Watch It Die

by HOME FRONT

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1.
Watch It Die 03:25
WATCH IT DIE Whatever Happened To Youth’s Simplicity
 Got Complicated- Is This How You Pictured Life To Be
 They Called You A Wild One- Born In the Wrong Century
 Trapped In The Nightmare Of Your Father’s Dreams
 In The Blink Of An Eye 
Time Flies By 
From The Day You Were Born 
They Pick & Pull At You 
’til You’re Gone
 Forever
 You Reach Out To Touch 
Something Tangible 
They Say Play It Safe
 Keep It Manageable 
You Pick The Wild Ones Off The Vine 
To Watch It Die 
To Watch It Die 
In This Time Of Madness 
How Does This Beauty Survive
 Watch It Die
 Watch It Die 
Lie Back
 Relax
 Take A Little Time 
You’re Older Now 
You’ll Grow Up & Calm Down
 Tired Lessons They Teach 
Spray Painting Slogans 
For A Future So Out Of Reach 
You’re Running Down The Backstreet 
Toward Something Not Meant To Be 
Destination Unknown 
When We’re RunningThat's When We’re Free
 The Golden Thread 
 That Binds Us All
 Hangs Like A Noose 
For The Curtain Call
 You Pick The Wild Ones Off The Vine
 To Watch It Die
To Watch It Die
 It Hurts To Fail
 When You Fall You Just Wanna Cry
 Watch It Die 
Watch It Die
 Watch It Die
 They Watch You Die
 
Watch It All Die

2.
New Madness 02:19
NEW MADNESS Push The Button
 Activation 
Who’s The Leader 
Running The Nation 
Calls The Shots 
Calls The Infantry 
Air Land & Sea 
Airforce Marines 
Dance For The Leader 
Up Off Your Knees 
Dance For The Leader 
Do The Police Beat 
Leader-The Leader 
Leader-The Leader 
Leader-The Leader 
Leader 
Shout For The Leader Hey 
March In Time 
Shout For The Leader Hey Hey 
March For The Leader 
Leader-The Leader 
Leader-The Leader 
Leader-The Leader 
Leader 
Maybe It’s Just Me 
And Nothing’s What It Seems 
Like Something’s Always Missing 
Words Sound So Sweet 
So Sweet To Me 
Like A Sleight Of Hand 
Something’s Missing Always 
Leader-The Leader 
Leader-The Leader 
Leader-The Leader 
Leader 
Leader So Lifelike 
Feels So Real 
Freed Us From Bondage 
Freed Us From Ourselves 
It Was Us Against Us 
The Leader Said No More 
Now It’s Us Against Us 
Like It Was Before 
Dance For The Leader Hey 
Up Off Your Knees 
Shout For The Leader Hey Hey 
To The Police Beat

3.
LIGHT SLEEPER 
A Piece Of My Spirit Dies Every Day 
There’s Gotta Be A Way 
There’s Gotta Be A Way
 To Stop The Bleeding 
I’m A Light Sleeper Eyes Open Wide 
At the Break Of Day
 There’s Gotta Be A Way 
There’s Gotta Be A Way 
To Get Back Sleeping 
And I’ve Known This Anger 
Since The Day I Knew My Name 
But Maybe It’s Not Called Anger 
Maybe It’s Called Pain
 We’re Born Alone 
We Die Alone 
We’re Born Alone 
We Die Alone 
Don’t Ever Think You Have To 
Live Alone 
Why Do The Good Ones Die 
It’s Like They’re Dropping Like Flies 
There’s Gotta Be A Way
 To Spend Some Time 
Try A Little Healing 
I’m A Light Sleeper 
Every Little Noise Opens My Eyes
 There’s Gotta Be A Way 
A Night A Day 
When I’ll Start Dreaming 
And I’ve Been Told That This Anger 
Has A Different Name 
It Took Some time To Understand 
All This Anger Is Just Pain 
We’re Born Alone 
We Die Alone 
We’re Born Alone 
Die Complete Unknown
 Don’t Ever Think You Have To
 Live Alone

4.
BETWEEN THE WAVES These Days Feel Like Forever 
The Nights Twice As Long
 Some Days The Silence Hits Perfectly
 Other Days It Goes Off Like A Bomb
 And I Know The Rush We Feel
 When We Set Out On Our Own 
And I Know How Crushed You’d Feel
 When You Set That Wild One Free 
And I Know The Loneliness Inside
 When Our Spirit Guides Us Along
 To A Place That’s Far Away
 Across The Space Between The Waves
 Space Between The Waves
 Gets Wider With Every Wave
 And It Kills Me To Say 
Things Will Never Be The Same Again 
In The Space Between The Waves
 I’m Floating Away 
And It Kills Me To Say
 Things Will Never Be The Same Again
 The Space Between The Waves
 Stop Counting Numbers 
And Focus On the Work
 If You Wanna Find That Inner Strength
 You Got To Learn To Live With The Hurt
 And I Know The Loneliness Inside 
But Our Spirit Guides Us Along 
To A Place That’s Far Away
 Across The Space Between Each Wave
 Across The Space Between Each Wave
 Things Will Never Be The Same Again 
The Space Between The Waves
 The Space Between The Waves

