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Plastic Utopia LP

she likes to party
she likes to run around
she's spinnin stories
she'll tell you up is down

it's transparent
transparent

he's your big brother
he entered willingly
they asked for secrets
he gave them all for free

it's transparent
transparent

if you can read between the lines
you'll find
distortions and lies
architects of our own demise
we're all
ambient spies

she took some photos
they got all around town
she can't erase them
look what her mother found

it's transparent
transparent

he can't believe it
his identity stolen
became a virus
infected everyone

it's transparent
transparent

if you can read between the lines
you'll find
distortions and lies
architects of our own demise
we're all
ambient spies

chasing the ego's vanity
they built
monopolies
pro-POP-aganda of the free
sold you
transparency

we've made enough mistakes
but there ain't no breaks
on this train
we're goin off the rails
a generation fails
transparent boys and girls

transparent boys and girls

Transparent

plastic utopia
social myopia
human touch replaced by avatars
getting older and I'm getting scared

I still want to believe
that you want to be with me
running circles on the wheel of life
we try to be bold 
'cause we wanna be free

(yeah, yeah, oh whaa ahh)

I try to listen
but I can't hear what the people say
can we all wake up
from a decade that's been taken away

don't understand why we throw words into the void 
we built an ancient civilization
with no artifacts
no artifacts

just want to feel alive
can you roll the windows down?
getting closer almost out of time
future's present lookin at the past

you can't run from the sun
but you hide from everyone
revolution says it's time to go
can you move fast will you change with the scene?

(ooh yeaheaheah, owha aaaah)

plastic utopia
resources running out
where you gonna be when the empire
comes crashin crashin crashin down?

I try to make it
but the system that they made was fake
just want to wake up
in a city with much lower stakes

rise up
rise up...
Rise up

Rise up

Rise up

Plastic Utopia

(you feelin that?)
god forsaken
(just show me your)
human nature
(they talkin bout)
condemnation
(we laughin at)
bad behavior
(listen to the sound)
we can't stop now
(I ain't judgin you)
we're just playin
(keep movin on)
transformation
(no lookin back)
from the beginning
yeah

and on and on and on it don't stop
now the fire's in the air
comet's crash
but the people last
in a day nobody cares
secret pop where the beat don't drop
silent rhythm we obey
people dream of a better scheme
where the night returns to day

yeah

and on and on it goes
the fear the fight the fall
and on and on it goes
the fear the fight
cause something's going on

god forsaken
human nature
condemnation
bad behavior
we can't stop now
we're just playin
transformation
from the beginning

yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on

and on and on it goes
the fear the fight...

yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on

just show me your...
they talkin bout...
we laughin at...
listen to the sound

Something's Going On

they try to get you to believe them
deceive and justify their means' end
they will manage your confusion
they want you selfish fat and foolin

while you were lookin for the reason
readin thinkin about leavin
you know the grass is always greener
but you stay and cry for freedom

they say defeated
we don't believe it
War

national crisis
the plebeian rises
War

they tried to tell you it was easy
they want you beggin on  your knees yeah
dialectic history yeah
take the money kill the people

out of time we need a vision
another lover on a mission
feel another revolution
here on the edge of evolution 

they say defeated
we don't believe it
war

national crisis
the plebeian rises
war

oh you're so high
following lights
what can you see?
do you still dream?

they say defeated
we don't believe it
war

national crisis
the plebeian rises
war

soldiers
marchin off to war
what are they fighting for?
all the bickering at home?

freedom
reduced to a word
to buy and sell you
for political games

from the fields of Afghanistan
to the halls of the Vatican
they are tryin to control women
tentacles of millenium

abuse of privilege 
the communal mirage
they embrace an ancient faith
they afraid of the rational truth

tell me 
it's over
lalala, lalalaland
tell me it's over

culture
war across the land
but I don't understand
what's fair and true seems clear

timing
the writing's on the wall
the old guard will fall
incendiary scrawl

disguised as gentlemen
immune to poison
we formed a battalion 
of the lost generation

we fought 'till all was lost
they tallied up the cost
fortress of indifference
empire on a house of cards

tell me
it's over
lalala, lalalaland

living in lalalaland
we don't understand
we don't understand
living in lalalaland
of self deception
self deception
living in lalalaland
shake off your chains
shake off your chains

tell me
it's over
lalala, lalalaland

Lalalaland

Jason Paul is a songwriter, vocalist, and rhythm player whose music career spans three decades—from punkish early bands to indie soul collectives to intimate solo recordings. A lifelong explorer of sound and story, his current work reinterprets public domain standards and unearths forgotten originals, weaving personal history with musical heritage. Formerly the voice behind Japan Soul, Jason now releases music under his own name, bringing a raw, lived-in approach to timeless songs.

Something's Going On

Jason Paul (fka Japan Soul)