1. |
Duck And Cover
01:24
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What you know
Might be the end of the show
We were out on the seesaw
When the sirens sound
I’m not gonna dread the time we got
But class is started on the Doomsday Clock
Saw the tension on the news yesterday
Heard Ma and Pa said “we might be blown away”
Oh and I’m so shy....
I’m just trying to make friends here....
I was chasing you around
All over the playground
Then we went for a snack
How could we know we’re not coming back?
Crouched down low
Tuck my forehead to my knees
Only sound I hear is my own heartbeat
Oh is this where we kiss our ass goodbye?
Lord knows crouched like this I surely will try
What about my Mickey Mouse watch and Lego set?
Ma and Pa told me to always duck and cover
Maybe we’ll all laugh about this when we’re adults
....but then there’s the blast
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2. |
Serpentime
03:05
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Robots taking over
Disease and war
Famine....
That’s when the Four Horsemen appear
And if they do
Unleash the white doves
Before the buffoon with the mark under his unruly hair
Will be the death of us all
March us off to the meat grinder
To the battlefield of love
And if the robots breach the trenches
Then all bets are off
And if the mountains crumble to dust
And the oceans disappear
Then God Almighty must have
Finally had enough
Watch the kraken
Drain away
Watch it all drain away
Then the serpents will climb out of the cracks
From the earth’s core
And the bugs and the bites
Will come in the night
To smite the unruly and unrighteous
And all the book of names
Will reveal those deserving
Of a place at the table
And into the abyss
The rest will fall...
March us off to the meat grinder
To the battlefield of love
And if the robots breach the trenches
Then all bets are off
And if the mountains crumble to dust
And the oceans disappear
Then God Almighty must have
Decided to pull the plug
March us off to the meat grinder
To the battlefield of love
But if the Four Horsemen appear
Then all bets are off
And if the cracks appear in the crust
And the oceans drain away
Then God Almighty must have
Had the final say
Watch those nuclear bullets!
Dodge those nuclear bullets!
Serpentime!
Serpentime!
Serpent time!
Dodge those nuclear bullets!
All bets are off...
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3. |
Here Comes The Cavalry
02:46
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Your love is what fuels this engine
but they see it’s ripe for plunder
No more play or pretending
if the the poison is descending
They might spray the entire planet
who knows what they’ll do
We are the germ they are erasing
there’s no more hiding, only facing
Fight back
Fight back
Your love is what fuels this engine
Atmosphere is getting hard to breathe
Oxygen in short supply, you see
Living underwater will come naturally
if they burn down all the trees
Fight back
Fight back
Your love is what fuels this engine
Music and Art
They may save us!
They don’t understand the irrational
They don’t understand
They don’t understand the irrational
Think irrational thoughts
descend into mental illness....
They don’t understand the irrational
They don’t understand the irrational
They don’t understand the irrational
It’s not John Wayne, Gunga Din
Or even Albert Einstein
(Here comes the cavalry)
Salvador Dali or Frida could save us
(Here comes the cavalry)
It’s not John Wayne, Gunga Din
Or even Albert Einstein
(Here comes the cavalry)
Missy Elliot is better than Rambo
(Here comes the cavalry)
It’s not John Wayne, Gunga Din
Or even Albert Einstein
(Here comes the cavalry)
Maybe Salvador Dali or Frida...
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4. |
Initial Protocol
04:31
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Initial Protocol
Initial Protocol
Initial Protocol
Initial Protocol
Initial Protocol
Come with me
Initial Protocol
Sound the alarm
Seal off the base
Word from command is
They’re closing the gates
Civilians take shelter
No time to waste
Initial Protocol
But I know a place
Where we can go
Across the perimeter
No one else knows
So let’s go quickly
I got the passcodes
Initial Protocol
Oh we’ll get through this together
All right alright
Yes we’ll get through this
You and me
I prepared our quarters
In the shelter below
Champagne is chilling
There’s a vase with a rose.....
Initial Protocol
Initial Protocol
Initial protocol
Initial Protocol
Initial Protocol
Now close the hatch
And follow me
Our shelter’s waiting
We’ll survive for weeks
Dinner’s prepared
I got chocolates and sweets
Initial Protocol
Oh we’ll get through this together
All right alright
Yes we can get through this
You and me
So take my hand
That is the command
While chaos reigns above
We’ll be deep in love....
Initial Protocol
Initial Protocol
Initial Protocol
Initial Protocol
Duck and cover with me
Take my hand we’ll go right now
Before the chaos and starving crowds
Duck and cover with me
I always knew you were the one for me
So if there is hesitation, remember
We got to propagate the species
Initial Protocol
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5. |
Apparatchik Apparatus
02:31
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Apparatchik Apparatus
Apparatchik Apparatus
Apparatchik Apparatus
Apparatchik Apparatus
Oh we have chosen you
We have chosen you
We have chosen you
And you’ll follow
Apparatchik Apparatus
Apparatchik Apparatus
Apparatchik Apparatus
Apparatchik Apparatus
Oh you will follow us
To a brand new future
In the most perfect state
Ever devised
We will lead you through the darkness
To the light we will go
In the committee we are one
In the committee we’re one
We are one In the committee!
