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Washing Their Hands
I hear the screams in the hall
I see the dreams as they fall
I feel the seams bursting through
I sense the end as something new
It's becoming clear
An echoing sound
Voices from the past
My mind spins around
Voices from the past
My mind spins around
It's becoming clear
An echoing sound
The pieces of the puzzle don't seem to fit
When I am conveniently cut out of it
Carefully outlined and removed
Muted, sterilised, disused
No explanation, no indication
That this is what we wanted
That this is what we planned
Just thousands of shadows washing their hands of it all
Give everything to me
The weight and responsibility
I'll fill in the maps of land
You so fear to approach
The pieces of the puzzle don't seem to fit
When I am conveniently cut out of it
Carefully outlined and removed
Muted, sterilised, disused
No explanation, no indication
That this is what we wanted
That this is what we planned
Just thousands of shadows washing their hands / of it all
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Life In Hell
If you die, you die
That's how it goes
Eye for an eye
Till the system overthrows
Rivalries that determine
How you'll dream tonight
Win the fight
What's the point?
What's that sound
What's that smell
Don't hate me
I won't tell
The first twenty four hours of life in hell
Are the most volatile, and in your cell
You'll find no help, no hope, no rope
Shoelaces, lighters, bolts and screws
Your peers know what you have to lose
You'll find no drag, no dope, no soap
Wouldn't that be the dream
Let's see if you'll scream
Prove yourself
You can learn to like
But if you don't
Wake up, beat down
Pause and gloat
Now didn't that make life better
If good is good, then bad is bad, we're mad
How does this work?
What's that noise
What just fell
Stash to sell
Makes you well
The first twenty four hours of life in hell
Are the most volatile, and in your cell
You'll find no help, no hope, no rope
Shoelaces, lighters, bolts and screws
Your peers know what you have to lose
You'll find no drag, no dope, no soap
Wouldn't that be the dream
Let's see if you'll scream
Prove yourself
We bred this
We created it
But we cling on to our role
We're innocent, we are clean
We just fund the murder machine
(We bred this
We fed this
We created it
We could imagine this hell hole
But we cling on to our role
We're innocent, we're clean
We just fund the murder machine)
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Let Me
Oh my god,
I don't even know if what I see is reality
Please make it end, please make it end
I can't defend
The gates open wide
You have to let me in
A stirring inside
You have to let me in
Covering every stride
You have to let me in
Your cages lift high
You have to let me out
I've been held down for so long
And I'm just being kept in place
Look at the disgrace on your face
You realise this is all your fault
Oh my god,
I don't even care if what I think I feel is real
If this is meant to be, it's meant to be
Devoid of sanctity
The gates open wide
You have to let me in
A stirring inside
You have to let me in
Covering every stride
You have to let me in
Your cages lift high
You have to let me out
I've been kicked down without rest
And I'm just taking my own time
Trying to walk the line of this crime
I realise this is all my fault
Fill this hole
I'd like to fake my death
Kill my soul, I take me with myself
I want control (I want to carve this out)
It takes its toll on me,
Hit me / strike me / burn me out
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Stress
Part of me
Doesn't want to be
Part of society
Part of me
Doesn't want to be
Part of anxiety
I don't understand how I got here in the first place
I don't understand why I had to defend my case
I don't understand why the people stopped and stared
I don't understand how they decided they never cared
The tension accumulates
With state rigged trials and debates
The pressure is building up
Non-lethal weapons and lockup
Don't think of separation
I'd prefer segregation
And when my stress has soared
I'll pretend to be bored
Did you know that no one waits for you
Did you know that no one writes to you
Did you know that no one cares for you
Your mind should be thought absurd
Part of me
Doesn't want to flee
Part of sobriety
Part of me
Doesn't want to plea
Part of dubiety
I don't understand how I'm meant to end up clean
I don't understand why I've seen the things I've seen
I don't understand why my fate they would seal
I don't understand how they think I'll ever heal
(chorus)
(Stress)
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There Are No Words
*breathing*
There are no words x6
You'd never know unless it happened to you
You'd never know
Unless it happened to you
You'd never know x3
There are no words x6
You can't understand what this life is like
You can't understand
What this life is like
You can't understand x2
*breathing*
There are no words x5
You don't know what it's like
To have your life ripped out
To have your life taken away
To have your life removed from you
You don't know what it's like
There are no words x6
*breathing*
Your sympathy is useless to me
Your empathy is useless to me
Your understanding is useless to me
Your feelings are useless to me (there are no words)
Your thoughts are useless to me
Your knowledge is useless to me
Your experience is useless to me
Your existence is useless to me
There are no words
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Run
Dissatisfaction
Refrained reaction
Strained transaction
Stale mate inaction
This interaction
Is a subtraction
Of an extraction
That meant distraction
Are you my friend?
