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Born To Ruin

by Crazy Arm

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1.
Asphalt 04:58
In other times you'd lose those graces In a blaze of accusations, on slates of stone In other worlds your kings and queens Will not stand up to scrutiny While things are spoken, while gods are dead I'll state my case and cover down These words are mine to kill your hate And melt your swords in fire There's nothing left for us in the city I'll take my chances on the road There's nothing precious in the city Won't buy the lies that I've been told Come visit me with new desires Come visit me with hand grenades Come talk to me of foreign lands Of burning skies and hidden chords Come fuck with me and leave me open To new ideas and metaphors Come down with me to where I lay To drink the blood from whisky jars It's not that I don't know what I am doing here It's not that I don't know where I am going here It's not that I don't know what I'm saying here (This is a war) Just by now I should have some better idea, better way There's nothing that can't be forgiven There's nothing left for us in the city I'll take my chances on the road
2.
I'm tired of complications I'm tired of making do I'm tired of celebrations I'm leaving them to you We're jumping over wisdom And falling on our fears Oh lord, I need the pressure But who's to say I'm tired of politicians Of patriots and cops I'm tired of economics The haves and the have-nots It's hard to know the right choice to be made And harder still to keep It's easy in denial But who's to say Be not afraid to hold out your hand Be not ashamed to not understand Be not afraid to hold out for more No need for the key when you kick down the door Still to keep Oh, and still to burn Still to keep It's hard to know the right choice to be made And harder still to keep It's easy in denial But who's to say Be not afraid to hold out your hand Be not ashamed to not understand Be not afraid to hold out for more No need for the key when you kick down the door
3.
Blind Summit 04:14
I’ve done things that i'm proud of and things that I ain't It all goes to ground in the end From winner to sinner, from ass-hole to saint I've got no desire to make amends So sit down beside me and I'll pour you a drink Tell you a story or two About how I was lost in the maze, couldn't think Couldn't act, I didn't know what to do I searched for the answers inside and out From bar-room to self-help to skin But I never found better than thinking it through And learning to live with the sin Only a fool would consider his life to be More than a fleeting affair No more will I let down the people I love And the people who care that I'm there Now I'm down on my knees and I'm starting to pray I'm begging you please, show me the way Yeah, I'm down on my knees and I'm starting to die God wasn't listening to what I had to say I’m gonna say it to him anyway Said "what were you thinking you crazy old fool? I've lost all my faith in, I never had faith in I will not have faith in the things that you say" Now let's all go back home Well this is my confession of all that I know And all that has yet to be done The answers are questions, the truth is a lie And trust means nothing to no-one I've taken the drugs and I've had all the fights Everything stays just the same With feverish passion I've fought for the right To refuse to kill and to maim Sit down beside me and I'll pour you a drink Tell you a story or two About how I was lost in the maze, couldn't think Couldn't act, now I know what to do I'll say no to the violence and no to the war No to corruption and greed No to the money and no to the law Loving is all that I need Now I'm down on my knees but I'm refusing to pray I'm begging you please, stay out of my way Yeah, I'm down on my knees and I'm refusing to die God wasn't listening to what I had to say I’m gonna say it to him anyway Said "what were you thinking you crazy old fool? I've lost all my faith in, I never had faith in I will not have faith in the things that you say" Now let's all go back home
4.
Desire Lines 04:17
Up at the windows Of unseen wards Traffic control behind Mind control ahead Some people take my breath away Some people leave me cold Neon lights go on We’re all cruising along The belts and the buckles, the scars on our knuckles The tears and the battles that strengthen our shackles The friends and the traitors, the solemn tailgaters The tired fell-runners who train through the summer You hit and you hope Along desire lines You hit and you hope This is your last chance The sea-bed monsters who wander amongst us The anxious note-writers, night-frighters, nail-biters If they lay down more speed ramps we'll take to the seas If they put up more barbed wire we'll just learn to fly If they cut down more trees we'll go underground If they snuff out more lives, oh Lord, I don't know where to run The terrain is looking rough And littered with trash While you're upstairs sleeping it off She’s being turned over by a long-distance lover The cotton-eyed snipers, the jail-bait juicers The princes of thieves and the nurses of bruises The warts on our fingers, the throats of our singers The mystery jets and the truth that they bring us The smiles of the cynics, the self-absorbed mimics The rest of the people who don't know their limits The boots and the laces, the hooks in our faces The best of the fighters, the worst of the useless
5.
Born To Ruin 05:36
Masters of the realm, servants of the pigs, courtiers of the crown Raised on trouble, caught in the blast This moral down-pour will never last. Saviours of the law, shadows of spin, sisters of war Raised for trouble, caught in the blast This mortal outrage will never last Hold on I'll never want for nothing but the weight on my shoulders Pushing and pulling from killer to the killed What a melodramatist I've turned into baby Measured and sinful and pleasured by the skin Holders of the reins, breakers of hearts, suitors to the cause Raised on trouble, caught in the act Crawl through the debris and never look back Workers of the world, makers of dissent, breakers of the law Raised for trouble, caught in the act Wade through the river and never go back. And I, I'm on a mission again Blessed and unbroken, born to ruin Hold on I'll never want for nothing but the sound of devotion Living and dying from thriller to the thrilled Turning from the poison yet high on the redemption Measured and sinful and pleasured once again
6.
