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The Reckoning
02:39
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“Oh the system might have got you, but it won’t get me”
When the static turns to panic, the struggle hits the street
Do you drop down to your knees or do you rise up to your feet
Where will you be in the Reckoning
Yeah we’ve seen problems but everythings gonna change
’Cause the same old answers ain’t workin anyway
So the streets are burning to start a brand new day
A shock to the system to end the clampdown games
True sounds of liberation, rising up from despair
Got the fascists in a tantrum, we ain’t goin anywhere
Here in the Reckoning
We must do more than survive, keep the fire alive
A brand new day, we’ve still got something to say Here in the Reckoning
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2. |
Look Alive
03:19
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Listen up, listen up, we are lost and found
These hearts of fire pushed underground, yeah
Times are tough and the world’s falling down
But driving us to a much higher sound where
The light shines and the darkness hides
Outnumbered by the rising tide, hey
Listen up, raise your fist in the air
Shake down the system like you just don’t care
(cause there’s)
Too many wolves in the fields getting paid
(and there’s)
Too many lives just crankin till they dead
Too many motherfuckers just burying their head
(look alive)
Look alive, look alive, rise above the bloodshed
Lift it up, lift it up, lift each other high
From out the bloodshed we choose to decry, yeah
The fear is growing but love setting in
The price is heavy but justice wins when
We come together with one voice ... oh
Rise together got no choice... hey
Lift it up, raise your voices high
With rebel songs and hot revolutionary nights
So don’t close your eyes don’t walk away
Don’t waste right now for another day
We are living in darker days
The light always seems dim
But we’re starting to see some rays
When brutality and apathy become commonplace
And the oppositions staring you in the face
It’s time to demonstrate strength in numbers
Raised voices up by the hundreds ... thousands
Against battalions of fascists
Grasping for power
As they devalue our lives before our eyes
And if we don’t try, democracy dies
So look alive
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3. |
Rebel Songs
02:45
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If you gotta believe in something, believe in us
As the world comes crashing down
Find a new song and rise up
Have you forgotten how three simple chords can ring true
In every worn out soul when they needed you
One heart, one voice
Backs against the wall with no choice, yeah
These rebel songs, united chords
Hold tight, come on get ready, this all we have
In basement revolutions we found ourselves again
Remember the passion, ’cause I’ll never forget The anthems that changed the life
Of this broken kid...
We got no time left to waste
We can’t sit around and play it safe
Music’s not a product you sell
It’s a reason to believe
It’s a movement to save yourself
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4. |
Radio Silence
03:34
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Power only knows power, trickle down’s finest hour
Look over there, they lit some gas, entitlement and high towers
Set the lane, ran the games you weren’t invited to play
Stand down ... brown shirts are marching your way
Freedom fighters to corpses, right wing news with fake sources
White supremacists bringing chaos so the cops can enforce it
Systematic and traumatic as black voices get redacted
Privilege dealing “all lives matter” rationalized by white inaction
Hello, hello, radio silence
All of this dead air
Invite the cycle of their violence
The systems set to neglect all but the wealthy elect
The chosen billionaires who pass the lie of serve and protect
Break our souls, break our backs to score them bigger paychecks
Until we die of focused stress and effect
The bodies lined up with torches, sterilized with distortions
Blaming blacks, jews, immigrants with racist contortions
They hurry out the back with all the money they made
Like they did us all a favor from the cradle to the fucking grave
Decide right now if you’re ok with dead air rolling static
Performative on the social scene while the spin rolls in distractions
From the streets to the stage
From the cradle to the grave
Lift your voice to the top of your lungs
And let that cycle break
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5. |
Fired Up
02:44
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Yeah I’m feeling all fired up
What have we got to lose it’s just us Yeah it’s time we gotta rise up
And there ain’t no other way
Gotta dance when your feet can’t dance no more
Gotta fight when you’re knocked flat out on the the floor
Gotta move, oh I know, yeah I know
Gotta swing back round to the spot you stood
Gotta stand your ground like you knew you could
Gotta move, oh I know, yeah I know
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6. |
Capitol Stairs
02:35
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Oh it’s blowing up have you had enough
Is it finally rock bottom yet?
