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We are the flightless thunderbirds firmly anchored to the ground
We know nothing of the skies, but by instinct we crave freedom from the Earths chaotic surface
We have no power here
We struggled as boys and girls
We feel far too much
We have thunder in our blood
Animkee fly!
We found our wings, but who hid them from us?
Animkee
Everyone of us stands winged, except for me
I’ve become addicted to the war paint
I’m sensible in my stride but I acknowledge my pride
I love you all, now go and fly
Animkee
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Abysmal
05:42
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Abysmal
Started as an average day, but then things went very strange
I saw you smile while watching a death
Your gaze was as fixed and unmoving as the body you observed
My back began to arch involuntarily
As if a raging bull was attempting to gore me from the inside out, bones began to sprout out of my scapula
Bones with colourless feathers but
They demanded your attention like food in a famine
I only seem high and mighty, because you are abysmal
Watch me ascend even further
Am I a self-righteous bastard?
If yes, then clip my wings
But, if you hesitate to denude me of my grace
I will viciously blind you with light
Am I an Angel or just a wolf with wings?
Searching for what’s right
Trying not to smite
But this is not alright
My feathers are turning black
You will see the light
I am self-righteous and I will correct you
Fuck you
Halo clouding the sky
This really went awry
In between the ring
There is a light
But not just any light
There are locusts in its rays
In between the ring
The locusts tussle with godly beings
Who will win?
You decide
I’m frightened for what this really means for me
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Left Alone
04:00
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Left Alone
Humming all day, I whistle away the nightmare
Moving from toil to toil in a daze
Unknown to backbone to gravestone
There has to be something else
Admire my scars without acknowledging the pain
These hands have clawed for water
I don’t speak I’m afraid these teeth
Afraid these teeth
Afraid these teeth might fucking tear you wide
Or even worse they might eat the fucking earth
I pray every night that they will simply fall out
I am not the same because I ignored the shame, the guilt, the pain
With that being said, I don’t want to be left for dead, just left alone
Something is holding me down
Look me in my damn eyes and try to tell me I’m great
Look me in my damn eyes and try to tell me I’m great
Fuck off
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Wiindigo
04:55
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Wiindigo:
I sleep and sleep with a fire below my feet
I’m sick - You’re pure
I’m gorged face down on the floor wearing a violent lei and everybody hears you say, “He finally ate the Earth, and now he will sleep forever”
You all cheer
I am dead but I still feel fear
Is this bed built special for men like me?
What happens when the dreams run out?
When the meat is gone, I eat the bone
My sleeping body can feel whispers gathering around my crown
What are they saying?
Are they worshipping me or cursing me?
What have I learned?
Sleep is the enemy
But now I see a figure approaching me
It is cloaked in gold and begins to run at me with its mouth agape
As it draws closer I am bludgeoned paralyzed from the fear of being eaten
Now ten feet away I am dumbfounded to see my face staring out from behind its jaws
I ate the Earth because my hunger was unruly
And now it eats me just as cruelly
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Disinfect the Soul:
Thank God there’s only one of you
I’m striving for a better form of survival
THE MEANS AREN’T AVAILABLE without the threat
I finally understand what could make a man run
Chasing my tail, I have it now
SO MUCH WORSE than first thought
Split my breast plate and pry me open like a casket gasping for death
Allow the curious sun into the cavity and relieve me of privacy
As I’m peeling off my scalp
Bloodsteam rushes into God’s eyes and clots his vision
He pleads, “No!”
I reply, “Just wipe your eyes, and continue to watch me as I disassemble the prison you’ve built for me
You’re going pale and clammy
I have never seen a God vomit
So just puke!”
Disinfect the soul
If sunlight is the greatest disinfectant
Then I’m sure that this will hurt
Swelling, seizing, shucked raw and exposed
I disinfect the soul
I’m down in a hole but far from a grave
I’m down in a hole but far from a grave
Standing skinless I’m ready to behave
Now I’m in control
Disinfect the soul
Now I’m in control
Disinfect the soul
Now I’m in control
Disinfect the soul
Now I’m in control
Time to disinfect the soul
I have always been afraid to bleed out at the wrong time
Always afraid to improve myself
Always afraid to have a higher goal
Forgoing the whole, now I’m in control
I disinfect the soul
Ripping out the bones
One by one
I toss them aside
Observe me
Pick at me
Stomp on me
I am everything I need to be
Finally suffering carefree
Blood and guts
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The Disaster
03:52
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The Disaster
Are we all just empty vessels influenced by the world?
What is your function?
Whether it’s kindness or hostility
Everyone has the right to praise, disregard, and condemnation
Which mode of control do you consent to?
