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Album: A Death-Grip On Yesterday
Release Date: 28 March 2006
Genre: Melodic Metalcore
Label: Victory Records
Artwork by: Don Clark
Producer: Josh Abraham
Artwork by: Don Clark
Producer: Josh Abraham
- Line Up CD: from left -
* Dan Jacobs: Lead & Rhythm Guitar
* Travis Miguel: Lead & Rhythm Guitar
* Alex Varkatzas: Lead Vocals
* Brandon Saller: Drums, Clean Vocal
* Marc McKnight: Bass Guitar
* Travis Miguel: Lead & Rhythm Guitar
* Alex Varkatzas: Lead Vocals
* Brandon Saller: Drums, Clean Vocal
* Marc McKnight: Bass Guitar
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(United States: Orange County, California)   |
01. Creature - Lyrics:
Go, run away in distress
Try to hide from what's
Creeping and crawling and stabbing within!
Try to deny the turmoil inside
If you fight yourself hard enough
You'll never win any ounce of serenity
Or a calm hope at best
Or a calm hope at best
Can leave you heaving on the floor
Gasping for breath,
Are you gasping for breath?
To be left on the floor gasping for breath
You're either the person you are
Or the person you're trying, trying, trying, trying to be
Don't let the outside sway too far
From where you want to be
And at any cruel moments notice
You can ruin the best
As your body is brutally pressed
Against the confines of your tense flesh
And if you close your eyes tight enough
Then none of the bad can get, none of the bad can get in
And if you close your eyes tight enough
Then none of the light can get, none of the light can get in
The light can't get in, the light can't get in!
Boom! You scream as the light hits you
It radiates throughout your whole soul
Boom! The pain is clarity, it cleanses
And if it still fucking hurts
Then you still fucking know
That you are still alive
That you are still in control, if you would only take hold
Boom! The day with both hands, a death grip
And a good chance to outlive your past
Are you living free, are you living free?
You're either the person you are
Or the person you're trying, trying, trying, trying to be
Don't let the outside sway too far
From where you want to be
You're either the person you are
Or the person you're trying, trying, trying, trying to be
Don't let the outside sway too far
From where you want to be.
Go, run away in distress
Try to hide from what's
Creeping and crawling and stabbing within!
Try to deny the turmoil inside
If you fight yourself hard enough
You'll never win any ounce of serenity
Or a calm hope at best
Or a calm hope at best
Can leave you heaving on the floor
Gasping for breath,
Are you gasping for breath?
To be left on the floor gasping for breath
You're either the person you are
Or the person you're trying, trying, trying, trying to be
Don't let the outside sway too far
From where you want to be
And at any cruel moments notice
You can ruin the best
As your body is brutally pressed
Against the confines of your tense flesh
And if you close your eyes tight enough
Then none of the bad can get, none of the bad can get in
And if you close your eyes tight enough
Then none of the light can get, none of the light can get in
The light can't get in, the light can't get in!
Boom! You scream as the light hits you
It radiates throughout your whole soul
Boom! The pain is clarity, it cleanses
And if it still fucking hurts
Then you still fucking know
That you are still alive
That you are still in control, if you would only take hold
Boom! The day with both hands, a death grip
And a good chance to outlive your past
Are you living free, are you living free?
You're either the person you are
Or the person you're trying, trying, trying, trying to be
Don't let the outside sway too far
From where you want to be
You're either the person you are
Or the person you're trying, trying, trying, trying to be
Don't let the outside sway too far
From where you want to be.
02. Shameful - Lyrics:
You should have ran for days
You embrace, you betray
I am sad to say, you're a sad cliche
But when you ran you tripped and fell
On a path that led you straight to hell!
This is my salt in your wounds
This is my I told you so
If you knew, what I know
Would you move, like you do
With malicious discontent you went about
Hellbent to destroy but did you have a reason why?
Here's to lowering caskets of old friends
Choice and consequence, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Here's to burying hatchets in those who
You never call your friends, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Can you breathe in, reach in and let it out
The evil inside, that's eating you out, tonight!
With every venomous move, I will suck you up and spit you
Get out of my life, get out of my sight!
