Sitting burden on the office chair
Empty mind, empty bank account.
If this is your piece, your piece is a mess to me.

Hundreds killed on the internet.
Life delete, all is set.
If this is your truth, your truth is a mess to me.

If common sense means no control,
You've got it all.
If common sense means no control,
You've got it all, you've got it.
If common sense means no control,
You've got it all.
If common sense means no control.

Sitting choking on the office chair.
Empty mind, empty bank account.
If this is your piece, your prophet is piece to me.

Thousands killed on the internet
Life delete, all is set.
If this is your truth, your truth is a mess to me.
Yeah.

If common sense means no control,
You've got it all.
If common sense means no control,
You've got it all, you've got it.
If common sense means no control,
You've got it all.
If common sense means no control.
You've got it.
You've got it.

Love your money, love your money.
Love your money, love your money.

Love your money, love your money.
Love your money, love your money.


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Black City Lyrics as written by Christer Johansson Jonas Gustafsson

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    This song is incredible. I can relate so much to it because there are so many people in the town i live in that are..consumed by their money. there's alot of people in this world now days with 'common sense'...i think a little less money would do some people alot of good. not that money is a bad thing..i'm all for it. it can ruin some people though..

    ryangon September 23, 2002   Link
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    I fucking love this band! Pretty soon I'm going to but their album, I've been hooked with this one song, and then a few mp3's... This band will probably be fucking huge! kiss kiss

    devil_duckyon September 24, 2002   Link
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    Ah, this song is so great.

    antagoniston September 25, 2002   Link
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    Isn't the first words sitting burning on the office chair?

    theoneon October 15, 2002   Link
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    hm, i thought it was "if this is your PEACE, your PEACE is a mess to me.

    anyways, lovely song. i think it describes the end of the world.

    starxcrossedon March 05, 2003   Link
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    ya this song rocks, it's differant, i think this band will be pretty popular soon

    instant_karmaon March 05, 2003   Link
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    The best out of a pack of good bands to spring from Sweden in the last few years. Division is light years ahead of thier countrymen musiclly. The energy of the album helps it transcend one damn genre and makes it own identity. A must buy, i mean you juts have to support these guys.

    westbeach_21on June 17, 2003   Link
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    This song, to me, is about the let-down of capitalism. Just work, waste time online, and live like a mindless robot so you can have money to buy material things to feel as if you've "made it".

    asshaton May 22, 2004   Link

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