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Living To Let You Down

by KARATE STEVE

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1.
Divebar Superstar 04:45
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SPENT HIS WHOLE LIFE IN A GODAMNED VAN CHASING AFTER THE AMERICAN DREAM SMOKING CIGARETTES DRINKING WHISKEY AND WINE TRYING TO FIND A WIFE INSIDE OF THE SCENE BURNER IN THE GLOVE OF HIS 79 NEXT TO HEROIN AND PCP HADNT SEEN DEB IN A GODAMNED MONTH UNTIL SHE SAW HIS FACE ON THE TV WHAT WENT WRONG FOR THEM DIVEBAR SUPERSTAR TOWNIE DIRTBAG ELITE KEEPS HIS CLOTHES IN HIS CAR THE SAME PLACE HE SLEEPS LEGEND IN HIS OWN MIND MAN IF ONLY YOU COULD SEE IT BENDER IN THE BASEMENT OF HIS MAMAS HOUSE IS WHERE THE DIRTBAG IS KNOWN TO DWELL LAST NIGHTS LIQOUR AND A CIGARETTE EMPTY WHISKEY BOTTLES ON THE SHELF LOW LIFE LOSER NEVER HAD NO FRIENDS ‘CEPT HIS WOMAN STUCK BY HIS SIDE SCUMBAG COUPLE ON A ROBBING SPREE SHE’LL DEFEND HIM TILL THE DAY THAT HE DIES DIVEBAR SUPERSTAR TOWNIE DIRTBAG ELITE KEEPS HIS CLOTHES IN HIS CAR THE SAME PLACE HE SLEEPS LEGEND IN HIS OWN MIND MAN IF ONLY YOU COULD SEE IT LIVING JUST TO LET YOU DOWN UNPLEASANT WHEN HE COMES AROUND GAMBLING AT SUFFOLK DOWNS THE TOWNIE DIRTBAG TRIPLE CROWN LIVING JUST TO LET YOU DOWN UNPLEASANT WHEN HE COMES AROUND GAMBLING AT SUFFOLK DOWNS LIVING IN HIS MOTHERS HOUSE
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97 Proof 03:27
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I DRANK SO MUCH I COULD NOT SEE I BLACKED OUT TWICE AND PISSED MY JEANS AT NIGHT I SEE WHISKEY IN MY DREAMS I THINK YOU KNOW JUST WHAT THIS MEANS THIS TRIP CONNOT END WELL FOR US MY HEAD SWELLS MY BRAIN IS POUROUS WE DID NOT LEARN FROM THOSE BEFORE US NEEDING HELP AND NEEDING SLEEP AND NOT KNOWING WHAT ANY OF THAHT MEANS (BLACKED OUT AGAIN) THE HEADACHES AND THE NONSENSE AND I CANT TELL WHATS REAL ANY MORE (NOTHING MAKES SENSE) SHAKING SWEATING LYING BLACKED OUT AGAIN SHAKES SWEATS LIES LOST ALL MY FRIENDS SHAKING SWEATING LYING BLACKED OUT AGAIN SHAKES SWEATS LIES NOTHING MKES SENSE DEAD ON THE INSIDE HOLLOW TIP EYS DEAD ON THE INSIDE WATCH MY FRIENDS DIE TREAD ON THE THIN ICE AND LIVE YOUR LIFE TAKE CONTROL BCK AND MAKE IT RIGHT
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Vultures 05:06
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VULTURES CLIMBING THE WALLS IN AN UNBRIDLED PANIC AGAIN MANIC PSYCHOSIS CONSTRAINS YOU AND BECKONS YOUR END YES THEY ARE WATCHING AND YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM THEIR LENS CALM AS THEY TAUNT YOU THEIR IMAGES HAUNT YOU TILL DEATH FOLLOW THE VULTURES LET THEM PICK YOUR BONES CLEAN JUST LIKE THE OTHERS WRETCHED AND SICK AND IM TRAPPED IN THIS DREAM SHELL OF A PERSON INDENTURED TO SERVICE FOR THEM TESTING THE LIMITS OF HOW FAR YOUR WILL CAN BE BENT BEHOLD THE MONSTERS THEY’VE MADE OUT OF PEACE LOVING MEN THEY FOOLED US ONCE BUT THEY NEVER WILL DO IT AGAIN FOLLOW THE VULTURES LET THEM PICK YOUR BONES CLEAN JUST LIKE THE OTHERS WRETCHED AND SICK AND IM TRAPPED IN THIS DREAM Fuck We will never see the light if we refuse to take the fight to them they will never see the day they take our lives away again Cut the noose and break the chains A steeple stares upon your grave your dead Nothing ever stays the same The day to day is a sadists game And I FOLLOW THE VULTURES
