The Rising

from Evil Empurr by The Nix86

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

Shut off the mind but the mind keeps thinking.
Shut off the mind but the head keeps spinning.
Circles around, can't shut down these feelings.
You are who you are but that's not going to make you a star.
Shut off the sound but the voices sneak in.
Cut out the world but it just creeps back in.
You are who you are and you'd like to believe it.
You are who you are but do you really believe what you say?
Fall out of love with the ones you stayed with.
Fall out of love with the friends you now dismiss.
Wasted so much of a life on this mess.
I've got to get rid of the faces on this list.

I'm free to be whoever I want to be, see whoever I want to see, and listen to the sounds that let me know I'm free
To break from the things that bind the negative within my mind and throw it all away.
That's how I want to stay.

Cursed by the thoughts that you used to live by.
Cursed by the thoughts that return you to where you were.
Always the hope to revoke your past life.
Always the hope to move to what you prefer.
Constantly crushed by the thoughts of failure.
Constantly crushed by the fear that swells inside.
What is the point if it all just scares you?
What is the point if you're always going to hide?
Your reason is lost when you have no ego.
Your ego is lost when opinions change your fate.
Always afraid of the things we don't know.
Always afraid we'll become what we now hate.

credits

from Evil Empurr, released May 5, 2012

license

about

The Nix86 New York, New York

contact / help

Contact The Nix86

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like The Nix86, you may also like:

Ska Against Racism
by Bad Time Records

supported by 11 fans who also own “The Rising”

This is Unity music codbraski115
go to album
Ordinary Life
by We Are The Union

supported by 10 fans who also own “The Rising”

Joyous, upbeat, comtemplating big things with skankin' joy! And as queer as 2023 should be! Jim W
go to album
Get After It
by The Fad

supported by 8 fans who also own “The Rising”

excellent mini album. great ska sound. Play More Ska !!! skaonthex
go to album
All Girls Go To Heaven
by Mint Green

Bright and dazzling guitar pop radiates out from this irresistible LP from Mint Green, with choruses as big as summer sky. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 5, 2022
go to album
Bonus Flowers
by Maxshh

Max Goldstein makes "acoustic" music that is a unique mix of guitar, experimental electronics, and percussion. Make indie rock weird again. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 25, 2021
go to album
Jana
by The Vovos

Nothing not to love about the jangly sounds of the Vovos, who blend catchy melodies with whip smart lyrics. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 25, 2021
go to album
SKA DREAM
by Jeff Rosenstock

supported by 8 fans who also own “The Rising”

I love jef myst_327
go to album