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On A Mission To Kill Ambition
A thicker skin we could never grow was everything we needed, because you’ve got to appreciate what you have while you have it. Always on the edge. Sailing on a sinking ship. Playing the cards you're dealt won't make a difference. '98, hold on to the memories till they blur and are forever gone. '98, as unyielding as the rumbling thunder we were unstoppable. How punk are beans and piss in Stoke On Trent out in the pouring rain? Did you know defeat can lay waste the strongest hope to the point you just want to give up? Consumed by the longest wait now those days are gone but we'll always carry them with us. It's a vicious game to go out there, we never won, we never lost, we never really cared. An iron will we forged in failure and downfall. Don't you forget about the time when music was everything we got. It was all we got. With no means and no end we only assembled to escape on a mission to kill ambition while trying to suffocate frustration with battle cries. On a mission to kill ambition. That's what we had. '98, hold on to the memories till they blur and are forever gone. '98, as unyielding as the rumbling thunder we were unstoppable.
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Longing For Skynet
02:15
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Longing For Skynet
We had a million chances to learn from mistakes and still there's no trace of compassion. We would lick the greasy floor of hell just to see our reflection. When the strong engorged themselves on the weak we made sure not to come in between the beast and its meat. The taste of our own blood filled the air as we forgot centuries of progress and became like cannibals. Waste away in your overbearance till the day you realize it's over and there is no turning back. If your self-admiration is worth the fate of all mankind then we're simply wasting our lives. Every day we're put to the test, but damage is beyond repair now. We can't help but wait for the world to get rid of this infection. When the strong engorged themselves on the weak we made sure not to come in between the beast and its meat. The last glimmer of hope was slaughtered with no looking back. There was no parade. One day we turned around and it was gone. Waste away in your overbearance till the day you realize it's over and there is no turning back. If your self-admiration is worth the fate of all mankind then we're simply wasting our lives.
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Inert
03:03
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Inert
Even though I tried I can't hold back the tide. Predestined to roam the earth, unaware and yet convinced to be in control. I've listened to the sound of unanswered questions as well as to the one of blind conviction. A desperate need for control since the day we're born. I've listened to the sound of unanswered questions as well as to the noise of blind conviction. Like an army of pawns swarming on a board we fight without knowing why. Rest assured in knowing that we all live at the mercy of forces outside our control. Scream and shout and live by this anthem with the sun upon your face. You will be laughing in the face of death when it calls your name. Predestined to roam the earth, unaware and yet convinced to be in control. Little peace comes to the ones who grieve when logic's drifting and the world that we built seems like a pile of leaves a few moments before the wind. Rest assured in knowing that we all live at the mercy of forces outside our control. Scream and shout and live by this anthem with the sun upon your face. You will be laughing in the face of death when it calls your name.
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A One-Man Mutiny
02:12
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A One-Man Mutiny
All the wrong turns taken. Every wrong decision made. What we're trying to oppose are monsters of our own making. Your vision is what defines you now. Deep wisdom comes with deeper doubts. A heavy sea in which we drown. For once in my life I wonder, can I really fight forever if a one-man mutiny is doomed to admit defeat? Trying to impact the masses never felt more hopeless. You will watch me come apart sooner than you believe. Endless conflicts to create you, barely a moment to destroy you. Hold tight, day after day, while trying to beat this travesty. Consumed by a hope so vain that you can only pretend. All the wrong turns taken. Every wrong decision made. What we're trying to oppose are monsters of our own making. Your vision is what defines you now, even if your cry will resound eternally alone in a crowd. For once in my life I wonder, can I really fight forever if a one-man mutiny is doomed to admit defeat? Trying to impact the masses never felt more hopeless. You will watch me come apart sooner than you believe. A will bends until it breaks, will I be strong enough to resist?
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On A Wing And A Prayer
02:10
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On A Wing And A Prayer
Crossing blades with a haunting past is going to bring you nothing but resentment and disgrace. If you cling to your regrets endlessly you will end up thinking you felt everything you’ll ever feel. Wasted chances scattered like bodies rotting in the sun. We'll take off no matter if on a wing and a prayer. I must stop to catch my breath, to recover while the darker side that now governs my soul lays dormant. Hell is what we do to ourselves. It's time to accept the fact that even the wisest men cannot see all ends. Crossing blades with a haunting past is going to bring you nothing but resentment and disgrace. If you cling to your regrets endlessly you will end up thinking you felt everything you’ll ever feel. If good rain knows the best time to fall then I'll wait patiently. I know I will. I know I will. If good rain knows the best time to fall then I'll wait patiently. I know I will. I know I will.
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Ever-distant
02:57
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Ever-distant
Cast into the roaring flames of this state of degradation. Your choice, suffocate or breathe. There's no easy way out, can't you see? Find your salvation while this fucking city is eating all of us. Line up all your expectations and execute them all. Mind your own actions, soon they will not be forgiven anymore. Fear is a more helpless feeling than you could ever know. Corruptible. Don't say you're unaware, don't try to tell me it was an honest mistake. Convicted to witness every day the consequences of our harm. We're losing all we ever wished for, losing all we fought for. Will you ever go back to the one you were? Will you hold on to the that ever-distant thought. I always thought we were carrying the fire, but instead we almost let it die. And to think we only had to try. I always thought we were carrying the fire. Find your salvation while this fucking city is eating all of us. Line up all your expectations and execute them all. Mind your own actions, you'll come to realize they speak louder than words. Fear is a more helpless feeling than you could ever know. Corruptible. Don't say you're unaware, don't try to tell me it was an honest mistake. Convicted to witness every day the consequences of our harm. We're losing all we ever wished for, losing all we fought for.