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Cold In The Sun 03:47
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BUILD UPON YOUR LOSES RECOVER FROM YOUR WOUNDS THIS TOO SHALL PASS MY FRIEND YOU WILL NOT COME UNGLUED EYE FOR AN EYE TOOTH FOR A TOOTH CANCER HAS SPREAD NOW DOWN IN THE ROOTS THIS TREE WILL NOT DIE MILES AND MILES HOLES IN MY BOOTS GAP IN MY SMILE SEARCHING FOR TRUTH THIS DREAM CAN NOT DIE BOARDS ON THE WINDOWS WHERE IM FROM NO HOPE COLD IN THE SUN JUNKIE IN A DEATH TRAP WHERE IM FROM COLD IN THE BOARDS ON THE WINDOWS WHERE IM FROM NO HOPE COLD IN THE SUN (X2) HOLDING ON TO EMPTINESS THIS POISON KEEPS US ALIVE YOU KNOW WE OWE THIS TOO OURSELVES LETS END THIS TORMENT BEFORE ANOTHER SUMMER DIES EYE FOR AN EYE TOOTH FOR A TOOTH CANCER HAS SPREAD NOW DOWN IN THE ROOTS THIS TREE WILL NOT DIE MILES AND MILES HOLES IN MY BOOTS BREAKING MY BACK SEARCHING FOR TRUTH THIS DREAM CAN NOT DIE BOARDS ON THE WINDOWS WHERE IM FROM NO HOPE COLD IN THE SUN JUNKIE IN A DEATH TRAP WHERE IM FROM COLD IN THE BOARDS ON THE WINDOWS WHERE IM FROM NO HOPE COLD IN THE SUN (X2)
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Becoming Fear 04:16
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CMON BYE ITS A PARTY FOR THE AGES INMY EYES SEE THE VIOLENCE AND THE HATRED POINTLESS TO CRY ITS A MESS THE WAY WE MADE IT FALLING HOUSE OF LIES AND THE BASEMENT IS VACANT YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR WE’RE BEYOND REPAIR DO YOU EVEN CARE DO WE EVEN CARE TAKE THE HOMES OF THE MASTERS BREAK THE BONES OF THESE BASTARDS SHAKE THE THRONES OF THESE MASTERS TAKE CONTROL OF THESE MASTERS ALL YOU NEED IS YOURSELF YOU WONT NEED THEIR HELP BELIEVE IN YOURSELF YOU DONT NEED THEIR HELP STANDING ON HIGH THEY DIVIDE US BASED ON RACES FORWARDING THE LIES AN AGENDA OF THE FACELESS READ BETWEEN THE LINES OR FORCED TO TURN COMPLACENT THIS IS WHERE WE DIE OR UNITY COULD SAVE US YOU CAN FEEL IT IN THE AIR WE’RE BEYOND REPAIR DO YOU EVEN CARE DO WE EVEN CARE MAKE THEM FEAR US MAKE THEM FEAR US
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Hoardes 04:54
