1. TEN TON HAMMER
I AM THE THING THAT MAKES YOU SICK,
I AM THE BLAME THAT GETS PLACED QUICK,
DETECT THE CRACK WITHIN YOUR LIE (YOUR LIE).
I'LL BE THE WRATH OF YOUR DISDAIN,
I'LL BE THE FEAR IN YOU ENGRAINED,
BECOME THE FACTS THAT YOU DENY (DENY).
I CAN FEEL THIS PAIN IS REAL,
I HATE DEEP DOWN INSIDE,
AND LIKE BROKEN GLASS YOU'LL SHATTER,
WITH BLOODY FISTS I'LL BATTER,
LIKE A TEN TON HAMMER, SON.
1'LL BE THE TREMBLING IN YOUR BREATH,
TRICKLE OF BLOOD UPON YOUR FLESH,
YOU'D LOVE TO WATCH ME TAKE THE FALL - FALL!
I'LL BE THE THING THAT YOU DESPISE,
'CAUSE I'M THE PATH TO YOUR DEMISE,
AND I'M A BE THERE STANDING TALL - TALL!
I CAN FEEL THIS PAIN IS REAL,
I HATE DEEP DOWN INSIDE,
AND LIKE BROKEN GLASS YOU'LL SHATTER,
WITH BLOODY FISTS I'LL BATTER,
LIKE A TEN TON HAMMER, SON.
I CAN FEEL THIS PAIN IS REAL,
I HATE DEEP DOWN INSIDE,
AND LIKE BROKEN GLASS YOU'LL SHATTER,
WITH BLOODY FISTS I'LL BATTER,
LIKE A TEN TON HAMMER, SON.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A THOUSAND YEARS,
AND IT'LL BE HERE FOR PLENTY MORE,
IT IS THE FACE HIDDEN IN DISGRACE,
THAT HAS BECOME NOW AN OPEN SORE.
IT IS A FALSE MESSIAH,
IT IS THE FACE OF PAIN,
THE BRINGER OF THE BITTERSWEET,
THE HERETIC INSANE.
TAKE MY SCARS,
THROUGH HANDS OF GOD,
I FOUND A BETTER WAY,
TO BREAK THE WALLS.
FED ALL THE LIES AND DESENSITIZED,
TAUGHT TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE WAY,
TAUGHT TO DIVIDE AND EXACTLY WHY,
YOU'LL NEVER UNDERSTAND MY RAGE.
YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO BORROW,
YOU'VE NEVER HAD TO STEAL,
YOU EAT IT WITH YOUR SILVER SPOON,
FOR ME IT'S REAL.
TAKE MY SCARS,
THROUGH HANDS OF GOD,
I FOUND A BETTER WAY,
TO BREAK THE WALLS.
BLOOD AND CONCRETE,
PISS AND WINE,
WHORES THAT FUCK,
TO FEEL DIVINE.
THEY'LL CLEAN THEIR NEEDLES,
IN THEIR SHRINE,
IN IGNORANCE,
IT'S BLISS YOU FIND.
WHY CAN'T YOU,
FUCKIN' OPEN,
OPEN UP YOUR EYES.
GIVE ME POWER TO END ALL OF THE STRIFE,
COURAGE TO KILL THE PRO-LIFE,
I DON'T WANT TO SEE,
YOU CAN'T CHANGE ME,
YOU TELL ME NOT TO BOW,
JUST FOLLOW FOR NOW,
YOU'RE OH SO HOLIER THAN THOU.
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE,
THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME.
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE,
THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME.
THE MORE - THINGS CHANGE,
THE MORE - THEY STAY - THE SAME.
GIVE ME PATIENCE,
TO DEAL WITH ALL THE STRAIN,
BALANCE TO TAKE THE,
FUCKIN' PAIN,
I DON'T WANT TO FAKE.