Apparatchik Apparatus
Apparatchik Apparatus
Apparatchik Apparatus
Apparatchik Apparatus
Our wisdom transcends all
Outside knowledge
We make the golden rules
To be followed
The appointee shall impose
The will of the people
Re-education demands discipline,
Pain and sacrifice...
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6. |
Run To The Sound
05:21
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Ticket on a Zilla down the Danube
Global soul dust bowl rock-steady roll
Freighter from Vienna out the Black Sea
Finger-snappin freedom-rappin' five four three
Close your eyes for a brand new life
The less familiar mountains the more I want to climb
Gorgeous gorges gone Yangtze to Shanghai
Porkpie braces on the samurai and cyanide
Fiddle tunes and a contra bass
Quatro strums gone without a trace
Run to the sound before it's gone
Mountain songs won't be long
Dance the town square
Run to the sound before it’s gone
Bhundu Boys play the Sudetenland
Dizzie Gillespie rolls the Batustans
Public Enemy the 808 Mediana jams
Paddy Keenan keenin’ with Bobby Sands
Dancers pull their dresses up dance floor rip trip
You get a lot from those smart fingertips
Camilla Havana loose lips shakin' hips
Leaving in a hurry on a hurricane fishing ship
Fiddle tunes contra bass
Quatro strums gone without a trace
Run to the sound before it's gone
Mountain songs won't be long
Dance the town square
Run to the sound before it’s gone
And she sways when she plays
She no thief, I gave my heart away
I’m an outsider wherever I stay
My heart she spirits straight away
Everything’s a child a style a trial
A child with style on trial
Angels too drunk to cry peregrines too hurt to fly
She moves like a Roma on the road to better days
Stars on her dress light the fields where we lay
Fiddle tunes contra bass
Quatro strums gone without a trace
Run to the sound before it's gone
Mountain songs won't be long
Dance the town square
Run to the sound
Fiddle tunes contra bass
Quatro strums gone without a trace
Run to the sound before it's gone
Mountain songs won't be long
Dance the town square
Run to the sound run to the sound
If I’m lucky her song will take me there
The Argentina River Plates make my heart separate
De la Cruz resistance in the hot summer air
Fais do do Lafayette jubilee fair
Oaxaca Zapotec
Juanita on a shipwreck
Pull me to the surface with your siren song
Run to the sound of your siren song
Run to the sound of your siren song
Run to the sound run to the sound
Run to the sound of your siren song
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7. |
Empty Vessel
03:51
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There comes a time
When you’ve drunk your wine
And decorate
It’s something you hate
The role you’ve assumed
You were well groomed
But there’s no more room
Left for you to breathe
The kids are all gone
Joined the pogrom
They feel like they finally belong
And you’re now lost
Of moral compass
Compromised
Oh Oh
You’re an empty vessel
Oh Oh
They’re looking for next one
They’ve traveled so far
From distant star
Come to this rock
It’s as far as they got
Here to observe
And infiltrate
Those vacant souls
Who lay in wait
Oh Oh
You’re an empty vessel
Oh Oh
They’ve found what they’ve come for
And it’s so cold out there
They need an empty vessel....
Oh Oh
You’re an empty vessel
Oh Oh
They’ve found what they’ve come for
They’ll take command
As they have planned
Of your body
It is what they demand
And those who awake
From vegetative state
Might soon be in shock
No control
Oh Oh
You’re an empty vessel
Oh Oh
All this time they’ve traveled so far
Oh Oh
From distant stars now live among us
Oh Oh
They’re looking for the next one
Oh Oh
Your body is their temple
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8. |
Keikoku
01:58
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There’s something going on
And I don’t know what it is
But it’s got me all mixed up
Silence creeping beyond
The noise of conversations
It’s beyond the part in the bushes
Doubt is the mystery
You’ve been cooking up
It’s a long haul to ever have trust
Never mind the never minds
They’ve got all the time
I’ll resuscitate
When it’s my turn
Again--it’s solo
Again--solo
Again
Visualize the Sequence
Again - solo
Clock is moving forward
Into the water
Fish are jumping
Fly too high
You’ll get burned
Check all the boxes
And let’s begin
Check all the boxes
Before it ends
Again - it’s solo
Again - solo
Again
Visualize the Sequence
Again - solo
Keikoku Warning
Keikoku Warning
Warning!
Evacuation in progress,
Leave the building!
Warning!
Evacuation in progress!
