Innervate / Obliterate

by M.E.L.T.

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Ride 03:49
Take turns, let it burn away A man’s laughter always turns to rage Our loss is always their’s to gain We can’t live within the world we made Our world is falling before our eyes You can’t let it stop Let it ride! What’s been done is nothing new Share our eyes and share the view Deny what we can’t undo Force-fed pretense that will stand as truth Our world is falling before our eyes You can’t let it stop Let it ride!
3.
Chemical chemical Brave the elemental Chemical warrior Warrior warrior On the eve of battle Chemical warrior Chemical warrior Chaos existential Chemical warrior Chemical warrior Imminent unravel Chemical warrior In this world we share Wandering without a care Just how will we fare? Of this life unaware Chemical chemical Frontier supernatural Chemical warrior Warrior warrior Mentally dismantle Chemical warrior Chemical warrior Peril exponential Chemical warrior Chemical warrior Preservation primal Chemical warrior What state do we seek Solace and a quick release Soon drown in the deep Forever chemically Now listen chemical warrior Deliver us from hell
4.
Cut It Up 03:45
Another wide eyed sunrise Can’t help the look that’s in my eyes You think you feel better than me I promise you don’t! Come sit down next to me We’ll CUT IT UP! Cut it up Blowing up In the middle of everything Cut it up Blowing Up In the morning of haze The silence comes within some time Why is my brain filled with such slime? You wanna watch? You wanna see! I promise you don’t! Come sit down next to me We’ll CUT IT UP
5.
Tranquilized 05:12
The world is cold And my bones are weak So hold me close and don't let go until I peak Suffocate my soul and spill my spoiled blood upon the floor I can't sleep I need to be Tranquilized Acquired taste Close your eyes Sedate I’ll be fine Tranquilized Every breath I take a quivering disgrace My heart starts kicking and kicking and kicking and kicking Dust and gold and vestiges of purpose laughing in my face Who's to blame, when I need to remain? Tranquilized Acquired taste Close your eyes Sedate I’ll be fine Tranquilized
6.
2000 Years 02:47
Busy busy boy He’s a mean old man Who fights stones with flame In the desert 2000 years And its still the same No end in sight To the fight for Power in the promised land Claim to be in his right hand Murder, death justified Comfy where we reside Why do we perpetuate Intolerance and so much hate How can we turn aside The useless loss of so much life Silly little boy He’s an angry man Who dwells in a cave Feeling hate for All of those folks Who can’t be named You have the same god Still you fight for A busy boy That’s a mean old man Who fights stones with flame In the desert 2000 years and it’s still the same No end in sight To the fight for Well now how did we get ourselves into this mess? Right here right now. Was it love? Was it hate?! Our need to persevere?! Seems more like fear rage ignorance and hate to me. Come with us now as we trudge forward through the shit that is this world we must live. Dark dull and dire with weak willed pawns in a game they cannot win. And who do we have to blame? You? Me? No one knows. But one thing is for certain…enjoy every moment you are given because well, fuck it.
7.
All at once They come at us To change Empire of the swine We are not Not at all The same Everything is fine They are so scared Or are they just deranged? Civilized decline Made a POINT to appease But it’s still the fuckin same! Sun sets on the back of the heads of the piggies eating out of the trough Hogs pave a parade to the grave and save the receipts for the slop Time has come To admit The shame Empire of the swine Just how far We will go Can’t say Sycophant divine Led us to slaughter But you lost the game Sanity unwinds Sour candy, plant the garden, Better make some fuckin waves! Swift end from a stun to the head what a rush to expire with smile Blood spills in the sty and the squeals will define the empire of the swine
8.
The Spire 03:25
