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Songs of Dissent

by The Bard

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1.
This World to the Next 05:09
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From this world to the next Barely settled down before leaving From this world to the next All I ever did appears in vain From this world to the next Far away so many people dying From this world to the next Far too many chances thrown away From this world to the next Angels fear to tread where men are scheming From this world to the next Humanity is vanity’s disease From this world to the next Many eyes are blind to what’s before them From this world to the next Hope and freedom cut down to their knees From this world to the next Apathy of mindless, milling, millions From this world to the next Fear and greed still taken to the grave From this world to the next Years of learning, void of understanding From this world to the next We never seem to learn from our mistakes You will be known forevermore All branded Generation Y Why you did so little When you had the most to give Why with all your intellect You fell for politicians Who are masters of deception Further masterful magicians Distracted by your selfishness And things inconsequential You were misinformed, misguided Far removed from your potential For years beyond too many You have lost the taste for freedom Not a word of indignation Lost the will for demonstration Many streets are empty As are houses of dissent And rooms put up for rent are filled With spies with guns and cameras You are brainwashed by publicity And caught inside the web Which is primed by politicians Public whores of corporations Infected by so many secret agents under orders Of men who pay allegiance to societies of secrets Where those of high degree Divide the world to their own liking Who live for domination of the Spirit and of Man Yet in their thirst for power They have woken up the demons Who will promise to them glory Yet deliver more illusion Beware the retribution Which comes surely as the night Where all will be exposed All that seemed forever hidden For in the end their deeds Which have destroyed the work of angels Will come crashing in upon them In lifetimes yet to come Where they will suffer all their actions And will pay for their destruction Born in likeness to their karma Now ugly on the outside And on the inside And on the outside And on the inside
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Lucky Dip 04:31
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How come what you feel you keep denying How come you look at me and you’re still crying How come when it rains your eyes are drying And how come when it’s over you’re still lying Look what you do to me, I see no reason The pain inside my heart, it’s just not easing Go see someone else, the one you’re pleasing And if you feel like making love, well it’s the season No one’s going to be here when you return No one’s going to see your candle burn Watch yourself on TV, the image matches you It’s staring back, its heart is black Sucking in on you You’ve taken everything that I have If you want more, well honey that’s too bad I’d rather give it all away with peace of mind And hope the next guy for you is your lucky find No one’s going to be here when you return No one’s going to see your candle burn Watch yourself on TV, the image matches you It’s staring back, its heart is black Sucking in on you
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Pain of Progress 03:30
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The future holds a place for me Beyond the land Beyond all space and time I am a seed The spirit of a tree And here is where my tree will be Right here is where I need to reach up towards the sky The time is near, the hope is there For I am me and I will rise up from the flames Stand in my path if you dare Stand in my path but be aware I’ll forge a path that leads to the ‘I’ inside of me The future holds a place for all The down-trodden To those standing over young and frail From any height you can always fall With no inner strength the fallen crawl How many of you have yet to fall from grace The world has suffered humanity’s disgrace Yet the answer lies with you, me and everybody else We only progress at a very slow pace The pain of progress engraves in our faces The good in Man, leaving no trace
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The World Tonight 03:18
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My heart aches for the world tonight So sad, so sad, when will it stop Where can I go, where can I hide When will it stop My heart’s burning deep inside So sad, so sad So many faces, so many smiles Lost in the night, so sad, so sad Remember the faces, remember the smiles So we can find them in the light Remember the faces, remember the smiles So we can find them in the light The night is so long, the night is so dark Too dark to find the light, So sad, so sad My heart still beats, my eyes still weep When will it stop My heart aches, when will it break So sad, so sad So many faces, so many smiles Lost in the night so sad, so sad Remember the faces, remember the smiles So we can find them in the light Remember the faces, remember the smiles So we can find them in the light My heart aches for the world tonight
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Take What You Want 03:21
