You’ve Got The Power

Complicated, cold, inflated, noxious points of view 
The power parade is masquerading now as something new
All for you, all for you

One solution - revolution, rise of unity
Elevating, vindicating opportunity
Calls for you, it calls for you

You’ve got the power to break the walls down
You’ve got the way to take the new ground
You’ve got the power

You’ve got the way to make the veil drop
You’ve got the power to break out on top
You’ve got the power

Insight is showing the way for…
Showing the way for you

Soul persuading, orchestrating changes now come due
Co-creation, transformation - consciousness pours through
All from you, all from you

You’ve got the power to break the walls down
You’ve got the way to take the new ground
You’ve got the power

You’ve got the way to make the game stop
You’ve got the power to break out on top
You’ve got the power

Pure light showing the way for…
Your light is showing the way for you

Yea, you’ve got the power to break the walls down
You’ve got the way to take the new ground
You’ve got the power

You’ve got the way to make the game stop
You’ve got the power to break out on top
You’ve got the power, uh-huh


Pride Before The Fall

You've Got The Power

Big, Bad Motherfucker

You’ve been growing like a demon weed                                               
It’s appalling how you dedicate your life to greed
So you throw us into this great decline
Then foreclose us, but as 'The Fat Lady Sings' you're 1st in line for a...

Bail out (x3)

‘Cause you’re a big, bad
So sad, shallow motherfucker
Yea, you’re a big, bad 
Soul sad, hollow motherfucker, yea

All the carnage that you wrought along the way
Just acknowledge, if the world’s a tooth, you’re tooth decay
But you’ll know that justice will prevail
When we’re coming to put your sorry ass in jail, you’ll say...

Stay out (x3)

‘Cause you’re a big, bad
Soul sad, shallow motherfucker
Yea, you’re a big, bad
So sad, so hollow motherfucker

The closing numbers on the market today, at one point, the markets fell as if down a well. What in the world happened on Wall Street?
Almost everything there, completely wiped out. In the NASDAQ, everything and more has been completely wiped out.

And what these people on Wall Street did is spend billions of dollars trying to deregulate Wall Street and they got their way. They got everything they wanted.

Sell out (x4)

'cause you’re a big, bad
So sad, shallow motherfucker
Yea, you’re a big, bad
Soul sad, soulless motherfucker


Big, Bad Motherfucker

While You Were Asleep  

They came while you were asleep
And then they took you rights away
They spoke while you were a dreaming 
So you tucked your tail and booked your holiday

Run boy, run
But you know, down at the core
The day will come
When you know you just can’t take it anymore 

You’re not dying but you’re not living
Now's no time to simply watch and wait
Stop denying, stop forgiving
‘Cause there's not much time 'til it could be too late

They came while you were asleep
And then they dragged you out the door
They walked right into your dream
And now it seems you’re never heard from anymore

Find your spine
You can fight this if you want
Draw your line
Don’t play deaf, dumb and blind like some brain dead dilettante

You’re not blind but you're not seeing
There's not much time 'til they could steal your fate
Stop complying, start decreeing
Now's the time to start to agitate

Bridge (Spoken)

Unjust laws exist. Shall we be content to obey them?
Shall we endeavor to amend them? Shall we transgress them at once?
A wise man shall not leave the right of mercy to chance...

Henry David Thoreau

You’re not trying 'cause you're still kneeling
Stop denying you don't know what's at stake
I'm not lying, it's your rights they're stealing
You know I won't stop trying until we're all awake


While You Were Asleep

Thought Police

Tow the line, avoid expression 
Manners please, no aggression
Harmony by cold oppression
Rights to speak, just forget them

They know where you’ve been, they hear what you talk, they’re tracking your thoughts  
Citizens, are you ready? 
Tapping your wire, suppressing your fire to build an empire             
They’re pushing it, are you ready? Are you ready?

Look out: get ready. It’s time to keep the peace
Brace yourself, stay steady. Here come the thought police, yea
No more getting heady, your mind is under lease 
Better hold it steady ‘cause here come the thought police, yea

You’d better look out (x2)

Cameras point in all directions 
Honestly, it’s for your protection                                                                        
Don’t sow the seeds of insurrection                                       
Just line up please for your inspection

You’d better not speak, you’d better not write, you’d better stay quiet
Citizens, are you ready? Are you ready?
Tapping your line, invading your mind, it’s all by design
It’s immanent, are you ready? Are you ready? Yea, yea...

Look out: get ready. It’s time to feed the beast
Brace yourself, stay steady. Here come the thought police, yea
To have your own opinion should be a crime to say the least
Best to play the minion ‘cause here come the thought police, yea

You’d better look out. You’re going to put out. You’d better look out

Look out: get ready. The dogs have been released
Brace yourself, stay steady. Here come the thought police, yea
No more getting heady, your mind is under lease 
Better hold it steady ‘cause here come the thought police, yea

You’d better look out. You’re going to put out. You’d better look out


Thought Police

Information Outlaw

Information outlaw
You hack in, you take it then you give it, you’re an
Information outlaw
‘Cause you confound the man

All by yourself
Disseminating it raw        
Hard core kiss and tell, yea, yea

Yea, yea boy
Big Bro says you’re a
Bad, bad boy
One more breach to the ban 

Information outlaw
You hack in, you take it and disclose it, you’re an
Information outlaw
You download it, leak it and expose it to me

