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This is a Test

by Man Will Destroy Himself

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    page 03 - Masks.jpg
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    page 05 - Apathy Nurtured Oblivion.jpg
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1.
Extinction machines Our blood is the grease on the gears Ecosystem Inertia fails Humankind's extinction nears And the evil that men do prevails With forward motion Drop dead weight The faster we pick up momentum The faster we circle the drain We will just circle the drain Go under and drown Pull the plug out, stupid So we can all go down With forward motion Drop dead weight The faster we pick up momentum The faster we circle the drain Drown And we destroy ourselves Life’s routine mediocrities unwound Pulled into the vortex Go around Hurried rush into our graves now We can't sail this ship forever We’ll drown Smothering ourselves in our own wastes We will just circle the drain
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Catalyst 01:54
Frustrated mind: spinning The numbers don't add up Each action pushes forward To a sum that equals none All this time I’m wasting Each pawn put in its place Controller pushes one more button That wipes the grin from our collective face One more body, soldier's deed He’d like to think he'll die for liberty But all that's left is families in grief And no one is any freer Brother Christian: man of peace Religion only likes you when you're on your knees Look what killed the dove of peace Religious zealotry White flag, black flag Which will it be? You’re just a joke with your anarchy Social change through bake sales for the ABC Profane existence indeed False hopes, shattered dreams They’ve pulled the rug out from under me The joke is the reality that remains unseen Until we all watch, helplessly Catalysts, driving the world into the ground With our face first ethic it's an inevitable outcome And in review of our stupidity, we deserve to go down Because we're just driving the world right into the ground
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Masks 01:36
The continuous spilling of blood goes on Rhetoric skirts issues like strong vines grow Poison like honey from a forked tongue Evil in the heart of the beast called Man Seeds of deceit and pestilence grow Double-speaker makes the crowd roar lull Deeply rooted vines take a stranglehold Preaching peace while slowly killing us all Slowly dying your mask & veil are secured So it goes, it’s the way of the world Culture of waste, so it goes Already down in a hole The ashes from our burning grave Deep roots secure the mask to your soul So the spilling of blood will forever go Poison like honey from your treacherous tongue Rhetoric breeds sheep and strong vines choke Slowly dying your mask & veil are secured So it goes, it’s the way of the world So the spilling of blood will forever go
4.
MOAB Mother Of All Bombs - crater the battlefield MOAB All sales are final - all arguments are settled MOAB No unnecessary suffering - everything is blown to bits MOAB Massive Obliteration - Apocalyptic Beneficence MOAB Remote controlled - Angel of Death Cratered - blast zone the size of 10 blocks Upheaval of earth - raining down death in thousands of tons of your waste & debris Massive Ordnance Air Blast - Shock and Awe destruction MOAB Wipe the face of the planet - by blowing it all to hell MOAB Can't duck and cover - nowhere to run and hide Stop worrying about tomorrow - start loving the bomb Remote controlled - Angel of Death Cratered - blast zone the size of 10 blocks Upheaval of earth - raining down death in thousands of tons of your waste & debris
5.
Lead us into the trench of war Then ask us what we’re fighting for No one knows or cares anymore Just more killing, death, and gore There’s no point in seeking to quantify The atrocities of death in life No hidden meaning to decipher in code Simple arrogance, finely honed The bonds of truth objectify Into subversion of what's truly right So many choices made every day But so few solutions for no gain Welcome to apathy nurtured oblivion Bound in subversion, you can not react Living for nothing is living for nothing If you don’t live on your feet, you die on your fucking back--- Looking out over the precipice The only chance that we have left Teetering on nether here nor there If the balance tips, the due price is fair So many people, every day Eager to squander and wither in grey There’s only so much one mouth can say Words they fade, action remains---- Point at the people and demonize With hands that usurp the gods they've wrought Just another enslavement campaign To bring more death, misery, & pain Welcome to apathy nurtured oblivion The way that I see it, you have to react Living for something is not dying for nothing Live on your feet; don’t die on your fucking back--- Go through the motions nothing to say. Humanity’s essence fades away, And there's no more.
6.
Flood 03:10
Flood into nothing, now Waves of destruction come Walls cannot stem the tide The charade is washed away and the world dies screaming The façade is falling apart The big payback is coming around Consequences of cause & effect and Corruption is causing a failure of heart The eroded reign of man’s Dominion return to mud and sand Alluvium fields of hungered consumption Assimilated destruction the silt holds grip while - truth floods the lies - for shit-fed flies. The spark of our lives is extinguished in shame-- Flood into nothing Waves of destruction Walls are washing out The charade is washed away and the world dies screaming The façade is falling apart The big payback is coming around Consequences of cause & effect and Corruption is causing a failure of heart The eroded reign of man’s Dominion return to mud and sand Alluvium fields of hungered consumption Its assimilated destruction, now Sink in Alluvium field While the spark of our lives is extinguished in shame The façade is falling apart The big payback is coming around Consequences of cause & effect and Corruption is causing a failure of heart The eroded reign of man’s Dominion return to mud and sand Alluvium fields of hungered consumption Assimilated destruction the silt holds grip while - truth floods the lies - for shit-fed bloated flies. The spark of our lives is extinguished in shame
7.
Like blades of grass in spring When summer is coming on Like snow on the side of the hill Where the Sun is warm Still beats the defiant heart Makhpiya Luta. Oglala Lakota. Spirit of the native red people: Red Cloud, you couldn’t save your great nation From melting like the snow on the hills Where the sun’s rays shine Warm Like blades of grass in spring When summer is coming on Like snow on the side of the hill Where the Sun is warm Oh Makhpiya Luta, Our people are like blades of grass, & Your great nation is melting Like snow on the side of the hill Where the sun is warm Melting your great culture Diluting the great name Your people emulate When the sun screams through the clouds: Die Makhpiya Luta. Proud Oglala Lakota. Warrior Red Cloud With your prophetic proclamation: Your people are like blades of grass in spring when summer comes on
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Where is your god – living in a castle in the clouds? We’re all living in Hell – bringing more destruction on Perceived reality turned inside out – Hypocrisy deeply ingrained All with empty hands, empty eyes, empty hearts Oh lasting hope – Where have you gone Oh lasting hope – Where you have gone, There is no return – From the subversion man creates The venom has set now succumb Lay down dead now, corpse of man Just darkness’ cold grip – no golden castle in the sky You wouldn’t feel like you’ve been tricked If you weren’t so diminutive of mind Oh lasting hope – where have you gone Oh lasting hope – The sheep, they keep bleating For more poison feedings Please silence they’re pleading, now Oh lasting hope - Where have you gone We’re all living in Hell – bringing more destruction on Lay down dead now, corpse of man All with empty hands, empty eyes, empty hearts Diminutive minds

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released June 20, 2011

Recorded at Castle Bellow
mixed by Scott Holthausen of Black Rabbit Recording
Mastered by Scott Hull of Visceral Sound

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