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Redefined
02:59
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Open up your eyes, broaden your mind
Do you have the strength to be gentle and kind?
Take up the call
Now is the time
End this today
Break away and leave it behind
Look into the eyes of an innocent life
Put an end to a legacy of torment and strife
You make the choice
Give them a voice
End this today
Dominion: redefined
Nothing’s more important
No excuse can justify
Convenience means nothing, when life’s on the line
Put down your knife, open your eyes
This is dominion: redefined
Redefined, redefined, redefined
Even earth cries out, let this be no more
This fucking destruction leaves nothing in store
If you have heard nothing, please let this be known
This plea is for you
Don’t let your heart grow cold
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The True Balance
02:42
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It is the anger and compassion that go hand in fucking hand
No separation, the true balance, the foundation on which we stand
Fueling social justice, the drive, the ambition
No separation, the true balance, this is our demand
Check your privilege at the door
That’s something we won’t stand for
If you’re not willing to stand too
Make way for those who do
Use my rage
Use my rage
Use my rage
As a tool for positive change
You say you’re here for fun, I guess I could say that too
You say you’re not about politics, that’s my bone to pick with you
Our foundation is built upon these radical views
Out of privilege you brush them off, never giving a second thought
Check your privilege at the door
That’s something we won’t stand for
If you’re not willing to stand too
Make way for those who do
What’s seen as weak
What’s seen as wrong
This rage that I feel
It makes me, it makes me strong
THE TRUE BALANCE
THE TRUE BALANCE
THE TRUE BALANCE
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Positive Experience
01:53
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My choice is harm reduction
Against self destruction
To be preserved, to stay intact,
To help me keep my mind on track
I won’t stoop to their expectations, manipulations
My choice is liberation
I’m living life under my conditions
Won’t compromise my inhibitions
I choose to cope and celebrate
Stresses and joys in my own way
I choose to stay accountable
Not only to myself, but to my kin
An active role, an influence
A positive experience
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Healing
02:50
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When I wanted destruction, I gave myself love
And that’s when the healing began
A newfound freedom, a newfound love
All wrapped up within myself
Spent years with open wounds
The pain was all I’d ever known
Healing is the hardest part when all you do is push it down
Healing hurts the most when it feels too late
Knowing that I have the choice not to walk the darkest path
Healing’s what I choose to do, not give in to self hate
A sense of self born from my pain
Defined by how I choose to grow
A new direction with my life from choosing my own healing
I’m on the path that’s leading to a life of new beginnings
I took my mind, I looked inside and found a new perspective
A life to live, reason to be, now I know I’m truly me
Because I’ve got, because I’ve got, because I’ve got
The straight edge
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Bloom Inside
03:09
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Feeling disconnected in a world that’s constantly, constantly in connection
Separate myself from false reality, but pay the price of isolation
I’m forced to display a sense of self that I don’t even know
An addiction to prove something to a world that I don’t want to be a part of
Bloom inside myself, rewarded from within
Where do I go from here?
A sense of relief, a tinge of despair, a lonely place to be
If you don’t wanna know me when I’m screaming my faults to you night after night
If you don’t wanna know me when I’m standing right in front of you
Then you’ll never know me at all
I’ve got nothing to prove to you
I don’t have to stand out
I am so much more than the sum of these words
If you want real connection, all you gotta do is reach out
Bloom inside each other, bloom inside, bloom inside ourselves
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Fragile Ego
03:29
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You say that you’re protected by law, but resist when it’s used against you
Refuse to submit, but we won’t stop until your hands are cold and dead
Ultimate power lies in your hands, but you can't seem to use your fucking head
Lacking validation, you lose control with a false sense of self-preservation
You never make your way through the crowd
You always seem to keep your eyes down
Finger on a trigger that won’t go off
You don’t need it, we don’t need you
You’re not here to stand for others’ freedom
All you’re here for is for your fragile ego
You say control means using two hands
I say control means no hands at all
Using this tool as a purpose for power, masking your insecurities
Inside your head you think you’re a hero, the picture of self-sufficiency
Reality paints a different picture: a product of toxic masculinity
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Igby & Etienne
01:46
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Still In Silence
07:32
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What will it cost us to move forward and has it cost you anything?
We’ve lost enough, we’ve given all
It’s all we are and all for what?
Caught in between identities, value and potential affect my means
Failed by a system that never gave a damn
I’m not some sacrificial fucking lamb
What has it cost you?
It’s cost some everything
What has it cost you?
It’s cost some everything
Take a step back, see the damage done
Has your privilege kept your eyes shut?
Focus on the ones who are hurt the most
Bring down the systems that leaves us indisposed
It will cost you your fear, safety net so tight
The comfort of illusion, and your privileged birthright
Ending oppression, right now is the time
A small price to pay for the others who have lost their lives
What has it cost you?
It’s cost some everything
What has it cost you?
It’s cost some everything
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