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Blurred: 1999​-​2004

by Uphill Battle

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1.
Ideals of suppression convenient and refined a mass of words and images which blind unrivaled in determination to overcome the subconscious mentality as one seeking for truth but failing in attempts to an underlying and blatant series of contempt Consumed by what's fed regulating minds Isolated with fear from these words well inclined Keep in your place and reside To the throes of complacent rule Unfailing control of all thought As an object to inflict upon fools Moving along the lines Swayed by the voices To the end Forging new paths for a shroud over lies Seeking to obtain a new order maligned Beginning of the end of all rational thought The new way to enslave is to be taught Forgotten past ever molding and moving Objecting all truth denial ensuing Collectively sit and watch the shadows of no return to inflict and make harmony disabled Falling down into these deep waters Destroying the ability to perceive Keeping within the frame of a picture worth a thousand lies
2.
The moment between lost and free Under a new sky we meet Creeping down the same path We sank into our destiny A silent pact was forged From the blissfully naive Distracted from everything Running with one foot never felt so free But distancing ourselves can bring us to our knees Congregation inspiration of contagious passion The cloth that we wove has been stretched and torn But I still reminisce Can we keep what we achieved Memories of what we had Blanketed with our egos
3.
Threshold 02:53
An abundance of emotion mental disarray On the edge of sanity Stagnant state of living devoid of all hope Stale surroundings suffocate everything in my path Of self-destruction and denial incentive falls into place Stumbling for fresh air aspirations exceeding As conflicting desires subconsciously float in thought Prospects in reach but will power crushed by a force That manifests itself through internal wounds Painstaking repetition fuels tomorrows revolution Desperate for change from self-satisfied mind Revolved state of living resurrecting hope My lungs breath again ready to repeat my path
4.
Fought so hard to gain this ground And still have further yet to crawl Over such barren land Horizon slipping out of sight I will refuse to forsake When I am this close I will make the sacrifice Never straying from this course I can't find serenity in this eternity The nerves of my hand are exposed Watching the blood dry so patiently I'm left here to wait on my knees With this burden that is consuming me Infection setting Suppressing pain Part of the sacrifice Never straying from the course I walk with my head bowed Tracking each step as if it were the final Clinging so tight to this life line The slack tied around my neck
5.
Interlude #4 00:34
[no lyrics]
6.
I can't shut my eyes Haven't slept in days but I don't deserve to sleep Hard pressed Can't comprehend That it's all the same when I shut my eyes Keeled over reaching out what's left of me I'll soon be reduced to just another bloodstain Blistering soul can't cut the line even though I've done everything perfectly Tied down and every time I try to stand the knots only tighten Every hair has been split in two with a glass blade that's just been sharpened I cut myself again on this splintered glass You've never been concerned with anything that was real This machine is identical just smaller and its pumping out the same shit Polluting enough to cover my eyes and turn my back but I haven't walked away quite yet
7.
Crawl Space 02:25
Refusing to crawl out of this hole I'll keep digging down and down 'Till I find my own way out this hole So sick of crawling to survive Trapped in the cages of my mind I dropped the candle in hope that it would burn me Clear vision that's eating me alive This is the path I've chosen And I'm ready to walk it to the end Sacrifices must be made Memories fading like the smell of rain I still have this mirror I need to break I need an inch so I can scratch it raw The throbbing in my head won't stop Sleep escapes me again Desperation drills a new hole The throbbing in my head won't stop Fatigue sets in again..
8.
A road that I once knew framed in my mind Have I forgotten the moment when I arrived here? I saw two hills Lying side by side I climbed the night Stared out across to the side Walking back into the darkness This fog is so thick That I can not see a step in front of me So I'm walking on faith that there will be a step for me It's starting all over Only matter of time before all the words get twisted around Alone again with so much to share but no one to share it with so I question myself
9.
Faded Red 03:14
Such a friendly trend that's left making it seem so insincere for the rest of us Living is to create death and I realize that all our hands are stained red The stain will never fully go away but it shall fade There's no need for sacrifice Giving into your temptations Digging a hole for another corpse, afraid to see what you're creating The cause and effect is so obvious that it's hard to believe what you're choice could be Can you feel the emptiness surrounding us? I can feel the emptiness surrounding us But I never let it swallow me.
10.
