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cyberluddism I
01:33
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2. |
nettle fields
04:08
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I was running through nettle fields
where grey citizens stared at me
being chased by the thought police
for my postmodern way of breathing
I was hiding with the new monastics
but they did not use any money
I needed twelve dollar bills
for the man in the machine
I was running from the concrete fields
where no one seemed to breathe
I was running from an inquisition
that was running through my own blood
I was hiding between stone and plastics
and everything was filled with poison
yet I had to fill my lungs with air
for they still were made of flesh
I was running in another circle
this planet is round you know
I was determined by scienific numbers
they have more power than the stars
I was looking for one grain of truth
in a universe made of mist
and I no didn't need another bottle
I was already poisoned enough
I was sleeping in a fake green jungle
the trees were beamed into my head
I was chased by a band of monkeys
who were supposed to be extinct
and then the light it turned to liquid darkness
and the moon it turned to blood
what was it that I could still ask for
the whole universe was fading out
I woke up in poison ivy fields
and my body was red and sick
but I knew I had a seed to plant
oh there were so much things to do
the light was so substantial it was living
our whole universe was just a ghost
but even though it's only just a shadow
it's a shadow of things to come
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we thank you for what you've done
but we don't need you anymore
it's amazing what you've been doing
but nowadays we do it the new way
so the work will be done
by this beautiful machine
you know the business needs to stay young
and you just don't fit in after the change
you are the best at what you're doing
but nowadays we just want to be modern
so those things are now done
by this beautiful machine
but smile don't you see
that sometimes a man has to make sacrifices
When we are heading to the future
hey smile, don't you see the progress
we know you always did the best in the job
we know you always were the best in the job
it's unbelieveabIe what you've been doing
but nowadays we do it the new way
and those things are now done
by this beautiful machine
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4. |
consumer's delight
04:22
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go to work and do your job
go home and watch TV
go shopping and go drinking
consume consume consume
this is the world as it should be
this the the only world that could be
and it will only get better if you
consume consume consume
make your money do your job
sleep well so you can work hard
spend your money, economy
consume conme consume
stupefied paralysed
getting comfortably numb
by the rhytm of the machine
consume consume consume
don't you ever wonder
if this is the world as it should be
if this is the only world that could be
is it really getting better
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It may or may not be a religion
depending on your definition
but it's so clearly a kingdom
that's divided against itself
the emerging church dialogue
and the truly reformed remnant
is it propositional statements
or is it incarnational love?
who can say where we are
on that so-called slippery slope
and if there's not another one
awaiting us on the other side
that will make us fall into the hands
of a similar evil
like dead religious pharrizeism
or choking neo-fundamentalism
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
but even he will be so wrong sometimes...
funny how bishop Tom
defender of the resurrection
gets flamed all the time
by the defenders of the one true faith
funny how we think
that we can cage truth in our system
while the Living Truth Himself
was incarnated in a Person
it's not funny anymore
when you think about St. Paul of old
saying that all of our knowledge
is incomplete and fallible
and above all truth and faith and hope
love still stands
yes love still stands
even beyond all of those
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
but even he will be so wrong sometimes..
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
but even he will be so wrong sometimes..
the Word became flesh
moved into our neigbourhood
got beaten up and destroyed
but in this sacrifice
death and evil were reversed
the firstborn of creation
in Him a new age began
everthing that's true
is bigger than what we can explain
with rational reasoning and systematic thought
we can try what we want
we'll never do right
to the Fullness of life
knowing Him is more than statements about Him
truth is incarnational
even relational
faith is trusting Him
don't stare at the finger
pointing at the moon...
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
yeah N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
and N.T. Wright is a sound theologian
but even he will be so wrong sometimes..
