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Dead End

by Taking Alpha

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1.
N.P.E. 01:47
So much anger building up inside They never let it out All that sadness makes them want to cry And they don’t know what it’s about We turn to distraction Embracing inaction Finding a way to stay simply okay Remaining unfeeling Veils never unpeeling Killed so slowly every single day So much anger building up inside I never let it out All this madness let out with a sigh And I know what it’s about Not pissed enough
2.
So many voices in my head Shouting out, I seek the quiet of my youth Spitting lies, fog is overhead Can't figure out which voice is telling me any truth Cut them off Release my mind Give me a sign Draw me the line Set me free Fuck what they say Show me a way To disobey What they instilled in me I rip myself into shreds By growing whispers in my head Align myself with their thoughts Until my will is all but dead One by one, I'll pull every weed Remove the faces sitting on my shelf Sever the lines to the hate they breed Until the only one I doubt is myself My breaking point Has now been reached My breaking point These walls were breached Lift these restraints Help me regain My unconstraint Help me rebuild my will Lead me someplace Where I can replace This fall to disgrace Let my conscience be still I rip myself into shreds By growing whispers in my head Align myself with their thoughts Until my will is dead But not this time No, I've had enough Fuck them and their vision I will find my own way End this inner fission I will find my own way
3.
Dead End 03:33
This place I’m in is all a lie Your world is a dead end Don’t even try to rule my life Or call yourself my friend You hold me back, as if a slave While I simply pretend My best interest and your ill intent Will never make amends Disregard the time I gave to your cause I forsake my dreams and hear the applause Why do you thrive on suffering Is this all you adore If I survive this illusion You’re game will be no more For it is told, that with my life A meaning shall be filled I will bear out some destiny Even if I am killed Even if I am killed I will break out But was it all for nothing, all this senseless misery Does it stand for something in this dishonest imagery Can I be forgiven for ever trusting all your lies And will they ever listen to someone from the other side Of this dead end Disregard the time I once gave to your cause I restored my life and I heard the applause
4.
Overloaded 03:12
Another day and I am over it This is no way to live, but it's where I sit This emptiness inside is how I feel all the time Stuck inside these walls — is this where I die I'd rather die than have your security So give me the axe or just drive it into me So here I am, still here — haven't turned the page Feeling my life fade, digesting in this cage Just bitterness inside till the resentment climbs I'll find my way out and claim the one place that's mine I dream of days where I feel the trees And see the world as I please I hear the chants of wars in my head But then they laugh, and fill me with dread Living in these confines, trapped in outlines Built by the architects who seek to kill my mind Celebrating docility, they rob me of my ability To think for myself and leave them all behind Don't act like you know me Or pretend you know my heart Don't act like you know me Your eyes misled you from the start Your lies misled me from the fucking start Living in a box just isn't for me No, I'll tear it apart (I'll fucking tear it apart) And quench the thirst of my will to be free With the blood dripping down from my broken fingers
5.
Solitude 04:01
This is my life now Where will I turn Will someone show me how To let this fire burn This trail is unmarked, a path seldom walked The trees witness few who have broken their locks For a life so divine, and a meaning so pure The stones provide comfort for those who endure their truths Solitude, I sing to you The silence of legends has seen my heart through Solitude, I sing to you What once was a prison has left me to stand anew I never believed I could be so free Though painful illusions still creep into me So I hold my head high and walk through the mist And whenever I falter, willpower shines through clenched fists Solitude, I sing to you The silence of legends has seen my heart through Solitude, I sing to you What once was a prison has left me to stand anew Fear me, Deceit, I have outlasted you Return to the depths with the waning few Who believe in you and your age-old lies You have no more purpose, for I have opened my eyes I’m so alone right now Is this too much for me This glowing light knows how To lead me to victory And yet, I doubt I push through the fear And see the growing sky The wolves will never hear A regretful cry A regretful cry from me

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released August 13, 2019

Written & recorded by Joseph Acosta for Taking Alpha. Mixed & mastered by Yam Levi, Mockingbird Productions.

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Taking Alpha Denver, Colorado

Fresh, grass-fed hardcore/metal from the Colorado Rockies.

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Joseph Acosta
Jacob Naylor
Mirna Ayshoa

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