Lyrics - "Remains NonViewable" All songs & copy The Effigies

All lyrics written by John Kezdy.



"Remains Nonviewable" - Lyrics by John Kezdy

Body Bag

See what it's like to be dead
Not a thought there to be had
I'm just not there to just not care
Sane's equal to mad

I live in a body bag

Plane just left O'Hare
On time flight one-nine-one
Disaster in the air
Starboard engine's gone

Human ants crawl feeling
Shocked. Prodding the snow of debris
Stopped watch. Final notification
Pending dental I.D.


Security

Get yourself a spy, find yourself security
Start early on in life, build up some immunity
Rock just turns to sand
See, no one really gives a damn
Fuck the policies, security's a dread disease

What you seize you get, holes get bigger in your net
Take it all by force, or with some social intercourse
Everyone's alone
Your mind's the only thing you own
Everyone's got needs, but security is just a greed


Below the Drop

Picked a spot below the drop
Knew something was about to fall
I've been waiting around for long enough
Now I hear my non-call
We're not subjects of your stupid precepts
We're built on grains of truth
It's a no-class, sight-unseen report
Not swayed by your abuse


I'm not boxed in

Religious convention is your own invention
Called the lightning-fast fist of Man
But religious slates don't dictate our fate
I don't walk around in a trance
Disbelief is what we preach
To the troubles that make up our mind
When things fall short of expectations
It's time to redefine


Strongbox

Got myself a strongbox
Christened it the headlock
Fucks me up to no end
But I know its godsent

Keeps me off the hotseat
Keeps me up on both feet
Always looks down both ways
Paranoia's never late


Haunted Town

Too many buildings
Not enough people
Left to go around

Wires are frayed
Where the people once stayed
And the rust doesn't make a sound

Can you afford
The exit door
Back to suburban playgrounds

They've left me with
The burden of
A haunted town

Live in a haunted town

Mining raw materials
They send it back as trash

On the shelves and aerials
Mechanized means they'll come back
Back to front

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