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Don't Quit Your Day Job

by Mutiny Mutiny

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1.
Our hearts Beat two against three We are extraordinary machines Our part In this menagerie Restart Burning hot and clean This city A situation An abstract Construct Blank page Cold and glowing white Engage The strength to incite Riot Against the dying light We write Our own rules tonight This city A situation An abstract Construct This is a work in progress Come in, excuse the mess Get some paint on the canvas Step back, we'll see what sticks Get it together Piece by piece Lay it down Brick by brick Monuments erode away And flowers bloom in the decay No record permanent Not terra or firmament We keep spinning in the void So tell me what Tell me what you want Tell me what you want to build
2.
No shots As warning Right out of the blue Then fade to black Shadows Are swarming How much more Lunacy do we need? Stand Down Haunted eyes can see through skin Rise up Don't write the ending...begin I'm looking over my shoulder I don't walk where the streetlights out In this theater of the senseless Reason gets displaced by doubt I'm holding fast Waiting for this racing heart to slow Stay away from that window It's not anyone that we know Sorrow Will find you, Will own you Will wear you down Seek Asylum But rage already Knows your name Ask for Immunity but the sickness spreads Locked up But we do the time instead
3.
I've heard the stories and I've seen the wringing hands Out of touch, obsolete, bracing for the collapse But it's not as dramatic as all of that A long slow fade out to the last gasp Don't quit your day job Don't take the first bus out of here Empty promises Feet aching to dance Voices straining to be heard A scream in a quiet room Blood pumping Like pounding drums Strumming chords like swinging fists The need for escape Is present and real Souls begging for release As the last door shuts And the machines shudder to a halt We'll be here We'll remain
4.
Entitlement 03:34
We are the future like it or not (participate/in the race/no matter what/win first place) We are consumers what do you got? (coddle me/fragile minds/enable me/all the time) King technology's feudal state (networks down/plug me in/overload/try again) A smiling face on every breakfast plate (gratified/instantly/don't tell me/wait and see) We're gonna get what we deserve We are perfect pieces of ass (pout your lips/strike a pose/new status/click upload) Graduates at the top of our class (praise me for/just showing up/impossible/to have too much) The most brilliant and clever by far(OMG/LOL/save me from/this living hell) The new greatest generation is what we are (shining lights/beacons of hope/always behind/the velvet ropes) We're gonna get what we deserve Where's my gold star? Where's my gold star? An eggshell walk Every time we talk Special Mom says Special Mom says The bubble bursts Plummet back to earth Where's my gold star? Where's my gold star? The bubble bursts Plummet back to earth
5.
It's a chop shop The only way to exit is going piece by piece Nervous wrecks of accidents fade in the rearview Get your spare parts here You don't have to pay Bring your spare parts here Here your parts will stay Let's swallow bitter pills Darkness brings a chill Shaking hands gone still We'll cut it up and break it down We'll take your junk and recombine it Secret stash, flush with cash We'll let you know where you can find us This message will self-destruct So memorize your assignment Underground, lost and found Get on up if you want to get down Break it up Rip it up Tear it up Break
6.
Short attention spans the gaps Across the wires I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight Giving up on giving it a rest
7.
Speak in code Abstract reason Our biology Fractured strings Broken ciphers Map the translation A word, a gesture (Spell it out for me) A phrase obscured (In simple terms) Patterns discovered (Give me a sign) I've swallowed alphabets Nonsense mutations (Lost in a haze) Frame the absurd In our blood, fortified Our words are crooked ladders Degenerate information Start stop start start stop stop start stop
8.
This unending record Bedlam strikes a chord At odds with the transfer Renders no reward Round the remainder Obsession is control Loose ends a hidden danger Down the rabbit hole Prime numbers Tug of war Prime numbers Embark when flawless Twisted and uncertain Shoulds are a solace Faults are a burden Prime numbers Tug of war Prime numbers Balance and symmetry Exactness comforting Perfection just ahead Dreamt of from this bed Why start what you can't win Ends first and then begins Nothing if not the best Errors aren't laid to rest Two by two they enter Even perfect lines Strays far left from center Just don't call me prime
9.
End Scene 03:58
Sore, tired eyes In the morning sun Cold Autumn air A race to run A bitter winter wind A fever chill Counting down the hours time stands still The seasons change But the scene stays the same Nerves are rattled Jarring bones The overhead buzz of electric wires This window is my flat screen Diamond raindrops cut the glass I may bend But I won't break
10.
Take the high road But don't look down Your best foot forward On shattered ground Pull out the stops But don't pass go Walk the walk Stand toe to toe The writing is on the wall We spring forward just to fall Don't try to walk, learn to crawl Details are the devil so small A house divided Cannot stand Paint the town red Blood on your hands Back to square one Start again Begs the question Where does it end The writing's on the wall We spring forward just to fall Don't try to walk, learn to crawl Details are the devil so small Quit while you're ahead We reap what we sow The dark horse whispers The things we don't know The writing's on the wall We spring forward just to fall Don't try to walk, learn to crawl Details are the devil so small
11.
Get Empty 03:09
Even in the shallow water it's sink or swim Pull my fucking strings like I'm a violin Vile in every way this situation we're in Even in the shallow water it's sink or swim Can't quiet or deny riots in my head Uneasy every night as we surrender to bed Better be a ghost if you walk with the dead Can't quiet or deny it riots rulin my head Keep pushing so much air, it's empty Ask me if I care, I'm empty Underfed-up never let up c'mon loosen your tongue A ton of reasons for your anger come on just pick one Wonder if there's really nothing new under the sun Underfed-up never let up now loosen your tongue Sweet torture never wrote your fucking name in the sky Nothing better for your mettle than a stick in the eye When the bell rings you either fight or you cry Sweet torture never wrote your fucking name in the sky Keep pushing so much air, it's empty Ask me if I care, I'm empty Platitudes everywhere, they're empty Be a vessel, be aware, be empty Tearing at the seams Nothing in between Attached to a dream Let it go Let it out Shake it baby Twist and shout Let it go Let it out Weapon focused Beyond doubt
12.
Hallowed be thy Hollow claims A kingdom of the mundane The sacred The profane Walked between like drops of rain Give to us Our daily poverty Suffocating slowly Too little air to breathe Petition the soul To be sill and comply I want to wake before I die I want to wake before I die Give to us Our daily poverty Lucidity the weapon Sleep the enemy Drink long Drink deep From this roaring stream I'll see you when I see you If I see you at all There's no one there to carry us We pick ourselves up When we fall

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released November 12, 2013

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Mutiny Mutiny is a Seattle-based band that formed in late 2009. Our new EP, "undefined", was released October 2015. Follow us on Facebook to see when we're playing next!

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