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The Writer and the Written

by Call Me King

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1.
Wind and Water, Misbehave 03:42
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Ring around the Rosy Pockets full of posies Ashes, ashes We all fall down So ahead of all your peers The king of your career The son of success Knowing all you've done will be revered Concealing all your fears The things you hide inside All for the sake of you and your useless selfish pride The world sleeps under your thumb While you sleep under your roof A living mockery of God Ignoring any that you can't use The thought appears for just a moment Somewhere on the periphery A conjured image from the darkness Of all those who rest in need So shut your eyes and close your ears Numb your heart to all their tears Just tell yourself that it's not real Don't leave a trace that you can feel Their sunken eyes beg from hunger A crumb off the table would suffice But your greed gives no allowance Concerning their petty lives Here I am the accomplice To all your apathetic hate Yet I know of the judgement We'll receive our due fate So shut your eyes and close your ears Numb your heart to all their tears Just tell yourself that it's not real Don't leave a trace that you can feel No hesitation A blade cuts off breath From ashes rising A siren sings So shut your eyes and close your ears Numb your heart to all their tears Just tell yourself that it's not real Don't leave a trace that you can feel Ring around the Rosy Pockets full of posies All of them are dead
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Casting Shadows 03:35
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Oh God Look at the world we made We're a generation lacking passionate pain Our shame is what we all ignore We're offended by truth, we're unready for war We'll watch the stars fall down around us It's nothing but a choice inside We're clasping hands and casting shadows But inside our hearts have died So tear off the blindfold from your eyes Don't forget what we have all denied We could rule this world by nightfall By nightfall, by nightfall This isn't sustainable The world's held in balance by paper sheaves Change is hope We're passing the money up They're passing the rules down It's an endless cycle going 'round and around We're passing the money up They're passing the rules down And all the while our skin drags on the ground So tear off the blindfold from your eyes Don't forget what we have all denied We could rule this world by nightfall By nightfall, by nightfall Don't forget the flesh around your bones The death that you refuse to show We are all beyond our end but We walk on, we walk on When the ravens devoured your flesh Did you think for a moment you'd have a regret? All along we've been walking with death When they stole both your eyes They left you with breath but That was their mistake In this world that they've made The dead will now be raised We walk from our graves If you're offended by truth than stop me I bet you mindless cowards won't I will scream until the demons take notice I will make the earth crumble around your ears I will fight until the world stands in silence I will stand until I no longer feel my fear (I feel fire in my veins Watch me burn) So tear off the blindfold from your eyes Don't forget what we have all denied We could rule this world by nightfall By nightfall, by nightfall Don't forget the flesh around your bones The death that you refuse to show We are all beyond our end but We walk on, by nightfall
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Dream Eater 03:43
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Your face is always on my mind Trying desperately to lie Hiding memories Suffocating I still dream of you Your hands rifling through my hair Your lips pressed over my skin Your life a story so ambitious But where do I begin? I end talking to myself Reciting histories undealt Beginnings hazy memories Of what I never held Oh what a shame That we could never meet And who's to blame That you held no love for me? With everything I've longed to hold you close beside me and I Wish I could resign For you I was so blind But inside my head you're mine Your face is painted on my soul Your voice whispers "Don't let go." You were everything I wanted But never quite enough We were just moments away From both our greatest mistakes And then you held my eyes and told me you'd be going to sleep The twists and turns of your hips Your soft hair gracing your lips And your spine pressed against my chest I lied, I'm never at my best Oh what a shame That we could never meet And who's to blame That you held no love for me? With everything I've longed to hold you close beside me and I Wish I could resign For you I was so blind But inside my head you're mine You're mine I want to taste the air you breathe Fill your soul with all my sweet misdeeds Take everything that you can be But your voice I'm left abandoned, an empty old shell You were my mistress and I was your thrall But I haven't heard my sweet lover's voice In years left uncounted months too long to tell I've tried to remember the way your skin felt The taste of your lips and the curve of your smile You are a stranger, a ghost in my mind You haunt me But you're not present in my sight Oh what a shame That we could never meet And who's to blame That you held no love for me? With everything I've longed to hold you close beside me and I Wish I could resign For you I was so blind But inside my head you're mine You're mine
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Red All Over 03:56
