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[Intro 0:09]
ONWARD
FORWARD
ONWARD
[Verse 1]
Begin with a sin, on the edge of our seats
It’s far from a win knowing history repeats
Put a spark in the wind, watch the energy it heats
Grasping the dark as the memories delete
Reminded of times feeling anxious or nervous
Surprised from the find some live without a purpose
Empty inside like a meaningless song
Surrendered to the flow as these dolls move along
Steadily remain like the rhythm of the rain
Feel a little bit of pain in the middle of my brain
An intermittent change now delivering a strain
Stay invading every memory with dissonant refrain
Driven into chains, but I’m never holding back
Worried and uncertain but I’m never showing that
Learning how to navigate an ever-folding path
There’s a war going on so you better hold the map
[Hook]
ONWARD There’s only one option
FORWARD Coming up from the bottom
ONWARD Gotta get to the top and
FORWARD We’re never gonna stop and
ONWARD There’s only one option
FORWARD Coming up from the bottom
ONWARD Gotta get to the top and
FORWARD So believe we’re never stopping
[Verse 2]
Change direction these dolls keep moving
Already lost sight what it means to be human
This carapace carries this, any given way
Never needed sleep so I wouldn’t miss a day
Regardless of origin or forces control
Body might be empty, but we still have a soul
Bonded to armor, Homunculus roles
The cycle plays out as the secrets unfold
Often a visionary, get a little blurred
And the fog is a little scary, hard to find the words
Prophet or missionary, leave them in the dirt
As a dog of the military, necessary perks
Crossing a bitter barrier but it’s worth it
Lost in dimensions of an infinite immersive
Equivalent exchange so recursive
Put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it
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[Verse 1 - 0:15]
Mindset is troubling, crisis is bubbling
Winter is coming and icicles doubling
I am just wondering, why are we stumbling
Listen and follow the life of an underling
Gotta get up high when they run up on the side
But I’m coming with the fight ‘cause I wanna stay alive
And we need another night, but we’re running out of time
There’s a tunnel underground and they’re coming up inside
Along the corridor for the border to the north
Impenetrable fortress, hardened reinforced
Mortars couldn’t override a quarter of their doors
And we’re loyal to the core, for the Warden go to war
General Armstrong, generally strong-arms
And everyone event-u-ally better be beyond charm
‘Cause Alex and Olivier can turn around and cause harm
Harder than a dropped bomb, lost and now you’re long gone
[Hook - 0:48]
We're in crisis. Justice is hijacked
Dedicated cadences to get it on the right track
Educated neighbors gonna take it to a climax
This is our chance, so stand up, and fight back
Crisis! Everything’s hijacked
This is our chance, so stand up, and fight back
Stand up! Fight back!
Stand up! Fight back!
Stand up! Fight back!
Stand up! Fight back!
[Verse 2 - 1:04]
Corruption is gaining, ranks elevating, they bring dishonor to royalty (royalty)
The upper location, moving adjacent, we need the circle uncoiling (coiling)
Armies invading, participating, anything that betrays loyalty (loyalty)
Temperature raising, better be blazing, making it hotter than boiling (Go!)
Ripping after pitter patter hit them where it matters
We gon’ split them when they scatter then we’ll kill them in the battle
Just to feel the rhythm rattle from the splintering and shatter
The divinity is crashing and it didn’t even matter
Lost and gone astray in the bottom of the maze
Got us walking in a haze, some’ll fall along the way
Giving all it takes ‘cause they put it all at stake
Or become a pawn at play on the dreaded promised day
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3. |
In Darkness
02:37
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[Verse 1 - 0:20]
Like brothers, a plot uncovered
This is an emergency, people will suffer
So urgent in that phone booth right before you fall
The phone rings twice, that’s the end of the call
I wake up in a cold sweat, oh the irony
Everybody knows how my temper’s so fiery
Now I’m in dire need, up against a wall
The situation’s critical, the storm follows calm
Face to face, terrified then you fall
The phone rings twice, that’s the end of the call
I wake up in a cold sweat, oh the irony
They took you away from me like it was piracy _
You’d be above ground if only I’d been around
Talking to Elicia, your voice still resounds
Your blood drowns your family’s portrait when you fall
The phone rings twice, that’s the end of it all
[Hook - 0:56]
Just know that in darkness, you sparked the start of this
I’d burn down the Arctic just to get an armistice
Vengeance cathartic, in death you’re a part of it
Your killers might be heartless but I’m getting to the heart of it
Even in darkness, you sparked the start of this
I’d burn down the Arctic just to get an armistice
Vengeance cathartic, in death you’re a part of it
Your killers might be heartless but I’m getting to the heart of it
[Verse 2 - 1:16]
I wake up in a cold sweat, oh the irony
Remember when we pledged we would build a better dynasty
You’re clarity and focus in a phase of confusion
The government sent us to the front then we moved in _
A false dichotomy at war about who wins
Human weapons used to kill humans
Kept me alive in dark times at Ishval
The phone rings twice, the end of the call
I wake up in a cold sweat, oh the irony
Gonna end this madness, driven, you inspired me
Candidly you thrived at humanity organically
Loaded with devotion to your work and your family
No going back as the dirt hits your casket
Fuel for the fire in this darkness to flash with
Rest in peace, Hughes, your sacrifice calls
The phone no longer rings, that’s the end of it all
[Hook - 1:53]
Just know that in darkness, you sparked the start of this
I’d burn down the Arctic just to get an armistice
Vengeance cathartic, for in death you’re a part of it
Your killers might be heartless but I’m getting to the heart of it
Even in darkness, you sparked the start of this
I’d burn down the Arctic just to get an armistice
Vengeance cathartic, for in death you’re a part of it
Your killers might be heartless but I’m getting to the heart of it
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4. |
Awakening
02:01
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[Verse 1]
Get ‘em up for the show
Focused on oppression, give it up, let ‘em grow
No it’s not to mention, better holding your discretion
With an overwhelming tension, set it up, let it blow
Awaken, awakening
I’m shaking, I’m shaking and
If you live enough to die
Take revenge upon the wicked who committed all the crimes
Think about the chances you’ve been given in your life
Could you overcome your Wrath, Lust, Gluttony, or Pride?