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6. |
Albatross (dance mix)
03:22
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7. |
Ellulian glasses
03:20
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Once I could see through all of this
with my Ellulian glasses
but now I am enslaved again
been sitting behind the screen for too long
the world has trained me again
to wear hip and relevant glasses
our own creations are ruling our lives
while w amuse ourselves to death
we make a slave
from chips and plastic
we train him to do
the things we don't want to
we give our brains
to the computer
we give our strength
to the robots
Oh if I could see again through all of this
with my Ellulian glasses
to not be enslaved anymore
not sitting behind the screen like a zombie
let me open my eyes and dispose of
my hip and relevant glasses
our own creations are no more than they are
I won't amuse myself to death
in symbiosis
we evolve together
and all we learn
is to live using it
and then the bombs fall
and the barbarians
take away our toys
can we still live?
can we still live
and be alive
without help from
our machines
can we still live
and be alive
without technology
our supposed slave?
just to see again through all of this
with my Ellulian glasses
to not be enslaved anymore
not sitting behind the screen like a zombie
let me open my eyes and dispose of
my hip and relevant glasses
our own creations are no more than they are
I won't amuse myself to death
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8. |
turn it of
04:13
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9. |
cyberluddism II
01:46
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10. |
disposable girl
03:30
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there's no such thing
as a disposable girl
there's no such thing
whatever you did
it's a crime against humanity
it's a crime against her body
it's a crime against life
it's a crime against manhood
you may play with fire
you may play with ice
you may play with venus
you may play with sedna
and she is an icon
and you are an icon
and love is not
the pleasures you seek
there's no such thing
as a disposable boy
there's no such thing
whatever you did
it's acrime against man
it's a crime against woman
it's a crime against love
it's a crime against yourself
you may play with lava
you may play with liquid air
you may play with medusa
you may play with porneia
and she is an icon
and you are an icon
reflecting the maker
of the image you've scarred now
there's no such thing
as a disposable girl
there's no such thing
whatever you did
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11. |
Very cool video games
03:35
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We're playing very cool video games
killing nazis demons trolls and other enemies
with laserguns, swords and magical devices
special technology and fighting techniques
we enjoy ourselves it's so much fun
everybody needs some time to play
relax, it's all just a game
we're watching very cool and very flashy movies
about wars fights hero,'s and great genious crimes
with lasergus a-bombs and very cool technology
special deadly tricks and poisonous drinks
we enjoy ourselves it's so much fun
eveybody needs some time to play
relax, it's all just a movie
she's living faraway, she's still a child
and all she's ever known is fear for her life
hunted by bombs, guns and highly evolved technology
she's traumatised forever and it's no game
it's no movie it's no fun, it's all she'll ever know
she might be dead tomorrow, is traumatised for life today
while we are playing
We're playing very cool video games
killing nazis demons trolls and other enemies
with laserguns, swords and magical devices
special technology and fighting techniques
we enjoy ourselves it's so much fun
everybody needs some time to play
relax, it's all just a game
relax, it's all just a game
relax, it's all just a game
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it's not exactly natural
the way she looks
but they've taught us
to find it more attractlve
than real girls are
the way God made them
and o-o-o
all the boys are fooled
A picture in their head
of the perfect girl
that don't exist
and o-o-o
all the girls are frustrated
thcy can't compete
witn the monster we've created
paint your face and shave your legd
fill your breasts
with artificial volume
then you'll be pretty
and the boys will like you
and o-o-o...
never forget
how marilyn died
she said nobody loves me
they only love my body
she killed herself!
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13. |
cyberluddism III
00:37
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14. |
we are the deathstar
04:38
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look around to see the titanic orchestra
are we dead man walking in our fading twilight?
there are certain things that you can just loose once
and I'm pretty sure that a planet is one of those things
Rejoice for progress the human program
rejoce for almighty power in science and technology
rejoice for freedom consumer capitalism
rejoice for our ever-expanding self-constructed kingdom of pure hell
every day our brothers and sisters suffer and die
while we live in health and wealth
working class upper class middle class trapped in the rat race
paralysed by bread, circus and our toys
every day we're loosing more of our planet
maintaining our empty fake utopia
And every species we loose is a big middle finger
poked ito the face of the Supreme artist, the Creater
and every euro or dollar we make exploiting and raping
our sister mother earth is blood money, judas coins
We are the death star we are the nemesis
we are the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs
We are the death star we are the nemesis
we are the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs
The whole planet suffers and everything that's living on it
including our brothers and sisters
who were just unlucky to be born in other places than we are
All off creation groans
under our burden
All off creation groans
under our burden
some million years from now an alien scientist
is digging up fossils on a then almost recovered planet
trying to explain the major devastation at the end of the era of mammals
was it an impact, a comet crashing into earth
no, it was just the human race
living out our neo-liberal dreams
yes it is us
there is no comet
it is just us
We are the death star...
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15. |
In dust reel
03:09
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