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YOUNG FATHER

Don’t tell me everything you’re doing
Don’t tell me everything you feel
Don’t tell me all about regret.

You need to figure it out just to figure me out!

I don't want to see your face
I don't want to be embraced
I don't want to keep that faith
No, no, no, no.

I told you everything I could
I told you why I ran away
I needed shelter from the pain.

You need to figure it out just to figure me out!

I don't want to see your face
I don't want to be embraced
I don't want to keep that faith
No, no, no, no.

And after everything you said!
I won’t ever love you
And after everything you did!
I won’t ever love you
And after choking on the shame!
I won’t ever love you
You chose to throw it all away!
I won’t ever love you.

And after everything you said!
I won’t ever love you
And after everything you did!
I won’t ever love you
And after choking on the shame!
I won’t ever love you
You chose to throw it all away!
I won’t ever love you.

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Recorded by Dean Bailey
Mixed by Christophe Hogommat
Mastered by Tim Lengfeld
Artwork by ENDER

Dead Nature

Young Father

DEAD NATURE

I want to be invisible
Out of sight and out of your mind
I want to be silenced
Tongue-tied and buried alive.

Forgive me father for I have sinned
I’ve fallen prey to the demons within
Forgive me father for I have sinned
I’ve fallen prey to the evil within.

Dead Nature!
Dead Nature!
Dead Nature!

I want to be rejected
Pushed aside with nowhere to hide
I want to be hostile
Fever-pitch yeah stuck in denial.

Forgive me father for I have sinned
I’ve fallen prey to the demons within
Forgive me father for I have sinned
I’ve fallen prey to the evil within.

Dead Nature!
Dead Nature!
Dead Nature!

And I’m angry
You won’t save me
And I’m a tyrant
And I need violence.

Dead Nature!
Dead Nature!
Dead Nature!

Dead Nature!
Dead Nature!
Dead Nature!

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Recorded by Dean Bailey
Mixed by Christophe Hogommat
Mastered by Tim Lengfeld
Artwork by ENDER

THE FEVER

Woke up this morning something didn’t feel right
I’m in a spin, I think I’m losing my mind
Vicious feelings which I can’t describe
You want to help but your hands seem tied.

Yeah!

A broken mirror shows my fragile state
I’m stuck at home but I feel out of place
I’ll drown away in a pit of snakes
You’ll disappear without a trace.

I’m breaking into a sweat
I’m getting lost in my head
I’m slowly falling to pieces
I’m breaking into a sweat
I’m getting lost in my head
I’m falling prey to the season

It’s hard to admit
I got a fever!
It’s hard to ignore
I got a fever!
It’s hard to accept
I got a fever!
It’s hard to exist.

I’m breaking into a sweat
I’m getting lost in my head
I’m slowly falling to pieces
I’m breaking into a sweat
I’m getting lost in my head
I’m falling prey to the season

It’s hard to admit
I got a fever!
It’s hard to ignore
I got a fever!
It’s hard to accept
I got a fever!
It’s hard to exist.

*All rights reserved, 2023 The Man Motels & Mongrel Records a division of Just Music SA.

Recorded by Dean Bailey
Mixed by Christophe Hogommat
Mastered by Tim Lengfeld
Artwork by ENDER

The Fever

SPORTS

I took a walk down the street last night
I saw a couple guys who wanted to fight
I took a walk down the street last night
I saw a couple guys who wanted to fight.

I gave them;

Something to think about
Something to think about
Something to think about
I gave them something to think about.

I took a walk down the street last night
I saw a couple guys who wanted to fight
I took a walk down the street last night
I saw a couple guys who wanted to fight.

I gave them;

Something to think about
Something to think about
Something to think about
I gave them something to think about.

Fight!
You want more, come get more!
Fight!
You want more, come get more!

*All rights reserved, 2023 The Man Motels & Mongrel Records a division of Just Music SA.

Recorded by Dean Bailey
Mixed by Christophe Hogommat
Mastered by Tim Lengfeld
Artwork by ENDER

Sports

VISITING HOURS

I took a walk down the road
To see how far I could go
I guess I didn’t know
I’d hit an all time low 

I’ve got you on my mind
Most of the time 
You’re on my mind
Most of the time

I wrote a letter to you
I didn’t know what to do
You were looking for fun
But turned your back to the sun

I’ve got you on my mind
Most of the time 
You’re on my mind
Most of the time.

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Visiting Hours

BAD ADVICE

I’ve been hallucinating
And I’ve been so frustrated
I don’t know where you have been
I don’t know who you have seen

Tell me everything,
Everything you know
Tell me everything,
Everything you know
Tell me everything,
Everything you know
Tell me everything
Everything you know

I’ve been recuperating
Cos I’ve been humiliated
Now I know where you have been
Now I know who you have seen

Tell me everything,
Everything you know
Tell me everything,
Everything you know
Tell me everything,
Everything you know
Tell me everything
Everything you know!

