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Commonwealth

by Ratking

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1.
straight out the gate put my head to the pavement stones pounding my legs tonight i’ve got it made with my quaint enslavement sounding like I’m losing the fight roads unwind the length of the track wish I was stronger (no coming back) we lie in circles til we kill each other are you feeling joy yet brother? light a spark and drag that shit through my veins say something shallow like the haze of the smoke collapsing thoughts of breaking out my mind established quickly lost in the crowd roads unwind the length of the track wish I was stronger (no coming back) we fly in circles no place to land falling from the sky starving to death light a spark and drag that shit through my veins say something shallow like the haze of the smoke collapsing thoughts of breaking out my mind established quickly fading out
2.
Sentinel 02:07
march the streets thirty or forty strong life in the fast lane be dead before too long once a young kid soon to be a man if home is what you make it i was born in a wasteland 1,2,3,4 halfway through the wormhole you’ve created ten miles deep its too dark to see dreams of glory and that you’ve somehow made it it’s too far gone even you won’t believe on your monitors in the air force feeding trash implanting it beneath you hair mouths open wide leaking verbal sewerage losing respect for stories you’ve told unconscious ears in the fake arms of courage breathe in your poison infest my lungs with mould on your monitors in the air force feeding trash implanting it beneath you hair It’s not too late to open your eyes escape from the hole revealing the lies or stay in wonderland remove pain from nerve jaw down and ready kick your head to the curb bones crunch teeth fly like a woodmill (it’s okay you’re still sucking on that blue pill) this never happened there’s no one to cry for all i wanted was the truth nothing more
3.
THMe 01:37
Inhale a brief moment of struggle days spent grinning ear to ear and easy trade for my face down in the rubble inhale first breath got you feeling so free crush problems with poison but i believe in T H Me light your god and burn the cross we’re all resistant to change kill yourself with prescriptions this world is completely insane exhale exhale the structure doesn’t make sense it’s a double edged sword relief from pain and false protection like climbing naked on a barbed wire fence puffs open my eyes to see my mind’s not broken and i believe in T H Me
4.
Leeches 01:31
crush them burn them kill, destroy them you prance around like a dog on show clinging to the products and the people you don’t know broadcasting garbage leaving us speechless you walk this earth to forever be leeches you’ll forever be leeches (off my back) crush them burn them kill, destroy them
5.
Girt 01:09
fuck this chorus of solutions to societies ill’s a committee of the damned the people that kill paranoia the only recourse we know you’re not one of us six feet under you go bigots claim the land that they stole they say they’re charmed to meet you get the fuck back on the boat living day by day with a gun to your head you and i both know there’s no fucking time left so lay your kids back down in their beds safe in the knowledge you’ll never have to live like them easy to hate with a right to live never had to fight for it
6.
CTDM 02:41
It fuels the lies in the streets the pressure prays for release no matter how much you want it no space to inter the deceased new homes are made at their feet defecating cement crushing your spirit behold, the high unbending head over the stillness conspired times defined minds you need the prize that you’re taking more than the good that you’re faking (dead on the cross) you need the lies that you’re making more than the saint you’ve forsaken (dead on the cross) the gutter of your mind is breaking it spills into the homes of those you wish to control split earth reveals the horrorscope a weak god dead on a cross can’t save you now
7.
Life Drain 01:28
wake up everyday everything is the same nothing ever changes shuffles round or rearranges then you realise the lies and that we’re all going to die no matter what you say or do time will decide in a perfect world we live a healthy life settle down sell out three kids and a wife review reality perceptions clouded, deceived never what it seems life drains with a tug on a string people praying for salvation i’ll give that church gag a miss rather rot my flesh and fluid i will never drink your god’s piss review reality perceptions clouded, deceived never what it seems life drains with a tug on a string
8.
Circles 01:30
Lost my mind years ago forgot myself forgot my name couldn’t tell my fucking face break my back crush my spine never felt a fucking thing vacuum up another line i’ve wasted so much of my time on a warped version of life couldn’t pick it back up if i tried never want it, never had it, fucking need it It’s all around me i should have fucking seen it never crossed my mind didn’t think i’d ever need it i built my empire then i ripped it apart self absorbed rip the flesh from my bone but leave me my heart your eyes were open but you chose not to see trapped in your self obsessed mind fucked reality close your eyes and it just goes to show how much you have missed and how much you will never know
9.
It seems progressively vain you think you’re whole life has been tamed and your decisions are made marionette strings in play welcome to the horrible truth fates got no hold over you you have no part on the stage we live life one foot in the grave is there an all seeing eye or just a pair far too blind to place a man on a knoll replaced his head with a hole forced to breathe in ice lines from the sky manipulating our minds telling us what to by pulling reign on my fucking mind this really sounds like bullshit to me when the youth that i see thrash the veins of the city thrash the veins of the city thrash the veins of the city fuck the land of the free free thought is how they should be taught reading signs with open minds not a book you touch in court theories out of nothing growing day by day nobody higher up forcing you to slave away
10.
Cavalier 01:36
Let me give you some advice (don’t go in those fucking woods) it seems great but for what price (don’t go in those fucking woods) think you’ll remain alive (don’t go in those fucking woods) believe me you won’t survive never walk down the less travelled road it’s fucking hell and they’ll cut off your toes don’t go through the valley beneath they sense fear and they’ll rip out your teeth never walk with your head to the sky you’d deserve to have them rip out your eyes play it safe, follow me, or end up burning with the bushes absorb and heed the story i’ve told (don’t go in those fucking woods) you’re gonna die before you grow old (don’t go in those fucking woods) you’ll get weak it will start with the knees (don’t go in those fucking woods) before long rotting under the trees
11.
i was raised to believe the lie born to listen and die beast in a cage no escape opinions a packaged meal well fuck that for a laugh i’ll tear this city in half the world ends when i’m dead until then, until then i’m here to fuck with the man so stand the fuck to the side or try your best to behave forever lost not complete new homes make tombs to defeat no class just towers and shackles on bleak streets i would see change done progress worth more than a plastic resort trapped in a landslide buried under fucking cement in this devil may care town i’ll play the victim until your act is fucking revealed the vicious life that you've led only the furnace reveals unaccustomed i am to all of your plans still i smell the decay see the pointless tirade you use distrust as a blade as well your faith a shield you act the hero too late it leaves a fucking distaste at the roof of my mouth i’m fucking calling you out you sleep like a child while bleeding out the veins of my town doubting myself no less deserved the chance that i’m taking the difference i’m not making at peace with what I've become wastelander under the sun

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released July 15, 2014

Audio Engineer: Matthew Templeman
Audio Mastering: Simon Struthers
Artwork: Mike Dann

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Brad Walker, Boston Raeside, Naveed Farro, Richard Hughes,
Mark Reeves, James Thorne, Alex Shom, Nikolai Lawson

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Ratking Perth, Australia

Ratking are a Perth based hardcore band that delves into mental health issues, political farces and addiction culture.

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