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Passive Aggression

by AMKEN

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    Audio CD (August 26th 2022)
    CD Digipack with 8-page booklet.

    Track-listing:

    1. The Underdogs
    2. I Am The One
    3. Dead Man's Land
    4. The Li(f)e We Lead
    5. Passive Aggression
    6. Bliss
    7. We Came From Nothing
    8. Somewhere Past The Burning Sun

    Released by Massacre Records.
    All music & lyrics by AMKEN.
    Recorded, mixed by Fotis Benardo at Devasoundz Studio & mastered by George Neratzis.
    Artwork by Adam Burke.
    All rights reserved. Copyright © 2022

    The Li(f)e We Lead (Official Music Video): youtu.be/hPS9sNY5MzM
    I Am The One (Official Music Video): youtu.be/ocIHHBKRCb0
    Somewhere Past The Burning Sun (Official Video): youtu.be/lbxAOvHoyDU
    Dead Man's Land (Official Video): Dead Man's Land (Official Video): youtu.be/oVsdXylhHrA

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    AMKEN - Passive Aggression - Ltd. RED LP

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    The Underdogs
    I Am The One
    Dead Man's Land
    The Li(f)e We Lead

    Side B:
    Passive Aggression
    Bliss
    We Came From Nothing
    Somewhere Past The Burning Sun

    Released by Massacre Records.
    All music & lyrics by AMKEN.
    Recorded, mixed by Fotis Benardo at Devasoundz Studio & mastered by George Neratzis.
    Artwork by Adam Burke.
    All rights reserved. Copyright © 2022

    The Li(f)e We Lead (Official Music Video): youtu.be/hPS9sNY5MzM
    I Am The One (Official Music Video): youtu.be/ocIHHBKRCb0
    Somewhere Past The Burning Sun (Official Video): youtu.be/lbxAOvHoyDU
    Dead Man's Land (Official Video): Dead Man's Land (Official Video): youtu.be/oVsdXylhHrA

