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Year of the Gun

by ETERNAL STRUGGLE

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1.
Manifesto 00:34
EVERYDAY WE WAKE UP TO THE SAME UGLY PICTURE OF A BROKEN SOCIETY EATING UP EACH OTHER UP IN A STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE WHILE THE BASTARDS ARE SITTING IN THEIR FANCY OFFICES AND FIXING THEIR DAMN FUCKING TIES LETTING OUR ELDERS ROT DEAD ON FILTHY STREETS CONSUMING THE MINDS OF THE INNOCENT YOUTH MAKING THEM A SLAVE TO RELIGION AND FALSE RULES WHILE POVERTY RISES WHILE EVERY RIGHT IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM US THAT IS A FUCKED UP CREATION OF MANKIND A BROKEN SYSTEM THAT'S BUILT ON SUFFERING!
2.
Point One 01:54
I'VE LOST THIS BATTLE WITHOUT A FIGHT FORCED TO LIVE UNDER THE LIE THEY TOOK OUR IDENTITY TO WIPE THE FLOOR CITIES MADE OF PLASTIC, STREETS FILLED WITH HATE EVERYDAY IT JUST GETS WORSE, TAKING FREEDOM BY THE HAND RETURN TO POINT ONE, FIGHTING FOR OUR VOICE RETURN TO POINT ONE AND SCREAM FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T BE HEARD VIOLENCE WILL BE THE GUIDE ENDURANCE FILLED UP MY FUCKING MIND WHATEVER THAT I FACE I CAN ONLY TAKE THE MORE I TAKE, THE LESS I CARE RETURN TO POINT ONE, FIGHTING FOR OUR VOICE RETURN TO POINT ONE AND SCREAM FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T BE HEARD I'M SET TO FACE WHATEVER COMES YOU CANT ERASE, YOU CAN'T DENY MY DREAMS BUILT ON BLOOD EVEN WITH BROKEN BONES I'M SET TO FIGHT ESCAPE WHERE I AM TRAPPED RAISE MY HEAD AND SEEK THE LIGHT AGAINST ALL YOUR BELIEFS YOU CANT CHANGE ME OR WHAT I AM
3.
THEY TAUGHT US HOW TO DEMONIZE THEY SHOWED US ALL THE WAY HOW TO JUSTIFY THE ACTIONS OF LOOKING THROUGH A DIFFERENT SIGHT IGNORING SIMPLE TRUTH FOR THE MOTIVATED LIE DARK AS MEN COULD BE, PREJUDICE FOR ALL OTHER SIDE IS EVIL, WELCOME TO THE WAR GENERATION OF HATE AND IT’S THE YEAR OF THE GUN OPPOSITION IS ALL WE HAVE CONFLICT THEIR "NORMAL" WAY ALL THAT WE WANT, JUST TO GET AWAY THEY GIVE YOU VESTS, A COMPASS AND A GUN TEACH YOU HOW TO ROLL DODGING THE MINES THEY MAKE YOU THINK IT MATTERS HOW MANY ROUNDS YOU SHOT HOW MANY WOUNDS YOU GET YOU ARE PRESENTED TO A WORLD OF TERROR AND DESPAIR YOU WILL END UP EATING FEAR TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY YOU WERE BORN TO KILL DIE TO PROTECT DESTROY ANOTHER WORLD JUST FOR THE VOICES IN THEIR HEADS WE WERE TAUGHT TO CONFLICT FROM THE MINUTE WE ARE BORN WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO LIVE BUT WE KNOW HOW TO DESTROY
4.
WE’VE LOST THE GUIDE, KILLED THE PROPHET SPILLED THE BLOOD OF OUR ANCESTORS CAGED BY THE DEMONS WHO LIVE IN OUR MIND DRIVEN BY VOICES FROM THE SKY DESPERATION OF THE LIVING NO ONE BUT OURSELVES TO DEPEND ON WHERE IS THE FIRE? WHERE ARE THE CHANCES? WHY ARE WE FORCED TO OBEY OR SUFFER? WE ARE LIVING IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL ABANDONED GUIDANCE AND LOST ALL HOPE WHERE ARE THEY NOW? CAN SOMEONE HEAR THE SCREAM? CIRCLE IS NOW BROKEN, VENGEANCE COMING IN CIRCLE BROKEN, VENGEANCE COMING