Name: The Unconvincing Dream
Duration: P00H02M58S
Description: One of the first songs we recorded together.

The Unconvincing Dream

from Fluff From Us To You by The Chicago Street Experiment

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One of the first songs we recorded together.

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Sunday papers roll on past,
People roll their own at last
But covered by the darkened windows loom

The faces of the sentinels
guarding what cannot be yours,
you'd better run and hide your head

This amazing ticket to your consciousness and all of time
can be yours for only a small fee
We'll treat you to a wondrous feast,
cure you all of your diseases,
but we can't keep you safe or clean

People talk and try to walk
through the ever-rising sludge
And someone calls to get the plumbing fixed,
but the plumber, he's already fixed

There's a portrait of the damned who slouch
underneath the stands of football-watching superstars
who'll never sit behind those bars

Although they fill us to the brink
with all the shit that you could dream,
but the dream is only one of mass control

Here he sits behind the screen,
slippins slowly into a dream
that someone else created with his cash

Here she sits and tries to dream
And put the colors on the street,
but somehow the creativity is gone

Sunday papers roll on past,
People roll their own at last
But covered by the darkened windows loom

The faces of the sentinels
guarding what cannot be yours,
you'd better run and hide your head

So throw away the cluttered cards,
hysteria, and break the bars,
and meet me when you've freed your mind

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from Fluff From Us To You, released June 12, 2015

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The Chicago Street Experiment Omaha, Nebraska

A rock group from Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Members:

Alex Pachman- drums, percussion, harmonica

Lukas Olson- rhythm guitar, vocals, keyboards

Eddie Schooler- bass guitar

Jared Westwood- lead guitar

We specialize in original, self-produced rock music of a variety of styles. There is a great soup of musical goodness that we draw inspiration from and channel in our musical escapades. ... more

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