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Blood City

by Rival Knives

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Michael F. RIVAL KNIVES 'Blood City' is an absolute killer; a ripping blend of street punk attitude and crusty hardcore, that is deliciously rock n roll. Weaving street tales of $hit gone wrong with a passionate growl this is whiskey-soaked punk rock at its best. Somebody snatch these guys up pronto...this is just flat-out great... Favorite track: Blood City.
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1.
we came to destroy you all drown bitches in alcohol send kids to their crying moms drop science and load it with F-bombs why aren't you breathing? you're gonna ruin my summer why aren't you dancing? you are the party bummer all out on the weekend all out on the weekday fuck it I'm trying to get wasted I'm trying to bury myself alive and you'll never forget tonight if you almost lost your life we'll celebrate the night if we do this shit, let's do it right why aren't you breathing? you're gonna ruin my summer why aren't you dancing? you are the party bummer we're just getting started life in the endless summer don't be a baby don't be a party bummer no rest for the wicked no sleep til we're dead and you'll never forget tonight if you almost lost your life we'll celebrate the night if we do this shit, let's do it right
2.
Blood City 02:19
last night I was lying in my bed I heard the sound of a creaking hinge I checked the door to the basement stairs I checked the window but there's no one standing there I've got a gun if you don't believe me check into my house if you're tired of breathing I've got this horrid feeling somebody's out to get me and I don't know who it is I don't know who it is next day I was coming home I found blood and a ransom note for my dog this motherfucker's gone way too far what kind of pussy hides out in the dark with a knife and I admit I was out for blood but what do you do when you don't know what the fuck and I don't believe a single word he said cause I'll put a bullet in the back of his head I've got this horrid feeling somebody's out to get me and I don't know who it is I don't know who it is I'm out for blood I'm not the kind that'll beg for mercy But I've got this horrid feeling somebody's out to get me and I don't know who it is I don't know who it is
3.
you act like you're so cool you make up your own rules if that ain't it then what does it take to know? you've got a friend in the paper you've got a friend on a blog and they say "that's my favorite song" but me, I will never know what it takes to be a part of it all there's no breaks for guys like us I know cause we're not cool and we're way too fucking old Well I must be past my prime I guess if you think so I might as well be dead I guess if you think so I've got nothing to say I guess if you think so but no one can stop me now no one can stop me alright alright I guess it's not all that bad I get to laugh and play rock and roll with these guys right here and that's way cooler to me than to be some kind of king shit of turd island, so fuck it. me, I will never know what it takes to be a part of it all there's no breaks for guys like us I know cause we're not cool and we're way too fucking old don't look at me I didn't make the rules I just play what I would listen to I don't give a fuck if none of you like this song but if you do, I hope you sing along Me I will never know what it takes to be a part of it all there's no breaks for guys like us I know cause we're not cool and we're way too fucking old Well I must be past my prime I guess if you think so I might as well be dead I guess if you think so But no one can stop me no one can stop me
4.
Unravel 03:30
all of my decisions today weren't very clear I think I might have drank away all of my fears so maybe I am the sleaze so maybe I am the one they're talking about still want my MTV still want my Judas Priest Sit back and watch me unravel I know you'd love to see me burn cause I'm a liar and a bastard of all the bad I am the worst Friday night I sit at home playing my guitar and though I wrote so many songs I never got that far So maybe I am the sleaze maybe I am the one they're talking about still in my concert T's soon I'l be late thirties with no one but me hanging on to a dream Sit back and watch me unravel I know you'd love to see me burn Cause I'm a liar and a bastard of all the bad I am the worst but I still love rock and roll it's the part of my soul that hasn't killed me yet and I don't think it will so maybe I am the sleaze so maybe I am the one they're talking about yeah I'm still going to shows some band that nobody knows maybe I'm playing guitar maybe you know who we are it hasn't killed me yet and I don't think it will when all the lights go dim I will be right here.
5.
Lizard Brain 03:08
I was only trying to help you out I thought I'd blame my lizard brain what's left to say but I'm sorry I wonder how do we return from falling? defy gravity? I thought I'd blame my lizard brain what's left to say but I'm sorry. I keep trying and trying and trying but I can't seem to fix myself no matter what I just keep on fucking up I thought I'd blame my lizard brain what's left to say But I'm sorry.
6.
let's ride in a rusty beast on down to mexico get in fights and end up in jail spend my nights on a bed of nails woke up in a parking lot lost keys and all my clothes dressed down to a pair of socks so I just started running I just started running Am I the only one out here? Am I the only thing I fear? I don't care if the coast is clear you want to break my bones then break my bones But how do you stop getting old? didn't know then what I know If all I would have lost was control but nothing's ever enough Life in the firing pin you go out can't come back in shoot to kill shoot to win being crucified is a crucial fix I'll find my way back home when I find a place to call home there ain't nothing like a burning bridge to release myself from all of this Am I the only one out here? Am I the only thing I fear? I don't care if the coast is clear you wanna break my bones then break my bones But how do you stop getting old? didn't know then what I know if all I would have lost was control but nothing's ever enough If all I would have lost was control If all I would have lost was control
