Brain Maim · 2026
Not Gone, Not Done
Hardcore
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Based on a series of writings from 2010 -2012
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Not Gone, Not Done
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Not Gone, Not Done
[Intro — spoken / feedback building]
I buried the name
when I didn’t know better.Put it under the floor
and called that growing up.I thought if I left it
long enough in the dark,it would rot.
It would stop.It did not.
It. did. NOT![Band hit]
Not gone.
Not done.[Verse 1 — fast / shouted]
Dust on the page,
old ink, old teeth.Young throat yelling
from underneath.I didn’t know
what the name would mean.But part of me knew
it was a seed.Could not fit
the shape they sold.Could not warm myself
on cold.So I made a mark
and left it there.Left that idea
buried there.Years went down.
Weight went on.Still that mark
kept beating strong.[Pre-Chorus — build]
Under the boards.
Under the dust.Under the mould,
smelling like must.Under the bills.
Under the dread.Something old
would not stay dead.[Chorus — gang vocals]
Not gone!
Not done!Still breathing
under the floor!Not gone!
Not done!Still hungry
after all!Not gone!
Not done!Old name!
New lungs!Not gone!
Not done!What I started
isn’t done![Verse 2 — punk-rap rhythm]
I got older.
I got tired.I got useful.
I got wiredto tasks,
to lists,
to holding shape.One more task.
Caffeinate.I swallowed sparks
before they escaped.But every year
I called it past,it dug down deeper,
held on fast.Not a ghost.
Not a phase.Not young shame
from younger days.Not nostalgia.
Not pretend.Not a costume
I could mend.It was a seed
with a split black shell.It was a bell
with a buried yell.It was the part
I could not tame.It stayed alive
inside the name.[Chorus — bigger]
Not gone!
Not done!Still breathing
under the floor!Not gone!
Not done!Still hungry
after all!Not gone!
Not done!Old name!
New lungs!Not gone!
Not done!What I started
isn’t done![Break — stop-start / shouted]
This is not memory.
This is return.This is not looking back.
This is burn.This is not younger me
begging for praise.This is the buried thing
breaking the grave.[Breakdown — half-time / heavy]
I left it buried.
It learned to breathe.I left it hungry.
It grew teeth.I left it nameless.
It kept shape.I left it waiting.
It stayed awake.I left it buried.
It learned to breathe.I left it hungry.
It grew teeth.I left it nameless.
It kept shape.Now it’s awake.
[Gang vocal]
Now it’s awake![Verse 3 — urgent / rising]
No more waiting
for the right year.No more shrinking
under old fear.No more asking
what it’s worth.No more hiding
under earth.Break open the floor.
Carry the weight.Drag that sound
through the gate.Let it be ugly.
Let it be loud.Let it be true
when it comes out.Let the room shake.
Let the throat tear.Let the old name
hit the air.[Gang vocal — yelled]
BRAIN MAIM![Call and response]
What came back?[Gang vocal]
BRAIN MAIM!What grew teeth?
[Gang vocal]
BRAIN MAIM!What stayed awake?
[Gang vocal]
BRAIN MAIM![Final Chorus — full band / gang vocals]
Not gone!
Not done!Still breathing
under the floor!Not gone!
Not done!Still hungry
after all!Not gone!
Not done!Old name!
New lungs!Not gone!
Not done!What I started
isn’t done![Final Breakdown — slower / crushing]
Break open the floor.
Break out.
Break free.Break open the floor.
Let it breathe.Break open the floor.
Break out.
Break free.My brain broke
and this grew out of me.[Gang vocal]
BRAIN MAIM!Buried name.
Living root.Old wound.
New fruit.[Gang vocal]
BRAIN MAIM!Buried name.
Living root.Old wound.
New fruit.Not gone.
Not done.Not gone.
Not done.Still breathing.
Still becoming.[Final gang vocal — all voices]
BRAIN MAIM!
NOT GONE!
NOT DONE!BRAIN MAIM!
NOT GONE!
NOT DONE![Outro — spoken / fading feedback]
I buried the name
when I didn’t know better.I broke open the floor.
Now it owns the room.
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Brain Maim
[Intro]
Shift your sight.
Know your fight.Battle, battle, battle, battle!
[Verse 1]
See the unseen,
take what's unclean,
and throw down.All your preconceptions,
take those mind connections,
throw down.Your eyes, they are clouded.
Your body is shrouded.Death robe.
Death robe.Your fears unfounded,
thinking confounded.Mind probe.
Frontal lobe.[Pre-Chorus]
Get up, activate,
don't become the thing you hate.Give up the dead weight,
cut it loose and set it straight.[Chorus]
Shift your sight.
Know your fight.Battle, battle, battle, battle!
Heart ignite.
Fresh insight.Battle, battle, battle, battle!
[Verse 2]
Mind's a war zone,
fight the unknown -
throw down.Take your heart's desire,
ignite internal fire,
throw down.Your vision is lacking.
Your heart is attacking.No hope.
