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The Campaign

by Affiance

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Life keeps moving on as if nothing happened With questions we have failed to ask Convince ourselves that these questions matter but when we ask they remain unanswered We all watch in suspense waiting for the climax but we've been waiting too long Our kingdom overthrown and a king, our king dethroned by the kings of deceit Reciting our lines made up of lies Reading the script thinking we're wise Deep inside the roles you'll find The plot to conquer all mankind Power doesn't come from the barrel of a gun a shift that defines our strength to defy your crushing weight Where JUSTICE seeks corruption and FREEDOM saves the weak I'm done reciting your lies I won't stop until I find the truth This time I will dethrone you! Power doesn't come from the barrel of a gun It comes from TRUTH, and we will seek out JUSTICE Your death will not be vain!
2.
It seems the walls are closing in. The clock defeats another day. With each step we’re pushing forth. This is the only way. Your taunts have only increased our pace. You sad men, it’s time to be replaced and discarded. Until we collapse or breathe our last. We’re fighting as hard as we can to not be forgotten. We’re running as fast as we can. To the front lines we live on forever. We’ve been dismissed and disgraced. Our hands are fit to be tied. Mark my words: I’ve faced my fears, and now these fists are free to fight. I know the way to freedom, my faults will not defeat me. We know the path to justice, and these walls cannot contain us or persuade us. Until I collapse or breathe my last. We’re fighting as hard as we can to not be forgotten. We’re running as fast as we can. To the front lines we live on forever. You will be replaced. We’re fighting as hard as we can to not be forgotten. We’re running as fast as we can. To the front lines we live on forever. We will never be forgotten. Forever. We will never be forgotten.
3.
Building the god of technology Our evolution grants us passage to a higher plain A war is waging against humanity Can we fight them off or will we forever be... Changed, by our own invention Have we gone too far Is this our best intention Have we forgotten what we... WHO WE ARE?! What makes us human if not the soul? You set these gears in motion with no hesitation and this time they won't grind to a halt This machine that you've created will be the one that slays you We will forever be... Our frail bodies were programmed to die We were destined to decay So let my body rot away Lest my soul never takes flight
4.
Bohemian 04:00
You stood before me with empty promises Offering what I don't need There is no beating heart Just breaking inhibitions She'll chew you up and spit you out You say you wear your heart on your sleeve But you mean only to deceive You have become my disease I want back my innocence But here's reality... All the things you've said, the words that plague my mind All the skin you bare, burns my eyes I know all about you, I can see right through you I've been here before, it will never be over All you ever brought was pain Now I'm ashamed to know your name But never again Her eyes were locked on mine And I hate every memory of crossing that line So now I'll live with this regret hanging over my head But never again Never again. I regret every memory of ever crossing that line...Never again!
5.
Trust me on this one I would not steer you wrong Even if I do not heed my own suggestion Before you take flight and soar through the skies Be sure you've learned how to land Who is pleading for our peace of mind Why do we complicate instead of simplify So loosen the noose around your neck We held you so high, but we were crushed beneath the weight of expectations It's the human condition to always lust for more Searching in the dark, it's time to tame your wandering heart If you're struggling with breathing Can't find your way back home If you find your passions fleeting Look to the truths you hold
6.
Broke and burdened by the debt you persuaded us to bear Hard and calloused, there's nothing left but animosity We're slipping through the cracks Our time has passed us And we will be forgotten if we give up hope I'm finished being your puppet I will not take your orders anymore You'll never know what it's like To labor as we have It's only a matter of time Before we toss you off our backs I've earned the right to speak and say what I mean We pave your roads We haul your trash We fight your wars Show some respect. You are nothing without me. You need to know what it's like To labor as we have It's only a matter of time It's time to knock you on your ass! When the weight of the world is on your back Feels like your spine could snap When you fight so hard to stay afloat Just stay afloat Don't give up hope!
7.
Jericho 03:22
Watch the infection spread What will cease the senseless end To thought provoking reason They stood in line for you Now they're breaking down your door This is the cost of treason We are the smoking gun Speak now or forever hold your peace We know who you really are We've come to collect what's rightfully ours The judge's hammer falls heavy on those who blaspheme his seat You are one of those Your heavy head cannot save your ever so shallow heart We know who you really are.
8.
The Cynic 03:39
You defend yourself but you refuse to listen You wont be spared the conflict and you can't run forever I won't allow your apathy to cradle you securely Are you weathered enough to survive the trials of life? Your lips are sealed Your eyes are blind It's clear you've made up your mind Like pearls to swine, you are a waste of my time You can't hide forever What made you so afraid to seek the truth? Living in denial with your head in the ground You can't challenge others before you challenge yourself Open your heart and tear down the self made walls you've trapped yourself inside
9.
The Campaign 03:47
Welcome, how nice of you to finally join us Once more you've proven my point ever so clearly It's time to think and get this straight To plan your move strategically We are more than pawns We are the rooks and queens A new kind of royalty We are more than light passing through the void of our mind For it's worth the fight to save the soul of man before it dies Doubts hang over your head feeding the madness But who will stand with me... If you're too scared to stand at all?! Just know that we will never stop Until every man is rebuilt Erase the stories we were told Welcome! Just know that we will never stop Until our warriors are avenged Erase the stories we were told It's time we write them ourselves!
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My righteous anger will set us free I was taught to love but vengeance has found me I gave you the power you have And now I take it away Fists clenched and voices raised We'll bring an end to your reign If you want it, you can have it A war is about to begin If you strike me, I will strike back And this time I will win So now your days are numbered And this has come to pass This can't be real This time it's real Face in the dirt with your hands bound behind you What a fitting end for a coward If I can't rewrite the past then I will erase your future! Fists clenched and voices raised We are the end of your reign You only have what power you were given So now I take it away I can't let you lie Now I watch you die!
11.
Threshold 08:34
The time is here that we all knew and feared Are we strong enough to endure this stand? For the time has come to choose your stance Will I become another suppressor of man? Am I the same as them? Is it just human instinct to survive and protect what's ours? Is this a vicious cycle, will I become another suppressor some day!? Manipulate the people History is only written by those who win the war I need to know that if I die right here it will not be in vain Chin up with my heart crying out to the crowd, I fear failure Gear up for the battle the time is now, I fear failure Ignorance is bliss But now I'm more than conscious of the truth at hand We are no longer prisoners to regret We have towed this burden far And the absolute has set us free There is no turning back And now we get up off the ground Stand tall with resolve We have marched to the beat of a new drum I now choose to fulfill my destiny Go and call upon warriors Do not let this movement die My final request is to remember that I tried God forgive me. Don't let me die in VAIN! (The call to the warriors)

credits

released November 13, 2012

All music Written and Performed by Affiance
All lyrics Written by Dennis Tvrdik and Brett Wondrak
Produced by Affiance, Carson Slovak and Grant Mcfarland
Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered at Atrium Audio by Carson Slovak and Grant Mcfarland
* Kings Of Deceit featuring Dustin Davidson of August Burns Red (Courtesy of Solid State Records)
* Bohemian featuring Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire (Courtesy of Rise Records)
* Righteous Kill featuring Ricky Armellino of This Or The Apocalypse (Courtesy of E1 Records)
Sound clip in Kings of Deceit from Walter Cronkite's live news announcement of President Kennedy's assassination on November 22nd, 1963.
A&R by Josh Grabelle
Artwork & Design by Travis Roberts and Josh Grabelle
All songs © & ℗ 2012 Bullet Tooth

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