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Lessons from Defeat

by Contact High

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1.
Sit down, strike a pose like it's good times all the time anyhow anywhere Live fast, die young party 'till your head falls off and sit back in your chair Fuck up 'cause it's fun the bottom is the safest place for a young man to be Hate everyone, makes it so much easier to stand your own reflection The ones who say they got nothing to lose are often times the ones with something to prove but once you started stepping onto the wire you're bound to fall, time and time again Be though, be strong, be the first one in the line and on top of the game Be right, never wrong unfailing and impeccable don't put your family to shame Be a model, be a stud, a rockstar and a prodigy, be a golden god But slip once, and you will fall from grace into depravity Nobody wants damaged goods The ones who say they got nothing to lose are often times the ones with something to prove But watch your back feel the hypocrisy Cause blood and tears make for the best TV, you see You can not forget what they were saying, cannot get it out of your head The ones who say they got nothing to lose are often times the ones with something to prove But watch your back feel the hypocrisy Cause blood and tears make for the best Tv, you see
2.
Born to hunt and born to kill you built a dagger out of stone The willow bends beneath your will You built the fire on your own Rise above and take the crown it's your time to rise and shine King Animal without a doubt but who is next, next in line You built a dagger out of stone You built the fire on your own You built the gun around the drum You sounded it and called to arms

