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Obediently Into Nowhere

by Ritual Addict

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Our first full length album! It's limited to 500 copies (300 on black vinyl, 200 on blue). It was recorded and mixed in 2012 by Greedy Greg Williamson at the Killroom in Seattle. Mastered early in 2013 by Dave Edwardson of Neurosis. "Skulltank" art by Demian Johnston - other art by Zaac.

    If vinyl isn't your thing, then you can download the whole album for free from this page:
    ritualaddict.blogspot.com

    Includes unlimited streaming of Obediently Into Nowhere via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    edition of 500 
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      $10 USD

     

1.
Modern society, spinning and confused In capitalism's chokehold, lied to and abused Popular media reinforces that politicians hold our fate Expected to pick through whatever bullshit they serve us on a plate Most people aren't aware of it Live a whole life just to sleep through it Spoon-fed hapless drones stumble obediently into nowhere Convinced of their ineffectiveness, convinced the rich will play fair Just swimming around in shit Can't seem to get enough of it Fuck What's your life for? Why are you even here? To line someone else's pockets while you hide in doubt and fear? Why aren't you sick of it? Why aren't you sick of it? Home from work, sinking into escapes Just to do it all again, every worthless fucking day We're being controlled in every facet of our lives Subtly, subliminally, letting someone else decide Why aren't you sick of it? Why aren't you sick of it?
2.
We're Lost (free) 01:17
Institutions of the privileged On far away high hills Disconnected from the suffering Their inhumanity distills All that old white money Its whole bloody history Drives the world with its ruthlessness Feeds on the refinement of misery Misery We’re lost We’re lost We’re lost Lost to the factories of death that they build with our hands In this culture of slavery The masses surge unaware Our life’s blood building mansions for the rich Blind consent to a world of depravity We’re lost We’re lost Lost to the factories of death that they build with our hands
3.
Endless Massacre (free) 01:53
Hidden by tradition in the hooks of familiarity Hidden by a flavor like a drug taken unquestioningly Hidden as a skeleton in the closet of the fashion industry Hidden from your heart by mainstream popularity Endless massacre Endless suffering Created by the demands of an uninformed populace Supplied by the machines of remorseless capitalists Masquerading as the FDA, the USDA and government The science of money -- its bloodlust -- its permanence Your choice Your life Your sense of wrong and right Have you ever heard the screaming? Have you ever watched them die? Endless massacre Needless suffering It goes on and on and on and on and on Slaughterhouses in the shadows so we can act like nothing's wrong Mixing misery with poison to feed the sleeping masses Body and soul - sinking into the blackness
4.
Just a Job (free) 02:04
Just a job, a means to an end Empty hours of repetition The bodies come, the bodies go Pretend it's not so bad, pretend you don't know What you know Given supplies - Given demands Lie to yourself about the blood on your hands It's always been this way It's always been this way and it's not going to change It's easier just to play the game You're born - you suffer - you die Convince yourself that you have no choice No choice in life Given supplies - Given demands Lie to yourself about the blood on your hands Your hands Given supplies - Given demands Lie to yourself about the blood on your hands Your hands I don't subscribe to how it's always been All the needless suffering All the bloody traditions The accepted face of depravity Arrogance unto cruelty Ignorance as inhumanity I'll never live that way I'll never live that way I'll never fucking live that way
5.
What You Want (free) 01:46
All this arrogance, this self entitlement Averted eyes, uncaring, to get what you want You'd rather die than be weaned From the marketing machines That dictate your life Bloody culture of no accountability You pay for murder - pretend your hands are clean Everybody's doing it -- nobody gives a shit It's the American Dream And so you pray To your god As though you expect forgiveness For turning this world into hell A living hell Bloody culture of no accountability You pay for murder - pretend your hands are clean Everybody's doing it -- nobody gives a shit It's the American Dream
6.
Deceit (free) 02:00
