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Watch It Burn

by American Television

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1.
For what it’s worth We’re on the same course And we’re searching for something more But we just live our lives Arguing who’s wrong or right And we’re nailing it to a cross We should traverse This awkward universe After all, that’s what life’s for But we just lead our lives Naive and blinded by pride Unaware of what’s in store What in the world do I know? It can be cold To go it all alone So take a look before it’s dark We shouldn’t waste all our time Trying to be vilified Grab my hand, let’s get lost What in the world do I know? We’re all on the same course Traverse this awkward universe
2.
The world is changing You’re just standing still You pursued only half your dreams And half of those came true So talk of all your shortcomings And how you almost did Amount to something Amount to nothing And you’re holding on To something from ten years gone Gotta free your mind You’ll finally move on The clock is ticking You’re just always noon You achieved all your hopes and dreams By the age of twenty-two So talk of all your shortcomings And how you almost did Amount to nothing Amount to everything you hoped you’d be And you’re holding on To something from ten years gone Gotta free your mind If you free your mind You’ll finally move on
3.
Dead & Gone 02:09
To the people who dropped the guillotine To the ones who take you to your knees Where are they now? Insults that cut you to the core The ones that make you plead no more Where are they now? Take a look around, pry up the floorboards Where your tears once fell, if these walls could talk Just knock them down, leave them in the past Nowhere to be found, they’re dead and gone They’re dead and gone, moved on to better days They’re focused on all the small things Seen some wasted days, being a victim Now they’ve got a taste Now all the quiet ones, outspoken and free And all the wicked ones are seated beneath me
4.
Drinks 02:51
Worn out welcomes The weekend cadavers clean ourselves up off the street Wait in line For cold empanadas Just something to soak up the drinks Drag out the goodbyes through a city sunrise These rooftops offer retreat From the pace down there on the street All these half poured bottles over broken hearts All these unanswered questions take us back Postpone the long walk home Anything offers reprieve My phone, just a dial tone I’m so disconnected All these half poured bottles over broken hearts All these unanswered questions take us back to the start! We’re all singing, singing because we’re drinking Baby, are you drinking too? We’re all drinking, drinking because we’re sinking Baby, are you sinking too?
5.
Parasite 02:44
There’s no replacement once they can taste it Love at first bite, it’s just a parasite There’s no way to escape it I think it’s time to embrace it You’ve lost the fight, it’s just a parasite Pay the price Love at first bite Sucked out Bled dry White collar parasite Clocked out 9-to-5 This is what success looks like
6.
Dad's Song 02:17
It’s hard to smile When all you catch is shit and slight And the bastards grind you down This is no life To be served up hand to mouth And expect it with a smile So what is right? Being scorned for what you’ve been told Or standing up to make a change? And if I’m wrong, you all just carry on I’ll send myself on my way After all this is what you’ve come to expect We watched our fathers stick out their necks Is this all? A life of regrets We were warned: make your own path And take it All the while, all we got are aches and pains And the boss is sitting back You spend your life following protocol But in the end there is no friend
7.
Technology 03:14
We can’t ignore the screen We care what everyone’s thinking We’re socially networking Missing things when we blink Slaves to our routine Still we find ourselves sinking Self image we’re anchoring To the Kool-Aid we drink Don’t need inspiration for songs that we’ll never sing Wasted potential in all of our suffering We make bad decisions, not making amends Fake with precision, we’re not making friends And ironically there’s no apology They control the world we see Everything’s cut and pasted It’s manufactured reality Writings we can’t erase Afraid of what we might be Just talking shit when we’re wasted Mass produce our mentality And they decide what we taste Don’t need inspiration for songs that we’ll never sing Wasted potential in all of our suffering Blind to the truth, maybe we’ll never know Despite all the proof, we’re still part of the show Oh technology We lay out our lives chronologically Where’s my apology?
8.
When the world stops spinning free And the sulfuric acid burns through our skulls I know I wanna lay with you Underneath these lava skies And watch them burn When the earth’s a fiery mess And the atomic fallout just keeps our bodies warm Please just avert your eyes as my skin peels off I’m fine So what’s the fuss? Let’s just get fucked Drink some gasoline Sit back and watch it burn
9.
Misprint 02:32
When we were fifteen Out past the edge of town Breaking bottles and building fires With no else around Other kids, they called us freaks But we didn’t give a shit A couple of wanderlust anarchists Feeling disillusioned Holding back the screams Sure we stood for something For what, it’s hard to say the least Don’t wanna end up another statistic That the news will misprint Got my six string and a microphone It’s a sound salvation, radio Put some records on and strum along And these four chords will become our favorite songs Let’s get in the van and play some shows! An anthem of rebellion Heart sewn upon my sleeve I found a new religion Greg Graffin was my priest Now I’m 33, still raising hell I’ve got a place to call my own suburban home I still write my songs with my trusty chords And pray to punk rock gods for a sing along
10.
Great Divide 02:57
I’m drained on the American dream Even though we’re taught it’s equal That’s not the way it seems All the racist rhetoric And the blatant classist lies Magnify the great divide Keep doing as we’re told Their lies are getting old We read between the lines In the great divide She’s sick in a hospital bed She had to pay the bus fare So she stopped her medicine Now she works a second job Just to pay the doctors off When she looks at her scars Man, it crushes her heart The Great Divide

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released January 24, 2020

All songs written and performed by American Television, All Rights Reserved

Engineered and Mixed by Pablo Cabrera at Analog Approach Studios
Mastered by Jesse Cannon at Cannon Found Soundation

Artwork by Chairman Ting
Photography by Ben Goldstein
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