Drop to your knees
When the gun goes off
It won't matter what you've done
For all your big talk
You might as well walk
I know you'll leave and run
Elimination
A Termination
Of recreation
Cold amputation
Usual castration
Depressed fixation
Dead altercation
Alienation
Are you my friend?
Drop to your knees...
Are you my friend?
Drop to your knees...
You're not my friend
There is no need to overthink
Your logic I can sink
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I Could
You understand the way I feel tonight
Remove your judgement, I know it's not right
You see me moving far away from the light
The urge is too strong, I've no will to fight
I'll be nice, don't be defiant
I'll stay calm if you stay silent
Don't be too scared and never be curt
I can't promise you this won't hurt
I could kill you
Strangle, beat and maim you
I could kill you
Bludgeon, cut and skin you
Or I could turn to the beast
Look it straight in the eye
I could kill you
Strangle, beat and maim you
I could kill you
Bludgeon, cut and skin you
Or I could turn to the beast
Look it straight in the eye
Let's pray I die
I see you staring in the dead of night
Used to be full of life, your eyes aren't so bright
There's hatred in your head, look at me with spite
Using drops of your blood, attempting to write
I could help, don't be defensive
You can trust me, don't look pensive
Never question how I act
Better watch how you react
(chorus)
The clouds close in
My thoughts cave in
Spiraling down the hole they live in
Have you ever hoped you could change
Have you ever hoped we could change
I keep hoping but I rearrange
The facts to survive the dissonance
(chorus)
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I Forget
I forget you
Your skin fades
From underneath my fingertips
I forget you
Your eyes fade
From my crystal clear vision
I forget you
Your voice fades
From the echoes of the past
I forget you
Your face fades
From the recesses of my memory
I forget you
Your hands fade
From my scarred hands
My senses dull
My mind switches off
My existence lulls
My soul switches off x2
I forget you
Your form fades
From the stretches of my will
I forget you
My life fades
My meaning entirely gone
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New Phase
When was the last time you said a prayer
When did you get down on your knees and throw your hands to the air
When did you last check your state of mind
Filled with numbers and images while you pretend you're colourblind
Welcome to a new age
Welcome to a new phase
Where we look you right in the eyes
And kill you to express you're not what we despise
Welcome to a new age
Welcome to a new phase
Where we acknowledge all we ever said were lies
And laugh because you think you can change us with your
When was the last time you asked for help
When did you look to someone and plead to then receive a skelp
When did you last check the state of your pride
Mirrors and pictures everywhere to hide that you're not alive
Welcome to a new age
Welcome to a new phase
Where we look you right in the eyes
And kill you to express you're not what we despise
Welcome to a new age
Welcome to a new phase
Where we acknowledge all we ever said were lies
And laugh because you think you can change us with your
cries
Voice your opinion freely
And notice nothing changing
In this world of endless options
All you do is rearranging
We are the people
We are the target
We are the victims
We're still the bullseye
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Do Something
They are many, we are few
There is nothing we can do
Raise your hands up in defeat
Life can force you to retreat
Stay strong inside
Hold to your pride
We were denied
Don't be petrified
If we have drive
We can survive
You're still alive
You can still thrive
They are many, we are few
There is nothing we can do
Raise your hands up in defeat
Life can force you to retreat
Don't make a sound, lay low
If we don't stir, they'll go
This is the time to rest
Keep the faith, hope for the best
If you think that is the way
I'm afraid you've gone astray
You can get on your knees and pray
But you won't see a better day
Stay strong inside...
If you think that is the way
I'm afraid you've gone astray
You can get on your knees and pray
But you won't see a better day
Stand up tall and shout
Don't you dare try to check out
This is the time for action
Let's be a reaction
(stay strong)
Get up and do something about it (x4)
Get up and do something about it (x9)
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