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BREAK DOWN
02:46
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BREAK DOWN
Words and music by David Norris
Riding high on broken dreams
Just a cog in the big machine
Wanting to be something else
Drowning in the wishing well
Every word you said to me
In my head still echoing
Clip the wings so I can’t fly
Watch my dreams go with the tide
Keep it all here bottled in
Until I break down again
Keep it all here bottled in
Until I break down again
Throwing shit and throwing blame
Everyday it’s still the same
I’m in a fight I cannot win
Not strong enough so I give in
I’ll sit back and let my mind erode
Wiping out every trace of you
And everyone who hated me
For being who I had to be
Just like you, you never heard
Anything I said not a single word
Caught up in your selfish life
Well here I am still trapped in mine
Never there when I needed you to do
Anything to help me make it thru
All the pain that brought me here
To this place where I’ll just disappear
Keep it all here bottled in
Until I break down again
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DEEPER
03:34
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DEEPER
Words and music by David Norris
Look down
Look hard
Peel away the skin
Decay has spread
Rotting from within
Now
You feel
What it is
To be me
Your heart
So cold
Blacker than the night
It holds
Your hate
As it festers deep inside
Now
You feel
What it is
To be me
The hate
Builds up
But you push it back again
Deep down
Deeper and deeper
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FEEDING THE MACHINE
03:27
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FEEDING THE MACHINE
Words and music by David Norris
Taken for granted,
Like cattle we are branded
Left alone and stranded,
Yeah isn’t it romantic
How they shove us into pins,
Into chutes we pile in
To the slaughterhouse we file in,
All were born for dying
They bludgeon us to death,
They say its for the best
Drop the blade onto our necks
And you know what’s coming next
We stand and take the pain,
Like good soldiers we are trained
We hide inside our shame
Then they bring the hammer down
All we are, battle scars, we die hard
Feeding the Machine
Everything we’ve known,
Here inside our home
Like seeds we were grown,
But onto rock were sown
Denied the fertile soil,
Ripped from the mortal coil
Reused our bones are boiled,
They burn our blood for oil
Every step we take
Helps to seal our fate
So in the dark we wait,
Building up our hate
We’ve taken all we can,
It’s time to make a stand
Someone had a plan
So we bring the hammer down
All we are, battle scars, we die hard
Feeding the Machine
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ABSOLUTION
02:27
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NOW I AM NOTHING
04:34
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NOW I AM NOTHING
Words and music by David Norris
Falling out of self control
Twisting the further down I go
Losing my grip on sanity
Wishing that this life was just a dream
Now, I am nothing
Now, I am nothing at all
Hearing the voices of the dead
Singing songs stuck in my head
Digging deep inside my mind
Erasing the trail I left behind
Now, I am nothing
Now, I am nothing at all
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7. |
BROKEN
03:30
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BROKEN
Words and music by David Norris
Broken down with broken spirit
Broken promise broken life
Broken heart asks for forgiveness
Broken soul gives up the fight
Broken patience broken limits
Broken hope broken name
Broken love begs for redemption
Broken dreams they still remain
Broken toy in broken fingers
Broken family broken home
Broken memories still linger
Broken boy now all alone
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AFTERMATH
02:42
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SCRAPING HOPE
Words and music by David Norris
Take my hand
Become a part of me
Steal a kiss
Become the air I breathe
Pierce my heart
Be the rhythm that it beats
Blind my eyes
You’re all I need to see
New emotions taking shape
As we drift further into space
Catching stars while they explode
Fleeting moments scraping hope
Siren calls
Me to the great unknown
There I say
What I’m too afraid to show
Rain falls down
Erasing all our tracks
As we slip between
The spaces in the cracks
New emotions taking shape
As we drift further into space
Catching stars while they explode
Fleeting moments scraping hope
Take with me
A little piece of you
Buried deep
Hidden from their view
Here its warm
I wish that I could stay
Scraping hope
To help me on my way
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A-LINE Newport News, Virginia
A-LINE began as an outlet for all of the pent up frustrations of living. To voice my thoughts and feelings on the world around me. To help let go of anger building inside me all of my life. At first it was just a theraputic exercise but has grown into a passion and a mission statement. Currently I am the sole member but I will soon be recruiting others in my bid for world domination. ... more
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