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Violent Affair: The Cockroach Theory

by Jailhouse Records

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Intro 01:54
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No Future 01:53
I'm sick of macho shit plaguing out scene It's come too far and we need to make a change Realize the lies and wipe the slate clean Take back the community built for you and me So take your tough guy mindset somewhere else You don't belong in our scene you belong in hell You know there's no future for us But we know there's no fucking way we're giving up No way These jocks in disguise are invading the pit Viewing brothers and sisters as another target This time lets rise and fight the real enemy Cut out the cancer in our community So take your tough guy mindset somewhere else You don't belong in our scene you belong in hell You know there's no future for us But we know there's no fucking way we're giving up No way There can never be a future for the kids in our scene If you just sit back I will tell you what I mean Punk shows aren't the place to prove how tough you are Shows are sanctuary from the outside world This is my home and these are my friends Your ignorant bullshit i will never understand I just don't understand You know there's no future for us But we know there's no fucking way we're giving up No way
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Another forty hours just wasted away These monotonous tasks are eroding my brain Just a slave for a wage or at least that's how it seems I won't be sold mediocrity Dying to live We're dying to live while we fight to exist I know in my heart there is more than this So punch the clock and do as you're told Your hopes and dreams are on the market to be sold Spend six days a week breaking your back Sacrificing your health in exchange for a check We all kill ourselves a little everyday Just to support the illusion that we're really free Dying to live We're dying to live while we fight to exist I know in my heart there is more than this So punch the clock and do as you're told Your hopes and dreams are on the market to be sold So we drown ourselves in caffeine Just to make it through another week Tell ourselves everyday that there's go to be a better way We're dying to live while we fight to exist I know in my heart there is more than this So punch the clock and do as you're told Your hopes and dreams are on the market to be sold
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Bomb city life is like a loaded gun But it seems like life has just begun Sleepless nights on the move And we don't care if you ever approve But I guess we're lucky and we're young But we're just out to have some fun The highs are high and the lows are the low Its the only life we've ever known We don't give a damn what you have to say Because this is our lives and its our way Everyday and every week Their system we will defeat We're fighting to be free Gotta destroy society Everyday and every night Its always just another fight We're fighting to be free Gotta destroy society Open your eyes and then you'll see I'm gonna be who I wanna be Good times that will never end You know I've got myself and I've got my friends All your standards and your laws They could never mean a damn to us We'll make the best of this fucked up town Because we're punks and we're proud We don't give a damn what you have to say Because this is our lives and its our way Everyday and every week Their system we will defeat We're fighting to be free Gotta destroy society Everyday and every night Its always just another fight We're fighting to be free Gotta destroy society We don't give a fuck what you have to say Because its our lives and its our way
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Stitches open flesh exposed Pain and frustration no one knows You cant you wont find yourself Anywhere now its all been lost Time is gone and blood is spilt Answers to these questions uncover guilt Tension builds behind these eyes With pain directed at a world I despise Take a look inside and tell me what you see These burnt remains don't resemble me The pressure builds This mind it kills But you don't know Just what its like The hate it flows And the blood it pours Bringing me closer To this internal war Faces staring so constantly So disapproving of the life I lead They cant think they never could Illusions and delusions so misunderstood A perpetual battle for control Feel the flames of anger rise from below Now seclusion seems to be the only way To make it through this struggle every single day Take a look inside and tell me what you see These burnt remains don't resemble me The pressure builds This mind it kills But you don't know Just what its like The hate it flows And the blood it pours Bringing me closer To this internal war When your mind it comes apart at the seams You lose all sight of your hopes and your dreams No nothing is right and nothing is fair For this internal onslaught you could never prepare A pain so intense never know before Nothing in this world compares to internal war This internal war
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Are we progressing as a whole or just continuing to decay If our minds are not our own would it matter anyway? Corruption is and understatement and it makes me fucking sick The system as we know it slowly crumbles from within Politicians and lobbyist laughing while we struggle But if we could just stand together we could soon rise above them We're gonna scream all the things you think in your mind But we need to act fast because we are running out of time Exterminate the pests Put their powers to the test No more no more Inessential taxes Now were waging war Against the evil fascist We won't conform For the greedy bastards Not anymore The beast from Jekyll isle is still hunting us today Working class men and women are the ones on which it preys We’ve paid in our dues but we still don’t have a voice We need to end the fed there is no other choice Now our basic civil liberties are nowhere near in sight But we’ll never admit defeat or lose the will to fight There once was a line that they dared us not to cross But our respect for authority has long been lost Exterminate the pests Put their powers to the test No more no more Inessential taxes Now were waging war Against the evil fascist We won't conform For the greedy bastards Not anymore Are we not citizens, we feel no connection with the government Drowning in debt can freedom hold its breath? It's a water boarding economic system, end the fed. The cockroach theory It's so much worse than what we see The cockroach theory They might fool you but they don’t fool me The cockroach theory I wont be forced to think we’re free
