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Core To The Core - Volume 23 (2020)

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Welcome to the individual, digital, subliminal, criminal, imminent dawn of the new age. It's time to wake up open our eyes and realize that our lives are at stake if we hesitate. They seek to control and manipulate. Fuck that, my life they will never take. But at the end of the day if you had a chance, if you had a way to attack would you fight back? You chose to insult our intelligence. We'll respond with nothing but malevolence. All your "search and seizures" with no evidence. All of your power took all precedence. We have been tranquilized, victimized, weaponized, demoralized. They continue to operate away behind closed doors and away from our prying eyes. And they continue to destroy our lives. One by one, our world dies as theirs fucking thrives. And truth be told, your only worth your weight in gold. Land of the free? Don't make me fucking laugh. Destroying our lives and gaining profit. Death to your prophet. No matter the cost. Freedom is lost. It's time to wake up. And let me spare, you the people, another fucking hypocrite I'm here to tell you how the shit really is. In this land of unequal opportunity we are always coming face to face with tyranny. Self treason no matter the season. You justify arrests with no plausible reason. Take a stand and react and see the facts. There's no fucking way out there's no turning back. No. Take a step back and look around. You will see the facts. There is no turning back. There is no turning back. Here is the truth, can you handle it? I pledge allegiance to nothing. So fuck you. We will not fail. That's what they expect from us. We will prevail. That's what they will get from us. We will not fail. No. We will prevail. All of this hate it must mean something. I pledge allegiance to nothing. Here is the truth, can you handle it. They want us all sedated. They want us all sedated. Low doses from the red, white, and blue.
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Drunken thoughts Lead me to the darkest place That I never thought I could see I come to the edge of what is real (Woah) Yet so far gone, but closer to the truth So vividly yet so blurred And I don't mean to hurt those around me But we, can't deny the truth of the lies that we speak With each day, cracked and etched in stone Places we'll never get back With every line that we've crossed Will we be able to cross back Or yet another line will be crossed Do we cross, or do we stay because settling feels so humane Do we cross, or do we stay I'm on the edge of giving in (I'm on the edge of giving in) I'm in a state of breaking down Another bottle down the hatch So I can numb the pain (So I can numb the pain) And pour another shot to match Until my life is drowned away I'm not the man that I once was I'm becoming a shell of what used to be I took a chug to the end of the bottle And poured the last drop down the drain But I took a step back To take a look at my self Only to find that there was still a part of me Me Holding on for dear life Using my vices to escape back to the place I'd rather not see I've been tryin my best to resolve this Crying out for help in solitude I can only help myself I've done this all before I can't believe all the damage I have caused Just drinking my own life away I've been selfish and insecure Losing my life to the poison Do we cross, or do we stay Reaching for another bottle I collapse I don't know who I am anymore I collapse
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Take a look in the mirror and realize all the things that you wanna be and if you're nothing to yourself then what the fuck are you to me. You're so SPOILED!! (X2) Everything was always handed to you. You never had to struggle do the things that I've been put through. Always got everything that you want. Had to flaunt. Had to taunt. All the things your parents had bought. Growing up it wasn't easy for us. Free lunches at school and making sure we catch the right bus. You had the nicest clothes. Your car so cool. I looked like a tool. I would've killed to be you. And I'd trade places. To have your life. Take whatever. YOU WANT FROM ME! NEED FROM ME! Even though I dont have much to give. You're so SPOILED!! (X2) I wonder if you even know the word no. No question. No hesitation. Everything is a go. I could see the way that you would react. Bitch, piss, and moan til the other person changed their mind back. It's sad to say that you'll never learn how to earn or be told to wait and hold your turn. And when your world flips upside and bottom falls out I'll be the one that you find yourself wondering about. And I'd trade places. To have your life. Take whatever. YOU WANT FROM ME! NEED FROM ME! Even though I don't have much to give. YOU HAD!! ALL OF THE CHOICE!! I HAD!! ONLY MY VOICE!! YOU HAD!! ALL OF THE CHOICE!! I HAD!! ONLY MY VOICE!! Take a look in the mirror and realize all the things that you wanna be and if you're nothing to yourself then what the fuck are you to me. TELL ME!! TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE TO ME!! COME ON TELL ME!! TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE TO ME!! And I'd trade places. To have your life. Take whatever. YOU WANT FROM ME! NEED FROM ME! Even though I have nothing to give. YOU HAD!! ALL OF THE CHOICE!! I HAD!! ONLY MY VOICE!! YOU HAD!! ALL OF THE CHOICE!! I HAD!! ONLY MY VOICE!!
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A light of day is changing The view on the world ahead of me My body is slowly fading I'm footsteps away from the promised land Could this be a dream, or a perfect reality? Am I imagining? I am high in the skies and no one can see me Open your eyes and find a point of view From there you can laugh at the people below, and they won't have a clue No, they won't have a clue Could this be a dream, or a perfect reality? Am I imagining? I am high in the skies and no one can see me How is it possible to get stuck in between? Among the dead I am counting the living Oh! I'm at footstep to paradise Could this be a dream, or a perfect reality? Am I imagining? I am high in the skies and no one can see me As above, so below These words can teach you how to let go Let go of the heights you once mourned for Let go of the ground you once stood on You'll find yourself at the edge of sanity Where rules of nature are chasing normality Do you realize? You're at the footstep to paradise
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When the thoughts began to creep in I shoulda pushed 'em out before the invasion No invitation, took all my motivation to ignore Each and every accusation Stone cold sinner Emotional killer Run around in circles while my time grows thinner Yeah, that's what they said when they tried me on the spot Gave me a verdict, a perfect reason to keep me caught Take me back to where I started I could be something better, I could be something more Crossing paths with my own future It's inevitable, I can't fight this force majeur It's not that I don't talk It's just nobody's listening It's not that I don't speak You can't hear for the sound of the Earth spinning round It's not that I don't talk It's just nobody's listening It's not that I don't speak You can't hear for the sound of the Earth spinning round And it drives me crazy Blasphemous and hypocritical Let my emotions loose of of their chains, I gave 'em free reign Watched as the optimist became cynical Looking back at me, I can't help but see Indecent exposure to forces beyond my control Has forever changed me, irreversibly, for eternity I'll live with mistakes I never made Can't hear for the voice in my head, no Can’t sleep 'til I put it to rest There's never a moment's peace from the sound Motions will pass and momentum will carry me A guided tour of the person I coulda been Take me back to the fork in the road 'cause if I'd known I woulda turned away, I woulda turned back Take me back to where I started Take me back to where I began I could be something better, I could be something more Crossing paths with my own future Crossing swords with another me It's inevitable, yeah, I can't fight this force It's not that I don't talk It's just nobody's listening It's not that I don't speak You can't hear for the sound of the Earth spinning round And it drives me crazy