Hide in the eyes of the horror Out for us to see Describe the high we chase after That’s gone so far and deep Baptize the skies that we fall through And lies we cannot keep Despite the prize that we swallow That forces us to sleep Drape the remains from the spire Bled till the flesh is expired Laid to waste in the sky Stare down the barrel that guides you Blindly with the creeps Bear now the terror that’s borrowed And none of us can keep Tear out the hair that’s beside you So we cannot see And blare now the scare that we all fare And coming now to reap Drape the remains from the spire Bled till the flesh is expired Laid to waste in the sky Make no mistake the demise Severs the neck of the night Ages fade in the pyre
9.
Krakatoa 03:29
A molten sea Filled with rock and bone Expectedly It’ll knock you off your throne What stops you from enjoying All of the rain? Look up and stop avoiding All that is left in vain Accept your final panic Within your brain Embrace what was invaded And now ordained Come fly with me Embrace the touch of death Acceptance please As you take your last breath
10.
Mass Grave 03:39
Bombs break Worlds shake There’s no running away It not what’s in your eyes With who we are Bloodshed is on display Thats such a good disguise Our time Unwinds As we step into haze Look up what is that cloud We’ve come too far Just to live in a mass grave Let’s all just join the crowd Oceans of blood no escape Mass Grave What is ‘you’ is running away White lies Demise With a life never saved There’s no hope that is no lie Our panic’s haunting Those in the flames Act like a spoiled child Machines Come clean Through the world we enslaved A total war where no one wins We won’t bow down To the plight of the mass grave A lot of faith with all the sin They’ll switch your blood no escape Mass Grave What is ‘you’ is goin’ away Oceans of blood no escape Mass Grave Welcome to our mass grave Magnitude Plummets us all Further Down When we fall Shouting through The white of our eye Smoke dies We cry With a world we forgave That look has left your eyes Our suffering Is the mark of the mass grave What a good disguise Oceans of blood no escape Mass Grave What is ‘you’ is runnin’ away They’ll switch your blood no escape Mass Grave Welcome to our MASS GRAVE!
11.
Gnomeskull 06:41
Lured by fortune, forced by greed And promises we keep We blaze the trail that’s vowed to us Despite the misconceived Don’t look in his eyes The eyes of ours have worn with age And spoken what we see We find ourselves foot in a grave And lost among the leaves Why must this go on Look to the star-pocked ceiling Forever my home What we want And what we know Puts it all to rest We will grow Our seeds we sow And slowly disconnect Roam Roam away The skin is cracked and peeling Why must this go on? Oh Now welcome to the forest A life is undone Just listen for our chorus A song left unsung. Oh how I’m turned to stone Strayed too far from home Now gaze into the forest All of the trees gone Your stories thwart our chorus The end of our song oh It’s wet and dripping meanly His look is upon Not knowing full the meaning I feel it come on oh While we wander We become undone He has followed Waiting for the hunt Soon we will be home Futures made by What we demonstrate History spayed by What we replicate Don’t look in his eyes It’s wet and dripping meanly His look is upon Not knowing full the meaning I feel it come on oh The skin is cracked and peeling

credits

released October 3, 2025

Thank you to…
Nate, Chris, Emily, Kat, Joe & Mary Jude, Jim & Lynne, Cary & Benny.

All songs written by M.E.L.T.

Joey Troupe - Guitar/Vocals
James May - Bass Guitar/Vocals
J.J. Young - Drums/Vocals/Percussion/Theremin

Additional organ & synth (tracks 3,4, & 11) performed by Kat Polaski

Recorded and mixed by Nate Campisi, PK Camp February 26 - March 3, 2025
Additional recording & mixing done at Mr. Smalls Recording Studio March 2025

Mastered by JJ Golden, Golden Mastering, April 2025

Artwork by Emily Wooddell

LP Layout by J.J. Young

Photography by Christopher Sprowls

Booklet Drawings by James May

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M.E.L.T. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

M.E.L.T. is a Pittsburgh-based fuzz rock band formed by Joey Troupe, JJ Young, and James May – three seasoned musicians with a diverse range of experience in the music industry. In 2021, M.E.L.T. released their self-titled debut and performed live for the first time, quickly making a name for themselves in Pittsburgh music for their lively stage presence and extraterrestrial-inspired aesthetic ... more

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