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In God We Rust (Beta 5)

by No Laughing Matter

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I HAVE A DREAM THAT I CLING TO TIGHTLY I HAVE A DREAM THAT I HOPE TO SEE COME TRUE I HAVE A DREAM THAT I'M AFRAID OF LOSING AND THAT IS WHY I'M GIVING IT TO YOU SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, SOMEWHERE YOU'LL GIVE IT BACK TO ME LIBERTY I HAVE A HEART THAT LONGS FOR UNDERSTANDING I HAVE DESIRES THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN KNOW I HAVE FEARS OF SURRENDERING COMPLETELY AND IN MY WEAKNESS I TRY TO TAKE CONTROL SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, SOMEWHERE...
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Spice 03:59
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Wowbagging 05:47
ONE DAY YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION YOU FEEL IS OUT OF YOUR CONTROL. YOU MAY FEEL YOU ARE IN THAT SITUATION NOW. ONE DAY YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION IN WHICH YOU FEEL YOU HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL. YOU MAY FEEL YOU ARE IN THAT SITUATION NOW. YOU MAY, ONE DAY, WAKE UP AND SAY TO YOURSELF," HEY! I HAD COMPLETE CONTROL OF THAT SITUATION!" OR SAY TO YOURSELF," I NEVER REALIZED HOW POWERLESS I ACTUALLY AM." YOU MAY FEEL YOU ARE IN A SITUATION, IN WHICH NOTHING YOU DO WILL AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THAT SITUATION. OR PERHAPS EVERYTHING EVERYBODY DOES AFFECTS THE OUTCOME OF EVERY SITUATION IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. YOU MAY ONE DAY LOOK BACK UPON YOUR LIFE AND REFLECT UPON THE SITUATIONS THAT YOU ONCE THOUGHT WERE UNIMPORTANT OR INSIGNIFICANT, AND TREATED AS SUCH; YOU MAY THINK TO YOURSELF,”WOW, THAT REALLY WAS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN MY LIFE."YOU MAY ONE DAY LOOK BACK AT YOUR LIFE, REFLECTING UPON THOSE SITUATIONS THAT YOU THOUGHT THE VERY WORLD REVOLVED AROUND; YOU MAY THINK, ON THAT DAY," HEY, THAT REALLY WAS TRIVIAL, PERHAPS EVEN MEANINGLESS."YOU MAY FEEL ONE DAY, OR EVEN NOW, THAT YOU HAVE IT ALL IN THE PALM OF YOUR HANDS. YOU MAY LOOK BACK UPON THOSE TIMES AND REALIZE, YOU HAD NOTHING. YOU MAY FEEL ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE, PERHAPS EVEN NOW, ALL IS LOST, THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING, AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE NOTHING; YOU MAY COME TO FIND ONE DAY THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAD IT ALL, AND YOU LET IT ALL GO, FOR LACK OF REALIZATION. ONE DAY, YOU MAY COME TO REALIZE THAT ALL THE ANSWERS YOU HAD BEEN PURSUING, YOU ALREADY HAD, AND HAD WASTED MUCH TIME IN A FUTILE PURSUIT. YOU ONE DAY COME TO REALIZE, AlL THE ANSWERS YOU THOUGHT CERTAIN THAT YOU POSSESSED, WERE MEANINGLESS AND NOT VERY HELPFUL FIT ALL. YOU MIGHT THINK THAT NO ONE WILL EVER NOTICE, ONLY LATER TO FIND YOU ARE IN CONTINUAL OBSERVATION. YOU MAY THINK THAT THE WORLD IS WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE, ONLY TO DISCOVER LATER, THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF IT ALL. YOU MAY FEEL ONE DAY THAT THE TRUTHS YOU THOUGHT WERE ABSOLUTE WERE ACTUALLY EVOLVING AND HAD SLIPPED THROUGH YOUR HANDS. YOU MAY, ONE DAY, REALIZE THAT ALL THE TRUTHS YOU THOUGHT WERE EVOLVING, HAD NEVER ACTUALLY CHANGED AT ALL. YOU MAY THINK, ONE DAY OR EVEN NOW, THAT THE WORLD IS AN UNFAIR PLACE, TO YOUR DISADVANTAGE. SOMEDAY YOU MAY SEE THIS UNFAIRNESS WAS ACTUALLY TO YOUR GREAT ADVANTAGE. ONE DAY YOU MAY AWAKEN, ONLY TO REALIZE THAT YOUR DIVINE CALLING, WAS ONLY A SELFISH FULFILLMENT OF YOUR OWN WILL. ONE DAY YOU MAY DENY WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE SELFISH FULFILLMENT OF YOUR OWN WILL ONLY TO LATER REALIZE THAT WAS YOUR DIVINE CALLING. YOU MAY ONE DAY AWAKEN TO FIND THAT THOSE PEOPLE YOU FELT HAD LOVED YOU MOST, HAD ABANDON YOU IN YOUR MOST DESPERATE HOUR. YOU MAY ONE DAY FIND IN YOUR MOST DESPERATE HOURS THAT THE PEOPLE YOU THOUGHT NEVER REALLY CARED ALL THAT MUCH, BECOMING YOUR BEST AND ONLY ALLIES AND HAD REALLY BEEN THERE ALL THE TIME. SOMEDAY YOU MIGHT LOOK BACK ON ALL OF THIS AND LAUGH. MAYBE NOT. ONE DAY YOU MAY FEEL THAT YOU ARE GETTING A REALLY GOOD DEAL, ONLY TO REALIZE LATER THAT THE BEST DEAL WOULD HAVE BEEN TO PASSTHE DEAL UP. YOU MAY FEEL THAT THOSE AROUND YOU HAVE NO AFFECT ON YOU, AND THAT YOU HAVE NO AFFECT ON THEM. YOU MAY LATER FEEL THE RIPPLING EFFECT; YOU HAD ON EACH OTHER’S LIVES. YOU MAY FEEL AS THOUGH TECHNOLOGY HAD BROUGHT WORLDS, THAT HAD ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM AWAY, INTO YOUR GRASP. YOU MAY FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THOSE WORLDS IS CRUSHING IN ON YOUR DREAMS. YOU MAY ONE DAY FIND YOURSELF UNABLE TO RECALL THE FACTS OF SOME DISTANT BOOK, CLASS, OR TELEVISION SHOW; OR YOU MAY ONE DAY FIND YOURSELF SPOUTING USELESS INFORMATION FROM ALL THE BOOKS, CLASSES, AND TELEVISION SHOWS YOU HAD EVER TAKEN IN. YOU MAY ONE DAY FEEL THAT ALL THE THINGS THAT HAD DISTRACTED YOU FROM LIVING YOUR LIFE, ACTUALLY WERE YOUR LIFE. YOU MAY ONE FEEL THAT THE DISTRACTIONS, WERE MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT YOU ONCE CONSIDERED REAL LIFE. YOU MAY ONE DAY FIND THAT THOSE THINGS YOU ONCE CONSIDERED SILLY WERE ACTUALLY VALUABLE ASSETS. YOU MAY EVENTUALLY FIND THAT THOSE THINGS YOU VALUED SO HIGHLY AS ASSETS, WERE ACTUALLY VERY SILLY, FUTILE PURSUITS.
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Cocoon 05:02
A SECOND CHANCE A NEW BEGINNING I AM BORN AGAIN RECREATION SWEET SENSATION I AM BORN AGAIN UNRESTRAINED REDEEMED AND REDEFINED MY SPIRIT REUNITED WITH MY BODY AND MY MIND I AM BORN AGAIN IN THE MOTORS AND THE GEARS LUBRICATION FOR MY HOPES AND FEARS I AM BORN AGAIN
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THERE'LL BE HOPE FOR THE HOPELESS IN THE NEW WORLD THERE'LL BE LOVE FOR THE LOVELESS HELP FOR THE HELPLESS WHEN THE NIGHT IS DONE AND A NEW DAY DAWNS THERE'LL BE JUSTICE AND PEACE FOR THE MIND IN THE NEW WORLD THERE'LL BE WINE FOR THE THIRSTY IN THE NEW WORLD THERE'LL BE FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY STRENGTH FOR THE WEARY WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS ARE FEW AND YOU'VE LOST YOUR VIEW HE'LL COME FOR YOU LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT IN THE NEW WORLD
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Fool for believing you care about truth Pretentious and prideful Think I'm better than you This world's gone wrong and if s not my fault It’s people like you who are to blame for it all and if Jesus Christ were to come 'round here today; He would back me up, and put you in your place! We've got nuclear waste in the rivers and the seas 'Cuz people like you don't think like me We've got starving mothers with seven mouths to feed We've got deadbeat fathers; We've got HIV You say you follow the light, but I say it’s not true I know you better than you think I do! Don't try to deny it. You know I'm right! There's lust in your heart and sin in your life! My motives are pure, and so are my deeds But people like you are too blind to see!
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Paige 01:53
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On their last official release on Worthless Records - No Laughing Matter experiments with elements of electronica, spoken word, R&B (on Belly Up), Rock, and more, all blended together into a lush soundscape!!!

