Old Friends / New War

I clutch the worn out year of my birth Herded with the herd I whisper through anemic lips: I was born And the centuries surround me with fire Aortas fill with blood to cleanse my head To clean this feed Commit to memory failures past and our petty needs Suppress the crime of time and the names that map our identity 'Cause when the fighting stops our damned souls will rot We'll never be set free I'm all out of appeals now I'm just going to scream now Old friends / new war Stuck in an uneven fight Old friends / new war Not dumb enough to close my eyes Old friends / new war Still dancing to defective rhymes Old friends / new war The silence of the herd, apologetic words, is all I ever find And there's no other choice but to create some noise and sharpen up my mind 'Cause when the cages shrink I'll be the weakest link on every fucking chain Can never pacify this constant war inside, all the hate and pain I'm all out of appeals now I'm just going to scream now Old friends / new war Stuck in an uneven fight Old friends / new war Not dumb enough to close my eyes Old friends / new war Still plotting 'til the end of night Old friends / new war