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Silence Is Betrayal

by First Blood

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1.
Intro 01:08
2.
Silence 00:53
SILENCE in the midst of madness, of men hellbent on war SILENTLY we endure the hardship so others can have more SILENCE Time has come to break this... SILENCE Time is now to break my... SILENCE... SILENCE... Silence is... BETRAYAL to the ones you love BETRAYAL to us all BETRAYAL to all the innocent Silence is... BETRAYAL to humanity BETRAYAL to the world BETRAYAL to all those suffering SILENCE is BETRAYAL
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Preamble 03:16
How can we live life without ever questioning? When knowledge gives you power and the truth will set you free How can we accept this world of inhumanity AND TURN OUR BACKS to the injustice between what is and what could be We can turn our backs and turn the other cheek We can cover our eyes but we all... We all have BLOOD ON OUR HANDS We all have BLOOD flowing on OUR HANDS We will always have BLOOD ON OUR HANDS We have their BLOOD flowing on OUR HANDS But we can MAKE THIS STOP So many people SUFFERING So many forced to live in MISERY And someday they will HIT THE STREETS For justice, screaming OFF WITH THEIR HEADS The people crying out... OFF WITH THEIR HEADS To all their leaders... To all the criminals... The people crying out... OFF WITH THEIR HEADS And that day is drawing near So many are suffering, living in misery But we CAN MAKE THIS END If we accept the possibility And make a change within And make the steps to move Towards what could be from what is And we accept responsibility Because if we choose to remain silent We give them no reason to STOP For too long... Too long... We've got to bring this to an end No more... No more... We must reverse this downward trend TOO LONG... TOO LONG... It's not too late to take a stand NO MORE... NO MORE... If we remain silent... We all have their blood ON OUR HANDS
4.
Enemy 02:32
I'M NOT your enemy WE'RE NOT your enemy THEY'RE NOT who they appear to be Those with the power to CONTROL OUR BELIEFS To break this CURSE Expose for all to see To know that I am on your side WE'RE ON YOUR SIDE Powers that be have their methods to DOMINATE And be secure in their power TO GAIN CONTROL Over all that we see... ALL THAT WE SEE Over all that we hear... ALL THAT WE HEAR Manipulate to divide and CONQUER Search for the truth and you'll find the real ENEMY I'm not your enemy We're not your enemy They're not who they appear to be Because some things are not always as they seem I'm not your enemy We're not your enemy I'M NOT your enemy WE'RE NOT your enemy THEY'RE NOT who they appear to be Because some things are not always as they seem Control the public mind To be secure in their power TO GAIN CONTROL Over all that we see... ALL THAT WE SEE Over all that we hear... ALL THAT WE HEAR Manipulate to divide and then CONQUER Search for the truth and you'll find the real ENEMY
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Resist 01:23
The choice to refuse/RESIST To say NO! I WON'T COMPLY! With the corrupt institutions That keep getting worse with time While the liars and cheaters keep looting the system and robbing people blind I REFUSE to pledge an ounce of allegiance to benefit the few I REFUSE to serve and FIGHT for a system that's really fighting you IT'S FIGHTING YOU Why do we need them? How do we beat them? TELL ME HOW do we defeat them? When does this begin? IT STARTS NOW! Buried under all this weight Tell me... How much will you take? HOW MUCH WILL YOU TAKE? Stand up before it's too late Tell me... How long will you wait? HOW LONG WILL YOU WAIT? Feel like you've been pushed too far? The time is now to draw the line TIME TO DRAW THE LINE The choice to refuse/RESIST and say NO! I won't comply NO! I WON'T COMPLY! Why do we need them? How do we beat them? TELL ME HOW do we defeat them? When does this begin? IT STARTS NOW!
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Truth 01:21
The pain that we must all endure to pass the THREE STAGES OF TRUTH! So many who base their lives on the prevailing point of view And because a great many who will believe Therefore it must be true DARE NOT TO ASK... Who gains, who profits, who wins, who benefits the most? From the conditions we accept with our own lying eyes From believing what we are told WHAT WE ARE TOLD! Those we condemn... THOSE WE CONDEMN For what they know... FOR WHAT THEY KNOW To have the vision to see beyond the status quo... THE STATUS QUO 1) First they are RIDICULED then 2) Opposed so violently until... 3) ACCEPTANCE These are the three stages of truth The pain that we must all endure to pass the THREE STAGES OF TRUTH The pain... the THREE STAGES OF TRUTH The damage... the THREE STAGES OF TRUTH The pain that we must all endure to pass the THREE STAGES OF TRUTH The damage we must all endure to pass the THREE STAGES OF TRUTH
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Detach 04:51