AND I WON'T BREAK,
WE'RE TOO HAPPY TO BE,
IN OUR APATHY,
WE SMILE SINGLE,
FILE TO THE LINE.
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE.
THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME.
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE.
THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME.
THE MORE - THINGS CHANGE,
THE MORE - THEY STAY - THE SAME.
SO C'MON, C'MON, C'MON, C'MON,
WE GOTTA WAKE UP,
YOU DON'T KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT,
YOUR RIGHT FROM WRONG,
WE GOTTA WAKE UP.
BOW DOWN TO NO ONE,
BOW DOWN TO NONE.
STRAIGHT DOWN,
BEEN GOING,
BEEN SLEEPWALKIN',
IN A VIOLENT HAZE.
THIS WORLD,
IN RUIN,
THE CHAIN SHACKLES,
LIKE A FOUL DISEASE.
BOW DOWN TO NO ONE,
BOW DOWN TO NONE.
THIS RAGE,
THIS STRUGGLE,
IT IS A FEELING,
THAT'S DEVOURING.
CAN'T BREAK,
CAN'T FUCKIN' GIVE IN,
THE PAIN WILL LEAD US,
THROUGH THE BLISTERING.
COLD.
BOW DOWN TO NO ONE.
BOW DOWN TO NONE.
AND I WATCHED,
THROUGH BITTER EYES,
AS THE BLOOD FILLED,
IN THE CRACKS, BLACK,
A BURNING EFFIGY,
TOLD ME I SHOULD,
KNEEL 'CAUSE.
I'M WORSHIPPING,
WITH TERROR, A DISEASE,
BURN THE SACRED OIL.
THEY TOLD US THERE'D NEVER COME A DAY,
THEY TOLD US THAT WE NEED NOT WORRY,
SO WE FUCKED AROUND, THOUGHT THIS SHIT WOULD CHANGE,
AND TURNED OUR EYES AWAY.
I AM THE POWER SIEGE,
AND THE RUSH YOU WILL FEEL,
THRILL EXPLODING OUT OF ME,
THROUGH CLENCHED TEETH I WILL SCREAM OUT.
WE'RE SUFFERING,
WITH MALICE YOU DECEIVE,
PUKE SOLD AS SALVATION.
THEY TOLD US THERE'D NEVER COME A DAY,
THEY TOLD US THAT WE NEED NOT WORRY,
SO WE FUCKED AROUND, THOUGHT THIS SHIT WOULD CHANGE,
AND TURNED OUR EYES AWAY.
AND I WATCHED IT SLIP AWAY,
AND YOU WATCHED IT SLIP AWAY,
AND WE WATCHED IT SLIP AWAY.
'CAUSE NO ONE TOOK A STAND.
BITTERNESS INFESTED, JUSTICE IS MOLESTED GOVERN MY CONTESTED WAYS ,
AS A CHILD ARRESTED, AS A MAN DETESTED HAPPINESS INSIDE MY PAIN ,
YOU HATE MY LIFE BECAUSE YOU SEE MY STRIFE ,
COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND OR TRY,
IT MAKES ME MAD BECAUSE IT MAKES ME SAD,
BUT I DON'T CARE WHY.
YOU FAKE IT, MISTAKE IT FUCK IT AWAY ,
YOUR LYING IS TRYING MY DIGNITY,
I SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOUR SOUL,
CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL THIS COLD,
BUT THIS CITY MADE ME SO,
LIFE FILLED WITH DECEPTION, UNWANTED INCEPTION,
WANT REDEMPTION FOR IT ALL ,
ALL MY LIFE FRUSTRATED, PUSHED, ALIENATED,
WAIT FOR ME TO TAKE A FALL ,
MY FAITH HAS WANED BECAUSE I FEEL THE STRAIN ,
IN MY EYES IT'S ALL GONE WRONG ,
WE'LL RISE ABOVE FROM THIS LACK OF LOVE,
IT WON'T BE LONG NOW,
YOU FAKE IT, MISTAKE IT FUCK IT AWAY,
YOUR LYING IS TRYING MY DIGNITY ,
I SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOUR SOUL ,
CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL THIS COLD,
BUT THIS CITY MADE ME SO .
