Utilitarian

from Jag, You Are by They Dwell Beneath the Temples

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UTILITARIAN

A great institution,
liable to be greatly abused,
it comes from within,
the belief in equal opportunity,
there is no difference between you and me,
we are all human beings,
we are all human beings,
we are all human beings,

[chorus]
everyone would think for themselves,
this would defeat its own purpose in the midst of terror

love is the subtlest force in the world,
greater than the force of nature,
pure and eternal,

in a state representing an organized form of fear,
the individual, having soul, is a soulless machine as a part of the state,
never free of the fear to which it owes its very existence,
increased power of the state, while doing some good, does great harm,
by destroying individuality

the individual lies at the root of all progress,
truth, being the voice within the individual,
it will endure,
it will endure,

[chorus 2x]
everyone would think for themselves,
this would defeat its own purpose in the midst of terror

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from Jag, You Are, track released February 1, 2012

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They Dwell Beneath the Temples Orlando, Florida

Songwriter, producer, and vocalist Jay Cooper began his music career in 2003 playing drums for four local metal and hardcore bands in Orlando, Florida: Sparing No Lives, Along Side Oni, Wavedash Through the Onslaught, and Years of Impact.

Sometime in 2009, They Dwell Beneath the Temples (TDBT) was birthed as an idea for a solo metal project. It soon evolved from a thought into a home studio.

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