Under Duress

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Under Duress 05:50
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Under Duress Rest assured, I’m not one of the faithful I understand my failings aren’t your fault Please ignore, most of what I tell you I’m speaking as if I’m under duress Do you recall, the first time that I met you You were saying that you would become a star That dream soon failed, with no one around to support you So you started to sell what’s under that dress. You can’t afford me, Lock the door please honey You’re soul deflating, trying to ease the pain Trying to ease the pain inside, trying to ease the pain inside Sinners will sin, there’s no happy story to tell you Police will cheat and every judge has his price I understand that you have left whatever remains of the truth So I ask what’s underneath that dress. You can’t afford me, Lock the door please honey You’re soul deflating, trying to ease the pain Trying to ease the pain inside, trying to ease the pain inside You’re the only one, that’s been in my head If I had to resist, I would have left you for dead All the other creations that have been sleeping in your bed I’m there (I’m there) I’m there (I’m there) I’m there (I’m there) I’m there (I’m there) Rest assured, I’m not one to be faithful I understand that everything is my fault I won’t ignore you, but I won’t hold back when I tell you the truth So I ask what’s underneath that dress. You can’t afford me, Lock the door please honey You’re soul deflating, trying to ease the pain Trying to ease the pain inside, trying to ease the pain inside
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Another Decade of War 04:09
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Another Decade of War Get your hands out my face In election we pass on our judgement so fast that everyone’s scared And everybody’s dead I don’t need an excuse for all of your inability It’s the future that you lead Get your hand out my face As the outer circle is cast from what we have learned so far But nothing’s gonna last What you chose your voice to lose, through the silence of belief And it’s never gonna leave Now we’re left to contemplate another decade of war (another decade of war, and on it goes and on it goes) Macabre-scape, just like the decade before Get your hand out my face Doubling down on the choices that we have made through belief and despair When is it ever fair Forgetting what we had, pretending what we had the lines are now blurred History untold Are you ready to contemplate another decade of war (another decade of war, and on it goes and on it goes) Macabre-scape, just like the decade before Those who chose to lead into the battle are not scared, they’re conditioned not to care When those who chose to walk away are labelled apostate, I’ve lost the faith. I don’t wanna be your military; i don’t wanna be a part of your private army. You’re the one that chose to lead, through heresy Contemplate another decade of war (another decade of war, and on it goes and on it goes) Macabre-scape, just like the decade before Contemplate (another decade of war, and on it goes and on it goes) Contemplate (and on it goes and on it goes) Contemplate (another decade of war) Get your hands out my face In election we pass on our judgement so fast that everyone’s scared And everybody’s dead I don’t need an excuse for all of your inability It’s the future that you lead, it’s the future that you lead
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Against the Grain 06:36
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Against the Grain Some kind of injustice, is spread across you face The disappointing look that you give me; get’s me through the day. No love lost between us, you’ve got no will to fight Counting down the seconds before I can put my head on ice Escape reality, dull the pain that’s in my way, intravenously, for now I’m getting high All the eyes that are on me, thinking what you will, Judge not what is here before you, I was just like you. Didn’t think when it started, it would be like it is now. But it’s fault of fucking doctor that gave me these fucking pills Escape reality, dull the pain that’s in my way, intravenously For now I’m getting high Not caring of the past but the feeling never lasts, I’m getting high Reaching out for more, when I’m done for your own sake just close the door Ketamine vision, made my heart stop once or twice. Chase the vulture that appears while I’m hearing what’s not there Don’t need to be nervous, I have ticks and I may scream It’s not you; it’s the world around me creeping through my skin. Escape reality, dull the pain that’s in my way, intravenously For now I’m getting high Not caring of the past but the feeling never lasts, I’m getting high Reaching out for more, when I’m done for your own sake just close the door Not caring of the past but the feeling never lasts, I’m getting high Reaching out for more, when I’m done for your own sake just close the door
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Holding the Gun 04:27
