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Chapter 1: The Whithering Spirit, Our Collective Struggle

by ramon gris

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Cold Concrete Dreams 03:18
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its okay if you leave tonight, youve already thrown me out. am i that disposable to you. in the end im always the one alone. i cant see right, i cant feel right, the sun is gone, i am alone. i cant see right, i cant feel right, i have somehow forgotten you now. my love has left me homeless, drowning on heartache, drunk off your scent. crying out softly, under quiet moonlight, please take me home.
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Contempt for the Lost 04:50
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from the ground up i could hear the last words that you said, "itll all break down when the sun goes down i'll die" with every broken promise, your failures they come clear. if ive hurt you so much then, where are the scars. sophisticated and cool you hold yourself, but i can see right to your lonely core my love. when the last page is turned how will they remember you? i will tell them of your sins, your fears, your every last hope. your hollow existence disgusts every inch of me, memory, memory be gone. where is this beauty in taking your own. oh how i miss you. oh how i miss you, can you hear me cry. cry, die, lie, with me one last time. every second i breathe, i breathe for you. if you are looking up from the grave, please don't let go of my hand.
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Swan Song (Intro) 06:40
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Chapter 1 manifesto:

To whomever this may concern,

The time has finally come. For too long have they stolen from us the very essence of punk and hardcore to create a brutal mockery in its name. They tell us we are part of a dying movement, that we are only desperately trying hold on to something that in today's ultra-consumerist world has been made wholly irrelevant. But to those who accuse us of the above we raise our fists and scream NO.
Our message, our spirit is timeless. Punk has proven itself over and over again to transcend both time and space. Strong grassroots movements have risen all around the world. The youth of every corner of the world continue to rejoice in the spirit of punk decades after its birth. So what happened to our own home, our own city? Why is it that the spirit is now, at a time when we need it most, withering away? No matter how small it may be, a voice is a voice. An impact is an impact.
Punk rock is about passion. It is mutual respect, it is both love and hate. It is anger, it is desperation. It is a true reflection of the human condition. It can be ugly, just as it can be beautiful. It can be bitter and sweet, rough and smooth. It is raw. It is powerful. We are all here because at one point or another the spirit has gripped us, and it has changed us! We have since desperately tried to find our piece of the spirit of punk which we may call our own, which we may leave our own mark upon. They can destroy our music, they can run it through every mass commercial campaign and drain the very essence of our voice, but we will always be here. You cannot kill passion. You will only make us angrier. They have only given us more reason to bite back. This is our time.
The time has come for us to create our own landscape. To show them why we are still here. It is time for us to remember that very spirit which grabbed us years ago and make it our own. Nothing is impossible. Everything is worth it. We will have strength through community, through number, and most importantly through spirit. We only have one chance in our given time.

I refuse to stand by and let them drive my voice into the ground.
I will stand on my own and I will make them hear me.
My voice is powerful, no matter how small it may seem
And to those who don't believe me
I will only work harder to make you hear
make you understand
make you believe.

"Hardcore must remain kinetic. Its time to evolve."

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released June 3, 2010

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