a boxcutter romance

Saosin's legendary EP as a 13 track LP
Tracklist:
01. Seven Years 
02. Translating the Name 
03. 3rd Measurement in C 
04. Lost Symphonies 
05. They Perched on Their Stilts, Pointing and Daring Me to Break Custom 
06. I Can Tell There Was an Accident Here Earlier (new mix) 
07. Mookie's Last Christmas (new mix) 
08. I've Been Dying to Reach You (2003 version) 
09. There's That One Person You'll Never Get Over No Matter How Long It's Been 
10. 3rd Measurement In C (Acoustic) 
11. Seven Years (Acoustic) 
12. Mookie's Last Christmas (Acoustic 2020) 
13. I've Become What I've Always Hated (Live 2014) 
Notes:
Tracks 6&7 are the 2020 mixes with original 2003 vocals 
Track 8 is with Anthony and Justin, recorded in late 03/early 04
Track 9 is from Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer 2002 album
Track 12 is a new take on the song with some new lyrics 
Track 13 is a full band live version of this b side

Translating The Name [EP]

3rd Measurement In C

My Dear

Ready Aim Misfire

TheAllAmericanRejectsSwingSwingNightcore

Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder

Kaurel's Gift

The central theme of "Architects of Ruin" is **the predatory hypocrisy of power brokers who engineer societal and human devastation for personal gain, contrasted with the inexorable tide of accountability and justice**—a blistering takedown of detached elites whose "marble shine" war rooms and "polished podiums" mask the blood-soaked fallout on the "streets" and "shattered ground" below.

This unfolds through the rap-metal verses' "vicious cadence" skewering "big suits" who "gamble lives like chips" and "watch the money wake," while the blues-metal chorus thunders the indictment—"They are the architects of ruin / Stackin’ steel on a broken truth"—evoking towers of exploitation "built on the backs of the fallen." The psychedelic-prog bridge dissolves into "chaotic FX" and battlefield echoes, whispering "Who answers for the cost?" before the male vocal's drifting prophecy of crumbling systems, amplified by the guitar solo's "Collapse of the Colossus" as a sonic demolition. Ultimately, the stern outro—"History keeps the balance / No throne stands forever"—affirms a redemptive reckoning, where "the world will see," turning rage into a progressive rock ritual of exposure and renewal, echoing anti-establishment anthems like Sabbath's own war cries.

Ready Aim Misfire

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