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Twelve Stories Down

by Up For Nothing

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1.
I want a fresh start, a moment to reflect on Two thousand dreams destroyed, and then my mind starts feeling that it’s time I start leaving everything I ever once enjoyed. It’s always the short end that ends up in my hands and it’s always gonna be this way. My visions distorted my mind can’t run away from the everyday routines in store. Can’t get away from the scenery I see everyday Can’t get away from these moments that I had today Can’t get away from the negativity in my brain Can’t get away from the days coming after me I want the worlds scars to show up in my thoughts so the imperfections come on out today, and then my mind starts feeling that it’s time I start seeing everything the way that it’s supposed to be. Time rests its head on the shoulders of the dead and together they count down to the end. The hours are stolen the dreams are never dreamt and together we live the time we spend. Can’t get away from the scenery I see everyday Can’t get away from these moments that I had today Can’t get away from the negativity in my brain Can’t get away from the days coming after me Can’t get away Im staring down the path of the end Can’t get away I find it harder not to be who I am Can’t get away I’m trapped inside a world of formality Can’t get away from the days taking over me
2.
The Slouch 02:55
You ran to the point of no re-entrance And now the time has come for everyone to see this A mind full of regrets, a mouth full of shit Either plan this shit out right or fucking deal with it Experience is gone there’s no place left to go but home Through loss comes life alone Experience is gone and there’s no place left to go but home Through loss comes life alone Come and take the pain away from how you will end this It’s time for you to see the cold hearted bastard Your mind has fucking lost itself, your mouth’s full of shit Your heart stopped beating on the day you turned you back on it Experience is gone there’s no place left to go but home Through loss comes life alone Experience is gone there’s no place left to go but home Through loss comes life alone I can’t believe it’s all been done It’s hard to achieve the strength in strong I’ve got a friend within my soul I will be fine here on my own
3.
These nights to myself won’t be the same My thought’s awakened my life's untamed I fought a full regression with mind and soul A fight I choose so that I’m no longer Falling away through time spent believing that someday will find me Somethings never change As life passes by like a bullet that cuts through the walls of this place And I’ve never seen something as beautiful as the smile on your face When thoughts after midnight take down all the worthless in me I’ve learned from my mistakes These days won’t be the same I said tonight’s the only night I’ve got to set these problems right Hats off to all that used to be Time for a change of scenery Now we’ll see that whats standing through the change in tides is meant to be A life of making the most of whats given to me I’ve learned from my mistakes These days won’t be the same These nights to myself won’t be the same My thoughts awakened your life’s so tame You’ve got a full regression of mind and soul Holding on like a curse and now you’re Finding a way through tough times and all riding waves of retraction through life's better days You make for yourself and you take someone else through your world of disgrace Not a minute goes by with me taking the time to see whats behind me Cause I only can see what I’ve yet to achieve and it’s all there in me.
4.
Destruction 02:18
Woken up this morning by destruction raging through the day. You’re never fucking waking up again. I can’t say that I could've lived a better way. You’ll never fucking see another day. Close your eyes real tight and find what you believe. Think strong and die strong, fight through and hold on. Hold my hand real tight and together we can rest in peace. Think strong and die strong, fight through an hold on. My aspirations falling down along the way, a million thoughts of whats been lost are raging through the day. So rage on and bring me the courage to stay strong and lead us into our eternity. Scared to death this morning I’ve seen what no ones ever seen. My body from a birds eye view and tomorrows never coming, I’m proud of who I came to be, and I’ll always fucking keep that with me. Close your eyes real tight and find what you believe. Think strong and die strong, fight through and hold on. Hold my hand real tight and together we can rest in peace Live strong together, die young together. Grab all your thoughts as your words hit the floor. Glass shatters up the stairs your futures out the door. Your clinging to the thought of living through today. Your mind is flashing better times you‘ll never get to see. We can’t live for tomorrow we only have today Find time for your thoughts and believe to find a way We can’t live for tomorrow we only have today Stay true to yourself and let go We cant live for tomorrow we only have today Find time for your thoughts and believe to find a way We cant live for tomorrow we only have today Stay true to the end and let go