No hope.Your world is stagnant.
Your mindset malignant.Can't cope.
Mind broke.[Pre-Chorus 2]
Get up, circulate.
Make your move, don't hesitate.Give up, clean slate.
Every demon amputate.[Final Chorus]
Shift your sight.
Know your fight.Battle, battle, battle, battle!
Heart ignite.
Fresh insight.Battle, battle, battle, battle!
Expedite.
Start tonight.Battle!
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Strong Goes Through
[Intro - spoken / feedback]
I'm a representative
of the king initiative.This is my imperative:
take up your inheritance.[Gang vocal]
Take it up![Verse 1 - fast / shouted]
We could be kings,
don't need crowns and rings,
just a soul that sings
and a mind that clingsto the higher aim,
to the inner flame,
to the part of you
that won't stay tame.We are not boring.
Don't be bored.
Listen up.
Get stirred up.We bring from the heart.
This is not a brain fart.
This is not a false start.
This is where the old ways part.[Chorus - gang vocals]
King initiative!
Not derivative!
Clear objective!
Live deliberate!King initiative!
Not derivative!
Take your life back!
Live deliberate![Verse 2 - punk-rap rhythm]
Whether you're at home
or out fishing,
jumpy, antsy,
always wishingfor something to snag,
collect it or bag it,
make it yours,
then get dragged by it.Quit your chores?
No - listen.
There's a tune
inside the friction.A wise man carves
his own fortune.
Create your own destiny,
get tested, get forged in it.Become the best
you can be.
Don't just stare
at what you could see.Make something happen,
be a king of more
than your garden,
your backyard,
your locked front door.[Chorus - bigger]
King initiative!
Not derivative!
Clear objective!
Live deliberate!King initiative!
Not derivative!
Take your life back!
Live deliberate![Break - stop-start]
Don't harden.
Get stronger.Don't harden.
Get stronger.Don't harden.
Get stronger.Hard breaks.
Strong survives.[Breakdown - half-time / heavy]
Hard breaks
where strong survives.Hard breaks
where strong survives.A hard man cracks
when the pressure arrives.A strong man bends
and stays alive.Hard on the outside,
soft in the middle.
That's not strength,
that's just brittle.Strong goes right through.
Strong stays true.
Takes defeat when defeated
and starts brand new.[Gang vocal]
Start brand new![Verse 3 - urgent / shouted]
Select.
Elect.
Respect.
Recollect.Check the line of sight.
Bring the dim to light.Two tones to speak,
two minds to teach,
start a riot in the speech.Not to destroy,
but to wake the noise,
not to posture,
but to make the choice.[Final Chorus - full band]
King initiative!
Not derivative!
Clear objective!
Live deliberate!King initiative!
Not derivative!
Take your life back!
Live deliberate![Final Breakdown - slower]
Hard breaks.
Strong survives.Hard breaks.
Strong survives.Strong goes right through.
Strong stays true.Take defeat.
Start brand new.[Outro - chant]
I'm a representative
of the king initiative.This is my imperative:
live deliberate.Live deliberate.
Live deliberate.Strong goes through.
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I’m Not a Slave
Intro
When young, in a rush to evolve,
take in new music, fresh media, all.
“Do what you’re told.”
No!Make a new path,
take a new class,
shape an identity
not based in the past.Verse 1
Then it slows down,
seek less out,
get a bit comfy now,
sit on the couch.More of the same,
back is in pain,
quietly confident,
top of my game.No!
I’m not the best,
one of the rest.
Seek anonymity,
keep that on my chest.No!
Put in the thought,
take what was taught,
retrain the brain,
run drills like in sport.Chorus
Find a new flow,
time to let go,
shed old ways of being,
now get in the zone.Memory true,
try to be new,
got to keep moving
till new becomes you.No!
I’m not a slave.
No!
I’m not a slave.Verse 2
Maybe you’re comfortable,
you can stay home.
No point in going out,
get it on your phone.No!
Got to fight back,
attack what I lack,
what comes to the surface
each time I relax.Look back on this moment,
frozen in time.
Was it a moment
I chose to refine?Did I let go?
Give in to the base?
Binge in carnality,
join the rat race?Joy in forgetting,
lost in escape,
add up the zeros,
become what I hate.No!
Chorus
Find a new flow,
time to let go,
shed old ways of being,
now get in the zone.Memory true,
try to be new,
got to keep moving
till new becomes you.No!
I’m not a slave.
No!
I’m not a slave.Bridge
How to maintain
a zest for the rest?
Conquer, consolidate,
take a new test.What is worth time?
What is worth energy?
This is our currency.
This is our currency.What is worth less?
Killing the time,
make mundane memory
matched in my mind.Stacked and collated,
condensed the frustrated,
pack it up neatly
and say, “That’s just life.”No!
Final Chorus
Find a new flow,
time to let go,
shed old ways of being,
now get in the zone.Memory true,
try to be new,
got to keep moving
till new becomes you.No!
I’m not a slave.
No!
