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Artist: Charming Liars
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The Desperation
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The Desperation
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Set us free
The world's coming undone, at the seams
We're swapping hopeful hearts for failed dreams
What's swimming in the air, a new disease?
That we keep breathing in, did you see
They're rioting on wall street, ponzi schemes
All over the broadsheets, did you know
That life just isn't fair?
If we're living on a prayer
Then get me out of here
If science can't save this breakdown
Let's stand together
Let's stand together somehow
If science can't save this breakdown
Let's stand together
Let's stand together somehow
We won't give up, won't give up
Won't give up
We are the desperation
We won't give up, won't give up
Forgotten generation
We won't give up
Won't give up
We are the desperation
We won't give up
Won't give up
Our privacy, is sold to pass the time
Humanity, is out committing crimes
And your degree, ain't what it used to be
Try reality TV, I heard they're hiring
United state of disarray
A kingdom threw it all away
If science can't save this breakdown
Let's stand together
Let's stand together somehow
If science can't save this breakdown
Let's stand together
Let's stand together somehow
We won't give up, won't give up
Won't give up
We are the desperation
We won't give up, won't give up
Forgotten generation
We won't give up
Won't give up
We are the desperation
We won't give up
Won't give up
And I don't believe, that we're so different
Hypotheses, to a sick experiment
Here we go now, tying ourselves to the gates
A menace to the state
We're all chained to fate
If science can't save this breakdown
Let's stand together
Let's stand together somehow
If science can't save this breakdown
Let's stand together
Let's stand together somehow
We won't give up, won't give up
Won't give up
We are the desperation
We won't give up
Won't give up
Forgotten generation
We won't give up
Won't give up
We are the desperation
We won't give up
Won't give up
We won't give up
Won't give up
Forgotten generation
We won't give up
Won't give up
We are the desperation
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