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Something New, Something Old, Something Borrowed, Zero Sold

by The Blackcloud Syndicate

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1.
If this world is going to hate me then I’ll hate it in return/ There can be no love lost when love is never learned/ Environment, biology or morality deformed/ The reasons only matter as a way to mask the swarm Politics, religion, Middle East to the Midwest/ You pin it on each other with a nail through your chest/ My enemy is everyone my villain is your laws/ Sometimes crazy’s only crazy and it always finds a cause A buzz bomb waiting to explode/ Name me an injustice I assure you I have borne it/ Out of nowhere my madness will unload/ Walking around with a head full of hornets Try to piece it all together from a slowly burning trail/ I won’t answer any questions, choose a bullet over jail/ Never offer any explanations once the final step’s fulfilled/ You’ll make me far more famous than the innocents I’ve killed
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Horrorshow 02:33
Life has become a cheap joke/ A tool for a homeboy to improve his rep/ Knife plus a couple grams of coke/ A simple equation for the average man’s death/ Choke on the unmanning fear/ That makes it so hard to leave your house each day/ Smoked for a case of beer/ Everyone’s learning the American way We all pay the price/ Our money and our lives/ Our pride and our dignity left by the wayside/ We all pay the price/ Our money and our lives/ Exercise the right to take a life Why? Where’s our failing?/ So many fail to see the value of their fellow man/ Die, they’re already nailing/ The lid of your coffin ‘cause you tried to take a stand/ Bail, get away from the sharks/ The circle’s getting smaller and it’s soon too late for flight/ Flail at the shapes in the dark/ You know you can’t escape the terrors of the night Shopkeeper turns at the sound of his door/ Three kids having fun and he’s bleeding on the floor/ Cabdriver turns for the money he’s owed/ Gets a blade in the throat, left to die in the road/ A girl gets off the bus on the way home from class/ She’s viciously raped and left to weep on the grass/ Used to think we’re different, but now I know/ We’re all just fresh bodies for the horrorshow
3.
Talk to Dee. He wrote 'em.
4.
I’ll never be the common man/ I steel myself and take a stand/ Lunacy? / Well, it may be/ But my destiny is in my hands I’ll make my way/ Through thieves and pimps/ I choose my way/ To chase the imp Some say my decision’s bold/ And others say I’ve sold my soul/ Dance with the devil/ Take my shot/ Won’t stop kicking ‘til I reach my goal Living on the edge/ I’ve learned to risk it all/ If I can’t make it to the top/ I’ll learn to enjoy the fall Some say it can never be/ But I’ve learned the one way to be free/ I’ll give my life/ To save my life/ There’s only one way out for me I put it on a sucker bet/ Ignominy? Well, no regrets/ I bleed the set/ With pain and sweat/ “Sorry son, you’re not there yet”
5.
The things you do for poison make me sick/ You don't really want to live/ Black Wish/ The embodiment of a self-serving nihilist/ We all suffer for your weakness/ Black Wish/ Your only loyalty is to your fix/ Sell your family for a hit/ Black Wish/ Self-destruction is your only gift/ The human race will benefit/ Black Wish Be careful what you wish for/ Or you'll escape to a place much worse than where you were/ You may not need the things you crave/ And it's hard to make amends from the wrong side of the grave What's that taste of shit upon your lips?/ Another dealer's ass to kiss/ Black Wish/ Want to be a threat? Not yet, you're a joke, that's it/ A laughingstock from where I sit/ Black Wish/ No need for enemies with friends like this/ Masochist relationship/ Black Wish/ Seems like I spend my whole life trying to get you to kick/ Fuck it! You're not even worth it/ Black Wish They asked me how I felt when I found out my best friend had died/ I had to shake my head, I barely even knew the guy
6.
Nothing but a puppet on an endless string/ Following the bells, the maddening ring/ You’ve got no freedom, you’ve got no voice/ Everything you do is someone else’s choice/ Your future is a mystery, your past is a shame/ Your present is a classroom, every day is the same/ They say they’ll try and teach you what life is all about/ But all you want to know is how to get the fuck out You could try and make it better, but what’s the point?/ Nothing really matters when you’re trapped in the void Now you’ve got a job, you’re a working man/ Clock is still crawling, but now there’s cash in your hand/ You find that from nine to five you’re still a slave/ Your fingers counting out the days until you get paid/ You buy a used car, you live like a king/ You’ve got everything you want, you ain’t doing anything/ Your old man comes like a rage through the house/ “Pack up all your shit and get the hell out!” You could try and change his mind, but what’s the point? No-one wants to listen when you’re trapped in the void Nothing left to try when your dreams begin to die/ Grass is always greener on the other side/ Face the bitter truth that the failure lies with you/ Lost years and broken hopes all that you amounted to Now you’re on the streets, no place to stay/ You lost your job in the struggle for survival every day/ Got nothing to eat and all your friends have closed their doors/ Because times are tough and they can’t feed you anymore/ You run into a guy who offers you work/ Now your gun’s pointed at a liquor store clerk/ Spin and fire, flash of blue, now you’re on the run/ Cut the puppet’s string, ‘cause the show is now done You can try and blame the system, there’s really no point/ No-one gives a fuck when you’re sucked into the void
7.
How can you stand to hide the truth while we search for a better day/ Your righteous denial of a problem’s existence won’t make it go away/ Human misery, opportunity for power and power will crush opposing views/ Freedom means freedom for your words only as your gospel encircles me like a noose Welcome to the resurrection/ For your own good, one direction/ Welcome to the resurrection/ Conspiracy of false perfection If the thought police had won the fight two thousand years ago/ There’d be no bibles left for you to shove right down my throat/ Bitch How can you expect me to entertain with a gun held to my head?/ Hopes to enlighten, destroyed when you’re frightened by punishment for what you’ve said/ Education? No! Indoctrination when the flow of information meets c lassification/ How will you continue to ridicule me in a world of silence where no-one speaks freely? The process of communication not a privilege, but a right/ You’ll muzzle any words of honesty until we’re buried alive/ Under a mountain of lies You're the ones who keep us down, keep us out/ We don't want to hear it, you don't count, shut your mouth/ You can't make it better, had your chance, out of time/ Derisive and divisive, diversity now a crime

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The appetizer before the planned main course in 2019. Our new EP features one new song, one old song and one new (for us) cover all recorded with the badass new line-up. Then you get four more classics re-imagined by the new team. All this for the low, low price of absolutely nothing (or more if you prefer)! Come get your metal on!

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released December 25, 2017

Glenn Novak- Drums
Graham Scott Anthony- Bass/ Vocals
Blair Snider- Rhythm Guitar/ Vocals
Danny Zisis- Lead Guitar/ Vocals
Miko Zolefrapanidis- Lead Vocals

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The Blackcloud Syndicate Toronto, Ontario

The next phase of 90s metal act Absolute Zero, The Blackcloud Syndicate is fast, mean riffs, pounding drums and in-your-face vocals with some of the best, thought-provoking lyrics in metal. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band has released two EPs with tracking underway for a full-length release. ... more

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