Songs include: Everybody Sleeps, Spice, Cosmic Santa, Like Tears In The Rain, Wowbagging, Cocoon, New World 1200, Sanctuary, The Treatment, The Pillars Of Heaven, Everything's Under Control Sir, Paige & The Beauty Of Machines.

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released February 1, 1998

If ever there was a time to trust, it's now.
If ever there was a time to be trustworthy, it's now.
Now is not the time for cowardess.
Now is not the time for shame.
It's time to be courageous in our honesty with ourselves, then others.
It's time to be bold in our approach to God.
We must not allow justice to become blind to power
We must never surrender our own power, except unto the all powerful.

There is a time to stand, but we must first learn to crawl.
We must teach others to do the same.
We must learn to stand firmly on the ground,
before we reach for the stars.
When we touch the sky and then fall on our faces,
we must learn how to be thankful for the chance to touch at all.
We must learn how to fall, so that we always land in loving arms.
If we become bruised by our falling, we must cry.
If we fail to cry, we heal poorly, developing scar tissue upon our hearts.
Eventually, after repeated scarring, our hearts will form a callous shell.
If we fail to cry.

If ever there was a time to rest, it is now.
We need to step outside our restlessness and breathe the breath of life.
We need to open the hatches on our submarines and let the water in.
There's nothing at all for us to fear.
Only cleansing, and healing.
Only soothing balm for our wounded souls.
We must open our hands and grab hold of extended grace.
By so doing, we experience how restful life submersed in truth can be.
Written by Scott Roman

NLM is:

Y.T. Baker: Drums, Programming, Keyboards,BGVs, Transition Pieces

Mike Hustad: Bass Guitar

Scott Roman: Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar on Spice, Transition Pieces, Lyrics on all except where noted.

Ted Thompson: Keyboards, Loops, Samples, Guitar, Transition Pieces

Produced by: DJmunk for Worthless Records
Engineered by: Ted Thompson & Scott Roman
Recorded, Mixed & Mastered @ The Edge of The Earth

Cover Art by DJmunk

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