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Do Or Die 02:05
The days just seem to keep on flying by I can't help but wonder why If there's is nothing here why are we still here? Although I know its home sweet home I can't help but miss the open road So pack your bags let's get out of here So now we're Flying down the highway going ninety-five From city to city just trying to stay alive We don't know what tomorrow brings But that don't mean a god damned thing Because tonight It's do or die So fuck off with your nine to five I wanna know whats its like to be alive. I wanna live not exist cuz there's more than this I'm sick of sitting and killing time Repetition makes me lose my mind There's a whole world out there let's get out of here So now were Flying down the highway going ninety-five From city to city just trying to stay alive And we don't know what tomorrow brings But that don't mean a god damned thing Because tonight It's do or die
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Walking around and staring down At these tired feet Is this really what I want or is it what I need Now the pain it flows so easily From the clouded parts of my mind There has to be a better way To leave this all behind Overwhelming overpowering sources of this hate Can you take me by the hand or is it just too late No more lies no more games No more sorrow no more pain I'll face tomorrow even though The damage has been done Now its all too much to bear from inside the wall Of my head Are we all really alive or are we all really dead Now the winds of time take away Everything we've ever known There has to be a better way we all reap What we all sow Twisting turning aggression tears me from inside Now is this what it's like to really be alive No more lies no more games No more sorrow no more pain I'll face tomorrow even though The damage has been done You we're never so much the crutch I leaned on More like the noose from which I hung You cant take back just what you did Now the damage has been done Whoa The damage has been done
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Down on Sheridan avenue Acting like we always knew Anything about the world back then But we were young living recklessly Studs and spikes would fill the street The green door is where we would meet The smell of sweat and stale beer Punk rock noises ringing in my ears Then that was the day That the punks went away They changed the way the looked And got god damn boring They've slowed their music down But we're still around Just as pissed as ever And we're never backing down Faces from six years ago Every weekend was another show The glasnost was so hot those nights Downtown with my friends I was feeling alright I remember being in the crowd With my fist in the air screaming loud Those days just seem so long ago But they mean more to me than you'll ever know Then that was the day That the punks went away They changed the way the looked And got god damn boring They've slowed their music down But we're still around Just as pissed as ever And we're never backing down We've seen them come We've watched them fall We're the tried and true We outlast them all It's so much more than music to me It's who I am and who I'll always be So deeply engraved into my soul It's the only thing I've ever known Then that was the day That the punks went away They changed the way the looked And got god damn boring They've slowed their music down But we're still around Just as pissed as ever And we're never backing down
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There's no end in sight and we refuse to die And there's nothing that can stop us now We were built to last we play too loud too fast And there's nothing that can stop us now Stronger than before! We will laugh in the face of death one more time If you think we would call it quits you've lost your minds It's like we're under constant fire but we cant take cover We've been through so much shit growing stronger than brothers Now its pedal to the metal we will keep pushing forward Hands raised in defeat is the calling card of a coward We will never give up and we will never give in It's a day to day battle our only choice is to win We've made our persistence known so don't act unaware No tragedy could kill the momentum of this affair Stronger than before We won't be ignored Breaking through the barriers kicking down the doors When hard times cross our path and you think we're done for We're coming back again Stronger than before We're in it for the long haul so make no mistake This road that we travel we will gladly embrace Now we will pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off There is a greater purpose at steak with a great cost There's no money or fame to be made from this We're screaming in defiance for the right to exist Where so many others gave up we will carry on It's the hardest of times that will keep us fucking strong Inalienable rights are owed to every human being And that's a cause more powerful than any catastrophe Stronger than before We won't be ignored Breaking through the barriers kicking down the doors When hard times cross our path and you think we're done for We're coming back again Stronger than before Through the scars and bruises and broken bones There are minds out there that are not alone Through the pain the struggle and the hard times We will never slow down and we refuse to die

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released September 10, 2013

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