Yeah your ivory tower’s melting by the hour
As the rats jump ship and sink
Are you up all night, is it hard to hide
From the light seeping through again
Shakin, shakin, now you ain’t breakin out
Of the crimes that you’ve been digging in
You made a monster in a torrid affair
It wrote a tribute on the Capitol stairs
Now that blood ain’t ever washing off your hands
Hey you had your fun now you’ve come undone
Sold your soul to kiss those toxic lips
Lost and losing power, oh it’s all gone sour
You’ve been left alone to take the hit
Are you up all night, is it hard to hide
From the light seeping through again
Shakin, shakin now, you ain’t breakin out
Of the crimes you’ve been digging in
Are you listening? I’ll say it again
So lost in the lies, fed fear to forget
The emptiness inside, tongue tied and misled
So lost in the lies, so lost in regret
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7. |
No Pasaran
02:48
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Yeah the night drags on but the day will come
So keep dancing ¡Ay Carmela! till we greet the dawn
Singing vibrant hymns till the victory’s won
Yeah keep dancing ¡Ay Carmela! till we greet the dawn
This is the battle cry to save our souls
They shall not pass, we won’t let go
No Pasarán
Press on in celebration, we must be strong
So keep dancing ¡Ay Carmela! till we greet the dawn
Cry aloud for justice and the walls will fall
Yeah keep dancing ¡Ay Carmela! till we greet the dawn
Take two steps forward and one step back
Feel the rhythm in your hips push it to the left
Party’s over but we aint headed home
Cause this night’s not over till the heat of the sun
Banish the darkness the battle is won
So hold on... Hold on.
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8. |
Million
02:16
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In the distance I hear the cry of thunder
A reckoning that pulls me near
To stand back up when my legs are too weary
And I’m too lost in my fear
Sure it’s one in a million and a million to one
But I was born to fight till the war is won
One in a million and a million to one
I’ll take those odds cause I ain’t never gonna run
There’s no time left and I’ve only just begun
Like fighting against the setting sun
Well ain’t nothing impossible
And there’s no way I’m giving up
The battle’s not over till I’m done
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9. |
Don't Wait Up
03:15
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I’ll never forget that fateful day
Or the tears that filled up my eyes
He said “I can’t breathe” and called out for his mother
And they let him die, they just let him die
“Murderers!” I screamed to no one (someone listen!)
With fist of rage and broken heart (someone care!)
Then something snapped when I heard the voices calling
To come alive and make it right
I wanna be the first in line, the last to leave
Fist in the air and out in the streets
Don’t wait up for me tonight
No Justice, No Peace rang through the night
The fires raged as our hearts aligned
No turning back and there’s nowhere to hide
From the rising tide, this revolution’s alive
With songs of pain raised to the surface (someone listen!)
Defiant voices bold and bright (someone care!)
This is the anthem of a new generation
Who won’t lay down and die without a fight
So tonight we stand and fight
Oh I won’t be silent anymore
This is my anthem, this is war
A binding promise from my heart to yours
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10. |
Lost
03:18
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Starting over aint nothing new to me but times
It gets the best of my heart when I try to get it right
Broken pieces to games I lost so long ago
Come back to haunt me off in the shadows
Cause I’m lost and I know it
Incomplete at the moment
Broken down, turned around
But working on it every day
It’s in these moments I try to find a brighter light
When the darkness blurs out everything in sight
And I’m left with this dead air, screaming deep inside my head
Just take your losses and start again
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11. |
Grace
02:19
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As you see ’em all dispelling, aint no truth in what they selling
They got lies carrying on for days
They rollin dice on unmarked graves
The market’s up, the economy tanking, your kids’ starving
They keep banking
The fix is in what they baking, profits rise and you die forsaken
But for the grace of god, go I against I against I
Familiar passages and prayers that I don’t recognize
But for the grace of god, go I against I against I
I’ll see you on the other side
Foreclosure signs stockholder magic
Dollar signs revel in the tragic, drama paid for by ten corporations
Hold up!
They rollin high while you roll low
Push em up while they trickle down NO!
You break your back, they breaking averages
Then throw your ass out in the cold
You know I’m gonna rise like a river, stand and deliver
Someone come on, say rise up (come on, someone say rise up)
Let it all drop and go the ebb and flow
I’m standing here because I know the difference between
Wrong and right and how hard we still gotta fight
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12. |
That Said
04:04
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There’s been faults along the way
There’s been joy... there’s been sorrow
So what I learned I gave away
To try and fight for a better tomorrow
Yeah it hurt like hell some days
And I’d be lying if I said I’m much stronger
Cause life ain’t built like that my friends
You fall, you rise, and fall again harder
That said, I’m feeling better now
That said, I’m back up off the ground
That said, my gloves are up and I’m ready for the next round
As time moves on we learn to walk
And with every step we get a bit further
From all the pain we left behind
But it’s never enough to be satisfied
And I must confess I’m scared
That these scars will never wash away
And darkness has its say
Before the light of day
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Nathan Gray Elkton, Maryland
Experimenting for 25 years in a musical conquest for emotional freedom, Nathan Gray has left no stone unturned, having dipped his hands into international success fronting projects in hardcore, metal, pop-punk, gothic-pop, and acoustically delivered dark hymns. Finally, Gray presents his first solo adventure, ripe with melodically-driven power anthems of light and love. ... more
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