I’m not a slave.Outro
Do what you’re told?
No.Sit on the couch?
No.Call it just life?
No.I’m not a slave.
I’m not a slave.
I’m not a slave. -
The Cliff Beckons
**The Cliff Beckons**
**[Intro — spoken / feedback rising]**
Struggle.
Strife.
Comfort.
Knife.Smile for the system.
Pay for the poison.The cliff beckons.
**[Verse 1 — fast / shouted]**
Wake up tired,
buy more fire,
feed the wire,
call it desire.New thing.
Same sting.
Same rope.
New ring.Click.
Scroll.
Want.
Fold.Do what you’re told
till your blood runs cold.Everybody moving
in a straight line,
eyes down,
dead spine.Follow the leader.
Follow the feed.
Follow the hunger
that was planted as need.You don’t want it.
You were trained to chase.
You don’t need it.
You were sold that taste.**[Pre-Chorus — build]**
Mouth full of slogans.
Hands full of debt.Heart full of nothing
you chose for yourself.Eyes on the screen.
Feet near the edge.One more step.
One more step.**[Chorus — gang vocals]**
The cliff beckons!
Step back!The herd is running!
Step back!The cliff beckons!
Fight back!The herd is running!
Break track!Follow me like lemmings,
the cliff beckons!Follow me like lemmings,
the cliff beckons!**[Verse 2 — punk-rap rhythm]**
Reckoning approaches
in designer clothes,
soft little hands
and a mouth that glows.Says, “You deserve this.
You should upgrade.
You should be happy
with the cage we made.”Buy the cure
for the wound they gave you.
Praise the chain
when the chain behaves you.New phone.
New skin.
New face.
Same sin.New plan.
New brand.
Same hand
in your head again.Thoughts get rented.
Wants get seeded.
Everything empty
gets called needed.Brain clot.
Thought rot.
Stop.**[Chorus — bigger]**
The cliff beckons!
Step back!The herd is running!
Step back!The cliff beckons!
Fight back!The herd is running!
Break track!Follow me like lemmings,
the cliff beckons!Follow me like lemmings,
the cliff beckons!**[Break — stop-start]**
This is not living.
This is being led.This is not hunger.
This is being fed.This is not freedom.
This is a leash.This is not peace.
This is sleep.**[Breakdown — half-time / heavy]**
Step back
from the edge.Step back
from the edge.Step back
from the edge.Wake up
from the dead.Step back
from the edge.Step back
from the edge.The cliff is calling,
but you don’t have to answer.**[Gang vocal]**
Don’t answer!**[Verse 3 — urgent / shouted]**
Break from the pack.
Break from the line.Break from the market
that lives in your mind.Name the trap.
Cut the thread.Spit out the script
they put in your head.Less noise.
More choice.Less want.
More voice.Less fear.
More breath.Less marching
toward death.You are not cattle.
You are not feed.You are not only
what they can make you need.Turn your head.
Shift your weight.Cliff to your left.
Life straight ahead.**[Final Chorus — full band / gang vocals]**
The cliff beckons!
Step back!The herd is running!
Step back!The cliff beckons!
Fight back!The herd is running!
Break track!Follow me like lemmings,
the cliff beckons!Follow me like lemmings,
the cliff beckons!**[Final Breakdown — slower / crushing]**
Struggle.
Strife.Wake up.
Life.Comfort.
Knife.Wake up.
Life.The cliff beckons.
Step back.
The cliff beckons.
Fight back.
**[Outro — spoken / fading]**
Reckoning approaches.But the edge
is not the end
if you stop walking. -
1AM at Richmond
[Intro - spoken / distant feedback]
The basics of what went down,
for those that want to know.Night shift at Richmond.
Looking after youths.
About 1AM.Then a crash.
Then another.
Then a car starting.[Verse 1 - spoken / tense]
I went outside to investigate,
which pretty much landed me
right amongst it.Two guys by the car,
one in the driver's seat,
one guiding it back.One of them ran into me,
so I picked him up
in a bear hug.Then I got to the car
and stopped it moving,
standing behind it
like my body was a barricade.I looked around,
trying to read the scene,
trying to put the pieces together.Then I saw a bigger guy
coming at me
with an iron bar.[Band hits / stop]
[Pre-Chorus - shouted]
No time to think.
No time to plan.
Just glass and noise
and blood in my hands.No time to run.
No time to freeze.
Just one more breath
through gritted teeth.[Chorus - gang vocals]
One AM!
Crash in the dark!One AM!
Iron bar!One AM!
Broken glass!One AM!
This too shall pass![Verse 2 - faster / shouted-spoken]
I think I took a couple blows,
lost my glasses,
lost the shape of the night.Then I saw the gun.
I wrestled it off him,
held it down,
shot it into the ground
until it was empty.Not brave,
not clean,
just instinct
in the middle of a bad scene.The gun got knocked
out of my hands
when it was spent.I tried to get away,
reached for my phone,
but the hits kept coming.Head, shoulders,
side and back,
surrounded now,
taking impact.Mainly to the head.
