1. |
Compassion Fatigue
01:35
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Run down to the bone
It's hard to really care
‘cause this system fuckin' blows!
Compassion
is nonexistent when you're
struggling and behind
Torn...Torn to shreds
Fed to the wolves
and the sickness never ends
Fatigued to
the point of not giving a fuck
You'd be too
when you're disrespected constantly
and you're the fucking schmuck
Who are you
To talk shit to me when
I'm trying to help you live?
All I gave
to be spit back at my face like an
insubordinate slave
Slave
An insubordinate slave
The sacred cow is where I get my beef
Power's distance, second victims
Reap the sorrows of your existence
At your service, on demand
Punished fate by your hands
I'm hated now
All I give is grief
Indistinct chatter,
etched in fucking stone.
I'm the bearer of this heart of pyrite I condone
It doesn't really matter, leave me the fuck alone
I'm the bearer of this heart of pyrite, don't ya know?
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2. |
Most Likely to Recede
00:45
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Hide behind your friends and run your mouth like a new jack
Disappear for months but somehow always come back
Got no patience for your kind, your fake ass don't belong here
Actin' like a fuckin fool when you drink too much beer
You have - new friends every month
Another month - another front
You yearn to be a social chameleon
But even the dumbest people are wise to your game
You'll never get your letters
No one really has your back
You'll never be accepted
Maybe you should turn to smack
No one will miss you
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3. |
Motel Succubi
02:23
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Ambitious and smothering
Her love will drain you
Conspicuous and fluttering
Her love will maim you
Motel succubi
Demonic sex taboo
Draining the life force of
chumps that never knew
Empowered or exploited?
That answer's up to who?
The motel succubi
Devoid of life so crude
Returning to her demonic state
You're sanity is questioned when she reveals your fate
Emasculating entity promiscuously she lures
All of your desires for a price that's all but pure
Victimize
Who is the victim here?
The manic and impulsive John who lost it for a fling?
Or the disadvantaged succubus who never had a thing?
Motel succubi
Chronic abusers accrue
What's good for business
won't be good for you
Empowered or exploited?
That answer's up to who?
The addict who fucks to die
A diseased mind obtrudes
Returning to her demonic state
You're sanity is questioned when she reveals your fate
Emasculating entity promiscuously she lures
All of your desires for a price that's all but pure
Victimize
Who is the victim here?
The manic and impulsive John who lost it for a fling?
Or the disadvantaged succubus who never had a thing?
Lack of self respect has brought
these two together
In this sordid moment of
innate ecstasy
Fiends of flagrant addictions
The itch is mutual
Scratch her back and she’ll scratch yours
but the itch won’t go the fuck away
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4. |
Gridlocked
02:05
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Can't keep moving forward, yet I can't keep moving back
Can't help all the feelings telling me I'm straight trapped
Stuck in a gridlock, where to go from here?
Stuck inside a stalemate
Same shit, different year
What is money?
What is love?
We know none of the above
Constantly a day late and a thousand dollars short
Stuck in a gridlock, got no place to go
Delusions in my head
and nobody knows
Stuck in life's grip
Gridlocked and I can't get out
I can’t get out
‘Cause at the end of the day things won’t change
And they never will
I try walking forward and times standing still
I can’t keep living this way
‘Cause every time I lose it’s ten steps back
I can’t get out
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5. |
Delusions of Grandeur
02:14
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Go through life feeling sorry for yourself
Fill the void
"I just wanna make myself feel whole again"
Making every excuse in the book
You made a choice
Your selfish being contradicts your words
The pity party has to end eventually
See the truth
Circumstances created for yourself, by yourself
Making every excuse in the book
Your fucking choice
You made your bed, now you lie in it
I can't feel sorry
and I don't feel bad
Your actions are a cancer
burns everything in it's path
Don't call me your family
Don't call me your friend
You wouldn't know what those words mean
so you shouldn't waste your breath
Junkie puppet on a string
Just one hit you felt the sting
Needles, crack, promethazine
It isn't fuckin' lit, "fam"
What will it take to realize
Your actions will affect the lives
Your family has cut their ties
You're caught up in a web of lies
Your cries for help quickly turned into screams
Swore you'd live a normal life in spite of addict genes
You trashed everything you had complete with your health
No choice but for you to stop and take a good look at yourself
Do you like what you see?
