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1.
Contingency 02:34
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IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ALL THOSE THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE SAID AND SHOULD HAVE SHOWN, BUT HID INSTEAD THOSE UNSPOKEN FEELINGS WE'VE HAD WITHIN KEPT TO OURSELVES SO WE COULD FIT IN SUBCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS, UNCONTROLLABLE FEARS DISCOMFORT INSIDE WE'LL STRUGGLE WITH FOR YEARS HAD WE KNOWN EACH OTHER'S PAINS WHAT SOLACE WOULD WE FIND? WE'D REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT SO STRANGE TO BITE OUR TONGUES AND WALK AWAY NOT TO UPSET OUR FUTURE PLANS WITH FEELINGS WE DON'T UNDERSTAND TO FIND IT IN, IN OURSELVES A SELF WORTH, AN UNTAPPED WELL WHY WE SHOULDN'T BE SO SCARED BY OPINIONS OTHERS HELD TRY TO SPIT IT OUT BUT GET CHOKED UP MISSING THE MOMENT THAT MEANT THE MOST SAYING SOMETHING NOW WILL ONLY MAKE THINGS WORSE PRESSURE MOUNTS, I SEARCH FOR WHAT TO SAY MINUTES TURN TO HOURS, HOURS TURN TO DAYS THOUGHTS SWIRL INSIDE MY HEAD BUT I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE, I'LL BE THERE AGAIN FEELINGS NO ONE KNOWS, NOT EVEN FRIENDS FEAR OF JUDGMENT ADDS TO THE DOUBT KEEP IT TO MYSELF OR SHOUT IT OUT WHY DO WE SHUT OUR MOUTHS WHY DO WE CLOSE OUR MINDS WHY CAN'T WE EXPRESS OURSELVES LET OUT WHAT BUILDS INSIDE
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Preservation 01:26
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A MOMENT TRAPPED IN GLASS, STARING BACK WHILE THE SWEAT STUNG MY EYES NO CONCERN FOR GOING DEAF AS LONG AS MY VOICE REIGNED LOUDER, LOUDER THAN THE REST CUT AND PASTE, WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? I DON’T KNOW THE BANDS, BUT I’VE GOT TO FIND OUT NO SCENE, BUT THEY STILL MADE THE DRIVE THE FIRST NOTES STRUCK AND I KNEW I BELONGED I SOAK IT IN, BUT I’M STILL TOO DRY IMPRINTED BY THE WORDS OF HEROES I’VE BUILT IN MY MIND BEFORE I KNEW OF THE BULLIES, GRUDGES AND PROFIT MARGINS WHEN EVERY FLOOR WAS A STAGE. LYRICS BECAME MY ANTHEMS. SCRAWLED ON NOTEBOOKS AND CARVED OUT IN MY MIND. I DIDN’T SEE THE IRONY AND I’M SURE THAT I MIXED MESSAGES, BUT WHAT I DID GRASP, I MADE PERSONAL AND IT STILL RINGS TRUE TODAY YOU SANG ABOUT THE ONE THING STILL HOLDING TRUE AND THAT’S NOT YOU BUT I DON’T CARE, I DON’T CARE I TOOK YOUR MEANING AND MADE IT MY OWN CONTEMPORARIES GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS IT TOOK ONLY A GLANCE TO GET IT ALL BACK
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Timeline 01:47
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STARTED BACK WHEN WE WERE YOUNG NOT FITTING IN WANTING TO HAVE FUN A GROUP OF FRIENDS THAT LEARNED TO SAY NO DRUG FREE YOUTH NOT KNOWING WHERE WE'D GO TRIPS OUT OF TOWN CROSSING STATE LINES NEVER KNOWING WHAT WE MIGHT FIND OTHER KIDS WHO SHARED OUR VIEWS RESPECTED OUR SCENE OUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE WE ADAPT WE GROW WE CHANGE I KNOW OUR GOALS OUR LIVES OUR VIEWS RENEWED YEAR AFTER YEAR WE HAVE TO REARRANGE GENERATIONS PASS IT SEEMS NOTHING STAYS THE SAME