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Victorian Modern Cursive
02:39
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Free thinkers won’t fill the factory floors
Demand the answers of the dinosaurs
Break the cast set for us by old white men
They continue to stack our funeral pyres behind their crooked smiles
With the profits from our broken hands, ruined by their automated demands
When the cogs no longer turn and the system doesn’t work
You want a higher education?
You want a reason to belong?
They say it’s the only way to learn but our hands are bent and broken
They say it builds character but we know it’s not the way to go
A bleeding education, they want you where you are
A future pulled apart
Generational greed
Generational debt
A life on the street
A life to forget
The report, handwritten - an indictment on us all
These failing constructs are built to break and fall
Eat the rich
They want to keep you where you are
Full steam a head
Release the pressure on the educators
The cogs no longer turn
Smash their icons, altars, gods until our hands won’t work
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Alex
02:49
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Alex, believe me when I say I’m out
You can’t drag me back into this fight
I’m done with the nightmares and the pain of waiting for a better day, a better month or a better year
Believe me I am sincere when I say I am done, I retired for a reason
‘I can get it right’ is what she said to me
‘Pass the burden on, it’s my responsibility now’
'I’m not giving up; I’m not letting go that easily’
I wouldn’t live in a world without Alex.
The darkest days still succumb to the passage of time
Kill the white noise and break the ties that hold us down
Just when I think I’m out, you come in and light the fire and the engines begin to turn
‘The think-tanks must burn’
Please don’t let me down
I can’t take the fall again
I’ve learnt to stay down
Play dead and we’ll all be fine
I’ve put the gun down and I won’t pick it up again
Not another day for me I swear it
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Stay Strong
03:39
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You know that I can take more
I’d break free if I wanted to
A smile behind a blindfold, wanting lips dry gasping, cold water from a glass rimmed gold to quench the ever-yearning thirst from a night of burning
Pain and pleasure tangled in lust; a love under the weight of trust
Bound arms bound legs, strip off my hair, it stands on end
This freedom never felt before
I am reborn from the life you took away
From bodies bruised to hearts out torn
This is a master’s scorn but I will heal
I will be strong for you my dear
Push and pull, tighter still, stop the blood, take the pills, taste the pain, tighter still
Focus on the good times gone, the hard time won, the fight still on
Push and pull, a lover’s will
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4. |
We Can Never Win
03:31
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We’ve all been sucked in, chewed up, spat out
We’ve all been stepped on, scorned
We’ve all tasted blood, felt the burn for what it was
We’ve all been defeated
Find a way to sift through the shit, the power to deal with it
You just need to get away and start again
Forget the one
Keep your head above water and don’t breathe it in
You point your finger but I’m not the one to put your faith in, we are not the same
You point your finger but I’m not the one, I cannot be chosen
We can never win
All I want is for you to be happy
All I want is for you to succeed
Find your way through it all
All you need is to heal
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5. |
Slow Burn
02:56
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It’s a conversation I’ve had with myself before
Hit rock bottom, cut open, endured
Let some demons in, learnt to live them
The cycle starts again, the self-doubt creeping in
And if all this talk had meant anything at all
We constantly promise to change
Our strides locked but time has stopped
We started together but I think I’ll finish alone
Can’t stop the hurt
Can’t stop the lying
Can’t put out this fire when both of us are dying
Can’t stop the hurt
Won’t find us crying
Can’t put out our fire when both of us are lying
The journey out is hard
Follow the stars
I know my way around this place
We’ll put this down face to face
Can’t stay forever
The journey is hard
We started together
Can’t stop the hurt
Follow the stars
We started together
But I think I’ll finish alone
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6. |
Carcinogens
02:01
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I stay awake as best I can
The whisky sting, black sunken rings under my eyes again
Feed the infection growing in my head
Letting it set in, wishing that I was dead
I feel an immanent break down
But you will never know that this dam is on the verge of collapse
I will never know how to be something-
This apathy is cancerous
Let go of the past, it'll rot you inside out
Wipe the sleet from my eyes and try to hold my head up high
With my inoculated heart but hollow bones still break apart
Let the truth set in and know the worst the world has to offer
Don't look away again, just look at me
You will never know that this disease is malignant
You will never know that I need you now more than ever before
I will never know how to cut the sickness out of my head
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7. |
Warm Hands, Warm Heart
04:41
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I know you’ve spent the last 40 years trying to figure out who you are
Left wondering why you’re still wondering about the questions you thought you had answered
What do you have left to lose?
