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Push Back
01:17
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No worship at your altar
There’s nothing left to sacrifice
We will resist even after
You have bled us dry
No bowing to you
Even if you broke my back
A nation built on prejudice
We will react
Push back
Our offerings switched for oppression
No equality in your possession
Push back
We will push back
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2. |
Crux
02:47
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A government built on stolen lands
With ‘leaders’ who refuse basic human rights
For so long we’ve abandoned them
Out of sight, out of mind
How can you live with yourself?
Bring them here
Now that we see, this nightmare is reality
Ignorance will breed more pain
We’re all to blame
Use your privilege, stand for something
If not, you stand for nothing
Ignored national shame
We’re all to blame
Tortured minds, tortured bodies
Imprisoned innocence, bring them here
Forced to suffer for seeking safety
Refugees are welcome here
Tortured minds, tortured bodies
Imprisoned innocence, bring them here
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Asleep Standing
01:52
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Output pain, overtime
Chained to a slow death
Production line
Concealed from the world
This graveyard, we left them
Crushed
Trapped in the tomb of these factory walls
Existing, not living
Asleep, standing
Silent suffering
Give back their voice
Exhaustion, distress
Give them choice
Crushed
Trapped in the tomb of these factory walls
Existing, not living
Asleep, standing
Mercy, show mercy
Liberation from pain
Existing, not living
Asleep, standing
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Survival
01:14
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Society teaches us to be safe
Not that they shouldn’t be violent
Our self defence is a crime
Put on trial for fighting to survive
Survival
I never knew you
But my thoughts are with you
I wait for her, I still wait
I wait, survival
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5. |
Bloom
01:23
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I’m aching to be better
But I’m not
The flowers inside me are dormant
Disintegrate to rot
I do not know how to look after myself
And my wilted leaves are starting to show
And if I cut off
All the parts of me that feel dead
What is left?
Watching others grow together
Will I be weak forever?
I do not know how to look after myself
And my wilted leaves are starting to show
And if I cut off
All the parts of me that feel dead
What is left?
When will I bloom?
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6. |
Heavy Dread
01:58
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Can’t express what’s happening
How they feel inside
“Please take me away from here,
Please take me away”
Trapped inside their own mind
Can’t vocalise these needs
Internal screams, “please help me”
Those around don’t understand
Their indifference led to neglect
Who fights for you when you’re alone?
Advocate for those in need
Breakthrough the red tape
Growing untended to
Fading, death by your hand
Trapped inside their own mind
Can’t vocalise these needs
Internal screams, “please help me”
Those around don’t understand
Their indifference led to neglect
Who fights for you when you’re alone?
“Take me away
From this cycle
From this place
From this dread
Take me away”
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7. |
Demons
01:29
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My body my choice
You don’t get a voice
Hiding behind your ‘pro-life’ stance
What gives you the right
To dictate my plans?
We’re the ones burning
When they should be in hell
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8. |
Vexed
02:02
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My hands bleed from struggling
To grasp onto something, anything
To pull me out of the shadows
Of my fury, always vexed
Red, all I see is red in this endless void
I am trying to forget
Cursed, the burden on my soul
It sinks rust into my skin
Til I am ruined from within
Can I change?
Regaining patience that I lack
Learned from years of snarling back
Still I remain, always vexed
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Initiation
03:15
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Those who came before me
Bore torches to light the way
Through the darkness of ignorance
Moving onto a brighter day
For those that came before me
For those that stand beside me
For those yet to rise
Thank you
Those who came before me
Battled everyday for change
True warriors of resistance
Breaking free of the cage
For those that came before me
For those that stand beside me
For those yet to rise
Thank you
Your presence is valued
Every contribution matters
I would not be here without you
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Condemned
00:52
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Victim blaming, victim shaming
Come forwards, share your trauma
Face the panel of judgement
To check your validity
No justice
No catharsis
No deliverance
Just insolence
“What did you do to cause this?
What did you do to turn
A man into a rapist?”
Not a victim, to your system
Not a victim, I survived
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11. |
Banksia
01:18
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Hopeless, I watch as you fade before me
Just like she did, just as I will
As we cycle through the phases of mortality
Dazed, I’ve walked this path before
I recognise the trees
And the changing of the leaves
Feeling hope slip through my hands
Rage, wraps it’s chains around my heart
Thought I know wrath and fury
Serve no purpose here, it takes hold
Relentless, I can feel defeat
Coursing through my veins
But then I feel guilty for letting you see
Shut it out, this is not about me
Banksia
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12. |
Strain
03:22
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Trapped, unravelled
All the parts of me undone
Constricted by my own fear
Self imprisoned, broken
Shackled myself to the terror within
And now I ache from the chains
I can’t breathe, I can’t cope
I feel the air leave my tightened throat
I can’t see past my fears
Could this be real?
Please don’t be real
It is
Trepidation it grows
Inside my mind, inside my bones
My psyche, suspended
Inside a tomb, strained
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