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Bones of the Earth
03:48
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Shameful penance goddamn
You egotistical man
You’re not the face of progress
You’re yesterday’s trash
Stylish but renown-less
No one gives a shit
Your smoke screen’s counterfeit
I press my face against the pane
The colors of city lights following me
The power and cowardice shaping the scene
So buckle up there is nothing to see
Imitation and deception will never change
This decade is a broken down stage
So take this page it’s your best bet
Say the words
Say the words you won’t regret
Big headed and you’re everyone crush
A picture with a heart means i’m loved
We’re the bones of the earth and we’re dead last
My coveted vanguard grew so fast
Timely terror and it was safely staged
You are no longer loved i’m sorry my dear
It’s a problem triggering all of your fears
I stare at myself through a camera lens
Oh god the love from my friends
I live my life through a camera lens
Oh god I’m famous and perfectly vacant
I stare at myself through a camera lens
Oh god the love from my friends
I live my life through a camera lens
Oh god I’m famous and adequately shameless
There’s nothing to see
Through my eyes I’m the prize can’t you see
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2. |
Denial
04:01
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It's not fair what's been said done
And at the same time who will I become
I'm vacant and patience is wearing thin
From weight bearing down my chest
I don't care what you see it's killing me
I thought that we were blood
I see how selfish I've become
My insides bend until they break
Lying to myself is all i can take
Everyday I spend in disbelief
Wondering how i can change
I need to distance myself from this so i can think
Broken bottles on the floor calling out your name
Shattered spirits like the roaring shore I’ll never be the same
Oh my precious I’ve been waiting too long
For the chance to tell you but now it’s too late
For the setting sun to make us one
and to give us this life that we held onto
This deafening light you're safe and then die
You waste your patience on this senseless night
I found my heart maimed and filled with shame
And if we’re the same then i’m to blame
Wake up you can’t fix what’s been done
It takes time but it’s only just begun
A shadow in my periphery
Somewhere there’s a better me
I'm lost
No more promises for me to break
No more promises for us to make
No more promises for me to fake
All your promises time will take
This hell you left is a shell of who i was
So leave it to me and I'll never forget
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3. |
The Turing Test
03:40
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Awake in my head falling to the ground
Trembling there's no one left around
All my friends have gone and went
There's nothing left
I have failed again the same way I've always
Been working on myself
I've been working on myself
So take my heart and paint the place
Then fill the hole absent space
The easy thing is to fall apart
I knew it from the start
I'm on the floor with a bottle in hand
Eyes wet from seeing myself fail at this
There's nothing left
I'll see the light of day and tell myself I'm ok
I'll believe that someday
Do you love yourself
I see myself in everyone else
Do you love yourself as much as I do
Open your eyes there's nothing left
There's nothing left to save myself
To keep my heart growing ill
So blame it on our other son
Take your pride the chosen one
Open your eyes and dance with me
There's no time for pleasentries
You're free
There's nothing left to keep my heart
So blame it on the chosen one
You're free
Do you love yourself or loathe yourself
It's hard to know I don't know
If I loathe myself then who will I become
I wish I could love myself
I loathe myself
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4. |
My Brothers and Sisters
03:34
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Our lives are in your hands we’re better off dead
We’ve witnessed another attack
So honest and oppressed
We've waited long enough for this to change
And for my piece of mind
I try to think back on all of those times
I’ve spent waiting for this to change
To look stand tall and show us they’re worth more alive
It’s our time to shine and bask in the glory of innocence
Nevermind I take that back somewhere we got off track
It’s something that was made up way back before we knew the facts
No one will take you to the promise land
So carry on
For richer or poorer my brothers and sisters
It's who we are
We will bleed for our family but not for this country
We're the forgotten our children are martyrs
they prey for nothing but their parents agendas
It's who we are just look at the mess that we've made
You are not a star you're callous, you're selfish and completely helpless
I will take you to a better place
So carry on
For richer or poorer my brothers and sisters
It's who we are
We will bleed for our family but not for this fucking country
It's who we are
Our lives are in your hands we’re better off dead
We're already dead
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Grief
04:54
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And I will never make the same mistakes again
Again, I won’t the same mistakes again
It’s hard enough to keep myself afloat amongst this
anguish inside of my fist
Don’t blame yourself for the hardening inside your chest
There is nothing left
Don't forgo the simple things
We're the same blackened opaque
And if you don't learn from your mistakes
Your insides ache and shake until your
Young and free
Without a care living invincibly
Please forgive me
I wish I could of gave you a better part of me
I'm ashamed of myself on how it was dealt
Or how you felt when you’re going through hell
on that bluish night that dirty white
to a simple hue let the despair ensue
Let the guillotine down pull the curtains closed
on this cityscape you were never alone
