The second cut of the EP is actually the first song we ever crafted as a band. Titled "Failing Generation", this darker, hard rock song deals with the distance between our generation and that of our parents, and how society is so certain the "teenagers are nothing but a problem" that it just adds to a seemingly endless cycle.
lyrics
from Distance EP, released August 26, 2012
Lyrics written by Benjamin Mariano.
Music written by Static Speed.
Will Strowe (electric guitar, bass)
Benjamin Mariano (drums, lead vocals)
Gang vocals by Benjamin Mariano, Will Strowe, Alexander O'Neill, Kevin Rose, and Gabriel Michaloski.
engineered by Ken Wildman and Benjamin Mariano.
produced by Benjamin Mariano.
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And it’s slowly killing us inside
We can't run, can't hide, nowhere to confide
Somewhere in translation, our judgment was lost
We're livin' for pleasure at our own cost
The world seems to think we’re out to bring fear
I can’t understand why they can’t hear
The crying out, the hidden tears
Don't they understand that we're...
...caught in our grief, we are raging hearts?
(We risk our lives for these violent conflictions)
Regrets and pain, they are just the start
(Let’s waste away with our embraced addictions)
It seems like everyone I see is
becoming who I’d hate to be
It’s not only us, but all our nation
We are a failing generation
(Trying to cope without a hope)
And you just can’t get it through your head
You keep on like this and you'll wind up dead
A slow fade, a sure fade, a steady progression
An obsession with humoring aggression
Your life was already on its way down
Now, no belief that it can be fixed somehow
No place for help, you have no will
No trusting hope because you’re still...
...caught in your grief, you’re a raging heart
(You waste your life for these violent conflictions
Regrets and pain, they are just the start
(You’ll waste away with your embraced addictions)
We’re failing...
Save us from ourselves.
credits
from Distance EP,
released August 26, 2012
Lyrics written by Benjamin Mariano.
Music written by Static Speed.
Will Strowe (electric guitar, bass)
Benjamin Mariano (drums, lead vocals)
Gang vocals by Benjamin Mariano, Will Strowe, Alexander O'Neill, Kevin Rose, and Gabriel Michaloski.
engineered by Ken Wildman and Benjamin Mariano.
produced by Benjamin Mariano.
Levi's a good friend of ours, records some sweet ambient tunes, and will one day be a master composer. So go reward your ears for your curiosity. Static Speed
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