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Holding the Gun Walk right passed ignored, I can’t turn down the plea of everyone who has been trodden before me As I look I must make my point loud and known that as we stand as one we are on our own As I’ve heard it’s been said before We must put our people first No matter the cost on the other side What’s said and done all I can say is hypocrisy We shut the gates and don’t let them come in because there is a risk that there is someone who’s concocting A scheme to destroy all that we once loved although he suffrage commenced only after we had won As I’ve heard it’s been said before We must put our people first No matter the cost on the other side What’s said and done all I can say is hypocrisy You better come and walk with me (walk with me) You better come talk to me (talk to me) But there’s no stopping me (stopping me) Coz I’m holding that gun You better come and walk with me (walk with me) You better come talk to me (talk to me) But there’s no stopping me (stopping me) Coz I’m holding that gun You better come and walk with me (walk with me) You better come talk to me (talk to me) But there’s no stopping me (stopping me) Coz I’m holding that gun As I’ve heard it’s been said before We must put our people first No matter the cost on the other side What’s said and done we’re not the chosen ones The war is won and all I can say is hypocrisy
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Cardinal Sin (free) 06:40
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Cardinal Sin Forgive me father for you have sinned Looking forward to the Sunday, playing with my special friends Every week my faith grows stronger, and our sins forgiven I was a child, (I was a child) my family trusted you You’re a sinner in the sheets that was coming out for me But I’m coming after you Understanding the ravelling that’s in my head, it’s killing me Picking up the pieces of an eleven year old boy, what breaks everything - leaves nothing It was the end of the outing, it felt like this was something wrong You gave me the gift of this crucifix. That marked me as owned Victim of the conquest, the lying and the preaching’s through Under the guise of the Vatican, they can’t protect you Understanding the ravelling that’s in my head, it’s killing me Picking up the pieces of an eleven year old boy, what breaks everything - leaves nothing Lying on the counter, I’m holding my breath. Won’t you finish up, you crooked fucking scoundrel You preyed upon the choir, now face the consequence, what breaks everything - leaves nothing You left nothing Forgive me father for you have sinned, I will never be whole again, What goes on (and on and on and on) Goes on (and on and on and on) What goes on (and on and on and on) Goes on (and on and on and on) No! Dirty fucking creep (it’s our dirty secret) Dirty fucking creep (it’s your dirty secret) Dirty fucking creep (not my dirty secret) Dirty fucking creep (it’s no longer secret) Understanding the ravelling that’s in my head, it’s killing me Picking up the pieces of an eleven year old boy, what breaks everything - leaves nothing Lying on the counter, I’m holding my breath, won’t you finish up, you crooked fucking scoundrel You preyed upon the choir, now face the consequence, what breaks everything - leaves nothing Dirty fucking creep, Dirty fucking creep What breaks everything - leaves nothing Dirty fucking creep, Dirty fucking creep What breaks everything - leaves nothing
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Control Freak 07:30
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Control Freak Converted true, I promise you, I haven’t lost my mind There’s truth in every lie when reading between the lines The motives that are killing me, push back when called to class Slaughter of the forgotten lamb when nothing is meant to last Praise is reached by failing to identify your flaws Lost in the maze of trade when fighting for the cause After all that comes to past the future’s gone astray Heroes come to gloat at you they never save the day You cannot stop me before the statues are falling, control freak Here I am they say that I am your fool but here I stand. My faith withers in you. Looking down on everything that cornered by the crown Forgotten is the mutton and lamb by the age who takes the throne The structures that was built to shield the people of this land Is rotten by the wicked ones that promise all by deliver none Fickle are the older ones that forgot what used to be The system has been failing and we are never free Crying loud don’t hear the sound, forgotten by the age Of the priest’s entitlements, hoarded up the spoils of war You cannot stop me before the picture are fading, control freak Here I am they say that I am your fool but here I stand. My faith withers in you. Statues are falling, pictures are fading, the system is failing, i’m gonna let it burn (x6) Life could be as hard as you make it, this could be quite deceiving. Remember before your brain starts to peak, you’re nothing but a control freak Life could be as hard as you make it, this could be quite deceiving. Remember before your brain starts to peak yeah, you’re nothing but a control freak Cancelling all the charge backs when the fund has gone too far Reaching out and taking from the losers when they haven’t won. You cannot stop me before the system is failing, control freak Here I am they say that I am your fool but here I stand. My faith withers in you. Here I am my heart and soul burn true and I know why
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Desperate Cry 04:10
