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Under Walterdale something in the air
where I wander I do not care
secrets uncontained on any map
a jungle that connects two halves
ya area, we transcend
baseball bat to the worlds end
intoxicated on summer air
an air so rare it's barely there.
The river through my heart
THAT CHAMPION BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH
One thing that can't be changed
Murky waters in our veins
THAT CHAMPION BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH
Day in day out all a blur to me
stadium to university
find a place to call your own
fight to stay out of the cold
but they have no problem to take our taxes
for a stadium they can't afford to access
dig your heels in, you'll survive
The ups and down remind you that you're alive.
The river through my heart
THAT CHAMPION BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH
One thing that can't be changed
Murky waters in our veins
THAT CHAMPION BLOOD FLOWS THROUGH
what still remains
blood in the veins
Good till the last drop
EDMONTON HARDCORE BACK ON TOP
78 OOH
78 OOH
78 OOH
That weak shits gotta go!
78 OOH
78 OOH
78 OHH
You Know?!
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RUN THE RISK
another near miss
RUN THE RISK
self-destruction that you won't admit
RUN THE RISK
so you take this gift
RUN THE RISK
turn it to shit
Mind on your past, can't see your path
when the shit hits the fan, how do you act?
Zombified, devoid of action
like suicide, that fatal distraction
it's speaking but not saying a word
so a cry for help remains unheard
drop the weight, start thinking straight
not your fate, a mantality you create
"Packed and ready for more,
posicore coming out my pores,
do it for the love, not clout or a paycheque
Edmonton Hardcore blasting out your tape deck
tunnel vision making your decisions
pay don't own it
Project at every moment
Sacrifice or cultivate
what you become but you can't sustain
a burden you obediently wear.
Familiar to bear
but IT IS NOT FAIR.
RUN - THE - RISK
and cut that bullshit
I stab of pain to relive the past
always there when your guard lapse
an uneven road unraveling
didn't come this far for nothing
Sacrifice or cultivate
what you become but you can't sustain
a burden you obediently wear.
Familiar to bear
but IT IS NOT FAIR
RUN - THE - RISK
and cut that bullshit
scrap the illusion
to err is human
change your perception
to ignore the lesson
ignore the lesson
who's to say if it can be maintained
if a mindset is maintained and failure is exclaimed
imagined scenario you come out on top
in real life success rates gonna drop
I'll close up your shop, my intent is clear
can't fuck with that? Than get out of here
when it comes down to working with what I got
I don't always succeed I'm never gonna stop.
RUN THE RISK
RUN THE RISK
RUN THE RISK
And cut that bullshit
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Standing in the rain
perpetuity unsafe
at some point
who can you really blame?
from care to the streets
from streets to the jails
a living embodiment of how the system failed
YOU who cast your judgements
making your pathetic little jokes
classist and regnant, you're a fucking hoax.
Freezing in a line
disease of body and mind
what comforts there are
offered one at a time
once he had respect when his body earned a cheque
now he can only numb the pain
a life you think he would select?!
And you with your security
your parents in the burbs
can only express your narrowness
through petty little words,
Hypocrite!
While they suffer
you pretend
TWIST, TWIST, TWIST
While they suffer
you pretend
Twist in the wind.
Better back off just leave me alone
your view is clouded and your covers blown
raped of identity and left unknown
you pretend to know what its like get a fuckin clue
how can you reconcile
a people been dismissed
generations decimated
a crime to exist
social exile not permitted to prosper
church of pedophile
and government monsters
cosplay punks with your polished veneer
you "can't believe the people they let into here"
so uncouth you got no excuse
you benefit from their abuse
While they suffer
you pretend
TWIST, TWIST, TWIST
While they suffer
you pretend
Twist in the wind.
You say that you're played by the system
and believe your own lies you think you’re the victim
you look into the mirror with your hands in your pockets
could’ve been you too, jailed and mocked at
nice costume you classist piece of shit your whole life is counterfeit
this goes out to all the shit talkers and fashion victims
with bullshit values can kick fucking rocks!
Twist
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Interlude/Radical Change
03:02
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Past only remains in our brains
yet it may haunt us until our dying day
friendships lost, prevent friendship made
are their judgements what you became?
secret shame in hidden places
wasted years, faded faces
words grip you but you do not say
why would tomorrow not be like yesterday?
when you're repeating the same patterns?
just getting by, ignoring your passions?
when all your options look the same
sometimes people make a Radical Change
Should you remain a prisoner of fear?
would your success deserve sweat and tears?
stagnated years, imagined sin
not to late to be the- BEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN
shame made you suffer in secret
guilt made it a pattern repeated
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It Only Takes Once
01:51
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It only takes once
who bears responsibility?
you or me or a downtown facility?
what's it matter at the end of the day
who bares the blame.
