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What Can Be Done?

by MISHAP

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1.
Awoken everyday into this world that I despise Those around me pushing for a shallow taste of power Fighting for the ones that manufacture our demise I'm staring in to see behind the veil from which they cower Green yields to gray, stone yields to steel Those opposing progress are crushed under their heel We will stop at nothing until we choke out the sun Yeah, you've heard this shit, but what can be done? We can rattle the bars [x3] And now I'm pacing like an animal who's yearning to be free Consumed by the belief that I alone can see this world die I look around and realize this can't be all on me It's a part of human nature to continue asking why I can barely believe how far we've come And I can barely believe how far we have to go You can't stop us now But it's a race against time when the best of our kind just barely Rattle the bars It's not enough, it's just not enough that We can rattle the bars But it's the place we start, to break these chains apart We can scream our vision so loud we shake the prison In a world where stone yields to steel Never be content with the strength of your will The only true power is the one in your mind And in the people who stand by you till the day that you die We are the ones gazing out of the cage, when these bars won't break no matter how great the rage We forge our heaven inside this hell, it's the rise of our power from within this cell Combined strength So one day These bars might break
2.
Helping Hand 01:28
Never gonna let it fade, deep inside I know this is our fate. All the things we left behind, help us find what’s inside, now I’m reading your fucking mind We won’t let you fall back down, you’ll always have a helping hand when we’re around We’ll stand together, never fall apart, tight like cement, it’s time to start! If I look out for you, will you look out for me? We’ll stand side by side, just wait and see Throw away the past, and if you want the truth We’re the Straight Edge Youth Never underestimate the Straight Edge Youth
3.
I can't believe you still believe it will change Yea the package is different but the product’s the same You won't believe it yet you struggle in vain Cause money screams so our words fall on deaf ears Civil discourse is a pipe dream, Morons bleating views out of ego and fear And a change of mind is admitting defeat Because pride is their king and so our words fall on deaf ears I detest this And I'll resist it If they won't hear us Then make em feel us 40 years of ruined lives from victimless crimes No Change! 60 years of endless war never touching our shores No Change! Constant debt, constant fear, living to turn wheels You've heard this all before. There's only one way to win this game And that's not to play This is not the end of the fight But there's another way
4.
Unite 01:28
Everybody that isn't shit unite Most people let you down so you learn to walk alone Atomized and neutralized you can't see beyond these walls of stone But don't think for a minute no one else sees madness reign You gotta stick together just to weather the mundane False promises misguide you down paths you’d never take A sense of independence and freedom is at stake Tied down to a culture that breeds ignorance and shame There’s more to this life than blindly playing the game Everybody that isn't shit unite Everybody that isn't shit unite In this dark world To find the will to survive We stand together Or we'll be buried alive But to the honorless And to droneing minds I will defy you Until the day that I die In this cold life To find the will to survive We fight together A force that can't be denied And to the strugglers And those burning inside This is your calling The time for us to unite
5.
Born in a cage, spitting up rage but you should have known that you can never contain With lies and distractions, crippling inaction, or cheapskate escapes just to numb the pain I said it before and I’ll say it again I said I wanna change it all well there’s no change of plans Everytime you fall, remember this vow, remember yourself screaming “you can’t keep us down!” Now look me in the eyes and say “there’s no point in trying.” My mind says there’s no chance but i'm still clinging on to hope, it’s an instinct of survival that there’s no use denying Let’s light this world on fire For our inner strength it’s a beacon of hope, for our every weakness it’s a funeral pyre If you're stuck, you can’t believe, or just aren’t sure where to start then you’re a lot like me But if here and now we can make the connection Do what we can where we are then we can fight the infection.
6.
Your surroundings are tearing you apart I thought you were stronger and smart You're not the same person that I knew years ago We've lost you, now you have nothing to show Try to put me down to displace your fear Deep down inside, you wish that you weren't here I've opened my eyes, I won't hold back this time You're a waste of life, you're fucking losing your mind What happened to the kid who used to be at all the shows? Your life has changed so fast and now your attitude blows The only thing you're proud of is that thing around your neck You may think you're making friends but you just look like a dick Try to put me down to displace your fear Deep down inside, you wish that you weren't here I've opened my eyes, I won't hold back this time You're a waste of life, you're fucking losing your mind You fucking lost your mind. You are a waste of life.
7.
Don't step on my toes.
8.
Downhill 01:25
Drown yourself with poison Fade out of existence Put the blame on us When you make your own decisions We call it like we see it Your time is running thin You denied our help again And now you're crippled within When the world turns its back, you won't make a sound Downhill, no will Leech of this world, finally nowhere to be found Downhill, no will Came back out of nowhere Tried to start again After all you did to us You still said that we're friends You promised us you changed No more pills or flasks But when you're caught in the act Rip off your fucking mask And now the world has turned it's back, and you're nothing but a soul Downhill, no will. Destroyed and bitter, lying lifeless in a hole. Downhill, no will. Rip off your fucking mask.
9.
Workohol 02:10
You're grinding your life away you shred it with pride A slave to your schedule with no time to ask why Your mommy always told you, invoked some creeper in the sky Work hard so you can work, and keep on working 'till you die So you get home way too late and you turn on your tv Watching ads for shit you don't need but want others to see And the big gang's propaganda telling you they're going green And you're too washed out and fed up to give a thought to what it means (pre-chorus) Slow the fuck down! I don't have time to think! Yeah, you think you're so much better than the ones who have time But your hard earned gains wind up in organized crime You might scoff at the junkies in the prisons and the streets But you're addicted to workohol and you’re barely on your feet They said that time would help this problem but that's clearly now a lie I'm looking back on the ages, and see the hours multiply The forests fall the rivers drain before our very eyes To feed the fires of industry we're blackening the skies You tell me that i'm lazy and I say you're just a fool If you weren't afraid of dreaming then you'd probably think so too I understand, we work to live but you go far beyond This is far from what you need, because you worship work as God (pre-chorus) (chorus) Get outta that suit It don't mean success All your wealth bought is false friends And not an ounce of rest And by the time you see your waste You're gonna wise up far too late
10.
Once upon a time...it seems so far away already There was another state of mind, a world more kind, a world less blind A world that I called mine, a childhood dream that died inside I can’t believe that it was me looking at the world with those bright eyes How can It be, barely 18 wide eyes closed, sore and world weary What can I believe? The question drops me to my knees But then I remember, my center, my passions, my power, my friends, my family The future threatens these, cause we're losing the battle, or so it seems Well here’s hoping I’m wrong As we struggle to our feet, grappling with the hell inside us The ship is sinking, the world is burning, some guy on stage is spilling his guts Some have grown numb, some full of fear, some disconnect and hold nothing dear How can I bring up this ship when I can’t even sort through my own shit? What are we to do? Efforts spread in all directions Now we're fighting ourselves, fighting the world, fighting the each other, fighting the power, fighting the fight itself...and still nothing changes, right? Am I right.. Well here’s hoping I’m wrong I’m wrong I told you once there’s nothing out there for me Well here’s hoping I’m wrong I told you once the truth we’ll never see Well here’s hoping I’m wrong I told you once the winter never turns to spring Well here’s hoping I’m wrong I told you once I never cared about a thing I was wrong

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released May 2, 2015

Pat - Vox
Casey - Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vox


Mixed and Mastered by Dylan Tasch at Midley Grange Recording

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