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Born and raised, forged in a system That trains us to be willing to work Machines Expandable parts in a factory line The gears, the gears that keep 'em running Inside four walls we were supposed to see How life will be I spent my youth inside a prison Isolated Educated like sheep in a herd Violated Every second controlled by a system And they thought That we would never think out of their box We're the under, underdogs We were taught that we won't be In charge of our own fate To walk, to walk the road that they shaped They told, they told us what to dream They stole from us every aspect of our individuality I spent my youth inside a prison Isolated Educated like sheep in a herd Violated Every second controlled by a system And they thought That we would never think out of their box We're the under And it feels, like being judged As a fish for it's ability to climb a tree Always looking in the past Not preparing for the life Ahead of us I spent my youth inside a prison Isolated Educated like sheep in a herd Violated Every second controlled by a system And they thought That we would never think out of their box We're the under, underdogs It's just a way of brainwashing You never gave us the means to fight back The only way, the one of your own You made us society's obedient dogs
2.
I Am The One 04:46
I am the sun I am the moon I am your king You are my fool I'll load your guns I'll bring you war I'll raise your flags I'll give you something to die for Bring War I feed you lies I sell you hope I'll make you dumb enough To believe my hoax I rape the land I steal your food And if i could I 'd sell you the air that you breath too Bring War I'll teach you to respect me, to obey. When hearing screams, to look the other way. As if it couldn't be you, the one that starves in the corner. Look at me, others' misery, is not your problem. You'll spend your whole life working Selling your dreams for the minimal wage Keeping your mind busy with unimportant bullshit Till eventually,one bloody day, you will be dead I own your petty soul I am your judge I am the news I am your god Whoever you choose And if you try To cross the line You'll be exiled Buried so deep to see the light Bring War
3.
Feel, feel the pain of this mother standing still Fear, fear in her eyes always appear War, war razed her life to the ground Praying, praying for a change But the world forgot their name And they're treated like numbers Just pawns in the game And they're dying by hundreds Left to die in vein In a human trap stranded Cause they are born in dead man's land Now, now the screams won't reach your ear Death, death himself is somewhere near War, war erased all their dreams Lying, lying within the ruins of this world This world forgot their name And they're treated like numbers Just pawns in the game And they're dying by hundreds Left to die in vein In a human trap stranded Cause they are born in dead man's land You'll feel our hate growing You'll see us in your sleep And when our sun will rise You'll be the one to bleed
4.
Confined, chained in a cavern since birth Forced To watch only shadows flitting across the stone wall Coming alive, burning on Behind Giving off a dying light Darkness, isolation The only path we ever saw Our comfort zone Living in our fake image of the world We'll never know what lies beyond Never doubt those that came along Granted as the truth In our fragile minds Choose your illusion, the lie you're going to lead The lie you're going to lead And if one day you wake up - one day you will wake up Being cast out from the cave - cast out from the cave Eyes need time to adapt - eyes need time to adapt To the truth that comes with the sun By now you should know, our ignorant nature Choose your illusion, the lie we lead Confined, chained in a cavern since birth Forced to exist, restrained were we are left to be Were we are left to be Numbing our way through this life, a habit we can't hide Becoming harder each day to leave the past behind And damned you'll be to make your way back to the depths of the cave And nothing is what it seems when you go down the road The sirens will call your name and leave you ripped and torn Cause ignorant men hate it when someone points to the sun When someone points to the sun The lie you're going to lead
5.
Do you see the parody of life? That we are led to live In borrowed time our broken dreams wait to die In times of despair, you've drifted away And now i am left alone To fight in the rain To fight, fight in the rain Passive Aggression Lives, Are Gone, To waste Passive Aggression We're born to die It's getting closer everyday The night we kiss goodbye The chance to change In a world that graze On the ordinary Like wild beast that always feast On its own breed Again and again I feel the pain It's my soul that strives not to give up on me Now Stand your ground When you dance with the devil, you wait the song to stop And it feels like hitting a wall Thick and ten feet tall Struggling alone, to find what lies above Stuck in the mud I've begun to drown Struggling alone, to reach what lies beyond Where do we go from here? What's left to do When all we got, is not enought?
6.
Bliss 03:03
You want to feast on meat But not to be the one to watch them bleed It spoils your appetite You wish for change You wish for change but you retain Your selfish way of living life Tooth and nail Take all that you can Leave only ruins behind Where ignorance is bliss It's folly to be wise Now killing again, another genocide Innocent, innocent blood you'll shed tonight And like, like a dog you'll hide your mess But now, now i see I see you covered in dirt Take all that you can Leave only ruins behind Where ignorance is bliss It's folly to be wise Shut your eyes You ain't the one to die You fooled me once, but you will never fool me twice
7.
How human it feels? To seek for reason How futile it seems? The search for truth When the cosmos abides in total silence And we come to exist at random rule Our pain is soon to be forgotten And our eyes will shut for years to come Now we push our boulder Stay and watch it roll Down Again We came from nothing And to nothing we shall return So stop being in denial Of your mortality Now we push our boulder Stay and watch it roll Down Again We push our boulder Stay and watch it roll Down Again Now here it comes, that little voice The one telling you not, telling you don't Don't stare too long, don't touch Don't do anything you might, you might regret Telling you to stop, to back off Telling you to live, your life unlived Life, your life unlived
8.
Naked under the burning sun Waiting for those that promised to come Away from the fear of the weak My soul seeks a way to fly free Hungry to see, to hear, to feel To live what this world has to give To break the chains that bind me down Rise get the dirt out of my mouth We only got so much to live We've got to make it count Don't miss the forest for the trees Don't let them grind you down Life is too short to regret, pretend and lie Lie to yourself To live in fear of the unknown Before you see the light you'll see the darkness Alone you'll face your fears Your fears tonight Don't trust the sirens, they lie They're hidden deep, deep inside your mind For dreams they'll say it's too late Fuck them and do, do what your guts Don't trust the sirens, they lie Don't trust the sirens They're hidden deep, deep inside your mind Deep inside your mind For dreams they'll say it's too late They say it's too late Fuck them and do, do what your guts Say When you know you're done pretending Turn your head the other way I'll be there before the ending Fear not and take my hand

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Track-listing:

1. The Underdogs
2. I Am The One
3. Dead Man's Land
4. The Li(f)e We Lead
5. Passive Aggression
6. Bliss
7. We Came From Nothing
8. Somewhere Past The Burning Sun

The Li(f)e We Lead (Official Music Video): youtu.be/hPS9sNY5MzM
I Am The One (Official Music Video): youtu.be/ocIHHBKRCb0
Somewhere Past The Burning Sun (Official Video): youtu.be/lbxAOvHoyDU
Dead Man's Land (Official Video): Dead Man's Land (Official Video): youtu.be/oVsdXylhHrA

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released August 26, 2022

Released by Massacre Records.
All music & lyrics by AMKEN.
Recorded, mixed by Fotis Benardo at Devasoundz Studio & mastered by George Neratzis.
Artwork by Adam Burke.
All rights reserved. Copyright © 2022

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AMKEN Athens, Greece

AMKEN was formed in 2011 in Athens, Greece. Blood-pumping thrash metal that bridges the gap between old-school and the new- era, crafted by the band's unique style.

AMKEN released their second album “Passive Aggression”, via Massacre Records on August 26th 2022.
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