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Survival Instinct

by Die Young (TX)

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1.
M.A.D. 01:04
The webs they weave will be designs of our demise Reckless in this nuclear age with better judgment paralyzed They've sent our noble sons into a holy war we can't undo Now there's no escape and a fiery hell to pay Yet politicians proclaim visions of lasting love and peace As corporations feast like vultures on those in poverty We bleed for gods and profits--deadly righteous causes Watch as history recycles itself And prepare to face a living hell Nothing is sacred, no one is safe When faith or freedom are at stake Mass destruction is mutually assured
2.
Feel the love because you need A reason to persist Feel the love even if It doesn't exist Cast down into this world unknown Half-aware and dreadfully alone Determined to make sense of this sphere that spins The pious man wakes again Content so long as he's convinced There are higher powers watching over us And why should I disagree? We all want to live meaningfully How unfortunate--the numbers don't add up Whichever path you follow--faith or science It's all so hollow Rest assured we're spiralling toward our dusty end So entertain your fucking selves With delusions of significance As if this universe makes perfect sense... Whichever path you follow--faith or science It all lacks reason Once you taste the fruit of eden there is no going back... Feel the fucking love
3.
Hear the cries of our soul-less suffering We are born into thorn-like chains Would you choose life and all of its pain If you had the comfort of a day's refrain? The seeds we have sown, like weeds they have grown Into mostrosities of towering steel and concrete The more we produce, the more we'll consume-- The cycle never ends There is no rest... The worst is still yet to come
4.
We are here Divided in so many ways Yet united through our suffering The torment seems so inhumane But it is the common thread of all humanity What "god" all powerful Could call us his creation's pinnacle? It is "he" who should repent For giving us the lack of sense and capability To destroy this world with industry I do not doubt we deserve the flood All the disease and the damage done It is the faithful who procreate Who fuck us all into oblivion How man is fallible To think he can somehow maintain control It is we who should relent In our destructive drive for dominance This is a strike against all gods-- In "heaven" and on earth We placed our faith in the unknown And ourselves on this world's throne Then we spread like a plague across the seas Driven by the animal roar inside Commanding us to survive
5.
Piece by piece Everything falls apart... Yet I am still here clinging to my dignity What else is left but to believe in some kind of change? The storm may come and decimate all I've worked to create But I will forge some meaning in this suffering From peak to peak Through the valleys in between Transcend the pain, make light of our misery Always grasping for some certainty One promise proven true just to soothe my inner frailty Helpless against the elements, yet I keep fragile hope inside Determined to make myself worthy of... Our human plight! From peak to peak Through the valleys in between Transcend the pain, make light of our misery Dear mother, hide your children's eyes no longer Perhaps we were born just to suffer Carving out each hollowed day until the wings of fleeting time Carry us away...
6.
The child's mind was in upheaval The veil of all that he had ever known Had been torn to shreds Revealing a world he could not bear to comprehend As paradise is lost the unraveling begins We were born with a static ringing in our ears, innately unaware But innocence becomes the skin we shed just to survive And starry eyes will fade As she comes to grips with the world we have made The holy lies and expectations-- The blood, the sweat, the venom of our creation And all the illusions of freedom we can't taste Here we remain chasing mirages into horizons as glory fades Clinging to the carcass of lost love, because hope is all we have Passed through the corridor Innocence at it's end As we walk among the ruins The ruins live within
7.
Music and lyrics by the almighty Trial.

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Originally released on CD by Immigrant Sun Records, June 2005. Re-released on CD as part of the "Through the Valleys In Between" CD collection by Still Life Records (Italy), August 2008. Released on 7" by Surprise Attack Records, August 2009.

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released June 10, 2005

Recorded and mixed by Doyle Odom at Electric Tide Studio (Houston, TX) in early March 2005.

Music and lyrics by The Rev. White Devil, except for "For the Kids" ( by Trial).

Vocals and Guitars - The Rev. White Devil
Bass- Gibson
Drums - Lil' Jared Kuntz

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Texas Hardcore 2002-2009. Reborn to pillage in 2013.

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