Criminal Damage - Criminal Damage LP

Criminal Damage
Criminal Damage LP
2006

1) THE POWER OF FOOLS

THERE’S SEVEN DAYS LEFT OF SUMMER,
BUT I STILL FEEL THE HEAT
IT’S NOT JUST THE BURNING SUN
BUT THE ANGER IN THE STREETS
WITH BLISTERED FEET AND A MOUTH TO FEED
WE FIGHT TO SURVIVE AND MAKE ENDS MEET,
BUT THE PRESSURE’S ON AND IT WON’T E GONE
IN THE PASSING OF A WEEK

AND IT WON’T BE STOPPED BY RAIN
AND TIME WON’T EASE THIS SUFFERING
ALL I KNOW IS WE FIGHT FOR WHAT WE NEED
AND I AIN'T GOT IT THAT HARD YOU KNOW
BUT THAT DOESN’T STOP THE RADIO
FROM TELLING US THAT “WE KNOW WHAT
YOU NEED, BUT WE DON'T CARE"

SOME DAY GO BY THAT I DON'T WANT TO LIVE,
BUT I DON'T WANNA TAKE MY LIFE
AND THOUGH IT ALL FEELS SO HOPELESS NOW,
I CAN’T GIVE UP THE FIGHT
THEIR PROPAGANDA FILLS UP THE STREETS
AND IT BLOCKS UP THE AIRWAVES
AND THE END DOESN’T SEEM TO BE IN SIGHT
AND THERE’S NO ONE TO TAKE BLAME

AND IT WON’T BE STOPPED BY RAIN
AND TIME WON’T EASE THIS SUFFERING
ALL I KNOW IS WE FIGHT FOR WHAT WE NEED
AND I AIN*T GOT IT THAT HARD YOU KNOW
BUT THAT DOESN’T STOP THE RADIO,
FROM TELLING US THAT, "WE KNOW WHAT
YOU NEED, BUT WE DON’T CARE"

AND IT WON’T BE STOPPED BY RAIN
AND TIME WON’T EASE THIS SUFFERING
ALL I KNOW IS WE FIGHT FOR WHAT WE NEED
WELL I AIN'T GOT IT THAT HARD YOU KNOW
BUT THAT DOESN’T STOP THE RADIO
FROM TELLING US "WE KNOW WHAT YOU NEED,
BUT WE DON’T CARE

2) NO TURNING BACK

WHEN THE WORLD HAS BURNED ITS BRIDGES
AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK
WE WILL ALL FIND OUT WHAT HELL IS

WILL WE CALL THIS ALL ENOUGH?
THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE.
AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK

WHEN WE’VE LOST OUR SENSE OF JUSTICE
AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK
A DEAD HORSE BEATEN SENSELESS

WILL WE CALL THIS ALL ENOUGH?
THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE
AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK

EVIL IS NOT JUST A FIGURE IN HISTORY
AND GOOD CANNOT BE FOUND IN THE HOPE
OF A DISTANT FUTURE’S DREAM

AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK

3) LAST CHANCE

PUSHING BIBLES, PUSHING POLITICS
IT’S ALL THE SAME
MEANS DICTATING ENDS IN A
MINDFUCK POWER GAME
WHAT YOU WANT IS SOMETHING
THAT YOU’LL NEVER GET FROM ME
COMPLETE CONTROL, YOU WANT IT ALL
IN THE NAME OF ANARCHY

CONTROLLING PEOPLE’S MINDS WITH
THEIR HEARTS- IT’S NOTHING NEW
DON’T NEED IT FROM THE POPE AND
I SURE AS HELL DON’T NEED IT FROM YOU
YOU TALK ABOUT OPPRESSION AND
YOU TALK OF ANARCHY
BUT SPEAK IT LIKE A FASCIST-
JUST DON'T FUCKING SPEAK TO ME

LAST CHANCE! LAST CHANCE!
WE DON'T NEED YOUR BULLSHIT
WE DON'T NEED YOUR ATTITUDE
WE DON'T WANNA BE YOUR
FOOTLSOLDIERS ANYMORE

I'M SICK OF TALK, I'M SICK OF ALL
THE DAMAGE THAT YOU DO
I'M SICK OF ALL THE DOGMA THAT
YOU USE AND YOU ABUSE
YOUR LUST FOR POWER HAS HAD IT’S DAY
AND NOW THAT DAY IS THROUGH
WE WON'T TAKE ANY MORE ABUSE
WE’RE FUCKING DONE WITH YOU

LAST CHANCE! LAST CHANCE!
WE DON'T NEED YOUR BULLSHIT
WE DON'T NEED YOUR ATTITUDE
WE DON’T WANNA BE YOUR
FOOTSOLDIERS ANYMORE

4) WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH

BORN INTO THIS WORLD WITH ALL
YOU NEED- BUT THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
PUSHING YOUR WAY THROUGH LIFE
USING POWER AND GREED-
BUT THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
AND HOW COULD YOU THINK YOU’D EVER
NEED MORE? BUT YOU BROUGHT THAT SHIT
TO OUR FRONT DOOR...
AND NOW YOU’VE FOUND IT’S TIME TO TURN
BACK TO THE LIFE THAT YOU LEFT WAITING INTACT

NO TIME TO BURN YOUR BRIOGES,
BURN IT ALL AND MOVE ON
NO WAY TO FIND YOUR FUTURE,
NOT WITH A PAST FULL OF LIES
YOU COULD NEVER GO BACK

WEARING GUILT LIKE A BADGE UPON YOUR
SLEEVE- BUT THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
NOT SURE OF THE THINGS YOU DO BELIEVE-
BUT THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
BUT YOU KNOW THAT THE KEY TO YOUR POWER
IS FOUND IN THE WAY THAT YOU PUSH OTHER
PEOPLE AROUND BUT YOU STILL DIDN’T FIND THE
ANSWERS AND YOUR PROBLEMS DID NOT GO AWAY

