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Chosen Fate
01:53
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You take drugs to overcome the pain
You take drugs to hide the blame
You take drugs to be accepted.
You take drugs not to be rejected.
But what does it ever solve?
The earth doesn't stop to revolve.
Each day, each breath you intake.
Could be your chosen fate.
Justify your darkest lies.
Everything is ok in your eyes.
Only hurting yourself you say.
Life is the price you will pay.
You lie, cheat, and steal.
You beg for your next meal.
You refuse to say no.
The pain continues to grow.
You dive in deeper and deeper
The trials become steeper.
You use and abuse your friends
The hate never ends.
STOP!
DRUGS - WILL NOT TAKE AWAY THE PAIN!
DRUGS - WILL NOT TAKE AWAY THE BLAME!
DRUGS - WILL NOT STOP THE HATE! end it now or...
DRUGS - WILL BE YOUR FINAL FATE!
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Take Action
01:57
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TAKE ACTION (HOLLOW WORDS)
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TAKE ACTION...
TAKE A STAND...
MAKE A CHANGE...
LEND A HAND
You sit back and relax in your chair
Talk about events happening out there
the nation, the world, the state.
Say you care about the world's fate.
Join the neighborhood watch
Put on a good show for your friends
Say you will make a change
You do nothing - no back to bend.
A requirement of the true of heart
You must be willing, willing to take part.
Raise your hands to the air
Raise voices, ring out a toast.
You say "I care, I'm aware."
A good ol' countryman boast
You spout off ideas and opinion.
The drugs, the crime, the war.
Big man, big ideas from the stool
Keep it up as long as you look cool.
You must do more than just talk the talk.
You must walk the walk.
Act like you have a conscience
Act as if you are totally aware
Act like you'll take the front line.
Act as if you really care.
Nothing is ever accomplished
from the back of the room
Take a stand, voice your opinion
'lest you end up in a forgotten tomb
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Redefine
01:55
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Cost-containment is the situation.
Expenditure control is needed in rations.
High priced, low-quality medication.
Lower costs, raise costs, needing self-examination
A magnet machine, a building for rehabilitation.
Ventured into for the good of civilization?
Corruption in absence, will quality go up or down?
Is competition good - looking at it on these grounds?
chorus:
Complete disregard for the elderly and the poor.
We all want and deserve much more.
The Hippocratic Oath versus the Hypocritic Oath
In our situation we have no reason to boast.
Self-Referrals. A Joint-Membership pact.
Actors on a stage, but they can't even act.
Physicians gain, consumers lose, position.
Selfish rationalization of the healthcare system.
Mass amounts of unecessary procedures.
All on the heads of the weak and eager.
Where did they learn their education?
Of medical manipulation.
Medicare, Medic-aid, no insurance?
"Sorry, nothing for free.
I need to pay for this investment -
Capitalism is for me"
chorus:
Complete disregard for the elderly and the poor.
We all want and deserve much more.
The Hippocratic Oath versus the Hypocritic Oath
In our situation we have no reason to boast.
Self-Referrals. A Joint-Membership pact.
Actors on a stage, but they can't even act.
Physicians gain, consumers lose, position.
Selfish rationalization of the healthcare system.
H.M.O. say NO!
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No Regrets
01:59
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I like who and what I have become,
The choices I have made in my life
It is what I have been formed from,
The joy, pain and the strife.
If I had a chance to change anything,
I would choose not to change.
Hopefully the same tune I would sing,
Choosing not to rearrange.
CHORUS:
No Regrets - No Regrets
No Regrets - No Regrets
I will not have one regret,
From my mistakes I will learn,
Using the time to not forget,
Making the exact same turns.
All decisions that you make,
Everything that you've done.
Your personalilty it creates,
From the bad times and the "fun".
CHORUS - Bridge - Chorus X 2
Taking the same path completely,
The wrong and the rights.
I'll not regret it, but secretly,
I'll keep in it my sights.
Looking back I will see at length,
The choices that I have made.
I will see it as strength.
From my mind it will not fade.
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Try to take away the pain.
Watch it circle the drain.
cut and bleed
Nothing gained.
Friendship lost today.
Considered the only way.
cut and bleed
The price you pay.
Pressure overwhelms you.
Unlikely victims too.
cut and bleed.
It is what you do.
Soothing relaxation, growing - nears,
Shut the world out, releasing the pain.
You cry for help, but no one hears.
The blood dripping down like rain.
Denying what you see within mirrors.
The hurt seeps out, from under the skin.
Too many times, too many years.
A struggle you can't surely win.
You're on thin ice.
Nothing is so nice.
cut and bleed
You throw the dice.
Depression sets in.
Slice the skin.
cut and bleed
You don't win.
Over and over, it extends.
A loss of friends.
cut and bleed
It is the end.
Ending your life, you have no fears.
You hide in the shadows - windows shut.
Bleeding unstopped - flowing like tears.
Too deep this time, too much.
Flesh for flesh, a taste of death
Reach for the back row - in haste
Scars from before are hidden,
Cut and paste. Cut and paste.
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