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Rage
04:48
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Hanging with my buddy jack about to crack a bottle
Living for today I ain't thinkin bout tomorrow
Drink and piss my problems away drowning in regret
Thought that I would grow up but it hasn't happened yet
Tonight I'll drink the pain away
Six drinks in and I'm feeling pretty numb
Never stopped to wonder bout the man that I've become
I'm tryna kill the pain and drown out all of the emotions
Never cared a bit just going thru the motions
Tonight we rage until the dawn
Let’s rage - let’s go
Let’s drink til we don’t know
What’s right - what’s wrong
Until the break of dawn
Alcohol is like novocaine
I don't deal with things - I just kill the pain
It remains the same - it's like every day
Now the room starts spinnin and this place is gettin hot
Tryna hold on to the night cause it’s all I’ve got
They see my poker face on lookin hard as concrete
Ground won’t stop moving under my feet
Stumblin and mumblin through the night
Play it cool man - I know I’ll be alright
Slip into a state of mind that’s home for me
As the world around me burns to the third degree
Filled with rage and I just wanna rage
Instead of slittin razor blades I'll be turnt for days
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Breaking Point
03:43
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I'm crashing - I crave it
My body's screaming for it
I'm cracking - I believe it
My life controlled by it
This cycle so toxic
It's got a hold of me
How do I break free
From what defines me?
There's always an excuse
To sustain the abuse
My head is throbbing
The walls are caving in
No fear of what comes next
No thought of consequence
I'm withering away
I've reached my breaking point today
I can taste it - can't replace it
The feeling that I get permeates my bones
I'm drawn to it - I can't escape it
The rush that I get makes my blood flow
I'm withering away
It's taken so long for me to see
It's taken so long for me to see myself
For who I am
And all the things that I god damn
I'm beside myself again
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Ghosts
04:06
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Silence - silence
My friends are ghosts
Everyone's gone
Vanished without a trace
But here I stand
In this forsaken place
Feed me sin
Wrote in braille
What sorcery is this?
Some kind of nasty trick
To leave me all alone
With my own conscience?
Breathe it in
Hold
Silence - exhale
What did I do wrong
To be abandoned?
I've been a kind soul
Where have I landed?
I wanted to escape
But now I'm caged within
I am a prisoner
Of this wretched disease
Now it's so quiet here
I hear regret scream in my head
I am the avalanche
Rolling down the mountain
See me spin, fold & flail
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On My Own
03:40
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Abused mind
Tattered heart
No sense of time
I'm falling apart
Lost all my pride
Wish I could shake this
Inside these eyes
Lies and hatred
I want to run away
I want to dig my own grave
Cause I'm on my own
And I am so down
I feel so alone
When everyone's around
You couldn't save me from myself or my problem
Now I will spend another night alone
I've redefined
What it means to die
Alive outside
The inner fades
My heart and soul
In different places
What they can't see
Behind smiling faces
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5. |
Hell In Me
03:18
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Here we go
Won't let them in
Won't let them win
I'll use what I've learned to break free
From the hell in me
Everywhere I turn
There are evil forces trying to bury me
Every time I listen
There are choirs of voices calling out to me
Every time I see their grinning faces
I'm drawn in like a magnet
The past is dead
Let it rest in peace - take the ash to sea
Still in my head
Shadows always cast - I just can't let it be
The memory never truly erases what I used to be
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6. |
The Poison
04:32
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I've been holding back tears hiding behind a fake smile
I've been biding my time in chasing out my demons
Been ignoring the fact that I'm right back
Where I've always been
Back to square one - ending my run
Each day is the first
Buy me another round and I'll tell you my life's story
I bear the crown of a fallen king who's lost his glory
I tried to cleanse the sickness
Why do I think I need this?