So pull your head out of the sand search high and low
for fucks sake you're a hardened man
Doing the best he can
I always told myself there's no shame in it
I was a stupid kid unaware of who I am
Please don't tell me
My heart's grown sour kid I gave you last of it
Please don't fail me
I promise I will change myself
And live my life like someone else
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6. |
Blue-Collar
02:27
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My skin is tough
My lungs are filled with dust
Wake up in the morning the same routine
Get clean, sell myself, feed the machine
All these thoughts fill my head keep them oppressed
But you know it will never be enough
I’ve got no pride I’m dead inside
I paid my dues there's no time choose what life to lose
Like my father said son it's in my head
And you'll sleep when you’re dead
This will never stand
Through the soot, dust, and vacant eyes
I just wanted to be a better man
but never wanted to tell them why
I made a plan i wrote on my hand
But then it washed off
and now I’m left with an imperfect shell
Of who I am
The product how weak i am
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7. |
Calm Distance
02:49
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Do you ever feel broken and alone
Do you see the darkness in yourself
Do you believe in nothing
I see this darkness in myself
On the blackest nights
I've been on the wildest rides in weeks
Pulling my hair out In fits of panic filled worriment
Through the door and out to face the world
I told myself to be calm
Because there's no harm in who I've become
Because I'm not the only one
A whirlwind in a hotel room
Hating the thought of looking at you
Do I sit and cherish this
Or do I look at myself until there is nothing left
I've been complacent, so help me baby
I drop out and float away
To a place where you can't bother me
I try to speak softly to you
I stop but can't turn away
Leaving my life in disarray
Don't run away don't run away
From the past long enough to waste away
Don't waste away
Bring yourself to conquer your fears and face the day
My life is a bloody mess hanging from a fragile test
You erect a face of fear so clear that everything else is erased
The hardest part is letting yourself go long enough
To break this ongoing pattern
So shatter your problems
Because no one wants them
Open your eyes up and blanket them progress.
You're your savior on the right behavior.
So take a dip, and take a chance
The whole world's waiting
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8. |
Perfectly Primitive
03:56
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Hidden problems I can’t save
All black gardens safe my prey
Shrouded in darkness you can’t see
I’m the problem it can’t be
Im that selfish stuffed in a blanket
Of the filth inside of a bloody murder
You tried to fight it
But no one can stop you
You’ve been caught red handed
Don’t you remember their name
Sheltered life you’ve been bright
Blaming everything but common sense on the crime
Now that I’m afraid of homicidal tendencies
Blueprints of false pretenses
The tattered rags that you wear are perfectly primitive
Blue eyes turning red searching for evidence
You’re lost but giving in
Save your breath and search for it
You’re crossed and losing it
Your light is fading
Your eyes pale skin look deeper you’ll find the evidence
Your knife their skin It’s written on your face.
You’re sitting and talking
To the faceless and proudly suspicious
Tracing your footsteps in a dark room
Your prize is lurking behind you
I’m not afraid
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9. |
Eyes Like Storm Clouds
03:18
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I wrote it down and kept it to myself
This vacant shell honest and frail
I know I'll fail and my heart will swell
This is not a prize that we can sell
Tell me the truth and just stop the bleeding
Your worrisome eyes filled with all the questions
Of a time but this time but not this time
There's nothing left to say or do
Cause it's all been done
And you're the only one
To speak with conviction without contradiction
Then I break down and find myself worn out
You said that we were blood
And it won't go to our heads you promise
You're preying on the one who is giving you love
No matter what you see
In me you're not free from tese shackles binding everything like these storm clouds bringing rain
Let it pour down to the sea
Let it pour and just forget me
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10. |
Failure
05:02
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Late at night i might find myself looking back
I'm better than that
Safely I gather myself to take the morning back
I'm better than that
Red eyes blinking and all the time wasted
On the sofa spent tethered to the idea falling apart
Inside my head I find myself fighting to keep myself back
I know my heart is intact it's myself that lacks
Baby give me your hand I'll pay with blood
You'll never see the failure that I've become
Baby I'm your man
Baby I'm not myself
There's no black or white it's only waste of my time
Because I can't face the facts with no regrets
Actions I take stop life from moving onward and outward
I've been detached from all that is left
My hearts not black and beats in my chest
So I need for you to come and save me from what's to come
Wavering sight a champions affliction
Wavering sight marred by addiction
Wavering sight without light you might think you're alright
Wavering sight when you're running towards the red light
Tell them maybe I was suffocating
because the air was so thin the air is so thin.
I've been honest lately
and slightly shaky from a fault within the fault I am.
Baby give me your hand
Baby I'm your man
Baby save yourself
Baby I'm not myself
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Vigil Wolves Portland, Oregon
Hardcore from the Portland, OR #bluecollarhardcore
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