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True Nature Of The Vice

by Straight Forward

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1.
Street lights watching over my head in between good and evil, life slips through these finger tips middle of the night, street lights please take me home from the shade where the selfish live in destitute, open my eyes to the wicked other people do waking up from a dream to this nightmare, call it reality under the street lights stare lifting the law cause it’s all that I know can’t say I’m proud of the life that I hold street lights always watching over me born and raised in the streets, I don’t call a house no home
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Yeah, You 01:56
You scrape the dirt underneath spit out lies wrapped in shallow pleas another sorry sack of shit I’m glad to see you drift cause I swear I've had it with your opinions if every step retraced is my fault if I’m solely to blame I’m counting you out you know your role but don’t play the part rekindled the flame burning inside my heart like a candle burning bright at both ends no one else to depend on, lost all your friends I’m calling you out cut yourself from the ones who cared most, I don’t care anymore so just leave me alone needed help, came to think that I would insist I’d stare at this phone when it rings I’ll count you out
3.
Gloom 01:20
Eyes are heavy and the clock never slows wounds grow deep, time has taken it’s toll death resides everywhere I turn, reaper sways his scythe and drains me of my youth for awhile it’s all just a dream, something that we’ve come to fear but no one hears the scream, no one hears the scream when it rains, I can’t help the gloom if time draws near just make it short, that’s all I beg of you sleep is the only thing I look forward to, it blocks the suspense helps me forget the woes of the fear instilled in me, can’t get around it, I can’t help the gloom and it starts to disappear, the ones you love, he comes to take all covered in tears gloom
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D.E.D 02:10
It’s a race to the top who’s the weakest link a world where dog eats dog either bite or get bit you gotta be hard as nails I’ve had it with your tricks try to play me for a fool I’m not dying by your hands, in this world no one rules so fuck you chains attached, bound by a leash contained in a cell with bloodied shackles on my feet it’s a constant fight to now bow your head, to not stand in line with the one controlled by dollar signs with the ones who live just to bleed you dry so I close the palm of the hand that feeds from these shackles, from these chains, I’m breaking free with of the bastards in control swift justice comes and it’s best served cold glimmer of hope taken away by force I pray to the lord one day it’ll be your turn take and take reaping all that I've turned I’ll be the one laughing last, place a mark on my words another hard lesson learned
5.
Half the person you used to be, about-face you hit harsh reality put a gun in your mouth, chose the cowards way out see you’ve given up, well I've had enough I've had enough when times get tough, you say you don’t know what to do expectations never change with a bullshit excuse drag yourself through the pain, grown exhaustingly insane countless number of times you’ve cried in shame take a look at yourself in the mirror condescend everything that seemed so clear if you think that you could just drink your sorrows away the naked truth in other words is bury the shame threw your life in a spiral that won’t quit there is no bottom at the end of this pit how can you find your way out, when you keep casting life in doubt
6.
Blood Boils 01:39
Efforts made going down the drain for the love that we had all done in vain can’t let it all fall apart, I know what you did when you left a hole in this heart memories only remind that love was just a scar you had left behind with the blade pointed at my back how could I’ve been so blind don’t want to think, don’t want to see I don’t wanna know, I don’t want to believe I learned it from the wounds you cut I should have known you were a bitch from the start I don’t ever wanna see you again so let me point you to the door but now you wanna be friends after everything you put me through, you’re still the same thick skinned, blood boils, patience wearing thin confused with the choices you’ve made of how a pretty face like yours could break a man so I sit in a corner nursing feelings i’m unsure but it doesn’t help erase your name overtime the anger consumes me so I clench my fist wishing we didn’t come to be I’m not sorry bitch
7.
Devil's Grip 02:03
How can I learn from my mistakes with the devil clinging on to the back of my nape breathing sin as he whispers them down my ears, no remorse for the man reducing him to tears looks like the devil got a grip on my soul you know it’s pushed my thoughts a little deeper but it doesn’t take much to realize, nighty night buh-bye oh god please guide me, guide me through the darkness you hear my prayer but the devil still clings and you know I can’t pretend, it’s got me down life is a test and death makes the rest of it fondest memories can’t outweigh the regrets I have in mind, I feel him dwelling in my head leave me to hurt alone inside, devils hiding in it’s cave, I know he’s stapled to my brain psychology can’t unwind
8.
Short Fuse 01:19
Static runs through these veins short fused throwing bricks at a window again electricity between us and now you say it’s just a slip of the tongue rumors spread so I've heard you’ve been fabricating truth talk is cheap when the words are coming from you put a fake front but I see through, I see the truth lie through your teeth with the person that you try to hide but there’s nobody behind I never wanna be that hollow I never wanna be empty inside cause it’s the only thing that separates you and I
9.
Born into a grave, it’s an endless struggle to survive I can’t contain my hate for a world where rules don’t apply I’m paying for the crimes I had never commit true nature of the vice has got me trying to find my rights when all the pressure crushes down on my chest, lack of opportunities for what I fucking have I can’t breathe, I’m still gasping for breath it's like a rope tied around my fucking neck time stops but the world still spins when the noose grows tight, it starts to bite my skin sandman counts my days like I've been living in debt and I can’t take my eyes off the hour glass future is bleak, my vision is sheathed overwhelmed by the sand that seeps true nature of the vice had me swing at the world that put me on my knees know no rules in this state of mentality finding balance on a scale that splits with a suffering loss of sanity
10.
Some people walk on roads but we trudge where the cold wind blows even if it means crossing high on a tight rope our limits put to the test, we came conquered and we outlast but still no satisfaction for what we have god damn us all sleepless days under a curse of our age gone in reverse bear the burden on our shoulders as we wander the earth for a greater meaning to exist a colder kind fuck
11.
No no mercy this crown rests above of an idol I do not see truth is speaking for itself but delusions has made me believe I’m looking up to the sky to escape my own desperation but I’ll never find what I’m looking for beyond the earth or underneath it all prayers and miracles blessings in disguise, were they there to pull me through the roughest times I refuse your guidance, it has done the same to me once existence is laid to waste, we’re lost and confused to think I’ve once put my faith in you burning in hell Is living today, nothing else relates just reality I never lived to see my peace and when I die I’ll burn repeatedly there is no place in heaven for a being such as me lived in hell all this time, it’s where I’m meant to be sentenced to a life of agony

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released October 4, 2013

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