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Close your eyes now, and look around. Describe all the places, that you have found. Can you, can you, can you be around? Do you, do you, really feel the sound? Cut your skin and, reach inside. Use your mind. Don't be blind. Can you, can you, can you be around? Do you, do you, really feel the sound? Can you, can you, can you be around? Do you, do you, really feel the sound? The pain is gone it's fading, I cannot take this anymore. My life is masquerading. Walk away and shut the door. There is no time for blaming. All the things you have said and done, The pain turns into hating, And I cannot give anymore time. Now is your time to realise, A new day is coming. Open your eyes. Can you, can you, can you be around? Do you, do you, really feel the sound? Can you, can you, can you be around? Do you, do you, really feel the? The pain is gone it's fading, I cannot take this anymore. My life is masquerading. Walk away and shut the door. There is no time for blaming. All the things you have said and done, The pain turns into hating, And I cannot give anymore time. The pain is gone it's fading, I cannot take this anymore. My life is masquerading. Walk away and shut the door. There is no time for blaming. All the things you have said and done, The pain turns into hating, And I cannot give anymore time.
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[Verse 1] This fear is crushing me, Robbing the air I breathe. Every second is haunting me. what am I supposed to do, Everything falling through. Will I find the light? [Chorus 1] I can’t escape. Can’t get away. Taking on everything. I don’t want it. I’m freaking out. I'm holding so much doubt. My life is upsidedown. Get me out. [Verse 2] Demons consume my mind, poisoning my life. Whispers in the wind. Should I just give in? I'm on the edge again Fighting myself within. Will I find the light or will I just die? [Chorus 2] I can’t escape. Can’t get away. Taking on everything. I don’t want it. I’m freaking out. I'm holding so much doubt. My life is upsidedown. Get me out. [Bridge] No friends to call my own. I'm so lost and a-lone. This anxiety is killing me, everyone’s abandoned me. [Chorus 3] I can’t escape. Can’t get away. Taking on everything. I don’t want it. I’m freaking out. I'm holding so much doubt. My life is upsidedown. Get me out. [Final chorus] I can’t escape. Can’t get away. Taking on everything. I don’t want it. I’m freaking out. I'm holding so much doubt. My life is upsidedown. Get me out.
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A mind that can never rest Pulled apart by malevolence Could I put these thoughts to sleep? (As my heart pulls from my chest) Or will the fury consume me? You are a cancer Nothing more than filth Broken steel covers the dirt Nothing but smoke remains What mistakes have you made? (There is no justice) For your life to end this way? (Without permanence) Tremors race across my spine (The world is tarnished) As color drains from your eyes You've taken everything for nothing Fade as your organs fail This is how you'll be remembered Do you begin to understand the gravity As your bones crumble upon themselves A mind that can never rest Pulled apart by malevolence Could I put these thoughts to sleep? Or will the fury consume me? Let the Earth burn Let the flames dance around your blackened bones Let your flesh rot May your veins become roots
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Commence ignorance, Go All systems check Now You’re ready for War So sink or swim And we’re all pretending now As we’re all masquerading now You think you’re hard you’re fucking soft. You think a victimless crime has been committed You’re just a Pretend pessimist So expressionless emotionless Pretend pessimist So inconsiderate you’re so full of shit. And I can’t.. I can’t bring myself to life What were you hoping to find It’s hidden behind all your eyes One day you will soon define Coz today it’s already too late It’s too late You’re just a Pretend Pessimist You’re sick and sad narratives they don’t even exist Pretend Pessimist. So inconsiderate you’re so full of shit, You’re just Venting With nothing to say. You considered yourself a role model, now that’s a real problem. Quit pretending you’re broken. Positivity is under spoken your a Pretend Pessimist What were you hoping to find? It’s hidden behind all your eyes One day you will soon define Coz today it’s already too late For I am lost in misery For I am lost .. So you think there’s still nothing left in me. Playing cops and robbers inside of me. So naturally it’s defeating me This will never get the best of me What were you hoping to find? It’s hidden behind all your eyes One day you will soon define Coz today it’s already too late
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I’ve seen ive seen The color of my hair turn shades of grey Is this me? I would never want to be so different But still I’m full of doubt Before I go I’ve gotta tune up and prove my self. But still you talk and you talk Don’t you wanna know what you say Before you speak it? You can talk you can talk But you still won’t make any sense ‘Cause I’m not gonna listen But still you talk and you talk Don’t you wanna know what you say Before you speak it? What is this? What is this? Why do I deserve this? ‘Cause I’ve been choking on my words But it comes back to you in turn Won’t you deconstruct my mind And take away my pain so I can feel like I Can’t find something to say ‘cause I’ve been drifting away from you (From You) Won’t you give me the strength to stay?
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I got lost because of my darkness And fell into the hole of never-ending sadness Deeper and deeper like I fucking need It Confused and frightened cause of thoughts that I have Inside my head I feel it the same Day by day Again and again, Please help me If u fucking can No matter what I see I feel the end And every part of me is screaming to death So if you can hear me I guess u are dead Look at me and tell me, what do u see? Even if I try to feel something I'm bleeding Hear my screams now and call me sick But I know that all my dreams Have died years before me And there is no hope for me The worst that it’s not over I got lost No matter what I see I feel the end And every part of me is screaming to death Screaming to death So if u can hear me I guess I guess You are dead
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I was found lying on the grass as the amber leaves provided me a mattress; the moonlight as my torch and you, your body, as my blanket. Although I always craved that one day I will find the piece that matches, it eluded me so skillfully, as though I’ve closed all of the hatches. All those times, vivid and bright, lay imprinted in my mind. Still I pulled at all the levers, pressed the buttons ‘till they broke, I couldn’t stop forward motion, not with either might or hope. The waves engulfed my being, remnants sinking further down. And as we felt it all start slipping, we stood back and let it drown. (ponoviš vse 2x) I was found lying on the grass as the amber leaves provided me a mattress; the moonlight as my torch and you, your body, as my blanket. (2x)
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Core To The Core - Volume 23 (2020)