5.
Eulogy 03:17
EULOGY I’m Not Afraid To Die
 It’s the Living Part That’s Hard
 Smoke Stings The Eye
 Changes The Pigment In The Sky 
Sit And Watch The Tides 
The City Traffic Commuting By 
Try And Pass the Time 
Fake Out The Dark To Find The Light
 Maybe I’m A Coward To Accept I Got It Good
 Pick Away At The Wound 
It Comes For Me 
It’ll Come For You 
It Comes For Me 
Say Your Last Goodbye
 If I Knew When I’d Die 
At Least Then I Could Plan My Life 
As Strong As I Appear 
Only My Uncertainty Is Really Clear
 Is It The Fog Of War
 Or The Fog Of Life
 Into The Fray We Disappear
 Reach Out To Feel
 It’s All We Got
 Well That and Fear
 It’s Treason To Rob Yourself Of Something Good
 Our Only Joys 
It Comes For Me 
It’ll Come For You
 It Comes For Me
 There’s No Need To Cry 
Wishing You Were Here
The Picture In My Head I Hold So Dear 
I Still Hear Your Voice
 Even Though The Picture Blurs Every Year
 Win One For The Gip
 Raise Your Glass Don’t Spill A Sip
 Gotta Make It Count
 The Little Time Before You Slip
 It’ll Come For Me
 It’ll Come For You 
To All Our Friends Gone Too Soon 
It Comes For Me
 It’ll Come For You
 It Comes For Me
 It’ll Come For You
 It Comes For Me
 It’ll Come For You
 To All Our Friends Gone Too Soon

6.
THE VANISHING
 Shave My Head In The Mirror 
Mommy’s Little Terror 
Denim Leather 
Out In the Night
 Meet The Crew On A Friday
 Crawl Home On Sunday 
What Happened
 Where Did You Go
 Packed In The Pontiac Acadian 
It’s Just Bodies & Music 
Ducking Down When The Lights 
Of The Squad Car Drives By
 Hanging Out By The River
 No Direction 
No Future
 It Meant The World To Me 
Just To Waste Time
 So Say Goodbye
 Don’t Look Behind
 When It’s Out Of Sight
 It’s Out Of Mind
 And I Think You’ll Find
 We All Vanish In Time
 The High Level At Midnight
 Hear The Currents Of The Water Below
 It’s The Warm Summer Nights 
That Make Us Let Go
 Didn’t Keep In Touch 
Didn’t Make The Time
 There’s No Ill Will 
Dramatic Crime
 What Once Was Mine
 Will Vanish In Time
 No Search Lights On
 No Safety Line 
The Party’s Gone
 It Blew Your Mind 
What Meant So Much 
Will Vanish In Time
 It’s A Different Game These Days 
I Work Monday To Friday 
The Nation Owes Me A Living 
And I’m Tired Of Watching Time Waste Away
 I’m Tired Of Watching The Time
 Watching Time Waste Away 
Tired Of Watching The Time 
We All Vanish In Time
 We All Vanish In Time
 We All Vanish In Time
 We All Vanish In Time