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Desperate Cry You are the light so vast what’s inside Deep and hidden away Nothing on the outside I will see you through the hard times. Stead fast your fallen angel Heavy weighted I’ve lost control, nevermore Don’t wanna be your fallen angel. Desperate cry, into the night Trying to be by your side It slips away, taken away, fallen down I will see you through the hard times. Stead fast your fallen angel Heavy weighted I’ve lost control, nevermore (nevermore) What’s not insane when this shit is on fire You’re so fucking wasted Falling down when you are held high, can’t finish what you never started You’re so fucking wasted, nevermore.
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Disorder 04:13
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Disorder We won’t report to hive minds You think you’re onto me With every order there’s a victim to smother You claim to bleed with me too. You’re not my saviour When going further there’s addiction to chaos. Deciding what makes who I am Besides I am nothing new Believe what you want you want, echo the man Disorder is our thing You won’t give back any time Persist we’re onto you When no one noticed that we’re not going away You won’t believe in my view Pretend to agree When no one taught you there’s addiction to chaos Deciding what makes who I am Besides I am nothing new Believe what you want you want, echo the man Disorder is our thing Deciding what makes who I am Besides I am nothing new Believe what you want you want, echo the man Disorder is our thing
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Empty Charm 04:19
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Empty Charm In a dark candle lit loft Plans are co-endured when everything is lost Feed me these scenes that glorify Light that stomach fire that entices us to fight Don’t deny another way Carry on and just obey When the silence is screaming again Don’t deny a better way Now there’s nothing left to hide, When our hero comes there’s nothing here to feed his pride. Planting the seeds to grow doubt Empty charm’s for sale and we are sold out. Don’t deny another way Carry on and just obey When the silence is screaming again Don’t deny a better way Cast aside my, step around my, Hide behind my, immutable lies. You see it too (you see it too) You see it too (you see it too) You feel it too (you feel it too) That’s all from you (that’s all from you) (x4) Don’t deny another way Carry on and just obey When the silence is screaming again Don’t deny a better way
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Hit the Wall 05:15
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Hit the Wall Appeal to emotion to change the course and divide A people on what just isn’t true Appeal to the fear, we thought it couldn’t be done Use a trend so thoughts will bend This is not where I belong, fall asleep come undone Up the stakes, like it all mattered Appeal to the pity, flooded feed of dismay Can’t escape once we’ve subscribed Appeal to the motive, don’t let it calm and subside The stand of aggressors supersized This is not where I belong, fall asleep come undone Up the stakes, like it all mattered The funds are made to choose who won Generations naive in slums Powerful when we are gathered I’ve got room to make it through, and that’s because of you I’m on own again, and when I break I hit the wall (hit the wall, hit the wall) Appeal to the opinion of changing actual facts Giving a different type of truth Appeal to the poison spreading like malady The illusion of choice fortified This is not where I belong, fall asleep come undone Up the stakes, like it all mattered The funds are made to choose who won Generations naive in slums Powerful when we are gathered I’ve got room to make it through, and that’s because of you I’m on own again, and when I break I hit the wall (hit the wall, hit the wall) Truth and lies, naked behind headlines Unravelling, finding our inner third eye Separate my sons and sorrows Blindingly obvious, narrow and true The closer you look It’s just a wall that you can’t see through I hit the wall (X3) I hit the wall (I hit the wall) I hit the wall (I hit the wall) I hit
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Liar Liar 04:43
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Liar Liar They pretend to befriend you Teach you a class of lies They suppress you, control you Sold out as poverty cries When you see it now it’s not the same We trusted you and now you’re in shame You gamble lives like it’s a game In circles round and round again Liar liars Rise above it, try and own it Sold out and follow through Take a moment, chose it now This movement is on you. When you see it now it’s not the same We trusted you and now you’re in shame You gamble lives like it’s a game In circles round and round again Liar liars, the world’s on fire Liar liars, try and have it Liar liars, there’s no denying Liar liars, your fate’s decided Micro managed pushed until we Passed the point of no return Time to remove social blindfolds Vote out the puppet’s term When you see it now it’s not the same We trusted you and now you’re in shame You gamble lives like it’s a game In circles round and round again Liar liars, the world’s on fire Liar liars, try and have it Liar liars, there’s no denying Liar liars, your fate’s decided When you see it now it’s not the same We trusted you and now you’re in shame You gamble lives like it’s a game In circles round and round again Liar liars, the world’s on fire Liar liars, try and have it Liar liars, there’s no denying Liar liars, your fate’s decided
