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The Black Friday Blues

by Happily Ever Blind

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1.
Starting Again 04:07
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Oh no its starting again 
Like a daily dose of meds 
A serum for your distinctions 
Administered by techno-heads 
By corporate juggernaughts 
And media machines 
Only to reboot your fears
And engineer your memes Punch in at the 9am With a spring in your step And a lettuce and ham Punch out at the 5pm With a gleam in your eye And a gun in your hand And we’re just like birds fighting over crumbs of bread The scraps are thrown to the masses
And then it all starts again Its only starting again 
The daily hypnosis 
Beaming from your TV screen
 And streaming down the inter-webs Of course they're the first ones on the scene
 Of a makeshift hollywood movie set 
Puppet masters on the strings 
Have you dancing like a marionette Punch in at the 9am With a spring in your step And a lettuce and ham Punch out at the 5pm With a gleam in your eye And a gun in your hand And we’re just like birds fighting over crumbs of bread 
The scraps are thrown to the masses 
And then it all starts again
 And then it all starts again We are damaged goods Waiting for a PHD messiah Blinded by the matrix’s vail And we worship digital gods Looks like its starting again The watching eye of a digital dictator Babes are production line slaves Only insane can switch off the belt Punch in at the 9am With a spring in your step And a lettuce and ham Punch out at the 5pm With a gleam in your eye And a gun in your hand Punch in at the the 9am Punch out at the 5pm Punch in at the the 9am Punch out at the 5pm And then it all starts again And then all starts again
2.
Reinventing The Wheel 04:11
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Let me tell you how its gonna go It’s story time proles Well the engine has blown And we ain't got a spare gasket The dragan horse is tired and old Send him to the golden meadows All the gold gleams and beasts with wheels And screens that beam and girls that squeal And notes that roll and stuff that blows Everything fine when it's up your nose And balls that bounce and proles that dance And hosts that talk and a lens that shuts And sheep that stare into the holes that burn The wolves mark into their souls Lets send them back to the depths from which they came And I'll tell you how it's gonna go: Fight for peace and you will blown to pieces No sympathy for Mr. Vengeance What you bastardize will always be surreal Are you gonna temp fate or reinvent the wheel? Listen up Let me tell you how its gonna go Well Black Death came swift With a foul and drenching mist And the reapers in the fields They sabotaged the grain And bombs that blast and guns that bang And wars that rage and bridges that burn And games they play from a place up high Making lonely pawns of our meagre lives And cells that lock and pills that numb And drones that shoot and red that runs And souls that flee cross the lines of hate Made by snakes with golden tongues Lets send them back to the depths from which they came And I'll tell you how it's gonna go: Fight for peace and you will blown to pieces No sympathy for Mr. Vengeance What you bastardise will always be surreal Are you gonna temp fate or reinvent the wheel? Are you gonna temp fate? Or do you wanna reinvent the wheel? Fight for peace and you will blown to pieces No sympathy for Mr. Vengeance What you bastardise will always be surreal Are you gonna temp fate or reinvent the wheel? Fight for peace and you will blown to pieces No sympathy for Mr. Vengeance What you bastardise will always be surreal Are you gonna temp fate or reinvent the wheel?
3.
Ignarance Is Bliss 03:51
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Woah off to work we go Woah this is how goes Once upon a time In not too distant lands A fat dragon ruled And by his command All the people were enchained But work was liberating The humble were sublime And cleanliness was next to godliness And then they all lived Happily Ever Blind Happily Ever Blind Happily Ever Blind Happily Ever Blind And work was liberating The humble were subdued Toiling while that snake had his belly filled And none of them ever knew Except the Witch Burnt at the stake And then the Rouge Drowned him in the lake While they waited for a knock at the door They were Happily Ever Blind Happily Ever Blind Happily Ever Blind Happily Ever Blind Hi Ho.. Happily Ever Blind yeah! Work is liberating The humble are sublime Cleanliness is next to godliness Freedom is illusion And ignorance is bliss Blinded are the ones that will submit
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Black Friday Blues 03:17
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The rivers sound like they’re weeping Can hear them sigh? Oh the mountains seem angry tonight Maybe cos their mothers is dying? All the fires in the fields Lit by those who which we feed On the shoreline at the seas Are the ones that had to leave! All the creatures of the land Destined to forever roam And the ones that took control Are the ones that which we own Then they came without warning Ripped her heart right from her chest Our grieving mother in yearning All of creation waits on death row And I try to buy your love On this Hallmark Holiday All the gifts that you receive Spill the blood-across-the-seas Now there is no sacred ground In a world of 10,000 things Can we ever break the chains? We’ve just lost our memory We have come so far you and me Trading places many times My heart still breaks when we have to part I always lose you on other side All the fires in the fields Lit by those who which we feed On the shoreline at the beach Are the ones-that-had-to-leave! All the creatures of the land Destined to forever roam In foreign lands… Once again I buy your love Once again I buy your love Once again I buy your love On this bloody holiday
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Children Of The Matrix 03:22
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Syphoned though the tunnel Sucked towards the light Stollen from the God with the big G So misguided Filling bellies full of the Top-Hat men Serving all the snakes beyond the gamma spectrum To maximise the yields at the harvest time We are the children of the matrix We're bastard children of the gods We are the children of the matrix We're orphaned babies lost at birth Step back Switch off the belt The signal slowly being received In broken frequencies Whispers can be heard from the assembly Martyrs will be called John Doe by the name thieves Welcome to the vice versa Robin Hoods We are the children of the matrix We're bastard children of the gods We are the children of the matrix We're orphaned babies lost at birth The orphaned babies lost at birth These precious ones without a hope I cant remember the way Spinning around in the matrix Off to the market again And the pigs explode, home again, Jiggety-jig! We are the children of the matrix We're bastard children of the gods We are the children of the matrix We're orphaned babies lost at birth Their cries are loud but never heard They are the ones that have to hurt

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Debut EP by Happily Ever Blind

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released February 1, 2016

Drums: Jon Lawless, Bass: Janne Mikkola, Vocals and Rhythm Guitars: John Emslie.

Recorded By Happily Ever Blind.

Mastered by Jaakko Viitalähde at Virtalähde Mastering.

All songs Happily Ever Blind 2017

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