The Cascadian Divide

Nothing Comes For Free

Complicate the legacy of what’s been left behind
The situations menacing when truth’s been swept aside
Removing all the staples
Should we take it as a loss
It’s recklessly ambitious
With a costly albatross

Doesn’t seem to matter what anyone has to say
And if the point is valid no one’s listening anyway
Feed on the scraps they throw you
Taste the new disease
They’re selling it by the pound ‘cause nothing comes for free

Recognize the symptoms it’s all been done before
A footnote in the story that cannot be ignored
Unbecoming tongue in cheek and as if you’ve fallen prey
To the victor goes the spoils not any other way

Doesn’t seem to matter what anyone has to say
And if the point is valid no one’s listening anyway
Feed on the scraps they throw you
Taste the new disease
They’re selling it by the pound ‘cause nothing comes for free

Can we survive, all this suffering
Can we survive
Can we survive, all this suffering

Doesn’t seem to matter what anyone has to say
And if the point is valid no one’s listening anyway
Feed on the scraps they throw you
Taste the new disease
They’re selling it by the pound ‘cause nothing comes for free

Nothing comes for free
Nothing comes for free free free free free
Nothing comes for free free free free free
Nothing comes for free

Sickness With A Smile

Complicate & Praise
Adhere
Can I paraphrase
To be clear

All you've ever wanted was only in a dream
And there is not much more to say
As your destiny awaits
A slight and distant fact, that you try to rearrange
But I think I heard them say

It's the same thing
Destruction & demise
Costly alibis
Rearranging
Simply by design
Selling sickness with a smile

Orchestrate the chains
Adhere
Why would you complain
To be clear
The chosen & confined
They know no other way
It's those moments that you stole
As you barter with your soul
A slight & distant fact, that you try and rearrange
But I think I heard them say

It's the same thing
Destruction & demise
Costly alibis
Rearranging
Simply by design
Selling sickness with a smile

It's the same thing
Destruction & demise
Costly alibis
Rearranging
Simply by design
Selling sickness with a smile

And it makes it worth your while
It's the same thing
Destruction & demise
Costly alibis
Rearranging
Simply by design
Selling sickness with a smile

It's the same thing
Destruction & demise
Costly alibis
Rearranging
Simply by design
Selling sickness with a smile

Makes it worth your while

Few And Far Between

Tell you one thing, it's only a matter of time
Before you replace the day and sell your soul to the night
Lessons to learn from logic and pain
Chasing the dragon with nothing to gain
Speaking the most about a masterplan
So, let's have a toast to a shell of a man

And I've got
Full control

The wings that you clipped are the ones that set you free
Lines to the script are Few & Far Between

Heavy is the heart that's sworn to the grave
When you live by the sword then you die by the blade
Ignoring the past
Defying lessons in lieu
Of reckless fanatics & distorting the truth
Burning the structure
Stand in the blaze
A blinded subculture has got you fanning the flames

And I've got
Full Control

The wings that you clipped are the ones that set you free
Lines to the script are Few & Far Between

The wings that you clipped are the ones that set you free
Lines to the script are Few & Far Between

Total Control
Total Control
Total Control
You can't let them have
Total Control
Total Control
Total Control
Total Control
Total Control
Total Control
You can't let them have
Total Control

Stay Away

If you want the best of me
I've only just begun
I'm the cure to your disease
Can burn you like the sun
Staring at the reason
Why you hide behind a lie
Burning out your misery
Then fading out in time

Best to Stay away
Crumbling statues with a thousand-mile gaze
Empty promises come without delay
So, they say
Lies only travel halfway

If you want the lunacy
When all is said and done
A golden opportunity
For each and every one
Trying to find the reason
Why you hide behind a lie
Burning down the misery
Then fading out in time

Best to Stay away
Crumbling statues with a thousand-mile gaze
Empty promises come without delay
So, they say
Lies only travel halfway

Best to Stay away
Crumbling statues with a thousand-mile gaze
Empty promises come without delay
So, they say
Lies only travel halfway

Best to Stay away
Crumbling statues with a thousand-mile gaze
Empty promises come without delay
So, they say
Lies only travel halfway

Provenance

Marching through the viscous hands of time
Complacency is a lazy state of mind
And if you’ve have no sense of time
Got no reason
Got no rhyme
You’re bracing for your own insanity