Violence, opulence, abstinence?
Excitement is uncertainty
Noose so snug, you shrug it off
Defend what controls you
Because it is comfortable
I misperceive, but I must believe that I’ve never made a single choice in my life
I misperceive, but I say that we’ve deceived ourselves for long enough, accept how you operate
Gripping your thoughts far too hard to concentrate
The sickness grows when inflicted, convicted, restricted
We are all chained to a set course dictated by blood, mud, and luck
The mind, the body, the master
You are the anger, joy, disgust, surprise, kindness, pity, envy, love, fear, trust, affirmation, negation, guilt and devotion.
Modesty, and self-attention, I am wracked with apprehension
Meditative, ill-tempered
Admiration, obsession, triumph, anxiety, excitement, desperation, satisfaction, indifference, and sympathy
We are all chained to a set course dictated by blood, mud, and luck
The mind, the body, the disaster
Learn to love the locust
I decide that I have no choice in the matter
I decide to embrace the puppet master
Blood is the problem, but I accept what flows in me
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Possessed
04:04
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Possessed
I started life with rage and I won’t grow kinder
Fuck you
I don’t think I was ever supposed to be here
Would you be willing to let me disappear?
Grasping at the night
I’m afraid to embrace sight
You have the power but you’re too nice
You continue to hold me close
Please just hold your nose and burn my clothes
What will it take to grow these family trees into one?
Marriage, carriage, luxury?
What pulls us together is not what is mutually loved, but what is hated
Will I be forever shackled to your loving hand?
Will I be dragged beyond my will and planted as an eternal flower to your grave?
Will I produce thorns to guard your mound?
Will I be picked and gifted to resolve a conflict?
You will never fucking reap me
Loyalty until the very end
I am now possessed by your will to live
I am now possessed by your willingness to give
I am now possessed by your grace
I am now possessed by you and everything you do
This is like pulling teeth
And I’m done with it
Try again, wring me dry
I’m burdened by the thought of giving up
Strong enough
I’m so upset
There is no reward without exertion
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8. |
I Break The Chain
04:43
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I Break the Chain
It is better to die from curiosity than cancer
Be wary where you air your demons
Everybody holding hands will never be the key to peace
But let’s imagine just for a second this would ever happen
How long until the person to your left leaves you broke and person to your right grabs your fucking throat?
Look, someone down the line died
What’re we gonna do with him?
Sever both the hands that hold him
Look, there is a child being beaten with his own hand
I would go to save him
But, my hands are all tied up
I am starting to feel sick, who gave me this?
I am gnawing at my hands
Who knew that holding a hand could imprison me?
We all bled out in the heat of the sun
Messages came from down the line that there was peace
In the east, west, north, south?
All I know is that it’s hell right here
I am still growing accustomed to sleeping on my back, but the stars are the only thing that brings me relief now
Suddenly they all align and attempt to communicate with me
“The first man to break the chain, will learn to love isolation”
I break the chain
They all bled out in the heat of the sun
With one missing link they will perish
In the east, west, north, south?
They care not where
They all scream as the great snake appears
It eats them horrifically
I care not for them, I am free from the chain
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Uprooted
04:58
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Uprooted
I dreamt of a tree dying.
It was uprooted and murdered by a force I cannot comprehend
The tree splintered and cracked like a chicken bone in a wolverines maw
Its roots like raven claws frantically slashed at the sky suffocating for a foundation
It screamed like an infant
I open my eyes
To dream of the earth dying is nothing new
To watch in awe of its beauty is something I don’t do
To hold a dead bird in my hand and demand it sing
To hold a gift in my hand and not feel a thing
So as I reflect on this dream of horrific beauty
I offer nothing profound in my reaction
Crush the sun into my bones
It is well-known I don’t bleed
Curse me dead and rape my home
And I will show you how I’ve grown
I was affected
But, emotion should never be expected
Allow me to process the world as best I can
I am a common man that is sick of panicking, sick of managing, sick of damaging, sick of bandaging
Crush the sun into my bones
Let the mountains watch me die
Curse me dead and rape my home
I will never fucking comply
With goosebumps on my neck
And a rage in my breath
I stomp the earth with bare feet and scream, “I am incomplete!”
Ripe with indifference
Void of preference
I trudge forward
Aimless soul
I trudge forward
Toward fulfillment
I dreamt of the tree again and it never died
It fought with all its might against the force I can’t describe
It did more than just survive the force
It had its way with its predator
Viciousness the only resort
What I misperceived as a deathscream
Was a warcry
I open my eyes, now complete
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