These are lyrics from a band I was in called Blindside
No, not the Blindside that's on Tooth & Nail records,
but a group I sang with while I was living in Mississippi.
We were very into social & political topics, straightedge & animal rights.

Anyway, here they are...

clandestined

i will rise
your white hood so significant
KKK strike a match, your crosses burning
fuck you and your self-righteousness
loyal to something deserving of demise
systematic annihilation
another spark to feed this fire
and while i'm tearing down everything you stand for
you're lynching another innocent man
unfeeling segregator
racist and heartless one
your values nonexistent
i rectify with a gun
you're destined to die for your cause


need for suffering

so low that change never reaches sight
i know that there's nothing i can do
funded by government
the aid that never comes
something is wrong when starvation can't be stopped
stings hard, the thought of theft for corporate gain
so far, it seems it's at the expense of the poor
nothing can rectify another person's loss
at the hands of those infected with greed
you find the need
the senseless need for suffering
a need that i don't quite comprehend
and i refuse to understand
no one can stop it now
the pain is not worth the price
they can victimize
they're above the laws that they set


fistful

anger breathed at this change we face
at a moment's notice i surmise
we vent our hate
this swill we force down and swallow hard
burning the throat, it's pride we intake
i flare like sun
it burns my skin to blackened flesh
reminded of night, i'll sit alone and burn
with you miles away
your heat strong, we clash and i overcome
your purest fiber ugly and silent
overshadowed by the truth of you
it makes itself known the thoughts of me, you burn inside and you lie
but i laugh it off because it's not like i care now anyway
it will hurt you so much when you find out i never did

resistance

magnify your lies
handing out your addiction
digging the graves of our children
further forcing my conviction
i wear this mark upon my hand
just to prove you wrong
you hook the kids on your fucking poison
slowly stringing them along
no compromises will be made
intensifying my hatred of you
with fist raised in defiance
to defend most sacred values
standing strong for what i believe in
to myself i will stay true
the X my symbol of protest
to stand strong through and through
resistance
contaminating everything around you
you're bearing empty gifts of deceit
i'm fighting for purification
keeping the strong minds free
i fucking protest on behalf of what i believe
unleashing vengeance to keep them free


stop me

you walked into my life (i let you in)
you were my best friend (my everything)
but then you used and abused me (still i let you stay)
but when you had your fill, you walked away
then you came back, thinking i was weak (such a big smile)
expected me just to accept it (knowing that's not my style)
I've got to try to find some peace
somewhere in my head
the trust that i put in you is long gone
it wouldn't phase me if you were dead
now i'm dying
torn apart
and now i'm killing
that feeling in my heart
the blood rains down
to stain my hands
somebody stop me
before i kill again


this phase

fight this
ignore this
so much to endure
peel away the protective scales
that make up my armor
this soul once strong
empty and vulnerable
how can i go on without a reason?
this is so much for one to carry alone
a fixed lesson in counter-aggression
a mark on my calendar for every painful day
a daily struggle with my denial
i can't go this alone
lack of self control
weeding out the weaknesses within
i go through life
heart in my hand
you hold the strings that bind me
bleeding out the weakness
strangling my ugly soul
beating out the weakness
it's not just a phase


restitution

demoralize
you will regret me
one hand held mine
while the other cut my throat
these two sides to you
you smiled and lied
your sickness overwhelming
growing inside
withering away
i'm hating all in you
faceless martyr
your blood upon my hands
sickness rising
i peel the skin from my back
i'm tearing through you
i'm your malicious act
superficial
a scar worn like a badge
weighing me down
thinking about you
and you're still alive
that fucking bothers me
i'd love to hurt your feelings
but i refrain
veils of circumstance
clouding my intent
restitution


restitution

bring forth your ignorant slaughter
impotent in your heartless ways
feeble attempt to desensitize
hiding the smell of death behind a mile
torture, abuse and defile
ripped away from their environment
unnecessary loss of life
for nothing more than taste preference
that leaves a rotten taste in your mouth
fed lie after lie
forced to believe that nobody gets hurt
empty lifeless shells
production continues
to feed a human race
subhuman in their heartless ways
you maintain this process
the killing continues
frightened animals
their lives torn away





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