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Living in Reality

by American Thought Criminal

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Tune into World War 3 Live on your iPhone screen, Ain't got no friendship anymore, Why are we fussing and fighting in a virtual world? Am I really, am I really, Am I really me? Are we really, are we really, Where we're s'possed to be? Are you really, are you really, Are you really free? Are we really, are we really, Living in reality? Tune into another civil war, It's what we're all on Twitter for, Ain't got no country anymore, We left it all behind in the virtual world Tune into World War 4 In high-def video, Ain't got no family anymore, I'm tired of living and dying in a virtual world Maybe it's not so bad, Even if we've forsaken Heaven, They say when we're all dead our avatars will play forever Tune out from the end of the Earth I'm safe in the Metaverse, Ain't got no worries anymore, Cuz now I'm fading away to a virtual world
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Socrates, Diogenes, Puck and Mephistopheles, We're gonna get what we deserve Shunning our mortality, Threats to civil liberties, We're gonna get what we deserve Gluttony and vanity, Hedonist philosophy, We're gonna get what we deserve Reveling in fallacies, Quantum immorality, We're gonna get what we deserve Click click, Gun to our head, Bang bang, The culture’s dead, Tick tock, The vultures said, 15-second attention span Engels, Marx and Nietchke, Weimar, FARC and Vichy, We're gonna get what we deserve Tiananmen and DC, FBI, NKVD, We're gonna get what we deserve Zionists, Zelensky, Scientism, Fauci, We’re gonna get what we deserve UN, Ukraine, Haiti, Turned into a laundry, We're gonna get what we deserve Fentanyl, amphetamines, Psychopath psychiatry, We're gonna get what we deserve Avarice and entropy, Child hysterectomies, We're gonna get what we deserve Kleptocrat economy, Broken fake democracy We're gonna get what we deserve Decimating history, Deifying sodomy, We're gonna get what we deserve
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Arrested! For what he doesn't understand, Raided in the dead of night, An enemy in his native land Blacklisted! Everybody's shunning him, Left to die inside a cage, 'Cuz freedom's un-American Government says you have a right to redress Grievances before your Congress Media says you have a voice so use it, But only if you're someone they agree with! Blasted! In public and in cold blood, Shot right in the neck by a coward in a uniform Detested! By power-mad degenerates, They call her insurrectionist She was the true American! Government says you have a right to redress Grievances before your Congress Politicians say you have a voice so use it, But only if you're someone they agree with! Gaslit! On every screen at every time, By treasonous revisionists Duplicitous fifth-columnists Redacted! Unpersonned for his insolence, Question their authority They'll end your whole existence Government says you have a right to redress Grievances before your Congress Internet says you have a voice so use it, But only if you're someone they agree with! Do you see your enemy? Do you see your enemy? DC is your enemy!
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You wore a patch, "Death or Glory", Irony is I read it when you turned your back, So bold shouting "Fuck Authority", So meek when Authority fucked you back, Back then when you had your dignity, Way back when you called me crazy, Well try to tell me you're an anarchist, baby, When the diaper's on your face…. And a skirt's around your waist! I don't wanna hear your anthems, (No no no) Don't wanna hear you lecturing, No posturing, Don't tell me what to do I don't wanna be the asshole, (No no no) But I've got no empathy, Just apathy Toward hypocrites like you It's kinda funny all the silence I'm hearing Now that Hellnation's really come true, It's fun to sing about War Profiteering, 'til the profits go to you You wanna laugh about American Idiots? They're taking orders from the CDC, Rebel Girls and Digital Boys bending over for the pedophiles in DC Now they say "politics don't concern me" Let's see, they… Talk like a commie, Act like a Nazi, They run in packs and they live with their mommies Braindead zombies, Statist doggies, One-on-one They're origami Looks like a duck, Walks like a duck, Goose-stepping from a government truck Blackshirt punks, Dumber than fuck, Say nothing but they never shut up
