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Своим прямолинейным лязгом они стали похожи на немецкий Accuser (что является довольно сомнительным комплиментом), а в целом и общем – звучанием, атмосферой приблизились с одного краю к спорному «Stomp 442» Anthrax, с другого краю – к (о, ужас!) предвосхитили не менее спорный «Death Magnetic» да-не-упомянуты-будут-всуе-сами-знаете-кого. Третий по счёту и последний альбом звучит именно будто старая, заслуженная банда, всё ещё не желающая уходить в металлургическую Вальгаллу, как раз пытается вылезти из некоего кризиса, найти себя заново, жахнуть кулаком по столу, дать знак как старым, так и старым фэнам, что, де, она ещё отжигает приемлемый для всех поколений рок-н-ролл. Процесс этот сложен и может удасться или пойти крахом, благодаря случайностям и направлению ветра на музыкальном рынке. В общем, «Suicide Notes» - это что-то вроде "антраксовых" попыток сварганить модерновый, «нью-скульный» трэш. Т.е. те, кто успел полюбить старый Wargasm, запросто могут быть разочарованы этим грязным звуком, опущенным строем гитар, странными примитивистскими соляками и непривычно грубым риффингом и вылетами в альтернативу. Повторюсь: как там на самом деле проистекала карьера этой талантливой банды, я не знаю, но, кажется, этих экспериментов публика не простила. Wargasm стал не нужен.
Тем не менее – это отлично сыгранный и интересный в контексте альбом. |
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But the rats all stay aboard
As the ship goes down
Now we've got what we deserve
Life sentence ruined world our destiny to serve
So here we are
How did it get this far?
I know it all too well
This may not be hell
Hell yeah, I had a waking dream
I lived it over and over and over
Hell yeah, been shaken from my sleep
And now it's over, it's over, it's over
2. Engine
On a mission many a year
Single minded nothing to fear
I'd like to make one thing so clear
You don't want to get caught between the gears
This engine never dies
Overloaded this thing nearly flies
All those stories you thought they were lies
Overlook it and you're in for a big surprise
I feel the anger, feed the reaction
I feel the anger, feeding my engine
I know just what to do
I'll aim my engine right at you
It's my machine and it runs on pain
You don't drive it, it drives you insane
Don't really know what I hope to gain
Tears me apart and it puts me back together again
Living dream, where I've been
My machine, it's a trip like you've never seen
I feel the anger, feed the reaction
I feel the anger, feeding my engine
I know just what to do
I'll aim my engine right at you
3. Meat
If I told you what's inside of your mind
Would you face it or tell me that I'm being unkind
Can you see just how your instincts are ruling your head
Do you know that if you follow them you're soon to end up dead
There is more to us than I'll kill you before you can kill me
It's there in each of us
I know it's here inside of me
I know fear way down deep
I smell fear, fresh meat
I'm not like you
I use what's in my head
I think
I know which side comes out ahead
I think
Anger bringing you down like an animal
Crawling around on the ground
I see you hanging there another helpless piece of meat
Unthinking empty head for all the other animals to eat
They smell your fear rabid dogs nipping at your feet
They will tear you down
Your brainless head will taste so sweet
I know fear way down deep
I smell fear, fresh meat
I'm not like you
I use what's in my head
I think
I know which side comes out ahead
I think
In your mind you draw that line
Are you gonna shine or will you flatline
Which side, you decide
Is it a gift, a curse, or is it something worse
A weapon, a tool, you a hero or a fool
I know fear way down deep
I smell fear, fresh meat
I'm not like you
I use what's in my head
I think
I know which side comes out ahead
I think
4. Underground
I know you don't like what you see
Who do you want me to be?
