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ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS

by SCRAPS

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Virtual void 01:25
YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE WITH DISTORTED VIEWS A VIRTUAL VOID YOU CALL REALITY HOW MANY LIKES DO YOU NEED? TO FEED YOUR SOUL HOW MANY FILTERS DO YOU NEED? TO CONFORM TO THE NORM FOLLOWING THE LATEST TREND! ADDICTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA THE BLACK HOLE PULLS YOU IN DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE OF AN IDEALIZED WORLD BASED ON RIGID NORMS YOU WILL NEVER ACHIEVE YOU WILL NEVER ACHIEVE! DO YOU REALLY WANT TO FEED A SICK SYSTEM THAT MANIPULATES THE MASSES AND DESTROYS PLURALITY PHOTOSHOPPING YOUR WHOLE LIFE TO HIDE YOUR TRUE SELF SELLING YOU AN IDEALIZED WORLD YOU WILL NEVER ACHIEVE! YOU WILL NEVER ACHIEVE!
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SUPPORT DON’T PUNISH SOMETIMES DRUGS ARE A SOLUTION NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD JUST A SOLUTION TO AVOID SINKING INTO MADNESS OR DEPRESSION TRY TO CONTAIN YOUR INNER RAGE TO FEEL ALIVE AGAIN! STOP JUDGING WITH YOUR LIMITED VIEWS THAT STIGMATIZE IF A FRIEND DRIFTS AWAY; DON’T TURN YOUR BACK! DON’T PUNISH! DON’T CONDEMN! TRY TO UNDERSTAND! DON’T PUNISH! DON’T CONDEMN! TRY TO UNDERSTAND! A DRUG-FREE WORLD HAS NEVER EXISTED THE WAR ON DRUGS CRIMINALIZES THE PAIN DECRIMINALIZE! TRY TO REDUCE HARM ABSTINENCE IS A DOGMA UPHELD LIKE A RELIGION DARE TO FACE REALITY, SUPPORT DON’T PUNISH! SO MANY WAYS TO FIND YOURSELF, SUPPORT DON’T PUNISH! IN ANY CASE, I’LL BE ON YOUR SIDE, SUPPORT DON’T PUNISH! DON’T PUNISH, DON’T CONDEMN, TRY TO UNDERSTAND!
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DEADLY PATRIARCHY STOP THE STABBING! STOP THE BURNING! STOP THE KILLINGS NOW! ANOTHER HEADLINE ANOTHER SICK CRIME STILL MORE BREAKING NEWS ANOTHER SHOCK ANOTHER FRIGHT ANOTHER FEMICIDE STOP THE STABBING! STOP THE BURNING! STOP THE SCREAMING NOW! STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE NOW! STOP THE SLAUGHTER NOW! WE WON'T KEEP QUIET WE'RE NOT AFRAID WE WON'T OBEY WE HAVE TO BREAK THESE WALLS OF SILENCE THESE LEGACIES OF TERROR TOGETHER WE WILL ABOLISH THESE CRIMES! ANOTHER HEADLINE ANOTHER SICK CRIME STILL MORE BREAKING NEWS ANOTHER SHOCK ANOTHER FRIGHT ANOTHER FEMICIDE STOP THE STABBING! STOP THE BURNING! STOP THE KILLINGS NOW! STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE! STOP THE SLAUGHTER NOW!!!! WE WON'T KEEP QUIET WE'RE NOT AFRAID WE WON'T OBEY WE HAVE TO CHANGE TOXIC GENDER NORMS THESE LEGACIES OF TERROR TOGETHER WE WILL ABOLISH THESE CRIMES!
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THE MORE YOU KNOW… WE NEVER HAD SO MUCH DIVERSITY SO MANY SOURCES OF INFORMATION BUT THE MORE YOU READ, THE LESS YOU THINK WHY DO YOU STOP USING YOUR BRAIN? IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A DÉJÀ VU THE DEMONS OF THE PAST ARE BACK ON TRACK MORAL INQUISITION, DENIAL OF WHAT’S REAL BIGOTRY AND NORMS RULING YOUR LIFE THE MORE YOU HEAR, THE LESS YOU THINK WHY DO YOU STOP USING YOUR BRAIN? ALL I CAN SEE IS MISTRUST, HATE AND FEAR XENOPHOBIC ISOLATION Q-ANON THEORIES AND CRAZY CONSPIRACIES NEGATION OF THE MIND REPLACED BY FAITH THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE LESS YOU THINK WHY DO YOU STOP USING YOUR BRAIN? THE MORE YOU READ! THE LESS YOU THINK! THE MORE YOU HEAR! THE LESS YOU THINK! THE LESS YOU THINK! THE MORE YOU BELIEVE! TIME FOR YOU TO USE YOUR HEAD!