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Extra, extra read all about it Front page starts as an empty canvas 'til black-lined headlines make sensational fear a fact The next craze is a murder spree I'm convinced you'll regret hearing anything other than me So come back in, unplug your ears And lean close as I spit acid shaped like fear Take heed open your ears Welcome to the time of special interests Monetized bottom line If it don't earn we won't tell One small fee for us Peace of mind for you We'll feed you what you wanna hear And count up our revenue The world is ending Don't try to kid yourselves Every day something new To convince you that you won't make it through Here's our product It keeps you safe and sound At least distracted 'til you're down in the ground Abandon hope, ye who enter here The world is filled with all of your deepest fears Keep focused with your eyes on the flowers And don't think about the gun that's pressed to your skull Listen while I lie In such convincing ways I turn my truth for just that light that makes you all afraid Trust no one You're surrounded Everyone Is in on it So will you choose to do something about it Or did you forget that culture's a product We'll never have time to buy plots of earth I guarantee that this sickness will kill us first We'll never have time to buy plots of earth I should be laughing right now Abandon hope, ye who enter here The world is filled with all of your deepest fears Keep focused with your eyes on the flowers And don't think about the gun that's pressed to your skull God willing, we'll own you all your life I ink my stories with the screams of the dying Still I rejoice 'cause my net gains are rising I make my living off the fear you're providing My needs are met by all the tears you're supplying Abandon hope, ye who enter here The world is filled with all of your deepest fears Keep focused with your eyes on the flowers And don't think about the gun that's pressed to your skull The murderer's and rapists Read all about it The cold sweat and distress Read all about it The serial hatred Read all about it All your fears, created Read all about it
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Wolves at the Door 04:52
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It's in the sound and it's in the street Yeah you filled me full of disbelief And I know retaliation is a distant dream But it's time to make a change So let me give you my name So that you know just who to blame When your life goes wrong The shame is I cannot recall A single time when I stood strong I will write my will across the sky I will darken the sun and take hold of time I will tear this world down around me And smile as it burns A brilliant white sun Lives in my soul I am a product of a burnt out core You have made me deadly Something to be feared Have you met a monster? Come and meet one here I will write my will across the sky I will darken the sun and take hold of time I will tear this world down around me And smile as it burns I will make a ruin of this Earth For good or ill I will make sure that I am heard I don't care for any objections I will rule the earth I hold the reigns of life and death I'll summon the wind with a single breath Worship all that I have done And know that I am dust (I'll bring your nails, you bring their cross) (Don't make of me a liar You can save yourself from fire Rescue me, rescue us From what you've done) So what words will mark your gravestone? And will they be put there by me? And when all is said and done, oh Will you still be my enemy? And when the world returns to ashes And everything we've made is dust Do you believe that you'll remember All of the kings of this Earth? For we have built a grand cathedral And we have filled it with ourselves A graven image so distasteful We almost couldn't stand to bow Yes the world's become an idol A pagan altar to our pride And we have worshipped our own shadows Lifted ourselves up to the sky I will write my will across the sky I will darken the sun and take hold of time I will tear this world down around me And smile as it burns I will make a ruin of this Earth For good or ill I will make sure that I am heard I don't care for any objections I will rule the earth
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Everybody's Got a Price 03:53
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Where is this man of God that I've heard so much about? Maybe he's disappeared and I'm talking to myself A message left unheard by deafened ears concerned with only self I've heard he's round here somewhere but I can't find him just empty lying shells (I've heard you saying) With money so short I'm keeping my wallet tight If I waltz away with your skirt for the same price I can't turn down the bottom line when you've been giving it away I see judgment in your eyes with every look at me Pretend I'm worth time, I'll pretend you're right Not expecting any truth I've learned hypocrisy Pretend I'm worth time, I'll pretend you're right I want to cry and shriek and shake Until the boards loosen Until the wood creaks Until my foundation breaks Until I'm not afraid If you took my tongue I'd still speak the truth The rocks would cry out The trees walk on roots The mountains dive into sea The world my melody I see judgment in your eyes with every look at me Pretend I'm worth time, I'll pretend you're right Not expecting any truth I've learned hypocrisy Pretend I'm worth time, I'll pretend you're right Do the demons know your name? Because they sure as hell know mine When you speak do they run away? Or is this all just a waste of time? This Babel we've built is destined to fall Might as well be me who takes it down When theres no man of God to be found It might as well be me who opens my mouth Are there any right places anymore? Is there goodness to be found in Gomorrah? Is there still a righteous man in Sodom? Is there anybody left who can't be bought out? I see judgment in your eyes with every look at me Pretend I'm worth time, I'll pretend you're right Not expecting any truth I've learned hypocrisy Pretend I'm worth time, I'll pretend you're right Someone's gotta wear the crown Might as well be me Someone's gotta wear the crown So call me king
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Bandit 02:49
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We all lie about our priorities About the things we stand for the reasons that we breathe I know that it's a difficult question But rather than face it we run for the exits And what do we create? Our shame, society medicated But I will not be ignored I'll make rhythm my weapon and words into swords Brace yourselves for every time I've held my acid tongue In moments between substance it is when I come undone A liar's tale, but told for free I'm speaking the truth Unleashing the realest me Why am I alive? What am I waiting for? You've met with a terrible fate haven't you boy? They took the gold from in your eyes and scattered it to dust Now I lay beneath your judging eye and conform to your lust I change my face to suit your need like I am without form I lose my name inside the role you force me to adorn These words turn Aiming at the very lips that spoke I write them Hoping they can save me from myself I'm not wasting my time Taking a life My own creations always turn The vitriol of this venomous voice It's dividing sinew, it's shattering choice Brace yourselves for every time I've held my acid tongue In moments between substance it is when I come undone A liar's tale, but told for free I'm speaking the truth Unleashing the realest me Why am I alive? What am I waiting for?