IN WE ARE TRAPPED IN A LOOP OF BECOMING WHAT WE’RE NOT CONVINCED BY THE MEDIA THAT DEATH IS WORTH EVERY SHOT WE ARE TRAPPED IN A LOOP OF BECOMING WHAT WE’RE NOT DECEIVED BY A GOD THAT DEATH IS WORTH IT ALL MORE BATTLES WE ARE TO FACE HOW MANY MORE SCARS WILL WE HAVE TO TAKE? FROM WHERE I STAND I CAN ONLY SEE THE TWISTED CYCLE OF REALITY HOW CAN WE OPEN THE EYES OF THOSE WHO STAND IN LINE TO DIE FOR HOME? OUR HEROS FALL, THE MEMORIES FADE LOST IN THE PAST, DROWNED IN SORROW AS HEROES FADE WE ARE TRAPPED IN A LOOP OF BECOMING WHAT WE’RE NOT CONVINCED BY THE MEDIA THAT DEATH IS WORTH EVERY SHOT WE ARE TRAPPED IN A LOOP OF BECOMING WHAT WE’RE NOT DECEIVED BY A GOD THAT DEATH IS WORTH IT ALL
5.
SPIT ON THE GROUND THAT YOU SWORE TO PROTECT WITH AN M-16 AND BIBLE IN HAND OPEN UP YOUR EYES LET IT ALL FADE NO ONE HAS TO DIE FOR SACRED LAND THE STRINGS OF CORRUPTION ARE STRETCHING AROUND THE GLOBE WHILE OUR BROTHERS ARE FALLING AND LIES ARE BEING TOLD THEY FILLED YOUR HEAD WITH WAR, FAITH AND HATE FOR AN HEROIC DEATH A KID WOULD GIVE HIS LIFE YET HERE WE STAND FORCING IT AWAY WON’T COME ALONG THIS TIME SICK OF THOSE FUCKING LIES THESE ARE NOT OUR GOALS AND NOT OUR LIVES THEY GRIND THE MIND INFECT THE INNOCENT STEALING MINDS OF THOSE WHO CAN’T SEE THE OBVIOUS THE MOTIVE OF HUMAN MIND, MONEY, FAITH AND POWER ARE SERVED ON BLEEDING BACKS WE GAVE OUR LIVES FOR A FALSE CAUSE TO SANCTIFY THE ROOTS OF WAR WE’VE BEEN LET DOWN AND WE MUST RISE WE CANNOT PLAY INTO THEIR HANDS MAKE US SERVE OUR TIME FOR THEIR OWN CRIMES THE MORE WE FALL THE MORE THEY WILL CONQUER WHILE THEY MAKE WAR WE COUNT THE CORPSES WE’RE LED ALONG BY FALSE HOPES IN THIS SAME OLD TWISTED FUCKING REALITY WE’VE HAD TO FACE THE LOSS WE HAVE TO MAKE THEIR TRIALS MATTER AND DESTROY THIS LIVING HELL
6.
ALL THE TIME YOU FUCKING WONDERED DIDN’T MATTER FOR SHIT ALL THE TOWERS THAT YOU BUILT CRUMBLE INTO DUST THEY WILL FALL DOWN ANOTHER HAND JUST SHAKES ANOTHER THE MILLIONS TEARING FLESH OFF EACH OTHER THE PIPES ARE LEAKING AND THE SMOKE IS RISING AS LONG AS THE CHECK IS PAID IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER YOU COULDN’T EVEN TAKE THE BLAME JUST PASSED IT ON WHEN WILL YOU STAND BEHIND YOUR ACTIONS? HOW MUCH LONGER WILL WE TAKE YOUR SHIT ON OUR BACKS? BUT IN OUR LIVES WE DON’T NEED THIS, WHY? HOW DID YOU DARE? TO FEED US LIES OF A BETTER DAY AND A MYTH OF SAFER LIFE WHEN WILL YOU STAND BEHIND YOUR ACTIONS? HOW MUCH LONGER WILL WE TAKE YOUR SHIT ON OUR BACKS?
7.
Dependence 02:01
BORN INTO THIS CIRCLE WASTING DAYS, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS FROM THE STREETS UP TO THE TOWERS SWEEP CONFORMATIVE LIFE CONSUMING HOURS OF THE DAY TO FEED MY NEEDS DEPENDANCE OR ADDICTION THAT IS MY OWN GREED SET OFF THE TIME, LAY BACK. IT’S MY MOMENT NOW DON’T INTERRUPT IT, A SACRED RITUAL I’VE GOTTA LET IT LAST TAKE A DEEP BREATH, CLEAR THE PATH I FEEL THE BLOOD RUN UP TO MY NECK DON’T NEED TO EVEN MOVE. I’M ALL AT ONCE AT LAST DON’T NEED TO SEE, DON’T NEED TO FEEL A THING SO WASH AWAY THE WORMS THAT CLIMB UP MY SKIN FREE FROM DISTRACTIONS AT LAST I WALK A VERY NARROW PATH THAT YOU DON’T GET TO JUDGE YOU ARE THE SAME WITH DIFFERENT DRUGS, YOU BET YOUR HOUSE YOUR WIFE, YOUR KIDS YOU MASTURBATE IN FRONT OF SCREENS YOU ARE THE ONE, THE SAME AS I TURN ON YOUR TV, SHOP AND DIE
