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Ornaments
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Gain a cover for eroding stagnation. Separate, forsake dedication. Exterior ornaments to identify. Squalor conditions just pacify. You possess the truth, but no interior. Vacant spirit to feel superior. Dismiss dedication, worship illusion. Perpetuate and embrace a delusion. Devoid words are not enough. Pseudo disguises are not enough. Enlightened sentiment is not enough. Apocryphal visions and self-deceit, inevitable grounds of our own defeat. Live inside a despondent haze or turn this spark into a blaze. Flames could burn all our eyes while we just watch our own demise. Now you succumb to normality. Always the inevitable formality.
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Empire Justice
02:07
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Steel and concrete neo-plantation hammered into our foundation. Subservient souls for the eternal duration. Abhorrent stain upon their nation. Disgusted by cages, disgusted by the chains. Freedom is just a placebo in our brains. Incarcerate, incarcerate. Devour the destitute so none remain. All they want is accumulation of souls and wealth for profitization. Beholden to indulgence and a vile salvation. Elect a warden for canonization. Emboldened by treasure they proliferate. Now what can I incinerate? Broke our legs to give us a crutch and now it’s all that's left to clutch. Sign up now to spread the disease. Transmitting this affliction overseas. You won't crave your sovereignty until it’s gone. Front like a king, but forever a pawn. You can have it back. I want my control. Won't ever worship your worthless souls. Your empire of slaves, your empire of graves, patiently awaiting your final days. Crushed by the burden of what you built. No more inaction, no more guilt. Having convictions, but not convicted. Waiting for the end we've always predicted.
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Starvation
02:13
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Inhabitants of filth seeking accession. Firm, resolute against every transgression. Hostile towards the expectations of all. Plotters of a vicious cabal. Out of the halls and into the streets. Provoked by malfeasance and never asleep. Not settling for lies or upholding deceit. Acting out desires while being discrete. Try to break me, I don’t care. I'll never understand just why you are here. Your desolate souls in need of acceptance. Blasphemous actions of false repentance. True outsider, I renounce your life. I’d rather stick your scene with a fucking knife. Ferocious aggression or just sound? Belligerent ‘til I'm underground. Revolutionary youth observing the signs. Destroying the weak that fall line. Pathetic and obtuse but beyond your ruse. And unlike you bourgeois, I have nothing to lose. I won't settle for the crumbs of eternal salvation. Your gluttony and greed foment spiritual starvation.
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Monopoly of Violence
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An illusion, a mirage is all that keeps you safe. Your grins and threats just inflame my hate. Systematic abuse for too fucking long. Constant injustice has made me fucking strong. Strength. Strength nourished by my hate. Never submit to laws I don't want. Never succumb to your fucking taunts. Never accept fake benevolence. Never repudiate the use of violence. I won’t submit to this monopoly of violence. Never obey your fictitious justice. I won’t submit to this monopoly of violence. Now we must shatter delusions and crush the lies. Why should I care if they all fucking die? Never bought in and scorn compromise. Eradicate the guards of all we despise. Monopolies of violence do not lead to justice. Monopolies of violence do not lead to justice. Through their blood we shall recreate ourselves. Ourselves. Monopolies of violence do not lead to justice. Monopolies of violence do not lead to justice.
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Undeserving
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Devoid of compassion or complex thought. Accepting of murder and all you've been taught. Tradition cementing compassion in place. Dispense of hierarchy? You’re a fucking disgrace. Where do you draw the line of who lives and who dies? Human plague scars the planet. Eradicates life and everything on it. Corruption and capital drive a reformist perspective. Complicit in carnage and completely ineffective. Condemn this nightmare you choose to embrace. Willful distortions just spew from your face. Slaves to fashion and cruel desire, trying hard to just stay in line. Still inquiring why I care. You’re not even worth my time. You don't deserve a choice of you get to exploit or who you can torment without their consent. You don't deserve a choice of who you get to exploit. Parade around in flesh in a disgusting trance. Don't have any interest in your conformist stance. Bolt pistol to your brain. Won't say sorry for living this way. It must be nice to live your life unburdened by compassion. Parade around in flesh in a disgusting trance. I don't have any interest in your conformist stance. Bolt pistol to your brain. Won't say sorry for living this way.
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Shadowboxing Seattle, Washington
Some old dudes in and around Seattle, WA making with the loud music.
Mike / Guitar, Andrew / Drums, Josh / Vocals, Greg / Bass
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