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Opened up the paper yesterday, I spent all afternoon trying to find just one thing that rang true Everything's editorialized, Hyperbolized, or just pure fucking lies, They're manipulating you Closed down the shop the other day, Can't find no customers when everybody's locked down and afraid We've all got bills going unpaid, But they're still propping up the politician liars on TV…. But what about you and me? Whatever happened to the radio? I remember not long ago When everybody had a memory And the media wasn't an enemy Of truth What happened to the magazines? And what the hell's on my movie screen? Propaganda everywhere, And everyone is raining lies on you Back in my class at 10 years old, Teacher's preaching 'bout the ozone hole, and claiming that the planet got too cold I read a book at 17, Guess they couldn't keep the story straight, Now they say we're turning up the heat Watched a film at 25, Tried to tell me that the ice was melting, That the end was surely nigh It seems that somehow we survived Just like that filmmaker Lying in his beachfront mansion every night…. Doesn’t seem right Whatever happened to the history books? I remember how good it looked When everybody had a memory And the teacher wasn't the enemy of youth What happened to the scientists? Is this really how good it gets? Propaganda everywhere, And everyone is raining lies on you Some thug got shot the other day, He had the right skin color so some editor is cracking a big grin He had a pistol in his hand, Gunned down robbing a liquor store, But the newspaper says he was some great man They'll torch your city in a blaze, Make sure you take a knee or they'll peacefully throw a brick right through your face Watch your whole world go up in flames, Don't reach for the law to save you, They've already been replaced Just like you and me Whatever happened to society? I remember community with- out plastic animosity And your neighbor wasn't an enemy to you What happened to reality? Remember objectivity? Propaganda everywhere And everyone is raining lies on you What happened to America? I remember a city on a hill, When the future looked so bright Before everything went straight to Hell What happened to the world today? I remember a human race, When mankind was a family And not another animal to cull
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Pink hair, no cares, Prance in women's underwear (What the hell is wrong with you?) No brain, no shame, Hatred for the human race (What the hell is wrong with you?) 20 years ago you were anti-war, These days you want more, more, more, You're a spineless, senseless, Silent menace Hypocrite, limp-dick, Such a useful idiot But your usefulness runs out I don't care what the papers say, I don't care about the CIA, And I don't care about the FBI, Cuz I don't wanna see their false flag lies, I know they're tracking everything I say, So I don't listen to the NSA, And I don't care 'bout you… Low T, dope fiend, Dying from a “vaxscene” (What the hell is wrong with you?) No balls, know-it-all, Hooked on pharmaceuticals (What the hell is wrong with you?) Five years ago you were natural, Now your body's full of corporate chemicals You're a lab rat, dumbass, Test dummy, jabfag, Total hypochondriac, Medicinal maniac That needle stabbed you in the back I don't listen to the NIH, Cuz I don't wanna get an early grave, And I don't care about the FDA, I know they all wanna murder me I don't care 'bout the WEF Cuz they're nothing but a cult of death And I don't care about you… Doormat, whorebag, Selling smut to scumbags (What the hell is wrong with you?) No path, no past, A future like a heart attack (What the hell is wrong with you?) I remember when you called yourself a feminist, These days you can't define what a woman is, You're defined by your followers and pay pigs but genuflect for lunatics who tuck it in a sundress And I don't wanna tell you how to live… but that's embarrassing! I don't care about the latest fad, And I don't wanna see the latest flag, I don't care about the latest trend, I'm not gonna help you play pretend, And if you call this song misogyny but make your living from pornography Then I don't care about you I care about dignity, I care about sanity, I care about honesty, I care about integrity, I care about liberty, I care about autonomy, but I don't care about you
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All your rulers, They want disorder, And if you don't believe me Take a trip down to the border Mainstream, Media reporters, They won’t break the story Cuz they're only taking orders It’s a New World, But sure ain’t what you Ordered, The wolves are wearin’ wool, And they’re leading you to slaughter Poverty, disease, Robbery and murder, Feces on the streets and there’s junkies on the corner And they’re all surfin’ all the way to Hell How long can you follow 'em until you're gonna drop? I don't know but I know, You probably shoulda stopped long ago You're all worn thin, and now you're gettin' closer to the edge again It's the - same thing, I tried to warn ya, Thought it couldn't happen here But it did to California Call me insane, Or you could charge your motor, Take a ride around the Bay It looks like Sodom and Gomorrah And what the hell happened to the Northeast corridor? Why's every New Yorker on a U-Haul truck to Florida? They’re all runnin’ away from the chaos they supported But their minds are rotted out And their bodies full of poison So they’re still marchin’ down the road to Hell How long can you fall 'til the day you give it up? I don't know But I know, You're really gettin' close to overload, You're almost dead And no one's gonna miss you in the end my friend What's with all these Priuses stalling on the highway? And why can't all these geniuses stop calling it a freeway? They're saying: "Be a vegan, transhuman, a global citizen with pets instead of children", "Hail Satan", "BLM", "No person's illegal" and "Marvel's my religion" "Girls have penises", "Vote for Bernie", "Save the planet by murdering your baby", "Tolerate everything", "Give me your equity", "Wear a mask, get injected or you are my enemy" Why can't they just go home? They made themselves at home! It's amazing, How things devolved so quickly, But I don't have no pity For the slums inside the city You can hate me, Even try to kill me, They'll just kill you too, Take a good long look at Philly Sex in the classroom, Violence in the streets, And nothing in the kitchen ‘cuz there’s nothing left to eat But they keep going, Playin’ on repeat, The locusts and the lemmings And the self-proclaimed elite