8.
I QUESTION THE UNKNOWN AGAIN SEARCHING FOR THE LAST BIT OF STRENGTH TO FACE THOSE NINE CIRCLES OF HELL YOU PUT ME THROUGH ALL OVER AGAIN AND ALL THESE TIMES I WONDERED YOU JUST FUCKING LIED AND AS I SLOWLY CRUMBLED YOU FILLED YOURSELF WITH PRIDE DON’T ACT SO FUCKING BLIND MORE ENEMIES THAN I COULD NAME WHAT I WISH FOR YOU, I’D NEVER WISH FOR THEM GET INTO YOUR CAR AND FUCKING CRASH I HOPE THE PIGS FREEZE YOUR GOD DAMN CASH I WISH YOU ALL THE WORST OF ALL HANG ON, YOU’RE ABOUT TO FALL I’M STRONGER THAN YOU’LL EVER BE TAKE OFF YOUR MASK AND FACE ME
9.
Releechious 03:32
YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES, REFUSE TO SEE I WON’T ADJUST TO YOUR INSANITY A VIRUS SPREADS THROUGH THE STREETS SPREADING HATE, DICTATING ME, PARASITES HUMAN SCUM, ALWAYS TRY TO RULE ME DOWN GET OFF OUR BACKS, OUT OF OUR LIVES LEAVE US TO BE FREE TO OURSELVES HOW MUCH WILL YOU TAKE FOR YOUR FAITH WE HAVE SUFFERED A WALKING TARGET A FREAK WITHOUT A LEASH YOU CAN’T CONTROL OUR LIVES AND LABEL OUR BELIEFS CAN’T HOLD US BACK, IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW YOU SHOVE YOUR WAYS INTO OUR LIVES YOU’VE CRAWLED INSIDE THE DEEPEST CORNERS OF MY MIND, TRIED TO LURE ME DOWN BUT DEEP INSIDE, YOU KNOW I’M NOT YOUR FUCKING KIND I WANT TO SEE YOUR TEMPLES FALL APART TO BE FREE, TO BE ALIVE, I WON’T BACK DOWN UNTIL I CONQUER ALL WHAT IS LEFT, WHAT’S UNDONE WHAT NEEDS REPAIR, AND ALL THAT’S GONE WHAT ELSE CAN THEY TAKE, WHEN WILL IT STOP OUR RIGHT TO MOVE, TO EAT, TO BREATHE FOR PRAYERS, BLESSINGS, AND FAKE BELIEFS
10.
Modern Slave 03:11
HOW MANY DAYS WILL I HAVE TO GIVE TO A JOB THAT I DON’T WANT TAXES AND GREED STARVING FOR FREEDOM DRIVEN WITH RAGE IT’S CLIMBING UP MY NECK FIRST WORLD SLAVE JUST FOR PAYING RENT WORKING ‘ROUND THE CLOCK HAVING NO TIME TO EXIST PEOPLE HIDING ALL THEIR PASSION JUST TO JOIN THIS RACE FASHION LEADS TO ABANDONED MIND THE WASTED YOUTH ARE STANDING IN LINE TO THE GRINDER THEY ARE SENT LIVING IN A LOOP WITH ONLY ONE WAY TO ESCAPE EVERYTHING WE EARN IS SLICED AND DELIVERED FOR THE RICHER ONES A FIGHTING SOLDIER IN SURVIVAL WAR SEEKING JUSTICE, SEEKING HOPE AND IT GETS WORSE EVERY YEAR AS THE CORRUPTED PIGS ARE CLOSING IN LIFE CHOKES ME BY THE NECK, I MUST FIGHT BACK BEFORE I BREAK LOOSE, TO FIND THE STRENGTH AND LIVE MY LIFE TO TEAR THEM OUT AND SMASH THEM DOWN TO FIND THE STRENGTH AND LIVE MY LIFE WE ARE THE MODERN SLAVES WHO’VE COME TO RIP YOU OUT
11.
Pride Kills 03:28
