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Blacktop pavement cover me
Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller spreading randomly
There's a distant buzz and low frequency
It tickles my ear, rumbles under my feet
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
Violently
What pretension, everlasting peace
Everything must cease
Institution on the hill
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to unite a peoples' will
There's a shadowed stain on the west facade
It has spread like decay to enshroud the fraud
And the descendants find it oh so odd
Oh so odd
What pretension, everlasting peace
Everything must cease
Grave memorial, hewn white stone
Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
It evokes such pain and significance
What was once is reduced to rememberance
And the generations pass without recompense
What pretension, everlasting peace
Everything must cease
Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller spreading randomly
It tickles my ear, rumbles under my feet
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
Violently
Everything must cease
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to unite a peoples' will
It has spread like decay to enshroud the fraud
And the descendants find it oh so odd
Oh so odd
Everything must cease
Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
What was once is reduced to rememberance
And the generations pass without recompense
Everything must cease
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punkpirate On Apr 14, 2006
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I believe the song is about degradation of the earth that supports our life. It's a closed system similar to a bacteria colony living in a Petrie dish that has exponential growth and will ultimately die. There's problems almost unfixable that momentum has some how brought us to a time of irrational thinking and "monkey" behavior. I want this, I make money, I don't care what happens via progeny. It's fucking crazy how accurate this song is to reality. It's a true tragic tale similar to silent spring. Rachel had it right and so does Greg. It's been an honor being able to give my thoughts on my favorite artists music because the Internet. Im 21 and somehow this guy has all the answers to life depicted in a song for me to unravel. He's an amazing individual that i draw a lot of inspiration from.