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The New Storm
02:49
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Feel the tension
A new storm is building
Run for cover
A new storm is coming
Dark clouds descend
This is not a test
This is our storm
Uncompromising
We’ll strike first
To rewrite the past
Of total oppression
Dismantle the system
Burn it to the ground
Start all over again
This is our storm
Every single day
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2. |
Bled Dry
02:20
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Bleeding our life's blood dry before it has time to replenish
.
No respect, no regard, no fucking conscience.
Consume/Consume/Consume & Consume
with reckless abandon.
When will you be satisfied?
You greedy narcissistic fucks
can't see an inch past your face.
Value beyond commodity
Is a concept you fail to realize.
Your coffers are lined
with the blood and suffering
of 60 billion animals;
slaughtered every year
to feed, clothe and entertain you.
You won't be happy
until Mother Earth is bled the fuck dry.
Bleed it
(Nearly 8 billion humans have signed the dotted line for the earths demise.
Each and every one of us are guilty as charged for signing Mother Earth’s death certificate) .
You’ve signed the dotted line.
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3. |
It's Still Not Enough
04:08
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Welcome the darkness/still not enough
The end is nigh/still not enough
Continue the fight/still not enough
Sharpen the blades/still not enough
It's still not enough
Afraid to seem weak in the face of fear
Everything we work for is torn down year by year
No food to eat. Can't make rent
. The elite profit at our expense
Fight and resist, every chance you get
If we don't stand up/nothing will change
If we don't speak up now/nothing will change
If we don't act now/nothing will change
Nothing Will Change!
Got no use for a system
that breaks the hand of the weak
A slow march to a silent death,
9 to 5/5 days a week
Fed a pill called the American dream
but a living nightmare is our reality
(guess what?)
It's still not enough
We just want to make this world a better place
We still can't breathe
With their hands wrapped around our throats
We still can't breathe
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4. |
FIGHT/RESIST
04:52
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FIGHT
RESIST
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5. |
Alone & Broken
03:48
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Straight edge saved my life
It matters not what you say
Immune to your arrogant judgement
Your negative outlook means nothing to me
This has nothing to do with you
This time it's all about me
I said I'd never write this song
I said I wouldn’t give you the time of day
I said I wouldn’t waste my breath on you
I said I wouldn’t waste my life on fools
That’s right I said…
But you forced my hand
Bridges that you’ve burned, they won’t be rebuilt
Is that something that you’re proud of?
So self-consumed, so unaware
Take what you can
Give nothing in return
Erase you from my life
You’ll die alone and broken
Straight edge saved my life
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6. |
Different Demons
04:10
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(I want out) Haven't seen the sun in a hundred days or more
The cloud layer has settled at sea level
The distain has built up
Feeling trapped.
No relief, no relief in sight
Stifling/Suffocating
Compounding the pain
Magnifying the isolation
Asphyxiating, yet left alive in utter misery
I want out
But at times I want it all
In love with this world
So vivid are the colors littering the landscape
with awe and perfection
The heart is full…then come the clouds
Colors fade to grey
I want out
Don't know what to do, I know no way, I know no answer
Nameless faces with blank stares
hold zero reprieve
Calls for help go unreceived
I dig deep, deeper still with a shovel whose handle is broken.
Handle the stress it did not
Splinters imbedded deep beneath the surface begin to show blood
Calloused hands/forced smile
The taste of iron deep in the back of the throat
Past the rotten teeth, passed the test, failed the exam
The rest is up to you, or so they say
No relief/constant pain
I want out
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7. |
To What End?
02:53
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How is it that we have not yet evolved?
Armed with a history of past mistakes
We move on with little reflection
Social ladders constructed so tall
We may never reach the top
Climbing over each other
We fall victim to our own actions
Insecurities harbor thoughts misdirected
Resulting in actions misguided
We trudge on steeped in entitlement
The top of the ladder remains out of sight
Issues at hand remain unresolved
To what end?
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Wake of Humanity Tacoma, Washington
For the animals. For the environment.
For human justice.
Banner photo: Alejandra Potter Gimeno
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