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Defense Mechanisms

by Anthem Grief

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1.
There comes an end to the greatest things Or whatever the cliche is They never meant a single thing to me I have a knack for smashing mirrors Just to tamper with the laws of fate Where there’s a bull, there’s bound to be The clattering of hooves to fill the streets Without further adieu , I present to you half of what I ever could produce When you think think you’re down, you’ve got one more round in you; But, in regards to myself…. This is my year in bottles, My year of bottom-shelf decline My body’s in a state of prohibition And it’s no one’s fault but mine I choose to stay anonymous to the 12 steps and all the bullshit between the padded walls inside my head At 10,000 feet, I couldn’t ask for a single thing more than another drink and turn the plane around 180 degrees Without further adieu , I present to you half of what I ever could produce When you think think you’re down, you’ve got one more round in you; But, in regards to myself…. This is my year in bottles, My year of bottom-shelf decline My body’s in a state of prohibition And it’s no one’s fault but mine You are a bull, so full of rage Give em’ the horns and stomp away No matador will remain safe
2.
Wake (Wake up!) We’ve got a lot of nerve to pass the torch and douse the place in gas there’s no use in turning back there’s no use in retracing steps When you think there’s a sign of hope for mankind you will find that it’s all just a fucking lie Who’s to say we can’t destroy human race It remains in our nature to terminate anyone who displays a single symptom of compassion Woah We are a pack of wolves tearing the alpha limb from limb This nation’s structural integrity is caving in Do you remember years ago? I hate to say we didn’t know we’d make the same mistakes we made down at the polls There is! no motive to survive Revive! a nation euthanized Is there a chance we can survive? Who’s to say we can’t destroy human race It remains in our nature to terminate anyone who displays a single symptom of compassion Woah We are a pack of wolves tearing the alpha limb from limb this nation’s structural integrity is caving in
3.
Who’s in line in all of this? believe me when I tell you that my knees are about to give out they’ve mastered the art of buckling but regardless of that fact I’m still two steps ahead towards the edge of hell and... (back) Oh oh oh Don’t you know things won’t fix themselves at all? So, I’ll leave them broke! Woah woah With results to produce, there’s a lack of follow through It’s the worst of the truths but the best of us are doomed As I sit and I wait on a rescue team I begin to believe that I might be saved But, we both know I’ll sit here and decay Oh oh oh Don’t you know things won’t fix themselves at all? So, I’ll leave them broke! When I grow old, will they wheel me down the halls of a nursing home as I’m pissing nurses off while I bitch about what I could have become…? If so, pull the plug... Woah woah It’s the worst of the truths but the best of us are doomed with results to produce there’s a lack of follow through there’s a lack of follow through there’s a lack of follow through...
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The city’s shutting down Remain inside your homes Meanwhile, on the other edge of town They’re all down on their knees And all their heads are bowed The holy rollers haul an empty skull A vacancy that they will never fill Abolish all and any thought outside the box then rot away under the ground I’ve heard it all before Nothing’s gonna bring me back The pot calling the kettle black They’ve saved me a spot in Hell Can’t seem to handle the lack of common sense Evolve a sense of self The sickening ignorance Psychotic evangelists A book full of bullshit and cheap urban myths are enough to convince me that their cognition is dead... You are the greatest of the hypocrites I am the model of all you despise; I’m a walking mortal sin You’re preaching gospels and we preach reality So, get it through your fucking head! I’ve heard it all before Nothing’s gonna bring me back The pot calling the kettle black They’ve saved me a spot in Hell Can’t seem to handle the lack of common sense Evolve a sense of self
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This New Years Eve don’t seem to bring me anything I wear the fakest smile and I’m completely out of place We couldn’t care less about counting down, I’m counting on a fifth of Inver House Here’s to the memories we have To the good and bad To the chaos that we caused as kids My right hand, my best friend My consigliere from now til’ the end... In your lonely moment, You know you’ve got a friend To pull you to the end When you’re pushed to the edge, Can’t seem to decompress I’ll be your rescue breath Stumbling in the streets Our voices carrying The anthems we would sing Could shatter window panes What life will throw our way is but a void We can recover from anything Here’s to the memories we have Through the thick and thin To the chaos that we caused as kids My right hand, my best friend My consigliere from now ‘til the end In your lonely moment, You know you’ve got a friend To pull you to the end When you’re pushed to the edge, Can’t seem to decompress I’ll be your rescue breath

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released December 21, 2018

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