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Standard Issue v2

by Dismantled

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1.
Anthem 05:14
We are the standard We are your last excuse You're one in a million You have everything to lose ..and don't try to reason You'll burn up in atmosphere 'cause we are the standard! issue
2.
Here's a beat It is a solid beat And no one's paying attention so I'm free to speak Something passionate will work real well But I am bored so bored, yea, it's easy to tell But I don't mind that it's the same old shit 'Cause innovation's really hard to sell So come on! Well it's the second verse And I really like how this sounds! It's got all the right elements that I like It's that 4x4 on the floor That keeps me moving all night long! And that chord progression I've heard it before It's the same one in every song But this message Really throws me off I can't sing along to this at all? Get it through I'll never get through to you I'm too wide Get it through I'll never fit like you do But you're too blind So shut up and swallow But don't mind me I'm just another face Just turn your head and I will be replaced And don't you worry, I am all alone But you'll never understand You'll never understand x4 Get it through I'll never get through to you I'm too wide Get it through I'll never fit like you do But you're too blind Shut up and swallow.. Just shut the fuck up and swallow!
3.
No Effect 05:11
I wake up everyday and it ls like death I'm sure that you can all relate But while you think is tragic? I think it's great! I'm getting farther then all of you combined. And I'll pretend There's nothing out there And no, my words have no effect! I'm just so different! Nothing applies to me You can't fill me up And if I'm wrong Then I am faceless And if I'm right Then I belong But there is no difference Nothing applies to me These are the best days of my life I am the second coming of nothing at all I predict things that never come true anyway And it'll never HAPPEN for me like it does for you I'll just work myself to death and that'll be the end
4.
My words have no meaning to you You interpret as you please I know that you pretend to care But there's nothing you will miss And if you think this isn't about you Well I'm sorry, 'cause it is But all you wanna do tonight Is get caught up in youth And maybe you're impressed With everything I do But I don't give a shit I don't give a shit I'm just being used So all you idiots can Go and breed to death I just can't wait to get you all out of my way My metapohors didn't work so I'll just say it straight and plain I'm not that good with affection Or with getting inside But you just force it down so hard That I wish I could just rip the tension right out of my lungs I know you're still impressed With everything I do But I don't give a shit I don't give a shit I'm just being used So all you idiots can Go and breed to death Here I'll sell it to you: I hope you breed to death
5.
Preset 03:51
I took a long hard look at your face today But it wasn't really yours at all Yea, I've seen it before It's the same old swarm You wear it the same! You're just a preset And you don't even know it So keep spinning along And when you want it You let everyone know it It's not really like you have a choice! You're just upbeat, confident confident, CON-FI-DENT Upbeat, confident, yea! They say "Don't judge a book by its cover" Because there's always something new to discover Well that's bullshit, it's all upfront I can tell by the way I'm being ignored And I think it's funny how I'm being myself And you're telling me that I'm somebody else When I don't want it as bad as your wave So stop telling me that you can all relate And all the stereotypes that I hear are true And I just can't wait to apply them all to you And don't listen, don't think this through But just know that I'll predict your every move! Shallow passion Always wins And hollow fashion Always leads And if you Don't believe me Then turn this off 'Cause I wrote All this shit Just to prove you wrong So stay upbeat, confident, confident, CON-FI-DENT Upbeat, confident, yea!
6.
Fields 05:28
I've said it all before in so many words And I'll say it all again Until the meaning is lost There's nothing to untangle It's all upfront I'll say I'm leaving again But I'll come back for more And it feels like I've been Falling forever While their fields of love Have looked on amazed That I had So much time So much life But nothing's given way And they'll use up All that I've given And turn it Into nothing I'd miss Until I'm out of time Out of life But they don't seem to mind It's all the same I've said that I've been falling But I kind of lied It's all just in my head I don't even use it that much So stop your listening And leave me be But I forgot I let you loose And now you just can't get enough Out of me Until I'm out of time Out of life? Whatever, I don't care You're all the same
7.
Recall 04:42
And I recall Before the skies were Strapped to the detonators Before the lights all Dimmed in their simulators Before I saw the all as cheap imitators They said: "Don't tell me what to do Don't tell me what to choose Just know I will never ever lose Or even burn up That is impossible I followed all the rules" "But give me all the tools And tell me what to use Just know that I will never ever lose That's what I'm here for Everything's possible And I just can't get enough!" And now I'm here And they've all folded up around me And yet they fail to see the irony As they fold in all around I love the way they fold around you I love the way you're understood I know I'll never get inside you I know I'll never get it through I love the way they fold around you I love the way you prove me right And now I'm gone So don't remind me To look back
8.
All my clever words had run out I'm just scraping bottom now I'm not really here And you can't hear this at all But it feels like I belong None of this seems like it's wrong I'm just doing my job while you do yours So make me stare at All your bright and busy days But to me they don't mean shit So breed to death, My love You don't exist At all And even if you did I wouldn't care at all Becuase you are the standard You were my last excuse I'm one in a million I have everything to lose And don't try to reason You'll burn up in atmosphere 'Cause you are the standard issue Yea, you are the standard issue I should really get out more 'Cause all you people make the World go 'round, yea I know But everytime I do It's just a maze And you're light years away And I have no one to blame Except me and this head
9.
Attention 04:58
This is the last impression That I'm going to make So you should pay attention 'Cause everything's making sense So much sense And now I'm going backwards This is the first wave I'm at the end of the start And I'm everything that I've made Yea all I've made This isn't getting deeper Just repeating itself I've heard it all before But didn't catch a word you've said! But you're not impressed So scream back at me: ATTENTION! I've got these four limbs and a head! And I demand ATTENTION! I've got nothing to lose so much to gain! ATTENTION! There's Nothing out there but myself! And I demand ATTENTION! I've got so much to give, so much to take! I guess I'm too dependent On what you say So I'm completely detached From what I need for myself (Yea, my demands are great!) But I don't have a system That works real well So now I'm stuck in a frame Trying to push you all away It's not going too well! So give it up for those Who have no one to blame And fit so well into these boxes that you've made I'd love to put myself away But you'd have no one to blame
10.
This is for myself As selfish as it gets And the only thing that I have left But you don't understand 'Cause you're the standard wave You got your balance down but your vision is so plain The pictures in my head are great! I prefer them over you. There's nothing you can do or say To make me ever change the way I am. I'm the one that let you in And you walked all over me So thanks for everything Well, that was my mistake And now I'll have to pay So I'm selling all these dreams Just so that I could stay And watch it fade away Into all this grey I Can do so much but you've all got me caged. Tell me Things will always work out We are really on your side! It's alright! Wwe feel your pain! Too late All is said and done now Go ahead and make the calls No one's home. I've gone away.
11.
I'm walking towards you bleeding every step of the way You stare at me wide-eyed but can't understand my pain But the pain is not the problem, it's the division of mind Where you see a clear path all I see are shards of glass I'm not your social animal, I don't wanna be here! I'm not your soccial animal so get the fuck off me! I'll carry my broken wings to the summit of your truth Don't want to look back and see you standing there When I throw it all off the cliffs you'll be last to know I've swallowed myself long enough for you to see The ghost of me.

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Standard Issue is my "white album" with a heavy doze of sarcasm and 80's night inspired basslines mixed in with stabs at the music climate around me and how I perceived myself in it. Recording Aerodrone at the same time as this made everything more poppy and slick. An interesting album for an interesting time. After trusting someone else to master the original release of this, I realized I needed a re-release to correct the way the tracks sounded. Especially Fields. TZA, my keyboardist, suggested this to me and thus, Standard Issue V2.

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released April 25, 2006

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