mean a thing
Hey, oh, then life don’t mean a thing
Hey, oh, If love can’t change it all
Hey, oh, then I can’t change at all
It ain’t true that there’s nothing that I can do
To break the walls that are closing in
It ain’t true I’m defined by what you say
Cos we know love can change it all
Hey, oh, If love don’t mean a thing
Hey, oh, then life don’t mean a thing
Hey, oh, If love can’t change it all
Hey, oh, then I can’t change at all
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Trapped in Cells
03:49
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Trapped in cells and fighting to survive
Nothing’s quite alone like this
Out or in the difference is benign
Look at what this life becomes
Little more than meat for profit
While fat cats fill and line their pockets
Our or in this body is used
And I can’t stop a fucking thing
If we don’t know, if we’ve been seen
Then we can’t change, a fucking thing
Split and separated by our crimes
We are boxed and caged by knowledge
Surveyed as our every spoken word
Is held up in a cloud of truth
If we don’t know, if we’ve been seen
Then we can’t change, a fucking thing
Our inner thoughts are sold by power
And our action predetermined by state
Our every move is documented
And our life reduced to something robotic
If we don’t know, if we’ve been seen
Then we can’t change, a fucking thing
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8. |
Watch Your Back
04:49
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Always gotta watch your back, you don’t know where the next attack will come from
Always gotta hold your head up high to dodge those guillotines
And we will hold you
And we will hold you
And we will hold you
To account for all the lives you’ve cost
Always gotta watch your back
Always gotta watch your back
Always gotta watch your back
And we don’t care who you bought to try and keep you safe
Your time has come!
You think its easy tryin’ hold onto the things you stole,
Claiming you’re the ones who took the risk to get you there?
But we all struggle
And we all suffer
And we all work, To give you a life of luxury
Always gotta watch your back
Always gotta watch your back
Always gotta watch your back
And we don’t care who you bought to try and keep you safe
Your time has come!
And it’s our apathy that you require to keep you rich
Or trap us in an overwhelming state of poverty
And we’re surviving
We’re just surviving
We’re left surviving, While you live your life of luxury
Always gotta watch your back
Always gotta watch your back
Always gotta watch your back
And we don’t care who you bought to try and keep you safe
Your time has come!
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Break III England, UK
50% of sales go to prison-music charity, Changing Tunes. Break III formed whilst inside prison in the South West of the UK. We write anti-capitalist alternative rock music based on the experiences and stories told by prisoners.
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