7.
FOR THE CHILDREN (FUCK ALL) It’s Like Living In A Body Bag
 All Zipped Up But We’re Still Alive 
Buried Screams In A Hole 
Don’t Make A Sound 
To The Empty Buildings 
In This Haunted Town 
Real Estate Is Power
 Not For You Or Me
 Games Played By The Cops 
And Their Bullshit Sweeps
 It’s Never Their Asses That Are On The Line
 It’s Always Someone Else
 It’s Yours It’s Mine 
What Do We Got-We Got You 
What Do We Got-Fuck All
 Fuck All Is All That’s Left For Us
 Fuck All Is All That’s Left For Us 
Down Here You’re On Your Own 
Living In A Tent 
Can’t Afford A Home
 It Ain’t Right
 What The Fuck Ever Is
 For The Children 
Here’s A City That’s Going To Shit 
What Do We Got-We Got You
 What Do We Got-Fuck All
 Fuck All Is All That’s Left For Us
 Fuck All Is All That’s Left For Us
 The Word From The Top
 It’s All About Progress 
The Word From The Street
 They’ve Forgotten About Us 
Fuck All Is All That’s Left For Us
 It’s Down To You And Me 
What Do We Got-We Got You
 What Do We Got-Fuck All
 Fuck All Is All That’s Left For Us
 Keep Giving Us
 Fuck All That’s Left For Us
 Keep Giving Us Fuck All
8.
Kiss The Sky 04:18
KISS THE SKY 
They Say The Sky Is The Limit 
So Take A Running Start Before You Leap
 It’s Their World 
And We All Live In It
 Spread Your Wings 
With Chains Clamped To Your Feet
 It’s The Way It Is
 Until The Day You Die
 Your Wax Wings Burn Up In The Sky
 Crash Down On The Rocks
 And Drown In The Sea
 The Highest Price To Pay 
For A Chance To Be Free 
And I Don’t Want To Cry
 Over Things That Weren’t Meant To Be 
And If I Die A Million Times 
At Least I Tried 
To Kiss The Sky
 There’s No Limit To Human Accomplishment
 Innovation Unlocks A Force Within 
Like A Sculpture On The Eye Of A Needle 
Deemed Pointless To Those To Blind To See
 Unless It Brings Them Wealth
 Status & Prestige
 Appreciation Lost On The Finer Things
 It’s The Majesty 
The Power 
The Thrill Of It All
 There’s No Safety Net To Catch You 
When You Fall
 And I Don’t Want To Cry 
Over Things That Weren’t Meant To Be
 And If I Die A Million Times
I Tried
 Dying Having Kissed The Sky
 I Will Try
Try & Try
 Over & Over Again
 If I Die 
I’m Dying Having Kissed The Sky 
And If I Die A Million Times
 At Least I Tried
9.
ALWAYS THIS WAY From The Day You Were Born
 Couldn’t Trust Nobody 
Head On A Swivel
 Kept Your Guard Up Constantly
 An Eye For An Eye
 Left Us Fucking Blind
 We Live In The Shit
 Trying To Get By
 You Fucking Tell Us
 We Should Be So Lucky
 Lucky Living In A Country That’s Broke 
While We Kick Rocks
 They Launch Rockets To Space
 And You Ask Yourself
 Why Is It Always This Way 
Always This Way 
Will It Be Always This Way 
Always This Way
 Always This Way Always This Way
 The Ones At The Top
 They Fucking Hate Us
They Call Us Thugs 
When They Fucking Made Us 
The Working Class Ain’t Your Fascist Class 
We Move Through Their Lies
 Like A Brick Through The Glass
 You Call This A Shithole 
But We Call It Our Home
 Hey Brother Hey Sister 
We’re Never Alone 
It’s All We Got 
And It Ain’t Going Away 
And As Plain As Day
 It Was Always This Way
 Always This Way
 Was It Always This Way
 Always This Way
 Always This Way Always This Way
 Tell Us The Truth 
Was It Always This Way
 Was It Always This Way 
Always This Way
 Always This Way
10.
D.W.A. 04:16
D.W.A. Sleep Can Do You Wonders
 Lay Back Relax Your Mind
 Hide Beneath The Covers
 Take A Pill To Close Your Eyes 
Close Your Eyes
 Sleep
 Sleep Makes It Worse 
The Memory Of A Life You’ve Left Behind
 Buried Inside, Buried Inside 
The Devil’s Got A Grip On What’s Buried Inside Your Mind
 Anxiety
 Combat Fatigue
 PTSD 
The Devil’s Got A Grip Inside Of Me
 Dancing With Anxiety
 Dancing With Stress
 Dance Away The Memory
 To The Beat 
The Beat That Never Rests 
PA-RA-NOIA
 Is It CSIS Or The CIA 
Tapping My Phone 
Recording What I Say 
Self Control Starts Slipping Away
 So I Walk The Streets 
To Get Some Air
 Always Aware 
Always Aware 
PA-RA-NOIA 
PA-RA-NOIA
 Is Always There
 Dancing With Anxiety 
Dance To The Beat 
Dancing With Anxiety 
Dance It Away Dance It Away
 Dance It Away
 Dancing With Anxiety 
Dance On The Memory 
PA-RA-NOIA


11.
YOUNG OFFENDER
 Sitting In Central Booking
 My Future ’s In Their Hands 
They Call Me A Young Offender
 Maybe That’s Just What I Am 
Young Offender Life Is Cheap
 Young Offender Future’s Bleak
 Young Offender Off Our Street
 Cause Your Crimes You Will Repeat 
Give Us All- A Quick Death
 Give Us All-A Quick Death 
Give Us All-A Quick Death 
I’m Standing With One Foot In The Grave
 A Life Of Crime, We’re Doing Time
 These Schools Feel Just Like Jail
 They Pretend To Teach
 We Pretend To Learn 
The System’s Set For Us To Fail
 Give Us All- A Quick Death
 Give Us All-A Quick Death
 Give Us All-A Quick Death 
Our Future’s One Foot In The Grave
 How Much Can You Stomach
 How Much Bullshit Can You Take 
They Cancel Social Assistance 
They Hate Us We Hate Them
 We’re Living In Dangerous Times 
Where Life & Death Is Cheap
 Young Offender On The Street
 Keep On Moving To The Beat
 Give Us All- A Quick Death
 Give Us All-A Quick Death
 Give Us All-A Quick Death
 My Future’s One Foot In The Grave