Mainly to the head.
Mainly to the head.[Breakdown - half-time / heavy]
Mainly to the head.Mainly to the head.
Surrounded,
taking hits from all sides.Surrounded,
taking hits from all sides.Go down.
Stay down.Go down.
Stay down.Let them think
I'm worse than I am.Let them think
I'm worse than I am.[Verse 3 - low spoken / drums stripped back]
So I went to ground,
made some groaning sounds,
played more broken
than I was.Pretended unconscious.
Pretended finished.
Pretended gone
until they left.And then they jetted.
I reached for my phone
as soon as they were off me.It was trashed.
[Chorus - gang vocals / bigger]
One AM!
Crash in the dark!One AM!
Iron bar!One AM!
Broken glass!One AM!
This too shall pass![Bridge - spoken / building]
I walked over the broken glass
of the office
looking for a phone.Couldn't find one.
So I went inside,
got the other one,
called police,
called ambulance.Sat beside the car
they were trying to steal,
bleeding into the night
and keeping it real.Not heroic.
Not cinematic.
Just alive,
hurt,
automatic.[Final Breakdown - heavy / gang vocals]
Broken glass office.
Blood on the floor.Broken glass office.
Still made the call.Broken glass office.
Blood on the floor.Broken glass office.
Still made the call.[Final Chorus - full band]
One AM!
Crash in the dark!One AM!
Iron bar!One AM!
Broken glass!One AM!
This too shall pass![Outro - spoken / fading feedback]
The basics of what went down,
for those that want to know.Night shift at Richmond.
About 1AM.I sat next to the car
they were trying to steal.And I had
a bit of a bleed. -
Break the Loop
**Break the Loop**
**[Intro — spoken / feedback building]**
We are echoes.
Echoes of what came before.
We repeat the shape
until we choose something more.**[Verse 1 — fast / shouted]**
We are echoes
of what has come before.
We create more
as we were created.Mimic life,
try to tame it,
try to name it,
try to make it bow.But when truth comes down,
will we stand our ground?
Or hit the same old track
and loop back round?Blood runs,
time rides,
white light,
wide eyes.Stay the course.
Stay on track.
Get back.
Loop it.**[Gang vocal]**
We are echoes!**[Chorus — shouted / gang vocals]**
Stay the course!
Stay on track!
Break the loop!
Don’t go back!Stay aware!
Make it clear!
Break the loop!
Wake up here!We are echoes,
but we are not trapped.
We are echoes,
but we can fight back.**[Verse 2 — punk-rap rhythm]**
Repeating ourselves
until the big yes,
until we agree
to stop feeding the mess.Every knee bends
when the truth comes down.
Every mouth opens
when the lie burns out.Don’t ever be bored.
Listen.
You were given a mission.
Not permission to sleep,
but a reason for vision.Get on the path,
stay the course,
stay on track,
loop it.Learn from the past,
take heed, outlast,
or throw yourself back
to the same old crash.Echo, echo,
become an echo
of what you used to do,
what you used to know.Re-see.
Re-seed.
Plant new seed.Break habit.
Inhabit the new.
Inhibit the old.
Don’t buy what they sold you.**[Chorus — bigger]**
Stay the course!
Stay on track!
Break the loop!
Don’t go back!Stay aware!
Make it clear!
Break the loop!
Wake up here!We are echoes,
but we are not trapped.
We are echoes,
but we can fight back.**[Break — stop-start]**
Old news.
Fresh blues.
Fresh bruise.
Same loop.Old news.
Fresh blues.
Fresh bruise.
Break through.**[Breakdown — half-time / heavy]**
If we don’t learn
the lesson of today,
it becomes the lesson
of tomorrow.If we don’t learn
the lesson of today,
it becomes the lesson
of tomorrow.Don’t drown the sorrow.
Realign.Don’t drown the sorrow.
Realign.Stay on the track
that won’t lead back.Stay on the track
that won’t lead back.**[Verse 3 — urgent / shouted]**
Learn the lesson.
Stay aware.
Make it clear.
Clarity.Stay the course.
Stay on track.
Loop it.
We are echoes.Mimicking others,
sisters, brothers, heroes.
It adds up to zero
if you don’t answer the call.Be true.
Become you.
Renew.
Break through.Cycles,
echo,
repeat.Cycles,
echo,
release.**[Final Chorus — full band / gang vocals]**
Stay the course!
Stay on track!
Break the loop!
Don’t go back!Stay aware!
Make it clear!
Break the loop!
Wake up here!We are echoes,
but we are not trapped.
We are echoes,
but we can fight back.**[Final Breakdown — slower / heavier]**
Break habit.
Inhabit the new.Break habit.
Inhabit the new.Inhibit the old.
Don’t buy what they sold you.Inhibit the old.
Don’t buy what they sold you.**[Outro — chant]**
We are echoes.
We are echoes.
We are echoes.Break the loop.
We are echoes.
We are echoes.
We are echoes.Break the loop.