In the mirror there was only deceit I'd fallen into you and your disease of the soul You wrapped my thoughts in despair, hiding me from what i know Your subtleties took hold - began my final fall Once it was hard to let you go, but not this time, not at all I put my life at stake when i took my eyes off of you You started to eat my soul ever so slowly Threatening the truths i hold every time i wasn't me You degraded my soul and my sanity I was so weak to you then Spinning in self deceit Slow death - insecurities - paranoia World turned black - faked enjoyment All thoughts tied into finding numbness Paralyzed worthless - edge of lifeless A hidden malevolence in living for nothing Constant boredom - years of vanishing The novelty's long gone - heart soured in defeat But the doors have no locks in the prison of self deceit Deceit
7.
SPD Scum (free) 01:34
John Williams was murdered Given no chance to surrender Ian Birk, you’re an inhuman piece of shit Hiding behind Satterberg – a total failure of justice Insecure bullying with a badge and a gun Another thrill kill For the SPD scum – SPD scum Shandy Cobane, racist prick You can cuff em, Haynes will hold em And you can both get your kicks Now you’ve earned administrative leave A paid vacation before you’re back out on the street Mary Lynn Wullum – she had something to prove Raymond Nix nearly died from her excessive abuse She got a little break – now she’s a training officer The whole pathetic department has learned a lot from her SPD scum – SPD scum – SPD scum
8.
Moral Dead Spot (free) 01:55
Shades of heartless Acts of the careless A moral dead spot – culturally reassured Proven needless Glut of excess Shifting responsibility We’re so far beyond simple survival Our eyes on evolution We know enough to stop dealing in blood But from all sides - desensitized Piss on everything Ignore the suffering Ignore the nightmare that’s closing in Nearsighted Why fight it? You’ll die anyway and the world goes on Unenlightened Numb or frightened The future is drowning in blood The future is drowning in blood We’re so far beyond simple survival Our eyes on evolution We know enough to stop dealing in blood But we're all so desensitized It’s not stopping It’s not stopping And we’re running out of time
9.
Sick and Obsessed (free) 01:39
Sick and obsessed - get over yourself You're not the center of the world, putting people through hell However she feels about you, it's no excuse For any amount of violence Let it go Spiraling down for something you can't change Get it out of your head, turn your back, walk away Before this irrational fight Ruins a life Get outside - time to quit Disengage - it's not fucking worth it Hear this truth It's no use - you can't change someone's heart With threats and abuse Spiraling down for something you can't change Get it out of your head, turn your back, walk away Before this irrational fight Ruins a life
10.
Die in Your Sleep (free) 01:53
Financial leaders and their politicians You keep believing them, You keep feeding them Decades to learn, they’re fucking fleecing us Economic disaster and we fund another war? Asleep with Hope Big bail-outs for the big destroyers CEOs cashing out behind a firewall of lawyers Suckered again, America’s lobotomized Calling 911 over a burger and fries Asleep with trust Blissfully ignorant In relative silence Still giving all that hard earned money to them Unaware of how their influence extends Still living for their titles, their decrees Climbing ladders to nowhere on your knees All this nationalism, arrogant patriotism Sponsored blinders and blind derision Shitty schools and bigger prisons War to war – faith without question You’re gonna die in your sleep
11.
Bullshit Hero (free) 01:28
Bullshit hero ( X3) Bullshit – they don’t care about you They’ll lure you in with school tuition Program you with their ambition Save you from a shit job Save you from yourself You’ll finally get to be a man Your community will all join hands Pray for your safe return From where they’d never go themselves Blood money – big lies They’re not proud of you – no hero in their eyes It’s for the money – It’s all lies You’ll be left for dead if you make it out alive Strategic global positioning Mass-murder always threatening Industries are hungry for resources abroad They control the media and the politicians They make this country’s worst decisions If you want a real fight for freedom It’s right here at home Blood money – big lies They’re not proud of you – no hero in their eyes It’s for the money – It’s all lies You’ll be left for dead if you make it out alive The glory of war, the starry eyes of youth This is not the golden age of World War II This is the rich getting richer, this is genocide Pay for their luxuries, pay with your life
12.
Power (free) 00:58

credits

released June 10, 2013

Graham - drums
Kirby - guitar
Zaac - bass/vocals

Recorded by Greedy Greg Williamson at the Killroom in 2012
Mastered by Dave Ed

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