Changing and engaging everyday
(and they say that)
Doesn’t really matter anyway
(embrace the abstract)
Speaking through your actions
While seeking satisfaction
And bracing for your own insanity

Provenance
Spare the light that burns within my eyes
And it’s obvious to feed the fire that’s burning hot inside
When you can’t stand it
It’s time to demand this
A promise, another way
So combat division and short sighted visions
Not hard to believe, I’m contemplating

Shackled with a sparing memory
Holding true to the now and in between
They’ll steal what’s been left behind
Tell me what do you have in mind
Bracing for your own insanity

Wolf they cry look the other way
(and they say that)
Failing states will send you to the grave
(embrace the abstract)
Embrace the change that sets you free, make a new reality
Raging through the forest chased by bees

Provenance
Spare the light that burns within my eyes
And it’s obvious to feed the fire that’s burning hot inside
When you can’t stand it
It’s time to demand this
A promise, another way
So combat division and short sighted visions
Not hard to believe
I’m contemplating, instigating, never letting GO

Provenance
Spare the light that burns within my eyes
And it’s obvious to feed the fire that’s burning hot inside
When you can’t stand it
It’s time to demand this
A promise, another way
So combat division and short sighted visions
Not hard to believe
I’m contemplating, instigating, never letting GO

Playing Fair

What did you mean by playing fair
It’s satisfaction through subtraction
Do you even care
It’s clear and plain to see
Even if your blind
Your welfare their crosshairs
You’ll be left behind

Woah Woah

You want me to feel free
It’s not the same when you hold me down
You want me to feel free
It’s not the same when you hold me
Power in the wrong hands of those who have no soul
Buying minds one click at a time and their always paid in full
and if you’ll take another look their methods tried and true
Fall in line or use your mind the choice is up to you

Woah Woah

You want me to feel free
It’s not the same when you hold me down
You want me to feel free
It’s not the same when you hold me
You want me to feel free
It’s not the same when you hold me down
You want me to feel free
It’s not the same when you hold me

What did you mean by playing fair
It’s satisfaction through subtraction
Do you even care
It’s clear and plain to see
Even if your blind
Your welfare their crosshairs
You’ll be left behind

Woah Woah

Power in Numbers

Now, if you take another look to see the other way
There’s no remorse for a gifted horse when the teeth confirm the age
And if you close your eyes ignore the signs
You’ll curse both night and day
Stay strong now, Stay strong now
And wolves get hungry
Relentless on the hunt
With misaligned planets and money used for hush
Is this really all you could expect it to be
A world full of chaos and insanity

Discourse
Takes you to the core
Power in numbers
And it feels like one could take no more
Can’t help but wonder
Just what, what the future stores
Are you above or under
Win the battle, to win the war
Power in numbers

Now, if you take the another look to see the other way
Odds would have it, you’d see the rabbit like a needle in the hay
But if you close your eyes, ignore the signs, you’ll curse both night and day
Stay strong now, Stay strong now
And wolves get hungry relentless on the hunt
With misaligned planets and money used for hush
Is this really all you could expect to be
A world full of chaos and insanity

Discourse
Takes you to the core
Power in numbers
And it feels like, one could take no more
Can’t help but wonder
Just what, what the future stores
Are you above or under
Win the battle, to win the war
Power in numbers

Instructed lesson by number 4 on a “bad break”
The state of mind is intertwined like highways and interstates
So, go be gracious now
Sometimes it’s plain and simple, sometimes it’s hard to see
when the ocean begins with a dribble and turns into the sea
The only question is how

Woah

A caveat to discontent
And what I said is what I meant
A caveat to discontent
And what I meant is what said
A caveat to discontent
A caveat to discontent, Power in numbers
And what we said is what we meant, Power in numbers
A caveat to discontent, Power in numbers
And what we said is what we meant

Blind Eye

With an explanation to a policy
And a forbidden fruit just out of reach
The more I see, the less I wanna know
But if the clock strikes 12 and it all goes to Hell
Or it comes on down to a show and tell
I’m standing in the room, but all alone

And so you just
Turn a blind eye
And when you realize
That your hands are bound and tied
Oftentimes it’s in the air
Truth be told
You don’t care

So take a trip to the other side
Hold your breath and read my mind
The air is thin, when the elephants in the room
But if your eyes are wide, and the planets align
With a little help from the other side
You’d have to see the witch has lost her broom