5.
All We Need 03:24
It's been a hard time leaving what I've become Just find your place and all is won Another line from the book of what we need to be I’ve been trapped inside the veins of what I’m ready to find Knee deep in vines I cut through barely alive  And now I’m forced to believe that these days are gone forever And I can’t seem to remember what caused the change Now I find it hard to keep it all packed away I can define my own forever and start a war inside today that I’m losing to the wrath of my memory Desire’s been the one holding on to the last of me Ready down goes the sounds of the last to leave Hold on the image strong Hold tight hold on forever I found the new days leading the old this time A sight for all the sorest eyes A new light in the dark is all we need Remember your world is always in your hands Have you ever thought life would last you Forever means nothing in the end if you want it to Your mind is always the only thing you need This is your only shot now so make it count Because we all fall inside, I’m breaking outside I've got a lifetime to forget what I've been told What I've been told is wishing for me to make the worst mistakes I’ve been sleepless, speechless, mislead, force-fed, into a life I dread.
6.
Can’t find the words to say to you Can’t find the heart to feel for you I can’t hide it, you mean nothing to me And as time goes on my hatred’s growing stronger everyday And if a house represented your life Then I’d burn it down tonight And draw the shadow of my face with the remains I may be tired but not defeated I’ll give it all until I get what I deserve to see Revenge, enough to get me by through the darkness tonight I’m moving onward to feel completed You gave me your best shot I gave you what I came for Revenge enough to satisfy the hate I have tonight What a great start, a plan of mending The perfect start to another morbid ending Now we’re face to face with no more patience A battle lost is a battle won in this case You fear that time’s consumption sees through your words A blank thought that’s raised confusion inside your world Time stands still when your words confused and you’re running out of things to say I’ve seen you hold your head up high, I’ve seen you fall to the ground, now I’ve seen you burn alive as you fell to the fires in hell.
7.
Says It All 01:50
Hey, Hey
8.
Look at how blinded you’ve become You couldn’t even see my fist til’ it was fucking up your face I’m tired of all your fucking up Your negativity has brought you straight to hell where you can Burn all your bullshit And die from what you did Look at the asshole you’ve become Swim with your lies as weights and drown with all you’re pissing on I can’t say that I never saw this all in you I’ve seen your future thrown away You’re never gonna say that things deserve to be this way A coward running far away from hints of your mistakes Believe me when I say that I am far from done with you The fire still burns inside my soul and forever in hell where you can Burn all your bullshit And die from what you did
9.
We play in a punk rock band and we’re rockin’ through state lines Ten nights eight guys and one van all the ambition in the world We’re driving though New Jersey, Philly then off to Buscemi Mellencamp lessons in Beach Grove What a ride through the heart of the city Singing songs at the top of our lungs It’s been a hell of a ride having the times of our lives Through the days and living dreams all through the night As the sun goes down the night’s taking over my soul When the music plays there’s no holding back at all We’re on our way heading up and down the interstate Only to find the one true passion of our lives Head on full steam the only thing we’ll ever need Is our hearts to feel the love that comes behind the wheel Acoustic night to fill in for cancelled Orlando Next stop is Jacksonville walking through the drive through Vinnie’s cousin Amanda has found us a fantastic place to stay Next stop is RVA and tattoos on both wrists for memories We’re driving back up the northern roads to make our way back Down the streets we always called our home to play the next one These are the times we hold close to us rest stops, punk rock engulfing us A true song and the hopes of where we’ll go as the road takes us to the next show We’re driving back down the south east coast We’re driving back out to the west coast
10.
