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Always darkest before the dawn....
Face your fears
On with the show
Double standards, here we go...
Face your fears, face the unknown
Face your demons, Face your foes
Face it high or face it low
Face it fast or face it slow
I could never see without you
Nows the dark before my dawn
All through the night, I long for day
Ask not from me, don't know the way
I see no right, only a way
To get me through another day
Always darkest before the dawn...
There comes a time in everyone's life
when the nightmares come when you wake
Time to rip off the mask
And confront the ugly truth that lies behind
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2. |
Checking Out
03:07
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Checking Out
In my cell, reflect my sins
Eat last supper, truth kicks in
Rattle of chains, sounds of keys
Long Green Mile, all eyes on me
I'm checking out for the last time
I paying now for a good time
Didn't know where to stop
And I crossed the line
Now I'm checking out for the last time
Shaved my head, strapped my arms
TV cameras all around
long sleep dawns as day light breaks
One less killer for you to hate
Is a life for a life the way to teach
that killing is wrong and respect is key
To a strong and safe society
where justice ain't cold ruthlessness?
Needles out, lights shine strong
No remorse for what I done
Pavulon stuns, my breaths run short
I die with my secret - I'm innocent
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3. |
One Size Fits All
02:12
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One Size Fits All
Take the kids and scramble their brains
with false Gods and Prophets of Hate
Another low for humanity
a New Breed of Insanity
Control the planet, dictate the faith
assimilate to a one world state
Driven by a 1%
Genocide and massacres
A clandestine war of Greed
Nobody wins, just profit made
No side wins religious wars
man written scripts feed dogs of war
A moral supremacy
makes neighbours enemies
Cocaine filled body bags
drive the hub of World Finance
Gold, Oil, Drugs, scare stories
to control the ignorant
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Rats
02:42
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RATS
I've looked out from the 7th floor
and I don't like what I see
Ten square miles of steel and concrete
wrapped all around me
And the lights are bright but the streets are mean
and the air ain't fit to breathe
There aint no time out from this grind....
I'm gonna leave.
And this ship is sinking. And all the rats are leaving
There's nothing i believe in. All my gods are dead or sold out
You can take my flat and my big TV
I won't need them when I'm gone
You can take my street and take my job
I've done them for too long
And though I love you darlin'
I'll love you all my days
My time is done, I can't do no more
will you come or stay?
They say a change is for the better
as good as a rest
And you can carve out your own piece
if you live life in the West
But there's no room for me out here
nowhere to make my stand
Cos now I gotta run from a man with a gun who says
"Son, get of off my land!"
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Hows Your Father?
02:22
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Hows Your Father?
Oi Son how's your father?
When's he coming home?
don't you hold your breath mate
he's walked out and left us on our own
Tell us where he is son
where's he laid his hat?
he's gone two towns over
and I don't think he's ever coming back
How about your mother?
Can't she talk him round?
He's gone and found another
one for every night and every town
How you bearing up son?
How you getting on?
It's all too little and all too late
So keep your welfare state and just walk on
I smash it up every daytime
And don't sleep well at night
But don't you mention him to me
'cos I taught myself how to stand and fight
Yes, I taught myself how to stand and fight
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6. |
Under The Sun
03:09
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Under The Sun
I got up in the darkness. I worked under the sun
I broke my fingers, Just to get it done
I bled my life out, in the pissing down rain
I got up in the morning, just to do it again
And when it's all over
And you've served your time and you've paid your dues
They'll come knocking
If you think they're done, then I've got news...
I spat my teeth out, in the fading light
I prayed to something, that I got it right
I counted my pieces, when day was done
I asked for a breather, I got none
Don't it make you think, how hard you tried
You were always gonna be on the wrong side
Don't it make you think how hard you tried
You were born to swim against a shit-scum tide
Don't bleed out, to make a fat man rich
Don't stand up, to be another man's bitch
Don't sign up, to break your back
Tell 'em where to go, and don't look back
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7. |
Rip Your Face Off
03:17
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Rip Your Face Off
They know you're watching
Cos they know your face
They've got your number
And know your game
Watch as they get
Behind your scene...
To rip your face off..
Expose your dreams
Clockwork Tory darkness, drives a World of pain and doom,
Wasn't meant to be this way for you
Your TV told you what to think, what to say and do
Sold a dream, then they switched place with you
How do you like it...