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You take what you want, you take what you need You don’t give a shit you were born from greed Now I can see you’re incomplete Everything I do you must compete Were you neglected as a child Did they not give a damn Let you just run wild Do you have any fears you just can’t hide Whatever it may be Are you aware of what you do When did good turn into bad I’ve tried so many times just to get through Has anybody seen inside of you You take what you want, you take what you need So many demons there to feed Now I can see you are incomplete So many like you there to meet Were you neglected as a child Did they not give a damn Let you just run wild Do you have any fears you just can’t hide Whatever it may be Are you aware of what you do When did good turn into bad I’ve tried so many times just to get through Has anybody seen inside of you You take what you want You take what you need
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Before Dawn 05:00
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In the Morning 04:06
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In the morning I feel fine Put to rest my state of mind Time to stop the sorrow Just aim for tomorrow Another day has passed me by Good things happen all the time It’s just sometimes they’re hard to find Hidden words of wisdom Always there, just listen Hidden meanings there to find In the morning, in the morning In the morning I’m not sure What I’m doing anymore Making wrong decisions Living under illusions Don’t know myself, not anymore I wake up slowly to another year I look around for signs of change Bees on flowers humming Life around engulfing Time to rise and step outside In the morning In the morning In the morning In the morning
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No Label 02:48
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Don’t let them change who you are Don’t let them pick you to pieces Hear the fear in their voices See the fear in their hearts All the drugs in the world Syndromes and disorders Will only take you away from reality You are who you were born to be Born to be like no one else on earth Am I the only one here who sees you with no label Am I the only one here who sees who you are When did it go topsy-turvy When did sick become healthy When did discipline vanish and truancy rule You are who you were born to be Born to be like no-one else on earth When did your parents agree to let doctors be judges And judges let you sue your mum and dad Am I the only one here Or is my point of view twisted To me life has been twisted Then twisted some more You are who you were born to be Born to be like no-one else You are who you were born to be No-one else should change the way you are You are who you were born to be Born to be like no-one else on earth
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Murder Men 03:18
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Your time has come I’ve no time left for killers The ones who hunt the few Relentless pain and bloodshed Senseless murder it’s true The tigers in Bengal They roam the hills no more Arctic baby fur-seals Slaughtered on the shore The victims far too many The killers just a few To the primitive fools who hold a knife The extinct will soon be you It all starts from the time that you’re born If the lust for blood is there Taste for it grows Fear the animal knows Now your back’s to the wall in an electric chair And I am the one who surely put you there I’ve no time left for killers The ones who hunt the few Relentless pain and bloodshed Senseless murder it’s true It all starts from the time that you’re born If the seed of hate is there Education to blame and your family name Now your back’s to the wall in an electric chair And I am the one who surely put you there Now your back’s to the wall in an electric chair And I am the one who surely put you there Your back’s to the wall in an electric chair And I am the one who surely put you there
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Land of Lost Souls 04:07
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What happened to the days gone by Courtship, mateship, social fabric I look around and all I see People acting selfishly How did it come to pass We threw away our own beliefs To follow leaders, hollow leaders Bullshit eaters, bullshit feeders See rich men riding bicycles In overtaking lanes While pregnant mothers wrestle bowsers At no-service service stations How did it come to pass That people just don’t care at all Money grabbers, alley stabbers Rubber stampers, empty hampers The roads are jammed with trucks All dumping junk from overseas Local workers on their knees Have never seen such days as these How did it come to pass We let the wolf come through the door To tear apart each and everything Our eyes were closed Like they were before Honest Johnnie’s IR laws And asian imports open doors The best we have goes overseas Have never seen such days as these How did it come to pass That sick and poor slave for the dole Employment figures, statistic riggers Human values slowly fade away See grown men killing thoughtlessly Down-Under and Land of the Free Heartless, gutless, senseless men Have come to rule the world again How did it come to pass We fight a non-existent war Then leave a man to rot away Guantanamo the Terror Bay Pay the council, pay the rates Pay on odd and even dates Pay to raise a flag up high And pay to look up to the sky How did it come to pass We gave our soul to the devil’s care Were we standing sleeping Caught napping Don’t you know Don’t you even care
