1. |
Still Alright
04:00
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The past few years have led me to think
That human nature will be the end of us
I wish I were some kind of hero
So I could save us from this wreck
I’ve always thought there was nothing greater than this anemone
But what revolves around it now makes me feel disheartened
Our balance is so fragile
Our balance is compromised
What are we waiting for?
Is it too late to make a difference?
Cause I don’t want to be the same
If hope is a prison, I fear I might be serving a life sentence in it
Will you make your way through this maze?
Find your sharpest knife and separate me from my cancer
Ignite the flame that will kill me and set free the ghosts in my head
I’ve always thought there was nothing greater than this anemone
But what revolves around it now makes me feel disheartened
Our balance is so fragile
Our balance is compromised
What are we waiting for?
I’m stranded in hell again
Back in hell again
I keep wasting my time
When did I become a shadow of who I used to be?
I keep wasting my time finding ephemeral satisfaction
I am fading away
I’ve always thought there was nothing greater than this anemone
But what revolves around it now makes me feel disheartened
Our balance is so fragile
Our balance is compromised
What are we waiting for?
Our balance is so fragile
Our balance is compromised
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2. |
Contre Courant
03:39
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I just need to be alone for a day
I need to feel that I’m still sane
Write down what has been on my mind
I need to tear down the walls of my anxiety
Exhale the burden, free my lungs
Overcome isolation
I need to know if the melody still happens
When I sit down and take time to listen
I need to know if I am still capable of hearing the nuances of silence
Leave me alone for a week, a month or a year
For as long as it takes to know if I am good enough to satisfy my own criteria
J’suis francophone
And I am tired of hiding
Because I know I won’t ever reach my full potential
If I keep burying my colour in the ground
How am I supposed to create something that will pass the test of time
If I can’t find the words in this language that is not mine
And I have yet to understand
Why I should bow to the rules
DISOBEY
I must embrace the fact that I’m different
What if I don’t want to stay here
In this sphere
It feels so unnatural
J’suis francophone
And I’m tired of seeing my colour buried in the ground
J’suis francophone
Pi j’en ai plein l’cul d’entendre qu’on est un p’tit peuple de bons à rien
J’suis Québécois
Pi j’me suis trop longtemps laissé porter par le courant
Dans un monde homogène et saturé
J’vous promets qu’on va s’faire entendre
Dans un monde immobile et divisé
Et même au risque de pas s’faire comprendre
On continue à vivre à contre courant
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3. |
Masterpiece
03:46
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Do yourself a favor and redesign the mold of weariness you’re always falling in
I believe there’s a masterpiece in you
You shouldn’t stop until you dig it out
(What do you want to be)
You dig it out
(What do you want to be)
I believe there’s a fire deep inside
They can try but they can’t put it out
(Be who you want to be)
Don’t put it out
Be confident you got all it takes
You go out there and find a way
To make this life worth living
They said you’d never be good enough
Fuck them, find your way
Another day
Another chance
To make this life worth living
Go out there
Fuck them, find your way
I believe there’s a masterpiece in you
You shouldn’t stop until you dig it out
(What do you want to be)
You dig it out
(What do you want to be)
I believe there’s a fire deep inside
They can try but they can’t put it out
(Be who you want to be)
Don’t put it out
Be confident you got all it takes
Yell out your desire to redesign the mold
A strategy outlined out of a disconnected state of mind
Take back what is yours
For too long we’ve lived hands tied
Knees and forehead to the ground
Make your voice heard
So give me a reason to be proud
Stand up and fight for what you think is right
The fire is deep inside
There’s a masterpiece inside of you
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4. |
Servitude & Solitude
04:47
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This is a cycle of servitude & solitude and I just can’t live in it anymore
Let me breath
Let me be
I don’t want to live in this
In this model of servitude
What’s the cost of denial
Now that moral is dead and bigotry reigns
As love ceases to exist, we deceive our heritage
For a nightmare that remains unnoticed
We’re tricked by the bait of conformity
The base of our hope slowly becomes a cloud of smoke
And anger fades into indifference
I’m turning to you
To anyone who will listen
Stop blaming the poor for what you will never have
And stand up to the thieves your rights
Let me breath
Let me be
I don’t want to live in this
In this model of servitude
Rapacious snakes
How does it feel to have the power to kill
To repress the purpose of those who buy the poison you spit through this cage of glass
Will the blood on your hands ever touch your heart
J’t’en tabarnak, cause love is so fucking dead
And I’m tired of living like a slave
Au service d’un système qui m’prend pour un calice de pion
Chacun pour soi, tout le monde a son combat
Même si on sait pertinemment que la meute est toujours plus forte
We must never forget
That we’re more than bodies despite what we’ve always been told
Never forget and never leave behind the progress we’ve made over time
We must never forget
Intolerance is the best ammunition against our collective mind
I know we are the same
We all share a cause
So why can’t we coexist?
