The Revolt Part I: A Fighting Chance

from The Shards of our Shattered Youth by Reckless By Name

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Caught in this hell,
The past hasn't treated me well,
If you turn a blind eye to the signs,
Then don't blame me if they turn on you some day!

I'm not the one who's insane!
Time to end this campaign against me, against you,
Hurting all we hold dear!
A wildfire, an empire, built on foundations of fear...

(The judgement day is near)
They're on to us, no pity for us,
The enemy of state!
Wild and unbound they will crash us and burn us to the ground,
What do they care? Mercy's not a virtue they will bear...

(Tell me when you're ready to go)
Tell me what I'm laying my life down for!
(Help me break the status quo)
Tell me why I should be willing to lie for you all!
(Tell me when you're ready to go)
I'm not sure I'm ready to go! To go and fight by your side!
(Help me break the status quo)
I'm not sure I'm ready you know! But you know that they'll never dent my pride!
My pride!
They're consciously depriving me, defying me, inciting me to fight!

(How the blood rages through my vains like a curse,
Oh the audacity with which they rule,
The burden, it's too much to bare!)

Will you take their word over mine?
Or trust your oldest friend?
We'll get the proof, I'll find the scraps of truth,
from the shards of our shattered youth...
All I need is a fighting chance,
I can prove them wrong!
I warned you today but you cast me away,
So don't blame me if they turn on you some day...

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from The Shards of our Shattered Youth, released May 29, 2016
Simon Cripps / Vladislav Romanov

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Reckless By Name Exeter, UK

We're Reckless By Name, a rock band formed in November 2014 at the University of Exeter in England. Current members are Simon Cripps (guitar/vocals), Vlad Romanov (guitar), Alex Green (bass), and Carl Saptarshi (drums).

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