Here's to lowering caskets of old friends
Choice and consequence, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Here's to burying hatchets in those who
You never call your friends, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
You let yourself get carried away
Don't act like your ashamed
You let yourself get carried away
Bow your head now accept the blame
You let yourself get carried away
Bury this with you a waste
And now it's time to see, what you don't mean to me
Now it's time to see what you don't mean to me
Now it's time to see what you don't mean
Here's to lowering caskets of old friends
Choice and consequence, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Here's to burying hatchets in those who
You never call your friends, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and...
You should have ran for days
You embrace, you betray
I am sad to say, you're a sad cliche
But when you ran you tripped and fell
On a path that led you straight to hell!
This is my salt in your wounds
This is my I told you so
If you knew, what I know
Would you move, like you do
With malicious discontent you went about
Hellbent to destroy but did you have a reason why?
Here's to lowering caskets of old friends
Choice and consequence, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Here's to burying hatchets in those who
You never call your friends, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Can you breathe in, reach in and let it out
The evil inside, that's eating you out, tonight!
With every venomous move, I will suck you up and spit you
Get out of my life, get out of my sight!
Here's to lowering caskets of old friends
Choice and consequence, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Here's to burying hatchets in those who
You never call your friends, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
You let yourself get carried away
Don't act like your ashamed
You let yourself get carried away
Bow your head now accept the blame
You let yourself get carried away
Bury this with you a waste
And now it's time to see, what you don't mean to me
Now it's time to see what you don't mean to me
Now it's time to see what you don't mean
Here's to lowering caskets of old friends
Choice and consequence, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and start over, start over
Here's to burying hatchets in those who
You never call your friends, we'll birth a new day
With the death of an old and...
03. Our Sick Story (Thus Far) - Lyrics:
When we danced, so prestine and
Knee deep in sin, balls deep in hate
I see your face, I see your face
And it tears me, tears me up
My mouth is full of love
My head is held in shame
When you kiss me
Do you still taste her
Are you thinking of, are you thinking of me?
With your lips pressed tightly up against his skin
Does your body still scream my name
Does your body still scream my name?
Hold your breath to keep it trapped with secrets
'Till your turning cold blue with guilt
Still, no blood is spilled
Had I seen the plot twist comming
Would I've checked out the book
And even if I was dead
You would never be off the fucking hook
When you kiss me
Do you still taste her
Are you thinking of, are you thinking of me
With your lips pressed tightly up against his skin
Does your body still scream my name
Does your body still scream my...?
Can you take it, while I fake it?
Can you take it, while I fake it?
Cross your heart, false your heart
Cross your heart, false your heart
When you kiss me
Do you still taste her
Are you thinking of, are you thinking of me
With your lips pressed tightly up against his skin
Does your body still scream my name
Does your body still scream my name?
Cross your heart, False your heart
Cross your heart, False your heart.
When we danced, so prestine and
Knee deep in sin, balls deep in hate
I see your face, I see your face
And it tears me, tears me up
My mouth is full of love
My head is held in shame
When you kiss me
Do you still taste her
Are you thinking of, are you thinking of me?
With your lips pressed tightly up against his skin
Does your body still scream my name
Does your body still scream my name?
Hold your breath to keep it trapped with secrets
'Till your turning cold blue with guilt
Still, no blood is spilled
Had I seen the plot twist comming
Would I've checked out the book
And even if I was dead
You would never be off the fucking hook
When you kiss me
Do you still taste her
Are you thinking of, are you thinking of me
With your lips pressed tightly up against his skin
Does your body still scream my name
Does your body still scream my...?
Can you take it, while I fake it?
Can you take it, while I fake it?
Cross your heart, false your heart
Cross your heart, false your heart
When you kiss me
Do you still taste her
Are you thinking of, are you thinking of me
With your lips pressed tightly up against his skin
Does your body still scream my name
Does your body still scream my name?
Cross your heart, False your heart
Cross your heart, False your heart.
