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The Cousin of Death

by Choke Me

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1.
Do some fucking good, arm the fucking neighborhood When there's nothing left take it all and fuck the rest Everything is free, help your own community Do some fucking good and arm the fucking neighborhood What crime isn't quickly justified when you're forced to break the law to survive when tomorrow isn't guaranteed to come and today is filled with nothing but the pain, that remains when you wake up and it chases you all day I'm small but we are big, we can take back the means I'm one but we are more, nothing less than everything As one we stand our ground, using hunger, using thirst Alone we stand no chance, nothing back only forward Back in the hands, that gave it life Collective upheaval Do some fucking good, arm the fucking neighborhood Collective upheaval When there's nothing left take it all and fuck the rest Collective upheaval Everything is free, help your own community Collective upheaval Do some fucking good and arm the fucking neighborhood
2.
Lost Time 01:30
Something more than this, our inheritance Already broken at our expense There's nothing left just let it fall A full collapse will right the wrong This lost time is an endless loop, devoid of truth This lost time that won't release, we're on repeat Coming face to face, conditioned fear and hate A false reality, white washed to be clean The poison in the clouds The stains that bleach the ground Every last drop of blood is on these hands Of these hands We have to face the fact, we're the villains of the past Rewritten history, there's no end we just start again This our inheritance, it's uneven at another's expense A world built on the backs of the fallen that feeds on keeping people at the bottom This lost time came at a price, pain in lives This lost time, we're deaf and blind by design The poison in the clouds The stains that bleach the ground Every last drop of blood is on these hands Of these hands We have to face the fact, we're the villains of the past Rewritten history, there's no end we just start again Just let it burn
3.
No we don't fucking need you A poison nothing's immune You're a disease on everything A controlled burn to consume The one thing standing between a jail cell or living free The wedge in our community Get the fuck out Kill then ask questions, excessive force Pulling the trigger with no remorse How do you sleep knowing the pain We all are clean you are the stain You fucking hide behind a shield that keeps your true intent concealed A mask won't last we see you You are the weight that keeps us down The impediment standing in the way from taking back what belongs to us If you dare to struggle you dare to win You're all the same, hired to murder There's no thin line you are disorder It's all the same, murder renamed and justified through lies to misdirect the blame Sent out to scorch the earth so everything will die Like salt you burn the earth so everything will die You fucking hide behind a shield that keeps your true intent concealed A mask won't last we see you Kill then ask questions, excessive force Pulling the trigger with no remorse How do you sleep knowing the pain We all are clean you are the stain No we don't fucking need you A poison nothing's immune You're a disease on everything A controlled burn to consume The one thing standing between a jail cell or living free The wedge in our community Get the fuck out
4.
From day one you've been told everything you want is under your control The American Dream if a fucking lie just feeding the machine When you think you're coming up with something new Adding weight you didn't earn to what you do We all center you and your conditioned faith that turns a blind eye to a world that keeps you safe Fuck me, fuck you Nothing's different, nothing is the same Fuck me, fuck you We're all different, we are all the same You don't deserve anything better than the rest of us we all feel the same pain You don't deserve anything different from the rest of us we all bleed out the same When the light comes to take you When real life comes to break you When there's no place left to hide When all that's left is survive If you want a picture of the future imagine a boot stomping on your face (forever) If you want a picture of the future imagine a boot stomping on your face Stepping on your face Hey - time to stand up and to fucking fight Hey - time to stand up as one and fight Take to, take it to the streets Take everything you need by force through numbers Take to, take it to the streets Take everything you need by force Everything keeps closing in while suffocating all within Everything is closing in and choking out the fight within We stand united We fall divided Collective defiance to mandated compliance Collective defiance
5.
Crippling debt, endless bills, Keep moving or you will die Out of breath, don't slow down, Keep this pace for the rest of your life Go to school, get a job, Check each box while your health declines Play the part, know your role, Take the open place in line Nothing left Bleed out to the last drop The breaking point A suicide buy cop Destroy or you will be destroyed Left with nothing and with no choice Violence is at the system's heart Violence used to keep us apart Everything's been mapped out, every single breath Bring you into this world, slow walk you to your death Nothing left Bleed out to the last drop The breaking point A suicide buy cop Pick your poison, quick death or draw it out We're all meant to fail, some with but most without When you need to eat, stop so you can breathe Take whatever you need Take back everything It's only crime, break the laws of broken people It's only crime, making survival illegal Bleed for you, bleed for me Not for them bleed for something