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AN ENDLESS SOURCE OF INSPIRATION YOU WERE MY GUIDE BACK IN THE DAY TO SHOW ME THE WAY ENDLESS SOURCE OF INSPIRATION TO FIND MY OWN WAY YOU WERE A GUIDE, A SHINING LIGHT DAY AFTER DAY YOU SHOWED ME MY POWER IN SO MANY WAYS CATALYSED MY ANGER IN A POSITIVE WAY FUELED THE FIRE OF MY COMMITMENT IN THE ANTIFASCIST DAYS WE MET AT YOUR PLACE TO PLAN OUR NEXT MOVE SHARING IDEAS WHILE WATCHING THE NEWS INVITING PEOPLE TO GET MORE INVOLVED LIVING YOUR ACTIVISM IN EVERY WAY WITH SHELTER FOR ALL AN OPEN SPACE TO SHARE A BASE FOR ACTION AND MUTUAL EXCHANGE ACCEPTANCE AND CARE NO PRICE TO PAY A TRIBUTE TO A FRIEND WE WILL NEVER FORGET!
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ESCAPE FROM HELL WHAT WOULD YOU DO? IF YOU LIVED FILLED WITH FEARS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? TRAPPED IN A WORLD FULL OF TEARS TO TRY TO SURVIVE IN AN OCEAN OF FRIGHT SURVIVE IN A NATION WITHOUT ANY RIGHTS BOMBINGS, ASHES, DISPLACEMENT AND WAR NEVER KNOWING WHAT’S NEXT IN STORE DEAD END STREETS, DESPERATE TO ESCAPE POVERTY, TORTURE AND RAPE WHEN TERROR FORCES PEOPLE TO FLEE SOLIDARITY IS THE KEY CROSSING BORDERS CROSSING THE SEA YOU LIVE YOU DREAM OF A BETTER LIFE NO PUSH BACKS! NO FILLED CAMPS NO PUSH BACKS! NO MORE WALLS NO PUSH BACKS! NO BARBED WIRE NO PUSH BACKS! THERE IS ENOUGH FOR ALL STOP THE STIGMA, NO MORE WITHDRAWAL BUILD A NETWORK TO WELCOME ALL NO HUMAN BEING IS UNLAWFUL MAKE THIS PLACE A HOME FOR ALL!
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WAR WITHOUT BLOOD FALSE FICTION IS NOTHING NEW BUT FAKE NEWS IS SOMETHING ELSE MADE UP TO SPREAD CONFUSION AND MAKE US QUESTION OUR BELIEFS THIS IS A WAR WITHOUT BLOOD A DIGITAL BATTLE PLAN THIS IS A WAR WITHOUT BLOOD TO WEAKEN THE GROUND OF OUR FREE WORLD DESIGNED TO DISTORT THE TRUTH BASED ON LIES AND PROPAGANDA TO SHATTTER OUR CONFIDENCE INCREASE GLOBAL SUSPICION THIS IS A WAR WITHOUT BLOOD A DIGITAL BATTLE PLAN THIS IS A WAR WITHOUT BLOOD TO WEAKEN THE GROUND OF OUR CIVILIZED WORLD MISTRUST IS A POISON THAT DESTROYS EVERY COMMUNITY INJECTED IN SMALL DOSES THROUGH FAKE NEWS AND CYBERATTACKS THIS IS A WAR WITHOUT BLOOD A DIGITAL BATTLE PLAN THIS IS A WAR WITHOUT BLOOD TO WEAKEN THE GROUND OF THE FREE PRESS WHEN IT’S NO LONGER CLEAR WHAT IS TRUE OR FALSE PEOPLE LOSE THEIR TRUST IN WHAT’S REAL IS WHAT THEY TELL ME ON TV THE TRUTH? IS WHAT I READ IN THE PAPERS THE TRUTH? IS WHAT I HEARD ON THE NET THE TRUTH? IT’S NOT EASY TO DECIPHER THE FACTS! BUT MISTRUST IS THE POISON THAT DESTROYS EVERY SOCIETY INJECTED IN SMALL DOSES THROUGH FAKE NEWS AND CYBERATTACKS THIS IS A WAR WITHOUT BLOOD A DIGITAL BATTLE PLAN THIS IS A WAR WITHOUT BLOOD BUT WITH DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES
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REASON FOR HOPE WHEN YOU HAVE HOPE, YOU PLACE YOUR TRUST IN YOUR OWN POWER TO MOVE FORWARD MAKE THE GOOD CHOICE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE EMPOWER YOURSELF, TO MAKE IT REAL IT’S UP TO YOU TO USE THIS FORCE THAT KEEPS YOU GOING WHEN YOU HIT A WALL THE SELF BELIEF THAT YOU CAN DO IT EMPOWER YOURSELF TO MAKE IT REAL TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS OF YOUR THOUGHTS HOPE WILL BE THE HEALER OF YOUR SOUL TO PUT THE HURT AND PAIN AWAY LIFT YOUR HEAD AND SHOW YOU THE WAY A GUIDING FORCE TO ENLIGHT YOUR LIFE AN UNSEEN COMPASS TOWARDS THE LIGHT THE SOURCE OF ENERGY YOU NEED FOR THE OBSTACLES THROWN IN YOU PATH DON’T LET YOUR HURTS SHAPE YOUR FUTURE ONLY WHEN IT IS DARK YOU CAN SEE THE STARS LIVE FOR TODAY AND HOPE FOR TOMORROW NEVER LOSE HOPE BECAUSE STORMS WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER
