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Songs from under the stairs

by Rust Heart Union

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1.
The High-Water Mark 02:53
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Do you ever look back on your life? When everything made sense, and everything felt right Before you got caught up by reality Well, I refuse to let it get the best of me Life makes more sense when you can sum it up with four chords Scream your heart out, even though you don’t know the words I miss the days before my friends drifted apart When we could still see beyond the high-water mark Where the wave broke and rolled back Where the wave broke and rolled back We all grow up to become motivated by greed We’re working jobs we hate to buy things that we don’t need And to impress all of those assholes we don’t even like To keep the wheels turning for another black Friday night Where the wave broke and rolled back Where the wave broke and rolled back We’re only trying to keep our hearts We still cannot see the high-water mark Where the wave broke and rolled back Where the wave broke and rolled back Where the wave broke and rolled back Where the wave broke and rolled back
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Your God Is Dead 04:03
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Change the channel, change the station Give me an update on the current situation You haven’t read it in a while That’s how it goes when you’re living in denial How can you stay when you have to go? You pray to gods you’ll never know Still you’ve gotten no reply Hell awaits when you die Hell awaits when you die Here is my reply: Artificial lines of reason, or insanity? Check your head, your mind is dead, your god is dead to me The streets run red And your god is dead War and famine, death and cancer You read the Bible looking for an easy answer While you’re praying for redemption But what awaits you is eternal damnation Because your soul cannot be saved You’re gonna rot in your grave How does it feel to die alone? Nothing left but your bones Nothing left but your bones You’re gonna die alone
3.
Drowning in Decay 03:27
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I used to think that I could make a difference But now my thoughts are giving way to spite and bitterness Give me your tired, your hungry and your desperate The rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting restless There is no future where I’m from I had ambitions, but they’re dead and gone Don’t wanna stay, I need to get away Before I’m drowning in decay Someone, explain to me the purpose of my contributions When happiness and freedom are just illusions I cannot stand to live my life in sobriety Watching the destruction and corruption of society There is no future where I’m from I had ambitions, but they’re dead and gone Don’t wanna stay, I need to get away Before I’m drowning in decay Do you think you are free? You never were, and you will never be When will you realise You cannot spell “believe” without a lie
4.
Suburban Slavery 02:52
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My brain is dead, my mind is gone I don’t think I can carry on Work all night and sleep all day I wonder what keeps me alive Because this is mental suicide Watch my body waste away No interruptions On my path to self-destruction I’ve been choking on my own aspirations Suburban slavery, my final destination My head is numb, my back is sore From waking up on the floor I look around, but I cannot see The city lights are burning bright But that’s not what keeps me up tonight My thoughts are caving in on me No interruptions On my path to self-destruction I’ve been choking on my own aspirations Suburban slavery, my final destination
5.
Beauty in Simplicity 03:42
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There is a watch around my wrist, but it is nothing but a Constant reminder that I’m running out of time So as I take another step and waste another breath My heart keeps reminding me to appreciate The beauty in simplicity, no life after death for me No promise of a heaven and no threat of a hell So burn my body in a parking lot, or bury me and let me rot Six feet under because I could never tell I’ll be dead and gone I’ll be dead and gone I’ll be dead and gone I’ll be dead and gone There is a cell phone in my pocket, it is nothing but a Burden whose time has come, well I’m fucking done No more technology for me, erase my memory Take me back to a simpler time when sweet home was home There is beauty in simplicity, no life after death for me No promise of a heaven and no threat of a hell So burn my body in a parking lot, or bury me and let me rot Six feet under because I could never tell I’ll be dead and gone I’ll be dead and gone I’ll be dead and gone I’ll be dead and gone
6.
Wasting My Life 02:54
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I’ve got a bike that could take me anywhere, potentially I’ve got the whole world at me feet, hypothetically I’ve got a dog, but he is pissing on my floor And I am certain that I’m gonna lose my mind any time soon Wasting my time, wasting my life Wasting my time, wasting my life Am I wasting my time, wasting my life Wasting my time, wasting my life, am I wasting all my time? Another night, another drunken memory, essentially I’ve spent my whole life chasing what I need to be happy I studied hard and worked my fingers to the bone But I have no time to be friendly cause I’d rather be alone Wasting my time, wasting my life Wasting my time, wasting my life Am I wasting my time, wasting my life Wasting my time, wasting my life, am I wasting all my time? They say that friendships can conquer anything, potentially They say that love will tear us apart, metaphorically I’ve never met someone who thinks just like myself But I am certain everyone sometimes wishes they were someone else Wasting my time, wasting my life Wasting my time, wasting my life Am I wasting my time, wasting my life Wasting my time, wasting my life, am I wasting all my time?
7.
Second Time Around 03:09
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Take me higher so I can see Past these walls you’ve built around me Should I swim for shore, or sink and drown? I swear I’ll apologise the second time around Who oh oh, who oh oh oh, the second time around Who oh oh, who oh oh oh oh oh I am antiquated Rehabilitated I am an adult, but a minor at heart I am growing older, but I am never growing old Never growing old Pass the bottle, let it rest next to me So I can lose my sense of doubt and dignity Let me drown myself in rivers of wine It helps me sedate the demons that live inside my mind I am antiquated Rehabilitated I am an adult, but a minor at heart I am growing older, but I am never growing old Never growing old Never growing old That’s how the story goes
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Counted and Enrolled 04:37
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Legitimate power reduced by popular sovereignty But tell me, what the hell defines a democracy? Because if voting actually changed anything Then the bastards would make it illegal, and that’s why we sing You can object, but you will never win They’re gonna hunt you down and pull you back in You have the right to do as you’re told Stand up, be counted and enrolled And yes, I recognize the blatant irony That the system I oppose affords me the luxury Of biting the hand that feeds the masses From the white collars to the working classes Why would anyone want to give up Their power, their status and their corrupt Institutions only to become one of us Another union of hearts filled with rust
9.
Rational Anthem 03:39
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Sipping whiskey in the morning Same old routine every day, same old routine every day My aging insides are rotting out Live fast or die trying is what life’s about Writing poems in the afternoon Poetry about being free, poetry about you and me Wearing my heart on my sleeve I could never compromise what I believe We are the drunkards united We are the poets united We are the bastards united We are, we are Singing anthems in the evening We are the sons of no one, bastards we are, everyone Honest and stripped-down rock and roll And I do apologise for every song I stole

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released September 3, 2021

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