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Every Battle Leaves A Scar

by J'Accuse

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1.
Fibrecoptics 02:58
A message signed with blood to the stations of the cross You may feel powerles and lost in the coverage of recent coptic killings And their bodies were seven, and seven and seven This bloodshed turned the sea red, but the hope that lives within will never end up dead Their roots reaching deep to the people who heard the good news first and therefore they understand with an early church Heartbeat, heavensent to tell a vision of hope The transmitter, a spirit that can't be killed Twenty-one living stones in a kingdom built, Their creeds are not skindeep Hope is not dead, maybe just asleep The light still travels and communicates in the underground by waves of heavens orbit This eternal information will never age this faith will never be slaughtered Hope is not dead, maybe just asleep.
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Battles 02:12
This life is short and worth our time, but we are selfish and we need to get back in line We fail the strength to do so, we need Your help So come and rescue, save us from ourselves Make us stand up straight Make us walk a straight line Please hasten your return Pain and anger will fleet away There will be no worries left on that day Please hasten your return, the pressure is rising and we all feel it burn Make us stand up straight Make us walk a straight line Please hasten your return But battles must be fought, after all this is a war every battle, every blow and every fight will leave a scar.
3.
Remember 02:57
Remember those who suffered pain, we never saw and are gone forever Remember those who tried in vain to get a grip, get it together Now they´re gone, and all that´s left are memories Memories of how it was and how if could have been Memories of long forgotten times and people long not seen Forgive me when I failed to see where I could have been of more help Now they´re gone, and all that´s left are memories I know it's not the end, I know we'll meet again.
4.
Set Sail 03:43
Why do we measure God by human standards when it should be the other way around Those godly standards we try to meet but in the end we all fail So let go of the idea you can and raise your sails To let your boat be steered by the guidance of the One who never fails Don't pride yourself in resisting temptation You have been spared, is what you should say I know it's one big an allegation: you were too weak to walk away So let go of the idea you can and raise your sails To let your boat be steered by the guidance of the One who never fails Sometimes I feel better than all of us together, usually that's the time I fall on my face But then I realize I'd better humble me forever and that's the time I crawl into place Don't open my heart with surgical precision: Please use brute force and blast away.
5.
Oh yeah, I want some action I want to get it on tonight And I can tell, by your reaction: you´re ready for the fight Let´s change direction, let´s do it now, if we make this choice it will work out somehow It´s time for things of value, things that are true to you I´m ready to take this step, how about you? It's time, to change direction Not later, now is the time Let's push aside, who are refusing it's far to important to stand waiting in line Let´s change direction, let´s do it now, if we make this choice it will work out somehow It´s time for things of value, things that are true to you I´m ready to take this step, how about you? There is no time to waste.
6.
I smile and raise my hands and simply nod along, but I haven't got the feeling while I listen to the song Will somebody tell me what am I supposed to do? Will somebody tell me 'cause I haven't got a clue I'm going through the motions but I still don't know the dance I somehow got the feeling there will be no second chance I can't be the big example of living a good life: Messing up pretty much everyday, that feeling cuts like a knife Will someone please tell me what am I supposed to do? Let's share each others burden and be made to something new I'm going through the motions but I still don't know the dance I somehow got the feeling there will be no second chance I thank the one who made me for my second chance If I only learn to follow He will teach me how to dance.
7.
I am my own worst enemy, I stand in the way of everything You want to give me, so help me when I say: I have to get out of the way, Very soon I need to get out of the way I AM THE ONE causing all the pain I AM THE ONE standing in Your way I AM THE ONE take me away I AM THE ONE before I go insane Decisions I make harm the others on my way My judgement is not 20/20 I have to get out of the way please take me out of the way I AM THE ONE causing all the pain I AM THE ONE standing in Your way I AM THE ONE that needs to go away I AM THE ONE before I go insane The road to hell is paved with good intentions, I never meant to fuck up in any way It goes to show that every fibre of my being has to be dragged along your way The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
8.
I am a ship on a raging sea, my heart, my soul my mind Always searching for what I need to be, and let´s hope I find The One who´s in control The One who´s in control My heart, a scrapbook made of failure, cannot repair itself, undo it´s damage But I trust Your hands, You never fail me Let´s sail this raging sea, and find The One who´s in control The One who´s in control More and more I long to go home Take me home.

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released January 12, 2017

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J'Accuse Utrecht, The Netherlands

J'accuse! stands for speaking what we think is true, no matter what the consequenses are. We spare nothing or nobody, including ourselves.

Musically we take cues from bands like Youth of today, Chain of Strength, A Step Apart, Have Heart, Comeback Kid and Bane (and we don't stop there)
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