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Edit Undo
Edit Undo
[Intro — spoken / feedback]
It’s us,
but we are old.thus we unfold.
Unsold out.
Inside out.
Unsold.
Unsold.
OUT![Verse 1 — fast / shouted]
Must we be told
to say the unsaid?
Raise the undead
and not die trying?Born young,
born crying,
vying for attention,
begging for a mention.Buying up the next thing,
the next thing,
some new bling
just to get seen.We become unclean
along the way,
knocked down
by what they say.Let what’s said
get caught in our head.
Twisting knots,
brain clots.Sinkholes of thought.
Everything taught.
Learned behaviour,
second-hand rot.[Pre-Chorus — build]
Take your mind.
Shift it.Take your spirit.
Lift it.Pick up your game.
Change your name.Be unknown.
Be new.Grow
and know
you grew.[Chorus — gang vocals]
Edit!
Undo!Be true!
Be you!New mind!
New name!No shame!
No chains!Edit!
Undo!Be true!
Be you!Break out!
Break through!New!
New!
New![Verse 2 — punk-rap rhythm]
This is all for you,
this is all for you,
this is your path,
every step of your shoe.Take it.
Run.
Be free.But don’t pretend
freedom comes easy.There’s a path
beneath the noise,
but you still have
to make the choice.Old voice says,
“Stay the same.”
New blood says,
“Change your name.”Past and future,
no splits, no sutures.
Cut clean,
new creature.No more numb.
No more drift.
No more waiting
for the ground to shift.[Chorus — bigger]
Edit!
Undo!Be true!
Be you!New mind!
New name!No shame!
No chains!Edit!
Undo!Be true!
Be you!Break out!
Break through!New!
New!
New![Break — stop-start]
Clean.
Get clean.Fight
the unseen.Clean.
Get clean.Fight
the unseen.[Breakdown — half-time / heavy]
Strong where you were weak.
Bold where you were meek.Strong where you were weak.
Bold where you were meek.Begin the winning streak.
Fix on the new.Begin the winning streak.
Fix on the new.[Gang vocal]
Fix on the new![Verse 3 — urgent / shouted]
A new measure,
not seeking pleasure
for the self,
for the money,
for the wealth.Be wise.
See with new eyes.Wipe away
old cries,
old hurts,
old dirt.Activate.
Align.Body and mind.
Spirit, soul,
whole this time.No more buying
what they sold.
No more dying
in the old.[Final Chorus — full band / gang vocals]
Edit!
Undo!Be true!
Be you!New mind!
New name!No shame!
No chains!Edit!
Undo!Be true!
Be you!Break out!
Break through!New!
New!
New![Final Breakdown — slower / heavier]
Take your mind.
Shift it.Take your spirit.
Lift it.Pick up your game.
Change your name.Be unknown.
Be new.Grow
and know
you grew.[Outro — chant]
Edit.
Undo.Be true.
Be you.Edit.
Undo.Be true.
Be you.New.
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See Say Sow
See Say Sow
[Intro — spoken / feedback]
Language.
Pattern.
Beat.
Repetition.That’s what we have.
That’s what we are.[Verse 1 — fast / shouted]
Language, pattern,
beat and repetition.
Words in motion,
mind transmission.We came, we saw,
we communicated.
Made rhythm,
repeated,
recreated.Old sounds,
new life.
Old wounds,
new fight.Everything repeated.
Everything new.
What you say
starts shaping you.[Pre-Chorus — build]
Do your words
match your beat?
Does your rhythm
move your feet?What do you make
with what you say?
What do you build?
What do you break?[Chorus — gang vocals]
See!
Say!
Sow!What you speak
will grow!Beat down
or upbeat —
choose!Every word,
choose!See!
Say!
Sow!What you speak
will grow!Break noise!
Find truth!
Every word,
choose![Verse 2 — punk-rap rhythm]
Lost in the sound,
lost in the movement,
shake off routine,
make a new blueprint.Words in the head,
self-talk chatter,
head-clatter noise,
mind over matter.Filter.
Focus.
Find truth.Clear the sound.
Cut through.Found.
Unwound.
Unravelled.
Unbound.A word is a seed
when it hits the ground.[Chorus — bigger]
See!
Say!
Sow!What you speak
will grow!Beat down
or upbeat —
choose!Every word,
choose!See!
Say!
Sow!What you speak
will grow!Break noise!
Find truth!
Every word,
choose![Break — stop-start]
Create.
Erode.
Construct.
Destroy.Create.
Erode.
Construct.
Destroy.Maim.
Explain.
Contain.
Deploy.Maim.
Explain.
Contain.
Deploy.[Breakdown — half-time / heavy]
Your words are seeds.
Your words are weapons.Your words are seeds.
Your words are weapons.Choose what you plant.
Choose what you sharpen.Choose what you plant.
Choose what you sharpen.[Gang vocal]
Choose![Verse 3 — urgent / shouted]
Seed to the fruit,
fruit to the tree,
tree to the self,
what becomes me?Lucid attitude,
mindset, beat.