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE ,
CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE NO.
I GOTTA RISE, I'M SICK OF YOUR LIES,
AND I WON'T BE YOUR SCAPEGOAT NOW,
AIN'T GONNA BEND,
AND WON'T 'TIL THE END,
UNDERSTAND ON MY WORD I VOW.
A PIG, A PIG, THAT'S ALL YOU'LL EVER BE,
REFUSE TO COWER TO THE SWINE.
I'M SICK OF IT, AT THE END OF MY WITS,
'CAUSE NEXT TIME THAT YOU FUCK WITH MINE.
I'M GONNA SNAP LIKE,
I NEVER HAVE BEFORE.
YOUR LAW'S THE FLAW,
UPON THIS NATION,
YOUR LIES DESPISED,
BY GENERATIONS.
I GOT A FRIEND MIGHT,
NOT WALK AGAIN,
AND YOUR LAWS,
NEVER HELPED AT ALL,
GO FUCK YOUR CLAUSE, YOUR
PROBABLE CAUSE
POWER TRIPPIN' ABOVE US TALL.
AFRAID, AFRAID AND SO YOU BETTER BE,
'CAUSE WHEN I CALL YOU'RE NOT AROUND,
SERVE AND PROTECT.
AND GIVE SOME RESPECT,
NEXT TIME THAT YOU SHAKE ME DOWN.
I'M GONNA SNAP LIKE
I NEVER HAVE BEFORE.
YOUR LAW'S THE FLAW,
UPON THIS NATION,
YOUR LIES DESPISED,
BY GENERATIONS.
YOUR LIES DESPISED,
YOUR LAW'S THE FLAW,
UPON THIS NATION,
UPON THIS NATION,
UPON THIS NATION,
YOUR LIES DESPISED,
BY GENERATIONS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS,
I WANT YOU TO KNOW JUST WHAT I FEEL,
YOU TOLD ME THROUGH SACRED LIES,
I TOLD YOU ONCE WITH BLOODSHOT EYES,
YOU TOLD ME DON'T ASK,
JUST STAY AWAY FROM ME.
YOU TOLD ME IT'D BE ALRIGHT,
I TOLD YOU ONCE, THEN TOLD YOU TWICE,
YOU CAN'T FACE,
CAN'T YOU FACE ME.
I WON'T PRAY FOR YOU,
I CAN'T PRAY FOR YOU,
BECAUSE YOU TOOK IT AWAY,
BECAUSE YOU TOOK IT FROM ME.
THOUGHT I COULD NEVER EVER FUCKIN',
FIND ANOTHER,
GET A MUTHAFUCKIN' CHANCE AGAIN,
BECAUSE THE POWER,
IS THE RAGE THAT CAN DEVOUR,
GOTTA MAKE THAT FEAR DESCEND.
WITHOUT IT, YOU AIN'T SHIT,
AND YOU AIN'T SHIT TO ME,
BERATING, A SCATHING,
GRAVE INDIGNITY.
I SEE THE LOOK,
INSIDE YOUR EYES,
IT MAKES ME SICK,
DEFILING INNOCENCE,
IS HOW YOU GET
YOUR KICKS.
DON'T COME MY WAY,
DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY,
PRAY YOU FUCKIN' DIE,
BEFORE YOU FEEL MY,
RAGE...
YOU STABBED ME IN THE BACK OVER A SLIVER,
A FEELING I HAVE BEEN BETRAYED,
BOTH HANDS BROKEN TOGETHER,
CLENCHING FISTS CAUSE THE RAGE.
IT COMES IN SPADES,
FROM A LIFE OF PAIN,
I DON'T CARE 'CAUSE I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
IT TEARS A PATH RIGHT THROUGH ME.