The rage in my eyes got me steady seeing crimson
Come a little closer if you want to catch a glimpse and
Others wouldn’t know it with the writing on the wall
Hunting every alchemist until I catch them all
X on my forehead christened as a brand
Watch it fall apart when I lend a helping hand
[Hook]
Awaken, awakening
I’m shaking, I’m shaking and
They want to pick sides
I fight for revenge, come along for the ride
Awaken, awakening
I’m shaking, I’m shaking and
They want to pick sides
Already died twice, what a time to be alive
[Verse 2]
Back once again, it’s the team from before
They sent me through the gate but I opened up the door _
Punished alchemists in Amestris, hoping they’d withdraw
But they want another massacre, I’ve gotta kill them all
Stay bouncing like pinball (bounce)
The virus in installed (ouch)
Fought back demons and overcame pitfalls
Racked up regrets, murdered doctors in Ishval
The kindness my right fist delivers is righteous
A hybrid of science and violent vices
Every day reminded of the journey that’s behind this
The widening horizon shining bright enough to blind us
Like the light in my palm
A fight for tomorrow and the lines have been drawn
It’s not a competition, but this decomposition
Helps in breaking down the system making right from what’s wrong
[Hook]
Awaken, awakening
I’m shaking, I’m shaking and
They want to pick sides
I fight for revenge, come along for the ride
Awaken, awakening
I’m shaking, I’m shaking and
They want to pick sides
Already died twice, what a time to be alive
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5. |
Stepping Along
01:47
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[Verse 1]
Memories, formed of our energy
Meant to be friendly but sometimes our enemies
Show up with entry expectedly entering
Messages wrecking the content eclectically
Better the tormenting dormantly sleeps
When hectic obsession forgets to retreat
Sent to our knees from the depths of the deep
Like androids that dream of electrical sheep
Stressed of forgetting the tension I keep
Depressed at the premise it never repeats
Never intended the subsequent leap
Embedded with effort a quest to complete
Temper gets measured in increment heat,
Crescendo beats, and entropy peaks
The betterment of precedent repping in this song
It’s evident impediments are gonna get stepped on
[Hook]
On this adventure, forever long
We are our mentors, veterans, strong
Never forgetting the evidence gone
We’ll find our success, from stepping along
Better remember the times we were wrong
Find our success keep stepping along
We’re stepping along, keep stepping along
We’ll win in the end, from stepping along
[Verse 2]
Never once heard of a lesson that’s painless
Any small experience could always make me anxious
Left my brother’s soul in a suit of armor vacant
Practicing an esoteric art that was ancient
Never been complacent, and not about to start
What I lack in knowledge we can make it up in heart
Putting it together after taking it apart
Equivalent exchange put the horse before the cart
The lucid illusion imbued in confusion
Opened the gate to include an intrusion
The truth to subduing our mood made us doomed
Set the house ablaze with the fumes from the room
Elusively moving to always improve
Thought it foolishly prudent to transmute a human
The cumulative student who booted and missed class
Got a lucrative recruitment included in this track
[Hook]
On this adventure, forever long
We are our mentors, veterans, strong
Never forgetting the evidence gone
We’ll find our success, from stepping along
Better remember the times we were wrong
Find our success keep stepping along
We’re stepping along, keep stepping along
We’ll win in the end, from stepping along
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6. |
No Answer
02:21
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[Verse 1]
Rewinding the decision of a missed retirement
A violent division of the soul and vital mesh
Fighting is the minimum or live a silent death
Remember what the mission was until my final breath
Loyalty in dedication, focused never giving up
The powers that would liberate could also just imprison us
Power to the people, immigrants to the indigenous
It's math, add the Numbers, Deuteronomy, Leviticus
Set upon the path when explained just a little bit
Reference unchained, took your frame then we shifted it
The catalyst of avarice to take with never giving it
Can’t ignore the principles, exchange in equivalence
Stand on my own two, land on my own two
Try pushing back and understanding that it won’t move
It’s easier to learn, take a chance with a bold move
Instead of falling victim when the gambit just provokes you
[Verse 2]
Behold opposing forces facing alchemy and science
A necessary evil adding balance to the kindness
Shattered the integrity betraying all alliance
The high requests for guidance answered back with only silence
Always up for challenge even if I play to lose
Known for taking cues faking through to break the rules
Awakened chasing clues through this maze of jaded truth
Erasing every entry on the statement paying dues
Situation critical with every second passing
Flooded with contention, consequences everlasting
A time and place for waiting and a place and time for action
Questions piling up, and I’m getting sick of asking
Physically capable, emotionally broken
Circle on the floor for the portal to be opened
Reply never came (No Answer), set the chain react in motion
Protons electrons always cause explosions
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int eighty Austin, Texas
int eighty is the rapper in Dual Core. He hacks computers and makes rap music.
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