Freedom’s best friend                                                          
A one, man fight for liberty 
Left click and send, yea, yea

Yea, yea boy
Uncle Sam says you’re a
Bad, bad boy
Lob that shit at the fan 

Il noas appartient (It belongs to us)
De veiller tout ensemble. (To watch over, all together)
a ce que notre societe (To see that our society)
dont nous soyons tier. (Of which we may be proud)

I said yea, yea boy
Job well done for a
Bad, bad boy
One black eye for the man



Information Outlaw

Down Deep

It took a masterstroke of insight
The kind of instinct you could not plan
You booked a bold shamanic inbound flight
To find the seminal self inside the man

Through the haze and the doubt 
Clarity, you sought it out

You were born to see all of we are one 
You consciously turned your headlight on, you went

Down deep, good on you, good on you
Down to the seat of your soul
You found peace in your song, in your song, yea    
Love superseding control

So as the seeker reaches his guide
The many will come to understand
That in the aftermath of this divide
Brotherhood’s going to rise again

Through the pain and the doubt
Charity, we’ll bring it out, we’ll go

Down deep, good on you, good on you
Down to the seat of your soul  
You found joy in your song, in your song, yea
Love superseding control  

(Musical bridge / solo)

You were born to be more than skin and bone
Consciously turned your headlight on, you went

Down deep, good on you, good on you
Down to the seat of your soul
You found peace in your song, in your song, yeah   
Circle complete, now we’re whole

You went down deep, so good on you, good on you (x2)


Down Deep

The Great Divide                              

You want validation 
I say let it be                                      
I sense your frustration
‘Cause you can’t agree to disagree                                 

Skillful condescension   
That I take as a dare                               
Morphs our conversation
Into a little game of rip-and-tear 

Adult reason                        
Goes out of season
‘Cause I can’t seem to 
Hold your same view

You want to open up the great divide
So are you gonna’ split us down the middle?
Say, can you believe that I am on your side
Or are you gonna’ split us down the middle right now?

Run down on the high road
Judged by what you say
I’ve incurred a debt load            
That I never, ever could repay

You rail me then you curse me
Like I pissed on your 3rd rail
Venting without mercy
For messing with your holy grail

But I won’t feed you 
‘Cause I can read you
Righteous, unfair
But I won't go there ‘cause I know

You want to open up the great divide
So are you gonna’ split us down the middle?
Say, can you believe that I on your side
Or are you gonna’ split us down the middle... 

Right now (x3), right?

Open season
Where truce is treason, and I know…

You want to open up the great divide
So are you gonna' split us down the middle?
Say, can you believe that I on your side
Or are you gonna’ split us down the middle right now?



The Great Divide

Pride Before The Fall

Wave the flag and join the nation 
You’re the power generation 
Watch the rabbits run
Right up to the gun 

All your destinies are calling
Most your enemies have fallen
Blessed be the one
Comfortable and dumb

Pride before the fall
Pride before the fall

Silver spoons are enterprising
Born to own the great horizon    
Never scratch and claw
Just re-write the law

'Cause you’re the #1 that matters  
Made to climb the corporate ladders 
Justice will prevail
‘Cause you’re just too big to fail, but they say

Pride before the fall
Pride before the fall, and they say
Winner takes it all, but I say
Pride before the fall

(Bridge 1)

Not forgetting or forgiving                             
I prefer an honest living
The choice is clear to see
Opt for sanity but they say...

(Bridge 2)

Pride before the fall
Pride before the fall, and they say
Winner takes it all, but I say
Pride before the fall, yea


Save It For The Revolution

Stepped out of line with my master
'Cause I don`t want to slave towards a bitter disaster

Out of line is automatic
When the wolf comes to slay liberty 

When that call cries out
``Stand in light, not in doubt``
I define myself forever, thereafter, I`m gonna

Save it for the revolution, I'm gonna
Brave it for the revolution, yea, I'm gonna 
(Been a long, long road to get here)
Save it for the revolution, I'm gonna
Brave it for the revolution, yea

There`s a blind, autocratic
Monolithic, rogue, insane, homicidal machine

I will grind, if I have to
Throw myself upon the gears just to stop the obscene, I`m gonna

Save it for the revolution, I'm gonna 
Brave it for the revolution, yea, yea, yea, I'm gonna 
Save it for the revolution, I'm gonna  
(Came a long, long way)
Brave it for the revolution, yea

When it all stalls down
And that beast hits the ground
I`ll have earned my peace forever, thereafter 
(For every year after)

I'm gonna save it for the revolution    
Brave it for the...save it for the revolution, yea
If you're praying a real solution, you've got to save it for the…brave it for the...
You know the story...

(Spoken words written by Sharon English)

We’ve can do a little better 
than simply coming together
 
We’ve got to erupt
Become the higher power
 
We’ve got to split our own minds, 
re-wild, release
 
When we join all together,
On our backs, we carry forward...the dream.


Save It For The Revolution

Never Enough

Leaning on hard rock, the Mystics write artful, improvisational music expressing social commentary that ranges from inspirational and spiritual to witty and ominously dark. Whether calling out the hubris of empire and the surveillance state, or calling for humanity to put aside their differences, the Mystics deliver emotionally powerful music that speaks to the perversity and possibility of these times. 

IronAgeMystics - 'Pride Before The Fall' LP