DIGGING IN THROUGH THE BONES IT’S DRILLING IN MY HEAD, SPREADING WORDS LIKE A FEVER PLAGUE FORCING US TO LIVE BY YOUR SELFISH WAYS SOME ARE BLIND, SOME ARE WISE SOME LIVE FOR NOTHING, SOME WILL RISE WE MUST GET BACK TO REALITY AND TAKE LIFE BACK BY OUR OWN HANDS SO-CALLED SOCIETY TRAPPED US IN HERSELF BROKE OUR WILL, SHACKLED OUR FREEDOM TRIED TO WIPE OUR EXISTENCE AWAY BUT WE ARE NOT THEIR FUCKING PAWNS PRIDE KILLS, IT’S REAL KEEPING YOU UNDER ME PRIDE KILLS, IT’S REAL BECOMING SLAVES AGAINST OUR WILL BUT WE ARE NOT YOUR FUCKING PAWNS OUR BELIEFS WE WILL NEVER LOSE THIS IS OUR LIFE AND WHAT WE CHOOSE NOW IT’S TIME TO OPEN MINDS AND NEVER FEEL EMPTY INSIDE SOME ARE BLIND, SOME ARE WISE SOME LIVE FOR NOTHING, SOME WILL RISE WE MUST GET BACK TO REALITY AND TAKE LIFE BACK BY OUR OWN HANDS THIS IS IT, THE TIME HAS COME ALWAYS FIGHT FOR WHO YOU ARE WE ARE HERE TO SETTLE THE SCORE BEATING EVERY THREAT WE FACE BUT WE ARE NOT THEIR FUCKING PAWNS PRIDE KILLS, IT’S REAL KEEPING YOU UNDER ME PRIDE KILLS, IT’S REAL BECOMING SLAVES AGAINST OUR WILL WE MUST STAY UNITED WE SACRIFICE WE LIVE WITH HATE TO MAKE YOU ALL REGRET
12.
Propaganda 00:57
NO SOS MÁS QUE UN IGNORANTE TE OLVIDASTE DE TU PASADO VOS TRATAS A LOS INMIGRANTES COMO TE TRATARON EN EL PASADO SE TERMINO LA MENTIRA TENES QUE ACEPTARLOS AUNQUE SEAS UN RACISTA DEVOLVERLOS ES MATARLOS DONDE ESTA DONDE ESTA TU COMPASIÓN MIRA LA IRONÍA LA VICTIMA HOY ES LA BESTIA REPETÍS LO QUE TE ENSEÑARON COMO UN MONO AMAESTRADO LAS PALABRAS DE PURO ODIO DESCARTAN TU HIPOCRESÍA RECHAZAR AL REFUGIADO ES CONDENARLO A PERDER LA VIDA DONDE ESTA DONDE ESTA TU COMPASIÓN
13.
Last Path 02:27
I CLOSE MY EYES AND LOOK INSIDE WHAT THE FUCK AM I? WHAT HAVE I BECOME? A WORTHLESS SLAVE DIGGING THE GRAVE THE FALL IS SOON TO REACH, WITH OPEN EYES INTO THE ABYSS, DONE WITH ENDURANCE I CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE NOTHING LEFT FOR ME I'LL DIE FOR THE CAUSE, LAST PATH, SACRIFICING THE LITTLE THAT I HOLD, DENYING EVERYTHING I COULD ACHIEVE AND MARCHING FORWARD - EVERY WAR NEEDS A MARTYR I'LL GLADLY STEP IN TAKE IT FOR THE CAUSE GIVING WHATS LEFT, BURNING EVERY BRIDGE I KNOW NEVER LOOK BACK, ALWAYS FOR THE CAUSE, NEVER FALL DOWN TO IGNITE FIRE IN THE TORCH, THIS IS THE LAST PATH THAT I TAKE I CAN'T LOOK BACK, I NEED TO LET IT GO, THIS FIRE WILL NOT STOP REBIRTH FOR PROTEST, REBIRTH FOR THE CAUSE UNTIE THE LEASH, I'VE HAD ENOUGH YOU SWORE YOU'D TAKE MY NAME AND WIPE ME OFF THE GROUND NEVER LOOK BACK, ALAWYS FOR THE CAUSE NEVER FALL DOWN, TO IGNITE FIRE IN THE TORCH NEVER LOOK BACK, NEVER FALL DOWN NEVER LOOK BACK, TO IGNITE FIRE IN THE TORCH
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credits

released June 4, 2021

Ori Frank - vocals
Omer Meir - guitars
Guilad Pinevsky - bass
Ori Koren - drums

Music by Eternal Struggle
Lyrics by Ori Frank

Vocals on 'Propaganda' by Guilad Pinevsky
Lyrics co-written and translated by Ben Weizman, Guilad Pinevsky and Ori Frank

Gang vocals: Brian 'Mitts' Daniels, Corey Ben Yehuda, Jenia Finer, Alon Karnieli and Evya Naor

Producer: Brian 'Mitts' Daniels
Director/Coach/Mentor: Drew Stone
Band manager: Avi Lovey

Mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen
Engineered by Daniel Strosberg and Arie Aranovich at Keoss Studios, Tel Aviv, Israel

Album art: Marcus Mattern
Band photos: Avihai Levy

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