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Catalyst

from Optimist by Ben Franklin

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He's an agent, he's an agent of the status quo
Loves his country, he's never gonna let it go
Into the hands of us freaks and losers
This is America,
If you don't like it you can fucking leave

Never forgive, never forget
It's the mission number one: neutralize the threat
Never forgive, never forget
You watch what you say, they heard what you said now

He's an agent, he's got money and time
A world of ideas, connections and designs
He's working for us all when he's working the phones
He heard what you said, he's coming to your door now

Never forgive, never forget
It's the mission number one: neutralize the threat
Never forgive, never forget
You watch what you say, they heard what you said now

You couldn't pay me enough to forget it, forget it!
I'm a volunteer corps
And I'm in love with your cross-hair
You couldn't pay me enough to stay quiet, to stand down
I'm an easy target
And I'm in love with your cross-hair

Now friends, I'm not conspiracy theorist
But the agents of change, they're crawlin in the walls
And I read it in the papers, I saw it in the tubes
This is America!
If you don't like it you can fucking leave!

Never forgive, never forget
It's the mission number one: neutralize the threat
Never forgive, never forget
You watch what you say, they heard what you said now

You couldn't pay me enough to forget it, forget it!
I'm a volunteer corps
And I'm in love with your cross-hair
You couldn't pay me enough to stay quiet, to stand down
I'm an easy target
And I'm in love with your cross-hair

Never forgive, never forget
It's the mission number one: neutralize the threat
Never forgive, never forget
You watch what you say, they heard what you said now
Never forgive, never forget
The screech of the sirens, the roar of the jets, yeah
Never forgive, never forget
The roar of the silence, the screech of the jet set

You couldn't pay me enough to forget it, forget it!
I'm a volunteer corps
And I'm in love with your cross-hair
You couldn't pay me enough to stay quiet, to stand down
I'm an easy target
And I'm in love with your cross-hair

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from Optimist, released September 3, 2009

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