Another compilation album is here! Huge thanks to the artists for letting me use your content to create these perfect playlists. They wouldn't exist without you! Also, thank you to the ones who listen, share & appreciate what I do.. Core To The Core wouldn't have grown without you! Have a beautiful rest of your 2020 summer everyone, stay safe and I'll be back with the next release on Halloween! ♡

Volume 23's cover art was created by myself once again. Half hand drawn and half digitally enhanced just like Volume 2, 16 & 22!

All donations go towards download credits for Core To The Core's Bandcamp! Seriously & sincerely thank you to those who show support!

* In an attempt to save lives please know and be aware that the 2020 hurricane season is predicted to be historically bad for the North Atlantic starting in August. Please do your own research and be prepared if you are in a location that is susceptible to hurricanes in this region or inform those that are. Thank you. STAY SAFE & STAY CORE ♡ *

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released July 10, 2020

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Under Aegis - Facebook.com/UNDERAEGIS
Mnmlst - Facebook.com/MNMLST.MUSIC
Redefind - Facebook.com/REdEFINDband
Svoystvo - Facebook.com/svoystvo
Familiar Spirit - Facebook.com/familiarspiritofficial
Destiny Potato - Facebook.com/destinypotato
Lies Behind Your Eyes - Facebook.com/liesbehindyoureyes
Hollow Sun - Facebook.com/hollowsunofficial
Nucleust - Facebook.com/nucleustband
Anever - Facebook.com/aneverband
Pale Path - Facebook.com/PalePathOfficial
Ultima - Facebook.com/ultimadjent
Human Magnet - Facebook.com/humanmagnetband
Chain Breaker - Facebook.com/chainbreakerband
In Dying Lights - Facebook.com/inDyingLights
Resuscitate - Facebook.com/ResuscitateMetal
Dymbur - Facebook.com/Dymbur
Lone Survivors - Facebook.com/LoneSurvivors

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