Since I'm already here I might as well just stay a while
Since I've already broken my vow - there's no turning back now
Let me drink the poison
Let me become what I've always despised
Look in these eyes
See me turn to dust
Live through reflections
A truth and a lie
Only one gets out alive
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End of Days
04:28
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I wish I could fly away from here
I just wanted to escape
And if I see the Sun rise
I'll change my ways
Life never mattered to me
Til the end of days
This world of pain
No hope
Cry out in vain
Still sorrow
Deal with the devil find hope in the bottom of a bottle
But it all was a lit and I'm dying inside
My life is wasted
I thought that I could break away from it
I thought it would be easy
But now I'm fighting and I am losing
I am in chains
I'm fighting - I'm losing
I am in chains
I will overcome
I will break free from this
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8. |
Remember When
03:38
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I remember when addiction began
And I buried it deep down, yeah
There's a part of me fed by vanity
In a self-destructive way, yeah
I won't be ruled by it
I'll stand and fight
As I look back upon my life
I find I've wasted all this time
If I only knew
There I was again slippin into sin
Sick of feeling subhuman, yeah
Have I always been such a heathen?
Won't let the devil drag me down again, yeah
I won't be fooled by him
Cause this ends tonight
Now's the time for change
Time for me to rearrange my life
Make things right
As I look back upon my life
I find I've wasted all this time
And now I know
There's a chance to do things right
I'm just a child of the night
And I found light
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Child of Sacrifice
03:34
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Just when I thought my life couldn't be
You came to stand beside me
I heard your voice - your words so clear
They washed away all my fear
I've mastered the art of singularity
There is a distance between you and me
Stronger now and we won't break
We built the foundation to withstand the blaze
And with these wings we'll learn to fly
We won't forget our sacrifice
Our sacrifice
At times we fought for normalcy
At times embraced insanity
But you were there to lend an ear
When no one else would listen
We're stronger now
We won't back down
We'll hold our ground
We're stronger now
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Signal Fire
04:49
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Rising from the ash
Power surges in
Ready for a war
They never stood a chance
Determination fortified
You will hear our battle cry
Smoke filled up the sky
I saw the signal fire rise
God - even the gods can't save them
From what they have coming to them now
Marching heads held high
Exterminating them
Looking to the sky
Avenging the fallen
I watched the city fall
I knew I failed them all
Their will to live fading
But they still call my name
Hoping that I have changed
Fighting my way through hell
I'm fighting through this hell
Now they have become forsaken - forgotten
They dug their own grave
Time is running out
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Into the Black
03:34
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I know that will and determination exist inside of me
I know that I will rise above this - I will be set free
I believe that time heals all our wounds
We can regenerate our souls
I'm resurrected (I won't look back)
I was disconnected (I went cardiac)
Lost my sight (I am blind)
All my life (searching for the real)
And I have weathered the sands of time
I have gathered all my pride
Now's my chance to remember how to feel
I'll raise the banner and go to war
Freedom is worth fighting for
Into the black I sail
The tide brings the war
Into the night I sail
And race towards the shore
Let's start (this over again)
We were heartless (now we love again)
How long (we've walked so long)
Together (we will cleanse the wicked world)
Renewed (inner strength)
We will (embrace the change)
We are reborn this fateful night
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12. |
Through the Flames
05:38
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I know what's inside me
I know what I'll become
Just trust the truth in my heart
And manifest it all
To heal the ailing body
To vindicate the soul
To clear the cluttered mind
To climb out of this hole
Through the flames - the trials I face
To make it to heaven I'll go through hell
Ascending - strength beyond strength
Defending what's left of me
As I stared into the abyss
I saw a faint glimmer - a light waiting to emerge
As I walked the path laid before me
It's growing ever closer
Cobblestone streets - lit by braziers
Blistering feet and nothing to fear
You've been here before and you'll be here again
Forever a struggle the pain never ends
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Litost Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Litost is Joe Laramore, John Rackowski and Matt Smith. Our sound is a fusion of hard rock and metal, spanning several
subgenres.
Since 2012, we have written, recorded, and engineered our music from our home studios in Wisconsin & Nevada.
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