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1995​-​1997

by Cleons Down

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1.
I can’t wait For you to give up Or you to give in Can’t think that way And it’s too late Pride that you swallow Same thing tomorrow This life’s dull plain Do you like to live this way Still you live to slave away Who knew that you’d drain away So hang your head the well’s run dry At the end of the day Slowly dig your hole For you to end it For you to crawl in You set your goals and time Can tell Accomplishments are nil When there’s bill after bill after bill It’s routine hell At the end of the day After day, after day, after year Your eyes they have no life left My breath they can never get Blank stare another empty face Caught up in a dead rat pace And we’re caught as the gears turn And we’re caught as the gears grind And we’re caught as the years turn And we’re caught as we lose time We’re all the same At the end of the day We punch the clock We punch the clock every day
2.
I’ve seen where you’ve been, you’re no friend But my tongue could never conclude You could never know my problems I wonder how it becomes the truth Kicked around, further from the truth Kick me when I’m down Kick myself every time, when it comes to you Your words of conclusion Too few too many words Jumping the line all of the time It’s the line of circumstance Ask me of nothing and if you did Hear me like the drop of a pin But you forgot to tie up the end Circles are circles, I’ve heard what you’ve said Do you really know what your mouth is blurring (some things don’t change) You think it doesn’t affect you, no (second time) Talk so much that you’ve forgotten something (you didn’t think so) Was the end you’ve neglected to tie up All these years Your words burn in your mouth
3.
Kisses 04:11
Angel – whoa – sugar Please don’t leave I really need you now So, please don’t leave You make me smile somehow Please don’t leave Try not to let you down You’re my every need My every affection Only good intentions Best side of perfection You’re my infection Don’t go away good feeling You’re my infection Don’t go away good feeling Take another piece of me Please take another piece of my soul Promise to take me wherever you go All these kisses, I’m spinning around Makes me so dizzy that I fall to the ground But it’s OK To take another piece of me Take another piece of me
4.
The Favorite 04:55
Common reoccurring lies Defenseless innocent lives Starving, fear, epidemic confine Welching on crow creek A crime against humans forgotten Over time A crime left out of history’s books She took the child Stripped from the mother’s arms Life smashed to the ground The holocaust seeps out Guilty – guilty Land of the free Not you – not me Skeletons behind the flag Atrocity safely tucked away 3000 they watched 3000 they cheered America was built on lies America was built on blood America was built on lies America was built on genocide All at once they sway in the wind twitching
5.
I have lost my sight I’ve lost my soul All of this time With nothing to hold And I’m lifeless I think about you Most of the day now I’m so tired I try to hold on To some sanity No reality Please be a dream Wake up with a scream There’s no sanity No reality No separation line And no peace of mind And I can’t wake up no No I’m not OK Not suppose to be this way Know you’re hurting too Can you make it through There’s no sanity No reality No separation line And no peace of mind And I don’t if I can I try to hold on Can I endure this pain I hide tears in rain You take away the pain You bring him back to me
6.
Intersection 02:09
Pleased to take my (protect, intent) Why'd you take I (intent, forget) Pleased to take my eye, if I can't get by To take my eye, to take my I Why the imperfection? (protect, intent) When nothing is perfection? (intent, forget) Why the imperfection? (protect, intent) When nothing is perfection? (promise obtained) Promise - obtained This is a caption… And as I run, and as you run Where do we go? I am still here, you are still Why are you not with me? This is a distraction, from your interaction This only decision, with no precision
7.
Jeff Won 03:15
Maybe someday, sometime, onetime, when you're eating out of my hand I'll take you out, leave you face down in the mud Or maybe this time you could show me how you really feel Cause I've been thinking that I've been choking on this dirt since you left Stay - Long enough for me to forget Why I stick around for you How I have waited, you crawl back Now you're here and I'm not Tell me something, 'cause I don't feel no better And it's over, you bet it's over Pack my bags, leaving town, and that's all for you Maybe someday, I'll fill you in Somethings are better left unsaid
8.
Tenfold 01:52
Keep on trying to quiet down better forget You better quit talking Just to have yourself heard Because heaven knows I hang Off your every word The one thing that keeps me thinking That you really mean what you say Is starting to weaken, rust, and wear away I can trust you as far as I can throw you And I’m not very strong Same old, same old It’s coming back tenfold
9.
Antidote 01:11
10.
I know that it’s nothing new But I see that it’s new to you It’s you who made you politician Thoughts could never support your actions Words are just words You’ll just disappear tomorrow That I know And I can tell it’s your smile Pay attention to definition Words they sell Wrong in file It’s lost the meaning over time I’m not saying I understand I do but I try It’s lost the meaning It’s overrated Indoctrinate me in your army Indoctrinate me in your joke
11.
Shiner 04:31
Delusion Impression, no decision, it can’t go on Walking’s long Shine on Conversation, has worn down What happens now? Nothing’s easy Can you tell me what happens now? Where did we go wrong? What happens now When the laughing’s gone? I still miss you would you miss me too? When conversation fades like the sinking sun Fire red dawn Still perfection Sun sinks down Seasons stumble on The sun still shines It hangs dull in the sky You know that it’s worn down Still what happens now The time drags by As so do I You know that I’ve worn down Where to go now?

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Council Records No. 36 (CR-36)

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released June 2, 2023

Jason Navarro - guitar, vocals
Jeff Dean - guitar, vocals
Cris Golan - bass, vocals
Ron Davidson - drums
Ben Force - vocals (songs 6,7,8)

All songs recorded by Chris King at SVR Studios, Southfield, MI except Antidote recorded on 4 track in the basement by Cris Golan
Songs 1-5 remixed December 2022 by Jeff Dean
Mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room, Chicago, IL (www.brmastering.com)
Cover Design and Assembly Michael Shepherd @ Origami Tsunami

Tracks 1-5 previously unreleased (some were planned for a split 7" with BoySetsFire)
Track 6 originally appeared on the Blood Sweat & Tears compilation (General Records, 1998)
Track 7 originally appeared on The Michigan Compilation compilation (Enerject Records, 1997)
Track 8 originally appeared on The Big Fix compilation (Allied Recordings, 1997)
Track 9 previously unreleased
Tracks 10-11 originally appeared on the Shiner 7" (Utilitarian Records, 1996)

All tracks also appeared on the I Got a Plan CD (World of Fire Records, 2001)

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