6.
Every Part 01:11
Everything I hide rising up again Every day's a fight that I never win In an endless loop, constant up and down Bracing for the crash, racing to the end This is it, this is part of me Without lies, without nothing This is part of me Something loud so I can hear Another way that I can feel Something bright so I can see Another way that is more real Sitting at a sprint These walls are closing in Running out of time The walls are closing in Something loud so I can hear Another way that I can feel Something bright so I can see Another way that is more real Every part of me Something real Every part of me
7.
On the Watch 03:39
Devoid of light, nothing but weight Holding you down, suffocating pinned in place When it just won't stop, when it never ends All of the sacrifices start over again This is your life, be on the watch There are ways out, somewhere to cross You only die once but live everyday Death is finite but life will still remain This life is death It's all that's left Fuck the oppressive state Fuck the cops filled with hate Fuck every last person who thinks they own your fate Go all out, there is no bottom just the ground Every last terrible thing All the hurt and all the pain Won't change a god damn thing Your life is your life So fuck it all, everything behind you is the same So fuck it all, every reminder fuels the flame Death is more universal than life Everyone dies not everyone lives It's better to burn out than to fade away Losing myself, I tried everything To find courage I knew in youth Welcome the hell that was killing you Devoid of light, nothing but weight Holding you down, suffocation pinned in place The arroyo's wet, the deluge won't stop It will go dry, everything will have it's end This is your life, be on the watch There are ways out, somewhere to cross You only die once but live everyday Death is finite but life will still remain This life is death It's all that's left Life is death- darkness makes everything more bright Life is death- the black makes everything more white This is the last breath you will ever take Will you just let it dissipate Every minute you are alive, go! Every moment passing you by, go! This is the last breath you will ever take Will you just throw it all away
8.
When will it stop chasing me What you can't unsee We keep reliving the past Our lost history Death by noise, Death by a thousand cuts, Everyone's to blame, Everyone's the victim Everyone's the same Why won't it go the fuck away, a shadow that remains blackens every day, whiteness is a stain When you're given everything nothing will be enough When you think this centers you, gifted grace from above Loss for me has consumed everything I don't need anything more than you Insert yourself into another's fate Self deception that you carry any weight We are all death, destroyer of worlds
9.
The same way into this life The same way out we all die The same choices we make will deviate Separate unequal Scaled of justice, the imbalance Blindfolded truth breeds violence Two different lines that we walk Different rules written in chalk Ghosts from our past alive today The hardships that we all face The same mistakes we all make Divergent paths we take that choose our face Separate unequal
10.
Useful Idiot 01:14
We want it all without the work, force fed we feed Leave it to someone else to tell us how to think The ground is shifting while we're staring at the lights For entertainment trade away your rights The circus is the new bread Amusement to our death Like a cloud hanging over our head More leaves us all with less We are the useful idiot Self medicate to block it out but it plays into the game Sit back and wait, it's all the same It's a brave new world stuck in 1984 A willing public and oppressive state control Follow the leader to make sure you're never last The people do their bidding without being told The circus is the new bread Amusement to our death Like a cloud hanging over our head More leaves us all with less We are the useful idiot
11.
It's not a tragedy if we don't all agree Nothing is lost, nothing is gained Social credit score shielding you from the world All the time you waste, every moment you erase is gone This life is burned under the gun We're all on the same sinking ship We bail together or we sink What's your agony, voyeur or vanity Hating your self, fake it through hell Living in the clouds telling others what's allowed All the time we waste, every moment we erase is gone This life is burned under the gun We're all on the same sinking ship We bail together or we sink This world's alive It's burning while we're safe inside
12.
One more drink to keep blurring the past to keep pushing back reality One more drink to forget what I've lost Never had, never will, never be Kill your gods! Burn your past, there's no fate Kill your gods! One chance to live today One more drink and I'm feeling ok about everything that's gone away About living in violence while beaten to silence Kill your gods! Bury your past, there is no fate No tomorrow, only today Take the pain, it's the same, it never stops Fuck your hope, fuck your dreams, fuck all your thoughts It never stops

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released June 26, 2020

Choke Me is:
Bass/Vocals: Staxx Tightsey
Guitar/Vocals: Wesley Richards
Drums: Nate Williams

-The Cousin of Death was recorded over May 1st and 2nd at Riot Ready Records in Inglewood, CA
-All songs mixed and mastered by Wesley Richards

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