But there ain't no one left to fight except for the stranger on the other side take his money take his wife take his country, take his life Rise above and take the crown it's your time to rise and shine King Animal without a doubt but who is next, next in line
3.
Low 05:08
I, I've been pretty much all around Been down in a place, yeah a pretty dead space Where the hearts and the hopes and the guards were dropped to the ground And you, been telling me all the time There's no luck in the world but the smile of a girl Right before she goes down on your petty little love pistol 
Racing around, trouble bound I'm steering towards the edge Hiding low, but then, blow by blow I come out on top again But I, I turned my luck around Said if I'm gonna be a fuck up I'm gonna be the baddest motherfucker here in this world and beyond So I, I set fire to the night cause when your down in the haze the power of the blaze will replace everything that ever held you down 
Racing around, trouble bound I'm steering towards the edge Laying low, but then, blow by blow I come out on top again Cause in the night A torch shines brighter than the sun 
So get Low Real Low Down To feel the lightness of the air above you To get Low Real Low You have to become what you never thought you could 
Racing around, trouble bound I'm steering towards the edge Laying low, but then, blow by blow I come out on top again Cause in the night A torch shines brighter than the sun You cant get at me im a shadow in the night cant get me I'm the catcher in the rye cant get me, here's a promise I will keep cant get me I will haunt you in your sleep
4.
They're screaming empty words into an empty concrete jungle and they are dressed for fun, dressed for fun going slowly down the drain while getting ready for the rumble can I have some, now get me some By the desperation in their eyes I can tell they believe in their own lies that they love each other oh so much kiss kiss bye bye we'll stay in touch They're screaming empty words into an empty concrete jungle and they are dressed for fun, dressed for fun Admiring one another's bigwig chic and taking diet tips from an anorectic the world is here to be their slave they're the shiny pretender brigade But by the snootiness in their eyes I can tell they believe in their own lies modelled after their god's design they think that everything is fine but nothing, nothing could be further from the truth man is a wolf to man and they are wearing blood red shoes
5.
Vienna, TX 05:21
Do you remember when bricks shattering glass was just a laugh to us? A swirling haze I was appalled I was amazed by our recklessness And I thought that I could run, wherever you may walk But little, did I know Bout where you'd want to go The kids all want to play with fire cause their only desire is to burn But every candle, will eventually burn down Just strip away your armor and the crimson veil and what you'll find is that fighting every war abroad has never saved a man from what awaits back home And I thought that I could run, wherever you may walk But little, did I know Bout where you'd want to go The kids all want to play with fire cause their only desire is to burn But every candle, will eventually wear down Kids all wanna play with fire cause the raging blaze and the burning flame is everything they know searching for enlightenment they're wasting every precious breath for the faintest glow The kids all want to play with fire cause their only desire is to burn But slowly they turn houses into pyres
6.
The Brood 05:19
There’s something inside you A strange parasite a spider that wants to be fed and you caught like a fly in its web Breathing without air an odd feeling in your womb Each every vial contains Self-directed violence And in the night, alone again The Brood awakens clawing at you with shaking hands a hunger in their veins How are you gonna face it? Stoned in an incubator or crawling on the ceiling Cold Turkey, baby And in the night, alone again The Brood awakens clawing at you with shaking hands a hunger in their veins Cold Turkey, baby
7.
ACK 03:13
Whatever you wanna sell me I just wont buy it And whatever you wanna tell me I just don't buy it Believe it or not I'll decide on my own when I wanna sell my soul And if I'm gonna get lied to I'll watch TV at home Suits me fine, you know revenge is best served cold Look into the void, I'll tell you everything you need to know About TV sets, Russian roulette, the government, Kampffighter Jets Feel the cold. I'll tell you everything you need to know So whatever hero you'll show me I won't admire them I'm so sick and tired of your get rich or die trying Believe it or not I'll decide on my own when I wanna sell my soul And if I'm gonna get lied to I'll watch TV at home Suits me fine, you know revenge is best served cold Look into the void, I'll tell you everything you need to know About TV sets, Russian roulette, the government, Kampffighter Jets Feel the cold. I'll tell you everything you need to know
8.
Erase black and white from your mind In a sea of grey there's no colour at all
 They say the one eyed man he leads the blind but when there's nothing to see he's again their equal And now Athena tears a hole in me Her arrows Truth with a Capital T how can she see what I cant see why can she be what I cant be? And though I'm not the one to question her thoughts an her motives I'm beyond repair She tells me that all of my life is just one shady ocean without a sign of land You say that your friends and your loved ones they will never leave you
but something's wrong, and they can all feel it. You say that these things they don't matter to the lucky and the braindead but a fear is rising and you can not hide it 
Athena tears a hole in me Her arrows Truth with a Capital T how can she see what I cant see why can she be what I cant be? And though I'm not the one to question her thoughts an her motives I'm beyond repair She tells me that all of my life is just one shady ocean without a sign of land
9.
Silver Spoon, Golden Cage 
the faint taste of iron
 A leading man born and raised love and admired Though your halo softens the blow I couldn't help but notice That you're not feeling so well no more or do you darling? It always Yeah it always It always hits you when you're beaten anyway second guesses are the poor man's fall from grace and although it's hard you must have felt, and known it all along That there are better ones, than you Take the leap, cut them wires from the life that holds you see it flash right before your eyes in a way that no one told you Do you now feel ashamed do you really? Do you still feel safe, do you really? 

It always Yeah it always
 It always hits you when you're beaten anyway second guesses are the poor man's fall from grace and although it's hard you must have felt, and known it all along That even you're second, to someone
 When you were just a little kid your mama taught you to be good to work hard and to do right and to pray like everyone should
 but soon you learned what you feared most, that you ain't nothing but a ghost you put your theory to the test and learned that you were just like all the rest
10.
Dig down, deep down in the muck and mire It's there It's yours your utmost desire
Look close, closer yet rub your nose in it there's lessons to be learned from defeat So don't run don't hide it's long past those times What you want only a broken man can find stand up look straight and then stride by stride Give in, give up, and swallow down your pride Break the ties
 There's so much more to gain on the losing side leave the light, you mistake conceit for self respect and pride Being right is so common place in a complacent life to really shine you gotta fail harder, a little harder every time 
You gotta learn how to love and embrace it or else the pain will leave its marks every time x2 Don't run don't hide its long past those times What you want only a beaten man can find stand up look straight stride by stride Give in give up, and swallow down your pride Break the ties 
There's so much more to gain on the losing side leave the light, you mistake conceit for self respect and pride Being right is so common place in a complacent life To really shine you got to fail harder, a little harder every time

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released October 27, 2016

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