Keikoku Warning
Keikoku Warning
Keikoku Warning
Visualize the Sequence
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9. |
The Ignoble Captain
03:23
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The reception
Had you glowing
From the fealty
They were showing
Toasts were made
And the champagne kept flowing
You are now
The undisputed and all knowing
Monumental captain
Of this new creation
Fixed a broken
And divided nation
Oh great lord chancellor
You rule over one and all
And we salute you!
Liars, bastards! Sabateurs!
The latest parade
Was so grand
Your generals and appointees
Take the stands
As people line the route
Forced waving of flags
Cheering and applause
From speakers, canned
And here you finally come
Astride a golden jeep
Ten thousand elite guards
Goose stepping as you lead
It’s a role you relish
In your custom uniform....
Oh everyone loves you so!
I am a god...
Lord emperor...of all I survey
Miscalculation
You overplayed your hand
You overplayed your hand
Now your generals turn
And the coup’s begun
A new junta formed
Oh it won’t be long
Before the tanks will roll
Straight to the palace gates
Your guards and advisors gone...
Captured rat, captured rat
Captured rat, captured rat
Captured rat, captured rat
Now your days are done
Bloodied lip, medals ripped,
Underneath the blazing sun
Retribution for those purged
Rotting in cells and mass graves
Mothers of the disappeared
And the critics laid to waste
You were just a big grift
On your followers brains
Plundered the nation
There’s only one to blame
You are taken straight to the wall
“Oh Ignoble Captain, we salute you!”
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10. |
Salvation Machine
04:05
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Open up your heart for
Salvation!
Open up your soul for
Salvation!
Open up your mind for
Salvation!
Open up your wallet
Gimme all you got!
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
Come and get one
While supplies last
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
Come and get one
While supplies last
Everyone’s got their blasphemy
(blasphemy)
No one practices what they pray
(what they pray)
Never know when the end times are coming
(End Times coming)
Too much electronics humming
When the time comes will you be saved?
(be saved)
Who’s gonna burn in the fiery grave?
(fiery grave)
Hey stranger come fix your soul
(fix your soul)
We can put it in a brand new mold
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
Come and get one
While supplies last
It’s a big machine you can step right in
(plush interior)
It will cleanse you of that sin
(there’s room inside)
Place you on the Almighty’s side
(stereo sound-system)
Buy one today display with pride
(take a salvation ride)
You’ll be the envy of your block
(of your block)
While the heathens run out of stock
(out of stock)
10% off and shipping for free
(for free)
Just don’t forget discount code #053
Salvation!
Salvation!
Salvation!
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
You look like you need
A Salvation Machine
Come and get one
While supplies last
No one’s paying attention
(head the warning signs)
No time to pray
(End Times coming)
Watch the doomsday clock
(meteor’s on it’s way)
Speaking in tongues time
(The Rapture’s upon us)
And the fat lady sings
(yeah it’s over now)
But your soul will be happy
(step in and you’ll be saved)
Reverse that frown
(don’t let it bring you down)
Get one today
(Get one today)
Before it’s too late
(Before it’s to late)
Your soul will be happy
(Your soul will be happy)
With Babylon moving on....
Salvation Machine
Salvation Machine
Salvation Machine
Salvation Machine
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11. |
Downrange
06:17
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We launched ourselves into the sky
The songs we loved on the radio
The secret codes buried deep in our hearts
We put 'em together with morse code spare parts
I look into your pretty eyes
Forever orbiting satellites
I hold you close as we fly away
Over the oceans farmlands and city lights
I’ll see you downrange
Where we’ll be together again
I’ll see you downrange
Dancing close ‘til the end
The blazing sun and the flying stars
In perfume letters we send
I’ll see you downrange
Where we’ll be together again
We made our base in abandoned lands
Shiftin' the car into park, those white desert sands
Deep undercover ignoring their orders
Spending every precious night crossing all the borders
I look into your pretty eyes
Forever orbiting satellites
I hold you close as we fly away
Over oceans farmlands and city streets
I’ll see you downrange
Where we’ll be together again
I’ll see you downrange
Dancing close ‘til the end
The blazing sun and the flying stars
In perfume letters we send
I’ll see you downrange
Where we’ll be together again
I look into your pretty eyes
Forever orbiting satellites
I hold you close as we fly away
Over the oceans farmlands and city lights
I’ll see you downrange
Where we’ll be together again
I’ll see you downrange
Dancing close ‘til the end
The blazing sun the comets and stars
In perfume letters we send
I’ll see you downrange
Where we’ll be together again
I'll see you downrange
I'll see you downrange
I'll see you downrange
I'll see you downrange
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Team Doomsday Massachusetts
Team Doomsday is a trans-continental ska punk reggae soul electronic cold-war rock duo based in Naumkeag, MA and New
Orleans, LA.
DIVNAUM: Nico (guitars, keys, vocals, lyrics)
DIVNOLA: MX (bass, drums, sound collages, vocals, lyrics)
See the past come at you before it does!
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