Old Bones Make New Blooms
Trial & Error Records
(2011)
1. Homesick
2. D.W.T.S.
3. Same Old Story
4. Europe
5. Death Traders
Credits
Vocals - Sam Crocker
Guitars - Kris Bosman
Bass - Joshua Moffitt
Drums - Israel McDean
Music written by Antagonist A.D.
Lyrics written by Sam Crocker
Recorded and mixed by Nathan Sowter
Drums/Bass @ The Porch w/ assistance from Regan McKinnon
Guitar/Vocals at Red Dog Studios w/ assistance from Tyson
Mastered by Evan Short
Artwork by Dark Mark @ Sacred Tattoo
Layout by Sam Crocker
1. Homesick
No home for the homesick
No home for the homesick
No home for the homesick
No home
No home
No home for the homesick
No home
No home
Machinery is not complete
No more sparks
No more heat
Rotting with the dead trees
Cash flow spike
With no bodies to freeze
Wheels that spin
Factory cogs are no more true
Only rusted
Only broken
Only few
Stained stainless steel
No longer reflects
No self
No home
Just a place I left
No home
No home
2. D.W.T.S.
Now you’re broken
And now you’re through
Back against the wall
Who the fuck are you trying to kid?
What the fuck are you trying to prove?
Your hollow chest
Those blank eyes
Friend I can see through you now
Well I admit I tend to lose my way
But you know I always find my way back home
And when I look
Into that mirror
I still know who I am
(Even though I don’t
Always trust the face
On the other side)
Please believe me when I say that
I’ve been trying to
Retrace the steps in my mind
Keep searching
Keep trying to rationalise
You had the dreams
You had the heart
When did you let this fall apart?
You had the dreams
You had the heart
When did you let this go?
Now
I admit I’ve lost my way
I admit I’ve been led astray
So what is your excuse?
And now you’re broken
And now you’re through
Back against the wall
Who the fuck are you trying to kid?
What the fuck are you trying to prove?
Your hollow chest
Those blank eyes
This was never you
3. Same Old Story
Keep talking that same old shit
Keep talking that same old, same old
Keep talking that same old shit
We pray you will never get over it
Keep talking that same old shit
Keep talking that same old, same old
Keep talking that same old shit
We pray you will never get over it
I look around and see
Only weak and awkward
Those foals
These prey
Struggling to stand on their own feet
And we the predators
We don't fucking eat
We don't fucking drink
From the well we dug
And the crops we seed
The maimed and ailing drink our wealth
No trophy fucks
No reprieve from this hell
Burning passion and sincere intention
Now we too must suffer?
We dragged
We dug
We fucking forged
This is nothing I wanted
Nothing worth fighting for
‘take the crown…it will weigh you down’
This roof will rust
This floor will sink
Praise defeat
Just praise defeat
Their bridges buckled
Their tongues are dry
Praise defeat
You just praise defeat
We are so fucking hungry
We are so unfed
Praise defeat
You just praise defeat
You just praise defeat
Keep talking that same old shit
Keep talking that same old, same old
Keep talking that same old shit
We pray you will never get over it
One day this will all be yours
Infertile land and crumbling walls
4. Europe
Ask me why I endure
Ask me why I try
When the storm is never settled
And the tide is never right?
‘A weight holds me down
As I cross an endless plain
One wish for air in my lungs
And for blood to flow
Through my veins’
See the fear in my eyes
Turn to fire
24 years of nothing
Today’s my day for something
Watch me glow as I explode
A time bomb you’d never know
With a lust for blood
That I can’t describe
I see a closed world
Through open eyes
While I lie in pieces
Throughout this cities trenches
I fear this cold has sunken in too deep
Tired and sick of
Being sick and tired
I fear this cold has sunken in too deep
‘A weight holds me down
As I cross an endless plain
A search for faceless faces
A breath of hate to renew my flame’
Ask me why I endure
Ask me why I try
Because I’d rather live
Because I’d rather live
And die a failure in your eyes
5. Death Traders
Lifetimes spent building cages and walls
Overcast buildings and concrete beaches
We sold ourselves out
No integrity
No social values
No one cares
Self-indulgent
Smoke filled cities
Five years on it’s still the same
Nothing’s healed
Nothing’s fucking changed
Mistakes made
And lessons learned
In the end
It’s us who burn
In the end
In the fucking end
Nothing’s healed
Nothing’s changed
No care for difference
No care for change
Red lights signal the impulse to self-destruction
You sing these words
But you’ll never fucking know
You sing these fucking words
But you’ll never fucking know
Apathetic ignorant destruction
Destruction