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Please Hold 04:04
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Please hold There’s a message from your father Just before he slipped away He apologised for treating you so harshly Please hold In the early days Please hold The reason I’m now telling you Is that you’re old enough to know It’s kind of like almost as if Please hold He sees the world differently now Please hold Three years alone in crowded rooms No carpets on the floor A man in white on guard Just outside the big steel door Please hold, please hold Now he lies beneath the ground Or somewhere in between I feel his presence all around This lonely, creepy house Please hold, please hold Please hold Cameras shooting everywhere Relentless guns of speed Fast drivers pay for politics, Please hold I think we all know that now Please hold Freedom fighters on the hill Hanging from the trees Red tape around their necks Around Please hold Our own pathetic lives Please hold, please hold Priests who walk among the halls Of angels, saints and God Lusting after innocent little souls, Please hold We should all be ashamed Please hold Governments duplicitous Smoke screens across the news The truth can still be found If you read between the lines Please hold, please hold Please hold Banks keep dreaming up new fees Your money in their hands Fat cats soundly sleeping Please hold While people lose their homes Please hold Work ethics now not relevant Money is the modern god I pray that you don’t end up like Please hold Peter Costello God forbid Please hold Terrorists are everywhere Our nation ruled by fear What happened to the values That our parents had and our grandparents Please hold, please hold Front page of every paper Russell, Kylie and Nicole Page thirty three, five thousand dead Please hold, please hold Please hold Revolutions start When happy folk get pushed too far Now it’s time to stop and make a stand Please hold Seriously Please hold Freedom is what freedom does So do you have a spine Or will you say and do what you are told Please hold, please hold Please hold on to what you believe Please hold, please hold Please hold onto what you believe
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Final Chapter 05:23
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In your world of light You see them standing there To end it with a fight You know that it’s just not fair All you needed was a little time All you wanted was understanding To make things turn out fine To give them a softer landing Now they think you’re dead But you never realised What got into your head So long been lying there A chance to make things right Slipped through your shaking hands Yes, on your final night With all of their demands If only they knew that you’re alive You don’t need your body to survive You must be disappointed Now they’re saying that you’re gone We had to come from somewhere Before we were born Now they think you’re dead But you never realised What got into your head So long been lying there A chance to make things right Slipped through your shaking hands Yes, on your final night With all of their demands If only they knew that you’re alive You don’t need your body to survive You must be disappointed Now they’re saying that you’re gone We had to come from somewhere Before we were born
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Planets Collide 03:44
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Challenge to the Gods 02:14
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I marvel at your wisdom In nature’s gifts abounding I marvel at the simple And the absolute astounding I see your deeds before me And spread across the heavens Yet Man has fallen down too far Why did he you abandon Every day divided Between darkness and the light Yet sunlit hearts and saintly souls Have fallen to the night Everywhere around me Your wisdom overflowing Yet as I look much closer Still demons coming going It’s not that now I doubt you Or sold my tattered soul It’s just that under every step A deeper, darker hole You made us in your likeness Then shame to all of you For life on Earth is but a curse A sadly common view I know you have your ways and means And life is our own making But why do you with all your might Let children still be taken Yes, let us each one suffer For all that we have done But don’t you think you could have helped us Evil overcome No longer can I bear it The sin of human kind From way before the birth of Christ To in the future, blind It’s you I hold accountable Your hosts have all retreated For on their lips your words were still Now history repeated So now I stand before you And challenge you to show No longer can you hide behind the myths That legend know Come forth in all your glory As mystics once had seen To drive the evil from our hearts Where goodness once had been

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released November 11, 2019

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The Bard NSW, Australia

Coming from rural New South Wales, The Bard is an independent, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with nine albums and six singles under his belt. Though quite a few of his songs have a distinct 80’s rock ballad feel, he's best described as an artist whose songs have a timeless quality. ... more

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