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Fake News 05:12
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Fake News Discover why the thought of breeding is treated as a social inclusion Our lives are lost and we are depleted pandemic code that cannot be treated Our eyes are open but we won’t read it. The case is closed and we won’t appeal the truth We can’t relate When it’s up to us, we just argue about Who’s getting laid, who can’t behave Misdirection applies to maintain and to keep control Paid to shoot papa-mercenaries they add to print conspiracy theories Look who’s cheating on his family. Weight gain, weight loss, that’s alll we serve to you We can’t relate When it’s up to us, we just argue about Who’s getting laid, who can’t behave Misdirection applies to maintain and to keep control Now the production’s done there’s nothing left to gain for you What the media has done we cannot ever decide the truth Our thirst for goss’ will feed us to own us. To consume filth is just advantageous. The smut we see outside our values a force beyond all that we can ignore. We can’t relate When it’s up to us, we just argue about Who’s getting laid, who can’t behave Misdirection applies to maintain and to keep control Now the production’s done there’s nothing left to gain for you What the media has done we cannot ever decide the truth What is happening in not because we silenced rectitude It was fed and left to breed within by those bored of the truth And we can’t go back and just pretend what we have to face is happening Don’t try and justify, ignore the lie, try to beat the system restraining Now that everything that’s happening is happening to me I’m not blocked to new ideas I’m critical of what I read Now that every one that profits has a disclaimers to passed Fortunately there’s a footnote that says forget it this will never last We can’t relate When it’s up to us, we just argue about Who’s getting laid, who can’t behave Misdirection applies to maintain and to keep control
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Set Me Free 05:06
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Set Me Free A weak link blind to a reality that understates your debt An average guy lonely, pale, and grey comprehending regret All that you’ve said to me Another chink in the chain What do you expect of me Won’t you set me free, free, free No-one knows what’s been spinning round and turning my eyes red The balls of this mother fucker playing solo Russian roulette All that you’ve said to me Another chink in the chain What do you expect of me Won’t you set me free, free, free The price is paid the singles throwing down heavier than lead Asphyxiate, saving my last breath to wish that you were dead All that you’ve said to me Another chink in the chain What do you expect of me Won’t you set me free, free, free Waiting for the next preach that will say “no-one else can set you free” Lying awake every single day needing more Fluoxetine Well I’ve been sold, I’m told, for thinking like a bitch. The sickness building up in me Layers of the fold I’m betting on fool’s gold Won’t somebody set me free?
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Fade Away 05:58
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Fade Away Under the sun we live and die until departure but never left too bare We are creatures of comfort lying in dust before something aggravates us Counted as people, displaced and fragile Surrender your rights. Someone allowed before me on my feet I try to lie No one to tender, concluded venture. Acceptance is fault Content but blasé, simple and confused, relent to sage You’ll fade away Never broken through another point of view You’ll fade away Reaching all obscurity In 1941 invade and overcome, living in exile Nationalism, splintered provinces, the war broke out And from the ashes, proclaimed dependence, on the western world. You’ll fade away Never broken through another point of view You’ll fade away Reaching all obscurity Don’t lie to me but die for me. Everything has changed for what is real. Convenient for the rest of you but we’re fucked up together through and through. United Nations took upon themselves to make decisions that would see A united kingdom of disease infecting indiscriminately There’s an imbalance that was brewing behind the curtain that’s aside From the USSR to what we’re now, the difference is a cloud The fighting stops when we are done, surrender to our caves We have no control of everything you made us all this way You’ll fade away Never broken through another point of view You’ll fade away Reaching all obscurity Obscurity!

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A hard hit at the state of the world today.

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released December 25, 2021

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Against The Grain Studio by Andy Kite.
Guest Vocals Daniel "Doc" Richards

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Terra Axis Adelaide, Australia

Hard hitting 4 piece from Adelaide’s Northern Suburbs of South Australia. Heavily influenced by the grunge, post-grunge, and nu-metal from the 90’s and 00’s. Seasoned musicians from Adelaide’s local scene, Terra Axis started writing together in 2016 and at the end of 2021 released their debut, 14 track album. The album is a hard hit at the state of the world today. ... more

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