EMOTIONS STREAMING DOWN HER FACE
“HONEY HOW WAS SCHOOL TODAY?”
BEST OF GRADES, LOST WAYS
IT’S BEEN LIKE THIS FOR 20 YEARS
ALL “AROUND” BUT NO ONE THERE
PAIN STAYS
CRIME PAYS
SHE’S STUCK WITH RELATION
TO THOSE SHE DOESN'T KNOW AT ALL
SHE SAYS:
BE GONE
BE GONE
YOU’LL NEVER UNDERSTAND IT
BE GONE
BE GONE
I’LL CATCH YOU ALL REDHANDED
SOMEDAY
TRIED TO MAKE THEM TALK BEFORE
ALL THEY EVER DO IS PERFORM
“PROJECT PERFECT”
SHE’S HAD IT WITH THE PLASTIC SMILES
A FIVE FOOT WALL OF DEEP DENIAL
BREAK THIS
FAKENESS
SHE’S LEAVING HERE TONIGHT
WONT LIVE UNSPOKEN LIES
EXPLAIN TO HER HOW YOU TURNED CRAZY
YOU WORK YOUR ASS OFF
IT’S NOT AT ALL THAT YOU'RE LAZY
BUT YOU LET NO ONE IN AND YOU’RE NOT LET IN ANYWHERE
YOU’RE EYES BETRAY YOU
I KNOW THAT YOU CARE
DID SOMEONE CUT THE WIRES
FROM YOUR HEART INTO YOUR BRAIN?
IS IT IN THE BLOODLINE?
WERE YOU RAISED INSANE?
IF I WAS IN YOUR SHOES
I’D BURN DOWN MY HOUSE
KICK OUT MY THIRD WIFE
AND SCREAM THIS OUT LOUD:
TAKE ALL MY MONEY
AND SMASH BOTH MY CARS
SOMEONE GET ME FIRED
THIS THING HAS GONE TO FAR
I’D TURN TO MY FAMILY
AND ALL THAT I LOVED
FOREVER BREAK THE SILENCE
THAT FUCKED THIS ALL UP
WE ARE LEAVING HERE TONIGHT
WONT LIVE UNSPOKEN LIES
Dead Cross, Retox, and Qui members dish out subversive hardcore with an indignant smirk; come for the riffs, stay for the synth experiments. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 31, 2024
Knockout debut from a Buffalo, New York-based hardcore band who like their riffs sick, their drums fast, and their choruses sticky-sweet. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 28, 2024