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when I stare out on these vacant lots
I don't think of the times we lost
instead I think of the promises made
that we'd survive to see better days
bruised feet running empty streets
blackeyes and skipped heartbeats
first tries and first defeats
final times and broken dreams
so now I ask, are you screaming just like me?
or have you resigned? asleep with complacency...(did you fall asleep?)
looking out on these hollow faces
skeletons haunting office spaces
I'm dreaming of far off places
I'm plotting my paths
and packing my bags
'cause I'm never ever giving in
never again
(lyrics by JP Brown)
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step by step, fall down
and we can't believe
with each day dawns, and each breath drawn
we suffocate beneath
these lies they fight to feed me
and this world that won't defeat me
each hope we bear
and carry on
we carry on
will we bend until we break
left standing empty handed
sold barren dreams
and in the dead of night
draw close, the sun will rise
a new day rise
and in these days
when all is dark and the heartless reign
and the cost of living's defeat
a price paid dying on our knees
in this tale of damage done
it's up to us to choose the sun
to turn the page
to start again
when this world weighs heavy on you
and you've got nowhere to turn to
it's the hope that survives
it's got to come from inside
when the dark's closing around you
and you've got nothing to hold on to
it's the hope that survives
it's got to come from inside
got to come from inside
it's the hope that survives
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in these numbered days
I know
if the clock runs out on us
the curtain call, if our time is up
did we wait for better days?
to turn and find that it's too late
did we choose to wander blind?
close your eyes on borrowed time
breathe in, count down the days
breathe out and it's too late
these desperate days pass us by
we breathe, we sleep, survive, we stand by
we fill our aching hearts with empty words and false starts
our rage and anger fall apart
but I'm not a number
and I'm not the same
and if we're born to suffer
then I'm not the same
how does it feel to know?
we stood aside and watched it all go
we've waited long enough, as the world burns down around us
their time runs out, the time is now
will you drown in regret?
no I'm not the same
close your eyes to forget?
no I'm not the same
and if it all crashes down on us
I won't give in, I won't give up
so if the clock runs out on us
and all their promises turn to dust
let's live and breathe for better days
before we find that it's too late
trust in what we're fighting for
believe our lives mean something more
breathe in, count down the days
breathe out and it's too late
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Lock And Key (EP1)
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today the sun all again
lie awake in a world of dead ends
where every screen, every page
sells her reflections of failure and shame
so she waits
slave to fate
in a world that counts you second rate
one more day
one more chain
every dream dies the same
when the choice is to honor, obey
words leave scars, break my heart
it's hard to see in a world so dark
so how long
must she wait?
shout him down, seize your right, no mistake
every chain
every cage
breaks the same
in every silence another defeat
in stares and voices endured on the street
we close our eyes
we turn aside
while she struggles to rise, survive
refuse revolt resist
every chain
every cage
breaks the same
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Serve And Collect (EP2)
02:23
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a price tag is on your future
a future not yours to sell
a judge walks into the picture
so picture yourself in hell
but did the crime fit the punishment?
payment influenced judgement
steel bars and cement
are waiting for you
you cannot go back now
no rights, no council
nothing you do
can alter what's coming to you
thoroughly corrupted
administration of justice
serve and collect
youth interrupted
your life obstructed
serve and collect
the distance to their blackened hearts
is infinite when divided in parts
The damage done was worth every dime
if you speak out you only get more time
young dreams just went
straight into their pockets
crushing spirits,
crushing spirits for big profits
GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
over and
over again
for guilty verdicts cash comes pouring in
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Buyer's Remorse (EP2)
00:59
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I'm...
attempting...
escaping from the hands that shape our fate
glass walls intended to break
we've been here before
that look on their face
bad in your mouth is the taste
absorb every blow that they deliver
houses are warm but inside they shiver
they're trapped inside
still they deny
that something is missing
and their hearts are freezing cold
I've waited so long for some sort of answer
clocks don't stop ticking, I'm feeling the pressure
I fight with myself
and everyone else
running, I'm running away
searching for a new way out
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Living With Ghosts (EP2)
02:07
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seasons change and in our short days
when we're gone, what's left to say
so here's to the next to fade
to the ghosts of promises made
when hopes and heart turn to dust in hand
if our screams and shouts come to quiet ends
and the passing years turn hearts to stone
if the lights go down and we're left alone
I know these days go by so fast
our youth expires, our moments pass
so don't tell me what it meant
tell me what it means, not how it ends
because we've had enough of doubt
"you're too old to care, you're too young to count"
tell me is growing up
a kiss goodbye to how you felt so much
did they tell you it was all in vain
trade your hopes for fears, your dreams for a cage
so let's wear our hearts on sleeves
because every second changes everything
and it's what we do with this, anything but call it quits
if time is running out, let's make it count
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Triggers In Leash (EP2)
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basements deep, and oceans wide
a clean well lighted place to hide
we thought our secret was safe
well, all in good time
hearts on sleeves, brothers in arms,
with nothing in mind.
shoulder to shoulder, side by side,
despite a common ground
we've yet to find
just triggers in leash
with nothing in mind
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Heritage (EP2)
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bitter of heart, righteous with hate
head full of lies you are enslaved
ignorance kept alive below
your prejudice bullshit is starting to show
turn it off, before ever tuning in
shut down, before it starts again
closed eyes and mind blinded by fear
try to divide, intentions clear
parading your creed of intolerance
dealing in scapegoats and discontent
turn it off, before ever tuning in
shut down, before it starts again
and to a tradition of cowards
a tradition of shame
your worthless pride, your narrow mind
so save your breath this time
a tradition of sorrow
a tradition of pain
hiding behind fashion and lies
a history you can't disguise
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Exit Strategy (EP2)
02:13
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artificial restlessness is a part of it
and the quickest way out is to quit
endless negativity takes it toll on me
a view so dark that I can't see
consume or create
consume or can we give back
make a change
we must suppress the thought
that we can't build what we want
we'll never beat the other side
and I've tried, I've tried, I've tried
sever all your ties to proceed in disguise
just walk away, just close your eyes
the one thing that still holds true, your apathy
move up, move on, move out of sight
consume or create
consume or can we give back
make a change
did you give your heart away
all bridges burned in escape
keep build…keep building
because
'cause I want to leave this place…
leave it better than we found it
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Southern Punk Archive Oxford, Mississippi
This page is aims to give otherwise lost punk / punk adjacent music from the Southern United States a platform to be discovered. Some of these recordings may not meet quality standards the artists would have desired of their official releases, but are posted here as a matter historical documentation. ... more
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