SOCIAL PRESSURE, HARD TIMES AT HOME AND BEING SCARED OF THE UNKNOWN STRAIGHT EDGE FOR LIFE, AN IDEA THE SEEDS ARE SEWN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND YEARS AFTER THAT SOME STAYED STRONG WHILE OTHERS FELL FLAT THOSE WORDS IN THE MUSIC STILL RANG TRUE HOLDING ON TO UNBREAKABLE VIEWS SOME MADE CHOICES MOVED AWAY SILENCE IS ALL THAT REMAINS OF THEIR VOICES ONCE RANG TRUE NOW VACANT IN A SCENE THEY ONCE KNEW TIME HAS PASSED AND WE'RE STILL HERE OUTLASTING A MAJORITY OF OUR PEERS WHO EVER KNEW IT WOULD GET THIS FAR TRIED AND TRUE I KNOW THAT YOU ARE YEAR AFTER YEAR WE HAVE TO REARRANGE GENERATIONS PASS IT SEEMS NOTHING STAYS THE SAME THROUGH THE MARRIAGES AND THE TEARS THE LOST FRIENDS, FORGOTTEN FEARS THIS IS MY LIFE SOMETHING I’VE ALWAYS KNOWN
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Change Order 00:22
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LEAVE IT ALONE YOU BROKE IT, I BOUGHT IT A FLEETING MOMENT OUT TO GRAB SOME CASH ANOTHER TIME IT SEEMS SO SHALLOW REHASHING THIS SHIT LIKE I WOULDN'T NOTICE NO ORIGINAL IDEA YOU BROKE IT, I BOUGHT IN
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Entablature 01:16
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THIS RARITY I WON’T TAKE FOR GRANTED A TRUE FRIEND RIGHT, RIGHT FROM THE START PRESSED AND FRAYED, I CARRY THIS CARD REMINDING ME OF THE BOND WE MADE AS KIDS THAT STILL REMAINS TODAY NOT ANOTHER DAY BUT ANOTHER ADVENTURE OUT ALL DAY, WE’D STAY OUT ALL DAY THIRD MAN HIGH, YOU HAVE MY BACK BAILING ME OUT WITH THE ACE OF HEARTS DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, OUR PATHS DIVERGE FRIENDSHIP, TESTED BY DISTANCE AND EVEN WHEN I’VE HAD MY DOUBTS BUT YOU’RE STILL IN MY THOUGHTS WE DON’T SHARE BLOOD BUT SOMETHING GREATER A CONNECTION THAT IS MORE, MORE THAN A BROTHER SOMETHING INTANGIBLE ALLOWS US TO PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF ANOTHER NIGHT ON THE PARQUET KNOWING WHAT WE HAVE WON’T EVEN FADE NO MATTER THE PLACE NO MATTER THE TIME MY FAITH IN YOU IS THE ONLY THING YOU’LL FIND
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Veneer 02:44
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PERFECT PROPORTION EVERY DETAIL FLAWLESS KEEPING ME AWAY FROM WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SHOW A SOLITARY STRUGGLE PAINT CHIPS FROM THE WALLS CRACKS IN THE SUBSTRATE SLOWLY FALL APART I'LL KEEP KNOCKING I HAVE TO KNOCKING HOPING FOR A PEEK INSIDE ONLY AFRAID NOT KNOWING THE TRUE PERSON BEHIND A FALSE FACADE JUST LET ME IN CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED DISGUISE IT ALL ONLY KNOWING WHAT'S ON THE SURFACE SECRETS TUCKED AWAY IN WINDOWLESS ROOMS YOU MADE THE CHOICE TO GO IT ALONE STACKING, KEEP STACKING BEAR THE WEIGHT YOUR LIES TURN TO LEAD KNEES START TO QUAKE BENT AND TWISTED A SILENT COLLAPSE NOW LOST IN THE RUBBLE WITH THE FINAL SNAP BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF
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Perspective 01:19
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Avant-Garde 01:58
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9.