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Every time you meet the public You get scared and you start to panic Who made a post? And who aired a show? And who's not a clone? Who's coming for your throne? So-called leaders, with deceitful faces Corruption in the highest places Your hands full of bribes Mouth pours out lies Cause of all oppression now Running for protection Bodyguard I wouldn't like your job Snakes in the grass and they think they're God Politicians drinking human blood Concrete heart can hold no love I just can't stand your little bodyguards Just can't stand your little bodyguards Big Tech and the press keeps you protected Although all their stories don't add up Cuz you got the guns And you got the bomb You got the jets You are the terrorist Are we staying home? Are we saying no? Are we standing by Or are we standing for our rights? Puppet president (You - are the terrorist) Global government (You - look like Satanists) Hand-picked apparatchiks, (You - are all communists) I just can't stand your little bodyguards All that fretting All that sweatin' All that threatenin' to take our weapons All that stoking Fires of hatred All these bastards Are illegitimate
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Jenny can you sell me? Jeanie can you sell me? I want to start a brand-new war Boris can you tell me? Joey can you tell me? Will it be bigger than before? Vladdy are you hungry? Nancy can you fund me? I want it to go nuclear TV spin me harder, Cellphone win me over, It's time to fumigate the world! I don't wanna be in lockdown anymore, Don't wanna be retreating from the rising of the ocean shores, I don't wanna eat these insects anymore, I’m tired of hiding from the Racist, sexist, homophohic hordes Won't someone lend me some mercy? A hypersonic missile to end my suffering Can't someone give this world some peace? Just nuke me please NATO can you help me? Say the word and down me, Before the carbon kills us all Azov can you shell me? Maybe even scalp me, Don't let me catch a scary cold Facebook can you tell me If I'm going crazy? I think a blast could solve it all Take us all to safety, Make it quick and pain-free, Go gently in a mushroom cloud I don't wanna be a podperson no more, Don't wanna be a Soylent boosted, dopesick, beta pharmavore I don't wanna live in terror anymore, Don't wanna be a slave to Chryons, feeds and trending news reports Won't someone lend me some mercy? A hypersonic missile to end my suffering Can't someone give this world some peace? Just nuke me please Everybody's gotta go Somehow, someday, Why not make it all together? They say we're doomed to die in flood, disease or warming weather I say atom bombs are better Or at least a little faster I don't wanna be a parasite no more, I know there's only so much room out there for robot polishers, I don't wanna be embarrassed anymore, Don't wanna be a useless eating, Resource-draining, VR game player Won't someone lend me some mercy? A hypersonic missile to end my suffering Can't someone give this world some peace? Just nuke me please
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I was born in a strange land, In 1984, On the edge of eternity Or thermonuclear war Maybe I'll live forever But if it's the last days, You'll see the truth is written on my face So… Line us up, And shoot us full of lies, Unlike the faithless we are not afraid to die, and when they Dig us up, And stare into our graves, They'll know the truth was written on our face Conceived in dissidence, Seventeen seventy-six, Soon dead by her own hand, Cut down by politics No one holds on forever, But even when when displaced, I say the truth was written on her face Left to die in a wasteland In Twenty thirty-one, No graves nor eulogies, And nowhere left to run, But even left for dead we'll never be erased, Because the truth is written on our face
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Remember when punk rock was dangerous? Well what could be more dangerous in 2022 than standing up to the corrupt complex of control represented by technocratic tyrants, unelected global government, perpetual crisis hoaxers, media monopolies and the scientism psychopaths? Don't get lost in the virtual apocalypse - return to real world living with American Thought Criminal's debut album!

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released September 11, 2022

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American Thought Criminal Knoxville, Tennessee

Dissident music from a punk band that leaves the distortion to the amplifiers and not in the lyrics. Pro-human, anti-globalist rock.

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