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Extinction

by Driftknot

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reburgess1 Congratulations on a really great work of musical art and passion. All the lyrics are thought provoking and relevant! We are very proud of your mad skills and abilities to express yourself in a raw but thoughtful way! My favorite track is Glut Co because it made me take a look at my own past consumption habits. I can do with less for sure!
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Kytic Absolutely love De-Evolution. It has such a danceable beat while driving home a chilling message in a post-apocalyptic world. Favorite track: De-Evolution.
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1.
Fire 03:24
2.
Glut Co 05:47
We can be happy together when we are consuming together Out with the old and in with the new You won’t want to live without one of these And remember everyone in the family needs one So please, breed often that we may exhaust our productivity All of us in the name of god Consuming Consume More I don’t care about the name of your first born child As long as you make your replacement when it’s time to die I’ll keep you fed with meaningless things to try and buy Engineering massive debt to work you till you die Through the airwaves I control I’m inside your home Blasting images of things I’m telling you to own Re-wiring your minds to feel unsatisfied And watching helplessness rise up and swallow you alive But trust in me your salvation is something you can buy I’m gonna do this for as long as it takes You’re gonna play my little game until you break Designed for you to pay and for me to take From birth to the grave it’s all part of the game Stripping the earth to reap the fuel to feed this lie Paying your government to turn a blind eye Until the well is dry I’m getting mines You’ll just have to wait in line I bought a scientists to tell you that I’m right And wrote a check to get the church to bless my fight In this age of illusion I can sell it all With xenophobic vitriol You’re not equipped to live outside of my walls I’ll stigmatize any of you who don’t play ball So conform to me and enjoy the spoils Of consuming more Put your trust in me I’ll make sure you don’t think too hard I’m on your side so it’s ok to slip the blind fold on For your convenience I’ve created binary tribes I’ve done the research and the math to market to both sides Spinning the narratives and keeping the conflict high Watching the profits grow while you're wasting all of your time I’m always there to help you sign at the dotted-line Laying the trap to make sure that all your money is mine I let you pick your favorite color giving you a choice And help you fit the shackles on to take away your voice If you’re worried that your side is just a lie You needn’t worry cause you're all on the same side You’re the ones who work And the ones who pay And pay and pay to run the maze My pharmaceuticals will dull your tired mind Properly subdued and you will stay in line Dancing to the beat Greasing the machine Doing the arm and leg routine Raising your children while you’re lost inside the phone Cranking the dials up to crush their tiny souls Training them to hate the person in the mirror Listen up and let me make it clearer I make you with only a single job in mind To consume more and feed my bottom line Now get back out there and do the steps And read the script repeat the lines Consume More
3.
Escapitalism 03:45
There’s gotta be more There’s got to be more Because we need more To feed the hunger That we got Because we want more And cause we need more Of the things That we already got Drowning the quiet Trying to hide it Afraid to look at what’s wrong inside It’s what we’re told Every day Open your mouth And stuff it in Cranking the Earth Over the flames Until the taste is All burnt away Eating it up Every scrap Down on our knees we keep coming back With what remains We melt it down Building our very own Personal crowns And for a moment We can forget Lost in the rush of All our new shit From glowing screens To the front door This plastic joy has Us on all fours Nothing is a sin if it’s in the name of We want the stuff That makes us feel good Don’t preach to us now About the real world When this one breaks or Goes out of style Just to throw it out And buy another one Cause we don’t care about the cost To your future It won’t be ours Cause Frankly we Won’t be around So while we’re at it We’ll take another one This retail therapy is our sobriety From the reality Of this insanity We’re building machines Generate smokescreens To put our hands on the throat of the world And then we squeeze We’re pushing forward Uncompromised On the things it takes to satisfy We’re Unchecked We’re Unrestrained We’re unashamed And we won’t be blamed We need more We need more We need to take and take and take and take Until there’s no more We’re Working hard Everyday Winning the prizes that Take us away From all the pain And all the shame Under the weight of Material gains Speeding Towards The promised land Of the fulfillment That we demand Granting us access To the prescribed Euphoria That was advertised
4.
Pixel Honey 04:28
It’s not enough The attention that we crave Stimulation is the game Splaying our minds Just to feel something inside And it still Is never enough Press the button to join the hive Secretions flow from your mind Fingers and eyes Scrambling to find The next chemical high But it’s never enough Caught in a trance of auto refreshing dopamine Pulling you towards the cult of me Rewiring reality so that our need for identity Become more important than the truth You better think like me You better talk like me You better look like me If you’re gonna join the team This is the new polarized virtual reality Thoughts are converging We are becoming one You better think like us You better look like us You better talk like us If you’re gonna join our team Our eyes are everywhere watching for conformity Policing everyone fighting for purity No matter what you say No matter what you do We will correct you And We will perfect you Saving the world from a Diversity of thought We only possess a single thought
