NARCOTIC WASTELAND LYRICS

1. Anthem For The Mentally Scarred

Drowning in blood from the scars of the past
Conflicting hemispheres will it not pass
But what the mind does not know is greater than knowing
Clot in the blood through the mind it is flowing

Visions in the brain
Erratic mental strain
The course through which twisted perception is gained
No truth will be spoken or known
Unwanted information in a mind that will never be shown

Dishonest humans speaking for what they want known
Lingering in their mind is the truth that will never be shown

I purge myself of this common sickness
While reflecting my true past shaping the person within
Lying through your face to me is the only sin
With paranoia high and patience getting thin
I unleash my mind in its truest form
So self denial shall not be born

[Solo: Rhone]

Drowning in blood from the scars of the past
Conflicting hemispheres will it not pass
But what the mind does not know is greater than knowing
Clot in the blood through the mind it is flowing
I unleash my mind in its truest form
So self denial shall not be born

2. Alcoholic Religious Fanatics

Welcome to this place in the south where Christianity is law
For those that mindlessly commit themselves for social acceptance
But the fear of god only lasts for three hours a week in church
Then it’s back to drinking booze and beating their wives

You drink
You hate
You pray
You’re fake
You lie
You rape
No shame
You’re saved

Disgusting hypocrisy is all around us
And they drink every day into oblivion
So judgmental of anyone
Who does not go to church and drink with them

Then they mix the alcohol
With pharmaceuticals that make them blackout
This brings out the violence
That makes them crash their cars beat their children and rape their wives
Pray all you want you will always be a heathen
It’s obvious to me that you hate your lives
Because the pressures of life and what is expected
From this ridiculous religious society

The preacher is on his drinking binge again
To help him cope with his own homosexual tendencies
He is ready for all of you to confess your sins
And judge you for not believing in God

You drink
You hate
You prey
You’re fake
You lie
You rape
No shame
You’re saved

[Solo: Toler-Wade]

3. Keeping Up With The Jones

There is no hope or future
For the once thriving and competitive middle class
Most of them are dependent on prescription drugs
To escape the pathetic existence that became their lives
No more showing off your fancy car
No more bragging about your house or television
Hustling the streets to make a quick dollar
Just to keep up with the Jones

They never want to leave the cradle of their misled intoxicated youth
Extremely ill-prepared for unwanted responsibility
Now they stay sedated just to cope with their neglected children
Willingly systematically keeping up with the Jones

Manic generation
With loratabs methadone and totem poles
Hillbilly Heroin Chewing on morphine patches
On the outside the house looks new
On the inside they live in filth
No self esteem or ambition left
Just keeping up with the Jones

No more showing off your fancy car
No more bragging about your house or television
Hustling the streets to make a quick dollar
Just to keep up with the Jones

[Solo: Toler-Wade]

[Solo: Rhone]

It is time for a great intervention before it’s too late
Education is essential in a world of misinformation
You must have the respect to be honest with yourself
Stop lying and making excuses to justify keeping up with the Jones

4. The Shackles Of Sobriety

You live in fear
But it feels so good you just don’t care
Afraid to face the day with a normal state of mind
You cannot function in reality without being intoxicated
Then you get to that place where you become so frustrated
Too wasted to function
Dependent on your drug of choice
You must break the Shackles of sobriety

Searching for that fine line between brilliance and intoxication
Forever drowning in those bottles
You are suffocating but think you’re so alive
You fear sobriety

[Solo: Toler-Wade]

[Solo: Rhone]

Once a new sensation
Now a total binge
Loving that twisted feeling
Getting drunk is so appealing
To the point of spitting verbal venom in disgust

When was the last time you spent a day without getting high?
Do you remember what it’s like?