The more we look... THE MORE WE LOOK And understand... AND UNDERSTAND We start to see... LIES EVERYWHERE And get the feeling that... WE HAVE BEEN MISLED By illusions that constantly Try to convince me of what to believe And tell me what I need Tell me how I should feel That all of this is real I know there's got to be... SOMETHING MORE THAN THIS False sense of reality The truth is what I seek Into this fabric of conformity Some choose to blend But I chose to... DETACH from this legacy DETACH from this lunacy DETACH from this apathy DETACH from this insanity DETACH from this suffering DETACH from this misery DETACH At the point of no return And there's no turning back I will not LIVE MY LIFE By the game that's laid out for the masses HOW CAN THEY JUSTIFY? Who will live, who will die, who will suffer? HOW DO THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT? To defy and to face consequences THIS IS THE CHANCE WE TAKE In our struggle to find true meaning I made to the choice to... BREAK free from this cycle, I must... BREAK free from this herd BREAK free from the madness that's been crippling this world I must... BREAK FREE FROM THIS CYCLE I must... BREAK FREE FROM THIS HERD We all must... BREAK FREE FROM THE MADNESS That's been... CRIPPLING THIS WORLD Now take it back... When I look back to the beginning To see where this journey began To see those planes crash into those two buildings I knew there had to be more than this The more we look... THE MORE WE LOOK And understand... AND UNDERSTAND We start to see... LIES EVERYWHERE I know there's got to be more than this WE HAVE BEEN MISLED We all have been misled I know there's got to be more than THIS DETACH This world won't defeat me It's my life and I chose to... DETACH from their conditioning DETACH from all this hypocrisy DETACH from all that's enslaving me DETACH from this false reality DETACH from this legacy DETACH from this insanity All that we've known is just a game All we've been told is just a game The lies we're sold; It's just a game It's getting old; I know it's just a game
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Enslaved 02:47
YEAR OF THE SLAVE BOW TO YOUR MASTERS YEAR OF THE SLAVE The year that never ends YEAR OF THE SLAVE BOW TO YOUR MASTERS YEAR OF THE SLAVE Their servants 'til the end It's always been, will always be To gain CONTROL over THE WORLD Witness society in decline Standards of living falling downward over time With generations looking back in disdain The neverending year... year of THE SLAVE What you've built so easily taken AWAY And for the sins of our masters we're forced TO PAY To keep us deaf, dumb, and blind so we can't see THE CHAINS Or know that none are more hopelessly ENSLAVED With every threat, every panic they create When every weapon is AT THEIR BECK AND CALL To bring about conditions of despair So they emerge the RULERS OF US ALL It's been their goal The plan unfolds To seize control NO ONE IS SAFE Sparing no expense A one world government By conquest or consent WE ALL WILL PAY In this... YEAR OF THE SLAVE The neverending... YEAR OF THE SLAVE NONE ARE MORE HOPELESSLY ENSLAVED Than those who falsely believe that they are free Kept in perpetual debt Year of THE SLAVE Through hidden forms of theft Year of THE SLAVE The transfer of wealth Year of THE SLAVE Forever in the year... Year of THE SLAVE
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Confront 02:37
Face to face with my enemy What can I do? What should I say? State my case or live in disgrace and forever hang my head in shame? NO! State to state, sea to shining sea From every nation and every land Standing up as citizens of the world As a counteracting force against the... Powers that be who will lie and deceive Without a single ounce of shame Unless we get in their face and publicy disgrace For what they've done not in our name WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Truth and justice GET ON YOUR FEET! Rise up and start... CALLING THEM OUT for their crimes against humanity Stand up and fight for what you believe FIND A WAY to unite and join forces BREAK THE CHAINS that have been holding you down PAVE THE WAY for others to follow Become the force that cannot be denied For... the ones with a higher calling Those... who question authority Who... The ones with the courage to... CONFRONT the criminals OF THIS WORLD FOR... the messengers of the truth THOSE... who challenge authority WHO... the ones with the courage to... CONFRONT and never... Never hang their head in shame FUCK NO! No justice, no peace For the oppressed, for the betrayed Leading the fight as we are shining the light On the crimes they won't escape Now that long gone are the days where they keep getting away with their sick and twisted games Because now we know if we do nothing Then nothing will change So we stand up for those in honor's name WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Truth and justice GET ON YOUR FEET! Rise up and start... CALLING THEM OUT for their crimes against humanity Stand up and fight for what you believe FIND A WAY to unite and join forces BREAK THE CHAINS that have been holding you down PAVE THE WAY for others to follow Become the force that cannot be denied For... the ones with a higher calling Those... who question authority Who... The ones with the courage to... CONFRONT the criminals OF THIS WORLD FOR... the messengers of the truth THOSE... who challenge authority WHO... the ones with the courage to... CONFRONT the criminals of this world and send a message FACE TO FACE
