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Ripped Out By The Roots

by On Your Marks

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1.
Gold Rust 03:30
How can you keep giving me shit when you preach about my lack of respect and FUCK your disappointment, don't even try to hold me back from being a kid And to think you're the one who's supposed to make her happy You've ruined all of what we started You're nothing at all And I'm just a kid but you're less than a man So go deceive her You'll never keep her Do you think that I'm happy Just go pretend that nothing happened It's not my fault that you hate me You fucking hate me And to think you're the one who's supposed to make her happy You've ruined all of what we started You're nothing at all And I'm just a kid but you're less than a man So go deceive her You'll never keep her And I've been waiting for you to run your course I'll give up on my turn, crushed by the pressure I'm under And to think you're the one who's supposed to make her happy You've ruined all of what we started You're nothing at all And I'm just a kid but you're less than a man So go deceive her You'll never keep her
2.
How can you tell me what's best for me When all you see in me is my money? I may be naive to say this, I'm only 17, but your school's just not for me I'd rather wake up in a van with no A/C Than get down on my knees for a man who thinks he's better than me I'd rather stand for what I love than feast on immorality The choice seems clear to me Fall to me is lack of sleep and endless responsibilities And as the leaves keep falling, my indecision haunts me Everyone's telling me what I need I'd rather wake up in a van with no A/C Than get down on my knees for a man who thinks he's better than me I'd rather stand for what I love than feast on immorality The choice seems clear
3.
Perfect 03:23
This didn't have to end in dust and cobwebs You didn't have to lead me on, you could have told me beforehand You had to rip open my chest, My cavity open and dead But why did you have to choose my old friend I wish it wasn't him. You're so fucking perfect Remember your favorite song Keep telling yourself wrong, you're already deep in the ground And how does your mother feel as dozens leave your home each year? And what is your home when you eat alive the ones who you like to call close? You're so fucking perfect Remember your favorite song Keep telling yourself wrong, you're already deep in the ground You had to be drinking that night when I called you, I wanted to tell you That I never knew the pain that being naive could do. You were my open wound, Infect me like you used to.
4.
I know that you know that she's not about this And I hope that she knows that you didn't give in You showed nothing to make me want to stay here My regrets unfold You rest on my couch, your head was spinning around And my high was the spark that showed that my interest was found We sat on that tombstone, it felt like hours just after dawn And I thought we got so close, but I guess that I was wrong We rolled down that hill on muddy grass It took so long to understand And I thought you didn't care It was wrong of me to leave you at the dance I went up that hill Sat with Tom Cried cuz I knew this wouldn't last I wish 3 lips had never touched I wish you would just talk around me like you do with all your friends I know that you know that she's not about this And I hope that she knows that you didn't give in You showed nothing to make me want to stay here My regrets unfold I know that you know
5.
Lately I've been thinking about the shit you pulled It makes me sick to think that you're the one that's told to choose And then you manipulate my friends Tell them this is something good for everyone This is not a family it's all fake and you're the most deceptive one of all Own up to your mistakes, stop pinning them on everyone else You're a coward, stop lying to yourself You're not the king you wish you were to everyone else And I've been laying wide awake at night Thinking what you said was right I've come to terms with all the flaws that I revealed to you I hear you pulled some shit again Betrayed someone you called a friend Said I would never change and I have, How about you? Own up to your mistakes, stop pinning them on everyone else You're a coward, stop lying to yourself You're not the king you wish you were to everyone else I lay here, I'm drowning in self-loathing and if I dwell on it, it will never leave So I'll stand up and push the past behind myself Cuz dwelling on such thoughts will bring about my own defeat Standing alone isn't enough, which is why I have my friends They've never done what you did and never will in the end.
6.
Been spending the weekends all strung out At least half drunk always think about How the hell we're gonna make this work And balance both sides for what they're worth I guess it comes down to what I had first Without their help we'll all be fucked But we're made to sell our beliefs and plead some dudes with names and money Or our hard-tied knot will be undone Why even try with no chance at all? Why even try to be something When your hardest work means nothing All of my dreams are just a stack of cards in the wind Blown over but can always be found Building back up from the bare ground, I found myself in doubt The last 2 years I've spent growing up and moving on And with the Summer coming, shining hope I'll be better than I was before I'll have control The scene has become home And all my friends are finding themselves and having the same thoughts I'm not alone But every night I sit at my desk I wish that I saw road There's nothing left for us here anymore This year has taken its toll High school is so fucking old I can't stop feeling like I'm wasting my time sitting here at home Empty bottles like our thoughts lay on my basement floor The last 2 years I've spent growing up and moving on And with the Summer coming, shining hope I'll be better than I was before I'll have control I'll have control.
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8.
