Name: North Of Golden Gate
Duration: P00H05M44S
Description: The B-side of Annihilist 7".

North Of Golden Gate

by OASR

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The B-side of Annihilist 7".

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“Where the hell is their urgency?” An old fighter asked me
“The world is on fire and all they see
are the immediate returns of unexamined lives,
the clear glass walls of fabricated eternities
and mass-produced certainties”

“Where the hell is your urgency?” I’m pressing myself.
“The world’s up in flames and all you see
is the next paycheck and meal
You’re not even trying to conceal
that your world ends on your front lawn,
with the vengeful dogs standing on guard.”

I was born a sea-sick sailor
but these feet were made to stand on a solid rock
North of Golden Gate.
Yes, I was born a sea-sick sailor
but these feet were made to stand on a solid rock
and no one will push me off of this one. No one!

Where the hell is our dignity? We make ourselves crawl
in the gutters of these easy streets
for a few crumbs and a pad and
everything’s for sale, for the fear of love and for the love of comfort.

(1,2,3,4,5,6)
Seven, eight, nine-
Ten burning years of running after real life
Palokka to Porvoo, then north of Golden Gate. Palo Alto, East Bay yet my aim has stayed the same.

This yearning pushing me beyond time
I'm dead tired but I can't stop digging now, gotta find my way out of the spiral heading down
I’ve fought desperation like it fights me
One devil at a time, never keep my sights too far. Staring them right down, won't even try to hide my scars.

And I’ve come to accept this simple fact:
Honesty is not for the faint of heart. (Not for the faint of heart!)

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released February 24, 2017
Words and music by Tuomas Mäkinen and Tapio Vartiainen.
Tuomas Kainulainen played drums on this track.
Mixed & Mastered by Antti Malinen.

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