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by Kingdom

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1.
Harbinger 02:01
You can't break me Against my throat a persuasive blade Talks me under a man without a face As I inhale with the first pang of pain The girl I was a breath ago slips away When I stand the world's a battlefield Though I know now it always was Where so many share his silhouette So many cower under his threat We, the 51%... but I who am one less I'm a living message A promise of vengeance Oh how surprised he'll be to find he's made a warrior of me! The shake of my virgin thighs rings out through time like a war cry calling Calling: "Make them suffer Make them plead" Erase them to the memory Oracle eyes I see through sites And I've become your destiny HARBINGER I laugh when he approaches, yeah he misinterprets me He sees a smile as my lips curl into a sneer (Teeth bared) And a sparkle in my eyes as I strike the flint (Fuse lit) He's not afraid but I'll teach him fear He's not ashamed but I'll make him revere it Let him try to rally his boys, yeah bring 'em right to me The sun rounds the earth again and again I've spent my years swingin' at faceless men My victory may be a bitter one But all will know this one thing when I am done: You can't break me
2.
Regenerate 02:42
A tremor starts from deep within In a palsied final rattling I toss my eyes to fertile fields For clarity in next harvest's yield REGENERATE In rumination of ruination We cultivate ourselves With hate and compassion With the heirloom artistry of the meek We weave our weaker threads into a tapestry Our place defined Side by side The naivety you plead disgusts me With all your justifications Can you justify a death for no reason? With all your sympathy Why don't you sympathize with agony? The naivety you plead DISGUSTS ME When every root is bound And every cry the same sound Then they become we become I Our stories align, intertwine Like yarn spun of each betrayal of those denied The lesson in suffering is to lessen all suffering So I make this offering: Be free of me Be free REGENERATE How is one step away enough for you, the accomplice To separate from your conscience? We're of earth then life, of beast then flesh Only after are we human Our place defined Side by side Regenerate They are We are I
3.
Wax And Wane 01:33
This is just to bring me 'round This is just to make me full Wax and wane My phase, my fate Maybe if the stars aligned Maybe if it were just right I'd stop tonight Free myself in pure black skies But everything is white A shiver, a shake I can't leave this place Wax and wane If it were just right, You know I'd stop tonight But everything is white I'm waning I'm waning I'm waning You'll see, someday I'll put out the light I cast down onto this universal blight But so many'll be left burning bright
4.
Life to soul Life to soul Gather round and I'll show you how We place bones Into a man's Life and soul Life and soul Using only slight of badge We'll avert your eyes From truth to lies Could we have a volunteer? (Yes, you!) The woman who lost her children from neglect and abuse Have you any wild claims to make today? "Arrest their father" (Plunge his name to the depths of shame) "He's a molester" (Worthier of blame) "100's my proof" (Now this should arouse our suspicions) But we're gonna make it An inquistion! In our next act We'll fabricate evidence Coerce underage witnesses Then use a bit of hearsay to convict He'll never come back from this ACAB Now don't try this at home, not that you can Since we hold down the monopoly on legal violence Watch in wonder as in the beat of a baton We leave a criminal laying where once there was none Feast your eyes on the illusion of justice and law No, it doesn't exist at all! A broken home- LIFE Or fractured bones- SOUL Or a loss of dignity It's all in the show! You've been such a captive audience So in a grand finale of crooked consequence We'll charge you all with innocence And lock you up with the rest of them

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Recorded in October 2010 by Mike Reaves in Richmond, Virginia. Mixed and Mastered by Chris Dowhan. 7" Vinyl and Digital Download available from Dead Truth Recordings.

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released June 21, 2011

Vocals - Davin Bernard
Guitar - David Hayter
Bass - Pames Jollard
Drums - Mike Reaves

Cover Art photocopied, drawn, and painted by Davin. Digital conversion/editing by Nick Smith.

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