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HELL IS REAL

by Axe Ripper

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  • Hell is Real
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    "Hell is Real" is Axe Ripper's sophomore release released on Hell City Records and we're putting it up for FREE STREAMING on this page! This album was released on 08/23/2014. The physical copy of this album comes shrink wrapped and is a digipak format with a 3 page booklet. This album is available under "threads"on the top of this page along with shirts and earlier releases!

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1.
Prelude 02:53
2.
A pool of blood and lead are all that's left All that remains of what I love Helpless and innocent as they were picked off One by one, I swear that they'll never escape my... Wrath, brought on by grief and betrayal A savage hatred, devil-sent You took the only thing I had to live for This unjust act won't go unavenged I won't finish 'til you're gone A slug reserved for every hired gun Serrated blades for their bloodstained skin Destined for a fate so merciless Retribution served with a maniacal grin Just a footstep away From grabbing you with my cold dead hands And ripping your worthless heart out An ending you'll have no time to regret You're running out of options Nowhere to run, no place to hide Frozen in dismay As the razor's edge grazes your neck I won't finish 'til you're gone The hunt will persevere from dusk 'til dawn
3.
I am the embodiment of everything that I despise Observing the wreckage that's consumed my life And turned it into a daily walk of shame Jetting forward, my morale won't catch up Left in the dust, never to be seen again Sacrificed my passion for a life That slowly feeds upon my anguish Leaving me with a goal to drag myself And everyone else around me into a pit of agony Look at all the people living with contentment The one thing that I'm missing and it makes me sick Traded peace of mind for false redemption Regression, depression, thrive in negativity A career in spreading hatred and sorrow Towards victims of my jealousy Use them as my canvas For my latest masterpiece Paint them red and black, paint them a dark gray Paint them bleak and grim with every word that I say Paint them all the color of my routine disarray I'm steadily perfecting the art of misery A social poison Vigorously flowing through my veins And I don't need a cure I'll spread it like the plague Take them down a peg or two With a brush blood red with resentment Chisel their stature into one that fits my own United by my infestation of affliction Add about five coats of sorrow Bitterness from my palette of ego Every victim my work of art On display wherever they travel Gloomy museums Blackened and tainted and falling down Dead grass and cracked Sidewalks stained with blood, sweat and tears There's only one Finishing touch left to add now I'll open my flesh And leave my final mark on this world
4.
I've got a problem and it gets in my way Of making new friends every single day The people in my head that tell me to shut up Took the day off, just my fucking luck My mouth is a weapon Of mass self-confidence destruction All the innocent bystanders Retaliate with their ruthless slander My urges and desires aren't easy to suppress They fucked up my day and now I lay here depressed Dwelling on the fact that I've fucked my reputation I face another night of endless castigation I'm a fucking freak, a rotten creep It haunts me every day to the point I can't sleep Anxiety gets the best of me I'm a fuck up from the start, guess that's how it must be I'm a fucking freak, six feet deep It's where I belong I could just take that leap If you could see what's inside of me It wouldn't even matter 'cause that's how it's gonna be For eternity I said some things, I did some shit Decisions made on impulse that I really couldn't quit I never was the best at making first impressions But nothing ever changes, haven't learned enough lessons My mouth digs ever-gaping holes Every action, every word certainly takes a toll Friendly looks morph to stares of disgust Relationships to ashes and trust to dust Dig myself deeper, this pit is getting steeper The cost to get myself out of this miss ain't getting any cheaper I need to jump ship, I need to fucking dip Out of this state of mind that's caused my consciousness to slip
5.
Greasy skin, rat nest hair Waste their life 'cause they don't care Burned down house on Tooley Road Innocence down the commode Watch them fall and lose track Get knocked up while high on smack Teenage boredom has prevailed Apathetic parents have failed Washer full of needles Filled to the brim Chance of survival Far beyond slim Comatose, nude in heaps Digging graves miles deep Caked coat hangers, bloodstained hands Potential life thrown in the garbage can
6.
The Struggle 03:15
Pry open my eyes, wake up in a cold sweat Grueling nightmares I endure every time I Lay in the bed after another fucking day That I wish I'd never awake Biting my nails every ass crack of dawn Ripping my hair out as dusk approaches Dreading the outside perils that await me Again and again and again... Paranoid broken and restless It seems there is no end Losing color in my face As my eyes droop down and darken Trying to solve my problems But they all keep crashing down Trying to mend the unmendable Every day, week and month and year Thought I was ready to take on the day But my ambitions were a lost cause A 50 mile run with the weight of the world on my back Garnished with my obligations Couldn't figure out where to start So I nailed my ass to the mattress Threw my cares out the window Drowned out the rest with a fifth Fucked up beyond all recognition Laying in bed, gathering filth Wasting away as the sky turns black Inebriated and starving to death Fucked up beyond all recognition Slowly awaiting my imminent downfall Wasting away as the sky turns black Descending into a downward spiral The struggle continues day after day The pain keeps getting stronger Malnourishment and misery prevail As my liquor cabinet empties Dry heaving and urinating blood As my final hour draws near Shambling towards the last half gallon I get on my knees and collapse Face down on the hardwood floor And I can't drink anymore Hourglass, last grain of sand Touched by the reaper's cold, dead hands
