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Fourth single off our upcoming EP Mercenary Notes Pt 2. This is an older track that we'd worked on early on in the Mercenary Notes cycle and are excited to release it in its final form!
lyrics
Conspiracies and Tragedies
We divide up sides so choose your own destiny
We bide our time
Struggle and Strife
And your built for pain let it cut you like a knife
Dig Hard the dirt is deep
Sons a bitches all frail and weak
You Define what they see
Let ‘em see you hear you speak
Time crawls slowing down us all
Do you crawl through the meek so they’ll catch you when you fall?
You can’t face what you can’t change
Distorted figures, slightly deranged
Demand Uniform Keep it the same
They fear discord, they fear the strange
Living up to your standards yet?
Walk the ropes without a net
Watch the crash
Today is Abdication Day
The day I give it all away
So make it last
When meaning is what you seek
Among the bold you’ll find the weak you’ll see
The things that you left behind
In recesses of your mind
Are they deep enough to hide or will you set it free?
The Heroes Tale
The gods that failed
They’re just two sides of a coin you spend every day
Conflated vision
Past collisions
what’s done is done to better what comes next
You can’t stand under your own weight
Pressure building at a greater rate
To Deny feed the disease
Numb your sense put your mind at ease
Strong Objections
And Insurrections
Beset you from the first cigarette of the day
You beat a dead horse another day
Find a scapegoat a better way
Find a reason or cease to exist
Find a season or winter it is
Living up to your standards yet?
Walk the ropes without a net
Watch the crash
Today is Abdication Day
The day I give it all away
So make it last
When meaning is what you seek
Among the bold you’ll find the weak you’ll see
The things that you leave behind
In recesses of your mind
Is it deep enough to hide or will you set it free?
credits
released January 7, 2025
Dave McAnally- Vocals, Guitars, Programming, Samples
Sean Payne - Production, Programming, Percussion
Brad Huston- Production, Programming
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