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The Fight Against Ourselves

by On The Cinder

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1.
Under Control (free) 02:07
Fit the description of a suspect Another man cut down without respect Trash their reputation Attack with slander, create a martyr it's not Chicago in '31 he pulls a knife, you pull a gun People once again enraged, backs against this cage Turn up the chaos, this pot will boil over The steam will scream for justice, but left starving for closure Stay your hand -- Nobody's gotta die today Stay your hand -- There's gotta be a another way Fit the description of a suspect Another man cut down without respect Both trying to make a living Two men enter, only one still breathing Bias fuled by fear Still a problem after all these years People once again enraged, backs against this cage People once again enraged, backs against this cage Disenfranchised, drove to violence -- Shattering the silence Disenfranchised, drove to violence -- Shattering the silence Drove to violence -- Drove to violence Drove to violence Stay your hand -- Nobody's gotta die today Stay your hand -- There's gotta be a another way Stay your hand
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Soap Box (free) 02:01
Shock the masses with this shameless tirade Spewn bombastic jargon that no one asked for Cut the rhetoric, nobody's impress self indulgent libel shows rot to the core Enough, you've had your say and everywhere to hide Grasping for straws but still won't show your face Paint the portrait of a better world The canvas of hope won't be stained by their hate Nothing is Sacred with no more secrets We're all afraid, we're all afraid We tell ourselves we are strong but We're all afraid of everything we're... Not going to listen to another fucking word No faceless warrior will fight in the field stop passive aggression thrown at the wall if we're so righteous then why won't we yield The lights are on, nobody's home The lights are on, nobody's home What will it take for us to realize our faults The lights are on, nobody's home The lights are on, but nobody's fucking home Nothing is Sacred with no more secrets We're all afraid, I'm still afraid We tell ourselves we are strong but We're all afraid of everything we are
3.
Sardonic Grin (free) 02:21
I'm awake in the american dream Trying to sleep while they're picking our teams But if you really think about it does it make any sense The constitution was written past tense It's almost like they make it up as they go Aren't you glad that the president got his man With his kids in a cave where they made their last stand but even if they didn't, we still needed a face Try to make a point you will get erased Wonder why? It's because we said so Wonder why... because we said so Are we the villains Are we the villains We needed someone to blame Are we the villains Are we the villains Are we just pawns in this game Change and hope won't come if you beg Getting anywhere costs an arm and a leg prerogative shifts where the money falls The crooks are here and there's noone to call At the cutting edge, with nothing to show Are we the villains Are we the villains We needed someone to blame Are we the villains Are we the villains Are we just pawns in this game I'm tired of hearing, "yes we can" I want to say, "yes we will" I'm tired of hearing, "yes we can" I want to say, "yes we will"
4.
Queen of Wands (free) 03:27
I spend my mornings in the afternoon The sun crashes through these broken blinds Stagger up to get the evil out Leave the frame, never knowing what I'm going to find In this desperate neighborhood, we drink to stave off the gloom You can tell by the debris Hide away in our shelters, waiting for the clouds to break But they're always coming back I found her sprawled across the sidewalk Press into the earth, littered in broken glass Queen of Wands, torn and faded Queen of wands, thrown away Joy and satisfaction can't solve your mystery black cat at your feet shadows your history My lady Fair, Queen of wands Beater skateboards are the Chariots We ride to reach out colosseum Huddled for warmth in the darkness Expel our lungs in celebration I found her sprawled across the sidewalk Press into the earth, littered in broken glass Queen of Wands, torn and faded Queen of wands, thrown away Joy and satisfaction can't solve your mystery black cat at your feet shadows your history My lady Fair, Queen of wands No one's got all the answers the meaning's up to you Fall from grace -- Rise to the thrown Show us what you've got
5.
Sticks and Stones (free) 02:08
Rolling over, while you're sleeping 6 feet under This can't be what you meant A world by the sword or the pen Educated and indentured to our debt We're just so evolved With my knees at my chest -- Hiding behind the wall I try to bite my tongue -- But my ego wins out Congratulations kid, You've earned it -- It's your problem now Falling backward, while you're crawling up a landfill of stained glass and shrapnel, and bad ideas I read the paper, but I can't comprehend Same denial again and again Excuse me sir, can you spare me some change I left my sense of pride in a dumpster at Forest and Baynes We're just so evolved With my knees at my chest -- Hiding behind the wall I try to bite my tongue -- But my ego wins out Congratulations kid, You've earned it We spent 6000 years with sticks in our hands Just symptoms of growing supply and demand We spent 6000 years with sticks in our hands Just symptoms of growing supply and demand
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Gen Y (free) 02:10
We are the Atlas of our elders, supporting those who came before Bound by policy in a system. We never had a choice Please don't read the contents of this page Simply scroll to the bottom, service will be provided Distracted by handheld screens and instant gratification The subservient masses remain divided Pieces move in the tower orders sent from underground tell me friends, will this be the hour that we learn our enemies face We are the Atlas of our elders, supporting those who came before Bound by policy in a system. We never had a choice We'll never be taken care of, only taken advantage of One day they'll be in the ground. Our world in ashes, we start from scratch Rising cost and declining value of a college education Drown the field and knock the generation off course Wealth sits at the the top with breath held for trickle down Bosses learn it's more efficient to outsource The eagle may feed on all our livers But we'll get the job done Now's the time that this nation Calls to its daughters and sons United in fire, we stand as one United in fire, we stand as one We'll never be taken care of, only taken advantage of United in fire, we stand as one