And so you just
Turn a blind eye
And when you realize
That your hands are bound and tied
Oftentimes it’s in the air
Truth be told, You don’t care
Oftentimes it’s in the air

You don’t care, You don’t care
You don’t care
So take a trip to the other side
You don’t care, You don’t care
You don’t care
So take a trip to the other side
Hold your breath and read my mind

With an explanation to a policy
A forbidden fruit just out of reach
The more I see the less I wanna know
But if your eyes are wide
And the planets align
With a little help from the other side
You’d have to see the witch has lost her broom

And so you just
Turn a blind eye

This Time

Conflicting information and subconscious infiltration
What’s it mean to you, yeah, this is nothing new
Their fabricating lies, then they hang you out to dry
It’s time to make a move, yeah we gotta see it through
Walking on thin ice, with no guarantee
Is better than treading water in the frigid sea
If I had to take a guess at the riddle of success
Or gamble with the reasoning of societies hopelessness

The one thing that I’d say
The one thing that I’d say
It’s time, it’s time, this time
We’re standing on the stage of humanity's last crusade
It’s time, it’s time, this time
We’re standing on the stage of humanity's last crusade

Public education is a planned indoctrination
I think they call it groomed, yeah this is nothing new
They sell you what they can, media versus man
Total mind control, and soon they’ll want your soul
Walking on thin ice, with no guarantee
Is better than treading water in the frigid sea
If I had to take a guess at the riddle of success
Or gamble with the reasoning of societies hopelessness

We’ve had enough
I said, we’ve had enough
We’ve had enough

The one thing that I’d say
The one thing that I’d say
The one thing that I’d say
The one thing that I’d say
The one thing that I’d say
The one thing that I’d say
The one thing that I’d say
The one thing that I’d say

It’s time, it’s time, this time
We’re standing on the stage of humanity's last crusade
It’s time, it’s time, this time
We’re standing on the stage of humanity's last crusade

The one thing that I’d say
The one thing that I’d say

Great Escape

I couldn’t tell by the look in your eye
If you were for real as you inked goodbye
And others knew that you were going home
No time for indecision, when you reap what you sow
And when the time became, the moment to strike
You popped the lid on your tank, and made your way to the pipe
In less than 35, you could smell the sea
For those left behind this was a small victory

I swear to god, there’s nothing wrong
Keep on moving, everything’s in place
Let’s take this time, and do it right and celebrate this great escape

I always knew, you’d see it through
You weren’t the type to second guess
Catching lightning in a bottle, like there’s no tomorrow
In this life you get one chance
And if it’s true, you made it through
In hopes of finding true romance
It’s like lightning in a bottle, like there’s no tomorrow
In this life you get one chance

They wouldn’t know for an hour or two
Whether you were in place, and not to be confused
With the time it takes, to perform this escape
Proper execution and the will to be great
And she’ll be waiting there, in the deep blue sea
Like she’d been all along this was no mystery
In less than 35, you’d be on your way
You became a hero when you escaped that day

I swear to god, there’s nothing wrong
Keep on moving, everything’s in place
Let’s take this time, and do it right and celebrate this great escape

Kegels and Bits

Is it true, that when they say, live to fight another day
The consequence is real, if it all remains the same
Parallel to dire straits
Tarot cards and handling snakes
I’m only here to mold your philosophy
Rolling eyes East to West,
Mystify with INXS
If you caught me steppin’
Then I probably made your day
Numbers charms and you know
How we lack self control
The price that you will pay
Has only just begun

So tell, tell me
Where’d we all go wrong
Can you, sell, sell me
The calm before the storm
As if it’s all been labeled fact
When all is said and done
Is this how we all spend our time, trying to chase the sun

Is it true, the gospel word
Survival thrives within the herd
Better step in line, or be cast out like a spell
Parallel to dire straits, tarot cards and handling snakes
I’m only here to mold your philosophy
Rolling eyes east to west
Mystify with INXS
If you caught me steppin’
Then I probably made your day
Numbers charms and you know
How we lack self control
The price that you will pay
Has only just begun

Obvious and True

Shifting gears with no commotion
There’s primates in space with such devotion
The object is simple
It’s whether you win or lose
The timing was off
It’s not just what they said
When your playing with fire and your on the mend
You cannot fight what you cannot see
Conflicting points of imagery

