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Fire and Air

by RATS

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1.
It's my fault Something that I can't control Killed by hope This pain shoots right through My veins Give me some way to heal There is a reason for all The pain that I feel I can't recall the expression by name I'm virulent, battered Suppressed, weak, and shattered I need someone to blame Who's to blame?
2.
Fire and Air 01:46
Crawling through the trench of apathy I'll not submit to the Consistent degradation In a shelter full of lies I want to stand apart So I can try not to despise myself I just get by I just need help I know my pain won't feel itself It doesn't matter Cause this shit starts to pile beyond belief And no one will look my way Without means to make the fucking change That everyone seems to be Consistent degradation In a shelter full of lies I want to stand apart So I can try to learn to love myself What's in my mind? I just can't tell This downward spiral is my hell It's too much Cause this shit starts to pile beyond belief And no one will look my way Without means to make the fucking change That everyone seems to be So make a lasting fall Wipe the tears right from your face and stare Rejoice in fire and air Never turn my back if you don't care Stay here with fire and air
3.
Last chance to be set free (Set free) Of our mutual dispondency I must have gone out and failed us both When you crashed on (When you crashed on me) me, I could not comply I had my head held up so high I'm damned if I do And damned if I subside You grab my hand and spit in my fucking face I'm here to remind you of the lives we could have embraced There is still some potential to learn Some potential I know From the seeds of deception It grows If we're in the same boat (Let's go) Then this boat capsized long ago In a time where any man Could live to understand (Try to understand) That sometimes a good thing ends I just thought that you were my still my friend You can mark my words I won't make that mistake again You grab my hand and spit in my fucking face I'm here to remind you of the lives we could have embraced There is still some potential to learn Some potential I know From the seeds of deception It grows It grows From the seeds of deception it grows From the seeds of deception it grows From the seeds of deception it grows
4.
Reflections 01:44
A lasting memory Will turn up, give it up, give it in I want to know myself again It's been so long Since I can truly say that I've lived I know of a time When I had hope for the future Such naive lies I know if I try I can think back to when I could cry This is the way that I choose to go In this life that I live, that I live I live by what I know I catapult back To a life I've felt so scarcely And it's not worth trying When I sit and think What is this excercise truly worth? So I sit and think And take a long look in the mirror I don't like what I see It's time for me to take a stand And do what's right and right for me This is the way that I choose to go In this life that I live, that I live I live by what I know I won't live my life Choking on regret I need to pull through Push me farther Thinking back I take it back Yet I'm holding on For something more Doubt will never dissipate Or comes to terms with Any logical harm Just carry on Living all your sleepless nights In obsession with The path less travelled on
5.
Mark of Cain 01:54
I'm safe no more I can't have faith in all The choices I make I want to be left alone I'm fucking scared Of what is coming With no hope No mark on me I've been left out Here to die With no one else Here to say goodbye I'm thinking all the while About what I had going I didn't need to think We took these things Too seriously After all No hope No mark on me I'm on the edge And you push me Don't be shocked When I pull you down to see this No mark on me Someone Stop me It has to be done
6.
You took what wasn't yours to take Even though it was wrong that's no mistake I bet your feel real damn strong When you don't think that you're wrong at all You took the choice out of her hands (You stole it) Now she's a miserable mess And you couldn't care less About the distress Too much too fucking early (It's all gone) Save your apologies for the next life you trample over No one will be there It's hard to say but it's true When it comes time to pay your dues Who will be there to pity you? You can't live with yourself and you start to fall I guess it's got to be real damn tough It's just too bad that you couln't man up You traded virtue for ruined life (A worthless life) Your pain will never compare To the scare Of the real victim left in despair No pity for a guilty conscience You didn't think about it then The damage is done There's no time for a remedy For the scars you left on the innocent one

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The debut E.P. from Ottawa-based hardcore band RATS.

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released December 11, 2015

"Fire and Air" was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mike Poisson Recording from June to December of 2015.


Band members:

Donovan Hollander - lead vocals
Ryan Clark - guitar, backup vocals
Josh Collins - bass
Mike Poisson - drums


Special thanks to:

Kia Kortelainen for the artwork, Logan Moham for the mad gang chants, Ottawa Hardcore, Rob Lavasseur & The Diamond Mine Agency, Mavericks Ottawa, Tyler Hale, Matt and Dani Vezina, Waylon Fearn, Trinity and James Noble, Marco Heuvelmans, Mike's mom, Lance Crowder, Dylan Frankland, Craig Lemmon, James Reid and all the cool cats at the secret west-end house, Brent Washburn, Yanni Bouziotas, Faith Begbie, Justin Lam, Frankie and the dudes of Iron Golem, and all of our friends and family who ever took time out of their day to come and see us do our thing. Bonus thanks to all you beautiful people that bought our shirts. You guys are awesome!

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