7.
Fucked home life, found a cheaper fix I think I'm set Started with a rush, a blissful escape From the world I hate You all judge and turn your back Found a substitute for reality And now I know That this is all I have to live for It's my reason to live Got nothing to give Only care for myself And you'll never change that Left face down in the streets to rot into eternity Bought temporary bliss and paid with my mortality Sprawled all over the asphalt, lying there a casualty Because I'm left face down in the streets to rot into eternity A sorry, dead motherfucker Waiting for it's next victim, overcharge you for my pain Molding you into my scapegoat for my selfish desires The light has left your life, your purpose now the same as mine Corrupted and downtrodden, this hit's your only salvation The lives that I've ruined are locked up and dead Six CC's going straight to my head Blown out every vein and next up my brains Because I've realized I'm a worthless piece of shit Tolerance raised so I increased the dose As the filth flows through I feel the end getting close Gradually engulfed in a dark tranquility Accepted the fact I'm a disgrace to humanity I've fallen into a hole And my only goal Is to cave it in And never see the light again Apathy has overcome me As I dig the needle deeper Heavy eyes and old bloodstains This illness never ends Awoke with burn holes in my clothes And I feel like death Lying in a pool of vomit And I'm drenched in a cold sweat I put myself to the test Ended up like the rest Now I lay in a chest Six feet underground
8.
Hell is Real 06:54
Broken and bastardized, this world and its inhabitants Deteriorate as time shows them no mercy Hope averted and progress laid to rest The ever-awaiting end seems prolonged for damn near centuries Death... And life are almost the same The line between them decays The soul is gone but the apathy remains Humanity is lost Retribution's cost is just too steep Drowning in distorted bliss Crawling with the benefits they reap Trapped... And surrounded by lies Losing touch as time flies Human race's dignity dies Out of luck We're all fucked Dead fields and plains, no chance of rain Plateaus of anguish, and seas of pain Robbed of all our innocence Forever stuck between silence and dissonance Contaminated beings plagued by their inferiority Trading their self worth for a false sense of security No... There's nothing wrong with this earth I'll continue to rape the resources Control, abuse and birth Blinded by a perceived Eden There's no chance to make up for this mess Swayed like a herd of foolish cattle Choosing to wallow in cess You can tell yourself you're surrounded by utopia But Hell is real, it's just outside your front door
9.
Kids sprawled on the floor, the windows are all smashed Bloodstains on the walls, the witching hour's passed Gather all the remnants of what caused this mess Red Bull and 'tussin and every bit of cess Pour it all inside a filthy devil's chalice Stir up the concoction with darvocet and xanax Drink up every drop and feel the evil flow through your veins The deed is done, your skin begins to glow Elixir of the dead, so wretched so rank Elixir of the dead, that which you drank A diabolical potion, no chaser, no cure Elixir of the dead, it's anything but pure It's the motherfucking devil's lean Your conscience is gone, surrounded by a wreck A euphoric sensation you did not expect As it courses through your body you feel pretty dead A single look at you strikes a feeling of dread The ecstasy fades, irate Falling off the deep end, your pupils dilate Take a look around, nobody's the same On a mission to get fucked up, you destroyed your brain Elixir of the dead, so wretched, so rank Elixir of the dead, that which you drank A pharmaceutical shitstorm, this prescription is death Elixir of the dead, no life is left It's the motherfucking devil's lean
10.
The light at the end of the tunnel has been busted The darkness that ensues has engulfed me The face that could once bear a smile's been wiped clean A shell of myself is all you can see No longer the lively person I once was Slowly shambling towards an escape route Inconspicuously begging for relief Could this be what my life's been all about? Tried to find the reason why I've kept going all these years My search has finally reached a halt Traded my failed purpose for this old .45 And freed the devil from it's cranial vault No words need be spoken as you gaze upon my coil All life eventually decays Take all that's left of me Set my remains ablaze

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Kenny - Vocals
Kyle - Guitar / Vocals
George - Guitar/ Vocals
Rob - Bass/ Vocals
Louie - Drums / Vocals

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released August 23, 2014

Recorded by Chris Trestain
Mastered by Brad Fischer
Produced by Axe Ripper and Chris Trestain

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