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Tongue Tied
01:19
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No longer are you the one
Who thread the bond where a gap can be seen
That time is gone, a long distant memory
All that stands in the way
Is a handshake that leads to greed
You wore out your welcome
With this family tree
I beg you not to look at me this way
I scream until there’s nothing left to say
I could plead to you my case
But I don’t think it matters anyway
Never thought I’d see a day
Where I stepped aside watching from the sidelines
Won’t take a part of this
Breaks my heart to see its all gone
The stories, the lies
Just for you to believe in what’s wrong
Can’t reform what once was
Or who you’ve become
I beg you not to look at me this way
I scream until there’s nothing left to say
I could plead to you my case
I don’t think it fucking matters anyway
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2. |
Ward of the State
02:14
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Strapped down behind the darkness
there’s nothing to see
Pull back behind the curtain
Realize it’s no longer a dream
Innocent echoes too young to understand
Force feed their fate silence is no longer a defense
Victimized in all your slithering schemes
Stitch shut their eyes tell them what to see
What cost does the price out weigh the risk
Your glass homes will be shattered by the bricks
they will be falling down
Ward of the state
This is the broken reason
Ward off the state
We will pollute their feelings
Ward of the state
No more time for dreaming
Ward off the state
this is hope their stealing
Inside I am empty
The outward is for show
I need all the knowledge
please tell me everything that you know
I want to be free
No longer the enemy
Keep us content with strategized content
Stripped down behind the darkness
There’s really nothing we can see
Clear mind now
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3. |
Pennies on the Dollar
02:00
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Body bags fill the streets
Children feeding off disease
Working class compromised
Displaced running from their minds
Sirens flare
Be prepared
Mad treason has arrived
This thing you call my progress
How dare I look you in the eye
Break free from self medication
How I dare I question your lies
Choking on indigestion
Scraps left divide the attention
Resort to a violent override
Flags burning fuel dissension
10-34 broken arrow
what we denied has finally arrived
This thing you call my freedom
How dare I look you in the eye
Break free from self indulgence
How dare I question your lies
My freedom is not free
Your freedom is not free
Our freedom is not free
Their freedom is not free
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4. |
Gatekeeper
01:47
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Big brother are you listening
Been beat down one too many times
Bite my tongue
Now it’s time to speak my mind
And I decline your words of hate
Big brother are you watching
Been shoved aside for the last time
Paid my share
I won’t be a partner in this crime
And I decline your words of hate
Gatekeeper it’s not up to you
Attention seeker you’re easy to see through
Gatekeeper I won’t take the bait
Misleader pushing all the hate
And I decline your words of hate
Big brother are your listening
Been beat down one too many times
Big brother are you listening
Now it’s time to speak my mind
And I decline your words of hate
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5. |
11th Hour
03:03
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Keep holding faith
Keep wanting to believe
Your reasons and your answers
Have led me far astray
How much can one take?
To what end must one reach?
Looking deep inside
To where it Finally breathes
Carry the cross alone
Does it make a difference knowing
That it brought me to my knees
Carry the weight of the world
Does it make a difference knowing
Actions brought you pain
Through my humility
Scarred from what we see
Deafened from what we hear
Line pulled too tight
No longer can breath the air
My saving Grace is killing me
One last grasp of this reality
Carry the cross alone
Does it make a difference knowing
That it brought me to my knees
Carry the weight of the world
Does it make a difference knowing
Actions brOUGHT you pain
Through my humility
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6. |
Straight Ahead
01:12
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I tried to find a way
To see it from your side
Can’t hide the fact that I
Was willing to swallow my pride
My friend I lost ground
Giving you one more chance
Times come to face the truth
Make your final stance
Straight Ahead
Hindsight the easy path
Was the only one in your sight
Your lifeline deflect the blame
Sheltered you from the fight
In spite you stabbed me
You stabbed me in the back
That’s right you down right
You down right lost track
My Friend
Feel free to walk on me
In the end that’s what you did
Create hate the stance you take
Your fate is in your own hands
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7. |
Brace For the Edge
02:46
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Feels like everything is fading
As the world keeps on turning
Search up and down & inside out
But the answers seem to exclude me
Break free from the sanity
Tear free
No longer control me
Brace for the edge
Just a shadow of a man
Brace for the edge
Get up and take a stand
Brace for the edge
Stood with truth on our side
Brace for the edge
No longer for us to decide
Feeling like everything is fading
The world seems to be raging
Nothing but hatred spilling from the seams
If you know what I mean
The answers seem to exclude me
I’m looking to be free
We all just wanna be free
Brace for the edge
Just a shadow of a man
Brace for the edge
Get up and take a stand
Brace for the edge
Stood with truth on our side
Brace for the edge
No longer for us to decide
The world keeps spinning out of control
Feel like we have nowhere left to go
God give me the foresight to see
Honored to call my friends my family
I’d dig to the middle of the earth for you
Just to claim a friendship that’s true
Blood in & blood out
Show them what it’s really all about
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XREDLINEX Chicago, Illinois
Started by Marko Karacic, formally of 90s Chicago Hardcore band Blindside, who brought on members of 2Minute Minor, Life Force, Vanguard, ZAO, Tuning and Discourage.
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