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Cleaned Out (free) 02:24
Tell me when did your heart stop beating When did the blood in your veins run cold and dry Tell me when did you stop believing You laid your weapons down and went back inside Was it the cellophane or the insincerity Staring down the barrel of mediocrity We came here to move mountains But you got up and you walked away Was it the ringing in your head Was it just too much to take? Did you think this was going to be easy? What did you think this was gonna be? Wake up, wake up it’s time to go -- Get up, get out, you’re on your own We’ll draw the maps and carve our path -- Through the bruises and the broken bones You’re not alone And the straight road ends Where the cars are piled high Forty miles lie ahead, then drive over the cliff-slide Someday, when the tide rolls in I hope you’re in good health Cause your necktie’s only good to hang yourself Screaming, “no not me” Did you think this was going to be easy? What did you think this was gonna be? Wake up, wake up it’s time to go -- Get up, get out, you’re on your own We’ll draw the maps and carve our path --Through the bruises and the broken bones You’re not alone We never scratched the surface. Your feet never touched the ground Now we’re riding on the pavement. Tearing the walls down
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Displaced (free) 02:36
Tough to say "bend don't break" when you're facing a power saw Between a rock and hard place, trying to find her own way out Hurried footsteps petrified -- Those listening above the stairs Grab your things we're leaving now, this place will never be the same March down the street to meet at the designated rendezvous escape with only what you could hold, never knowing if you'd get back Then you look back over your shoulder just beyond your childs head a shouting spectre of a man, who once you thought you knew You can't do this anymore, we're getting the fuck out of here in this prison we call home, the warden's lost his mind never again will we be subject to your will never again misogynistic sociopath Played every card in the game now ashamed, cast in exile your son will never know your name your son will never know your name
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Brothers and Fools (free) 01:57
Always running away Shadows loom over our heads nip at the heel and cut down the hero before the story's through Not going to show our hands because the worst is yet to come Strike up a deal with your inner demon when you've got no soul to sell Hannah said she can't remember the feel The rain, the dirt, the pavement and the sweat But the sounds all wrong from under the steel The colors dull and the sun won't set This place smells like a memory Always running away Shadows loom over our heads nip at the heel and cut down the hero before the story's through Not going to show our hands because the worst is yet to come Strike up a deal with your inner demon when you've got no soul to sell If legends never die, why are we so afraid? It's my youth, it's my blood. I don't want to be unseen It's my youth, it's my blood. I don't want to be unseen
10.
Gilded Portrait (free) 01:57
Looking innocent, but you know what you're doing Got the stare that always draws me in Head to toe, your body's like a mosaic Story told with ink and scars All I gotta know, All I gotta say is you've got my back - Got my back Only ever had to hear your song and it Drove me mad You know what you're doing to me This locket holds my only dream I'll keep it close 'til we touch down Who knew what I could do, who knew what I'd become? Turns out a woman in a corset is all it takes to make a man go to war All I gotta know, All I gotta say is you've got my back - Got my back Only ever had to hear your song and it Drove me mad You know what you're doing to me Take my tags. Take my tags. Take my tags, I'm coming home All I gotta know, All I gotta say is you've got my back - Got my back Only ever had to hear your song and it Drove me mad You know what you're doing to me Take my tags. Take my tags. Take my...
11.
Left in Ignorance (free) 03:29
The illusion of security has made us all blind Manufactured danger planted inside all our minds bureaucracy locks the systems, leaves us stuck in place interest groups support the horses as they run the race and we're left in a most precarious position From everything I've seen, I've come to this conclusion I don't think we're 'gonna make it I don't think we'll even try Society, ignorant and free. Never was and never will be I don't think we're 'gonna take it We are populace subdued by comfort no need to raise a hand the criminals that run the show will never take the stand common sense that's my defense in a war we'll never fight equality's a fallacy meant only to divide I'll never let you down I'll never live this down I'll never let you down I'll never live this down I don't think we're 'gonna make it I don't think we'll even try Society, ignorant and free. Never was and never will be I don't think we're 'gonna take it Embers still burn on the forge will it melt the wax and stamp the seal thrown in with all the rest left to standards that nobody knows organized and overloaded no difference in friend or foe organized and overloaded no difference in friend or foe organized and overloaded no difference in friend or foe I'll never let you down I'll never live this down
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Diaspora (free) 02:18
You give a part of yourself to the miles In the hours spent in transit to where you're called But weary minds tend to get distracted and reason bends beyond our own resolve No we can't give up, we're on our way The leg work counts in the long run Inspired by those whose flights never took off Bound by responsibility, chattel to their lives Wet behind the ears, a call beyond your years Sacrifice your every dream No I will no squander -- I won't let it spoil Everything they gave to me No pity, no romance Someday I will get my chance Not fame, not wealth. Whatever end, I've done this to myself Due diligence is not a formula Surrender leads us to contempt It's all for not without dedication With no purpose, you might as well be dead A man wears the face he earns We all wear the face we earn A man wears the face he earns We all wear the face we earn Like a phantom limb, always reaching For greater things we've never known No pity, no romance Someday I will get my chance Not fame, not wealth. Whatever end, I've done this to myself

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released April 7, 2016

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On The Cinder is a three piece Punk Rock band established in 2013 out of Buffalo, NY.

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