We’re going up to the twelfth story going down on Friday night I can’t believe what we go through every time we start to get this right Fall fast and impact slowly we’ll never see another Saturday night It seems we’ve done all we could to try to bring you what we burn inside It’s twelve past the fall and we survived today And through the pain of it all you never once turned your backs away When contemplating the ending of our times our days were lost And we played through it all The passion breathes through our souls fights to the death unites through chords, can’t forget singing along live times of what we wanna know We’re setting up, we’re going on shortly Blasting music on a Friday night I lose myself in every song that we go through I’m feeling stronger as the time goes by Songs are fast and impact slowly We’re rocking through another Saturday night We owe the words of the songs to the ones that Spend their weekend singing every line Every time we feel like giving up you’ll always be right here through all our fears you’ll find a way When we need you to you’ll be sincere, we’ll find you here That’s why we’re here When the view from the top seemed like a never ending dream of endless pain (We’ll find a place where we belong live for ourself live through our song) I turned and heard the sound of the chords singing me awake
11.
Where will you end up when the clock strikes twelve? A story in the world that no one ever lives to tell You’re the first to complain and the last to make a change I’m the last to let go with the fire in my soul Slow and steady wins the race I’m gonna spit your words back in your face Now there’s a time to walk and there’s a time to fight I’m gonna play this out until I get it right Silence has replaced the fear that the world counts down and the end is near Now the bombs are falling down with tides and thunder If we don’t die first then we’ll kill each other Over and over my mind goes through the end Will the ocean, wind, or the terror threats win our thoughts from now to then I want a peaceful night with a side of life to live on my own time And if I fall before my time to go I’m gonna live before I die I never wanted this to be A life that’s been taken from me Can’t close my eyes and run away From all the lives that fell before they could become themselves Slow and steady wins the race I’m gonna spit your words back in your face There was a time to see the way the world should be Those days are what you’ll never get to see Violence has replaced the fear now the world counts down and the end is near When the world is falling down you start to wonder If the life you lived, lived through another
12.
On the Rise 03:17
Up on the rise No way to slow down We’re taking up shop we’ll sleep when we die Raise the stakes run in the fire with everything we are We’re fighting through the hard times We’re finally making good time against our fate, against our fate Everything we lost makes us understand That we take what we got and make the best of our Everyday it’s all we got now against our fate, against our fate We’re on a mission, we’re never giving up To be the ones that never gave up what we achieved And be the only ones still standing We’re on a mission, we’re never giving up We built the strength in ourselves to continue to be The only ones still standing Raise the stakes run in the fire with everything we are We live a life outside our own and now we built our place Forever’s today, forever’s today With this shortened fuse we’ll lose if we don’t take a chance So we’ll take what we got and make the most of our everyday And save regrets for another day, another day We built strength inside ourselves and we’re still standing You’ve hit the bottom when you stop digging down The catalyst for change is in me And you try to run When you point your finger and form it into a gun Take aim, admit we’ve changed And I see where it’s me But you stand by and only would want to agree You’re going to see When all is said and done you either fold or you become We found in life what makes our hearts break through We’re on the rise A long road to carry on riding blindly for so long Now we’re on the path that breaks us through We’re on the rise, we’re on the rise

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Brooklyn punks Up For Nothing are back again with their third DIY release "Twelve Stories Down". These guys have pounded away like true DIY champs for nearly a decade and have delivered another true gem into the heart of the NY underground scene. "Twelve Stories Down" manages to incorporate many different styles of punk rock and finds a way for them to mesh together so perfectly that you begin to understand midway through your first listen, that these fellas have single handedly managed to create a sound that only they can convey. With blistering fast speeds, and razor sharp vocal melodies, these songs will play on inside your head long after you finished listening. New York Hardcore legend Ernie Parada (Token Entry, Black Train Jack, GreyArea) yet again lends his voice to these fellas on "All We Need" and "The Slouch" which gives this new found NY sound a bit of familiarity. These guys now in their mid 20's are showing no signs of slowing down, as the years pass along they are forming what some will soon look at as their own legendary sound with help from the legends they grew up listening to.

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released March 25, 2011

Recorded at: NOVA Studios NYC
Produced, Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by: The Jerry Farley
Pre Production By: Ernie Parada
Assistant Editor/Assistant Engineer: Vincent Punziano
Guest Vocal Appearance: Ernie Parada
Artwork: Ernie Parada

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