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The Altar of War
04:14
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Are you even an adult?
Are you old enough to vote?
It doesn't matter a single bit
You're just another faceless cadet
Rushed out into the field to stem the bleeding
A futile platelet in an ever-flowing stream
You're only job is to keep us alive
Now get in your mobile suit, it's time to die
You, you're a sacrifice
Upon the Altar of War
We gladly send you to your death
So we may take another breath
You, you're a sacrifice
Upon the Altar of War
Giving up your life
So that we may survive
You are one of dozens
Of hundreds, of thousands
With a name just for the register
A disposable asset on the ledger
Your loss is an acceptable cost
Of doing the business of conflict
And even if you survive this skirmish
There's always another battle to come
You, you're a sacrifice
Upon the Altar of War
We gladly send you to your death
So we may take another breath
You, you're a sacrifice
Upon the Altar of War
Giving up your life
So that we may survive
If you return from your first sortie
You're still grist for our mill
Constant combat will wear you down
And if after that, you still live
Any promises we made will be broken
You'll be left a traumatized shell
While we use your image to recruit and sell
Your shattered soul will be our offering
You, you're a sacrifice
Upon the Altar of War
We gladly send you to your death
So we may take another breath
You, you're a sacrifice
Upon the Altar of War
Giving up your life
So that we may survive
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Short Telomeres
03:32
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Since you could remember
You've been downing pills
To keep the crushing pain at bay
Just one chance in millions
A gene editing mistake
That's what they told you, anyway
You see, you were never
A Coordinated child
The flaw in your DNA
Was no flaw at all
Now you know you were made this way
Your short telomeres were no mistake
Nobody ever told you
You had to see it for yourself
You weren't the result of a normal lab
Seeing yourself over and over
Silent, floating in tubes
Forced to grow to a life unknown
The true face of your roots
Your body's breaking down
Before you've grown fully
Your sanity is straining
Learning you're a copy
Your psyche fractures
You're the product
Of adult's cells
Placed in an embryo
You are a clone
You are a clone
Now you know you were made this way
Your short telomeres were no mistake
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Minovsky Interference
04:04
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The signs are all there
The loss of radar
No radio communications
Only visual observation
Assume defensive positions
Begin laser transmission
Patrols, return to ship
Pilots, begin deployment
The fusion reactors that power our ships
Create particle clouds so dense
They disrupt our sensors and comms
This is Minovsky interference
Drones and long range missiles
Are a thing of the past
The age of close combat
Is once again at hand
Trapped once again
By the limits of
Visual range
We must battle
Face to face
No longer just
Pushing buttons
We must bloody
Our hands again
Death is personal
The fusion reactors that power our ships
Have brought us closer in war
Forced back to the trenches
By Minovsky interference
The fusion reactors that power our ships
Create particle clouds so dense
They disrupt our sensors and comms
This is Minovsky interference
Drones and long range missiles
Are a thing of the past
Forced back to the trenches
By Minovsky interference
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Anime Ja Nai
04:01
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Stormland Burnaby, British Columbia
Mecha-heavy death metal about Gundam! Multi-instrumentalist Justin Pierrot uses increasingly progressive & technical death metal to tell stories using the Gundam meta-series as narrative lens.
Stormland recommends:
The mighty EXHUMED featuring Ross Sewage!
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Sincerely, Leda & Alexis
by JISEI
One of Leda Paige's great bands, and the one with the freshest release coming up!
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He Mix! He Master! He play tremendous death metal! Check out Crypticus, the long-running band of Mix/Master Maestro Patrick Bruss!
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