I don't wanna know, I don't really care
I could've been more like you
But that was the wrong thing to do
I'm living a life that you wouldn't dare
I could take you there
Think you know me my friend
Guess again
Think you know where I am
Guess again
Don't follow me down underground
Turned my back on all I knew
I walked away from all that wasn't true
Everything I left behind
I moved ahead to see what I might find
You don't like my find
Think you know me my friend
Guess again
Think you know where I am
Guess again
Don't follow me down underground
5. Not Forgiven, Not Forgotten
Holding on to anger
Holding on to hate
A lifetime of misery my fate
Now I have been at war for ages
The war drags ever on
Deep inside the battle rages
On and on and on
Negative obsession
No, it never dies
Let the flag of hate forever fly
And when I plant the seeds of hatred
They grow up strong and proud
You can almost hear them screaming
Scream out loud
Blood is boiling over
Eats me up inside
I won't let it overcome my pride
Now I have been at war for ages
The war drags ever on
Deep inside the battle rages
On and on and on
I didn't ask for your apology
It don't mean a goddamned thing to me
I won't forget just what you did to me
Not forgiven, not forgotten
I can't forgive I just can't let it be
Not forgiven, not forgotten
Oh how I love to hate
Now about my attitude
I don't know what to say
Just can't seem to make it go away
And when I plant the seeds of hatred
They grow up strong and proud
You can almost hear them screaming
Scream out loud
I didn't ask for your apology
It don't mean a goddamned thing to me
I won't forget just what you did to me
Not forgiven, not forgotten
I can't forgive I just can't let it be
Not forgiven, not forgotten
Oh how I love to hate
6. Jigsaw Man
I am imperfect
I am broken inside
I am incomplete
I need something, something
I try to remember
I try to forget
Too much on my mind
Too much I regret
Can't find my mind
I try to keep those loose ends tied up
Keep from falling through those cracks
Before I know it I am
Heading down the wrongway track
Sometimes the things I lean on to help me
They don't they only destroy what I am
I'll get my head together if I can
All those missing pieces
Jigsaw man
I'm not the person that you see
Altered my personality
I'm not the man I was before
Just a little more
I was imperfect
I was broken inside
I was incomplete
Needed something, something
I tried to remember
I tried to forget
Too much in my mind
Too much
I'll get my head together if I can
All those missing pieces
Jigsaw man
7. What Are You Afraid Of?
Why do you stray from the shadows?
Why do you hide from the unknown?
You might find yourself in there
What is it that you're afraid of?
Or is it that you're ashamed of?
Something buried long ago
You don't know where
Is it who you are or what you were?
Is it your past or your future?
Is it who you've become today?
Who do you see in the mirror?
Think on it hard
It's getting clearer
Now it's caught you
Can't run away
Spirits haunt you
Excorsize
Can't even see through your own lies
What is your horror made of?
What is it you're afraid of?
Are you too paralyzed to see
That there's another way to be?
What's your nightmare?
Face yourself, eye to eye
Face your fear, fear will die
Spirits haunt you
Excorsize
Can't even see through your own lies
What is your horror made of?
What is it you're afraid of?
Are you too paralyzed to see
That there's another way to be?
What's your nightmare?
8. Grey Matter
9. Fire Away
Now I got his feeling
I'm the only one's who's real
I can't imagine how you feel
The way the world has taught me
Shoot your way to the end
'Til there's no one left to defend
This mean's you my friend
Turn to run, grab the gun
Don't let life get in your way
Take a breath, kiss of death
Aim the gun and fire away
In my hand the answer
To anything in my way
There's really nothing left to say
As I pat your back on the target
Tell you useful lies
As I look you right in the eye
Ready, aim, bulls eye
Turn to run, grab the gun
Don't let life get in your way
Take a breath, kiss of death
Aim the gun and fire away
10. Tear Down
I say this world is slowly winding down
I say we burn it all
Right down to the ground
Deconstruct, it's time
Reconstruct in time
I see this road is finally reaching the end
I see tearing it down and starting again
Through years of growing like a cancer
And clinging like a curse
We finally found the answer
And it couldn't be much worse
We're on a downward spiral
We'll ride it to the ground
It's time to go
It's time to start the tear down
I know it's time to learn how to disappear
I know that we were never meant to be here
Through years of growing like a cancer
And clinging like a curse
We finally found the answer
And it couldn't be much worse
We're on a downward spiral
We'll ride it to the ground
It's time to go
It's time to start the tear down
Chaos would do this tired old world some good
Eons she'll rebuild without us like she should
Through years of growing like a cancer
And clinging like a curse
We finally found the answer
And it couldn't be much worse
We're on a downward spiral
We'll ride it to the ground
It's time to go
It's time to start the tear down