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At the sound of your command we could only comply, we climbed up that ladder but never ever dared to ask why. Our trust made way for treachery. There is no knife that cuts so sharply and with such a poisoned blade. And so we were betrayed. A dirty secret in plain sight. A million knives you stuck in our backs. How could we possibly have known? You set your traps and you pulled your tricks. A crime devours its own child and I'll be watching how your greed destroys you and your deception. Today we will end your treachery. It all dies today. Our trust made way for treachery. There is no knife that cuts so sharply and with such a poisoned blade. And so we were betrayed. Boiled to death before we noticed it. The temperature, slowly rising up, numbed us and lulled us to death. Boiled to death before we noticed it. The temperature, slowly rising up, numbed us. We were left for dead. If life is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness shouldn't we only try to make it worth? Make good use of the time we're given or else it'll be all in vain. A dirty secret in plain sight. A million knives you stuck in our backs. How could we possibly have known? You set your traps and you pulled your tricks. A crime devours its own child and I'll be watching how your greed destroys you and your deception. Today we will end your treachery. It all dies today.
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Summer Storm
02:02
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I know some things will never change and good instincts are earned making mistakes. Although I knew I was drying the well I was desperate to make it last. It comes down to a dark and fierce desire, the one you knew was always out of line. I realized what it means to be obsessed. I was desperate to make it last. Every decision for something is a decision against something else. Frozen under the shade of the hourglass, I was desperate to make it last. To stay vigilant and hold your fire can be so goddamn difficult at times. I realized what it means to be obsessed. I was desperate to make it last. I read it on your face, you let it slip away. I read it on your face, you let it slip away. There was no other way, you let it slip away. I read it on your face, you let it slip away.
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Double Edged Curse
02:51
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Double Edged Curse
I’m still looking for a meaning in your cryptic messages. Blindly searching for a real breakthrough. I have amassed only more questions. Here we don’t belong. That’s something I know, and I’m sure that you believe it too. Constantly we bow to compromise. Abandoned with no more final goodbyes. We're stranded in a far and lonely place. It would seem it’s fate. Curse my name, lay your hate, I can take your blame. It's a shame that you had to have it your way. If we don't end this fight, this fight will end us both. Is this battle really worth that ransom? There's no bargain to be had with ghosts staring into your soul. Our wings collecting dust. Force fading in front of us.
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Impending Doom
01:33
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Impending Doom
Guilt is a rope that wears thin. We had a pact, you and I. Are you under the impression you come from a very different story line? How come divided we stand? Because together we fall. There was no other option but to walk away and keep a low profile. That's too high a price. There's more than meets the eye. So well concealed. It took me a long time, but then I realized. This sense of impending doom is manipulating our lives. Your predatory intentions led me to see darkness where there’s only light. That's too high a price. So insane that it's hard to believe it. You never walked down the wrong path. Keep telling yourself that. So insane that it's hard to believe it. Your rootless plan never hurt them. Keep telling yourself that.
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Selfless
02:12
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Selfless
Always up to set yourself on fire to keep the ones around you warm. You sacrificed each and every of your days for as long as you could take. How can you affirm that you were born to serve? You deserve much more. Always up to set yourself on fire cause you think it’s something that you owe. That is a lie you’ve been living every day, for as long as you could take. Each and every of your days for as long as you could take. How I wish you were able to treasure all these moments as if they were your last. How I wish you could find peace in your life. Can’t you see you have done more than enough? There’s no way you would let us down. All you ever did was enrich our life. Trapped in the dangers of being selfless you’re devastating your very existence. Promise me you’ll live for yourself.
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Recall
02:35
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I'll Walk You To The End
01:12
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I'll Walk You To The End
I'll walk you to the end, after we poisoned the land and choked the sky. I'll walk you to the end, right before we die by ice or die by fire. I will still walk you to the end. We lay hidden in our concrete shells. A broken commitment. Still unable to fear what is way too strange. Crystallized, as we feel the end coming at long last. I'll walk you to the end, after we poisoned the land and choked the sky. I'll walk you to the end, right before we die by ice or die by fire. Extinct. Erased. Buried in this valley of dying stars.
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Where Lies Die
02:36
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Where Lies Die
I've been told there are as many truths as men but I never really thought we'd come to this. Build on the sand. Display one more sleight of hand. My suspects take effect as the truth finds its way back to the surface. That's a debt you can't repay. What was there to gain from your lies and feeble trickery? You've come to a dead end. Silence is where the cruelest lies are told. A mask you cannot longer wear, you can't fake or pretend. It's the most miserable ploy, to steal away our right to the truth to fuel your cause. Trust is swiftly dying in flames. A bunch of lies that have been said, unbelievable conditions that we had to accept. Trust is swiftly dying in flames. No rights left to reclaim. If we don't know what it's left to believe then we can give up any hope of progressing. An unfulfilling motivation lies there, to accept this defeat as a fact. We only tried to defeat the undefeated, we ended up in a fight without a meaning. A kingdom destined to be overthrown. What was there to gain from your lies and feeble trickery? You've come to a dead end. Silence is where the cruelest lies are told. A mask you cannot longer wear, you can't fake or pretend.
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Thousand Oaks Rome, Italy
Thousand Oaks are a four piece skatepunk band from Rome, formed in 2015 from the ashes of Italian skatepunk band Jet Market (1998-2012). For fans of bands like Propagandhi, A Wilhelm Scream, Satanic Surfers and Belvedere.
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