It only takes once
harm reduction- do your part
free naloxone kit in your Shoppers Drug Mart
they're there just go up and ask
why take the chance?
it only takes once
despite lessening media coverage
the opioid crisis rages on
isolation and lack of mental health supports
have caused overdose death to increase
their lives were not made a priority
as even now cuts to essential health services are being made
it's up to us to protect those in our community
by carrying a fresh naloxone kit
and educating yourself, your friends and family
the lives of drug users matter
and by being prepared you might help to save one
it only takes once x4
consider the cost
it only takes once x4
consider the cost
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Bro Hymn Part II
02:22
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You don't know the impact that you make
oh god, what a life to take
years go by, and it still aches
but the beauty of your life reverberates
In our actions may you shine through
that will be the enduring part of you
now you only remain in our minds,
cut down in what should have been your prime
memories of those who came before
reminds us life's worth fighting for
KEEPS US- Moving on...
their sacrifices not made in vain
cherish life in their name
KEEPS OUR- Values strong...
it doesn't matter how bright you burn
you can get snuffed out in this fucked up world
a senseless death, I have no faith in fate
life is finite giving moments weight.
Strive for values I saw in you,
I think to myself 'what would you do?'
a life worth living so much within your grasp.
So many people denied the chance.
memories of those who came before
reminds us life's worth fighting for
KEEPS US- Moving on...
their sacrifices not made in vain
cherish life in their name
KEEPS OUR- Values strong...
The years they fly by
that part of you won't die
we grew stronger
we carry your passion
a life worth living
grabbing each moment
because it could be your.. be your last
it could be your last
one life ONE CHANCE
WHOA!
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Forgiveness Denied
03:46
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Conformity is not enlightenment; you don't know what's best for me
although your intentions must feel honorable, animosity comes more easily
condemning those who are different, putting on a display
if you were truly a spiritual person you wouldn't act that way
it's so clear your false convictions have never made you whole.
"V"
Self righteously defend your faith, in doing sell your soul.
Penance for the guilt you got inside?
Forgiveness? DENIED!!
acquiescent and pacified
convinced of your own lies
It's up to you to decide.
True spiritual freedom comes from removing the excess
learn to see beyond your thoughts, embrace your consciousness
spiritual charlatans caused you to dismiss it all
take a stake in a life in which you are involved.
Preside over geocoded
religious leaders abide
complicate or closed eyed
repeated should the opportunity arise.
Penance for the guilt you got inside?
Forgiveness? DENIED!!
Files declassified
convinced of your own lies
It's up to you to decide.
It is your soul to save
Voice from the burning tree - bless
a burden placed on to thee - dust
trampled culture, supremacy through bloodshed
drain the sea of conformity
wont choose a side in a holy war
there's no owner of a true spirituality
no "pearls before swine"
the light inside you is divine
healing BEGINS
when you acknowledge your SINS
don't live in DENIEL
no list of sins COMPLIED
up to you to reconcile
no cleansing rites, no forgiveness in after lives
your actions count now, not when your in the ground
here and after, forfeit matters masters gather lives to shatter
blind leading the blind
up to you to decide
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Grudge holding yourself back
a handicap that your enemy lacks
your recesses rot raised by hate
a spit fueled master who won't abdicate.
Who's to say if, you deserved it
the grudge only serves to preserve it
a constant campaign day after day
the object of your anger is unfazed
wrought with disapproval
dirty piece removal - from the rest of the cloth
transmitting static until you're signing off
Tallinn' loss, rattling off
old entries in your injury catalog.
Grudge holding yourself back
a handicap that your enemy lacks
your recesses rot raised by hate
a spit fueled master who won't abdicate.
Who's to say if, you deserved it
the grudge only serves to preserve it
a constant campaign day after day
the object of your anger is unfazed
Petty revenges are you satisfied
drinking poison expect your enemies to die
corpse inside. man, full on decay
you're a self-made prisoner of yesterday
give up the grudge
give up the grudge
give up the grudge
give up the grudge
AAAHHHH
Grudge Holding yourself back
give up the grudgeHolding yourself back
give up the grudgeHolding yourself back
give up the grudgeHolding yourself back
grudgeholding yourself back
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9. |
Can We Get it Back?
04:01
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Whether at school or at home
so many places to feel all alone
is that spirit gone?
first found belonging when I was with you
born to lose the unchosen few
that helped us carry on
A Place X3
Where we belong
A Place X3
Where we belong
Deliver me
(hardcore is real)
everything that happens from there it steams
a community hall with all my friends
a chance to express, feel I exist
a defiant act of whole heartedness
SILENCED-- BUT WE WON’T BE IGNORED
hardcore show up on a poster pole
didn't know it would save my soul.
Wont take it, for granted , AGAIN
Industry House, Avenue, SM Factory
Starlite, Circles, Aviary
Mandible Klaw, Penalty Box, the Edmonton Scene
Chips, Feminal Fluids, False Body
Wont take it, for granted , AGAIN
Was that the end of the best years of our lives?
I still believe in immortal VIBES
that place just one day gone
I don't know where I belong
Can we get it BACCKKK?!
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10. |
Wall of Fear
02:47
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Trapped without escape?
Insurmountable walls around us, invisible in place
We reap what we create.
are we so divided, is that the case?
It’s time to break them down!!
Living in a state of mental encagement
when violence is the main form of entertainment
desensitized by a non-stop tragedy
cry for death in films
but not your own community.
While they thrive, we're repressed
it's the situation we invest
its humanity's punishment
Break it down, the wall of fear.
Dismiss a fellow human don't have the time
don't change your world view but expanding your mind
sticking to your prejudices you ignore the fact
that fear makes people commit terrible acts
while they thrive, we're repressed
it's the situation we invest
its humanity's punishment
Break it down, the wall of fear.
Apathy by exposure
don't do what they told ya
keeping you fearing
what you're seeing and hearing
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