A love hate relationship with the freedom to choose
To take a risk is to fail
To break away and fill your sails
Just think of all the aspirations you left behind
It’s never too late
Always remember - your hands are your own
You always told me ‘warm hands, warm heart’
But you keep forgetting about the cold that you keep letting in every time you leave the door open for someone to interject, to take control
Because there is no risk in avoiding decisions, never a chance to fail
No responsibility to fill someone’s sails
Stay safe in your cage
Throw your aging aspirations away
There’s comfort in predictability
No need to change or brace for the fall
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8. |
Ending
03:57
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Well fuck it all, never burnt so bad by someone before
I got in too deep and now I cant sleep at all
Fighting the urge to find your face in my phone; the call I’ll never make
I’m in a shallow hole - still high enough to reach me
Yeah I've broken my back from propping you up for so long
And if you give me some slack I’ll show you the best of it all
I know these colours, I’ve seen them before, they’re a final and resounding darkness
Bothers me as much as it did the first time I met you
Put it out of my mind, it was for another time
I wasn’t strong enough to carry us both, I could barely lift my feet
Keep telling myself that I have no regrets but the sting still burns from the whiplash of your final words
I have a broken heart from wearing it on my sleeve
And if you tear it apart just please don’t ask me to leave
The haemorrhage will stop but my words will not
I would have done whatever you asked
See you on the other side, we'll be throwing back a bottle of nothing
We are nothing
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9. |
Moments Decayed
02:51
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There's a cold inevitability to the end, but I’m tired and it’s all gone
I hold up high the moments when times were better
The rain is just the foreplay for the storm
So, hold my seat there next to you and set our sights on horizons and I will love you more than ever
I’m cursed to never be content; to always be wanting more
I’m cursed to never be satisfied
The rain is just the foreplay for the storm
I only have myself to blame
Am I losing myself?
Are we hungry for more?
Are we losing ourselves?
I’m still hungry for the times we never had to say a word
These moments decay
It’s the times we shared and the feelings laid bare that I know I'll ever see again and I only have myself to blame
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10. |
Sunrise
04:18
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This silence is comforting
In the shade of this burning star and the warming of the wind
We turn away from the need to change for our children’s, children’s sake
Underestimate the rising tide, leave our friends beyond the break
These words are alien and strange
Don’t hold me down
What should we expect?
Don’t cut me down
What hope is there for us?
Maybe the sun will rise for you
Don’t hold me down
Don’t cut me down
Don’t force me down
The end is here for us to see
Maybe the sun will rise for you
Embracing the world for what it can be, the light in their eye is not there for me
Will we all make it when the waves set us free, as the sun sets over the sea?
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11. |
Tribute
03:09
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There’s a tribute towards the end of the 86
The flowers rode the same line that she did
The agony of loss left upon the faces of strangers
Cold comfort from new acquaintances
Fighting back tears of sadness
Fighting back tears of sorrow
Is this what they wanted for us?
Another body discarded in a park
Another family torn apart
Is this what they wanted for us?
I get the feeling of deja'vu
A silent vigil on the parliament steps
Melbourne should be better than this
We should all be better than this
We stand against this violence just as ten thousand strong stood before
This is for those found in the breaking dawn
When our fathers lost the position at the head of the table how did they rebalance the scale?
Set to fail
Will there be another candle lit night?
Will there be another funeral march?
Is there a home here for us? Is there any hope for us?
Do you get the feeling of deja'vu?
Can we reclaim the night?
We all need to be better than this!
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12. |
The Tide
04:01
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When we welcomed you to the world, we lost our footing as the earth moved
Gravity no longer kept us where we were, it pulled us to you
You became our everything and we did everything we could
The light in your eyes lifts me like nothing else
Wash away all anxieties
My heart sings at the sight of your smile
These memories I hold so dearly
It’s such a welcoming sight to see you there, arms out stretched
The world so curious, so profound
Wanting nothing more than warmth and time
Questioning the colours, the sights, the sounds
Just know, that I'll be there for you
A rock unshifting, unbreakable
Time is not your enemy
Return to the world that which you never had
I will be the rock to stand beside you and the tide to return you to the land
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Daysworth Fighting Melbourne, Australia
Forming in 2004 as Daysworth Fighting after various iterations, Paul, Barney, John and Cori played countless shows, released
an EP and album on local label Poison City Records, and played with some of the worlds best punk outfits, both locally and internationally.
After a 10 year hiatus from 2009 to 2019, the band released their second album Can't Stay Forever.
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