04. The Theft - Lyrics:
He bends and he breaks
If he gives they will take
Away
His passion his pain
His grace
He exhales
A thousand black flowers explode
Into butterflies as they're away
Rip them out
Take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing that resembles a soul of a man
Leave him numb
Leave him crushed
Rip them out take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing that resembles a soul of a man
Leave him numb
Leave him crushed
Took the fire
Inside
One too many times
He's burning over and out
As he flails
Up against
The raging tides
No more sides
Everything you ever
Wanted to see
See it in his eyes
One more time
One more time
Climb down to test the waters
My hands feel like their rusting away yeah
So I'll pace around like a lamb before the slaughter
I'll stay here as long as you'll let me
Decisions been made obvious
So I will return
Where I started I'll stay there
Unfinished I'll wither away.
He bends and he breaks
If he gives they will take
Away
His passion his pain
His grace
He exhales
A thousand black flowers explode
Into butterflies as they're away
Rip them out
Take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing that resembles a soul of a man
Leave him numb
Leave him crushed
Rip them out take them
Burn to coals as they crush him
Leave nothing that resembles a soul of a man
Leave him numb
Leave him crushed
Took the fire
Inside
One too many times
He's burning over and out
As he flails
Up against
The raging tides
No more sides
Everything you ever
Wanted to see
See it in his eyes
One more time
One more time
Climb down to test the waters
My hands feel like their rusting away yeah
So I'll pace around like a lamb before the slaughter
I'll stay here as long as you'll let me
Decisions been made obvious
So I will return
Where I started I'll stay there
Unfinished I'll wither away.
05. We Stand Up - Lyrics:
I'll watch the sun go down this fall
I've watched the night reign
Please note that casual observers are always
The first to go
So this is for me and my boys
We'll always play our part
To kick and scream
To be the ones you hate to know
I could never turn my back
Because this is who I know
You know all that is the truth
We are all we have
In a world that corrupts
Our struggling soul
You know all that is the truth
If you plead don't do it twice
I've still got something to say here
I will bear my heart to expose my soul
If honesty has a price
Then I won't fucking pay, dear
We will take our dreams straight to the grave
Choke on this and on my words
And on us and my honesty
It's of no consequence
Because I've see the opulence
The beauty I've held in my eyes
If only for seconds
What will never take away
What we have built together
Without hands, without hearts
Without minds
If you plead don't do it twice
I've still got something to say here
I will bear my heart to expose my soul
If honesty has a price
Then I won't fucking pay, dear
We will take our dreams straight to the grave
If this is just in our heads
Then we'll keep on living the perfect lie
One day at a time
God bless our cheating hearts and damn your lies
If this is just in our heads
Then we'll keep on living the perfect lie
One day at a time
God bless us
If you plead don't do it twice
I've still got something to say here
I will bear my heart to expose my soul
If honesty has a price
Then I won't fucking pay, dear
We will take our dreams straight to the grave.
I'll watch the sun go down this fall
I've watched the night reign
Please note that casual observers are always
The first to go
So this is for me and my boys
We'll always play our part
To kick and scream
To be the ones you hate to know
I could never turn my back
Because this is who I know
You know all that is the truth
We are all we have
In a world that corrupts
Our struggling soul
You know all that is the truth
If you plead don't do it twice
I've still got something to say here
I will bear my heart to expose my soul
If honesty has a price
Then I won't fucking pay, dear
We will take our dreams straight to the grave
Choke on this and on my words
And on us and my honesty
It's of no consequence
Because I've see the opulence
The beauty I've held in my eyes
If only for seconds
What will never take away
What we have built together
Without hands, without hearts
Without minds
If you plead don't do it twice
I've still got something to say here
I will bear my heart to expose my soul
If honesty has a price
Then I won't fucking pay, dear
We will take our dreams straight to the grave
If this is just in our heads
Then we'll keep on living the perfect lie
One day at a time
God bless our cheating hearts and damn your lies
If this is just in our heads
Then we'll keep on living the perfect lie
One day at a time
God bless us
If you plead don't do it twice
I've still got something to say here
I will bear my heart to expose my soul
If honesty has a price
Then I won't fucking pay, dear
We will take our dreams straight to the grave.
06. Ex's And Oh's - Lyrics:
You took me home
I drank too much
Cause of you my liver turned to dust
Cold rust taste, cold creeping cold pain
Do you understand what I mean?