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NEVER HAVE WE BEEN MORE SEPARATE THAN NOW NEVER HAS THE DIVIDE BEEN AS BAD AS IS IS FOR US WE MUST UNIFY YOU CAN STARE STRAIGHT AT THE SCREEN AND WATCH YOUR DREAMS DIE WITH THE ASHES OF A BURNING FLAG REFLECTING IN YOUR EYES GOD IS DEAD AND GONE HE DOES NOT CARE AND YOU ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS YOU THINK YOU ARE IN YOUR OWN EYES YOU SHOULD BE DEAD BUT YOU LIVE ON BADLY BEATEN AND LEFT TO DIE ITS THE STATE OF AFFAIRS NO CONVICTION FOR THE CRIME NOBODY CARES ITS THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN NOW I CANT BREATHE THE IR THE BLOATED TICK IN THE Oval Office DOESN’T EVEN CARE GOD IS DEAD AND GONE HE DOES NOT CARE AND YOU ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS YOU THINK YOU ARE IN YOUR OWN EYES YOU SHOULD BE DEAD BUT YOU LIVE ON WE’RE DEAD INSIDE NOW WE’RE DEAD INSIDE NOW WE’RE DEAD FOREVER NOW WE’RE DEAD OUTSIDE NOW WE’RE DEAD
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Clontarph 03:49
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STARE IN TO THE FACE OF A PHONY SAVIOR WHO YOU GONNA PAY TO COME AND SAVE YOUR SOUL HARD TO GET REST ON A BED OF RAZORS TODAY COULD BE THE DAY THAT YOU TAKE CONTROL FIND YOUR PURPOSE BURY YOUR FAILURE TODAY COULD BE THE DAY THAT YOU LET IT GO TODAY COULD BE THE DAY THAT YOU LET IT GO TODAY COULD BE THE DAY THAT YOU LET IT GO THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO PUT THIS TO REST THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO PUT THIS DOWN A LINE WAS DRAWN WE NEED TO PUT THIS DOWN A STONE GATHERS MOSS IN AN EMPTY GRAVEYARD SHOTS RANG OUT WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS AS AN ANGRY MOB GATHERS IN A VIOLENT RIOT AN UNDERTAKER SMILES AS HE DIGS HIS DITCH FACING YOUR FEARS IS FACING YOURSELF HATING YOURSELF FAKING YOURSELF FACING YOUR FEARS IS FACING YOURSELF FAKING YOURSELF FACE YOURSELF THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO PUT THIS TO REST THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO PUT THIS DOWN A LINE WAS DRAWN WE NEED TO PUT THIS TO REST DEEP INSIDE THE LABYRINTH IT DRAWS TO A CLOSE AS YOUR SEARCHING THROUGH THE DARKNESS LOOKING FOR LIGHT AGAINST THE LAW OF AVERAGES YOU’VE SUFFERED YOUR BLOWS CRAWLING THROUGH THAT DARKNESS PRAYING FOR NIGHT THIS IS WHERE WE DIE THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE
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Thanks For Nothing 03:19
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IT COMES FROM BEHIND US OUR FAILURES REMIND US OUR VICTORIES ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED BY OUR OWN FEARFUL NATURE PICTURE THIS IF WILL TOOK MY PILLS AND CANT SIT STILL I WILL NOT BE VICTIM TO YOUR SYMPTOMATIC EMPATHY GOOD NEWS IS NO NEWS BAD NEWS IS EVERYTHING LATCHING ON TO DRAMA FOR YOUR GODAMNN HEADLINE STAND UP FOR NOTHING YET FALLING DOWN FOR EVERYTHING ACTING LIKE A MARTYR FOR YOUR GODAMNED HEADLINE YOUR HEADLINE I AM THE ADDICT THE DROPOUT THE DEADBEAT I AM EVERYTHING THEY SAID A NORMAL PERSON SHOULD NOT BE PIGS AT THE TROUGH THEY LIVE OFF OUR LOSS WE BECOME THE VICTIMS TILL THEY FILL THER FILTHY POCKETS BLINDED BY FEAR A FUTURE UNCLEAR SEARCHING FOR THE ANSWER AT THE BOTTOM OF A BOTTLE GOOD NEWS IS NO NEWS BAD NEWS IS EVERYTHING