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Sanity Decays

by DISCOURSE

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Cure 02:23
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I walk the narrow path scorned by some but it’s not for them The scale was tipped against me set up for failure I defied the disease One less rope around my neck Pre-disposed, I chose my fate I’m lucky to have had the chance Two ways out, both absolutes complete dependence or complete rejection I’ll take the grief as it comes I’ll feel it for you since you’d rather be numb I understand the need to escape even I find ways to forget the pain Like you, don’t wanna face the world Like you, don’t wanna face myself Like you, I’m afraid Afraid of what I might find I’m sickened by life and the tireless routine but you won’t see me down begging for release I reject their cure It’s temporary and empty Dull the pain, dull my hatred I'll keep them both to spite the world Outnumbered forever
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Time Pries 02:35
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Life is far too long to live with these regrets that I collect I’m lost in the dark with no light at the end Get used to loss cause it’s all you’ll know Time pries from our hands all that we hold Sentenced to life, it hits hard and returns each day worse than before And so it goes, I face loss alone Death, you can learn to accept or you can run from it I’m used to loss, cause it’s all I’ve known Time strips away all that I love
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Losing Game 02:32
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Coercion, fear, and control They played you like a goddamn fool Callous bastards watch it unfold reconstruct the way the story's told Nothing to lose so much more to gain Safe in the comfort of their own homes They’ve got no skin in the game Not my war Everything to lose not a thing to gain There’s only one outcome when you play a losing game I’m not so sure that they’d feel the same If the roles were reversed you think they’d play their own fucking game? It’s not my war My war is with those who convinced you to die for their interests Straight to hell with those bastards Cause their war is endless It leaves no winners It shifts and it transforms Another year, a new face Do you think they’d play their own fucking game?
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Maintained by Force 02:49
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They’ve forced the conditions that rob the youth of potential See the addicts as less than human made violence the only solution Maintained by force I know my enemy cause he’s marked clearly The uniform erases the person within How many more have to die at the hands of law enforcement? How many more have to face decades locked in a cage? You’ve known your enemy you’ve seen ritual abuse Maintenance of order offered up as an excuse Punishment falls, but not on the guilty
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Failed Automation 02:41
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Spare me from this what they call living feels like routine decay Another wasted day Ad fucking nauseum Parallel to hell but deaths not an option From first breath to untimely death uncertainty weighs down on me And for those doomed from the start things stay worse, for those I abstain Another empty day end on end Spare me from this what they call living feels like routine decay A world of failed automation finding ways to cure the human condition And for those doomed from the start things stay worse, for those I abstain No other path but violence Thrown into life, born into pain Deliver me from this I can’t stand to witness As those around me crumble the answer becomes clear Phase out of existence a violent end draws near
6.
Bars Surround 02:41
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Out of sight, you ignore Out of mind, try to forget Out of your control, is that what you tell yourself? Don't talk to me about peace when violence is your routine Don't come to me about change the easiest one you refuse to make Every cage empty 20 long years to a system i detest now begins the struggle to erase that debt I know you see the pattern and understand their pain Your arguments are tired as you try to shift the blame What I’m asking for isn’t out of touch You can end the cycle, haven’t we had enough? Bars surround Blade through skin Steel on bone Bolt to brain
7.
Another Wave 02:25
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I still feel it what died in you is burning inside What awaits when the flame dies out a 9 to 5 to define my life? Another wave comes and goes Convictions washed away with the tide And we’re left with the pieces of what you left behind Am I making a change or have I changed myself? Am I breathing life or wasting my breath? So here’s your medal for growing up and I’ll show you the door I can only hope that you at least take what you learned from us when you leave I’ll be damn sure you’ll never destroy what we’ve worked so hard to achieve My mind’s still a weapon against the outside world trying to fight its way in The flame still burns Can you say the same? The hands of time are tight around my neck Counting down the days until this anger fades away Can’t turn my back on what we’ve built to go through phases so unfulfilled What’s been passed down, still tight in my grasp And I’ll carry this torch until I collapse
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Nothing Fills the Void 02:31
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Nothing fills the void that I’ve felt for so long The emptiness that will destroy everything that I love I only have myself to blame I wish you’d just forget my name To love is to suffer I’ll leave scars that resemble my own I’ll inflict the same wounds that cut me down to the bone Hardened my heart, shut myself away, but at what cost? Nothing fills your emptiness I can’t explain, don’t know where to begin Crush the petals in my hands watch the red stain my skin Forever letting you down because I couldn’t let you in In my selfishness, I bound you to me The cycle continues, and we were fools to think that it would set us free Now I feel nothing, and I’m afraid it’s a part of me We hurt one another, the cycle never ends
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Early Grave 02:29
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For every method of self-abuse And lives stolen through directed use For every cleverly disguised noose And victims left unable to choose All the problems that you can’t face The mistakes that you want to escape And the regrets you try to erase Still exist at the end of the day Nothing standing in my way No path to an early grave I hold in contempt Profit from addiction Targeted from birth No concern for those afflicted For every loved one i’ve watched decay And everything that stands in my way For every path to an early grave... Straight edge - the choice remains.
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Oblivion 03:25
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"To arms" they cry pro war and pro life The divine right guides those with god on their side The enlightened few procreate and destroy Self-entitled to reckless indifference When I'm called to bear witness I'll attest to the sickness that I've seen from your crusade Crushed spirits, sanctified hate Madness overtakes the masses Sanity decays, dictated by majority The visions realized, the prophesy fulfilled Welcome the destruction from which we can't rebuild Oblivion awaits

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released January 27, 2015

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