When you feel your soul drop to the floor
Like a hole like an open bleeding sore
Then you'll have bled like I've bled
Then you'll have wept as I've wept
Suck me down, it's time to rock and roll
Let's hit the bar, let's lose control
One false move - you took me home
One false move - you're all alone
But it looks so good and it feels so nice
I've paid my price
I'll cut you out just to hear you scream:
"Get away from, get away from me".
And I can feel my heart beat racing
As I realize what I must do
Get away from, get away from, get away from you
Should've turned around like hell
Last time I got a taste of you
I should've turned and ran like hell
And I say we're through
Should've turned around like hell
Last time I got a taste of you
I should've turned and ran like hell
And I say we're through
And I say we're through
You fell upon me, like a plague
Weakness, sweet weakness
But I digress
After all this...
You're just like all the rest
Suck me down, it's time to rock and roll
Let's hit the bar, let's lose control
One false move - you took me home
One false move - you're all alone.
You took me home
I drank too much
Cause of you my liver turned to dust
Cold rust taste, cold creeping cold pain
Do you understand what I mean?
When you feel your soul drop to the floor
Like a hole like an open bleeding sore
Then you'll have bled like I've bled
Then you'll have wept as I've wept
Suck me down, it's time to rock and roll
Let's hit the bar, let's lose control
One false move - you took me home
One false move - you're all alone
But it looks so good and it feels so nice
I've paid my price
I'll cut you out just to hear you scream:
"Get away from, get away from me".
And I can feel my heart beat racing
As I realize what I must do
Get away from, get away from, get away from you
Should've turned around like hell
Last time I got a taste of you
I should've turned and ran like hell
And I say we're through
Should've turned around like hell
Last time I got a taste of you
I should've turned and ran like hell
And I say we're through
And I say we're through
You fell upon me, like a plague
Weakness, sweet weakness
But I digress
After all this...
You're just like all the rest
Suck me down, it's time to rock and roll
Let's hit the bar, let's lose control
One false move - you took me home
One false move - you're all alone.
07. Your Private War - Lyrics:
For my whole life, I have been burning down bridges
My only problem was foresight
I was standing on them, I never looked down
And know I am, knee deep in your bullshit
If you're ready for battle then I'm ready for war
So we can dance if you want lies
How easily we are deceived, how easily we believe lies
I will not run out of ammo, no more bowing my head
If every day is another slug, I will pull them out of my...
I will not run out of ammo, no more bowing my head
If every day is another slug, I will pull them out of my chest!
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
After all this time, don't wash my blood off of your hands
Let it crack and stain you, so the outside can match the in
Oh does it make you the fucking toast of the town
To pull yourself up, on those you're always putting down
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your...
You cursed my name, burned down my house
As I bear my soul you cast your doubt, and I can live without
You're passing judgement, with side long glances
Am I spitting hairs or do I dare to say, you've had your chances
You're passing judgement, with side long glances
Am I spitting hairs or do I dare to say, you've had your chances
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
Curse my name
Curse my name
Curse my name
Curse my name
Fuck!
For my whole life, I have been burning down bridges
My only problem was foresight
I was standing on them, I never looked down
And know I am, knee deep in your bullshit
If you're ready for battle then I'm ready for war
So we can dance if you want lies
How easily we are deceived, how easily we believe lies
I will not run out of ammo, no more bowing my head
If every day is another slug, I will pull them out of my...
I will not run out of ammo, no more bowing my head
If every day is another slug, I will pull them out of my chest!
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
After all this time, don't wash my blood off of your hands
Let it crack and stain you, so the outside can match the in
Oh does it make you the fucking toast of the town
To pull yourself up, on those you're always putting down
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your...
You cursed my name, burned down my house
As I bear my soul you cast your doubt, and I can live without
You're passing judgement, with side long glances
Am I spitting hairs or do I dare to say, you've had your chances
You're passing judgement, with side long glances
Am I spitting hairs or do I dare to say, you've had your chances
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
So raise your voices and hold your hopes up high
Tell your stories run your mouth and tell your lies
Curse my name
Curse my name
Curse my name
Curse my name
Fuck!