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A NATION UNDER FIRE A CONSTANT STATE OF TERROR UNCERTAINTY AND FEAR TRAPPED IN THE UNDERGROUND TO ESCAPE THE BOMBS THERE’S NOWHERE TO HIDE YOU’RE UNDER ATTACK! NATION UNDER FIRE! FOR THE GLORY OF ONE “BROTHER” AGAINST “BROTHER” FOR THE SAKE OF A NEW TSAR SO MANY INNOCENTS MUST DIE DESPAIR AND MISERY FINANCED BY GREEDY OLIGARCHS WHO WILL BE NEXT VICTIM? WHO WILL SHED THEIR BLOOD? WHEN WILL IT END? WHEN WILL RISE A NEW HOPE? YOUR ENEMIES WILL VANISH LIKE DEW IN THE SUN AND YOU SHALL RULE IN A FREE LAND OF YOUR OWN YOU’LL LAY DOWN YOUR BODIES AND SOULD TO ATTAIN YOUR FREEDOM
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LIGHT A FIRE IN YOUR LIFE WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF LIFE? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BREAK FREE? YOU CAN START TODAY AND STOP RUNNING AWAY! DAY, DAY AFTER DAY BE THE ONE THAT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR TIME, TIME AFTER TIME YOU CAN HAVE AN HAVE AN IMPACT IN YOUR LIFE YOU CAN START TODAY AND STOP RUNNING AWAY STEP OUT OF THE DARK LIGHT A FIRE IN YOUR LIFE WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF LIFE? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BREAK FREE? WHAT DO YOU WANT OUT OF LIFE? WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BREAK FREE? TO WAKE UP FROM YOUR STUPOR TO STEP UP AND GET INVOLVED TO ENRICH THE WORLD GET OUT OF THE RUT LIGHT A FIRE IN YOUR LIFE STEP OUT YOUR OWN SHADOW
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Old demons 05:08
OLD DEMONS THE OLD DEMONS ARE BACK ON TRACK ARE YOU REALLY SURE THEY EVER DIED OUT? WILL WE EVER LEARN TO OVERCOME THE PAST? TOXIC DEFIANCE BETWEEN THE NATIONS XENOPHOBIA IS THE NEW RELIGION WILL WE EVER LEARN TO SEE BEYOND BIAS? LIVING IN FEAR UNDER YOUR WAIVING FLAGS BUILDING NEW WALLS AND SEGREGATION WILL WE EVER LEARN TO SHARE OUR WEALTH? I SEE MILITIA MEN CRUISING ON THE STREETS LAW AND ORDER TO SEDATE THE MASSES WILL WE EVER LEARN TO HEAL OUR OLD WOUNDS? I SEE POPULISTS FUELING THE FIRES SPREADING THEIR HATRED AS THE NEW STATE VISION WILL WE EVER LEARN TO RESIST BRAINWASHING? IS THIS THE WAY YOU SEE YOUR FUTURE? TRAPPED BY FEAR AND INDOCTRINATION OPEN YOUR EYES! DON’T GLORIFY THESE LIES! INCENSING THE PAST WON’T BUILD OUR FUTURE DECAYING DOGMAS ARE NOT THE KEY HELP US TO BREAK FREE FROM THIS VICIOUS CIRCLE! A GLOBAL WORLD NEEDS GLOBAL THINKING FREE FROM FAKE NEWS AND MANIPULATION JOIN US TO BE BUILD THE FREE WORLD OF TOMORROW!

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ON THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS:
human civilisation faces a series of existential threats from the combination of five global and human-engineered challenges, namely climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation, overpopulation and rising social inequality. Nationalism, cyberattacks, fake news manipulations, conspiracies, … are threatening the foundations of our world.
There is still hope…
But hope alone won’t stand…
Don’t wait for others to act in your place, this world needs all the help it can get!

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released June 5, 2023

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SCRAPS Lille, France

Established 1983
Vocals: Daveman
Guitars: Raph
Bass: Tomoy
Drums: Michael
Merch: refuserecords.bandcamp.com

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