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Wreck of Nerves

by Uphill Battle

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1.
Stepping into the future I perpetuate destruction Transmitting and laying waste, scathing I can't refrain, numbed by pleasure I can't refrain I can't refrain I can't refrain I can't refrain I dig my own grave Optimism crushed Self-hatred instilled Unbreakable cycle I am swallowed guilt and pain have compromised this bomb in my stomach seeking solace consisting of turmoil
2.
Dulling senses blurred boundaries of what's become unsurpassed consumption I will not accept vacant apologies I will not accept that you are that naive My hope lost under your greedy smile My hope lost for your self control Twisting truth as you see fit Trusting lies for your agenda Misapplied truth bleeding dry bottomless well unable to see logistical bewilderment I will not invest into your delusion When your gluttony is made so easy Can't distinguish between the want and the need Today's wants become tomorrow's needs
3.
Reaching out to find no one there Hope fades with each passing day As it grows clear you can see what's not there to see Body is failing but the mind still stays the same Numbing sickness doesn't cure the pain Looking back into your reflection Your regrets passing out of sight Alone staring down, years pass by wishing back the memories forgotten cast aside, time stands still When everything past has changed Reaching out to find nothing there, hope fades with each passing day As it grows clear you can see What's not there to see ...time lingers on puzzle left unfinished everything you have achieved has been rendered meaningless
4.
Another Step 03:16
I can't make this square into a circle but it's all I have left to do so I will keep blindly trying refusing to realize that this could all be a waste of time Pinned down by my stubbornness to change Ego guarding the conversion of the path to make my compromise Hoping someday we will see clearly through the shallows and into our dreams Past the past, side by side into our own sanctuary Could I still be someone better to look at myself from a different angle? To see what lies behind me to know whose inside me Collision of two stars I remember walking home at night Walking through a field feeling desperately homeless Those days are past and I'm glad they're past But reflections are so important I recall arriving home on a stormy night, standing on a bridge watching the water overflow that washed away the step behind me A swamp has taken up residency over my old sanctuary Now we're staring blindly from the top of the stairs Waiting for the moment when it shall end And when it ends we'll still be staring but ready to take another step
5.
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
6.
Craving the disease cutting off your thumbs will just shift the pain Constant haunting hunger has tied itself to you Biding my time against your self-determination Tempted the snake, now venom has cursed your veins I could reach out but our hands wouldn't meet I could throw a rope but your eyes wouldn't see I must expect that you might not be around I must realize your life's melting to the ground I must come to terms with what I must do is detach myself from you Detach myself from you rummaging for the will power to reconstruct the scourged lie you now live severing the ties You despising what you are I despise what you mean to me Craving the disease Cutting off your thumbs won't cure your starvation I tremble as I speak, despised what you mean to me I guess I am naive to think I could convince discipline I now know your change must come from within...
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Thresh Hold 02:46
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, incentives fall into place, stumbling for fresh air, aspirations exceeding as conflicting desires subconsciously float in thought prospects in reach but willpower crushed by a force that manifests itself through internal wounds painstaking repetition fuels tomorrow's revolution desperate for change from self-satisfied mind resolved state of living, resurrecting hope my lungs breathe again, ready to repeat my path
8.
Words of content minds said inside these walls destined to faith Locked within a realm, dead Moving down the line as you fall Twisted in knots to live all the loss a structure of moral enslavement To be of nothing is all too close Another lingering dream Persistence insistence existence of silence Kept safe within the confines of traditions Instill your shame with deceitful intentions Another trap is set, pulling strings in each step Manipulated Following death's door to the end Follow to death, become an end Follow to death Becoming end...
9.
My shadow cut in half I begged for closure from self-serving sacrifice Neglected, I am left alone to bury the dead I perched my heart on top of the grave then I sat watching the ripples pass by in silence Self-reflection has gone too far but you turned your back on me My own resolution slowly unfolds Twisting itself against me Self-reliance has taken its toll Reassuring faithlessness, shadows grow deeper around my eyes Mistaken resolution Accommodations and offerings In silence I saw the stillness pass by
10.
Still Born 02:28
Constructed to isolate Conceived in the shadow of our disbelief An overwhelming eyesore Your vision of a leader is the portrait of a thief Every breath of this mass is stifling But hope keeps your eyes on the broken path before you Every stone overturned yields no new progress Two eyes in every direction staring past each other Towards a destination they will never meet Our reasons our own yet they destroy us Paralyzing the truth constructed to isolate Growing our indifference Wasting our every breath
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Crystallized beliefs, ideas set in stone frozen views overshadowed Pre-packaged thoughts are easy to swallow diversity dissolving So we run away from imagination Blind acceptance never finding truth Skewed concepts, distorted views Eating the first thing that falls in place Falling through this conceptual frame Fragments of reality separated from the whole Reality graces the shoulder of the oblivious But we're still caught in this web of confusion Stuck on a boundless sea of uncertainty confronting my apathy Directionless, overwhelmed with thought Time is strangling while trying to grasp the understanding of my past mistakes

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Uphill Battle advance the ever-changing face of hardcore with an atomic vigor on their new full-length, Wreck of Nerves. Fusing a triple vocal attack, sharp-edged guitar interplay, fleeting melody and uncanny intensity, Uphill Battle achieving catharsis through dissonance, striking with a deadly potency.

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released February 24, 2004

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