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A Potentially Lethal Game of Chance

by Zr. King

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1.
Lucky #8 05:48
Do you ever feel Like this life you lead isn't meant for you? Directionless but purposeful To break away from servitude And if this ship be sinkin’ I'm at the helm, all the damp way down It's all just what you make of it ‘Cause in the end the lights go out And I don't have the answers I never claimed to You gotta live to win When you're born to lose Do you ever feel Like we were built for so much more? And if you're just a sliver of what you could be What are you waiting for? I don't have the answers I don't pretend to You gotta live to win When you're born to lose You gotta take what you can get Give nothing back If you're gonna bring this mother home You better make it all your own Now - you better get out of my way It’s time to die, or step aside, and waste another day We're built for something more Follow me into the setting sun And we'll rest in pieces ‘til the stars come home Hollow promises and vitriol Will spill the banks on bloodstained soil This life's not meant for you This life's not meant for you We were built for something more Something more, something more Nothing less than something more We were built for so much more
2.
We made a plan, and started a fire To burn, burn, burn This world to the ground Locked in your mind is an answer inspired That maybe you’ll find Before your spirit expires Rise – my brothers take up your arms Exercise your right to take what’s justly yours By force if you need to, accept no excuses Rise The pen and the saw Machetes and straw men The flames will all burn I’ll burn them to the ground This world is changing fast These constructs will not last The lies that you’ve been sold enslave you to the past. Fear - I don’t believe in the word And so the cycle begins Over and over Again and again Sheep to the slaughter – lambs to the manger No, thank you, sir I’ll be moving on, you see And I’m bringing my dynamite with me This world is changing fast These constructs will not last The lies that you’ve been sold enslave you to the past We made a plan, and started a fire To burn, burn, burn This world to the ground We’ll start over again by the light of this pyre Bring peace to our own, by tearing it down We made a plan, and we’ve started a fire To burn, burn, burn all you had to the ground And we’ll start over again by the light of this pyre Bring peace to our world, by tearing it down
3.
The pride you carry in life Has weighed you down to settle in strife A chain and anchor behind The scrupulous courses you set in your mind The days seem blurry at best Lots of late starts and failure to rest Reversed the plans that you make Denied and dispersed your energy wastes This time passes unchanged For all of life’s battles are left unwaged You see the end coming forth A mockery burning with all it unearths Your place awaits among the bones Proceed alone to find an empty throne You reap what you sow; the universe knows The harder you fight, well, the answers take flight You long to amend the souls you offend But as you deny the myth withers and dies Your plans have withered and worn An apathy outweighed before its been born And, now, as evening awaits A chill in the winter winds whispers Too Late You hear your number is called A sickened serenity follows the fall Instinct will lead you to fate The footsteps of failures believed to be grace Your place awaits among the bones Proceed alone to where your idols have roamed You reap what you sow; the universe knows The harder you fight, well the answers take flight You long to amend the souls you offend But as you deny the myth withers and dies You proceed in this sad parade The elephant marching to the grave Forget the part that you have played The elephant marching to the grave
4.
I’ve been counting the hours Til you’re coming home I’ve been walking for miles and miles Just to ¬pass the time alone All I got to live for is Two thousand miles away And all I got when I wake up Is just another day These hands I see, well they ain’t movin’ But they must be right twice a day I’d give you everything I got Until there ain’t nothing left And if this is my only shot I’m playing Russian roulette All these seconds They start to feel like ours You tick’em off in succession Right back to the start The sun kisses the horizon Twelve thousand miles away And there you are with my heart And that’s the way it should stay These hands I see, well they ain’t movin’ But they must be right twice a day And all I want is what I ain’t got now I’ve been counting the hours Until you’re coming home I’ve been walkin’ for miles Just to pass the time alone I’ll give you all that I got Until there ain’t nothing left And if this is my only shot I’m playing Russian roulette I’ll give you all that I got You know there ain’t much left And if you don’t come home soon I’m playing Russian roulette
5.
I've been trying to define what I’m to do Accepting the end and all I will lose And now the mirror stares And I don't like what I see This just can't be me This hatred calls me deeper This slope is getting steeper So many treasons we have sown So many seasons past through So many reasons not to But I believe in the unknown The time for us has come and gone We cannot retrace our steps to where we went wrong A fire once burned so bright In an almost forgotten place Cold ash, all that remains -- as always All these years you've stolen from me All these fears you've buried in me All these versions of the story All these omens staring at me These wounds are healing slowly As this noose slips loosely from me This was all I got No it's not I take it back Paralyzed by indecision The architect of your own prison You shake your finger at the looking glass You closed the lock, you hold the key But there are no more chains for me You're the only one left in this city of industry I broke your lock so keep your key Your prison cannot silence me It’s up to you to be set free Now Set it down Let it be
6.
