THESE BE YOUR GODS
These Be Your Gods EP

6-track EP
songs recorded 2007 & 2008
release date: December 21st, 2009
recorded by HOFERDRIVE @ stereohammer
produced by NOISE CAPITAL
mastered by VINTAGE2
length: 20:40

6 songs:
these be your gods
combat
name a game
breakdown
you got to know yourself
and when i speak

all songs written by NOISE CAPITAL

 

1. THESE BE YOUR GODS

on the second day they came back
brought us instant coffee we became fat
I tried to fight them but I can’t go on
I got addicted to their meals

control the controllers
count the counters
start the counter-attack
take a paint brush
and write the new rules
on the biggest walls
i came to fight them but i broke - apart
they took my hometown by surprise

these be your gods
doesn't matter what you say, there is nothing that cannot be sold
3 for 2 is 2 for 3 for me but you must not know

the food is here but where are you my friend?
everytime you break my bread you turn my waste into gold
everytime you buy a gramme you get something for free
high percentage alcohol is something that will make you believe

welcome!
you are surrounded by the way
there ‘s too much pressure in all of this
the food is much faster than you anyway

[music & lyrics by NOISE CAPITAL]


2. COMBAT

help of high-level protection within the government of
_____________ (put the name of your country here)
all you black masks, all you hate saps, you wag the dog you should be punished and locked away
they shot me, subdued me, captivated
every single one of the weak
they force me, control me, they tell me reasons
but I just don’t buy that excuse

the hidden costs like bodies lost they disappear with the file-shredding-service-truck
machine-gunned to death so do not penetrate the secrets of the upper-class
they shoot us, subdue us, captivate us
every single day of the week
they force us, control us, they take advantage
of them being strong while we’re weak

all I have done, all I have bought
I have been brainwashed I do what I'm told
all I have done, all I have bought
I have been brainwashed
All you might want, All you might see
All you might ever want is to get free
All you might want, All you might see
It's all you ever
FIGHT!

now we march!

[music & lyrics by NOISE CAPITAL]

 

3. NAME A GAME

the foolish madman who's in all of us
planting seeds on the fields that belong to us
they will search they will find (and) sueing all of us

those fertile soils are full of sterile seeds
the result of a cult enabling evil deeds
they modify no salvation for the honest man

i name a game you have to play

is this the way that it's meant to be
an epidemic plague on payment of a fee
what we get what we want are two different things
but when we come back
you'll be amazed how many we are

what is the name?
name of the game
i name a game
you have to play
one day to remember
we'll be the commander
and you will surrender
it always had...
but when we come back
you'll be amazed
how many we are
it always had to be

[music & lyrics by NOISE CAPITAL]

 

4. BREAKDOWN

when we woke up today the world was painted black
so we went out to paint it green
yesterday was bad because this man got bored
and he crashed into the oil refinery
this was breaking news indeed

he is the one - who controls what's on the big screens
he has grown so big so fast
he is infiltrating town halls
information breakdown rules

we did some sampling here inserted some new code
and we found this plant that grows real fast
but what we didnt know the plant had evil thoughts
and it had more brains than all of us
it had a conscience on its own

one day ago - the plant is losing it all right now
and the same day - it has grown so big so fast
breaking news - no it's chewing on the town hall
this is the end - and it's swallowed as a whole
so here are some more...

"good morning ladies and gentlemen
today the museum of contemporary arts has been swallowed by a giant flower
our ugly new bridge has also been destroyed, which is not bad at all. thank you
the giant plant turned into a nuclear plant after it had made love to our nuclear plant
thank you for joining"

one day ago - the roots destroyed our cables
and the same day - its branches crushed our doors
breaking news - there was nowhere left to go to
this is the end - collateral damage grows

[music & lyrics by NOISE CAPITAL]

 

5. YOU GOT TO KNOW YOURSELF

You got to know yourself
there is something in your eyes that the others just cannot see
are you friend or foe
are you really as confused about the high art of diplomacy
you are like us all
you only know what they want you're the blueprint of us all
we are just like you
we have everything we need but we are still not satisfied

what is right or wrong?
They change the meaning of these words by the time we speak
where's your presence now?
you have to filter information bits to get to something we should know
you have to keep it up
every little step you make is like another loss they take
we were just like you
but we have pulled the plug and finally we know

you got to know yourself
you always have to keep in your head
when you are beaten down to stay on track

where's the handshake gone
I'm shure that yestersay they shook his hand

[music & lyrics by NOISE CAPITAL]

 

6. AND WHEN I SPEAK

I'm going home now
I have speculated just once more
I got addicted to this
system that fails you and your friends
it' quite amazing to watch them
as they try to find who's to blame
but in the end the problem
is really caused by people like me

and when i speak...
when i call...
when you fall...
you are weak...
... i can't control myself

I'm going home now
I have built another concrete wall
you are my host today,
tomorrow, for the rest of your lives
it's quite amazing that something
as simple as this really works out
but in the end you know that
you are just too weak for me

this is how it goes
such a simple cause
this is how it goes
this makes the (my) world go round

and when i speak - it makes the world go round
and when i call - it makes the world go round
that's when you fall - it makes the world go round
while you are weak - you make my world go round

[music & lyrics by NOISE CAPITAL]