So many people not like me
HOLD US DOWN
Everything in front of me
HOLDS US DOWN
Signs of impropriety
HOLD US DOWN.
So many tired and weak to breathe
HOLD US DOWN
Invisible hand that makes a fist
Circumstance involuntary born to eat shit
Guilty of no instinct for survival
A tragedy we’ve seen too many times
Alone and trying not to freeze
10 years old and 10 degrees
Sentenced to death for her crimes
So many people not like me
TO HOLD DOWN
Our virtuous society
TO HOLD DOWN
The bell curve says to stay in line
TO HOLD DOWN
Conquering is not a crime
TO HOLD DOWN
Everything has a place and this one’s mine
Corner office vassal steadfast feudal hive mind
Privileged with means at his arrival
A strategy we’ve seen too many times
CEO at 22
“If I can do it, so can you!
It’s my turn so get in line!”
Everyone I know has
some reason to hate themselves
A reason to debase themselves
A reason not to get out of bed
(But we do) x4
Even though sometimes we wish we were dead
And I know I know
We all have thoughts of suicide
And I know I know
We all keep choosing to survive
Live or die, give up or try
Decisions that no one is able to make except for you
The choices we’ve made survive us
We mustn’t forget what we’ll leave behind us
There is no simple way to stop the sadness
We all just teeter on the edge of madness
Looking for different ways to subvert pain
Until we’re able to feel good again
But when happiness takes too long to come
Sinking feeling of despair growing just too strong
The past a monster that you can’t outrace
Mirror’s reflection shows a stranger’s face
I never wanted to feel this way again
Never wanted to disappoint my friends
I want to thrive, not just survive
But I have sure taken my time
Realizing bad decisions
Consequences always building
By the time you realize you won’t change
You’ve become everything you hate
The choices we make define us
We mustn’t forget that the past is behind us
I don’t really want to die
I want to (want to) be alive
I want to feel the same way
I used to feel every day
So much potential, so much road ahead of me
But then I tripped, fell down, and got back up again
Fell down and got back up again
Tripped, fell down, and got back up again
Fell down and got back up again
Fell down, stayed down
Watched everyone pass as I laid on the ground
And now I’ve been here for so long
The choices we make confine us
The passage of time is what resigns us
If life is a game I feel I’ve already lost
But nothing is gained if I give the board a toss
There are plenty of reasons to play other than win
At least that’s what I’m selling myself
Just heard the news today oh boy
Three thousand dead and thousands more to blame
But you can't always trust the news
It's just a mindless fishing game
Where the captain owns a mansion
And the skipper drives a Porsche
And at night they play canasta
And they think of what's gone wrong
As they silently float
There once was a chance
When the sun rose up
To fly over the sea
Where Eden's waiting for me
The shoreline opens its eyes
With brilliant rays of light
It warms the flesh and soul
And the cycle begins again
Back to where we began
As if a moth to the light
He was drawn to the night
Where substance makes him numb
The captain takes a pail
As the skipper takes his fill
As we're waiting out the storm
And the skipper thinks that life
Is to short for all this strife
As he writes his portfolio
And the captain takes a stand
As he has nothing to lose
Only wearing his own shoes
And he says all engines on
And all phasers set to stun
At the edge of the world
There once was a chance
When the sun rose up
To fly over the sea
Where Eden's waiting for me
The shoreline opens its eyes
With brilliant rays of light
It warms the flesh and soul
And the cycle begins again
Back to where we began
As if a moth to the light
He was drawn to the night
Where substance makes him numb
they're gonna take your rights away
they're gonna take your life away
they'll weigh you down and mask your face
you should reach up into the sky
if you're released than you can fly
you'll be shot down and kept in place
how much more can we take im crying and i don't why i'm fine
you'll be equal just like me
some more equal than can be
an ugly equal family
these problems won't just go away
no matter how many you slay
how many hurt before you see
radio designed to stop hate im crying and i don't why
They'll hold us down
so they won't drown
I wasn't born to work no shit job from 9 to 5
Just to be able to afford to stay alive
More and more I feel like everything’s the god damn same
When did I wake up and realize my life is a losing game
Growing up is a strange dichotomy
Idealism in a failing economy
Always caught up in fear and doubt
The worst part of growing up is showing up
Beyond that it’s a never ending story of
Dying from the inside out
They’re drowning in oil
They’re drowning in cash
Well I’m drowning myself in ass
I’m drowning in whisky
I’m drowning in blunts
Well I’m drowning myself, so what
Adulthood is a strange dichotomy
Alcohol addiction and the person that I want to be
Asking am I down for the count
The hardest part of living it up is giving it up
Beyond that it’s a never ending story of
Dying from the inside out
I can’t sit down, I can’t stand up
Bartender please refill my cup
Hey Mr. Cosgrove, put me in
For karaoke, Don’t Stop Believing
I fucked it up again
I lost another friend
I need another drink
I fucked it up again
I may not be the men I've been
I'm still responsible for them
All of the hatred and the spite
I've let myself let out ain't right
And there's no way to put it back
Small kindnesses are good and cute
But won't erase the poison spewed
From monsters I couldn't subdue
I speak as though I rose above
Transcended muck and have become
A better person than I am
However bad or good I feel
It won't change those who've had to deal
With my toxic proximity
Am I the man I want to be?
The time has long passed for accountability
I keep on doing shitty things
For all the consequence they bring
Waiting for the other shoe to drop
I'm a certain someone in my head
But he won't matter when I'm dead
To the world at large he'll never be
Because the man I am inside
Means shit all when I still decide
To fuck up someone else's day
To believe that I can redeem
Past actions is a fever dream
One I'll no longer entertain
What have I become?
What do I do now?
hold the line
we're out of time
the battle's wake
center fades
the poles reversing
for lifetimes
separate
ancient fabric
soaked in lye
hypocrites
salt the earth
with a sigh
brother can you spare
a 'will to power' paradigm
can we make peace
with our crimes
short memories will whine and flail
and Pendulums will sway
will our mistakes
seal our fate
It's time for falling down
briefcase brown
arms stretched high
children make
the piles of men
reach the sky
separate
deafening
lord of flies
delicate
turns of phrase
will give rise
purity
never free
sing with me
anyone anymore
so we will never get
sing with me
so we will never get
one more chance
discussion hellfire depression backpedal
repression safety systemic recompense
(one more chance)
weapons banners ballistics hospitals
Tradition tentpoles Depression manifest
This is not our best
One more chance, ONE MORE CHANCE
hold the line
we're out of time
reversing for lifetimes
soaked in lye
salt the earth
with a sigh
the piles of men
reach the sky
one more chance (ONE MORE CHANCE)
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