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I have to ask myself why
I'm looking over my shoulder
Running from the shadows of myself
Memories I tried my hardest to forget
Failure in the flesh
They bay their teeth and threaten to swallow me whole
But not this time
I won't become a victim
Not, not this time
Not this time
Not this time
Not this time
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Socially conscious, morally attuned
What does any of it mean when we're just standing in a room?
Words mean nothing without action
But I can't hear any of you over this din
Yeah, you've dug your own grave, and now you're standing in it
You're screaming so loud but you've got nothing to say
Excuses about having more important things to do are wearing thin
We exist on this earth
but without ground to stand on we are doomed
Wipe the filth that encrusts your eyes
and see the lies you have been fed
by everyone you ever thought that you could put your faith in
Time eats away like acid burning holes into my mind
Time eats away like acid burning holes into my mind
Time eats away like acid burning holes into my mind
Time eats away like acid burning holes into my mind
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Remember your talk of hope
You were at peace with who you'd been
Thumb through the pages and see you
so anorexic thin
You taught me everything I know
So don't turn back on it now
Remember when I was so small
I always thought you'd show me how
Years have gone on, but your look's the same
Just smile, wave, and lie; you still carry the pain
We dissect ourselves to remove what makes us weak
Under bright fluorescent lights, everyone sees through these sheets
We digress ourselves to remove what makes us hollow
And we turn our backs on God when it should be from ourselves
Years have gone on, but your look's the same
I'm older now, a man, and I'm not to blame
I'm not to blame
And when life rains down on me, I find grace on my knees
And sweet forgiveness is found at your feet
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A closed door is a safe place, but a safe place needs an escape
When the bad things come knocking
I have to dig so I can be safe
The ground here must hold a secret if it is my only way out
Here they come
I'm out of my depth
This isn't what I thought my life was about
If I can reach the core and still be above the surface
Everything within me screams that this place is worthless
I've gone beyond what I know
My experience is no good
So I guess I'll just stumble forward
This is not my neck of the woods
No time for your questions now, we're here
So we'll show you how to find the answers that you want
We use this world for ourselves
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In the beginning, there was a flame
An undeniable burn on my name
Sparked from the ashes of the things we all keep to ourselves
A secret we both knew but didn't tell
(Hey, hey, hey, hey...)
For this let me be condemned to the lowest circle of hell
For this let me be condemned to the lowest circle of hell
This girl has secrets in her eyes
Fire walk with me
This girl has secrets in her eyes
Fire walk with me
I need to save myself, so I dive below the waves
But I have found a home
Here in this ocean of lust and pain
It's time for me to drown, to drown
With eyes so black how can you see?
I never cared much for games
I never cared much for games
I never cared much for games
Let alone any of hers
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Why Stop At 8?
03:14
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A failing system,
the symptoms are all around you.
The deaths of the millions are deferred to a greater cause.
Caught in the gears,
your life becomes a self-sustaining parody of meaningful existence.
Is an endless cycle of consumption all that we aspire to?
It's not what i want for myself.
It is right that we destroy our bodies and our health?
It's deteriorating by the day.
This is nothing more than a failing system.
Caught in the gears,
We will never find our way out.
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Tested, and taken
From the place I call home
I've lost my way
And the path back has collapsed
I have no home
I have no home
It means nothing to me now
My eyes roll back
Inside my head
And I see black
Inside my head
My thoughts collapse
Inside my head
There's no way back
Inside my head
Burn it down, burn everything down
It means nothing to me now
Burn it down, burn everything down
It means nothing to me now
Burn it down, burn everything down
It means nothing to me now
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Yeah, oh
I can't believe that it has come to this, foundations crumbling
Where once they stood so strong
The ruins of my hope scream with the words left on my tongue
It won't be long before we climb right over your walls
Your wars are only words
That you said to me
The things we say don't matter, show who we really are
The last time that was all
That you said to me
It's not the things we say that matter
But those we don't
So nothing is the loudest word you could hope to speak
Oh
That you said to me
That you said to me
That you said to me
That you said to me
That you said to me...
And I remember every word you said to me
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It's a bitter cold night, and there's 50 kids outside
Painting their lungs black
Onstage with a shitty P.A.
And barely working bass amp and a broken Marshall stack
Telling stories that won't resonate further than these flimsy walls
Words ringing hollow in the ears of snakes and whores
But to some opening new doors
Our words may go unheeded by the masses
But to somebody, somewhere
Everything we say matters
You take it back
No, you take it back
No, you
You take it back
No, you take it back
No, you take it back
No, you take it back
Can you take back everything you did to me
And would you take it all back
Can you take back everything you did to me
And would you take it all back
And would you take it all back
If not for the solidarity we would be nothing
So until we make a difference we keep running
It's the only thing that makes us more than five pissed off kids
Worn down like the roads we travel
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Who the hell is Sam Sultra?
Within the ruins of my fractured self
I found the antidote to the poison I had been dealt
Embracing arms reach to pull me from my grave
Without their strength I could never have been saved
Why do we question ourselves
When other people let us down?
You know your life will be as real buried underground
So, how the hell can you say it will be okay
When you told us who we need to be and led us astray?
Tonight we stand as brothers in all but blood
In all but blood
Shoulder to shoulder, we will never be overcome
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Chasing South Auckland, New Zealand
Chaotic Post-Hardcore from Auckland, New Zealand.
Chris Dies- Vocals,
Guitar
Micah Fleming- Bass, Vocals
Jacob Owen- Guitar, Vocals
Ngariki Muru- Drums, Vocals
facebook.com/chasingsouth for contact and shows
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