Let me breath
Let me be
I don’t want to live in this
In this model of servitude
Don’t you realize how far we’ve come and how much is left to be done
Let me breath, Let me be
Let us breath, Let us be
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5. |
Low
02:21
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I came this close to quitting, leaving the note that would ruin it all
I’d struggle everyday trying to make ends meet despite the lack of time
And the evil that lived inside of me
I came this close to abandoning everything that still mattered to me
Even though I knew it would warrant my death
I came this close to choosing security
So close to choosing security
It’s funny how this anchor is the only thing that keeps me from drowning
But trust me this time I am here to stay
I came this close to losing it all to fear
I came this close to giving up on this
I can’t see myself anywhere but here
I came this close to giving up on this
I am here to stay
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6. |
Deluder
03:38
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As a result of this madness, you can no longer hide the hoax
You can no longer hide the truth, absorbed in the paradox
It’s a generic life / Unoriginal content
Canvas is dollar bills stretched over bones
Your contribution is nonexistent
Confined in oblivion
You should know
This is a nonsense mess
Oppressors are playing the victim
Looking down from their throne
To make sure our brains are perfectly washed
You see the world as a crowd of screaming people
Why can’t you hear them
Why can’t you hear them
We deserve better than this cavalcade of lying men
Why won’t you listen
Why won’t you listen
Drop les gants
Attache ta tuque
There’s no time to waste
Stop copy/pasting deceit for your profit
We have no filter when it comes to revolt
You should know
We will uncover your apathy
At least some of us
And we will be stronger than ever in the face of futility
Stop pulling the mass into the narrow stream
Shut your mouth and open your eyes
Abandon your dogma
Accept diverse ways of life
Drowned in ignorance
Proving nothing but arrogance
Self-proclaimed leader among rabid rats
You see the world as a crowd of screaming people
Why can’t you hear them
Why can’t you hear them
We deserve better than this cavalcade of lying men
Why won’t you listen
Why won’t you listen
Open your eyes
Open your mind
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7. |
Marrow
03:46
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Slow and unconscious destruction of my body through abuse
I’m drowned in systematic conflict avoidance
A subdued picture marred by neglect
I am confined in self-loathing
I’ve chosen naivety as a camouflage
Hiding something darker than simple disagreement
I can only find relief in insensitivity
And I’m tired of fighting against what makes me sick inside
I won’t let this feeling define who I am
I won’t let this define me
I refuse to dig my own grave straight from this cave that I was raised in
I won’t betray my way, I won’t forget the reason I’m here
It makes me sick inside
That I’m enslaved in insensitivity
I’m sick and tired of fighting again
Like a monster among men
I’m distant, I’m an outcast
Is the tree I used to admire just as weak as I am?
I need an outlet to disappear
Because I am sick in my head
Sick of it all
Insensitivity has become my only relief
I refuse to dig my own grave straight from this cave that I was raised in
I won’t betray my way, I won’t forget the reason I’m here
Maybe somehow this is what I deserve
Grasp my spine and pull as hard as you can
Pull the marrow from my bones
Watch the sickness evaporate
Pull the marrow from my bones
And purge the curse of my existence
Sink the needle through my skin
Ink my shoulders with the blood of our wounds as the raft we've built drifts away
In no specific direction
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8. |
Breach
03:39
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Once again same old misery has taken over
I’m under attack, oh please bring me to the highest peak
cause I’m frail and I’m weak
And I don’t want to be alone
Make me live
Make me feel something
I won’t forget
I miss the feeling of fresh air filling my lungs with serenity
Now I’m feeling pale again
I’m the only one to blame
For this secret I keep inside
Now that it flows in my veins
It’s useless to run away
Descend into hell
The haze has dissipated
I’m the witness of my own disease
And I fear the weight on my chest is just ounces away from breaking all my ribs apart
Once again same old misery has taken over
I’m under attack, oh please bring me to the highest peak
cause I’m frail and I’m weak
And I don’t want to be alone
Make me face a mirror so my own eyes condemn my soul
Let the taste of corrosion replenish my mouth
Be the remedy my soul needs to be warm
Forgive me for my weakness
Forgive me for my breach
Will you tolerate my weakness and stand by my side
Stand by my side
Please forgive me
Forgive me for my breach
I live everything on the inside
Hiding my struggles, my fears and what makes me want to die
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9. |
Love
02:40
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All my life I’ve been a disappointment
Until I realized I didn’t want to fit in anymore
I don’t think it is okay to be pushed in a line
Forced to carry the burden of a generation
I’ve grown up looking at this world in disgust
Knowing I would never make a difference for anyone
There’s no way I’ll remain in this masquerade of hate and fear
We must break the silence, we must fight ignorance
I’m not here to judge you or who you used to be
I don’t give care about the colour of your skin or the god that you worship
I just want you to know that you truly matter
You are strong, here, inside, you have the power to make a difference
You can make a difference
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10. |
Liberty
03:53
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I bend my knees to the force that lives inside of every single one of us
There’s nothing stronger than a crowd
Chanting with one voice
With all differences put aside
We hold in our hands
The power to do anything
We gave them everything
And all we got in return is a feeling of loneliness
Are we terminally ill?
If we do this together, we can do better
We are the architects of our collapsing bridges
And what saddens me the most
Isn’t the fact that I won’t be there to see the rise of a new generation
But the fact that there’ll never be one
If we don’t learn
History will repeat
But it’s not too late
I refuse to give up on human potential
Our emancipation is essential
Don’t give up!
Cause I assume it’s our only chance
We gave them everything
And all we got in return is a feeling of loneliness
Are we terminally ill?
Are we blinded by our screens?
Captives of greed, forced upon us
Lace up your boots, raise awareness
They can’t keep going with this silent slaughter
Do you hear me? Sons and daughters
Join the walk to liberty
Nos héros condamnés
Morts trop jeunes, oubliés
Sans réellement triompher
Nous guidaient vers une voie plus grande
Qu’un legs éternel d’obéissance
Celui d’un peuple qui s’est lentement noyé
En s’disant non par peur de d’voir se l’ver
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Cardinals Pride Québec, Québec
Cardinals Pride, a Quebec City based Hardcore/Metal band, blends melodic and screaming vocals with aggressive rhythms and melody.
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