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Pummel-Shell Shock
01:52
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I can feel it
Inside my bones
It's not my nature
But all I've ever known
Raised in hate
With a pride undeserved
Flying dead men's flags
Hurling rich men's stones
Clouds of thunder
What am I?
Prey or hunter?
Makes me wonder
I’ll find a way
Through the smoke and fire
It's you or me
and I’ll never give in
Face to face with my enemy
An embrace with the blade
Death rides in and whispers:
“I'll take you all the same”
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Stuck in the loop
And I don’t know what to do
My mind is spinning
But I can’t seem to move
I promised myself
This time would be the last
But now I’m here and something’s
Making me relive the past
Don’t look back
Push forward
Controlling my thoughts
And who I want to be
Blinding my vision
Of the future that I see
I stare at the ceiling
Watch the years go by
But life keeps on moving
Am I running out of time
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He lead by example. King stood against oppression without violence.
And now, we are in his debt for teaching peaceful protest. What would it take for you to join in?
Emma spoke out and she stood up when so many voices went silent.
And now, we are in her debt for speaking against violence. What would it take for you to join in to this protest?
What if you were tested to do the right thing? Would you run or would you stand up and be counted? Join in, protest!
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Burden-Divided
02:50
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Cries of a country
Swell the rivers of blood
Eyes of a sentinel
Survey their every move
Starving people fed on lies
Propaganda is the tool
Kill the rotting tiger with
The justice of a noose
What’s the cost
Slay the blood red beast
Nation of the lost
Watch your tyrant bleed
In a divided land
Just like a cancer
That tears the body apart
With domination and control
At its malignant heart
Through the years of darkness
Through the years of pain
Under their dying breath
Will of the people will reign
Crushed by the cause
Under a blood red beast
Nations of the lost
Watch your tyrants bleed
In a divided land
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Kind-Undefeated
01:46
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Life’s pressures is unbearable, I must be flexible, Losing grip with reality, I must keep sanity, Testing my strength, I must go the length! I won’t be defeated! Emotions in my head, progression won’t be dead, The weight on my back, gotta stay on track, Pressing with all my might! I won’t give in this fight! Heart at a hundred, visions blurred, gotta finish how I started my heart will be heard! Undefeated!
I won’t be defeated! I’ll destroy every fucking obstacles in my way, I’ll fight til my dying end!
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Corrode - Security?
00:54
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All eyes
are on you
watching your
every move
every corner
every screen
every step
they're watching you
systems
are constructed
for our safety?
every corner
every screen
every step
they're watching you
Do you feel safe?
Does it give you peace of mind?
Data
observed, analyzed
Data
filtered, influenced
Data
traded, compromised
Data
collected, no consent
You are a surveillance target.
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Vantage Point- Of 12
02:24
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I’m looking for a way out,
A way out of here and now.
This place wants to drag me down,
nine of twelve I feel it now.
I feel it now.
I thought it was gone but it pulls me back,
I struggle to remove myself.
I struggle to - I struggle too.
Again I pick myself back up,
the cycle of it all never felt so rough.
Now you say how things will change
but I’ve tried and I’ve tried every way.
How I feel in this three of twelve
is clearer than it ever was.
This is not a cry for help
this is just an expression of my current self.
I feel it now, all along,
I knew it wasn’t too far gone.
“And in this city I’ve always known as hell,
is a garden where I enjoy myself”
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Jinx-Waste Of Time
02:41
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Circling the corners of my brain
Wondering why it’s always raining
Took a drive last night to clear my mind but it’s always raining
It’s constant fight or flight
Shooting up and down my spine
But I don’t mind
Because it’s easier to hide
And I tell myself it’ll be okay
That red eyes will make it all go away
These four walls became my only friends
Promised me I’ll never be lonely again
It’s constant fight or flight
Shooting up and down my spine
But I don’t mind
Because it’s easier to hide
Count the rings of a family tree
Their nerves are shaken by just about everything
Spend a lifetime trying to get better
Then you realize it’s just a waste of time
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Boiling Point- No Hope
01:44
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There’s no hope
There’s no hope
There’s no hope
There’s no hope
There’s no hope
There’s no hope
In this town
In this town
In this town
In this town
There’s no hope
There’s no hope
There’s no hope
There’s no hope
There’s no hope
There’s no hope
In this town
In this town
In this town
In this town
(Interlude)
Gentrification hurts the poor
Gentrification is a leach
Gentrification hurts the poor
Gentrification is a leach
There’s no hope (till the end)
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HATRED BURNING
Hatred. Burning.