They say that people change, I've believed it to be true And after all this time I figured so would you Your incessant attempts to be cared about again have gotten to my fucking head I swore I saw the face of change in an apology across the coast But I wasn't even close Just like the first time, preluding the saddest year of my life We still felt the same and you slept in my bed the first night But as the day moved on, so did you And all I'm left with is memories of you Can we pick up from where we left off? Can we be new again? Can we jump the gap that we lost, And forget the times that we fell off? Well I don't give a FUCK what you say Cuz i'll never come back to you anyway The more I think the worse it gets I'm drowning in my hopelessness How could you possibly kill my sleep again For the same exact shit? It's fucking 4 AM But you'll never feel remorse for it Can we pick up from where we left off? Can we be new again? Can we jump the gap that we lost, And forget the times that we fell off? Well I don't give a FUCK what you say Cuz i'll never come back to you anyway So they say that people change, I've believed it to be true But you will never understand the shit you do And slowly I've been realizing After thinking, "What'd I do?" That I've done nothing And it's always been You.
9.
I'll try to keep this honest, I'll try to keep this clean If you ever fucking touch her, I'll rip out your teeth This isn't a power poem, a memoir for the weak Cuz your stupid fucking actions have robbed me of sleep You're like all the other assholes, an ego like a tower Fucking corperate business, A fat fucking coward You're like that asshole Pierce or that douche-fuck James Speaking for myself and John, you're all the same So go smoke with all your friends and ruin your own life You have nothing to fall back on You should fall back on a knife So keep going to those parties, I'll pray that you suffer Or hit black Ice in the middle of Summer You're not too drunk, I promise you that Just get in your car and never look back So when you're on the road and the drugs consume you You should always remember Trees like car hugs too
10.
Anxiety 01:29
I wish you found your place I wish you could still skate I wish you worked for everything handed to you Treated as a prince, you acted like a prick You need to earn the dreams you wished about when you were a kid You wanted to live in a different reality You were forced the wrong life You couldn't handle the green And what about me, yeah I miss you The grip on the bottle was way too tight For you to handle A constant struggle with society The enemy You were meant to go so far But you lost it
11.
Coma 02:01
If you woke up tonight I'd make sure that everyone and everything That put you through that misery would disappear and all the pain would be gone Why can't you wake up for us tonight? You grew up in a red neck town You were so alone and you loved it so You listened to my shitty band when you came to town We used to be so close And I know you never made it to one of our shows And I know you didn't want to get drowned in the smoke And I I now know how sad it is to be losing someone you love I know I know we lost contact I should have been there when it all went downhill I'm sorry I'm so fucking sorry Could I ever do anything to fix your life? If I could, I would fix everything tonight.
12.
Seafloor 04:56
Never have I seen so much grief Devastation down my street Heavy hearts sunken and weak Horrid scenes now haunting sleep Innocent minds raped through the week As they watch their own homes sink The water acted as a thief Taking everything we need I watched my own town get swallowed by the sea I watched the boardwalk become the beach And as we lit candles to lead the way and find some peace It was impossible to find somewhere warm to sleep And as the radio gave any sort of outer reach It was just dismal to the point that we would rather not speak The next morning was the darkest time this town has ever seen With trees fallen and RIPPED OUT BY THE ROOTS My parents and I, we saw houses in two And we saw hundreds line up at the gas stations for fuel And I've been thinking about all my friends Who's floorboards are now on the seafloor I watched my own town get swallowed by the sea I watched the boardwalk become the beach Oh Sandy why'd you have to do this to me And all the families you've broken down and laid at your feet Well our will power is stronger than you'd ever expect We'll come back before you ever can strike again We'll come back You've knocked us down, you've knocked us dead But we'll come back.
13.
This world's not what it's cracked up to be I hate the change in my age and ignorance of kids younger than me They'll never understand what being a real friend means Cuz all I see is friends crushing other friends dreams How did you live Knowing the world was fucked in the end? So don't come and find me Just leave a space in the dirt so I can climb on down Growing with the kids Wise with the world Really changes what you'll see and who you'll be I guess that I can say the army's not for me But I'll still have some things in my life with meaning How did you live Knowing the world was fucked in the end? So don't come and find me Just leave a space in the dirt so I can climb on down I'm feeling lost again I need some help from an old friend I'm feeling lost again I need some help from my friend How did you live Knowing the world was fucked in the end? Yeah the world's just fucked in the end Yeah we're all just FUCKED IN THE END.

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Thank you so much to all of our families and friends, we owe it all to you for anything that this band has at any point in time. Our undying thanks to anyone who helped work on the album and anyone who supports any local music scene. This is our first full-length album and we put every ounce of effort, time, and money we had into making this just the way we had imagined and we really hope we can effect someone's life in a positive way with the work that we've created. This is
'Ripped Out By the Roots' and this is our lives.

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released June 18, 2013

All Songs written by On Your Marks*
*Lyrics as well as additional vocals on “Always Remember”- Tom Iannaccone
Additional Vocals on “Double-Crosser”- Eoin Wenger

Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by Matt Lagattuta
Mastered by Jesse Cannon at Cannon Found Soundation

Photography by Emily Tantuccio at Emily Tantuccio Photography
CD Photograph by Evan Fusco at Youth Photography
Artwork by Mike Wityk at 1997 Design

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