12.
Empire 05:12
EMPIRE 
Just Following Orders 
A Body Lies On The Quiet Street
 They Say The Sun Never Sets 
On This Empire’s Beach 
Between You & Me
 Did You Think You’d Ever See
 An Empire Start To Crumble
 And Fall Into The Sea
 Hang Them With Their Life Line
 Fade To Black Exit Screen
 Sleeping Corpses On the Shoreline
 As The Empire Falls
 Falls Into The Sea
 Once Stood A Nation Proud & Tall
 Killed By It’s Own Arrogance
 We Hate Them All
 The Dreamer’s Wake
 Truth Hits So Hard
 The Empire Falls Like A House Of Cards
 Cause It’s Over
It’s Over
 It’s Over
 Yes It’s Over
 Yes It’s Over
 The Shimmer Starts To Rust 
A Flag Burns To Dust 
The Sun Never Sets 
The Sun Never Sets On Us 
Here Stands A Nation
 Built On Blood & Bone
 Haunted By Our Heritage 
Like Ghosts In Our Home
 The Killer’s Wake
 Bury Crimes Down Deep
 I Spit On Their Graves 
Cause I Won’t Weep
 Between You & Me
 We Suffer For Their Dreams
 We Watch Their Empire Crumble
 Leader’s Fall Down To Their Knees
 You’re My Life Line
 Something Real I Can See
 We Toast The Sinking Ashes
 As The Empire Falls
 Falls Into The Sea 
Cause It’s Over
 The Sun Never Sets 
 The Sun Never Sets On Us


about

“Home Front holds on to a particular kind of passion. The sort of thing that guides you- like a climbing vine steadily blanketing your bests and worsts, cutting through changes and impasses; victory and loss. This passion, their drive, is what makes a record like Watch it Die feel just right.
For decades Graeme Mackinnon and Clint Frazier have embedded themselves in grass roots music making, community building, and the overpowering ebbs and flows of diy punk. With Home Front they have given their life-time of experience a chance to distill and then power into this musically omnipotent project which equally conjures textured Tangerine Dream sounds in a film montage, or the pummelling soundtrack to the first steps taken towards winning the fight of your life.
On previous recordings "Games of Power" and "Think of the Lie," Frazier and Mackinnon gave us a snapshot of a cynical and alienating world. A place where hope was tempered by insignificance, exhaustion takes us, and where 2,000,000 voices screaming in unison can still go unheard.“Watch It Die” instead of asking us why and how we got here, struggling to cope with the sadness of a desperate world, brings us their “step forward” moment. A dose of optimism and ownership in the bleakest of times in which maybe it doesn’t have to feel so bad to be alone or desperate. Where the passage of time is not coloured by the nostalgia of a lost youth but more toward the celebration of wisdom earned.
Watch it Die owns the ills it describes and catapults us alongside its creators who have the confidence and presence of mind to live beyond their limitations.
The symmetry of Watch It Die continues along the path of Games of Power but it isn’t a just sequel. It is a road map of hope which speaks about our own humanity, a rebirth into a new world and how we can never go back to the way things were. We suffer for their dreams, but in saying that we must recognize the importance of our own community and look to energize them to build a better way of life.” -JONAH FALCO

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released November 14, 2025

HOME FRONT

GRAEME MACKINNON: Vocals, Guitar & Bass

CLINT FRAZIER: Synths, Keys, Drums, Percussion, Drum Machines & Programming
Additional Instrumentation on “Between The Waves”, “Kiss The Sky” & “Empire” 
Performed by JONAH FALCO 

Synths, Sampling & Programming Performed by NIK KOZUB

Additional Piano Services on “Always This Way” by RYAN “Big Red” MCGALE

All Music Written & Performed by HOME FRONT

All Lyrics Written by Graeme MacKinnon

Recorded at The House Of Tobester & Blee In Occupied Edmonton Nov’24 - Apr’25
*Additional Tracking Done At Jean’s Ammo Dump
Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Nik Kozub

Live Band:

Brandi Strauss: Bass Guitar & Noise

Ian Rowley: Guitar & Vocals

Warren Oostlander: Drums & Percussion
Artwork & Layout Design by Euan Retallack

Logo Designed by Euan Retallack

Cover Photo by Kate Suter

Produced by NIK KOZUB

Co-Produced by HOME FRONT & JONAH FALCO 2025

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