March of the right
Rise of the racists
As nazis unite
What you fear has come true
The fourth reich is coming for you
Hatred. Burning.
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Peace Test - Fixed
01:45
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--FIXED--
Scream and argue back and forth
Your lip service is bullshit
Mill around at basement shows
Preying on who's weakest
Punk Rock Jock
Support your friends
Even if they're a rapist
Thinking that you're in control?
You'll never fucking take it.
Take a look around.
Everyone's the same
Hardcore tourists
Circling the Drain
Being decent isn't tough
You couldn't fucking hack it
Traded in a football jersey
For a leather jacket
Phony freaks and weirdo kinks
Use your fucking safe word
"Good Dude, Backed Hard"
Fucking Try-Hard
Setting the gold standard
Fucking Drop Out...
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Spring Tide-Failure Face
01:40
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Last time I yelled this
it was gone in seconds
Oh the speed of sound
Wrote about how I wrecked it
And tried to accept it
Until it beat me down
I’ve choked a lot
Kept it well hidden
I’ve skipped on thought
Now what was I saying
I’ve been swept away
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Free - MA Flex
01:35
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I need to be myself.
“Flex your head,” and told to use.
“The kind are strong, not the abusive.”
“Open up,” cause “looks don't matter.”
“Be yourself,” not like the fucking masses–
In my youth I found my truth in songs
about the true meaning of being strong,
Yeah from YOU:
You didn't teach me what to fucking wear,
you were the scene who showed me the courage to care,
not some tough guys or stuck-up motherfuckers.
What the fuck happened to you? Fuck your violence and culture of cool.
Massachusetts, I thought you were a scene of open minds & open hearts?
Was I a foolish kid or did you mean it? Show you mean it.
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“From the West Wing of My Mansion”
I can gather that I’ve been disappointing
I can feel you’re owed an explanation
Blood from a stone before any rationale
No room for a future, no room with a view at all
All my friends live so far away now
Being cold has lost all appeal somehow
I put your dreams up on the shelf
Cause I’ve been busy trying to love myself
Rolled over that hood and never felt better
Limped three blocks home just to stare in the mirror
Save me room on your couch, I’ve got some things to show you
All my friends live so far away now
Dying alone has lost all appeal somehow
It’s all I ever wanted, and I pushed it out the door
Cause I’ll pay for what I stole
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Wound Man - News To Me
01:14
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“News to me”
There you go butting in again
Who asked your opinion anyway
Think ya got all the answers?
Well that’s news to me!
Ya never shut up
You ain’t got a fucking clue
Cut the act
You bring it in and we’ll smack it the fuck back
Think ya got all the answers?
Well that’s news to me!
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Watch
The Empire as it falls
On TV
In real time
The King smiles
Picks his teeth with the bones of the blissfully guided
Stuffed fat,
Stuffed dumb,
Stuffed mean and satisfied
This is not the doom of man
We should be so lucky
It is the curtain yanked back
Worst impulses revealed
You could not ask for a better time to be alive
Things they do not change
Instinct don’t lie
Throw two men into the Colosseum
Cheer to watch one die
You could not ask for a better time to be alive
As brick by glorious brick topples into the flame
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Anxious - Stony Brook
01:48
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Been practicing
The words to say
Caught in my throat
In them I must lay
I’m not ready for what comes next
Not ready to be honest
Still waiting still waiting
Still waiting, still waiting
Stony brook hides my secret
I wish that I could keep it as summer turns to fall
The sticks drowning in the creek it reminds me of the beings
Who surround me one and all
I’m still waiting I’m still waiting
I’m still waiting I’m still waiting
I’m still waiting I’m still waiting
I’m still waiting I’m still waiting
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Brother-Tidal
02:14
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I sense the darkness rolling in
High tides, deep depths, crash into my skin
Fighting off the undertow that’s dragging me
Arms ache, legs weak, from treading
Losing hope, losing sleep, can’t cope, can’t breathe
I try to keep my head above but I’m sinking
Swollen sea swallows me, I’m drowning
My sadness is so heavy it buries me
It’s hard to reach the surface that’s eluding me
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Atomic Action! Providence, Rhode Island
Punk/hardcore label from Rhode Island started in 1989 ended in 2000 restarted in 2012. We put out music we like by people we like. Fuck all the rest.
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