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Fear 02:10
Why are we LIVING IN FEAR of who we are and what we have Afraid to STAND FOR OUR BELIEFS To rise against, voice our dissent And not be torn DOWN FROM WITHIN The more we give, the more they take If they can KEEP US ALL AFRAID Taking advantage to make sure that we are... Kept in a constant state of... Kept in a constant state of... FEAR! Why are we living... LIVING IN FEAR Why are we living in FEAR Of what we do not understand LIVING IN FEAR As we keep eating out of their hands LIVING IN FEAR This plague I cannot comprehend LIVING IN FEAR When will this madness ever END Searching for the answers but they're NOWHERE TO BE FOUND As they take our rights and bury them SIX FEET IN THE GROUND SEARCHING FOR THE ANSWERS BUT THEY'RE NOWHERE TO BE FOUND As they take our rights, our freedoms, and liberties and bury them... SIX FEET IN THE GROUND Why are we living... Why are we living in FEAR? Why are we living in... FEAR of our potential FEAR of consequences FEAR to take a risk and... FEAR... Why are we living in... FEAR of organizing FEAR of sacrificing FEAR of realizing FEAR... Why are we living in FEAR?
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Occupation 02:50
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Fascism 03:50
13.
Lies 03:54
Don't believe the lies Read between the lines Seek and you will find The truth has been denied DON'T BELIEVE THE LIES so easily READ BETWEEN THE LINES to see the signs SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND they're everywhere THE TRUTH HAS BEEN DENIED for all our lives AS LONG AS THERE are those who feel the need To lie and to deceive To gain advantage To acheive their ends There are those will keep pointing it out THAT DAY WILL COME When they no longer get away With all the lying through their teeth THAT DAY WILL COME When they get the message Dragging their bodies through the streets Maybe then they'll learn The lesson that they teach that FILTERS DOWN THROUGH ALL SOCIETY If at first you don't succeed Then lie and lie and lie AGAIN This culture of deceit that FILTERS DOWN THROUGH ALL SOCIETY That if at first you don't succeed Then lie and lie and lie AGAIN That day will come... The tides of justice take their turn Sending the message that this cannot continue or else they'll never fucking learn If you continue to lie and deceive the people then you will fucking burn
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Messenger 01:11
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Survive 04:04
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This is... This is the end of all existence of this world as we know it If we continue to barrel down this path Total destruction if we ignore the warnings Our time is running out Finger on the trigger The final countdown HAS BEGUN Once we pull the lever We can't erase what HAS BEEN DONE The merchants of death embrace A new era of hysteria HAS BEEN BORN The devastation, millions will perish And all the nations of the EARTH WILL MOURN Haunted by the visions From the lessons of the past What HAVE WE LEARNED? The potential and the willingess of man to create HELL ON EARTH now... REJECT the means of destruction, the potential for ABUSE REJECT the ideology that supports THEIR USE Because our time is running out Again impending disaster is near Can be prevented if we take a stand... WE TAKE A STAND We face the threat... WE FACE THE THREAT By our own hand... BY OUR OWN HAND If we forget the past... The price we pay with no escape will be... The end of THE WORLD VOICES OF REASON DROWNED BY INSANITY NO PRAYERS WILL SAVE US THE END OF HUMANITY THOSE WHO CAN MAKE YOU BELIEVE ABSURDITIES CAN MAKE YOU COMMIT ATROCITIES Time is running... For humanity... Time is running... RUNNING OUT For the future of this world... Time is running... RUNNING OUT Do not say we were not warned... Time is running... RUNNING OUT When everything we love will burn... Time is running... RUNNING OUT Until the fury of the wrath... Time is running... RUNNING OUT If we continue down this path... Time is running... RUNNING OUT Day of judgement... RUNNING OUT Soon will come... RUNNING OUT This is... THIS IS THE END OF ALL EXISTENCE OF THIS WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IF WE CONTINUE TO BARREL DOWN THIS PATH TOTAL DESTRUCTION IF WE IGNORE THE WARNINGS OUR TIME IS RUNNING OUT

