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Pride Before The Panic

by Joker's Hand

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1.
Consequence 01:23
Gotta be so low That a contraband makes you the man Oh, oh They say we outta know That it's consequence of all our sins Oh, oh But they let the poison flow Take the pain away don't hesitate Oh, oh So where you gonna go When another fix won't do the trick Oh, oh
2.
Frantic pacing, going back and forth Mind is aching I need some more Hesitation the enemy Suffocation or ecstasy Drowning my pain, take me away Sell me a cure Could it be, the mystery, the recipe, a potion Come and take me oh so high Elevation, illumination, fabrication of a Highly functioning mind Back to back again they'd always say Money in hand, yeah we making a band, yeah we taking it all the way This and that and this is what ya pay Enslaving the credit, they aid and abet it, they're making it hard to play This sensation, yeah Preservation, yeah It's a hollow dream I can't make you see Bottles and pills, fanning the flame Til nothing remains Could it be, the mystery, the recipe, a potion Come and take me oh so high Elevation, illumination, fabrication of a Highly functioning mind Gotta be so low, that a contraband makes you the man, oh, oh They say we outta know, that it's consequence of all our sins, oh, oh Could it be, the mystery, the recipe, a potion Come and take me oh so high Elevation, illumination, fabrication of a Highly functioning mind I'd trade my bliss to function This path of self destruction Has only left me wanting more It's only left me wanting
3.
Yeah Im at the base of the hill While all the people at the top are busy living for thrills Yeah It ain't a matter of skill It's only well connected people paying their bills Breeding envy Don't you wanna see Don't you wanna be Think this shit is free At least I can be complete See you in the streets I can make you bleed Take it away and they'll make you feel pain Confusion, seclusion, infecting your brain Disgrace to the state if you don't pull your weight You're blinded to start so you don't see the game Division Can't live without it One vision Forget about it How funny You want it, want it Blood money You got it, got it Ah-ah-ah Run from the desperation Ah-ah-ah Break from the simulation In time you'll find that my mind has been redesigned to ignore the signs It tries to flatline the signs of decline, it tells me I'm fine, to push it aside This is the part, a Machiavellian mind to keep betraying your kind Rip out their heart, they try to tell you it's fine but now you know it's a lie Take to the stage while they're looking away Drowning in rage while they're breaking your face We simmer in pain trickled down from the hate A worldview for one that the rest can't negate Division Can't live without it One vision Forget about it How funny You want it, want it Blood money You got it, got it Ah-ah-ah Run from the desperation Ah-ah-ah Break from the simulation "Oh won't you do it again" She said, or this will come to end Stagnant, I'd rather be dead Inside your head again, again, again, again Forget the ones who we bled Don't hear the words that we've said Soon as you're head's on a cloud, you won't look down Sunshine is all that you see As you forget how to read Into the lies that we feed you Division Can't live without it One vision Forget about it How funny You want it, want it Blood money You got it, got it Ah-ah-ah Run from the desperation Ah-ah-ah Break from the simulation Ah-ah-ah Unseen manipulation Ah-ah-ah It's time for liberation
4.
Hey I'm gonna take my time Get me that peace of mind Want you to read the signs I need a moment Hey You want an explanation But I ain't got the patience So kill the conversation And in my mind I know I gotta let this go Take the time to be complete, to be the me I feel I always want to be Hey I'm gonna take my time Get me that peace of mind Want you to read the signs I need a moment Hey Want you to step it back Don't need no heart-attack I know you think I'm doing fine I need a moment What Hey Why can't you read my mind Don't wanna be unkind But you just waste my time away into another day so why What am I to say I know this ain't the play And when you turn to me I find I'd like another moment Always near Live in fear I wanna disappear Words come out Expression Of your mouth Can't help it Hate the sound So selfish Drown you out Words come out Expression Of your mouth Can't help it Hate the sound So selfish Drown you out
5.
Apparition 03:11
Hold on To your seat Cuz I'm wired like a battery Yeah I'm on On my feet Lookin like something's the matter with me More shots On repeat Like my self destruction bittersweet I'm too lost To redeem You'd be up all night if these walls could speak Sins still unforgiven Guilty apparition All of me still bitter What could have been, what shoulda been, it keeps on Calling me so bitter None of me will ever be complete if History's repeating A bitter pill to self-fulfill my endless misery Not gonna hesitate, run away or back down Slip into a vegetal state Bury my nose into the screen Distracted but I can't escape Nobody around to intervene Swimming in fluorescent light Soaking the walls like kerosene Nodding off is gonna ignite my unsound mind Still refuse to listen Locked inside my prison Deadly apparitions Don't need no permission All of me still bitter What could have been, what shoulda been, it keeps on Calling me so bitter None of me will ever be complete if History's repeating A bitter pill to self-fulfill my endless misery Not gonna hesitate, run away or back down They said it's all in my head No going back, I've tried it Drowning in words left unsaid I cannot stand the silence All of me still bitter What could have been, what shoulda been, it keeps on Calling me so bitter None of me will ever be complete if History's repeating A bitter pill to self-fulfill my endless misery Not gonna hesitate, run away or back down
6.
IDFWU 03:04
The look on your face Your horrible taste I really don't fuck with you You say that you're fine I know it's a lie Your stuck in some point of view Where everything around you is a problem But you ain't doing shit to really solve them You just sit around and wait for something good to come your way What a waste of space You've got a way with words, you know you really do Puffing out your chest but there's no follow through And then you hide away, can't look me in the eye Being seen with you is social suicide I can't take this Can't stand this pain So much to say You turn away Can't stand this silent treatment Won't play your games I've learned to hate Your every way Cause you and me we're not the same Can stand your vibe, your just a parasite Call yourself a man, can't look me in the eye I'll mow you down if you're in front of me I've seen your face, so what's it gonna be Let's go, fight me Can't stand this pain So much to say You turn away Can't stand this silent treatment Won't play your games I've learned to hate Your every way Cause you and me we're not the same I'm feeling my vibe I hope that you mind I really don't fuck with you Keep talking your shit I know that you will Love that I'm on your mind Yeah you always go around creating problems You never even try to fucking solve them All you ever do is interrupt my life to drain away all my energy Can't stand this pain So much to say You turn away Can't stand this silent treatment Won't play your games I've learned to hate Your every way Cause you and me we're not the same

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released February 16, 2024

All songs written by Kevin Michiaki Kawano & Matthew Lau (except "IDFWU" written by Kevin Michiaki Kawano).
Produced by Steve Ornest at Total Access Recordings (Redondo Beach)
Matthew Denis: Bass on all tracks except "Break The Simulation"
Aviv Cohen: Drums

Released Independently On February 16, 2024.

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Modern alt rock with a dash of pop punk and hip hop.

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