Rhythm in the chest,
truth in the street.A path to the heart,
a path through the noise,
a path you create
with the weight of your voice.Not every thought
deserves your breath.
Not every word
needs to be fed.So clear the sound,
clean the room,
speak like you’re building
what you’ll become.[Final Chorus — full band / gang vocals]
See!
Say!
Sow!What you speak
will grow!Beat down
or upbeat —
choose!Every word,
choose!See!
Say!
Sow!What you speak
will grow!Break noise!
Find truth!
Every word,
choose![Final Breakdown — slower / heavier]
Language.
Pattern.
Beat.
Repetition.Language.
Pattern.
Beat.
Repetition.Break noise.
Find truth.See.
Say.
Sow.[Outro — chant]
Every word, choose.
Every word, choose.
Every word, choose.See.
Say.
Sow. -
Whisper and Shout
**Whisper and Shout**
**[Intro — spoken / feedback]**
Believe to receive.
Strength.
Be strong.Shake off the old.
Shake off the dust.
Shake off the rust.No longer seized up.
No longer stuck.**[Verse 1 — fast / shouted]**
Believe to receive,
strength — be strong.
Shake off the old,
the mould and dust are gone.Rust on the body,
rust on the brain,
old ways calling
but I won’t wear the chain.Seized up?
No longer.
Strong,
and getting stronger.Put on strength,
let bold unfold.
Grab ahold,
don’t do what you’re told.Don’t be a slave, yeah,
don’t live in lack.
Lift off the cloak
and don’t put it back.**[Chorus — gang vocals]**
More than enough!
More than enough!
Lift off the cloak!
Get out of the dust!More than enough!
More than enough!
Jump-start your heart!
Wake up your blood!**[Verse 2 — punk-rap rhythm]**
Temporary eyes
see temporary lies.
Fear is crouching
at the door in disguise.Not coming brazen
to the fore,
coming greasy,
coming sneaky,
coming low to the floor.Watch your back,
watch your breath,
feed what’s thin,
don’t starve what’s left.Jump-start your heart,
jump-start your chest,
love in the lungs
and fire in the rest.Plenty,
not lacking.
Abundant,
no take-backing.No more shrinking,
no more lack.
No more begging
for your old life back.**[Chorus — bigger]**
More than enough!
More than enough!
Lift off the cloak!
Get out of the dust!More than enough!
More than enough!
Jump-start your heart!
Wake up your blood!**[Break — stop-start]**
Wake up.
Stand up.
Speak up.
Don’t shut up.Wake up.
Stand up.
Speak up.
Don’t shut down.**[Breakdown — half-time / heavy]**
Don’t be trapped in whispers.
Don’t be trapped in whispers.A whisper and a shout
take the same amount of energy.Don’t be trapped in whispers.
Don’t be trapped in whispers.A whisper and a shout
take the same amount of energy.So shout.
**[Gang vocal]**
Shout!**[Verse 3 — urgent / shouted]**
Plant yourself
where movement grows.
Fresh coat of paint,
new blood flows.We are starting
a movement.
A whirlpool —
you can’t not be moved in.We will not be quiet.
Shyness?
We won’t buy it.We don’t need to be
small anymore.
Kick fear down
and open the door.Brothers, sisters,
voices in the house,
free yourself
from the lock on your mouth.Fresh coat of paint.
New again.
Fresh coat of paint.
New again.**[Final Chorus — full band / gang vocals]**
More than enough!
More than enough!
Lift off the cloak!
Get out of the dust!More than enough!
More than enough!
Jump-start your heart!
Wake up your blood!**[Final Breakdown — slower / heavier]**
Lift off the cloak.
Get out of the dust.Lift off the cloak.
Get out of the dust.Jump-start your heart.
Wake up your blood.Jump-start your heart.
Wake up your blood.**[Outro — chant]**
Believe to receive.
Strength.
Be strong.Fresh coat of paint.
New again.Believe to receive.
Strength.
Be strong.Fresh coat of paint.
New again. -
Swing Truth
Swing Truth
[Intro — spoken / feedback]
Five AM.
Pen.
Paper.
Seed of an idea.Make it clear.
[Verse 1 — fast / shouted]
Chilling, filling notebooks
with drawings in the early morning.
Five AM, pen and paper,
creator forming.Where there was nothing
but a seed of an idea,
visualise the vision,
make the mission clear.Clarity.
Vision.
Visualise.
Then make it happen.Don’t let it happen.
Don’t be passive.
The world is massive
and it will roll you if you let it.No regrets.
No excuses.
Boldness.
Stand firm.[Chorus — gang vocals]
Don’t be passive!
Make it happen!
No regrets!
No excuses!Stand firm!
Don’t break!
Create!
Create!Don’t be passive!
Make it happen!
No retreat!
Not defeated!Stand firm!
Don’t break!
Create!
Create![Verse 2 — hardcore rap rhythm]
Standing on the brink
of destruction,
no retreating,
not defeated.Face the void,
face uncertainty,
carry the fire
in everything we do.Stay true.
