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Every Stone Made Me Stumble

by Sodium

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Michael F.
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Michael F. Outstanding dark crust that is right up there with standard-bearers TRAGEDY, SODIUM skirt the metal fray, but don't commit. The melodies and execution in a word, crush. New album is superb as well, though in native tongue, but nonetheless captivating. A must for any self-respecting crust fan. Contrary to all the medical bullshit, I cannot get enough SODIUM... Favorite track: Upon The Ruins.
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1.
Intro 00:59
2.
ONE LAST LOOK IN THESE EYES, BEFORE THEY WENT CLOSING FOREVER SHUTTERED TO THIS GODAWFUL WORLD. ONE LAST BREATH TO SHOW THAT IT´S OVER, THAT EVERYTHING HERE WAS JUST TO COLD. NOTHING YOU SAID, EVER CAME TRUE! THAT EVERYTHING WILL TURN INTO GOOD! HOW COULD I SEE THROUGH THIS DUST OF DESTRUCTION? HOW COULD I SEE THE COMFORT OF LIFE? EVERYONE TALKS IN THE SAME FUCKING LANGUAGE EVERYDAY. AN ACCENT I CAN´T UNDERSTAND! AND I REFUSE TO SPEAK AT ALL! NO ONE CAN KEEP ME IN THIS WORLD OF SOLITUDE. NO ONE CAN SAY NOW THAT EVERYTHING WOULD AMEND. NO FUCKING ONE CAN CRY ABOUT THIS DYING MYSELF. TO LEAVE YOU IS MY LAST DECISION, GOOD-BYE!
3.
SINCE THE VANE CHANGED IT´S TURN AND THE FEELINGS IN THIS HOUSE, TURNED AGAINST ME TO CARRY ME OUT, I´M ON THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE COLD. I`M GONNA LEAVE! I`M GONNA LEAVE! I`M GONNA LEAVE! EVERYTHING BEHIND! MY HEART STILL LONGS FOR WARMTH, BUT LOVE HAS CHANGED, IT´S VAIN. THE ONLY THING THAT´S LEFT TODAY, IS THE FROZEN PATH IN FRONT OF ME. EVERYTHING´S GONE WHITE, WINTER CAST OUT ALL THE LIFE. FEELS LIKE I´M PART OF IT NOW, MY CHEST COLD, MY FISTS ARE BALED. HEADING TO THAT OLD BARRACKS BY THE SEA. I`VE BEEN THERE ONCE BEFORE. POSSIBLY NO BAD IDEA, JUST TO FADE AWAY, OR HAS LIFE STILL SOMETHING TO OFFER? AFTER ALL THIS, NOT FOR ME! I`M GOING TO SLEEP.
4.
Healed Face 03:04
WATCH ME BLEED. EXPECTANT, MY OWN REFLECTION STARES AT ME. IT TOOK YEARS TILL I SENSED IT´S JUST A FAKE. IT´S JUST A FAKE EFFIGY OF MYSELF ´CAUSE IT WAS FASTER THAN MY MIND COULD RECLAIM. SHALLOW WAS THE DRAWER. PAINT MYSELF WITH GLITTER EYES, BUT STILL HE HURTS ME. IN MY MEMORIES. INSIDE. INSIDE THE HEALED FACE. PAIN. LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. EVERY NIGHT I SEE THE BLOOD ON MY LEGS. HE MADE A WOMAN OUT OF ME. UNWANTED. THE WORDS HE WHISPERED, THEY SCREAM IN MY HEAD. EVERY NIGHT: DISGUST, PAIN AND HATE. AND I´M ASKING INTO NOTHING: CAN I EVER FEEL AGAIN? TIME, WHY DON´T YOU GO BY. TO HEAL ALL OF MY WOUNDS? OR IS THIS JUST AN EMPTY PROMISE? DO THE DEEPEST WOUNDS REMAIN?
5.
AT NIGHT HE KNEED BY A FLICKERING LIGHT PRAYING TO HIS GOD, HE´D BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE "DEAR GOD, I KNOW I ASKED A LOT BUT THIS DOESN´T EVEN IT. MY BEGGINGS ARE HONEST. RELEASE ME! MY SINS! MY DREADFUL SINS!" HE´S SCREAMING, HE´S CRYING HIS LONESOME PRAYER AGAIN AND AGAIN "FORGIVE ME, ALMIGHTY!" AND AS HE LOWERED HIS VOICE, HIS FACE FULL OF REMORSEFUL TEARS HE SENSED A NOTION HE HAS NEVER DARED TO ADMIT A NOTION THAT MADE HIM RETHINK WHOLE LIFE AND ALL THE TALES HE HAD BEEN FOLLOWING. "WHERE ARE YOU TO HELP ME, OMNIPRESENT?" "WHERE ARE YOU TO HELP ME, OMNIPRESENT?" NO HINT, NO GUISE, NO SOUND, NO SENSE... "WHERE ARE YOU TO HELP ME, OMNIPRESENT?"
6.
HE TOUCHED HIS CROSS SWINGING ON HIS CHEST, HE FELT IT HURTING, FURY OVERWHELMS HIM. HE BROKE THE STRING THAT WAS ROUND HIS NECK AND TOSSED IT AGAINST THE WOODEN WALL. THEN HE STOOD UP, TOOK A CANDLE LIGHT, THREW IT AROUND AND FELT HIS BODY PULSE, SO ALIVE. THE LOUSY MATTRESS CAUGHT FIRE AND BY JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THE CROSS ABOVE ALL THE SAME. HE RAN OUTSIDE WITH SMOKY LUNGS AND YELLED, SO EVERYONE COULD HEAR: "I´M FREE, I`M FREE" WHOLE LIFE MADE HIM AWED, BUT THEN THE BURDEN FELL FROM HIS SOUL. "I BELIEVE IN MYSELF!"

credits

released July 19, 2012

ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY SODIUM.
RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY OLIVER CARELL/BLASTBEAT PRODUCTIONS.
CELLO BY GUNNAR.
ARTWORK BY MATTHIAS MÜLLER (WWW.MATTHIASMUELLER.AT).
PUBLISHED BY TIEF IN MARCELLOS SCHULD, 2012.

SODIUM LOVES: AND THEN THEY RUN, ALWAYS WANTED WAR, R.H.A., POWER, ANY PORT IN THE STORM, PHLEGMATIX, VLADIMIR HARKONNEN, OLI FOR A GREAT TIME AND A GREAT SOUND, MATTHIAS FOR THE ARTWORK, GUNNAR FOR PLAYING THE CELLO, NIKOLAS AND DENNIS FOR PUTTING SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS LP.

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Crust flavoured hardcorepunk band from Lübeck/Kiel, Germany.

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