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Can You Tell Me What A Victim Is?
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i hit the town on succubus street
down on my luck
stuck on repeat
i don’t know where
or how i want to be
i gave it all to you
with nothing left for me
how dumb could i possibly be
i saw what i wanted to see

i could be wrong
but i know i am right
so hear my song
its the way that i fight
you play your game
you don’t care if it’s right
and i’ll never be the same
its a sham, fuck it all
i woke up and see through it all
yea, i don’t give a fuck at all

you always take take take
until you burn it away
you know your fake fake fake
you always have it your way
how many times will i try
to see the truth is a lie
have fun in hell
i broke the spell
you were never a friend
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JOHN <> drums . guitar . vocals . lyrics . composition
RUBY <> lyrics . composition

mixing and mastering : johncruess@gmail.com

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Can You Tell Me What A Victim Is?

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Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too

Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too (Say Anything Cover)

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Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley Cover)

Wrote this song inspired by Nirvana and the record known as "In-Utero". The song has a talkback that pushes a bi-polar type vocal with hard driven guitars. Enjoy! -ti

Not One Iota

Wrote this track about leaving the past behind. It remarks on writing struggles and not being good enough for the genre. The song reflects growing out of pain and realizing the true self.

I'll Get By All Alone

This track explains the censorship and pain of being silenced. Music should never be a competition and has to be free. Expression is key and despair is criminal.

Arrested With My Gun

Sometimes a song from way back has a certain freedom of light and dark references. We are the light in the dark and dark seeks the light. -john

Without The Lights

This song pretty much explains itself. The cost of being subject to self indulgence has a price and a rewind type memory. Through self realization, words become hope and triumph over powers that can not be controlled.

Just Take A Sip

This song describes coming up into an idea of knowing the path while others displace you.

Secular Humanist

Written years ago, this song captivates living in a stasis environment. Leaving the past behind to search for new hope screams a story and bleeds a way out.

I Can't Believe It's Still Long Island

Accepting fate is unfortunately crucial. Dynamics and brutal heart strings explain this one.

I Keep It Close

When some say you are negative and ambushed by the slander. Now, the truth pleads honesty and emotional angst. Knowing the truth comes out in spite of everyones opinion.

Hearing Negative

Kill Everyone

Stumbled across a demo from 2023 and decided to expand on it. This is the demo and I decided to release it so everyone can get a feeling of hope. -j

Beverly Relationship - demo

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Laugh It Up

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Forgetting Creepy Sheeple
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look up at the stereo burning i got
the last ten minutes to go with my feet up
yea, i’m cold and discerning
i bear this anger breathing its gold
so what, yea, you can’t be known 
and its the blank fit sealing the mold
i’m beat up, yea, i’m torn and worn
i couldn’t sing this song with a cold

and i hear echoes screaming again
and i hear cell phones ring in my head
if i don’t fear soon, i will be dead

so what, yea, just leave me broke
you got the whole world letting you know
team up with your favorite ghost
i got this handled letting you go
with your plainview and your fake wit pose
its all the fake shit selling your soul
would you push off all the ranks you clone
its just a cold world to dwell in alone

and i hear echoes screaming again
and i hear cell phones ring in my head
if i don’t fear soon, i will be dead
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JOHN <> drums . guitar . bass . vocals . lyrics . composition

mixing and mastering : johncruess@gmail.com

Forgetting Creepy Sheeple

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A Broken Tooth
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a broken tooth
i’m overdue
i’m over you
we’re out of tune
its sad and true
i’m over you

if this is love
i’ll just screw it up
should have figured
from the start

i filled the womb
of what we could
and would not do
i’m out of use
i’m out of tune
i’m drowning you

if this is love
i’ll just screw it up
should have figured
from the start
i’m ditching love
i might just give it up
so many holes inside
my heart

a broken tooth
i’m out of use
i’m over you
a broken tooth
i’m overdue
i’m over you
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JOHN <> drums . guitar . vocals . lyrics . composition
CHASE <> bass . vocals . composition

mixing and mastering : johncruess@gmail.com

Into the Outmosphere

A Broken Tooth

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Stay The Same
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people tell me i’m so mental
i’m negative and such a devil
kick me when i’m down
make me think there is no other way
hold my breath and make it go away
cause i’m not giving in

told me i was nothing special
so ignorant and just so stressful
i don’t even care about
the shit that breaks me down
i’ve been giving love the gift of sound

i will always stay the same 
and no one here can tell me what to say
i won’t ever change
i believe in love to heal my pain
i will never go away
certain things are meant to be that way
i will always stay the same
i will never go away

so i’m a typical example 
a bet that no one ever gambled
buried in the ground
give me death or give me all your shame
i never asked to be your point of blame
so you can go away

