DECAPITAL

Written as a concept album to decry the inherent evils of global capitalism and the myriad damages it inflicts upon all humans and the planet. It tells the story of a young man on the streets who finds himself wandering through a violent and dangerous police state in which there is no means left to live a life of freedom. There is only steel, poverty, pollution, oppression, religious war, government propaganda, and the lingering effects of the global capitalist hegemony at every turn. In our eyes DECAPITAL is a vision of the future, which we-- not only as a band, but as citizens of Earth-- are fighting to prevent.

SIDE A

CONCRETE JUNGLE
(0:00-3:05)
Life is the greatest test only the strong survive
The air you breathe is poisoned, try to stay alive
Artificial habitat made of cement
Exploiting the earth with malicious intent

The way of our ancestors
Hunting and gathering
Has been left to die
Global Warming, AIDS and cancer
It's slow genocide

Billboards of empty faced egos litter the town
Transformed the earth into a concrete jungle
Turned the world upside down

ANARCHY FOR FASHION
(3:05-4:40)
You say fuck the system, but is it all talk
When it's time for action, will you fight or walk?
The comments that you make, the clothes that you wear
Do you stand for anything do you even care?
Anarchy for fashion, a front for social gain

VIOLENT MINDS
(4:40-7:08)
So you're 18 and its time to enlist
Four years of killing is what your life will consist
Does the violence end after the war?
Or do you come back with a hunger for more?

Born to Kill, Train to Kill
Fight to Kill, Live to Kill

Violence and hate are drilled into your head
No big loss, another enemy dead
Invading other countries with the flag and the cross
doesn't matter what it takes, doesn't matter the cost!

War makes monsters of innocent young minds
Killing machines who commit violent crimes
Fighting and dying for the home of the brave
Coerced to conquer, you're just a slave

People that you kill, they're just like you and me
Struggling to survive, fighting to breathe
If you think what you're doing is okay
Ask the families of the people you slay!

Born to Kill, Live to Kill
Fight to Kill, Live to Kill
KILL, KILL, KILL, DIE

HOLY WAR
(7:08-11:37)
The End of Days
Grim Reaper Calls
This is When Governments Fall
The Final Battle or So They Say
You Won't be Spared even as you Pray

Holy War
Took So Many Lives
Holy War
Claimed So Many Minds

The End is Nigh
So Says Their Prophecy
Your Minds Distorted by Religious Fallacy
Your Leaders Preaching Fear and Death
Safe in the Notion of Heavenly Rest

Holy War
Took So Many Lives
Holy War
Claimed So Many Minds

Behold this Worldwide Unholy Fraud
Mankind's Evil as the Word of God
The Sacred Tomes now left Unread
Forever buried beneath the dead

Holy War
Took So Many Lives
Holy War
Claimed So Many Minds

SIDE B

FUNDING THE ARREST
(0:00-3:09)
The tax of millions fund the police
Builds the cages for incarceration
Feeds the mouths of the reckless police
Beating you to death in a black site prison

Line up in the streets for elite greed
Lie in wait for revenue generation
The guilty and innocent bleed
Serve corporate interests, protect capital!

Penitentary incarceration
An institution of exploitation
We bought the handcuffs that bruised our wrists
On the way to court hoping the charges are dismissed
Good luck!

Protect and serve is what they say
We know damn well its for their pay
Watch your back when youre on the street
Bloodthirsty pigs are looking for me

Protect and serve is what they said
What a fucking joke when youre lying dead
Officers watching everything we do
Keep your eyes out, they're coming for you!

L.A.P.D.
Legally Assaulting People Daily
A.C.A.B.
Lying and Abusing People Daily

"10-38 in progress. Suspect apprehended! Alright boys, let's take him downtown..."

A pig is a pig thats what I said
The only good pig is a pig thats dead
Fuck the police!

IGNORANCE IS BLISS
(3:09-6:00)
Like soulless androids
They forgot how to dream
Controlled by those in power
This quest for the American Dream (it's not real)

Ignorance is bliss
Bliss is our demise
Ignorance is bliss
Your bliss destroying lives

Instant gratification
Keeps us entertained
Convenience has enslaved us!
You've successfully been tamed (break your chain!)

Ignorance is bliss
Bliss is our demise
Ignorance is bliss
Your bliss destroying lives

American bread and circus
Mass Media to Sedate
Reality TV and Sports Games
Prop up the failing state (will you remain?)

Government propaganda
To keep you the dark
Together let's burn this system
It takes you to be the spark (set it ablaze!)

DECAPITAL
(6:00-8:46)
One Percent
Fucking Slime
Your Corporate Welfare is Organized Crime
Greedy Bastards
While We Starve I'll be Plotting your Downfall

Puppet Master
Political Elite
I wanna be the one to dump your body in the street
Warmonger Pig,
While We All Die We're Devising your Demise

You are forever full of shit
Take away our livelihood, we know you'll never quit
While millions die your greed knows no end
I wanna take an axe right to your fucking neck

Robber Barons
White Collar Scum
Lords of this global dystopian slum
Your time has come
While We Starve we'll be Plotting your Downfall

Politician
Profiteer
We will laugh as you run in fear
Our world suffers
While We All Die We're Devising your Demise

You are forever full of shit
Take away our livelihood, we know you'll never quit
While millions die your greed knows no end
I wanna take an axe right to your fucking neck

Feudalistic System
Risen from the Dead
Enslaving the rest of us
For the fattened one percent
Its up to us to stop them
Before there's nothing left
Render you poor, then's it off to war
For their profit without end

Abominations
Defenestration
A Slave Nation for World Stagnation
You deserve extermination
DECAPITAL, it's time

Abominations
Defenestration
A Swift death to your generation
Prepare for an Altercation
DECAPITAL, it's time

You are forever full of shit
Take away our livelihood, we know you'll never quit
While millions die your greed knows no end
I wanna put that bullet right through your fucking head

WAR CRIMES IN DISGUISE
(8:47-11:22)
Hundred year old trees witness
As our "leaders" march us to our demise
They too are now marked with X's
Victims of war crimes in disguise

An organized plot for profit
At the earth's expense
Industries pump our mother
Dry of her milk

Why is nature not over profit?
Why is want over need?
This system we call 'capitalist'
Is fueled by hatred and greed

Exploitation, desolation
Take more than we need!