With the words that bind us to the games that we must play
And it seems like they take more with every single day
If it’s fire that your chasing with an everlasting thirst
When mercury is at its peak how could Hell be any worse
With the words that bind us to the games that we must play
And it seems like they take more with every single day
If it’s fire that your chasing with an everlasting thirst
When mercury is at its peak how could Hell be any worse

Here’s a thought, lost in motion
The wheel is moving but the axle is broken
When your high on fire, for miles to see
And your shedding the skin of complacency
The lights are on, but are you home
Or are you chasing the carrot at the end of the rope
Shoots and ladders, as if it all matters
If the former seems to fail then you’ll still have the latter
If you boil it down, by all accounts
It’s better to take a stance and hold some ground
There’s not much more that one could say
Just roll the dice and come what may

Selling Stars

Can you see just what I mean when I say to you
It’s no lie, we’re confined, and you know it’s true
Bare feet on the street, fresh outta home
Bought the dream, missed the scheme
And now your all alone
It’s fair to say, but anyway, who really cares
Their selling stars from afar and you want your share
And I don’t know, exactly what it means
But it goes to show, and more importantly

With generations groomed to fall in line
Legacies built on selling the divide
The question still remains
Why be a pawn in their game
With generations groomed to fall in line
Legacies built on selling the divide
The question still remains
Why be a pawn in their game

We’re all for sale, to no avail, I see we’re here again
Spoon fed lies, no compromise
But every now and then
They buy dream, ignore the scheme, and then they represent
The status quo, for which we know, will walk in wet cement
And I don’t know
Exactly what it means
But it goes to show, and more importantly
And I don’t know
Exactly what it means
But it goes to show, a lack of empathy

I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know
I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know
And I don’t know
Exactly what it means
But it goes to show
But more importantly
And I don’t know
Exactly what it means
But it goes to show
A lack of empathy

Simple Math

Simple math or so they say
The beast is hungry and is here to stay
We’ll do our best not to complicate
Attempt to cloud our vision and we’ll seal your fate
You crucify the ones that hold some truth, while you glorify the pundits that are long in the tooth
Selling fear and covering facts
You drop the story and no one asks

And once it’s dropped it’s never to be found
The price we pay is high

Higher than the thresholds of the truth
Falling buildings, dead end trails
Fallacy over truth
And is if it’s all same from the logical to the insane
Paying for a fortune or how it’s told
The sales pitch, yeah it never gets old

Do you follow the machine that paves the way
Are you groomed to be accepting and tolerate, villainous behavior at a discount rate, rather than eclipsing the horizon of the counterweight
Crucify the ones that hold some truth, while you glorify the pundits that are long in the tooth
Selling fear and covering facts
You drop the story and no one asks

And once it’s dropped it’s never to be found
The price we pay is high

Nothing Comes For Free

Doesn’t seem to matter what anyone has to say
And if the point is valid no one’s listening anyway
Feed on the scraps they throw you
Taste the new disease
They’re selling it by the pound ‘cause nothing comes for free

Recognize the symptoms it’s all been done before
A footnote in the story that cannot be ignored
Unbecoming tongue in cheek and as if you’ve fallen prey
To the victor goes the spoils not any other way

Can we survive, all this suffering
Can we survive
Can we survive, all this suffering

Nothing comes for free
Nothing comes for free free free free free
Nothing comes for free free free free free
Nothing comes for free

Provenance

Marching through the viscous hands of time
Complacency is a lazy state of mind
And if you’ve have no sense of time
Got no reason
Got no rhyme
You’re bracing for your own insanity

Changing and engaging everyday
(and they say that)
Doesn’t really matter anyway
(embrace the abstract)
Speaking through your actions
While seeking satisfaction
And bracing for your own insanity

Provenance
Spare the light that burns within my eyes
And it’s obvious to feed the fire that’s burning hot inside
When you can’t stand it
It’s time to demand this
A promise, another way
So combat division and short sighted visions
Not hard to believe, I’m contemplating

Shackled with a sparing memory
Holding true to the now and in between
They’ll steal what’s been left behind
Tell me what do you have in mind
Bracing for your own insanity

Wolf they cry look the other way
(and they say that)
Failing states will send you to the grave
(embrace the abstract)
Embrace the change that sets you free, make a new reality
Raging through the forest chased by bees

Provenance
Spare the light that burns within my eyes
And it’s obvious to feed the fire that’s burning hot inside
When you can’t stand it
It’s time to demand this