Don’t flinch.
Don’t move an inch
in reverse.With boldness in the body,
with the passion in the nerve,
we take the weight
of anything the world can throw.Let it cuss.
Let it mock.
Let it taunt.
Let it YELL.Stand firm
against the fear,
against the doubt,
against the fog
and lack of clarity.[Chorus — bigger]
Don’t be passive!
Make it happen!
No regrets!
No excuses!Stand firm!
Don’t break!
Create!
Create!Don’t be passive!
Make it happen!
No retreat!
Not defeated!Stand firm!
Don’t break!
Create!
Create![Break — stop-start]
Clear the air.
Cut loose.Clear the field.
Cut loose.Clear the air.
Cut loose.Now create.
[Breakdown — half-time / heavy]
Swing sword.
Swing pencil.
Swing spraycan over stencil.Swing sword.
Swing pencil.
Swing spraycan over stencil.Swing truth.
Swing truth.
Swing truth.
Cut loose.Swing truth.
Swing truth.
Swing truth.
Cut loose.[Bridge — building]
Pave the way.
Clear the field.
Where nothing could grow,
now the void is healed.Water.
Fire.
Earth.
Air.Burn the chaff.
Till the field.
Water the harvest.
Crops will yield.[Final Chorus — full band / gang vocals]
Don’t be passive!
Make it happen!
No regrets!
No excuses!Stand firm!
Don’t break!
Create!
Create!Don’t be passive!
Make it happen!
No retreat!
Not defeated!Stand firm!
Don’t break!
Create!
Create![Outro — shouted chant]
This is for you,
but don’t stop what you do.Start new.
Start new.
Start new.Now create.
Now create.
Now create. -
Do Today
Do Today
[Intro — spoken / tense]
I’m lying there
wrapped up in mink blanket,
think-tanking.
Blanket fresh-bought,
trying to think fresh thought.[Verse 1 — fast / rhythmic]
Ideas spinning in my head,
thinking on the unsaid.
Buy sayable,
unplayed but playable.
Mind stable,
but open to change.
Body able,
new skills I will gain.
I get up with a hunger,
I get stronger
’cause I brew longer.
Green tea
flowing through my arteries.
Feet hit the floor,
I remember what I’m living for.
Let’s do today.[Gang vocal]
Let’s do today![Chorus — hardcore / shout-along]
Let’s do today
like we mean what we say.
New mind, new body,
new path, new way.
Let’s do today.
No drift, no decay.
Wake up, get up,
make the change stay.[Break — stop-start]
No delay.
No decay.
No old way.
Let’s do today.[Verse 2 — Si-style / absurd rap-punk]
Let’s do today
in a way that’s Super Saiyan.
With an untrained eye,
I choose my right
and begin defence position.
Ignition —
start the engine of the bus
where I am spitting.
Absurd could be verbs
or answers to questions imaginative.
Enough with the gaff,
begin the reign
of king initiative initiative.[Chorus — bigger]
Let’s do today
like we mean what we say.
New mind, new body,
new path, new way.
Let’s do today.
No drift, no decay.
Wake up, get up,
make the change stay.[Breakdown — half-time]
Fresh thought.
Fresh blood.
Feet down.
Stand up.
Fresh thought.
Fresh blood.
Feet down.
Stand up.
No more waiting
for a sign.
No more wasting
what is mine.[Final Chorus — gang vocals]
Let’s do today
like we mean what we say.
New mind, new body,
new path, new way.
Let’s do today.
No drift, no decay.
Wake up, get up,
make the change stay.[Outro — shouted]
Let’s do today.
Let’s do today.
Let’s do today.
No old way. -
Make It Happen
**Make It Happen**
**[Intro — feedback / drums building]**
We should make it happen.
We could make it happen.
Live different.
Be different.
Be real.**[Gang vocal]**
Be real!**[Verse 1 — fast / shouted]**
Go in on the biggest house we can find,
live different, use our minds.
Get paid to be artists,
paid to create,
no longer irate
with the system we hate.No longer part of it,
live apart from it.
Listen —
we’ll make videos for the interwebs,
keep the creative muscle fed.Web nomads,
weaving worlds together,
making strange things,
making clever things better.Start our own economy,
art and philosophy,
coffee and chaos
and no apology.**[Pre-Chorus — build]**
Not just survival,
not just getting by.
Not just waiting
for the years to die.**[Chorus — gang vocals / melodic hardcore]**
We should make it happen!
We could make it happen!
Live different!
Be different!
Be real!We should make it happen!
We could make it happen!
Start a fire!
Build a life!
Be real!**[Break — stop-start]**
Be real!
Be real!
Be real!
No more sleepwalking!**[Verse 2 — bouncy punk]**
We could start up a café,
stay caffeinated all day.
Take a space
and make a place
worth being in.To pursue the dream,
we can live lean,
long as there’s still
a smile on your dial
and fire in the scene.Yeah, we could make music,
yeah, we could speak truth.