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Bad Advice

PERSONAL GAINS

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t let you go
I won’t, I won’t, I won’t let you know
I can’t, I can’t, I can’t let you see
A life without me

Why?!
I am the hands of mayhem
Why?
I am your piece of mind
Why?!
I am the hands of mayhem
Why?
I am your piece of mind

I can’t, I can’t, I can’t lose control
I won’t, I won’t, I won’t break the mould
I can’t, I can’t, I can’t let you see
A life without me

Why?!
I am the hands of mayhem
Why?
I am your piece of mind
Why?!
I am the hands of mayhem
Why?
I am your piece of mind.

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Personal Gains

DIVIDE

Look into the mirror and tell me what you see
A turn of the tide
A state calamity

Look into the mirror and tell me what you see
A race against time
Fictitious honesty

You can’t hide
With their eyes cast upon you
Hide
With their walls all around you
Blind
To the lies that define you
Time to light it up
Cos we're never going back to it 

Look into the mirror and tell me what you see
A flash point in time
Through totality

Look into the mirror and tell me what you see
They call it law and order
But it’s anarchy

You can’t hide
With their eyes cast upon you
Hide
With their walls all around you
Blind
To the lies that define you
Time to light it up
Cos we're never going back to it 

If they divide
They will conquer
If they divide
They will conquer
If they divide
They will conquer
If they divide!

If they divide
They will conquer
If they divide
They will conquer
If they divide
They will conquer
If they divide!

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Divide

MEMENTO MORI

I hate that I need you
Self-centered kindness tastes so sweet
Your prayers console me
Just like the glass beneath my feet

I hate that I want you
Charity fakes solace while I sleep
Confession will save me
Life just a lie that’s bitter sweet

I need a way straight out of this endless maze
Way straight out of this endless maze
Way straight out of this endless maze
Bring on the end of days

I know that you’ll leave me
Frail, thin and eager for the end
Memento mori
I know someday we’ll meet again

I know that you’ll miss me
Compassion leaves you cold and bare
My shadow of absence
Commends you for being there

I need a way straight out of this endless maze
Way straight out of this endless maze
Way straight out of this endless maze
Bring on the end of days

They say I’m lost, but maybe I’m just tired of breathing air
When will enough be the end

They say I’m lost, but maybe I’m just tired of breathing air
When will enough be the end

They say I’m lost, but maybe I’m just tired of breathing air
When will enough be the end

When will enough be the end

When will enough be the end?

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Memento Mori

CHOKE YOU OUT

Everything that you wanted
Everything that you needed
Choked you out in the end

Everything that asked for
Everything you received
I want it
I need it

Get up, and take it
Get up, and break it
Get up, and take it
I want it all

Sober minds won’t ever see
How this numbing comforts me
Reaching out won’t come for free
So, see this as a desperate plea

Get up, and take it
Get up, and break it
Get up, and take it
I want it all

Everything that you longed for
Everything you adored
Choked you out in the end

All the faith that you showed
All the doubts that you owned
I want it
I need it

Get up, and take it
Get up, and break it
Get up, and take it
I want it all.

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Choke You Out

VICES

Frantic whispers haunt me late at night
Lost in echoes from a poisoned mind

Vices!

Darkness lingers, shadows intertwine
In the depths of silence so unkind

I’ve seen the worst of it
A charm you can’t resist
I’ve stood out on the edge
And kissed the lips of death

The body craves what the body craves
A primal need that never fades
It pulls me in, it takes control
A restless hunger consumes my soul

The body craves what the body craves
A primal need that never fades
It pulls me in, it takes control
A restless anger consumes my soul

Vices!
Vices!

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Vices

FUCK YOU

What the fuck we’re on about
Let me down, hold me near
All we do is scream and shout
I’ll believe in anything
Angry words they cut us deep
Got some time, I don’t care
Choke us while we try and sleep
Overstaying everywhere

Hey! Hey! Hey!

Stab away at every chance
Let me down, hold me near
Chew away on broken glass
I’ll believe in anything
I think it’s time we took a break
Got some time, I don’t care
Before this love turns to hate
Overstaying everywhere.

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Fuck You

AGRESSOR

Knock knock
Retribution’s at your door
Let me take you back
Before the past is ignored

Knock knock
This boy is now a man
I want my pound of flesh
I hope you’re ready to dance

I…. Need you to know
I’m here for the show
And your time is now up

I…. Want you to know
I’m here for the show
And you’re all kinds of fucked

I…
I…

Want you to know
I’m here for the show
And you’re all kinds of fucked.

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Aggressor

Live audio from our floor show alongside The Talon at Luvbuzz Studio, Cape Town.

The set (shortened) includes tracks:

Young Father
Choke You Out
Do What It Takes
Dead Nature
Personal Gains
Vices
Sports
Divide
Fuck You
Bad Advice

Raw, unfiltered content for those who like it hard, fast, and to the point.

Live session from LuvBuzz Studio (28 Feb 2025)

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Logic and Lies

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Quit Looking at me!

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Logic & Lies

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Tugboat

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