A SYSTEMATIC VISION OF SURVIVAL,
A STRUGGLE I ALONE ENGAGE,
TENSION BURNING INSIDE ME,
BLOOD SO SWEET CAUSE REVENGE.
IT COMES IN SPADES,
FROM A LIFE OF PAIN,
I DON'T CARE 'CAUSE I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
IT TEARS A PATH RIGHT THROUGH ME.
REVENGE IS MINE,
SUFFERING DIVINE,
FRACTURES BREAK THROUGH BONE,
FRUSTRATION WON'T LET GO.
FILLED WITH LEAD AND
DUMPED INTO THE RIVER.
AND BURIED IN A SHALLOW GRAVE,
BOTH HANDS BROKEN TOGETHER,
CLENCHING FISTS CAUSE THE RAGE.
IT COMES IN SPADES,
FROM A LIFE OF PAIN,
I DON'T CARE 'CAUSE I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
IT TEARS A PATH RIGHT THROUGH ME.
A BLIND MAN ASKED AN ANGEL,
COULD YOU PLEASE HELP,
BUT WAS TOLD,
TAKE ME FROM THIS ALTAR,
I WON'T FALTER,
BUT I MIGHT FALL.
THIS BITTER MAN WOULD UNDERSTAND,
THROUGH ALL HIS LIFE,
A NEEDLE HAD
BEEN HIS SAVIOUR,
BEEN HIS GOD
SO HE TRIED TO MAKE A CHANGE,
TRIED TO REARRANGE
GUN AT HIS SIDE,
SUICIDE.
I CAN'T HELP FEEL I BEEN MISTREATED
WON'T YOU LISTEN TO ME.
DESPISE ALL THAT I SEE,
ALL THAT I FEEL,
ALL THAT I WANT TO BE,
BURNED, BLISTERED AND RAW,
TEARING APART,
ALL THAT IS SANE TO ME.
A WISE MAN HALF PARIAH,
HALF MESSIAH,
CAME TO SEED,
RAIN DOWN BLOOD LIKE FIRE,
BORN TO SIRE,
RACIST BREED.
HIS DOMINANCE OF IGNORANCE,
WAS RHETORIC THAT MADE NO SENSE,
SOME BELIEVED IN ALL THE LIES,
BUT IN MY MIND I KNOW WHAT'S WRONG,
WAY TOO FUCKING STRONG,
TASTE THE REVENGE ON MY TONGUE.
I CAN'T HELP FEEL I BEEN MISTREATED,
WON'T YOU LISTEN TO ME.
DESPISE ALL THAT I SEE,
ALL THAT I FEEL,
ALL THAT I WANT TO BE,
BURNED, BLISTERED AND RAW,
TEARING APART,
ALL THAT IS SANE TO ME.
AND NOW IS MY TIME TO RISE,
AND NOW IS OUR TIME TO RISE,
OUR TIME TO RISE.
IGNORANT, INDIGNANT,
PROMISES MADE IN
VAIN.
RISE, I CAN'T SEE LIKE YOU,
RISE, I CAN'T FEEL LIKE YOU,
RISE, NEVER BE LIKE YOU,
RISE, TIME FOR ALL US TO,
RISE…
I CAN'T STAND OR TAKE ANOTHER DAY MY FRIEND,
YOU COULD LEARN A THING OR TWO,
I CAN'T STAND OR TAKE ANOTHER DAY MY FRIEND,
YOU COULD LEARN A THING OR TWO.
2. TAKE MY SCARS3. STRUCK A NERVE4. DOWN TO NONE5. THE FRONTLINES6. SPINE7. BAY OF PIGS8. VIOLATE
YOU VIOLATE, AND
THEN YOU THINK,
YOURSELF A MAN
YOU VIOLATE, AND
THEN YOU CALL
YOURSELF A MAN.
9. BLISTERINGBLOOD OF THE ZODIAC
