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Lost in a Wave

by RATS

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Come on motherfucker, go! Still lost in a wave About to crash to sea level Envelop me finally So I can panic when I beg for air (and die alone) Inside the bleak Black tunnel where I can’t see Please shelter me (tie me down) So I may step back into the light There’s no one home That’s what I’m there for To let the light in The cracks of my skin Liberated by your isolation once more Shaken down inside Determined to find A room for me from the cold I stumble and trip Each time I take a step Struck by the shoes of another man I’m stuck by crowds of a different Feeling like a stranger kind I’ve never felt more alone Than in the moments we had (Never) Scorching through my skin Resentment Burns
2.
Snap my neck When I opened my eyes to check I’m deplored To see what I abhor my god it’s fucking killing me I would count my blessings But my luck ran out I try to see to the silver lining But the dark it blinded me A new kind of tragedy (So I’m told) Close the book and I’ll fold (This is my tale to behold) And what I meant to be (Means everything) Knife cuts deep Slit through the desperation see The nightmare That I’ve had You don’t need to convince me That I’m a failure to everyone Remind me over and over again It happened to destroy Any elated joy And I can’t invert that (So I’m told) Close the book and I’ll fold (This is my tale to behold) And what I meant to be (Means everything) I remember the last bastion of hate I’m the next contender To give in to the weight All of what is left to recall Erroneous supposition of love I’d like to know how it all began But right now it’s RATS against man Waste our lives living like we’re dead Dull the pain but I still see red Waste our lives living like we’re dead Any improvements are in my head (Waste our lives living like we’re dead Dull the pain but I still see red Waste our lives living like we’re dead Any improvements are in my head) I remember the last bastion of hate I’m the next contender To give in to the weight
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Broken Teeth 02:47
Free from tyranny A writhing itch of doubt Man, it rumbles all throughout my homeland All disdain It’s echoed by the strange benign curiosity The voices cry Hoping they can save me A child’s wish so I believe We run in circles Looking back on a dream I’m dedicated to living in vain I tried to smile but you kicked out my teeth And you left me here (To fight a war) To fight a fucking war (Tell me what happens now) Shut it down Following the crash that we echoed We always held dear In high regard The only severed vain Is the one that carries loathing to my heart And It’s the art Of living day to day A reprobate they say It’s not my call It’s either trapped in my reveries Or in perpetual shame The voices cry Hoping they can kill me I only wanted to believe We run in circles Looking back on a dream And now I’m subject to writing in pain I tried to smile but you kicked out my teeth And you left me here (To fight a war) To lose my own fucking war (Tell me what happens now) (I’ll try everything this way) In a halted state of progress There are still some things we need to convey Bring my blood to a boil (I can be myself this way) If I put that razor to my neck I can find what I need potentially Go on and let me (build me up and let me go) I’m teetering on the edge of the world As blood run down my face
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Lilac 02:21
Propagate the hoard of endless thrall Congregate and crash into a wall Scared to speak up Chose to be Full of abhorrent Tacit complacency There’s a young man He’s tied up and scared He can’t make a move while he’s in here (This man has the blindfold stapled And nailed to his head It burns to touch And compulsively bleeds when he screams) He won’t step from the shadow And shine bright like the lilac His wife had placed upon his head He wonders if tomorrow Will ever pass Or simply prolong The benign bliss at last All in hopes to be remembered Life in ecstasy Revealed the Plight To fall down in the meadow All in obstruction of the cost He had no company to confide We won’t see the departed A deconstruction of The segregated, berated, Broken soul that time created

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"Lost in a Wave" is the second ep by Ottawa based hardcore band Rats.

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released May 26, 2017

Band members:

Donovan Hollander - lead vocals
Ryan Clark - guitar, backup vocals
Logan Moham - guitar, backup vocals
Dylan Parsons - bass, backup vocals
Mike Poisson - drums, backup vocals

Music written and performed by Rats
Recording and Mixing by Mike Poisson
Mastering by Topon Das of Apartment 2 Recording
Album Art by Kia Kortelainen

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