credits

released November 9, 2010

Engineered/Produced/Mastered by Zack Ohren
Drums recorded at Sharkbite Studios (Oakland, CA)
Guitars and bass recorded at Castle Ultimate (Fremont, CA)
Vocals recorded at Butt Studios (San Francisco, CA) and Chilo's Church of Kortrijk (Kortrijk, Belgium)

All music written and arranged by Carl Schwartz except
ENEMY by Carl Schwartz/Nate Johnson and
ENSLAVED/FASCISM/ARMAGEDDON II by Carl Schwartz/Kyle Dixon

All music performed by Carl Schwartz except
MESSENGER (Drums by Brandon Thomas)

Additional drums by Zack Ohren and Superior
Additional backup vocals on ENEMY
by Anthony Pizzarelli, Justin Coote, and Matt Wilson
Additional backup vocals on SURVIVE
by Anthony Pizzarelli, Derek Coote, Justin Coote, and Manuel Peralez

All lyrics by Carl Schwartz
A&R by Josh Grabelle

All songs © & ℗ 2011 Bullet Tooth
www.BulletTooth.com

We could have written an album with songs about any number of topics, with lyrics however vague and metaphorical so that their meanings are wide open to interpretation and their message perhaps never fully realized.  However, I reached a point in my life where I could no longer ignore the injustices of this world.  I could no longer ignore my conscience and continue my own hollow, meaningless pursuit of material wealth, career, success, and all the other fabricated values that have become so deeply and terrifyingly ingrained into the collective psyche of society. I could no longer be afraid to expose the criminals of this world for fear of harming my reputation amongst friends and family, or for fear of offending an audience. I could no longer remain silent.

This album is dedicated to the authors, researchers, speakers, independent film-makers, webmasters, dissenters, activists, philosophers, revolutionaries, truth-seekers, and to all those who have devoted themselves to promoting truth, justice, and peace in a world of lies and deceit.

You have opened up my eyes, my ears, my mind, and my heart to the possibility of a world of peace and justice for all. You have helped me become more aware of what is happening in our name to those less fortunate throughout this world, and have taught me the valuable lesson that if we choose to remain silent, then we give the criminals of this world and these perpetrators of injustice no reason to stop.

There is always something we can do. Share books, documentary films, web sites, and radio programs with friends and family.  Attend public speaking events, forums, and protests.  Ask questions and engage in conversation with the ones closest to you, show them the many sources of truth, and pave the way for others to follow.  Become an example, a guiding light, and encourage others to do the same. Become the force that cannot be denied.

Special thanks to all those who continue to support the hardcore scene and FIRST BLOOD, to those who have provided the encouragement, assistance and shelter, influence (both positive and negative) and most importantly the friendship. You know who you are, and without you, this band would not be where it is today and this album may never have become a reality.

THANK YOU! Peace and love.

~Carl

FIRST BLOOD
SILENCE IS BETRAYAL 2010

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