Now your fears came true?
And what you preached
Has happened to you?
How do you like it..
Now the table's turned?
Existence. Worthless.
A Grave New World
Now we're watching...
And we know you're face.
We've got your number...
And we know your place.
Watch as we go...
Behind the scenes..
And rip your face off
And end your dreams..
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8. |
Lost in Your Dream
02:08
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Lost in your Dream
I'm still awake in the early hours
You know there's lots and lots to say
but just no words to explain
Can't stand around and watch the rot
It's for the best when I say
I draw the line - this stops
Sweet memories
Are not what they seem
Is nothing true?
I'm lost in your dream
Don't Criticize me
It's you
Can see the end, my time is through
Nothing feels right
but I can't bear to lose you
It's time to stop, do right by me
You know I'm dying in madness
And misery
I'm shaking now, count down from 10
To say I did the right thing,
til then I just can't rest
To see you now, would tear me down,
The end of an era, the end of now.
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9. |
Give It Back
02:45
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Give It Back
The Law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steal the common from off the goose.
The Law demands that we atone,
When we take things we do not own,
But leaves the Lords and Ladies fine,
to take things that are yours and mine.
The poor and wretched don't escape,
If they conspire the law to break,
But still the Geese a common lack,
Until they go and take it back.
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Groomed
04:11
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Groomed
You were born into this world, without a care
Only needed loving, a feeling that all Humans should share
A Mother's love, a Father's bond
Should come so natural, but that's just not the case for everyone
A predator's noticed, takes a like to you
His evil mind torments, with what he wants to put you through
Watch from a distance, as you grow.
And your need for love and care begins to show
At first befriend you, Instils trust
Then the gifts and cash turn dark and torturous
The gentle touches, that he starts to pay
Makes you feel so special, you're so ashamed to say
His sickening demands, then begin to grow
Its becoming your secret, a stick with which to beat you
As things become, far more intense
Such force and power; the hurt and pain gets so immense
You think that no one believes you
And he knows that, all too well
Wrapped up in a deadly cycle
Physical and emotional hell
Your isolated, with emotions off
Withdrawn, and jaded, carrying to much guilt for anyone
Yet you still return, to let him torture you, you're taught you're shit
And told there's nothing you can do
Cos it must be your fault, what he done to you?
That you did something, you must have encouraged him too?
That's what you've been led to believe
No protection - on your own
Helpless in a fucked up doom
By an evil predator, you were groomed
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11. |
How Many Times?
02:55
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How Many Times
How many times, have you said yes?
It's time you got running
get up and get dressed
How many times, have you said no?
You can't do another,
get up and let's go
How many times, have you let me wait?
saying I can walk away free
just to hit me harder at a later date
I can see you coming for me
coming on the count of three
and with just one bound
he was free
How many times, have we been here before
we're climbing out the windows
they're kicking down the door
How many times
have you given your word
I can walk away for nothing
no costs incurred
How many times, have I said no
you can't do another
get up and let's go
How many times, have I said yes
it's time we got running
get up and get dressed
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12. |
Infected
02:27
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InFected
The little worm infected me
Spread by poverty and greed
Envy, fear, hatred, bad attitude
Suffocates your mind and infests you
Minds/Infected
Ask the wrong questions to mislead
Keeps doped society on a lead
Take the answers, fed by hand
Control debate and control minds
12 plus 12 makes number 24
So does 3 times 8 or 6 time 4
There's many ways in which to skin a cat
But your way is the best, you're sure of that
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Don't Call Me (I'll Call You)
Call me reprobate and loser
Call me ignorant and fake
Call me worthless, scum and useless
Call me undeserved and take my place
When the worm turns
When the bridge burns
When the line hangs dead in silence
When life just don't like you
Don't look this way
Wouldn't piss on me if I was on fire
Wouldn't cross the street to shake my hand
Always said that I was in denial
Now you're looking round for me to help
Don't call me, don't call me
Don't call me, I don't need this
Don't call me, I don't know your name
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14. |
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02:36
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Underclass UK Dagenham, UK
"(Underclass UK) have a lot to say and a pretty ferocious, uncompromising way of saying it. Far from being an average Oi!/Streetpunk band they are far more sussed and articulate than youβd perhaps imagine from their chosen name." Geb Babey, Louder Than War! 12.3.17 ... more
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