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Involuntary Participants

by Komplex

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1.
Infowars 03:20
Public opinion formed by hatred and lies Where alternative facts stand supreme The alt-media elite lay at the populist’s feet Ready to realize their dreams Rationality out the door Regular truths are such a bore No regrets for the lies they spread Since the info-wars has gotten to their heads With conspiratory lies they dismantle the truth Steadily gaining more ground With disdain for the weak, who are the prey of their views Blind to the damage they cause
2.
Living in fear Fright leads your life Nowhere to run Nowhere to go You stay put and you fight Cause you hate the unknown Liars spread hate Bigotry, fear Staring blind At the stigmas they make Hate for race Fear of change Fascist minds Empty thoughts Hate for race Fear of change Blind for the truth Of the system they create
3.
I lay awake, choked by my own dreams The clutch of psychosis tightens my thoughts Rambling thoughts feed the night terrors I can’t tell apart what real and what not An unstable mind, restless in panic The anguish keeps building, fuelled by stress Irrational fears shroud my cognition I can’t comprehend what has happened to me Nightmares Fear Anxiety Just cogwheels In the machine of madness
4.
Normalized 01:21
This is what is happening since our shift to the right 4chan nazis flood the streets and are willing to fight Fighting back would be condemned by the moral elite Horseshoe-theory pricks of neo-liberal creed Normalized Justified Bullshit public opinion made facts lose to the lies Shaved scalp nazi boneheads make place for slick hair and ties Spew 18th-century bullshit like its relevant philosophy Refution makes them think you’re part of delusional conspiracies Normalized Justified Don’t hold back Fight them back
5.
Enjoy your privilege and prejudice As you dwell in superiority You mistake them for entitlement Part of cultural majority Of course you refuse to see When you’re part of the majority No reason to fight, no reason to bow When the laws are written for you Forgetting who are left behind In the pain your ambivalence have caused Now change is near and panic's here. Quick to point the finger at who you think is to blame
6.
Social pressure constantly I can’t be who I want to be I’ve had enough, I’m on my own I want to be left alone I am no friend of myself I hate my guts, yet I scream for help Constant pressure made me who I am Will I fade away when I understand Split from rationality In my grasps at individuality Slipped into communal hell That taught me my how to hate myself Gave in to my misery I deny myself who I want to be I tried to love me, but I can’t The only way to change is the end by my own hands
7.
The beginning of life, the ending of lives It all boils down to the next generation You saddle your kin, with the mess you created Mass-produced, consumption-spirited self-mutilation It’s time for that kin, to take a stand And unite the burdened to overturn the old congregation The youth seek the truth and we aim for enlightenment Yet we keep those in charge of the class-separation Do you think your pop-culture can change the world? Just keep on screaming into your bubble of agreement I don’t think these songs I write will change the world But I’ll just keep on screaming in my bubble of agreement Do you think your pop-culture can change the world? Just keep on screaming into your bubble of agreement I don’t think a thing I’ll do can change the world Yet it helps me fool myself into thinking I matter Revolutionary action in the age of distraction Seems about as void as the change that we are after At the root of the problem, confirmation bias is the core If you demonize the class that you claim you’re fighting for
8.
White Cop 01:42
Police are in your neighbourhood Run for your life, you know you should Biased cops play hateful games They’ll shoot to kill, you’ll take the blame Spreading fear across the streets, where they’ll make you face concrete The white cops are acquitted of crime They commit crimes against inhabitants they deem to be recalcitrant The truth is what they want it to be Monopoly on violence? Monopoly on horseshit They smother over colour and race Hierarchical authority take rights to kill minorities You’ll die if you try to Stand up and fight for your rights Hatred Masked with false authority Prejudice In their quest for inequality
9.
Given the choice between right and wrong And you it’s bestowed upon Did what you think was right And chose the ‘’other side’’ Look at what we’ve chosen Die Banalität des Bösen You think we’ve seen the light? And left it all behind? You can’t tell the truth from lies So you settle with compromise It’s easy to enjoy the status quo Since real change is less comfortable Even if you’re convinced that, in fact you chose You’re are still part of the system that you aim to oppose Do you really think that we can do the most? When we’re part of a system that we claim to oppose We’re all involuntary participants Until we aim to be dissidents Do what you think is right And fight either side
10.
Giving up a little for the betterment of others I thought of as a virtue in the fight against the struggle But it seems that doing good, for the world or humankind is seen as an attack on some superior state of mind Liberty, equality, no animal abuse Now you’re being labelled as a fascist P.C. tool I care about the others, and I care about what’s right Systemic injustice is the reason that we fight We are living in a time, which is bulging from hormones Where populistic lies are societal stepping stones ‘’saying what you want’’ turned into the greatest good Justified oppression under guise of what we should In the midst of the fight over total superiority I'm being deafened by the silent majority Nourished by the misinformed, their lies are quickly spread No one checks discrepancies when they go head to head Confirmation in our views is the thing we yearn the most Disparage the others and the truth if they oppose
11.
Soldaten (free) 01:36
Als ich eine Kompanie von Soldaten sah wurde mir so schlecht Wie sorglos gingen sie in den Krieg um zu sterben für nichts Sterben für nichts

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released December 13, 2018

Reynaert: Vox/Guitar
Ailke: Bass
Antenor: Drums

Recorded and mixed by Bri-Doom at Studio 1in12

Artwork by Reynaert Vosveld

Track 11, Soldaten, written by the legendary Cluster Bomb Unit

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Komplex Groningen, The Netherlands

Political hardcore / crust band from Groningen, the Netherlands.

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2012 - 2018

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