i fear the signs i can’t go back in time
there is too late, no returns, no repairing my life
so you decide… you won’t even try
i made mistakes over the faith that you are keeping alive
break down, yea just get over it
you make up in your head like every crazy bitch
break down, just get over it
break down, break down

john /\ drums . guitar . vocals
chase /\ bass

mixing and mastering : johncruess@gmail.com

Stay The Same

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Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
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i ran from love and love caught up to say
you’re the only drug that i ever needed
you saw my soul and threw it all away
i’m never giving up i won’t be defeated

you can call me your forbidden love
i can pray i am the only one

i swear i might just lose my mind
if i stay blind with all im feeling
how could i know what i might find
I thought trust was something we needed
hey baby can we finish what we started 
love’s the only cure for the broken hearted
i would rather die than walk away
life’s too  to take this to the grave

you can call me your forbidden love
i can pray i am the only one
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JOHN <> drums . guitar . bass . vocals . lyrics . composition
RUBY <> lyrics

mixing and mastering : johncruess@gmail.com

Almost Only Counts in Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

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Depleted Not Defeated
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baby i’m dying to hear what i want you to say
what kind of life can i live if i give it away?
each and every day putting up with the fight
i’ve always been this way never slept thru a nite

this haunting feeling i cannot explain
am i falling in love
am i going insane
help me i’m losing my mind
and i'll never know why
maybe it’s a sign
i just hope one day i’ll get it right

today is the day that i go my own way
breaking the chains feeling everyone’s pain
i’ll burn it down to the ground, i’m not joking around
the world is what we make it so just live it your way
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JOHN <> drums . guitar . bass . vocals . lyrics . composition
RUBY <> lyrics

mixing and mastering : johncruess@gmail.com

Depleted Not Defeated

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Faster Than The System
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spend it on education
spend it on learning
so much for anarchy
hell, they are conforming
where is your inspiration
who has control of you
in a fire that’s burning within

yea i cannot understand
why i want to be me true and free
everybody’s telling me what to be
ill never be your mannequin of an american citizen
don’t tell me they can take my life away
don’t tell me that i cannot choose to stay

no matter what i do
i will never end up like you
no matter what they say
it’s a price that i will never pay
don’t tell me they can take my life away

there is a resolution
there is a warning
hail to the revolution
a war is forming
where is your inspiration
who has control of you
in a fire that’s burning within

no matter what i do
i will never end up like you
no matter what they say
it’s a price that i will never pay
throw away the fucking news
go and find another point of view
even if i win or lose
it’s a life that i am living true
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JOHN <> drums . guitar . vocals . lyrics . composition
CHASE <> bass . vocals . composition
RUBY <> lyrics

mixing and mastering : johncruess@gmail.com

Faster Than The System

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Veronica

i met a girl named veronica
after detention we bailed on foot
for cigarettes, words, and headphones
forgetting the world that i know
i never felt love so vividly
being in a band made me a fool
since the time you left
i've been lost in every second

i met a girl named veronica
sucks that my friends always hated her
she always let me know
how i could let things go
so, i removed all my sanity
turn around once and you're history
i should have let you know
that i can't let you go

cause i'm undone
i misbehave
with all the the thoughts
i can not save myself
from this diluted haze
i'm so dull, i'm so plain
in fear i'll always be the same
tie me up... take me away

you leave us and i'm writing
this song alone
just look me up, yea
tell me you're coming home

cause i'm undone
i misbehave
with all the the thoughts
i can not save myself
from this diluted haze
hey, i'm so gone
i can not wait
i'll crawl around till i'm ok
veronica, i'm the one to blame

credits :
john - drums . guitar . vox
chase - guitar . vox
eric - bass

Veronica

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I Don't Wanna Die
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would you just shut up 
and let me speak
we can live off hope
or choke on defeat
i’ll never give it up
i won’t back down
i’m naked in space
i’m staring at the ground

on my own
i don’t wanna die all alone
don’t even know why i’m alone
i don’t wanna die all alone

i served my time
the crime was me
faking every motherfucker
that i should never be
i’m a little bit more
a lot much less
i hid it so well
cleaned up the mess
there was never anyone
to call for help
i clawed my way out
and dug out myself
putting down my phone
picking up my pen
got the who what where why
and the how is my when

now i know
i don’t wanna die alone
don’t even know why i’m alone
i don’t wanna die all alone
i don’t wanna die

i sped right though hell
and yea i’m looking back
as far i can tell
it ended on this track
i was a long lost soul
with no control
out of my shell
love will never leave me alone

I don’t wanna die all alone
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JOHN <> drums. guitar . bass . vocals 
RUBY <> lyrics . vocals

mixing and mastering : johncruess@gmail.com

I Don't Wanna Die

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