Startups
"Clarity"
I'm supposed to knuckle under what you think life's about
I guess it's easy to choose with a gun in my mouth
You say I'm damned when I start to speak out
But in a place like this, how couldn't you doubt?
When I look to the streets
All I see is a world plagued by pain and disease
I can't believe that it was ever true
That there was someone watching over you
It must be great to live in such a fantasy
You don't see the real world,
Just what you want it to be.
I can always see the truth in your lies
You see life through a book, I see life with my eyes
And when it comes down to it,
You can't even come close to ever prove it.
So believe what you want, but don't tell me I'm wrong
I don't need to chase hollow dreams to carry on.
And even if there is a god, I say fuck him.
I'd rather burn in hell than thank him for nothin'
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"The Grind"
I work hard and take shit all day,
Just to come home to fuckin' more of the same
I'm hangin' on, but losing grip fast
My future is made by mistakes of my past.
I've come to realize I'll be 9 to 5 until I die
Day after day, living the grind.
It's tearing away at the state of my mind.
Nailed down to a life I never wanted.
No hope in my eyes, you can see my soul is haunted.
So I'll slave for the rest of my days,
And my only relief will be my grave.
Never gaining ground, swimming upstream.
Drowning in the lies of the American dream.
It's hard to keep a smile when life is a bitch.
I waste my youth to make an older man rich.
My hatred for my life is getting worse with age.
I'm sicking of giving my all for fucking minimum wage.
So here I sit, choking on a .45
Contemplating if I really want to end my life.
I drop the clip and pop the one in the chamber.
If I want to survive, I have to be my own savior.
Grit my teeth, and find a way through the day.
For the ones that I love, I won't be a failure.
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"Erase the Lines"
Society wants us to hate each other
But when I look into your eyes I can see my brother
Our lives are the same, but we all place the blame
On the odd man out, and let the hatred smother
All the chances we had to form an understanding
No one gets what they want, but they're all demanding
To end the pain, we have to break the chain
So that sacrifice was not in vain
I'm cut from the same cloth of ignorant men
But I refuse to let their ideals descend
No greater value in your life or mine
So between the races, erase the lines
If you listen, I've got your final solution
Open your mind, try social evolution
Why can't we even try
Just to see eye to eye?
The times have changed, but hate still remains
Surrounded by fools, I face it everyday
The time has come to open our minds
Embrace the change and leave the past behind
And take the time to see both sides
And start building the bridge to cross the divide
If my words fall on deaf ears
Get away from me, don't breathe the air I breathe
'Cause if you can't embrace the change
I'll break your fucking teeth
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"Jaded"
You forgot the struggle
You forgot the streets
Just save your reasons 'cause they don't mean shit to me
I look at hardcore and what it's come to be
Just cliques and their bullshit
Where's the unity?
I found the world is not a positive place
So take your posi back with a slap in the face
I have no time to lie to myself
So I spit with hatred on the human race
You're just a hipster in hardcore clothing
Arms crossed, you stand there judging
Look for a reason to exclude new faces
Your mind is closed and it's never budging
This isn't your scene
This is our fucking scene
You bitch about people not coming to shows
But when they do you turn up your nose
You don't like tough guy shit?
Then fuck you
You don't like how I pit?
Then fuck you
Don't forget when you're running your mouth
Just what it is hardcore is really about
The music
I'm supposed to knuckle under what you think life's about
I guess it's easy to choose with a gun in my mouth
You say I'm damned when I start to speak out
But in a place like this, how couldn't you doubt?
When I look to the streets
All I see is a world plagued by pain and disease
I can't believe that it was ever true
That there was someone watching over you
It must be great to live in such a fantasy
You don't see the real world,
Just what you want it to be.
I can always see the truth in your lies
You see life through a book, I see life with my eyes
And when it comes down to it,
You can't even come close to ever prove it.
So believe what you want, but don't tell me I'm wrong
I don't need to chase hollow dreams to carry on.
And even if there is a god, I say fuck him.
I'd rather burn in hell than thank him for nothin'
------------------------------------------------------------------
"The Grind"
I work hard and take shit all day,
Just to come home to fuckin' more of the same
I'm hangin' on, but losing grip fast
My future is made by mistakes of my past.
I've come to realize I'll be 9 to 5 until I die
Day after day, living the grind.
It's tearing away at the state of my mind.
Nailed down to a life I never wanted.
No hope in my eyes, you can see my soul is haunted.
So I'll slave for the rest of my days,
And my only relief will be my grave.
Never gaining ground, swimming upstream.
Drowning in the lies of the American dream.
It's hard to keep a smile when life is a bitch.
I waste my youth to make an older man rich.
My hatred for my life is getting worse with age.
I'm sicking of giving my all for fucking minimum wage.
So here I sit, choking on a .45
Contemplating if I really want to end my life.
I drop the clip and pop the one in the chamber.
If I want to survive, I have to be my own savior.
Grit my teeth, and find a way through the day.
For the ones that I love, I won't be a failure.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
"Erase the Lines"
Society wants us to hate each other
But when I look into your eyes I can see my brother
Our lives are the same, but we all place the blame
On the odd man out, and let the hatred smother
All the chances we had to form an understanding
No one gets what they want, but they're all demanding
To end the pain, we have to break the chain
So that sacrifice was not in vain
I'm cut from the same cloth of ignorant men
But I refuse to let their ideals descend
No greater value in your life or mine
So between the races, erase the lines
If you listen, I've got your final solution
Open your mind, try social evolution
Why can't we even try
Just to see eye to eye?
The times have changed, but hate still remains
Surrounded by fools, I face it everyday
The time has come to open our minds
Embrace the change and leave the past behind
And take the time to see both sides
And start building the bridge to cross the divide
If my words fall on deaf ears
Get away from me, don't breathe the air I breathe
'Cause if you can't embrace the change
I'll break your fucking teeth
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"Jaded"
You forgot the struggle
You forgot the streets
Just save your reasons 'cause they don't mean shit to me
I look at hardcore and what it's come to be
Just cliques and their bullshit
Where's the unity?
I found the world is not a positive place
So take your posi back with a slap in the face
I have no time to lie to myself
So I spit with hatred on the human race
You're just a hipster in hardcore clothing
Arms crossed, you stand there judging
Look for a reason to exclude new faces
Your mind is closed and it's never budging
This isn't your scene
This is our fucking scene
You bitch about people not coming to shows
But when they do you turn up your nose
You don't like tough guy shit?
Then fuck you
You don't like how I pit?
Then fuck you
Don't forget when you're running your mouth
Just what it is hardcore is really about
The music