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Everything Is a Weapon (If You Hold It Right) 03:23
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I hope you've prepared everything that you need The time is coming for you to be brought down to your knees I was safely forgotten, nothing more than a memory But skeletons in your closet don't vanish so simply Cause you and I are dancing in time To a beat no one else can hear I am a creature of darkness and light With followers that you fear This is a dance for the ages Let me see some spectators It's time to clear the dance floor No need for introductions We don't need your responses You're begging me for more more more The anger in their eyes Tells me we'll have to fight And as our voices rise I lift my hands up toward the sky Cause you and I are dancing in time To a beat no one else can hear I am a creature of darkness and light With followers that you fear The world must seem so slow as you dance with me It all must seem so slow Watch it all fade away as you dance with me Watch the world fade away All your memories return as you dance with me I see it in your eyes Yeah your face fills with pain as you dance with me As you remember your lies So count your steps And take your time Us dancing here It could cost us our lives With lines and words Our battle is made We go to war With our songs at our waists Cause you and I are dancing in time To a beat no one else can hear I am a creature of darkness and light With followers that you fear We have both become kings in our own rights Bearing the weight of the world I've been sent to bring judgment from on high I'll give you the end you deserve Cause you and I are dancing in time You and I are dancing in time You and I are dancing in time You and I are dancing in time
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Broken Machines 04:02
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The cracks you used to know Spiderwebbing through my heart my hands They're pushing me apart like slivered flats of land Ever since the day you replaced me The breasts of a blossoming beauty Wrapped in torn scraps a once-elegant dress Structures decaying soundly Magnified meaningless markings of majesty A Hunter to his prey Fleeting footsteps flowing One under the weight Of two hearts heavy falt'ring I'm a broken machine Made with overworn springs Watch me slowly fall apart Slowly fall apart I'm all on my own With nowhere to call home Watch me slowly fall apart Slowly fall apart I move Grinding gears inside my body but I smile The effort almost breaks me every time I'm drowning Every Time my head dips I can't help but wonder if it's the last time I'm floating Life's my surface flailing for a single gasp I can't (see her) Again Alone we're suffering In this crater we call home I've lost the will to take (A hunter to his prey) A life so beautiful I'm a broken machine Made with overworn springs Watch me slowly fall apart Slowly fall apart I'm all on my own With nowhere to call home Watch me slowly fall apart Slowly fall apart You knew exactly how this ends You're running just like all your friends I'm hunting after you again Please stop me please stop me My hands make empty homes their ends I'm stealing from those I call friends I'm broken worthless let it end I'm drowning please stop me (You've never been alive You've always been a lie No one could break in Your walls are flawless You told yourself a lie It poisoned all your mind You never waited You knew the ending You weren't weak at all Where others would all fall You stand triumphant And you can stop this The choice is yours to make To give or will you take But I will trust you I still trust you) I'm a broken machine Made with overworn springs Watch me slowly fall apart Slowly fall apart I'm all on my own With nowhere to call home Watch me slowly fall apart Slowly fall apart
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Where Have You Been, Jack Douglas? 03:32
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After everything I've been through I don't know why I'm shocked That everything I stood for Was hiding something dark It's clawing at my insides And it's begging for escape I can feel my own potential And it's driving me insane It's like a blackness rising from my soul A bent that I can't change It's like everything inside of me Is everything I hate So tell me why We can't explain Why nothing's changed We live with hate Don't we all know Everything fades It's time we learned Nothing lasts forever I tell myself I'm ordinary There is nothing wrong with me I wish that I believed a single lie I hold inside of me These blackened words flow from my lungs And I can't control myself Everything I do just binds me tighter to my inner self I tell myself I'm ordinary It never seems to take It's like everything inside of me is made from my mistakes Like every day I wish that I could be a better version of myself But I won't sit unmoving with no legacy to sell So tell me why We can't explain Why nothing's changed We live with hate Don't we all know Everything fades It's time we learned Nothing lasts forever I hold on so tight but it all slips away It's like sand in my fingers or dust in the rain So tell me why We can't explain Why nothing's changed We live with hate Don't we all know Everything fades It's time we learned Nothing lasts forever So tell me why We can't explain why nothing's ever changed We've reconciled to always live with hate In retrospect all beauty's born to fade Nothing lasts forever
