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Algorithm and Blues

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Bring me the heads
Of the kings of your scene
And melt their crowns
They don’t mean anything

Self absorbed
Fame hungry
Pieces of shit
Chasing the carrot
Right off of a cliff
Its narcissistic

If nothing is sacred
And all can be bought
If nothing is sacred
Then crawl through the mud

When the locust descend
On the fields of original thought
They have salted the earth
And new growth must emerge through the rot
It’s Parasitic

Our hearts beat for shallow needs
Like social validation
Building plastic monuments

There’s no legacy immune to decay
There’s no legacy
Because times a theif that tears it away
It tears it away

Give me the blackout
Give me the disconnect
We need a restart
Let’s start a new trend

If you can’t be used
You’re useless
And if you shine too bright
You’ll be drained of your energy

Let them see
There is nothing more than now
Blackened lungs
From the smoke that they’re blowing out
Couldn’t keep
An illusion so sharply dressed
So let the see
Now is all we have left

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motionmgmt On Jul 02, 2025

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Bring me the heads
Of the kings of your scene
And melt their crowns
They don’t mean anything

Self absorbed
Fame hungry
Pieces of shit
Chasing the carrot 
Right off of a cliff
Its narcissistic

If nothing is sacred 
And all can be bought
If nothing is sacred
Then crawl through the mud

When the locust descend 
On the fields of original thought
They have salted the earth
And new growth must emerge through the rot
It’s Parasitic

Our hearts beat for shallow needs
Like social validation
Building plastic monuments

There’s no legacy immune to decay
There’s no legacy 
Because times a theif that tears it away
It tears it away

Give me the blackout
Give me the disconnect 
We need a restart
Let’s start a new trend

If you can’t be used 
You’re useless 
And if you shine too bright
You’ll be drained of your energy

Let them see
There is nothing more than now
Blackened lungs
From the smoke that they’re blowing out
Couldn’t keep
An illusion so sharply dressed
So let the see
Now is all we have left

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2025-07-02 01:52:44

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