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Artist: Gather
Canonical path: /gather/escalate
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Escalate
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Escalate
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Straight Edge cannot be considered the final goal / but in order to achieve the things that count the most,
we must use it as a tool.
/ There is more to it than simply being drug free / it's the clarity of mind to act most effectively against this system we're fighting / It's the first step,
it's the key to unlock you from your apathy / but if you stop at that,
you're just a waste to me / You've broken your addiction,
but now you just sit / as stagnant as a passed out frat-boy - you're no threat!
/ I know plenty of Christian who don't drink / Do they deserve praise for being revolutionary?
NO!
/ Do you really believe that Straight Edge alone is going to do shit?
/ If drugs are the reason everyone's so passive,
use your sobriety to act!
/ Do you think it's just about health?
/ The how does it effect anyone but you?
/ Now that you're liberated,
what are you going to do?
/ Merely Straight Edge - not enough!
/ Merely Straight Edge - step it up!
/ If you think that we have things in common just because we both wear X's on our hands,
you're wrong!
/ We both may abstain from substances,
but that is not enough to make a bond
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