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Sing Me to Sleep 05:28
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Son take me away Son give me a good life and Rewrite all the problems that I've made Son give me hope Son give me a good death and Forget all my struggles, all my pain The troubles of the past have gone away And it's a new day I've made myself into a dream A familiar face you've never seen A heartbreaking requiem melody All in the name of paternity And I'll murder you with my words I am a massacre I'll take you away Down to the river Where the sirens wait I'll teach you my name With water and wicked As your shallow grave Where innocence withers And hatred is answered A pathway created As flesh turns inanimate Softly Slowly You are the stain upon my soul The one thing I can't let go You are everything I hated But never quite enough To crush you into dust Until you took my purpose The one I'd never trust And I'll murder you with my words I am a massacre I'll take you away Down to the river Where the sirens wait I'll teach you my name With water and wicked As your shallow grave Where innocence withers And hatred is answered The pathway created As flesh turns inanimate Like you were alive Heaven-sent Kairos on its head A broken frame left bleeding red A shadow appears and my eyes alight Your killer in my sight And I arrive With empty promises I'll aim for more This blood I can't ignore You've stolen him from me I'll watch you fall I'll take you away Down to the river Where the sirens wait Where innocence withers I'll teach you my name In water and wicked An enmity unending created I'll take you away Down to the river Where the sirens wait Where innocence withers I'll teach you my name In iron and ember A pathway you've chosen me to wander A changing of names Your life is retreating I scrabble to save You're dying you're bleeding Your suffering ends While mine's just beginning A final word Please I've got a friend in the background waiting
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Evil Will Prevail 04:51
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Didn't you ever see what you did to me? Didn't you even know what this meant to me? You act like all of this was just a personal choice Like you weren't choosing sides Didn't you consider the effects? I'm standing here watching as you left Apparently this was never what I thought inside What it was in my mind Of all the ones who made me wanna kill myself I never thought I'd see your name up on that shelf You left me hanging by just a thread and You left me here with almost nothing left I, I gave you everything you asked for I listened to your every plea I put up with the strife and all the lies And never asked for anything You are everything I've tried to fight You're everything I've regretted inside Everything I wished I'd never done And never given time Don't you ever tell me that you wish things could be the same Don't you ever tell me that you regret a single thing I know better than to believe a single word you say yes I know everything you said was just a lie because The pain inside me drags me down Down to the bottom You left me just like all the others In the end I hope you know that you don't deserve A thing you've gotten I hope you know you're just a child Let me be clear I, I gave you everything you asked for I listened to your every plea I put up with the strife and all the lies And never asked for anything You are everything I've tried to fight You're everything I've regretted inside Everything I wished I'd never done And never given time Everything was just a second away I guess Everything was just another of my regrets A hundred lies couldn't make me lose my trust in you But you did it with the truth I hate the air you breathe I loathe the world you see Can you even understand What it means to care about something? Or do you only think for yourself? Do you think of no one else? Do you give in to not caring for anyone? I hope you know I saw through every lie you said Through every word you'd sell Through every angry look And every empty smile And I just let it pass Acted like we were friends I guess you couldn't stand Dealing with my demands I hate you What you put me through Everything you did to me That you passed off as normalcy You're a liar And all the songs I wrote They all bear your name Between the lines and notes I guess you were the same

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Call Me King Austin, Texas

Post-hardcore 4-piece from Austin, TX.

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