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Coward
03:47
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Cut it off, no choice
Useless begging, not heard
No influence or presence, you want it all to burn
Empty vessel with no one at the wheel
The past is present you don’t need time to heal
Face first, knocked down, broken bones
You face it all alone
Passing through, you confide
You make a choice, can’t hide
Another reckoning that you won’t survive
Forever questioning, what would be if it hadn’t been
Mirror looks grim
Poisoned entity, I chose you as my enemy
No ties to the life you lead
Do I want to be freed? Do I want to bleed?
You can’t protect the things that you love the most
Forced, beaten, alone
Enough is enough
You can’t correct the things that will spell your end
Scared, shaking, dethrone
Enough is enough
Put my head straight, relieve the knots
Level me out, help connect the dots
I’m a coward but you help blur the lines
Of where that part of me ends
And the strength in me resides
I’m a coward but I don’t want to be
My own worst critic but not anymore
Because I build myself up, I don’t put myself down
We’ve all go it, it just needs to be found.
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2. |
Overruled
02:20
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Draw back, look around you like what you see?
This'll be your breeding ground for all eternity
Treated as an equal, that's all I want to be
How dare you overrule me
How dare you question my authority
What am I supposed to see?
I must be missing the point
You've only got me to answer to
What can you say for yourself?
You let yourself unwind
But you can't turn back time
The lack of sincerity proves that one day
My darkest fears will become real
Treated as an equal, that's all I want to be
Treated as an equal, next time don't come running back to me.
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3. |
Faith In Vain
04:17
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False hope, faded beliefs
The black cloud cast by a heaven that I’ll never know
God knows but he kept it from me
Were my prayers ever heard by anyone?
Was the love that I felt just phantom pain?
Anger at nothing, anchored to hate
I guess the blood of my body is just faith in vain
I’ve had to rip myself away from the hope
Wasted years on someone else's dream
Heaven a place I’ll never see
Never be able to believe in
I guess the blood of my body is just faith in vain
Heaven a place I’ll never see
Treading water in the crimson stream
Again and again
I guess believing doesn’t mean that you know
Tried reaching for more but hit the ceiling below
My anger grows, I still see the ghosts
Of your grace, it’s embedded in my memory
I regret every time I kneeled down to pray
I fucking learned the hard way
Heaven a place I’ll never see
Never be able to believe in
I guess the blood of my body is just faith in vain
Heaven a place I’ll never see
Treading water in the crimson stream
Again and again
Forever burdened with heresy
It wasn’t ever gonna be easy
I guess the blood of my body is just faith in vain
Heaven what have you done to me?
Treading water in the crimson stream
Again and again
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4. |
Rusting
01:56
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(Instrumental)
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5. |
When It Comes
03:20
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Iron out my thoughts so I can fucking breathe
Clear my head of the filth so I can fucking see
The root of my internal hypocrisy
It’s all I’ll ever be
It’s like a pain that you’ve never felt
But when it comes you’ll know full well
Just what it means to be mistaken
To know you’ve done the opposite of your intention
How do I break the cycle?
Run from lies at every single turn
When will I ever fucking learn?
The strength of the sun grows every day
Feel it on your neck, feel it on your face
When the world rots away
Who’s gonna pay?
You played with me emotionally
A pet kept in my own mind
When it comes you’ll feel it
Feel it crawling inside
Don’t toy with me
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6. |
Boa Constrictor
02:14
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Eye to eye will never be you and me
What's done is done what will be will be
There’s nothing you can say to make me agree
The seeds been sown, my minds been made now
Your empty words are no skin off my back
I owe you nothing and i never will
What is this image that you're trying to convey?
Your actions will come back to haunt you someday
You don’t get any applause for failure
I hope that one day you will understand
That nothing in life is free
Greeds reaching out, you're taking it's hand
Eye to eye will never be you and me
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Backwards Mask
02:46
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Mounting a case with broken nails
Built to last, doomed to fail
Damned to fall in to the traps
That you laid for yourself
The truth hurts but sometimes it’s worth the pain
My eyes burn in the acid rain
My skin peels in the acid rain
Self-proclaimed paragon of truth and honesty
But what you preach and how you act don’t add up to me
Your act is built on authenticity
But you ain’t getting off that easily
You pay the price when it comes back around to you
Nothing worse than advice from those without a clue
Back and forth from the victim to the saviour role
You ain’t fooling me, your stories already been told
And it’s fucking getting old.
The revenge to be served is already cold
Keep doing exactly what you’re fucking told
Face me now and watch your feeble hand fold
Keep doing exactly what you’re fucking told
You’ve lost your voice
I revoke your right
You made a choice
You wronged a right
Left on the hill where you chose to die
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Mind's Eye
02:49
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In the end the end could never make me miss a breath
Why fear this six foot hole in which we aren't afraid of death?
Time passes by but we don't even know we're here
Each day we cry about the things we think we know
Each day another set of diluted tears
Day in day out nothing stays the same
Breathe in breathe out anger can't be contained
You've got a deep stream of consciousness
Barely scratching the surface
Looming under a sea of doubt
Drown
My mind's eye controls me
Shows me what i'm meant to see
Always at the door but never having the key
I can't help but regret the things I chose not to be.
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MLVLTD Sheffield, UK
Metal & Hardcore Label based in Sheffield, UK
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