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Dead District
02:13
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A place where hope still leads the way.
Home to the destitute, the ones who feel lost in the fray.
Rage!
Pain!
Fuels the engines stalled with time.
From the ashes comes a dream divine.
Raise your fists up in the air.
Fight back the tears and keep on moving forward.
Sick of despair it comes down to what we do.
The glory of past days now gone.
We all dance in the ruin as nero just fiddles on.
Stand up!
For this district in demur.
Even through times so unsure.
I will bury my dreams in these dying streets.
A symbiosis formed through glorious defeat.
As time goes by we head to the unknown.
Despite adversity I say this is my home.
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Institute
02:48
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A world ablaze.
The smoke obscures all seen.
Lies tether lies.
Sincere becomes obscene.
In padded walls, men with crocodile smiles.
Offer to give a remedy.
We’ll try to shield you from the truth.
Make sure the world keeps telling you everything you want to hear.
Until you give into the fear.
Drop that pill, you'll be just fine.
When the confusion’s gone we’ll make you dine on our reality.
The fun and games time is now over.
Realize no good comes from resisting what we give.
The living dead.
Tattered and compromised.
Bound in despair they stride on side by side.
Unending walls.
A prison for the soul.
It sits and rots, waiting for death.
I won't back down.
I'll claw towards the light.
I won't give up.
No not without a fight.
They claim they know the truth.
I see the evil that they do.
As we give in to the fear, can't you see the end is near?
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The Eagle Has Ended
02:31
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Voraciously expanding the empire has taken quite the toll on you.
The liberties once upheld universal now seem to apply to merely the chosen few.
Human rights and human plight are seen as too obtrusive.
Where is your freedom now?
Hey you!
Tell me what's going on?
Hey you!
Or are you dead and gone?
Hey you!
A nation past it's prime.
Hey you!
Beating your chest as the land of the free does not make it any more true.
The constant war on drugs and the poor keeps your prisons filled.
How is this helping you?
“All men are created equal.”
Are you fucking joking?
Take a good look inside.
The eagle has died!
Take a look inside!
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We Are Not The Enemy
01:59
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Equality is what we must achieve.
With diligence we plan our fight against the patriarchy.
But heed the lessons learned from ideologies before our time.
Zealotry can reduce dissidence to a crime.
We are not the enemy!
Faction based thoughts splinter momentum.
Stopping any traction made before it has begun.
We must hold the line, resist the urge to fight amongst ourselves.
As one voice we are able to give the bastards hell!
And every day we see there's so much to achieve.
As long as we don't believe that the end outranks the means.
We fight hard for a better day.
One that is soon coming.
Where different worldviews are seen as something great.
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Dead District Heerlen, Netherlands
Thom - Vocals
Et - Guitar, backing vocals
Nick - Guitar
Jeroen - Bass
Ruud - Drums
Contact us at: dead.district045@gmail.com
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