The Paper Trench
Reflections on Society's Illusions
Lyrics
All of the high rolling and the soft focus
All the glamorous and selective attention
Helps with the stockpiling of your wooden self
Aids in accumulating the constructed version of oneself
Only in high rolling and in soft focus
Only in the glamorous and selective attention
Do we really ask, 'Is there not more than this?'
Do we genuinely question if there is more to life?
It's a trench and the cult and the culture it breeds
Refers to a metaphorical trench, a cult, and the culture it fosters
Only serves to feed one side and crush the rest
It only benefits one group, oppressing the others
Those that siphon the green from the air that we breathe
Those who exploit the environment to enrich themselves
To line fat pockets with the residue
Gaining wealth at the expense of the air we breathe
And we suffer in silent moth balled fury
We endure in silent, pent-up anger
Trees that have long since shed their rings
Describes trees devoid of their age rings
As if to rub out the ball point memory of a thousand sins
Attempting to erase the collective memory of countless wrongs
Holy Moses and holy cow
An expression of surprise or amazement
My varicose root are coming out
Veins that are swollen or enlarged
And my sinew fingers throw them away
Fingers made of sinew discarding these veins
A ring per sin
Each vein represents a sin
A ring per sin
Repetition emphasizes the significance of each sin
All of the high rolling and the soft focus
All the glamorous and selective attention
Helps with the stockpilling of your wooden self
Aids in accumulating the constructed version of oneself
Only in high rolling and in soft focus
Only in the glamorous and selective attention
Do we really ask, 'Is there not more than this?'
Do we genuinely question if there is more to life?
It's a trench and the cult and the culture it breeds
Refers to a metaphorical trench, a cult, and the culture it fosters
Only serves to feed one side and crush the rest
It only benefits one group, oppressing the others
Those that siphon the green from the air that we breathe
Those who exploit the environment to enrich themselves
To line fat pockets with the residue
Gaining wealth at the expense of the air we breathe
And we suffer in silent moth balled fury
We endure in silent, pent-up anger
Trees that have long since shed their rings
Describes trees devoid of their age rings
As if to rub out the ball point memory of a thousand sins
Attempting to erase the collective memory of countless wrongs
Holy Moses and holy cow
An expression of surprise or amazement
My varicose root are coming out
Veins that are swollen or enlarged
And my sinew fingers throw them away
Fingers made of sinew discarding these veins
A ring per sin
Each vein represents a sin
A ring per sin
Repetition emphasizes the significance of each sin
Only in high rolling and in soft focus (I will make you bleed)
Only in the glamorous and selective attention (I will make you bleed)
Only in high rolling and in soft focus (I will close your eyes)
Only in the glamorous and selective attention (I will close your eyes)
Only in high rolling and in soft focus (You'll never quit)
Only in the glamorous and selective attention (You'll never quit)
Only in high rolling and in soft focus
Reiteration of the consequences of indulging in selective attention
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