I can't shut my eyes Haven't slept in days but I don't deserve to sleep Hard pressed Can't comprehend That it's all the same when I shut my eyes Keeled over reaching out what's left of me I'll soon be reduced to just another bloodstain Blistering soul can't cut the line even though I've done everything perfectly Tied down and every time I try to stand the knots only tighten Every hair has been split in two with a glass blade that's just been sharpened I cut myself again on this splintered glass You've never been concerned with anything that was real This machine is identical just smaller and its pumping out the same shit Polluting enough to cover my eyes and turn my back but I haven't walked away quite yet
11.
A familiar backdrop falls Over your blinded eyes Like a wrecking ball The repetition increases While our life moves on You march on Synchronized with the machine That uses you like fuel To move closer and closer We're caught like a lobster No way out now but back The bait has been taken Our fate is chosen My face is ripped off, we've already lost So salute the new god of greed Father's blood running down your face means nothing to you Now we are farther apart than we've ever been I hold your heart in my hand as you burn me I hold your heart in my hand as I sink in your waste Down to your heavenly hell, now you own me Drown in your heavenly hell Sinking dead weight Afraid to see what's happening right in front of your face It's already hit home It's already too late, embrace the demons with a new faith The choices are already pre-chosen, now play out the rule of your lust Desires Walk with the rest I found my RIPPED OFF FACE under your blind eyes As darkness carry on over your blind eyes
12.
Crawl Space 02:27
Refusing to crawl out of this hole I'll keep digging down and down 'Till I find my own way out this hole So sick of crawling to survive Trapped in the cages of my mind I dropped the candle in hope that it would burn me Clear vision that's eating me alive This is the path I've chosen And I'm ready to walk it to the end Sacrifices must be made Memories fading like the smell of rain I still have this mirror I need to break I need an inch so I can scratch it raw The throbbing in my head won't stop Sleep escapes me again Desperation drills a new hole The throbbing in my head won't stop Fatigue sets in again..
13.
Disoriented like trying to paint a portrait without a mirror Humbled down to your knees Taking more than you need Your blood runs green Hunger calls Feeding off me again Throwing around fire like words of the poem you wrote for yourself Which I still haven't read I don't want to see anymore so please poke out my eyes Innocence strip-minded as a head turned the other way
14.
Memory 03:30
It was so beautiful Seeing through such innocent eyes It was us against them The pain was so alive Somewhere along the way I woke up in a puddle of blood Not being able to draw a straight line between these two points Biting into my arm Drinking blood of another kind To keep myself alive Clipped wings can only take me so far Now that I'm mortal What have I become Another memory left behind I let my shadow corner me Grasping for a breath of sweet air Like a fish out of water A million miles for the sea It seemed so important at the time But the ice melted when the heat turned on Another memory left behind
15.
Old 03:04
Responsibility sets in like the jaws of a snare Digging deep into my flesh Wrapped around my bones Serving as a ball and chain forever I'm so far-flung but still have the will to move on Passing all the things you gave up and left behind The shoe still fits but the laces are broken And the sole is getting thin from stepping twice as fast But I'm still in the same place I was before I entered This garden of grace last one to get off this bus to nowhere I've never felt so cold, the frost bite has killed part of me Slowly shaving the skin off my back With a dull razor called desire Waiting for freedom The weight of freedom drops in
16.
Blurred 03:04
We know nothing but what we choose to believe I'm walking on broken glass just once 'til the end Stabbing blindly into the grayness from worlds of make believe Fearing what can't be proven Knowing who are the chosen Borders are blurred, the land marks are gone I'm walking on faith that leads me nowhere So give me a romantic kiss goodbye Because you both disgust me with your opposite ways of working the same to pass on the blame to your reflection The ground that was so solid beneath my feet gives way The rocks shall turn to sand right before our eyes No compromise No room for interpretation Black or white, what makes you so right? Shut your eyes and you'll burst into flames

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California hardcore/grind quartet Uphill Battle got its start in 1999 under the name Crawlspace. A toxic fusion of harmony and dissonance, complexity and straightforwardness, tightly wound and fueled by unfathomable depths of anger, Uphill Battle pack more awesome riffs in their dense structures than most bands manage in a whole album. Blurred is a fast and furious collection of rare and never before released gems sure to evoke strong feelings of tension and dread. Marvelous artwork by Orion Landau adds additional fuel to the fire.

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released October 25, 2005

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