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Was This the Only Way?

by Ebenezer Blood

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1.
Nothing 04:21
This is a suicide of the heart and the mind This is the epitaph for what I leave behind They say you’ve ceased to live when your dreams have died I died so long ago yet I’m still alive This is what I am This is all I’ll be This is all I’ll ever have A fucking nothing It’s too late to turn back now That dog has been put down I have nothing left to say Maybe I should die But I live another day and I don’t know why This is what I am This is all I’ll be This is all I’ll ever have A fucking nothing It’s too much for me to bear It’s too late to care There’s no need to exhume the past There’s nothing there to find This is just a suicide so let stinking corpses lie This is what I am This is all I’ll be This is all I’ll ever have A fucking nothing
2.
Only Enemy 03:56
Burn We built these prison walls that incarcerate us all We can’t find happiness so we want it all to burn So let the piglet rot if it’s all that makes you smile You see the good in life and then you want to see it die Let it burn I feel your anger but your only enemy is you I am no one If there’s a god then strike me down I see your happiness and I want to smash it all I want to make you bow and kneel before my god I see what you have got and I want it for my own I see your righteousness and I want to break your soul Let it burn I feel your anger but your only enemy is you I am no one If there’s a god then strike me down
3.
Welcome to the party where we hate everybody We ask for more restrictions while we drown in debt We call it revolution but offer no solutions Just give me my opinions and tell me where to send the check Would you die for this revolution? Would you pick up arms and fight? Would you die for this revolution or is it all just a fucking lie? Now we’ve got a platform for our hateful voice We spout off facts without proof Spin the top enough and it becomes fact With all these empty vessels there’s no need to wait for truth Would you die for this revolution? Would you pick up arms and fight? Would you die for this revolution or is it all just a fucking lie? The campaign trail that started there in Tucson…. It will lead us all to the gates of hell. Would you die for this revolution? Would you pick up arms and fight? Would you die for this revolution or is it all just a fucking waste of time?
4.
Gunshots 04:15
Long before there was blood in Tucson Long before we had a Columbine I fantasized of doing murder I’d pull the trigger and I’d let the bullets fly We all play a part in these disasters There ain’t a human that was born to hate There’s only so much weight to carry Before the strongest mule’s back is gonna break Gun shots ring out. Was this the only way? There’s no denying that these times are violent And we’re all feeding on the blood We fantasize of the next big drama There’s no pulpit louder than a smoking gun Gun shots ring out. Was this the only way? You build your distance from the hate and violence I see the blood running down your arms You build your distance from the land divided Your words alone won’t get you very far You took it way too far
5.
Just not lest ye be judged We’re all gonna burn I look at you with pure disdain A trait that I have learned I bear the scars you have given me The world has cut me deep For you I have no sympathy I am above with you so far beneath You’re all just shit to me Liars, snakes and thieves We’re all so righteous and PC I see what lies beneath You put on a mask on to hide the truth But you can’t hide it from me The hate has gone behind closed doors I am above with you so far beneath You’re all just shit to me Liars, snakes and thieves I bear the scars you have given me You’re all just liars, snakes and thieves
6.
I’ve got something deep within that I keep locked away Though it fights to see the light I take it day by day You come calling for me. You come calling for me. Just go away Haunting me Turn around and reach for ground, it crumbles away I’ve been thinking about drinking Can I push the glass away? Die if you want to. I ain’t gonna stop you. You can piss it all away for a taste of the shame My body starts to shiver My mind starts to ache Then I remember… That’s when I break. I break. Haunting me. Turn around and reach for ground, I’m swept to sea Tormenting me Turn around and reach for ground, it crumbles away I’ve been thinking about drinking Can I push the glass away? Die if you want to. I ain’t gonna stop you. You can piss it all away for a taste of the shame You come calling for me. You come calling for me. Just go away
7.
Tensions 03:09
Here I’m standing at the crossroads again My mind plays tricks on me I don’t know if I’m up or I’m down Or if it’s smoke that I see I find some comfort and I tear it away I can’t explain it It just happens that way Cure it or kill it It seems just one way Tensions I’ve been around the block a circle or three But I ain’t never met nobody like me A saboteur at work A spy on the lam I act so cavalier but I give a damn Tensions I sit and wonder what the future may hold Can I be normal as myself on my own? For now sedate me and I’ll sit back and smile And I’ll be calm for a bit of a while with these tensions
8.
Save Me 03:45
Save me from all the things that I have become Thoughts of anger and murder are plaguing my mind I may heal from this but God only knows when I might try to see the sun shining again I will go on Float down my butterfly and I'll help them hear you sing Float down my butterfly and I'll tear off your wings No one's ever gonna undo the damage that I've already been through. If I can hold on and wait it out then maybe I can salvage some. I will go on Float down my butterfly and I'll help them hear you sing Float down my butterfly and I'll tear off your wings Float down my butterfly and I'll tear off your wings
9.
Wicked Eyes 02:54
I see you ‘round town and you’re talking so loud Pretending to be everything that you’re not A human… and civilized You’re holding on tight to what isn’t yours Celebrity and come back tours Don’t you know that I see right through you, you monster? I see the cunning in your eyes I see the cunning in your very wicked eyes You’re so foxy It is what it is You’ll get what you get They’ll see you for what you are just yet I gotta believe that there are others like me That aren’t sick from your disease You’re so deadly I see the cunning in your eyes I see the cunning in your very wicked eyes You’re so foxy
10.
Remember, remember 11th September It seems we’ve already forgot When we were given the good will of the world We threw it in the gutter to rot We are, we are the chosen ones We are, we are the native sons This is America We’re the brave and the true This is America Hey world, fuck you Hey! Are you talking to me? Don’t you know we do as we please? We live it up, we lust for life while you’re dying from war and disease There once was a time when we ruled not this world And all was at balance and peace Now we’ve polluted and we’ve stole of your land The only thing left now is me We are, we are the chosen ones We are, we are the native sons We are, we are the chosen ones And now you die