Did you know that if you hang a body upside down you can pump the arms like levers? Did you know that if you bounce a body off the ground you will find it is filled with dirt? Phalanx formation Death is life's creation Did you know that blood lust thrust upon the trusted will unravel loyalties like thread? Money, power, fame and hunger framed by right will crumble to the edifice of death. Divine revelation Life is death's creation SHIELD WALL
7.
Siren 03:44
Calling me from farthest seas I travel on Lost in the sound of your enchantment Sailing fast to my death Closer and closer cliffs of such strange beauty Dreams of you float in the air I breathe them in Lost in a trance of Your enticement Crashing into your shores Closer and closer to the sirens' dwelling Scaling rocks and deadly drops I carry on Fear washed away by Your sweet cadence Leaving my ship behind Closer and closer I can see you sing Sing your song Siren I will sing along Your voice alone can destroy all I've known (as you) Sing your song Siren forces so strong Haunting and strange the harmonies you arrange Over shores of rushing scores And sweeping waves Lost in the sound of incantations Leading me to your side Closer and closer females fair and fatal Take my hand escape the land We run away Far from the lost and lethal ladies Together we sail away Closer and closer to the star's horizon Sing your song Siren I will sing along Sisters betrayed no sirens were saved (as we) Sing tonight Sailor, siren unite Leaving behind The death and wreckage we find
8.
I tore the shroud today and saw the light My eyes were nearly blinded by it As I looked beyond the haze, as I escaped the maze That kept my body lost inside it Today is mine to make A lifetime in a day After all that I have done and seen I will not wait for the guillotine Dormant like a river dammed - I’m stronger than the walls that hold me The torment of this raging mind flows as I escape to sea The river rushing in my soul A current beyond your control My power overwhelms me My power overwhelms me Today is mine to make A lifetime in a day After all that I have done and seen I will not wait Your time is over now My time has just begun As night draws to an end Truth rises with the sun Lies lost in the mist Destroyed by passing time Chains broken, left to rust The past becoming dust Look forward to the sea That flows in front of me My power overwhelms me Hedging bets and wasting time Sand in this hourglass is slowly slipping by Meet your maker on the line Never follow anybody else's rules but mine
9.
Deja Voodoo 06:07
Deja Voodoo When I sleep, in dreams they look on you And darkly bright are bright in dark directed I woke up this morning, I was all alone Seems we’ve done this dance before Well, how can I tell you how much I’ve changed If every time I open my eyes you’re gone? Are you saying grace? Or are you saving face? These roses wilted in the sun I’m so tired of writing love songs That I know you’ll never hear Again and again and again and again and again Go through the motions, every day There’s just got to be something more Around every corner lies someone that I’ve seen before Just a ghost from long ago I wouldn’t ask you How could I tell you? A broken promise all the same Maybe you were right Maybe I was wrong Maybe I should’ve known we’d do this all along Open the out door, I’m coming in It’s time I find where you end and I begin This morning it occurred to me I’m in love with a memory Well I tried and I tried And I tried and I tried And I tried and I tried and I tried and I tried Forget Forgive Let go Begin again I’m so tired of writing you love songs That I know you’ll never hear Again and again and again and again and again I’m so tired of losing my mind Over something that isn’t real Get on or get off or get on or get off or get on
10.
The current is rising and cold again I’m searching for something that I can believe in Hiding my mind from the fog of time The memories of you can be so deceiving Hold on to the moment I had Hold on to the good and the bad Hold on to the feeling that passed Hold on to the day so it lasts Don’t let go – all you need is tonight I’m with you – everything feels right You might be a siren, I might be a ghost Or we’re words on a page neither one of us wrote Faded with age against the crashing of lives The islands are there, somewhere, under the tides Hold on to the moments we have Hold on to the good and the bad Hold on to the feelings that pass Hold on to the days so they last Don’t let go – all we need is today I’m with you – everything’s ok Don’t let go – all we need is tonight I’m with you – everything’s so right How long will this last? Well I can tell you that The beauty of this temporary love is such that When we find what’s right We hold on tight as life depends on What you take and what you give away
11.
Some day We're all gonna die Yes you will too It's just a matter of time So take what you can Leave the rest behind It don't bother me So don't you let your guard down And don't be clouded by doubt Take the world for what it's got That's what it's all about If you're lost in hesitation You'll stop before you start And end up old and lonely When it all falls apart I'll leave nothing for tomorrow Though I've lost my share of loves I've drowned my sorrows so many times Most often just because See where this road takes you It leads through heaven and hell And when you meet your maker You'll have so many stories to tell Because someday You're gonna die And I will too It's just a matter of time So change what you can And leave the rest behind It don't bother me

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Recorded over a period of weeks in the summer of 2013 at Mercury Recording Studios in NJ, this blistering collection of 11 searing tracks is a promising statement about rock'n'roll in the 21st century.

Made loud to be played loud - if you're in search of a new rock'n'roll drug, we think you'll find this one quite addictive.

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released March 11, 2014

All songs by Zr. King
Produced by Zr. King & Jerry Ramos
Engineered & Mixed by Jerry Ramos
Mastered by Alan Douches, West West Side Music
Distributed by Blastcap Records

Artwork by Zr. King & Matt Proto
Photography & cover painting by Claudia Lucio

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