NO TIME TO BURN YOUR BRIDGES,
BURN IT ALL AND MOVE ON
NO WAY TO FIND YOUR FUTURE,
NOT WITH A PAST FULL OF LIES
YOU COULD NEVER GO BACK

DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU WANT TO BE
BUT THIS PLACE WON’T SATISFY YOUR DREAMS
WE'VE YOUR SEEN KIND COME AND GO BEFORE AND
WE'LL BE SURE TO HELP YOU TO FIND THE DOOR

BUT THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE IT ALL
BUT WE WON’T TAKE THE FALL

5) ON GOES THE FIGHT

SOME DAY I WAKE AND OPEN UP MY EYES
TO THE DULL AND DISMAL CLOUDY WINTER SKIES
IT’S 10 AM AND I CAN'T GET OUT OF BED
AND FACE THE DEMONS SWIMMING IN MY HEAD

'CAUSE ON GOES THE FIGHT
JUST TO SLEEP ANOTHER NIGHT
‘CAUSE I FIGHT TO SEE DEPRESSION
NOT WIN OVER ME

SOME DAYS I LAY AWAKE IN MY BED
I CAN’T SHAKE THE THOUGHTS INSIDE MY HEAD
THE WEIGHT OF A WORLD WITH NO HOPE
TOO HEAVY, TOO MUCH PAIN TO COPE

AND ON GOES THE FIGHT...

6) WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE?

BORN INTO THIS WORLD WITHOUT A CHOICE,
BUT THAT DON’T MEAN YOU DON'T HAVE A VOICE
POWER IS A GAME OF GIVE AND TAKE
THE LIFE THAT YOU LIVE IS THE ONE YOU MAKE

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE?

DRAGGED AROUND, KICKED OUT ON THE STREETS
THE LIFE THAT HE LED WAS ALL TOO BLEAK
LIVED HIS OWN LIFE FROM THE DISTANCE
DIDN'T WANT TO BE PART OF THE SYSTEM

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE?

WHAT’S IT GONNA BE?
IS IT YOUR FUTURE OR IS IT A GRAVE?

7) TOMORROW

LULLED INTO A TIMELESS VOID
IN THIS OVERWHELMING WORLD
NO SENSE OF VVHAT TO DO TOOAY,
IT DON’T MATTER ANYWAY
NIHILISM’S WINNING ME AGAIN

FIGHT, FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO BE
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING
YOU GOTTA FIGHT 'CAUSE NOTHING IS FOR FREE
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING

THE PAIN OF THE WORLD HAS GOT ME DOWN
CAN’T GET MY HOPES OFF THE GROUND
BUT I WON’T WAIT AROUND AND CRY ABOUT
THE PAST AND WASTED TIME
THE FUTURE’S MINE AND NO ONE'S
GONNA CHANGE IT BUT ME

FIGHT, FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO BE
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING
YOU GOTTA FIGHT "CAUSE NOTHING IS FOR FREE
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING

8) ANESTHESIA

I REMEMBER ONCE A TIME WHEN WE
WERE YOUNG AND FREE
WITH OUR WHOLE LIVES AHEAD OF US
WE RAN WILD IN THE STREETS
AND HE WAS ALWAYS ONE OF US
AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE
BUT ONE DAY LIFE CAUGHT UP TO HIM
AND LEFT HIM IN THE FRAY

BUT NOW THAT’S HE’S OLDER,
LIFE COULD NEVER BE THE SAME
ALL HE WANTED WAS SOMETHING
TO TAKE AWAY THE PAIN

AND HE FOUND HIMSELF IN A MINDLESS DAZE
IN A DULL AND SENSELESS LIFE
HE WORKED AWAY HIS DAY AND
HE DRANK AWAY HIS NIGHTS
ONE DAY AS HE STARED INTO THE
BOTTOM OF AN EMPTY GLASS
HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD NO QUESTIONS
MORE THAT HE COULD ASK

BUT NOW THAT’S HE’S OLDER,
LIFE COULD NEVER BE THE SAME
ALL HE WANTED WAS SOMETHING
TO TAKE AWAY THE PAIN

SO SIT BACK AND LAUGH
AND TURN OFF YOUR BRAIN
LIFE IS SO MUCH EASIER
WITHOUT ALL THE PAIN
SO SIT BACK AND DRINK
ONE MORE TO THE DAYS
THAT HAVE GONE BY
JUST KEEP YOUR HEART IN YESTERDAY
AND KISS TOMORROW GOODBYE

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RECORDED DEC. 2006 BY
PAUL AND YANNICK
AT TUNE IN TOKYO FOR $67

THANKS TO
SHARI, BRAD, BILLY, MIKE STANIOCH AND KEITH
FOR LOANING THE SHIT TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE

PRE-MASTERED BY
BRAD BOATRIGHT AT THE ROACH MOTEL

FRONT COVER PHOTO BY
NAOMI VANDERKINDREN

BACK COVER PHOTOS BY
KEVIN

INSERT BAND PHOTO BY
ALEX CARROCCIO

LAYOUT BY
CRIMINAL DAMAGE / YANNICK

FUCK YOU TO EVERY PERSON WHO FUELED
THESE LYRICS. YOU’LL GET YOURS.

DRUMS: CRYSTAL FISHER
BASS/BACKING VOCALS: KEVIN PURCELL
GUITAR/BACKING VOCALS: TOM WASSUM
GUITAR/VOCALS: PAUL BURDETTE

CRIMINAL DAMAGE
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