Survival or Ruin, by Bayview Suspect

Survival or Ruin

by Bayview Suspect

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1.	Until Dusk 02:55	lyrics	buy track
Until Dusk Tell me what do you believe in Would you fight even Knowing it meant drawing your last breath? Clever to take a stand on your own Never endanger losing the ones that you care about In this godless forsaken world Will this be all that matters to me? But why does this even matter to you Strength through Willpower alone Will finish conquering all fear Strength through Willpower alone Will finish conquering all fear For my beating heart When everything’s not enough Patiently wait till dusk Though the wolves howling loud Just for us The only way I would ever return to our world Is when death has to wait for me The only way I would ever turn my back on you Is when you finally give up on yourself But my head and beating heart Makes me Give it everything I’ve got But my head and beating heart Makes me Give it everything I’ve got For my beating heart When everything’s not enough Patiently wait till dusk Though the wolves howling loud Just for us You can’t ever rely on nothing but your own Head and beating heart You can’t ever rely on nothing but your own Head and beating heart
2.	Renouncing Compliance 03:16	lyrics	buy track
RENOUNCING COMPLIANCE Slaves of a generation in which no one can get free Desertion of life is the only vessel of escaping Unable to break free for the keeper has the key Left with no option backs to the wall they’ll lash out Resistance, renouncing compliance, refuse to obey Where there’s power there’s also defiance Defy the system in place, avoiding deceit Spat right back in their face As this masochistic annexation Tries to cull and liquidate the nation They will not accept the conditions that you’ve set Resisting tyrants greed with every planted seed Slaves of a generation in which no one can get free Desertion of life is the only vessel of escaping Unable to break free for the keeper has the key Left with no option backs to the wall they’ll lash out Defy the system in place, avoiding deceit Spat right back in their face As this masochistic annexation Tries to cull and liquidate the nation They will not accept the conditions that you’ve set Resisting tyrants greed with every planted seed Submission surrender is not on their agenda Strength and power through relentless lies Last thing that you'll ever see Walking alone amongst the shadows of mystery Faces of misery beating adversity You will be buried up to your neck and left for dead
3.	Watch Those Catch Light 04:16	lyrics	buy track
WATCH THOSE CATCH LIGHT All such shall diminish in a world Atrocities committed against innocents Cruel beings shaping their minds with their morals absent An appetite of annihilation of belief We move forward We all stand strong As dread and drought begins to set Our spirits fight as one For your wretched kind The scum of our species Human beings slither in withering filth Sinless matter in the name of a wry belief Condemn a nation for the actions of a few To which they think is truth and law Annihilation of belief We sit and watch those catch light Prejudice of the free Cursing your mind brainwash the weak design lives Spread hate through faith Manipulate devastate their agenda Cursing your mind like a disease Self-inflicting crime that you’re too blind to see For the innocent have found their peace Justice served and tyrants brought to knees For peace and harmony coincide United fronts shall turn this tide They’re pestilence Hate with snake like tongue Diseased ridden filth Spreading spore like touch We move forward We all stand strong As dread and drought begins to set Our spirits fight as one For your wretched kind The scum of our species Human beings slither in withering filth Sinless matter in the name of a wry belief Condemn a nation for the actions of a few All such shall diminish in a world Atrocities committed against innocents Cruel beings shaping their minds with their morals absent An appetite of annihilation of belief
4.	Force Fed 01:04		buy track
5.	Belly Full of Lies 03:34	lyrics	buy track
BELLY FULL OF LIES For war is a game of determined deception Where the pawns are sacrificed It starts with greed or hate Spreading propaganda to convey the message for recruitment Where the ends never justifies the means in survival or demise Eventually accumulating devastating forces for the ideology Often rely on deceiving the masses Eventually accumulating devastating forces for the ideology Often rely on deceiving the masses Pulling on strings like a puppeteer sowing the seeds of contempt Manipulating their way down the road of eventual regret As all the pieces stand tall joining allegiance Conjuring fear, which fuels the illusion of imminent jeopardy The peace long sought after through tired rabid eyes Seek it through indoctrination of their demise With a belly full of lies Fed slowly and steadily with lies With a belly full of lies Fed slowly and steadily with lies Tools of dictated eradication Transmuted fools of orchestration Blindfolding mass minds