But you won't hold your daughter's hand If you don't grow into a man I don't know what to do here and it's getting hard to breathe I don't know what's a-coming and I think I'd rather leave Sit and complain to the common man Of motivation and common land We don't know what to do here and it's getting hard to speak I don't know what's a-coming and I think I'd rather sleep Keep to the path that you have chosen And everybody will follow on As all the borders are broken down In this one-horse town Keep to the path that you have chosen And everybody will follow on And all the myths will be broken down In this pass-by town Through cactus, pine and scalding sun Through desert rain and broken stone I'm not in it to win it, I'm in it to create I'm not in it to win it, I'm barely in at all Wasted on the cloth Broken by the wheel Running for your life Singing for your meal So now I'm sitting in a calm sea And I wanna learn how to row I'm searching out redemption But how am I supposed to know? So now I'm stranded in the calm sea
7.
The tide comes back in to wash away your sins Then you begin to sin once again, remember Oh remember, trouble and desire And when I get in the states that I get in I think of Henry Flynn and try once again, to remember Oh remember, stay on fire Running, fighting, winning, ready, to lead the way Born to be broken, and never to be broken again Loving, learning, hoping, ready, to seize the day Born to find reason, a reason to get to the end If we believe that we can still believe To face out the cold and face down the fear, together Oh remember, it's not forever When I take a fall, feel I got fuck all I think of Henry Flynn and work through the pain, whatever Oh remember, to stay on fire When you get down, I'll stick around We'll kick out the jams and make a righteous sound, together Oh remember, this is ours And when I get in the states that I get in I think of Henry Flynn and try once again, to remember Oh remember, stay on fire If we believe that we can still believe To face out the cold and face down the fear, together Oh remember, it's not forever Now that I'm here, pushing through the years What could have been could have been much worse, remember Oh remember, stay on fire
8.
Cold, cold steel Keeps you awake You're counting down the days Scorched and burned by a golden sun Cold, cold sweat Keeps you alive We're counting down the hours Shocked and awed in the golden sun Taking orders from everyone Every step is a sinking, step is a falling stone Oh brother, it was hard enough To work through the day and to sleep through the night Oh sister, it was bad enough, now we're gonna have to Lay down our lives when we don't wanna fight The worst laid plans, of mice and men Are etched upon the walls Like a statement of bad intent Designed to cheer, designed to turn Devoured by ourselves Blind and burned in the golden sun Don't give a fuck about anyone Every step is a sinking, step is a falling stone. International front, borders taken apart, got to end what you start International front, borders taken apart, put an end to the start We're walking a broken line And I'm fighting a rising tide Walking a broken line I'll be back in the brink of time
9.
This is no-one's land Everybody has no country No Gods, no masters Mine is no-one's hand But my own to smite as I please No Gods to fear Please don't walk on me Tragedy will bear your name I do declare Please don't come to me Misery is all I have I'm well aware The last runner You can't leave 'til the day is over The last minute Got to get out and start all over Told to walk in line Never to amount to anything Controlled by fear Will we breach this time To be held account for everything From yours to mine My kingdom for a crown We let the whole world down But we don't let on, we don't tap the slate My kingdom couldn't wait Stalk the forest at night Turf battles, social rank and file Bite marks on the forehead Two punctures in the chest Now let the whole world in This is no-one's land Everybody has no country No Gods, no masters Mine is no-one's hand But my own to smite as i please No Gods to fear. Now let the whole world in Let the whole world in When you choose a scapegoat for your plans You play a cold-blood game of chance That could enable the romance Of those who choose to stand against We grab the first thing that we can When floors and walls are falling down But we don't show much fortitude There's only so much we can do Your left is fighting for your right Caught in the war by accident The towns and cities owe us more Than we are willing to accept The whole is greater than the sum The social contract makes it known That we are bound by kith and kin The kingdom keeps us all within
10.
Reassure Me 03:43
Between the cracks in the pavement and the holes in our lives Between selfish superstition and the open road Between nostalgic remembrance and neurotic delight There's nothing to protect us from the falling sky We call the shots, we know we're in it for life We trawl the streets for those who know it's not right We bite our tongues and let the anger subside We fight in packs and learn to stay on the ride Time will tell Between the headaches, the heartbreaks And the social disgrace Between contrition, remission and the breaking glass Between blood and bone, out of sight Stuck in some kind of hell Reassure me that everything is gonna be alright We're trapped and blinded by the city lights The lovers have all bedded down for the night The cops and crooks cruise the streets looking for a fight The song fades to an unheard peace Or stops dead like a gunshot And you say to yourself ‘This is truly what I'm not'
11.
Taken by wheel, rail and heel Brought here to die, or work in hell Death from above, close your eyes Seeds of disease, sown and grown We fall Sew up your mouth, try your friends Nobody wants you in the end Sew up your sins, sit dead still Nobody loved you and no-one ever will I know Wave goodbye and never to be found Walk away and never turn around You'll soon see it through with liquor in you You'll do what you do with anger in you We were supposed to make a difference To shorten the distance Now the distance keeps us down Cauterize lesions and learn from the loss The force of completion is leaving us looking for more And more and more Seen all the pictures and heard all the laughter But still I don't really belong Close to calling All that I have are these kids and these books And it won't take me long to pack up Building justice on these threadbare clothes of mine Sew up your mouth, try your friends Somebody loves you in the end Sew up your sins, sit dead still Somebody loves you and someone always will

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released June 19, 2009

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Crazy Arm UK

Est Devon 2005. A blend of punk, roots, rock and Americana. Four albums on Xtra Mile: 'Born To Ruin' ('Stunning' Kerrang), 'Union City Breath' ('A triumph' Punktastic), 'The Southern Wild' ('A glorious surprise' R2), 'Dark Hands Thunderbolts' ('Staggeringly ambitious' Classic Rock). Many UK/Euro tours with the likes of Against Me!, Larry & His Flask, Frank Turner, Chuck Ragan and Restorations. ... more

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