Narthex 00:55
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TAKEN FOR GRANTED, FAMILY JUST A WORD MISPLACED ANGER GAINS THE UPPER HAND BEEN HOPING AND PLEADING FOR THAT DAY TO COME WHEN WE’D LOOK AT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT AND LOVE SAY YOU’VE CHANGED, BUT I DON’T BELIEVE BORN AGAIN, INTENSION MADE IN VAIN A TRUE BELIEVER, BUT YOU’VE TIPPED YOUR HAND PUSH AN AGENDA TO SUIT YOUR OWN NEEDS CONCEALED UNDER THE VEIL OF A DEITY IF PEOPLE ONLY KNEW IF THEY ONLY KNEW YOUR NEED FOR CONTROL DISGUISED AS FAITH SO CLOSE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCIENCE YET SO FAR WHEN IT COMES TO BELIEF A NEW CHAPTER STARTED IN LIFE BUT THE PLOT REMAINS THE SAME
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Threshold 01:52
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NEVER CARED WHAT THE DOUBTERS SAID THEY SAID WE COULDN’T DO IT THEY SAID WE COULDN’T DO IT, BUT WE DID PUT OUR HEADS DOWN AND WE PUSHED ON UNDERESTIMATED WHAT WE’RE CAPABLE OF BUT WE PROVED THEM WRONG, WE PROVED THEM WRONG AGAIN TRY TO PAINT US IN A CORNER BUT IT’S NOT SO EASILY DONE DON’T LET THEM JUDGE YOU DON’T LET THEM TELL YOU YOUR ABILITIES MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE CHOICES TO SOMEONE ELSE DON’T LET THEM JUDGE YOU DON’T LET THEM TELL YOU YOUR ABILITIES MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE CHOICES TO SOMEONE ELSE YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ANOTHER LOST KID ON A BROKEN ROAD EACH DAY IS YOURS, LET’S GO DON’T LET THEM JUDGE YOU DON’T LET THEM TELL YOU YOUR ABILITIES MAKE DECISIONS FOR YOURSELF BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE CHOICES TO SOMEONE ELSE I SPEND MY DAYS LIVING DECISIONS I HAVE MADE NO ONE’S RIGHT, BUT CHOOSE WHAT FITS BEST FOR YOUR LIFE WHEN DID WE STOP BELIEVING IN EACH OTHER? TIME TO GET IT RIGHT SOMETIMES, YOU’RE YOUNG TWICE
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Addendum 02:41
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THE LIGHTS SNAP OUT ITS ALL THAT'S LEFT WE BREATHE OUR LAST BREATH DON'T LET A MOMENT PASS YOU BY COULD BE OVER IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE MAKE THE MOST OUT OF EVERY DAY INSTEAD OF ASKING WHY WHY WE ASK OURSELVES WHY WHY DID TIME JUST PASS US BY WITHOUT GIVING A SECOND THOUGHT AND NOW, IT JUST FADES, FADES AWAY WHAT LIES BEHIND US, LIES WITHIN WE HAVE TO GET IT OUT BEFORE THE AIR ESCAPES OUR MOUTH NO TURNING BACK NO LOOKING BACK THE CHAPTERS CLOSE WE HAD OUR CHANCE BUT DWELL ON IT INSTEAD OUR CLOCK HASN'T STOPPED CAPACITY FOR CHANGE TURN THE TIDE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE ANGER, FRUSTRATION LOSS AND PAIN UNLESS WE REWRITE IT

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released July 22, 2014

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Test of Time Boston, Massachusetts

Contact/Booking: xtestoftime@gmail.com

Test of Time is:

James Christopher - Guitar
DJ Butler - Bass
Charles Chaussinand - Guitar
Jeff Novak - Drums
Todd Pollock - Vocals

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