on track with treason Tilting stages to march them down For war is a game of determined deception Where the pawns are sacrificed It starts with greed or hate Spreading propaganda to convey the message for recruitment Where the ends never justifies the means in survival or demise Eventually accumulating devastating forces for the ideology Often rely on deceiving the masses Eventually accumulating devastating forces for the ideology Often rely on deceiving the masses The peace long sought after through tired rabid eyes Seek it through indoctrination of their demise With a belly full of lies Fed slowly and steadily with lies With a belly full of lies Fed slowly and steadily with lies Tools of dictated eradication Transmuted fools of orchestration Blindfolding mass minds on track with treason Tilting stages to march them down
6.	Laced With Deception 03:44	lyrics	buy track
LACED WITH DECEPTION The essence of war has never changed over the years For all involved are taking a path Survival or ruin The road of ill omen Leads to bloodshed death and decay Reflected insurance of minds in sync flows through Summer heat to winter cold Accompany them in this life They conquer these through vivid doubts Creating advantage deceiving the enemy Conquering thoughts Drive the wedge and divide the remaining united For all warfare is laced with deception Contribute to controlling the balance in favour for Inferiority encourages arrogance Whilst those who heed these lessons of war our war hold their fate The arbiter of destiny Those who master wars 5 virtues Smelling the enemies fear To taste a soul Victory falling upon deaf ears Whilst others inherit swift death The essence of war has never changed over the years For all involved are taking a path Survival or ruin The road of ill omen Leads to bloodshed death and decay Reflected insurance of minds in sync flows through Summer heat to winter cold Accompany them in this life They conquer these through vivid doubts Creating advantage deceiving the enemy Conquering thoughts Drive the wedge and divide the remaining united For all warfare is laced with deception Contribute to controlling the balance in favour for Inferiority encourages arrogance
7.	Aftermath (Bonus Track) 05:12	lyrics	buy track
AFTERMATH (Bonus Track) There’s no rest for those That are surviving the aftermath And fallout of their nuclear war For a cowardly act Is enough.. to bring us.. to our knees Shall we push on? Thoughts of rest refreshes me Though we raid in order to always supply in these times General sense of morals Were all created illusions Keeping their system afloat for their own Ill, survive everything The wastelands thrown at me By mankind’s selfish two hands Though we fight to survive In a world doomed to end Doomed to fucking end Never forget a day has come For us to reunite To rebuild the world how we see fit Annihilation of the ones who can’t cooperate Painstaking rules in place To keep order amongst our own death shall Reign on corrupted minds alike I shall be just to keep us intact For the rest of these days Fight, fight, fight to survive I have risen from the vault In search of my old life Surrounded by waste Nothing but death and despair lingers here But I’ve gotta make it through the night to make it back alive Though this ill fucking thrive
8.	Paralysis (Bonus Track) 03:46	lyrics	buy track
PARALYSIS (Bonus Track) Who what is in this room? Telling me to dance with them in hell I’m beside myself Never will I ever fuck with this again Feel awake but dead I can’t breathe with a demon on my chest You stole my voice And instilled fear in me Slurring a language unknown Unheard of to me Although I understand what they wanted to take from me And now I’m waiting Still wanting to fight this With breath so faint surrounded by mischievous entities Fearless n fierce I’ll be Till the day I fucking die... Fearless n fierce I’ll be Till the day I Wake up, before they pull you deeper Wake up, before your fire Wakes up, before they pull you deeper Wake up, before your fires extinguish Who what is in this room? Telling me to dance with them in hell I’m beside myself Never will I ever fuck with this again Feel awake but dead I can’t breathe with a demon on my chest You stole my voice And instilled fear in me Do I truly sleep alone at night? Life begins when I close these eyes I shall never forget such haste All that remains is a smirk on my face so Do I truly sleep alone at night? Life begins when I close these eyes

about

"From hook to breakdown, we’re proud of how Survival or Ruin showcases our evolution and song writing progression. This EP is a testament to our need to experiment sonically and allows us to write tunes that’ll stay with you."

credits

released September 14, 2018

Produced by: Luke Specter and Brody Lawrance
Engineered and Mixed by: Daniel Thabet and Johnny Sohl
Recorded at Bayview Studios and Superfreak Studios
Mixed and Mastered at Liquid Studios, Merrick NY

All music composed and arranged by Bayview Suspect
All lyrics written by Bayview Suspect

Artwork: Pierre-Alain D at 3MMI Design
Photography: Kazleberry