So Mean

from Nocturnal Emissions by Broken Ohms

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Clearing the field of our empathy,
Digging a trench around what shouldn’t be,
Building a tower, now you’re looking down,
What about us who look up, look up from the ground
We are the mouths that you think of as sheep,
Create the chaos you need as we sleep,
You have solutions only good for few,
Part of the plan, so whatcha, whatcha gonna do?
All that surrounds you and still…
What’s in it for you that makes you…
Just like a rock star, it gets you so…
Why would they help you, when it makes you so…
Holding the torch up so we all go blind,
Leading the way so that we never mind
Which of the garden paths you lead us down,
Stop now to smell, smell the, smell the stink around,
These are the instincts that we’re coming to,
Just like the past before you ran us through,
Hoping that we’ll never realize,
What’s in behind, behind your, your hollow eyes
All that surrounds you, and still…
What’s in it for you that makes you…
Just like a rock star, it gets you so…
Why would they help you, if it makes you so mean?
There’s a spell you hold over the crowd that waits to believe in you
And the words chosen and arranged to bend the truth
Everyone’s here with a cause, and their faith in a better day
But they will not admit, they need you all the same
You step up to the podium and the rush of the game arrives
The thrill of them not knowing how you hold their lives
You rely on experience, their fears and their dreams
It borders on obscene, what makes you so mean…
So mean…
This is the future that we’re taking back,
This is our wisdom, this is our attack,
Cursing the years you’ve stolen the truth,
Now here I am, so whatcha, whatcha gonna do?

Lyrics by Peter Hubley ©2008 Dirt Reynolds Music

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from Nocturnal Emissions, released August 15, 2008

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Broken Ohms Halifax, Nova Scotia

Broken Ohms have been adding soul to metal and spicing up stoner grooves since 2006. They’re Halifax’s heavy rock ambassadors, and have a sound that can’t be ignored. These four guys deliver a raw, explosive dose of arena-sized rock that will leave you screaming for more! ... more