7.
"Can we go to the hill again? I'll never ask you for anything I swear we won't stay long" but then we'd stay there for hours and hours "could you please stay close to home? it doesn't matter what your brother says" and then we'd start all over again but sometimes you can't escape the past and this is how I remember it I was only a boy If I could go back and say to you we never meant any harm so the lights stay green Am I suppose to get used to it? cause I don't think that it can be done If I could go back in time there's really nothing that I could do let's keep running never look back let's keep driving never stop you know sometimes you've gotta let it go you've gotta keep on keeping on so the lights stay green when all the lights turn red
8.
Tim Rigby 03:26
waking up on a summer morning I call you up and we ride all day long no bills to pay no time to come home I know the latest tricks from watching videos and I'd have kept it up if not for one thing I'm not seventeen anymore and I sure feel it when I get on the board don't break a leg cause you can't work don't come home late don't be a jerk well my old man he used to poke fun cause I didn't like cars and I didn't like guns but when you get older some things start to change I learned to really like cars and now sometimes I skate I'm not seventeen anymore and I sure feel it when I get on the board don't break a leg cause you can't work don't come home late don't be a jerk I'll always remember the good old days we had our problems but we really had it made the only thing I ever cared about were shoes board sizes and bones brigade so when I grow up and you ask me what did I really want to be it was Tony, Plan B and Danny Way Sometimes I just want to skate I'll always remember the good old days we had our problems but we really had it made the only thing I ever cared about were shoes board sizes and bones brigade so when I grow up and you ask me what did I really want to be it was Tony, Plan B and Danny Way it was Tim Rigby from Ohio Surf and Skate
9.
Zombie Club 03:42
are these the best days you ever had? you might not think so but I would never let it go been days away ever since the bomb hit the southern states we sit and wait while we all just rot away I'm bored as hell cause there's nothing left to do but sit around or look for human food and I thought maybe that was all that it would spread then sixteen others turned into living dead now I'm mad as fucking hell I'm not alive and there's just something about blood I need tonight all the theaters are closed all the porn shops are closed there's really nothing left to do this place is a ghost town cause they're all afraid of you well I know, I know, I know But I thought maybe that was all that it would spread and then sixteen others turned into living dead now I'm mad as fucking hell I'm not alive But there's just something about blood I need tonight and we will not be left alone this is the zombie club and it's all our own and we will not die here alone this is the zombie club and it's all our own are these the best days you ever had? you might not think so but I would never let it go I thought maybe that was all that it would spread and then sixteen others turned into living dead now I'm mad as fucking hell I'm not alive but there's just something about blood I need tonight
10.
Buddy 02:10
well in the back of my mind I already crossed the line the kind of things we did turn into kids we went down about a mile on down the street when she turned to me she never felt so free and said "I swore I'd never meet my Buddy" Buddy? Buddy!? Buddy! Whenever we go go out to eat it's always on me it's always on me well I think I want more bust down that door roll around that bed then of course she said "I swore I'd never meet my BUDDY!" Buddy? Buddy?! Buddy! and when she stares back at me I know there's something about it but when I tried to make a move she says "I think I want to be just friends" Buddy! Buddy? Buddy?! BUDDY!
11.
oh well I tried. i swear. and I remembered every word and with every song we did our best we hope you heard the evidence cause I was living in a different world but you don't always get the girl sometimes I feel like cigarettes I'm burning out and losing breath and now that nothing can hold me back but the goddamn radio I've got to give it one more shot give me one more night on a plane out to hollywood give me one more chance to show them that I could I haven't seen this place since I was a young blood give me one more chance to show them that I could "those were the days" he said as he loaded the old truck bed if I'd have known what I know now I'd never stop or settle down I really don't need that much I'm just like my father was there's things I must get off my chest the need to rise and never rest if you gave me shows to play if you gave me a place to stay I'd pack my black suitcase and play the songs as long as I could play If I could reach you all If I could see it all If I could write them all you know that I would
12.
maybe a drive is all I need maybe a song is all I needed cause I can't focus I can't breathe take me away from everything feels so mindless where's my blindfold? maybe this life is not for me maybe I'm not who I should be you ever think maybe you could change it? but then you find yourself back here feels so mindless where's my blindfold? all it is is openness open doors defeatist grin don't know where or to begin if I could find the road to take I'd close the door and drive away tonight.

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Artwork -Scott R. Miller
Tracking/Mixing/Engineering - Jim Stewart
Mastering - Adam Boose @Cauliflower Audio

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released March 3, 2014

Chris Wright-Vocals/Guitar
Kris Monroe - Drums
Michael Barber - Guitar/Vocals
Keith Gayton - Bass/Vocals

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Rival Knives is the new moniker of the dudes formerly known as The Goonz

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