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The Weight of Poseidon

by Dead Earth Politics

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1.
Artistic License 05:07
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So it flies - the life that pumps your venom is painting these scars Knuckles brushing the mixes into this magniloquent masterpiece Inside this fist - You're powerless and drowning in regret Inside this fist - is an artist waiting to be born How many ways can I break you? You haven't got the digits to count anymore How many tears can wash your manhood away? No more prayers... Streaks of misinterpreted splendor paint your smile...forming an abscessed grimace Disillusioned revelry inspires the loathing from millions of others lost Now the rays that shot from your soul-window... danced like the sun but slumber now, fading like the moon Inside this fist - You're powerless and drowning in regret Inside this fist - is an artist waiting to be born How many ways can I break you? You haven't got the digits to count anymore How many tears can wash your manhood away? No more prayers...by now your knees must be broken
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Dos Cuerpos 05:35
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Two bodies in my El Camino riding West into the sun Two bodies in my El Camino – won’t come back with either one When I killed them it felt so real, with my own two hands I slew When I killed them it felt so real, choked them till their lips turned blue Don’t hear their lies – don’t hear their cries – don’t hear their lies Dos Cuerpos Two hands paint the wheel smearing blood with every turn These two hands have cleared the path that leads to eternal burn When I gripped them, the power grew – strength of theirs became my own When I gripped them, the power grew – now these morals have been disowned Rotting bodies rotten in the Sun Three bodies in my El Camino, capsized – baking in the sun Three bodies in my El Camino, now this body is the final one I pulled the trigger – it felt so real I have found peace anew I pulled the trigger now its come to pass…I found my place with both of you Don’t hear their lies – don’t hear their cries – don’t hear their lies Dos Cuerpos
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Burial Ground 03:41
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I’m kicking I’m scratching I’m tearing the walls You scream till you bleed I won’t hear when you call The satin suffocates as the darkness falls Dig up my grave, I’m not dead after all Open your eyes – I can’t open my fucking eyes Open your eyes – see what they’ve done to you, lies have been told to you Enterado vivo seis pies yo I’m weeping I’m clawing I’m gasping for air I pray to my god, but God doesn’t care None can hear these relentless prayers My lips cease their begging – I count my fare Dig – dig deep On the Burial Ground! One foot in the grave now I’m kicking you down Laughing and grinning, I pat the earth Smooth over the soil to guard its worth The bell has silenced, the chord torn down None can pull from your burial ground
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Once Was Glass 03:05
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The earth shifts beneath these heels as I wade through pain Slowing this heartbeat as to not attract the flies again I’m leaking the lust For which I crave The twisted hope To populate another grave The desert glare blisters this hide as I wade through dissidence Slowing this heartbeat as to rest for now And lay upon what once was sand I learned so well from a man who knew nothing From a bastard saint who’d hide behind the lines And wants his son to stand tall And watch as his father falls
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Hooked 04:37
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Searching for a light but the bulbs have all shattered The rose result stains my lustful feelers Solitude can be such a blessed accompaniment Were it not for the echoes of my own screams Fear not for the stop as the fall is the whole of this nightmare We find ourselves hoping for a concrete stop to this rabbit hole I’ve got the direction! Backwards we glide Having never seen the wall to admit it is there My countrymen! My brethren! This is progress in its prime! Progressively downward is still progressive Are we so hooked on the official line? Fear not for the stop as the fall is the whole of this nightmare We find ourselves hoping for a concrete stop to this rabbit hole
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The Weight of Poseidon 06:23
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Under the water the planet seems clearer I can’t breathe, but I’d rather see Can’t feel the bottom, can’t reach the shore The truth fills my lungs and I breathe no more A world Atlantian now awaits me A dreamscape of never ending embrace As the light from her ocean ascends So the questioning of this choice begins Sink, Sink – Truth in these lungs Feel the bite in my chest as the pressure mounts The pain from all who swim about me Breathing false was so much easier Cough up this truth from my lungs The sky above my head is leagues away now Rippling and panicked as I Buoyant in knowledge though saddened by its weight Only the gasp of stale air can alleviate… …This pain… …My pain… Feel the bite in my chest as the pressure mounts The pain from all who swim about me Breathing false was so much easier Cough up this truth from my lungs
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Traitor is a Name 06:05
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Behind the dark phoenix glows a rebellious sun Rays doused in immortal darkness, offering failure to none Gleaming metal clashes against broken blade Over a mound of her enemies, her law is laid Traitors! Dissidents! Rise up, follow me and take the day! I'm no leader, but i know the way... Traitors! Dissidents! Rise up, follow me and take the day! Traitor is only a name Fortified in shadow, the clouds' descent cover our shame She holds her flag above us all, our strength is reclaimed "Fight!" she cries. "Fight and fall!" Hers is our will! Charge with me, toward victory If not for the kill - fight for the thrill Traitors! Dissidents! Rise up, follow me and take the day! I'm no leader, but i know the way... Traitors! Dissidents! Rise up, follow me and take the day! Traitor is only a name What the fuck is in a name? Our Lady Liberty is now our Lady Vengeance Her veins of bronze pumping veins of pain Her torch of justice lights this path of dissent And in its wake leaves the liars in flames Traitor is only a name... No more left, no more right We'll drive this tank down the center No more left, no more right Raise your fist, beautiful dissenter!
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10/13 08:55
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I have fought your wars. I have killed for your faith. Those driven before me I have put to the stake. We have brought your word with axe and with blade. Infidels shall crawl. We shall bathe in their blood. Butchering my enemy with love and Christianity We poor knights of divinity we pledge our lives to your crusade! Rivers of blood let flow in your name Onward, crushing Naught do we play this sadistic game Onward, crushing Now you’ve sent me to burn – to quench your greed and hate. And so I stand before Hell’s gate for your cross and Eucharist We scream our bitter creed! I defy you – blasphemy I deny you – Heretic Your words, lies – Confess now You I despise – You will burn I believe (and so I am strung upon…) in thy name (…that same piece of wood your savior lay…) With these words (…resting in this side…) writhe in pain (…is that lance you can’t deny…) I believe (such a double edged blade…) in thy name (…wielded by your Christianity…) With these words (…for dried upon each edge…) writhe in pain (…is the blood of your own martyr…) Damn them, Father. For they know too well what they’ve done…

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The sophomore album and first full length from Austin Metal Band of the Year 2013, Dead Earth Politics. Released in 2010 with blistering tracks like "Artistic License" and skull crushing tunes like "Dos Cuerpos", "Weight" has the ebbs and flows you'd expect from a classic metal album and the grit of New American Metal!

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released March 16, 2010

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From the soul of the Austin metal scene, Dead Earth Politics is a blade that cuts like no other. Having been compared to the likes of Lamb of God, Iron Maiden, Pantera and other legends, this band strikes at many cores. In 2013 Dead Earth Politics was honored with the Austin Chronicle's "Best Metal Band of 2012" award. With this in heart, DEP continues to perfect their craft and make great art! ... more

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