Hey, heres a link to our (Shallow Breath, a newish hardcore band out of Grand Rapids) demo we just put out, its four songs and has lyrics and explanations for everything. The physical copies are a tape and a 12 page zine.
http://www.mediafire.com/?d11jspnbrqe0ctf
The lyrics are:
Protect and Serve
shot down and left to die
a child in the streets
dead for daring to speak his mind
throw to the ground
hands behind your back
executed
color perceived as threat
who do you serve
what do you protect
a patsy for power and wealth
your rule goes unchecked
without you you tell us we would die
but 187 on a cop we reply
a system dependent on violence to keep those in line
whos right to dignityhas been denied
wealth necessitates poverty
you need an underclass to do you bidding
so you've drawn up an army
to prevent the poor from revolting
and so lines are drawn as clear as fucking day
you'll be shaking in riot gear
as you hear us say
no justice no peace fuck the police
Officer
you will never be
my authority
You manifest the sickness that plagues us all
enforces of a culture thats set to fall
you're racist sexist homophobic pieces of shit
you're courts will never force to submit
his name was oscar grant
Just the Start
With flames flickering I see the birth of an age
when humans stop the slaughter and open every cage
every burnt up lab brings us closer to the day
when humans stop the slaughter and open every cage
a life confined every aspect controlled
when living beings can be bought and sold
in the name of science progress and research
we lose our ability to see how animals hurt
stripped of all the qualities that give a creature life
they've become anotherblood red dollar sign
no more excuses no more lies
this isnt science it's fucking genocide
you mother fuckers take these words to heart
property destruction is just the start
liberation for humans and animals alike
is tied up in destroying a system in which life
is worthless
the helpless
need this
system to fall
Dismantle/Renew
Let the dams burst and rip through this land
to cleanse the ground so we can begin again
parasitic pestilence A culture of death
commodify the living till theres nothing left
dollars dictate direction never based on whats just
progress is a death march that's why we must
dismantle renew
destroy what destroys you
as the forests fallsand species go extinct
our obsession with expanding capital we never think
this land is our home our giver of life
it destruction is out end as we fade into the night
and what is our response to this destruction?
to "go green"?
to consume less mearly to keep consuming?
indulging in our self righteous smugness mean while,
the world burns!
tear down the culture built on 2000 years of oppression
bring it to its knees and force it into submission
Let the flood wash over cover the earth in its dew
as the old is swept away let us start anew
dismantle renew
Steal Away
We are here to begin the tomorrows
where a man like you pays for the path he chose
tearing what we love to claim what's inside
until all that is left is a chemical mind
Using secret weapons to gain control over a life
we have the clarity to see through your lies
Taking what you want to feel like a man
in the eyes of a culture that doesn't understand
to love anothers soul you must recognize
they are more than flesh, look into their eyes
distorting perceptions with callous hands that have no shame
these actions will not go unnoticed
and with admiration for dignity we must not allow
the tormented to be left unavenged
you will taste what you've done
if it takes our lives
taking back what was never yours
begin to heal these broken doors
left in your wake
steal away (a promise)
steal away
steal away(of pain)
steal away
You have no right to anothers body
they are not yours
not an object to be controlled
http://www.mediafire.com/?d11jspnbrqe0ctf
The lyrics are:
Protect and Serve
shot down and left to die
a child in the streets
dead for daring to speak his mind
throw to the ground
hands behind your back
executed
color perceived as threat
who do you serve
what do you protect
a patsy for power and wealth
your rule goes unchecked
without you you tell us we would die
but 187 on a cop we reply
a system dependent on violence to keep those in line
whos right to dignityhas been denied
wealth necessitates poverty
you need an underclass to do you bidding
so you've drawn up an army
to prevent the poor from revolting
and so lines are drawn as clear as fucking day
you'll be shaking in riot gear
as you hear us say
no justice no peace fuck the police
Officer
you will never be
my authority
You manifest the sickness that plagues us all
enforces of a culture thats set to fall
you're racist sexist homophobic pieces of shit
you're courts will never force to submit
his name was oscar grant
Just the Start
With flames flickering I see the birth of an age
when humans stop the slaughter and open every cage
every burnt up lab brings us closer to the day
when humans stop the slaughter and open every cage
a life confined every aspect controlled
when living beings can be bought and sold
in the name of science progress and research
we lose our ability to see how animals hurt
stripped of all the qualities that give a creature life
they've become anotherblood red dollar sign
no more excuses no more lies
this isnt science it's fucking genocide
you mother fuckers take these words to heart
property destruction is just the start
liberation for humans and animals alike
is tied up in destroying a system in which life
is worthless
the helpless
need this
system to fall
Dismantle/Renew
Let the dams burst and rip through this land
to cleanse the ground so we can begin again
parasitic pestilence A culture of death
commodify the living till theres nothing left
dollars dictate direction never based on whats just
progress is a death march that's why we must
dismantle renew
destroy what destroys you
as the forests fallsand species go extinct
our obsession with expanding capital we never think
this land is our home our giver of life
it destruction is out end as we fade into the night
and what is our response to this destruction?
to "go green"?
to consume less mearly to keep consuming?
indulging in our self righteous smugness mean while,
the world burns!
tear down the culture built on 2000 years of oppression
bring it to its knees and force it into submission
Let the flood wash over cover the earth in its dew
as the old is swept away let us start anew
dismantle renew
Steal Away
We are here to begin the tomorrows
where a man like you pays for the path he chose
tearing what we love to claim what's inside
until all that is left is a chemical mind
Using secret weapons to gain control over a life
we have the clarity to see through your lies
Taking what you want to feel like a man
in the eyes of a culture that doesn't understand
to love anothers soul you must recognize
they are more than flesh, look into their eyes
distorting perceptions with callous hands that have no shame
these actions will not go unnoticed
and with admiration for dignity we must not allow
the tormented to be left unavenged
you will taste what you've done
if it takes our lives
taking back what was never yours
begin to heal these broken doors
left in your wake
steal away (a promise)
steal away
steal away(of pain)
steal away
You have no right to anothers body
they are not yours
not an object to be controlled
