THE FORTRESS IS A PRISON
AN ISLAND SINKING FAST
WALLS TO KEEP ‘US’ IN
WALLS TO KEEP ‘THEM’ OUT
WE’RE ALL THE FUCKING SAME
JUST FORCED TO PLAY THIS GAME
THE LIE BEHIND THE MYTH
LAPPING UP THEIR SWILL
LIVING IN THEIR SHIT
AND THANKING THEM FOR IT
WE’RE BLEEDING FOR THEIR DREAM
WHILE THEY’RE QUEUING UP TO FEED
WHILE THEY’RE BURSTING AT THE SEEMS
AND SHARPENING THEIR TEETH
FIGHT AND SURVIVE/DON’T LET THEM STEAL YOUR LIFE
credits
from LOW LIFE,
released December 12, 2015
Recorded by James Eager, the Hive Studios, 2014
Mastered by Jack Control
The best release from Swordwielder so far. I really enjoy the unusual twists and lyrical connotations. No "Satan Buttsex Beer" but kinda philosophical-existentialism with the brute darkness of reality. A.W.
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