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Confessions of a Petty Thief

by Die Young (TX)

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1.
Raised too high too soon in the game Sowed all my seeds, still waiting for rain Life has come to mean writhing in pain But I don't regret a fucking thing... What a petty waste of time--your politics, your dollar signs Take me back to distant shores or vacant rooftops under the stars Where is the romance in your sterile world of suits and ties? If poverty of wealth means richness in soul Then I have been made whole When we die We are immortalized not in clouds But in words we dared to scream aloud (I scream aloud) This rebellion is not a phase I'll hate you all for the rest of my days Red-brick walls of false security The facades of your broken dreams The hand that feeds won't let you breathe Yet you run back to your cage When we die We are immortalized not in clouds But in the words we dared to scream aloud (I scream aloud) As you bow down to your gods... I renounce the world you love
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What is left of our lives as we leave the marketplace With our store-bought dreams? As the sheep allow themselves to be bought and sold The corporate giants are taking hold Enslaving us to convenience and commodity The fool's gold we blindly treasure will soon rot and fade away But these words are forever here to stay: Buy what you want, but I will take what I fucking need As I try to survive in this land of greed
3.
The search goes on.... And I hope I choke on every word I wrote Grant that I may find peace in this world Peace at last, lay this weary heart to rest I want to be no more Through these days I can push on But I'm afraid the meaning is gone No longer can I bear to think Disenchanted by memories of countless failures And unrequited love I've been self-condemned to wander this disgusting world Graceless, godless, void of any faith Only to find nothing at the end of the rope I want to be no more Through these nights I lay in wait My heart burns to forget... Alone, alone at last, alone in this fucking world Is this truly what I want? When her eyes mean nothing to me, the stars mean nothing to me And I can't find the will to breathe The search goes on...
4.
Dismiss all that's wrong or right Only the blind see in black and white The cycles of cruelty have been passed down for centuries As our relentless pursuit of truth absolute has kept us on our knees... Awaiting mercy from the gods Or the tyranny of their laws Our ideas must evolve before we see their powers dissolve We must adapt to the harshness of our changing world There is no truth absolute, save for "change: subject to all" Reality seen differently through each and every eye There's no need to die for the fundamentals we've been taught Because no truth divine would shackle the mind With fear and contempt Disregard all you think you know Your beliefs are not your own Disregard all you think you know Clean the slate and begin again Believe in no god Believe in no law
5.
Fuck them all Because it's us versus them, and we are here filled to the brim With life and something to say We want more than a fashion parade We know your glamour hides your despair And I've got better things to do than fix my fucking hair Pop-culture at it's very best is a parade of idiots I detest To those puppets and those pulling their strings-- You'll never cheapen the songs we sing Artistic merit is lost when the "artist" becomes commodified Just another pig impaled on the cross of the almighty dollar sign Another puppet, a dollar whore whose words mean nothing more Than the clothes you wear, or your fucking hair Do us all a favor Quit wasting our precious time
6.
This is my only surrender I felt my walls crumble down Naked and vulnerable Afraid to embrace the light of love Everyday, the scars were there Symptoms of a subconscious fear I chose to walk the path of hate I built a cage I could not escape... We were dancing with daggers while staring straight into the sun The love we had was fragile, like a loaded gun But I'd take one in the head for you If only you would see me through The selfish hell I willingly cast myself into Through a thousand nights of solitude--I longed to love Through a thousand night of solitude--I failed to love Your words of love are still haunting me They cripple me like a disease As I recall moments of true peace upon these stormy seas At the mercy of demons driving me, full of passion for misery I somehow long to be complete, but I have yet to accept defeat Through a thousand nights of solitude--I longed to love Through a thousand nights of solitude... This is my only surrender I felt my walls crumble down Naked and vulnerable I must embrace the light of love

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Released November 2003 by Immigrant Sun Records. A limited pressing of 500 on clear green vinyl. Silk-screened, spray-painted cover with handmade lyric booklet.

These songs were later featured on The Message full-length CD/LP, as well as the Through the Valleys Inbetween CD.

Recorded and mixed by Doyle Odom at Electric Tide Recording Studio in Houston, TX mid-September 2003. Mastered by MJR at Prairie Cat mastering.

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released November 19, 2003

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

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