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Among Friends (Remaster)

by Hear This

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1.
Raped of land, white gun in hand The first Americans fall A culture, a people; they all felt pain the same It’s no surprise to me we have our ancestors to blame Push them away so we forget No more human contact Cut them off so they will fade No more human contact Disease and starvation all across their nation A conquest of hatred and total isolation Savages, mongrels, polytheistic fools That’s the part that they leave out when it’s talked about in school The truth of it all Is that we’re never going to hear that call We wiped them out So we could form these United States I wanna hear that call
2.
They want me to know my place in some fucked up bedlam They try to make me acknowledge the chain of command But I’ll resist All of this pressure for us to comply Collapse this, contain this, keep it in line If we don’t follow and blindly let them lead Collectively endure a better destiny If I’m the master of my will Make defiance just distill Rejecting bullshit that I see A righteous future it will be Prowess of thought comes from my soul These feelings I’m screaming, so it goes The maelstrom of hierarchy, everybody knows I cannot stop it on my own Shut my mouth Know my role I’d rather hang a fucking noose than give you control Fuck their limits, fuck them too This is where I am; where are you? I will resist (All the things I just said will forever live on even after I’m dead)
3.
I Will 00:38
I will shout from the mountain tops Or I’ll be swallowed up by the sea A man of simple needs A man of simple desires But to maintain I’ve got to feel the fire
4.
Journeys 02:59
At certain times we’ve all been tested Hopefully you passed Maybe you were misdirected But you got back on track Of course along the way you had questions Somewhere you found truth Hopefully you’ve thought it through And your belief is concrete There’s a certain price we pay to live our lives this way So far away from society’s rule After every passing day I've realized this is where I’ll stay My undying passion won’t decay Sometimes my journey hasn’t been easy Sometimes it’s been hard And I’ve felt persecuted For the things I feel inside my heart If you’ve never taken a look around If you’re unsure what you’re about Now’s the time to figure it out Of all the different things I could have done I held on to the important ones Someday you’ll see with wide open eyes As I scream like the sky With a thunderous roar you’ll see what I live for
5.
Five years can seem so long When you’re counting every second With every stroke of the clock There is a chance to learn a lesson Hard for me to believe snapshots of who I was There's not a chance of foreseeing who I’ll be Somehow I’m carrying all my memories This private ballast won’t be for nothing Vacating my mind Liberating the complication Embracing the painful ones is so fucking excruciating Not a chance, not a single solemn idea Time will tell as long as there is tomorrow Fragments of my life have been forgotten that should have remained Heartbreak and strife at the bottom My righteousness will ever change They say that time heals every wound But how many wounds are left?
6.
A silent film portrayed in shades of grey The cracks turn into spaces leaving you misplaced Making vision and feeling an empty display Of the agony inside that won’t dissipate Screaming in mirrors or inside your head Wondering how you survived and why you’re not dead The terrors inside you that no one can see All consuming blank thoughts of this reality Ruin the person, the place and the state As something invisible takes it away Terror’s inside you Forcing it down so you can face the day Wondering what have you done for the price that you pay If a clean slate could give you a piece of mind And where are all the answers you can’t seem to find? Why have you been burdened like this? I will extend my hand to you and help you out of despair If your destiny is to sink, I’ll pull you up for air
7.
As I write these lyrics, Hear This comes to an end Started off as strangers; now brothers more than friends The ink that’s in my skin doesn't even begin To show my love and loyalty that’s buried deep within A decade of music; so many bands Concentrated passion; not quite what we planned New ones and old ones They’re all the same to me Invoking emotion, artistic liberty It’s breaking down and we can’t encase it I see less and less people here and and that's a fact We have to face it It’s dying out, but as much as we try It feels like a faded embrace and when it’s gone it’s gone We just can’t replace it Every single part of this sub-community is important in some way I’m talking about the scene Whether in this town or thirty miles away The friends you make day-to-day Changing shape It’s a stalemate We all know this We just can’t wait It’s all been great but as of late It’s slipping towards a vacant state Slipping towards a vacant scene We all know this; we can't just wait This has meaning We're a part of something great We must act now; we can’t hesitate This is the state of the scene
8.
Sons and daughters sent off to slaughter Created to win come hell or high water Tens of thousands go to make ‘peace’ See no results and watch the death toll increase How many more generations will we throw away? When does it end? Korea, The Gulf, The War in Iraq Dead soldiers names just thrown on a plaque No comfort or solace, safety or relief Letters come home inflicting utter disbelief When does it end? What was the value of my life? It’s just the same as you and me In their final dying breaths they utter ‘remember me’ When does it end?
9.
Human 03:23
A few things in life you can’t change They are a part of the day-to-day For twenty-three years I’ve made mistakes And lived my life in my own way Through struggle and pain, I can’t complain Holding onto one thought, I remember I’m human, I’m alive and I know someday I’ll die But until then, I’ll keep moving on I’ve seen and I’ve felt And if I end up straight in hell I know I’ve lived the dream I could pay the pauper or flee the scene If I die young at least I lived the dream We all lived the dream Illusions of safety Disillusioned times They’re all part of our lives These things make us We are all the same
10.
Are we so content with our lives that we don’t think Or have we given up because it’s rudimentary Progress can’t be made if we never cut our teeth And we will never reach the end if we don’t push the brink Well the logic’s all the same no matter where it’s coming from And soon enough our lives will all be easy, soft and done The fucked up thing with all of this is that we can prevent ourselves from turning into persons we must reinvent Yet the answer is so easy; purge this pointless apathy Truth behind it all is that our mind’s need to be free The only thing that’s worth destroying Are the barriers in our minds Once that separation catches We can truly live our lives Because our thoughts and our emotions Will mean nothing without breath So we must force them out Take nothing more and give nothing less
11.
I’m talking about freedom in your mind Can you see it burn through my eyes? These are feelings that you can't deny I want to see it burn through your eyes

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Recorded by Marley Van Raalte
Music by Hear This
Lyrics by Andrew Golz

Andrew Golz vocals
Marley Van Raalte guitars
Jason Nugent guitars
Brian Nissen bass guitar
Zachary Peterson drums

Cover by Dylan Van Raalte

© 2021 Hear This

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released August 14, 2021

originally released August 14, 2011


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