You feel you cannot express yourself without chopping lines
Now it’s just a part of the daily grind

Too wasted to function
Dependent on your drug of choice
You must break the Shackles of sobriety

Searching for that fine line between brilliance and intoxication
Forever drowning in those bottles
You are suffocating but think you’re so alive
You fear sobriety

5. Addicted To Junk

Living from one fix to another
Hopeless addictive personality
Has no chance against a drug like heroin
It will take control of every aspect of your life
Then one day you drown in your vomit and die
Leaving nothing behind but bad memories debt and sorrow

You betray your family
You betray your friends
You betray yourself
Look into the mirror and despise
The person you see is no longer there

Hearts exploding noses bleeding ruptured vessels in the brain
Shattered future forgotten past you will never be the same

You think the rules of nature do not apply to you
Ignoring all you have learned from your overdosing friends

Hearts exploding noses bleeding ruptured vessels in the brain
Shattered future forgotten past you will never be the same

[Solo: Rhone]

If you are ignorant enough to become addicted to junk
Then one day you will die
You will ruin everything you have ever worked for
If you ever worked for anything
Leaving nothing behind but the worst of memories
Your family will feel guilty but relieved that it’s over

You think the rules of nature do not apply to you
Ignoring all you have learned from your overdosing friends

Hearts exploding noses bleeding ruptured vessels in the brain
Shattered future forgotten past you will never be the same

[Solo: Rhone]

You become a shadow of your former self
An empty fiend heroin zombie on the edge of life and death

6. Widespread Narcotic Wasteland

The epidemic that threatens us today
Grows in the streets stronger everyday
Pushing drugs on impressionable youth
For nothing but monetary gain
Then you hear the gunshots
Stray bullets go through my son’s bedroom wall
Luckily he was not home that day
When domestic gunfire erupts at the neighbor’s house

Widespread narcotic wasteland
And for those who are not fiends
Protect your family with your life

A world of thieves and wannabe gangsters
Murderers of innocents
With selfish ignorance
Turning my quiet neighborhood into a dangerous place to be
Wasting away this gift of life
With dealing stealing and violent crimes
When I thought things could not get worse
A meth lab exploded a block from my house
What would they do for a crack rock
Would they suck me off or try to steal my guitars
Once trustworthy friends
Now compulsive liars in the county jailbird paper

Widespread narcotic wasteland
And for those who are not fiends
Protect your family with your life

[Solo: Toler-Wade]

Addiction violence and confusion
With no way to escape
They turn to the only thing they know
Doing anything for that temporary fix
To escape from reality

Born into poverty in the land of supposed opportunity
Raised in the most toxic of environments
We need inner strength to break this viscous cycle
And help pave the way for our youth
So they can escape this narcotic wasteland

7. Coastal Killings

Abused as a child
Blunt force trauma
Taught only violence
Not raised just growing
Mutating into a special mind
That gives me the permission to kill
Stealing raping murdering
Just to get rid of those bothersome feelings
In and out of reform school
Forced into sexual slavery
Then later into prison
Desensitized insane

Cruising the coasts of Carolina
Wielding my Arkansas toothpick
Looking for the next victim
To torture rape and slay

Oh Carolina
Home to the meanest son of a bitch that ever lived
From burning barns to sodomizing children

Oh Carolina
Her forests and swamps tremble in fear
Rural country living has created a monster
I walk the same path as God by taking lives and making others afraid
I become God's equal
Through killing others I became my own master
Through my own power I come to my redemption
Cruising the coasts of Carolina
Wielding my Arkansas toothpick
Looking for the next victim
To torture rape and slay

8. Awaken The Herd Beast

I loathe humanity
Despise your ignorance
A world of hatred the infectious breed
Taught from birth not to question or to think for yourself
Restricting mental growth the oblivious will descend

Awaken the heard beasts make them feel their lie
Shallow little existence forever trapped inside
Outdated books and scriptures I loathe humanity let religion die

Awaken the heard beasts
Embrace the animal lust
Realize knowledge and science

I despise your ignorance
Forever dying within those pages
You refuse to open your mind
To the possibilities of free will
Religion for the masses designed for control
To keep you weak and humble

Shackled by a fairy tale
You flaunt your paper lie
You live in fear of your god
A god that makes you ashamed

Awaken the heard beasts
Embrace the animal lust
Realize knowledge and science

9. Absent Friends

You are lost but not forgotten
You are with me every day
All of the friends I had
That threw their lives away
The mark they made on space and time
Like the addict they became it is fading away

The epidemic is growing
Taking more lives everyday
Some drugs are even prescribed by a doctor
They take advantage of people in every way

I wish somehow
That I could have made them change
Make them see how important they were
To themselves and the people around them

They became slaves to the substance
They could not help themselves
They could not realize
So they passed away

I tried to encourage them
To embrace their talents and crafts
They could not realize
They passed away







NARCOTIC WASTELAND LYRICS