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We Don't Need Them

from We Don't Need Them by Appalachian Terror Unit

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We Don’t Need Them
Catastrophic man-made disasters caused by industry
Species wiped extinct trampled under the boot of humanity
Colossal towers dominate the landscape that once was green
Nuclear radiation destroying life in oceans once pristine
Acid rain showers form above our heads
While toxic factory runoff leaches into watersheds
We continue to over populate in numbers we can't sustain
Leaving a barren wasteland for future generations to claim

Reduce mountains to rubble strip-mine the earth
Frack all the land and drill through the dirt
Poison the lakes and poison the streams
Poison the rivers that washout to sea
These aren't just lyrics with bleak imagery
But problems we've created by taking more then we need
Yet we continue to swindle from resources overspent
It's hard to view mankind without utter contempt

How the fuck did we let it get to this state
Where we knowingly jeopardize the ecosystem for shit we create
Exploiting the natural balance for lives of comfort and convenience
So much for being sophisticated animals with a higher intelligence
Destroying the symbiotic relationships life forms have always shared
Will open the doors of the future to a dystopian nightmare
We are not the only species that have the right to exist
The more humans prosper the more we forfeit

Grass between our toes warm sun on our skin
Clean water to drink and air to breathe in
Trees that reach to the sky healthy soil to sow
Sunshine and rain give crops life to grow
The song of the birds travels free in the wind
Howls of the wolf signal the days end
We've taken for granted the circle of life
If we can't all coexist then it all dies

Consumed by greed and blinded by wealth
Arrogant fuckers only think for themselves
Trample over anything that gets in the way
Leaving behind a scorched earth in decay
Scientific advancements used to commit genocide
When the bombs fall there will be nowhere to hide
Middle eastern children murdered by drones
First world lines up to by the newest mobile phone

Politicians owned by relentless industry
Of money hungry bastards who only care for productivity
Pageant elections see who’s more apt for the camera
As winds of sorrow circulate to ring in a new era

Proof of climate change that industry denies
Green washing campaigns to help spread their lies
When every politician can be bought for a fee
Laws will always serve the corporate elite

“We can build our own communities, free of abusive police officers that only serve their own interest and those of the rich. We can save ourselves; we don't need religious con artists to offer salvation in an afterlife that doesn't exist, while at the same time imposing hate filled sexist homophobic hysteria. We can grow our own food free of artificial ingredients and pesticides. No more politicians speaking for us while ignoring what we have to say, selling us out at every turn. No more coal, oil, and gas corporations destroying the ecosystems that we hold dear. No more factory farms slaughtering millions of animals for endless consumption. No more divisions! We will unify! We have the strength in ourselves and each other. Together we can change the course. We can build a better world on the ashes of this horrendous abomination called society.”


Illusion of freedom to blind a nation
Total control by religious indoctrination
Belief in a god is a game for a fool
Rivers of blood shed over religious rule

In mad conquest for pedestals of power
Little hope left as we approach the final hour
The sixth extinction just over the horizon
Rising tides the earth’s final siren


Forced onto a perpetual course
Of something that should never be
An endless secession of workers
Desperately yearning to break free
Yet we all still obediently follow
And willingly drink from their cup of lies
So ready to compromise our beliefs
For the false promise of a better life

Prosper or suffer work just to eat
Evictions foreclosures life on the streets
Paycheck to paycheck trying to get by
Piss on their wealth I just want to survive

We are the ones that hold the true power
It's always been within our grasp
We could storm their castles and boardrooms
The bosses would tremble underneath of our wrath
But we are too easily divided
Stabbing each other in the back
Poor and hungry we will never know unity
As long as we are forced to survive off the scrapes

Once strong and youthful
Out bodies give way to the years of misuse
The scars of labor are bared by the poor
On broken backs that have suffered through years of abuse
Yet we still look into the mirror
And watch ourselves die a little each day
Questioning all of the lost time
How much of our lives did we trade for a wage

After years of exertion have taken their toll
Our bodies grow feeble and our minds grow old
We will get nothing back for the life that they stole
But a kick in the ass as we're thrown out in the cold

After all that they have taken
All the lost years we will never have back
After all we have sacrificed
We are thrown aside to fall through the cracks
Yet we still swear allegiance
And continue to do what we have always been told
Bowing our heads and bending our knee
To a system that represents everything that's wrong

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from We Don't Need Them, released August 7, 2014

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