Insult to Injury [top]

I'll replace these precious steps like a thousand times under shadows of fear
Somehow it feels as though you're always there to haunt me
So take this knife from out my heart and plunge it in my back
You'll never understand my trepidation

You can see my fractious edge believe me it's not my weakness
These veins run deeper than you know
Out of spite, staring through a thousand eyes, callously you patronise me
I'll take this prize fight to the grave

I know you'd like to find me trembling underneath your cold and lonely shadow
You're nothing more than a parochial point of view

You can see my fractious edge believe me it's not my weakness
These veins run deeper than you know
Every word I said was true, I'll never let down my defences
Just for you

So take this knife from out my heart and plunge it in my back
You'll never understand my trepidation

You can see my fractious edge believe me it's not my weakness
These veins run deeper than you know
Out of spite, staring through a thousand eyes
I'll take this to the grave.

Burning Scars [top]

I'll break your best intentions, destroy your faith in me
I'm bleeding through these walls of innocence

I can feel your burning scars, see murder in those eyes
I'll fuel you veins with hate, resentment and with passion

One last thought of promise tore my heart, one shattered kiss was all it took
One straight faced lie, please accept my apology as a token of my guilt

Staggered signs and dead end stories
Broken hearts and empty promises, I've lied through my teeth
But when I try and say even the softest spoken words from my heart
They cut my throat

I just don't have the time or the sympathy for anyone except myself

I can feel your burning scars, see murder in those eyes
I'll fuel you veins with hate, resentment and with passion

One last thought of promise tore my heart, one shattered kiss was all it took
I've gambled with love more than once
I've had my heart broken too many times
One straight faced lie, please accept my apology as a token of my guilt.

Divided By Belief [top]

Thanks to the likes of you I see these numbers falling, disheartened by belief
This insipid collective destroys any hopes from within this hypocrisy

All that I can see is animosity reflected in yourself
Your elite means nothing to me

It seems your place is to keep us divided monopolising our scene
But we're witnessing a decline of everything that we used to stand for

Stand up, unite, or watch the numbers falling
Right now, look out because we're onto you

All that I can see is animosity reflected in yourself
Your elite means nothing to me.

Small-town Barricade [top]

What's going on inside your self-made barricade?
This clique well it sickens me
I'd go as far to say I couldn't call this wretched place my hometown
Is your town killing our scene?

Small town, one clique, one venue
Let's take turns
Being pretentious self-absorbed rock stars

Your light won't shine forever
I can see it flickering
I'm staring at these walls of psychological defences
We can't break through

Wake up you're still stuck here inside
Beyond your self-made barricade
Your light won't shine forever
I can see it flickering

Let's pull apart these walls of psychological defences
Together we'll break through
We'll break through

Dynamite [top]

From the softest glow of candlelight
It's burning bright, it's going to ignite the fuse to our future
Dynamite

Pessimistic but realistic

I know that I sound cynical but I can see no change
Society is fuelled with hatred to which I can't relate
Out of spite escaping your attention
You're so blind to everything

I'm sick and tired when our actions wont suffice, this threat is clear and growing stronger
So sick and tired when our actions won't suffice, this threat is clear we're growing weaker
When are you going to get it the future's looking bleaker for you

Foreseeable our future's out of sight

And I can see no star that guides me to my forlorn destiny
The softest glow of candlelight, Ignite, our future is dynamite

Denying ourselves the chance to change it seems our future's out of reach
You're so blind to everything

I'm sick and tired when our actions wont suffice, this threat is clear and growing stronger
When are you going to get it the future's looking bleaker for you
So sick and tired when our actions won't suffice, this threat is clear we're growing weaker
When are you going to get it the future's looking bleaker for you.

Bite The Bullet [top]

Bite the bullet can I hold this sour taste in my mouth
I’d sooner choke with my fingers down my throat
Because I would rather stand alone than be a part of your street team
Overwhelming so it may seem

For what it's worth I'll remain the same throughout this passing darkness, never will I stray
And you can keep your review

I will be there when the circle turns full circle unlike you
It's what I stand for and I'll make a difference somehow
If only for myself
Now I'm drowning in the depths of despair

Media tension, no recollection
Talking politics when you haven't got a clue
It's not a question so change direction
It's what I am do I have to spell it out to you

I will be there when the circle turns full circle
Now I can see through this passing darkness

Bite the bullet can I hold this sour taste in my mouth
I’d sooner choke with my fingers down my throat.

North-West 33 [top]

Burning hearts with every emotion racing
I'm gazing at vapour trails bleached across the sky
Never losing sight of what we can’t quite focus on
We’re playing to our own strengths from now on

DIY till the journey's ending, Bellingham to Frezno
When it's all you've got it's everything
No hidden agenda with nothing to prove

We see a lifestyle set in stone
It's taken all this time to ascertain a position of strength for the first time

So far from home and holding onto every moment
We're playing to our own strengths
From now on we're taking control

Looking back in time and reminiscing
Cast our shadows over new horizons
It seems we'll remain through it all

We'll remain DIY protecting our personal values
And make sure we're keeping our cards to our chests
Because we aren't ever letting go of everything we've earned
So far from home and holding onto every moment
We're playing to our own strengths
From now on we're taking control.

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