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The Paradox of our Age

by Right Mind

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1. GREATEST ENEMY I is the greatest enemy of all Illusions of the self, always standing tall The ego often flowers rotten fruits That erode and decay into deluded minds Pride rises our spirits while building our walls We climb so fast, forgetting to open our doors Standing high on our pride too scared to look down Our feet are so far, so far from solid ground So far from solid ground What cost do we pay when we climb so high? Crawling over others to assert our pride We’re never above another while we share our condition Humility, please come into fruition We will never find happiness while our ego exists I against I, swinging fists Letting go of selfish thoughts it’s possible to believe A humble nature can always be achieved It can be achieved
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2. THE LOOKING GLASS When was the last time we looked inside? Looked inside to see ourselves Not the one defined by possession or the clothes we wear When was the last time we laid out our hearts to see what fruits they truly bear? Lying to ourselves each and everyday I’m surprised that we can keep finding new ways to trick ourselves into thinking we are better We’ve refined narcissism right down to the letter Paper dreams pale to the larger scheme of things No amount of wealth can compare kindness and the joy it brings Nourish the mind, body or soul So that maybe one day we can start to feel whole When was the last time I looked inside? To see the potential that I can never find I see through the looking glass I can see through the looking glass
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3. BLIND AND BLED Monetary poverty is not the greatest crime It's the poverty of the spirit that draws the line We are blind because we’re being bled all so that Gomorrah can be fed When will we walk together on this earth hand in hand? Instead of spilling blood over oil and land We’re more intelligent than ever before but our morality is lying wounded on the floor Losing our ability to feel are we living in a world that's real? Pseudo lives severing ties to the ones who suffer and cry Wealth, the true meaning we have forgotten the dressings on our wounds are blood soaked and sodden Our hands are stained red from trying to stop the bleeding but the money hungry just keep on feeding We need some form of healing HEALING!
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4. LOSING THE PRESENT Attached and chained to our expectations Can't see that this is our greatest limitation Resistant to this present moment, our reality living in our heads filled with illusions and fantasies. We worry about things that will never happen. And are crippled by memories, we can never change Living in a world made up in our minds Missing the chance to truly live in the present WE LOSE THE PRESENT Our suffering it comes from the mind We will all understand this in due time It's not what happens but what we think expectations grow, our peace will shrink When was the last time we went with the flow? To embrace life as it comes, that of what we don't know Our thoughts are minutes and years ahead Can we live our life if we are never in the here and now? We can never be open calculating our steps plotting our lives, waiting for death Plans have their place but moments don’t last with every thought ahead, we lose the present to the past
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Existence 04:02
5. EXISTENCE Civilians wrapped in white cloths along the roadside Mothers crying, a breathless child held to the sky Soldiers in black bags with deist names on the tag Killing our own in the name of twisted beliefs We see these images on a million screens thinking we are safe in our homes Behind our white picket fences lies an ugly truth Murder and violence stains our streets fueled by hatred and deceit Differences now settled with the end of a knife forever scarring lives Fear projects demons on people we don't know Eyes through our hands, our paranoia grows Our enemies are just people trying to live out their dreams. It's hard to hear through all of their screams. We need brighter vision of things to come before our very existence becomes undone Understanding your enemies might make you learn that we are no different to the ones we burn Let's work together, stop the cycle tear down these walls we helped to create. Understanding with compassion is the path to empathy to a hopeful, brighter reality.
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6. ACTION (KARMA) Acceptance of an all knowing plan no control given to man Events set in motion by cause and effect the true lesson we best not forget The lives of many flowing into one another The dance of karma is like no other We have free will, our choices We control our actions and our voices. Seeds are sown and fruits will flower with our free will we’ve got the power Good deeds bring opportunity while crimes hold us in samsara’s seams Time and time again repeating our mistakes forever raising the stakes Our actions have effects we will never see rippling into other realities When will our consequences come into play? Future or present one cannot say For this is cause and effect!
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Refocus 02:05
7. REFOCUS From a distance everything appears to be right That's not the case, refocus your sight! We’re conditioned not to see that we are trapped in the cogs of the machine Assigned to our places from our moment of birth while society grows, tears fall from the earth We all play our parts both big and small So desperate for change, prisoners of our own walls Every action triggers cause and effect So busy following, we easily forget Be aware of the seeds that we sow We need to question what we’re shown Question the way we live in the world The words of wisdom are never heard Gaia cries along with the voiceless and victimized while greedy men spit a thousand cowardly lies How much more shall die until we reach solid ground? A peaceful way to live, can it ever be found? Will it ever be found?
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8. STILL MY MIND I’m ripped from sanity and cast into fire where rage is my only desire Unleashing frustration at a world gone cold There is only so much hope one can hold Struggling to be like the water that forever flows to still my mind is harder than I have ever known When will I find a calm that will bring inner peace? So that all this sadness can be released Still my mind so that I can find inner peace!
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9. REGAIN CONTROL Our thoughts they make up the world tell me why it's so full of hurt? Horrors in our minds becomes reality And the cycle of suffering is all we see Storms rage within our hearts and we have turned hatred into an art We are going against our natural state feeding the fire of hate We can all be the change we want to be Because we have our minds, that's the beauty you see! Regain control, take it back Before the foundation of reason begins to crack We need to strive for reason! Clear our hearts from the weight of anger And free yourself from the chains of doubt Problems in our minds we have to erase So this world is easier to embrace So little time to carry out deeds of good It's what we need to try, we always should We need to try! For we all have potential to lighten up this earth instead of being enslaved in Samsara’s curse Regain control
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Privilege 02:47
10. PRIVILEGE Every step we take in this life is a step towards to death The air in our lungs, the blood in our veins, This privilege of life we seem to forget Have you found your meaning so you can sleep with ease? There never waking up from this life’s complete release We worship immortality through fame and wealth sacrificing much more than our health Living a life closed minded, filled with hatred, we fail our greatest test It will be too late to change as we sink into our final rest Live your life by what we know WE LEARN Don't miss the chance to laugh and grow WE GROW Live a life with a right mind, keep pushing on. WE HAVE A RIGHT MIND

about

*Existence was inspired by a documentary called
Anatomy of Hate which looks at how and why
human beings dehumanize one another, leading
to violence, murder and war.

*The audio samples on this album are:

Blind and Bled- Malcom X speaking about racial
and social progress.

Refocus- ABC’s Four Corners documentary
called Fashion Victims. It covers the disaster in
Rana Plaza, Bangladesh where 1,100 garment factory
workers died in a building collapse due to little
or no safety regulations within the garment
manufacturing industry and looks at how Bangladesh’s
main industry is trying to keep up with demand from
Western fashion companies. Most denying little or any
involvment with the factory even when evidence was
found to discredit the denial of their claims.

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released October 11, 2014

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Right Mind Melbourne, Australia

Right Mind is a punk/hardcore band from Melbourne, Victoria.
The band takes influence from the 80's/90's sub-genre Youth Crew. Their intention is to write music with lots of energy that sends out a positive message, to bring light and hope to a world clouded by consumerism, hate and ignorance.

FFO: BOLD, YOT, Turning Point, Battery, Go It Alone and Betrayed.
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