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lyrics

Engage Jesse Myers 2007

chorus
The warrior closes with his enemy
Engages in battle for victory
His character is how he’s defined
Self-preservation expelled from his mind
He won’t retreat he will never hide
Won’t hesitate there’s nothing to decide.
There’s no request he will ever deny.
Prepared to fight he’s prepared to die.

verse one
You’ve got my back but you don’t show
You want to stop it watch it go
You’re positive but you don’t know
You wish it were it isn’t so
You’re swimming upstream with the flow
You’re standing up and laying low
You’re on the galley but you won’t row
You disagree but won’t say no

chorus
The warrior closes with his enemy
Engaged in battle he claims victory
His character is how he’s defined
Self-preservation expelled from his mind
He’ll never run he will never hide
Won’t hesitate there’s nothing to decide.
There’s no request he will ever deny.
Prepared to fight he’s prepared to die

verse two
Stand up or sit down continue or quit
Can’t make a deal I’m done dealing with it
Grapple or tap out fight or submit
If you throw a punch know you’re gonna get hit
Dominate devastate your opponent
Survive overcome pull yourself from the pit
Leave where you came from go where you’re sent
All that you give equals all that you get

chorus
The warrior closes with his enemy
Engages in battle for victory
His character is how he’s defined
Self-preservation expelled from his mind
He’ll never run he will never hide
Won’t hesitate there’s nothing to decide.
There’s no request he will ever deny.
Prepared to fight he’s prepared to die.

verse three
You say that it matters you claim that you care
But to see you rise up is a sight that is rare
Faced with a challenge for truth or a dare
Confronted with martyrdom life isn’t fair
More than your piercings your beard or your hair
More than tattoos or the clothes that you wear
This is a trap you are caught in a snare
This is your burden a load you can’t bear

chorus
The warrior closes with his enemy
Engaged in battle he claims victory
His character is how he’s defined
Self-preservation expelled from his mind
He won’t retreat he will never hide
Won’t hesitate there’s nothing to decide.
No sacrifice he will ever deny
You haven’t lived until you’re prepared to die

credits

from Greatest Hits, released March 1, 2013
lyrics by Jesse Myers 2007
music for much of this song was derived from a jam session in 1997 with Brainstorm (Jesse Myers, Tony Odel and David O’Harra)

drums performed by Ash Biggs
Ash Biggs appears courtesy of Black Bell

cover artwork by Fuzzy Tattoo

Recorded at Sprout City Studios,
Eugene, Oregon,
by Jesse Myers and Damian DeLong
Mixed by Jesse Myers

Mastered by Ryan Foster at Foster Mastering in Portland, Oregon

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After the Mourning Temple, Texas

After the Mourning is perpetually writing and recording the next two albums. Each album includes loud music and shouting, broken up by instrumental interludes.

The songs have elements of music from another era, but incorporate novel concepts that keep each track dynamic. This merging of nostalgia and uniqueness keeps each album engaging from the opening chord to the final resolve.
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