08. My Fork In The Road
(Your Knife In My Back) - Lyrics:
So here, we are again the same fork in the road
I hate you, you love me this story's getting old
The day that I opened up you shut me out for good
Forgive, forget, fuck you, you are a liar and a whore
So take what you want and leave
You'll never get another part of
I remember the day that, I thought I would be free
I poured out my soul to you exposed everything
The next thing I know my heart is broke
My hand it's much the same I did my best to drink you away
So take what you want and leave
You'll never get another part of
You are poison on man's lips
Lured in by the curves of your hips
Come here boy, stand by me
Look my way, have another drink
I should have got up
I should have got up and left you
And I will never ever be you're lover again
As far as I’m concerned, we are not even friends
This may not seem too subtle to you
The point I'm trying to make is we are completely through
So take what you want and leave
You'll never get another part of
You are poison on man's lips
Lured in by the curves of your hips
Come here boy, stand by me
Look my way, have another drink.
(Your Knife In My Back) - Lyrics:
So here, we are again the same fork in the road
I hate you, you love me this story's getting old
The day that I opened up you shut me out for good
Forgive, forget, fuck you, you are a liar and a whore
So take what you want and leave
You'll never get another part of
I remember the day that, I thought I would be free
I poured out my soul to you exposed everything
The next thing I know my heart is broke
My hand it's much the same I did my best to drink you away
So take what you want and leave
You'll never get another part of
You are poison on man's lips
Lured in by the curves of your hips
Come here boy, stand by me
Look my way, have another drink
I should have got up
I should have got up and left you
And I will never ever be you're lover again
As far as I’m concerned, we are not even friends
This may not seem too subtle to you
The point I'm trying to make is we are completely through
So take what you want and leave
You'll never get another part of
You are poison on man's lips
Lured in by the curves of your hips
Come here boy, stand by me
Look my way, have another drink.
09. Untitled Finale - Lyrics:
You put a bullet in my head
Turned black thoughts to red
This could all end in tragedy
I dream of your death, lay you down to rest
I won't look back in fond memory
But don't rush us out like a soldier
Are you a killer?...
I think I know what you are
A thief in the night and though it's taking me so very long to figure you out
You're throwing stones
Your glass castle is falling down
On top of your good times
I'm not interested in working this out
You put a bullet in my head
Turned black thoughts to red
This could all end in tragedy
And that's what you are
A sad plastic fucking mess!
Fuck off to me with how you're
Tired, used up and just barely getting by
Because I would walk on by and not even
Not even kick you when you're down
Though you would deserve it
Because you are lower than the lowest dog
But this is the part where I say goodbye!
And let the sands of time blow over us
Say goodbye and let the sands of time blow over us!
You've never had to crawl
You never had to see what it feels like
To be so trapped underneath
The weight of someones world
Comes crashing down on me
I was longing to be free
I put the bullet in you and me!
This is my farewell to you and I
This will all end in tragedy
This is my farewell to you and I
This will all end in tragedy
This could all end in tragedy.
You put a bullet in my head
Turned black thoughts to red
This could all end in tragedy
I dream of your death, lay you down to rest
I won't look back in fond memory
But don't rush us out like a soldier
Are you a killer?...
I think I know what you are
A thief in the night and though it's taking me so very long to figure you out
You're throwing stones
Your glass castle is falling down
On top of your good times
I'm not interested in working this out
You put a bullet in my head
Turned black thoughts to red
This could all end in tragedy
And that's what you are
A sad plastic fucking mess!
Fuck off to me with how you're
Tired, used up and just barely getting by
Because I would walk on by and not even
Not even kick you when you're down
Though you would deserve it
Because you are lower than the lowest dog
But this is the part where I say goodbye!
And let the sands of time blow over us
Say goodbye and let the sands of time blow over us!
You've never had to crawl
You never had to see what it feels like
To be so trapped underneath
The weight of someones world
Comes crashing down on me
I was longing to be free
I put the bullet in you and me!
This is my farewell to you and I
This will all end in tragedy
This is my farewell to you and I
This will all end in tragedy
This could all end in tragedy.