5.
Disconnected 04:47
I pour my life into this tiny screen Hoping to feel I belong Ready to share To display it all I need to know that I exist Your Attention Feeds Me This Is The Ideal Me The kaleidoscope spins in front of me The illusions start to dance Distorted fictions are my reality as I Disconnect my humanity Caught in this storm of moving images The spectacle knows no end In this sea of voices I am sinking Trying to be seen but I Can’t see myself I need to know I can’t feel And I need you In the presence of your ghostly light The darkness cuts away I sit and watch the shadows fight From deep inside my cave The Voices creep In Please Tell Me What To Do I’ll Be come Anything To Know That I’m Worth Something I can’t See myself anymore I can’t Hear anything I can’t Connect to myself I can’t Feel anything I can’t Live fast enough I can’t I can’t Live like this anymore I can’t Look Away
6.
Accelerant 01:20
7.
Petro-Rights 03:50
Smearing on paint Reason and shame Fall away Beating back those Who fuck up the Devout way Swelling of arms And making fists Spreading fear Join or be killed The menu is Pretty clear Cheering for death At the slightest Threat of change Making sure the Winners always Stay the same Steady currents Of hatred flow In the air Bubbling up Until the words Detonate We gotta take We gotta fight We gotta kill Our greatest fear Is to be seen as weak Encouraging Psychopathy as strength We’re ready to Commit atrocities In the name of Our great democracy Eating up all The blood and war On TV Desensitized From all the pornography Fiery eyes Yearning to make You believe Biting down hard The venom will Help you see Jumping in sand Doing the dance Beating the drums Feeding the Flames of arrogance Open the sky And set us free Raining down hate Behind Moral supremacy Picking up stones And smashing skulls Soaking the blood Into tapestries of Greatness Beat you again Beat you again Until you can Understand Freedom from shame Inflicting pain The strong always Eat the weak No more talking And No more facts We’ll pull out guns And shoot you dead Carrying hate Of those before Training our young To carry it forward In the name of Our greatness we Burn it all down Do you see
8.
9.
De-Evolution 05:10
In the dawning of the final sun The parody of what remains is made clear The deceived primitives fallen from grace Scramble on the floor in their newly found proper place Under fluorescent lights in bunkers made to last Clouded eyes and flesh all the colors of decay Fester to form something new of those who remain As the skin starts to fall away Radiation rotting your brain The makeup can’t hide it all the way There’s no one left to blame There’s no profit to gain It’s just a waiting game There’s no one Cause we’re changing Can you still deny (Can you still deny) Can you still say That it was all a lie Will you still deny (Will you still deny) Will you still say That it was all a lie Can you still deny (Can you still deny) Can you still say That it was all a lie Will you still deny (Will you still deny) Will you still say That everything is fine Can you still deny (Can you still deny) Can you still say That it was all a lie Will you still deny (Will you still deny) Will you still say That it was all a lie This is the end for us This is the end for us I hope the party was (This is the end) Worth all the destruction (This is the end) This is the end for us This is the end for us Enjoy the tickets to See all the light go out
10.
Collapse 04:25
We could have listened But there was so much more to take The soil cried for help But we couldn’t hear it We were strong then And the air was already poisoned We fought each other for so long We cashed in our children’s future To go a few more rounds in a greed driven nightmare And now the world is caked in ash Or falling beneath the sea There aren’t many of us left It won’t be long now What a waste
11.
Mirrors 06:12
Mirrors left behind Phantoms sealed for all time Delusions left on display Beaming light across the wastes Milky crowns of ice Varnish the permanence of death At the bottom of the trenches that they dug They could not find themselves a shelter from the storm Gasping for air and begging for an end Discarded products stack like headstones for a mass grave Mirrors left behind Hollow thoughts ringing out through time Living through the signs Ignoring them To the bitter end A blue hue stirs underneath the ice Waiting to be turned back on Travelers unearth broken mirrors Eager to see what’s inside Opening the box a voice creeps out The chorus become a swarm Voices blasting out on all channels The last words of humankind go I need them to see I need them to see me
12.
I light the fire cause I like The things it shows me Inhaling smoke cause I like The way it chokes me The sky is burning but I like The way it’s glowing It’s raining ash but it looks Just like it’s snowing Gather around And sing along We like to play the Same old song Drinking our fill Taking our pills We dance around While the flames thicken All of our fears And all the worries Are for tomorrow now What’s your hurry And in the light It becomes clear This is all we will Ever Come to be

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released January 7, 2022

Written, arranged, programmed, performed, and mixed by Chris Burgess
Produced by Chris Burgess and Chelsey Shuder
Drums performed by Rob Pearsall on Petro-Rights and Fire (Reprise)
Additional Synth Programming by Kazuma Jinnouchi on Glut Co
Mastering by John Paterno
Cover Art by Chelsey Shuder
Lettering and Logo Design by Jovietajane Creative Studios

Special thanks to John Paterno, Mix-Therapy, Carlye Nyte, Andrew Nyte, Damian Kastbauer, Todd Davies, Juan Uribe, and Luca Fusi.

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