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These Ghosts Are Haunting Our Halls

by Totem Skin

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MJ Reading the lyrics, it’s hard to believe this was written a decade ago, as they speak pretty clearly to our predicament today:

“How many bad apples are just a few? How low must they step before we see change through?”

Great find, Paintingmantis! Thanks as always for your wonderful taste!

@PM Dödsrit 🤯 Had no idea. That explains the passion and genius! Favorite track: We Wished to Free the Captured Foxes.
Paintingmantis
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Paintingmantis @MJ such a great band!! . . . & out of the ashes came Dödsrit. Very much looking forward to the forthcoming album, so been reacquainting myself with earlier releases.
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John Jonsén It's a fucking brain-melter. Favorite track: No Gods, No Masters.
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1.
We're settling for nothing less But countless times of saying "no" This nonchalance could not impress But rather speed this newfound low No refuge and no escape From this situations shape Our eyes are faint and and yet percieve The old times woven tapestry A hollow shadow sets its tone Whispering of days long gone An apparition rips and tears It brings a heavy guilt to bear These ghosts are haunting our halls And how can I find solace In a city that births a billion babies not worth a dollar, a food-stamp or thought? My modernity is in the hands of my longevity And the memories are what's helping me stroll through the streets with feet wounded from the needles I've treaded for you
2.
Of all my choices (each and every) None are valid (all myopic) On one side neutral (Unempathic) And on the other (much of the same) All of them ignorant into their bones No one is right, no one's of use Either bastardizing the word "freedom" Or hanging from a corporate noose Making distinctions is like splitting hairs Identical, unstable And in the shade of false dichotomy Lawlessness seems preferable Fix your skewed views (Don't let them march on) (Reject)
3.
Ögonblick Korta sekunder vi skulle hållit kärt Tillfällen Dagar och nätter vi aldrig har haft Vår relation Kärlek och minnen som aldrig tagit plats Jag kommer alltid att undra om det gick att förhindra Att starta om på nytt och korrigera alla fel Hur du kunde ta ifrån oss alla känslor och tillit Och ersätta dem med lögner och svek Hur ska jag orka att gå hela vägen Och släpa med mig denna tyngd Ingen snara kan rädda mig från skadan jag bär Detta kors lämnar mig aldrig och jag vill aldrig Mer känna din kärlek Du var aldrig där
4.
Oh how you wear that crown so lightly Spewing prejudice while being against it You sit on that throne so high and mighty Spewing ignorance and judging all else All you want is recognition Everything you say is a contradiction That crown and throne will be void some day your castle will crumble and be laid to waste All you want is recognition Everything you say is a contradiction That noose you tied is tightening And I'll be watching you hang from the tree you've sown No one will speak your name No one will dig your grave No one will remember you So fuck your trends
5.
Assault - on our civil rights They don't care for you or your fair insights Enforce - daily misery Anti-progression of our liberty Cruelty - apologized As they breach your home and cause you demise Menace - clad in navy blue With hail through your pets nose they horde and accrue How many bad apples are just a few? How low must they steep before we see change through? This incompetence is unacceptable Each one should be accountable As none of their faults get reprimands In a field plagued with low demands This incompetence is unacceptable Each one should be accountable As none of their faults get reprimands In a field plagued with low demands Most are not heroes, many thugs for hire So cut down their pedestal
6.
I always used to believe That what's current is the prime But as my hairline recedes My beliefs do the same I miss the sensation of walking home in the dead of winter, embracing what's real instead of escaping I miss the times when we molded our futures We modeled them out of our youth And lazy summer days, picking apples off of neighbors trees Wrestling on trampolines and grinding the curbs of our schoolyard The movies we made have surpassed their goals They are no longer mere entertainment They are documents of the simpler times And testaments to our amends Where did these times go? They died at our hands But live on in our hearts

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released March 18, 2013

All music written, produced and performed by Totem Skin.
Additional Vocals on track 2 by Sebastian Svalland.
Additional Vocals on track 5 by Max Sundqvist.

Recorded by the band in our rehearsal space.
Mixed and mastered by Alexander Backlund.

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