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Despair

by Hope Defeated

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1.
On the Ground 02:18
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Put it down Put it down On the ground you fucker Put it down Put it down Drop the gun I said Turn around Turn around Lock your hands together Turn around Turn around Hands above your head All the lies they promised to me, they never came true Opportunity comes with a price but for only the few Face the front Face the front Eyes front and center Face the front Face the front Don’t move or blink To the left To the left Can’t smile in profile To the left To the left Suspect for life
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Skyscrapers 02:47
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Fortunes made on the backs of the weak Bottom line fuels your insatiable greed Entitlement it’s what you think you deserve Elitist. You’re better than all who serve Serve you for all your material gains For what? To hoard it all away You will build them up We will smash them down Built so high. Touch the sky Watch them crumble to the ground We will smash them down We will smash them down Built on the backs of the weak Will be your demise Fragments of all the lives you’ve destroyed Broken all the lives and dreams Nothing. Left to start again Old boys who only serve themselves Cold blood running through your veins Now what? Nothing stands in your way Fragments of all the lives you’ve destroyed Broken all the lives and dreams Nothing. Left to start again Fortunes made on the backs of the weak Bottom line fuels your insatiable greed Entitlement it’s what you think you deserve What you deserve
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Waves Wash Away 03:06
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Progress is progress That’s what they say Progress to what? We’re fading away Have we forgotten The lessons we learned? History’s an option Let the truth be burned Continue on the path Blind leads the blind Pay no attention Warnings left behind Continue on the path Blind leads the blind Pay no attention Warnings left behind Collective memory all but erased Slowly eroding waves wash away History forgotten What have we lost? Stopping the future By living the past Ignore the signals Nothing will last We can’t be certain OF dying in time Hurry along now Before it’s a crime Continue on the path Blind leads the blind Pay no attention Warnings left behind Continue on the path Blind leads the blind Pay no attention Warnings left behind What have we done? How can we repay? Doomed to repeat
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Waterboard 03:22
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Taken in the dark of night Laughing as I plead my rights What have I done? Why me? Hooded gagged am I going to die Asking questions Can’t ask why They have all abandoned me Held down Drowning My lungs Filling Blindfold Screaming I’ll say anything Where is my democracy? Screaming for my liberty Being held without a trial Will I ever see the day? Will I see my family? God help me there is no end Held down Drowning My lungs Filling Blindfold Screaming I’ll say anything
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Stoic 03:44
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Why am I supposed to care? Whose interest do you serve? Only your own only yourself It all means nothing Emptiness fills my heart Can’t find the right words Can’t escape all the thoughts It all means nothing All I see All I feel Violence and sorrow Eyes blaze Blank stare It means nothing to me All I see All I feel Malice and misery Idle hands Stone hearts It means nothing to me How am I supposed to act? Where am I supposed to go? Scripted for me to follow along Out of my way Stone faced I am alone Solitary on my own I will find a different path Out of my way
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Breaking the Code 02:21
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Breaking the code Innocence lost Putting them up against the wall Breaking the code Betrayal of trust You will get yours It’s what you deserve No more destruction Hopes and dreams of youth Never to be forgotten Now you know he’s… Breaking the code Innocence lost Putting them up against the wall Breaking the code Betrayal of trust You will get yours It’s what you deserve
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Forsaken 03:32
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Nothing grows around us It just curls and dies We can’t seem to stop it Payment for their lives Nothing in the future Can’t see what is real Fallout from the heavens Wounds that never heal We have been forsaken We have been left to die We have been abandoned High readings in the water No one else to blame Dump to ease the pressure Acting without shame Nothing in the future Can’t see what is real Fallout from the heavens Wounds that never heal Why did you say those things to me? TEPCO foreign diplomacy We have been forsaken…
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Failsafe 02:35
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Never felt So alone With myself Anger burns All the time In my mind We’re searching for the truth With nothing left to find Looking for a clue The fear inside of you Shortest fuse Can’t relax Can’t go back Why am I forever mad Heart attack We’re searching for the truth With nothing left to find Looking for a clue The fear inside of you

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released December 13, 2014

Hope Defeated are:
Ross Andersen - Guitars
Shayne Baker - Drums, Backup Vocals
Munro McKenzie - Bass
Doug Wurzer - Vocals

Recorded and engineered by Casey Rogers in the fall of 2014.
Gang vocals by Doug, Shayne, Ross and Casey. Additional vocals by Amanda. Ross played bass for this recording.

All music and lyrics written by Ross, Shayne and Doug. Music for Waves Wash Away by Al Eisenbart and Ross.

Thanks to all our families for their support and patience. This doesn't happen without them. Special thanks to Amanda Marie for putting up with the racket and Christine and the Andersen family for also putting up with the noise and allowing a practice space as part of a home renovation. Above and beyond.

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