Use the café
as a place to get loose.Write and make video,
start a rodeo —
horse!
Or at least a barrel fire,
course!Crowd around the flame
when the cold comes down.
If it’s how I see it,
we don’t wanna burn the place down.**[Chorus — bigger]**
We should make it happen!
We could make it happen!
Live different!
Be different!
Be real!We should make it happen!
We could make it happen!
Start a fire!
Build a life!
Be real!**[Breakdown — half-time / heavy]**
Wake up this city.
Wake up Hamilton.
Plant fruit trees everywhere.
Make enough for everyone.Wake up this city.
Wake up Hamilton.
No more day-to-day decay.
No more just surviving.**[Shouted gang vocals]**
Start a revival!
Start a revival!
Start a revival!
Not just survival!**[Verse 3 — hardcore rap rhythm]**
Give out flyers with truth,
give out fires and fruit.
Do it while we’re still young,
while we’ve still got roots.Take this place
and make this place
less crappy.
Make it somewhere we can go
and be chill,
and be happy.Start up a publisher,
make books, new literature.
Design our own furniture,
change the shape of culture.New clothes,
new fashion,
new passion for life.
No bashing and strife,
just pashing your wife.Up half the night,
yeah, it would be tight.
Sleep only when tired,
keep fired up,
stoked, fuelled up,
good to go.**[Pre-Chorus — build / drums rising]**
Not just survival,
not just getting by.
Not just waiting
for the years to die.**[Final Chorus — full band / gang vocals]**
We should make it happen!
We could make it happen!
Live different!
Be different!
Be real!We should make it happen!
We could make it happen!
Start a fire!
Build a life!
Be real!**[Final Breakdown — slow / heavy]**
Live different.
Be different.
Be real.Live different.
Be different.
Be real.No more waiting.
No more sleeping.
No more asking
for permission to begin.**[Outro — shouted]**
We should make it happen.
We could make it happen.
Live different.
Be different.
Be real.**[Gang vocal]**
Be real! -
**Now Is For Now**
**[Intro — spoken / feedback building]**
Now is for now.
Now is for now.
Now is for now.
New content comes slow.
**[Verse 1 — spoken-shouted / tense]**
Break bricks on heads,
feel the glow,
the warmth,
the heat,
the beat.
Heart and street.
Place your feet.
Place your face
directly through concrete.
Annihilate consciousness.
Feel free.
One with the ground.
Now see.
See stars.
See the contents
of unfilled jars.
See the origin
of the breath you caught.
Unlearn the very words
you were taught.
**[Pre-Chorus — build]**
Taut lines snapped.
Claptrap cracked.
Smacked.
Unstacked.
Unshackled
from language.
Think beyond thought.
Think without sound.
Accept the thoughts
that abound.
Now choose
none of them.
They are not for now!
Now is for now!
They are not for now!
Now is for now!
Stop the noise!
Cut through!
Stop the spin!
New you!
They are not for now!
Now is for now!
**[Verse 2 — fast / shouted]**
Stop thinking.
Stop drinking
from that fountain of thought.
Your head is heavy with it.
Needless shit.
Shit spin.
Get thin.
Diet.
Die to it.
Shush it.
Crush it.
Cut through.
Old thoughts stop you
receiving anything new.
Glue.
Clogging your system.
Now listen.
Dwell on all
you don’t know.
Wash your mind
in turpentine glow.
Strip it back.
Burn it clean.
Fight the noise.
Break the screen.
**[Chorus — bigger]**
They are not for now!
Now is for now!
They are not for now!
Now is for now!
Stop the noise!
Cut through!
Stop the spin!
New you!
They are not for now!
Now is for now!
Let it trickle down
through your spine.
Warmth.
Tingle.
Blind.
Feel the glow.
Now let go.
Let go
of everything
you have held.
Felled feelings.
Past regret.
History of neglect.
Every disrespect.
Every disconnect.
Every time you wept.
Let go.
Felled feelings.
Past regret.
History of neglect.
Every disrespect.
Every disconnect.
Every time you wept.
Let go.
**[Gang vocal]**
Let go!
**[Verse 3 — rising / shouted]**
Now white like snow.
Focus on the glow.
Make it bigger.
Let it grow.
Beyond sight.
Beyond noise.
Beyond every broken voice.
Let warmth wash over you.
Now replace.
See again
with a new face.
You are connected
to a new place.
Feel your heart swell.
Choose where you dwell.
Everything good.
Everything beautiful.
Everything true.
Everything that builds
the newer you.
**[Chorus — bigger]**
They are not for now!
Now is for now!
They are not for now!
Now is for now!
Stop the noise!
Cut through!
Stop the spin!
New you!
They are not for now!
Now is for now!
Fill.
Stay still.
Fill.
Fill.
Filled.
Stilled.
Build anew.
**[Outro — chant / fading]**
Become more truly you.
Now is for now.
Become more truly you.
Now is for now.
Become more truly you.