about

01. Nothing
(Words and Music by Mark Lind)
02. Only Enemy
(Words and Music by Mark Lind)
03. This Revolution
(Words and Music by Mark Lind)
04. Gunshots
(Words by Mark Lind. Music by Bob Falzano/Mark Lind. Additional vocal melodies by Jason Tankerly)
05. Liars Snakes and Thieves
(Words by Mark Lind. Music by Bob Falzano/Mark Lind)
06. Resident Evil
(Words and Music by Mark Lind)
07. Tensions
(Words by Mark Lind. Music by Bob Falzano)
08. Save Me
(Words and Music by Mark Lind)
09. Wicked Eyes
(Words and Music by Mark Lind)
10. The Chosen Ones
(Words and Music by Mark Lind)

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10 published by Bitter Bastard (ASCAP)
Tracks 4, 5, 7 published by Bitter Bastard (ASCAP)/Robert Falzano Music
All rights reserved. © 2011 Ebenezer Blood

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released October 8, 2011

Produced, engineered and mixed by Benny Grotto
Additional production and guidance by Rob Lind
Recorded and mixed at Mad Oak Studios by Benny Grotto
Mastered by Eric Baird for Half Son of Audio
Layout by Dave Norton

The defendants:
Bob Falzano – drums, gong, gun, guitar, tambourine, backing vocals
Mark Lind – guitar, bass, vocals

Accessories after the fact:
Rob Lind – vocals on “Only Enemy”, guitar on multiple songs, gang vocals
Jason Tankerly – lead vocals on “Gunshots”, gang vocals
Benny Grotto – gang vocals, amusing anecdotes, cannon
Will Toxic – gang vocals, youthful appearance
Craig Silverman – gang vocals, patience with fanboys

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