You're nothing like me
Every change in the world
Downward spiraling twirl
High strung and arrogant
What do you have to prove?
Now you ain't so special, huh?
A statistic, a fool
Now you don't have a face
and you don't have a name
and you're losing every fucking thing
Tossed away you and I
Just so you could get high
I'm nothing to you
I won't watch you fucking die
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6. |
Larcenous Facade
02:24
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You got
everything that I need
Eyes are blinded by greed
Materialist - you see
I simply envy you
I want
Light in my eyes starts to shine
Pretending everything’s fine
You know I got to get mine
So whatcha gonna do now?
The best larcenists hide in plain sight
Feels so wrong, so fucking right
You'll never know about me and I don't care
Can't catch me
Opportunistic madman taking his share
You can't see
Creeping while you're sound asleep
All I touch, I fucking keep
Not sure what's real or fake
All that I want is mine to take
Not sure what's real or fake
All that I need is mine to take
You'll never know that I'm hiding while standing right in front of you
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7. |
Plastic Makes Perfect
01:34
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Plastic makes perfect
If you think it's worth it
Do what you gotta do
I can't even recognize you
What have you done?
I think this is becoming an addiction for you
‘Cause enough's never enough
Immaculate disease
of beauty mark scars
Distorting self image
Plastic makes perfect but you're still pretty scarred
Now I can't even recognize you
How do you even recognize yourself?
Please pardon the fucking pun
But if plastic makes perfect, why you back to square one?
Your whole life you felt inferior
A self-loathing fate you cannot escape
I wish your eyes looked beyond the mirror
to see yourself for who you are
No self respect
You always felt worthless
All you ever wanted was to be perfect
Now you are the monster in the mirror
This is what you have become
A reflection of your flaws
and insecurities
Living with this mindset you must feel so alone
Hope seems so far away
So far away.
Plastic makes perfect
If you think it's worth it
Under the knife
I just hope you find some peace within your strife
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8. |
Deject
01:02
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No common Ground
Just can't relate
Alienist motion
Heart of dismay
Why even try?
Why even lie?
Can't teach an old dog new tricks this time
Forced to exist malcontent
Better quit while you’re ahead
Why even try?
Why even Lie?
Can't teach an old dog new tricks this time?
Still life
Can’t adjust
Is this real?
Interloper
Digital facade
Fuck your world
Hand in pocket
Awkward state
Dissect me with your eyes
Silent screams
In my dreams
No point to try
There's no use
Rancor - a noose
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9. |
Plausible Deniability
01:56
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Dead end jobs
False promises
What kind of life do you expect us to live?
Tell me what I'm worth
A wage slave since birth
Chained to the dollar
No other way
People like you, the reason were slaves
Put me out to pasture and leave me here to die
You're of no use for us now so get back in line
Dead end jobs
False promises
What kind of life do you expect us to live?
Dying to live
Living to die
Subconsciously murdered
Every morning I wake up and ask myself
Is this really worth it?
NO
Every day I feel the same fucking shit
Punch my card and walk out I fucking...quit
No retreat
No reprieve
What will it take for me to leave?
I never asked for this life now
Just the cards we're dealt
What may seem plausible to you might not work for me
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10. |
Mourn Innocence
00:31
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Innocence
Left me
Forever
Now
I live life
Mourning
Wondering
How
Innocence has
Left me empty
Forever
Now it is gone
I live life dead
Mourning old times
Wondering
How this happened
How!?
Longing for youth
Mourn
Innocence
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11. |
Intent to Fall
01:43
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I am my own biggest block in this world
Leaning with intent to fall
Jump to conclusions without giving thought
I wish I could end it all
Things seem so simple for you
But for me
communication’s a chore
Over think everything
Assume the worst
Breakdown of nerves is in store
Anxious
Nervous breakdown
Jealous
Can't even think straight
Depressed - sheisty - scumbag
Don't get too close
Irate
Picture you dead
My head
All delusion
Your head
Satiate my dreams
I am my worst foe
My biggest enemy
Jump to conclusions
Not giving a thought
Intent to fall
All seemed just fine until I opened my eyes
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