Name: The Gates
Duration: P00H04M54S
Description: The media is out of control. There are leaders out there who expect us to believe everything they put on television. We can't stand for blatant lies. The media is what we go to everyday for comfort, suspense, sadness, humor, etc. It can easily control how we feel for moments at a time. We have become sponges for the tube. Entertainment has killed our reality.

The Gates

from Morning Epilogue by Trees of December

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The media is out of control. There are leaders out there who expect us to believe everything they put on television. We can't stand for blatant lies. The media is what we go to everyday for comfort, suspense, sadness, humor, etc. It can easily control how we feel for moments at a time. We have become sponges for the tube. Entertainment has killed our reality.

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"The Gates"

(The media has opened its gates, and we can't stop staring)

Install me, what's your problem?
Let me stay and work my magic.
No break, long day. Befriend me, it goes away.

We can hold the tears you cry and put them all away.
We can look inside your eyes and tell right away...

Maze of knives in your sight. Finish out your time.
Going in circles all the time. Meditate your mind.

Raise a glass. Here'a a toast, just let me say
we worked our magic. No break, long day.
And because their eyes are free to take...

Something's got me in its grasp; the amnesia.
I forget to turn my eyes back on
so I can see the gates where lying comes from.
Brought to you by yours truly.

Can this be? Why did this happen?
You made me. How did you tap in?
No break, long day. Befriend me, it goes away.

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from Morning Epilogue, released April 21, 2015

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