LATCHING ON TO DRAMA FOR YOUR GODAMNN HEADLINE STAND UP FOR NOTHING YET FALLING DOWN FOR EVERYTHING ACTING LIKE A MARTYR FOR YOUR GODAMNED HEADLINE YOUR HEADLINE ITS BLOOD AND SWEAT TO PAY YOUR DEBTS YOU NEVER KNOW JUST WHEN YOUR TIME HAS COME TO DIE AND PAY YOUR BILLS AT LEAST YOU MADE IT TO RETIREMENT THIS IS THE AMERICAN DREAM FAR WORSE THAN ITS EVER SEEMED ITS A TWISTED WEB WE WEAVE I AM THE AMERICAN DREAM THIS IS THE AMERICAN DREAM A NIGHTMARE IF IVE EVER SEEN QUITE A TWISTED WEB WE WEAVE WE NEED A NEW DREAM THIS IS THE AMERICAN DREAM QUITE THE BLOATED SOCIAL SCENE A NIGHTMARE IF IVE EVER SEEN THIS IS THE AMERICAN DREAM GODAMN
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Locked In 03:40
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BLIND I WIND MY WATCH OR RIP THAT CLOCK UP OFF THE WALL TIME HAS COME FOR US TO PICK A DIRECTION STARING IN TO BLACKNESS IAM NOT MYSELF AT ALL THE PATH LAID OUT BEFORE ME YOUR DECEPTION THIS WAS NOT THE MAP I HAD LAID OUT FOR US THIS WAS NOT THE VISION IN MY DREAMS NOW WE SIT AND COUNT THESE CARDS AMONGST OURSELVES PICTURE OF DYSFUNCTION SO SERENE TALKING TO MY FRIENDS I KNOW THAT I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN I WILL NOT EVER RELIVE NIGHTMARES PASSING IN THE WIND THAT I COULD ONCE AGAIN AVOID IF WE COULD JUST BECOME DEVOID OF ALL EMOTIONS IN THESE MATTERS TIP THE SCALES BACK IN TO BALANCE AMAZED BY WHAT A DIFFERENCE JUST A DAY COULD MAKE TO GAIN PERSPECTIVE ON YOUR PROBLEMS AND ALTHOUGH FOR GRANTED MOST THESE TINGS WE TAKE WE’VE BECOME THE VICTIMS OF OUR DOGMA
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Ghosts 06:26
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IN TO THE ENDLESS VOID WE WILL SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IN TO THE STARLIT SKY WE WILL FIND OUR WAY HOME UNTIL THE WELL RUNS DRY I WILL GIVE YOU MY CUP ONLY TO SEE YOU SMILE LET THE BREAD BE BROKEN AND IF THE SUN SHOULD DIE I WILL GIVE MY LIGHT TO YOU UNDER A POISON SKY WE CAN WATCH THE WORLD BURN GIVE YOUR GHOSTS TO ME I WILL BEAR YOUR BURDEN AND INN THE END YOU’LL SEE WE’LL CARRY TORCHES IN TO THE GREAT DIVIDE I WILL BRIDGE THIS GAP WITH YOU IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME MAYBE I’D HAVE YOUR ANSWERS IF I COULD RIGHT THE WRONGS MAYBE I’D DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY I WILL HOLD YOUR FEARS KNOWING THEY CANNOT HARM YOU THROUGH ALL THE PAIN I’VE KNOWN I AM STILL YOUR FORTRESS THROUGH ALL THE DAYS ALONE I HAVE KEPT MY PROMISE GIVE YOUR GHOSTS TO ME ALL THAT I CAN SEE GIVE YOUR GHOST TO ME ALL THAT YOU COULD BE OPEN ANOTHER CHAPTER THANKFULLY THE DEVILS ARE THE ONES YOU KNOW LIAR CLINGING TO YOUR VICES AS THEY KILL YOU SLOW LIAR CLOSURE LYING EYES MY LIGHT LET IT DIE WE FIGHT LYING EYES THE SILENCE DEAFINING WE FIGHT

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released March 28, 2019

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