Cognitive War

by EXUDE

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1.	Ladder 02:12 video	lyrics	buy track
I’ve been wasting my life away Searching for the truth I’ve been searching for a master To give me the truth I fought the fight Then I found a light I realized I must create not tolerate The conditions of my existence Cause every light has its other end This end is always fire The torch that I carry Burns from each side Trying to balance the heat It ain’t no easy stride Cause’ every light has its other end This end is always fire I reached out to the sky And found a way I climbed the ladder And threw it all away I climbed the ladder And kicked it all away
2.	Magnifying Glass 02:06 video	lyrics	buy track
Take a good look I stand alone I stand alone The sky is filled with widely open eyes The land? pedestals with question marks Why do I follow the blind? I guess I wanna survive I guess I wanna feel alive Paths pawed by the eyes of love Horizons set by the eyes of fear There are no winners When truth is too old Even the birds forgot their melodies There are no winners When truth is too old Even the birds forgot their melodies Fire is ice And Ice is fire Ice is fire And Fire is ice We are not free Because we are not free in What we see and What we desire We are not free
3.	Reflector 02:20	lyrics	buy track
For too long, I have thought I must be alright all the time Force fed with encouraging words Made me think that to please Is the essence of life Look me straight in the eye and tell me, what do you see? I see a reflection of time where I meant something to myself The weight upon my shoulders Has met My judicious decline When will you realize That this isn’t a life worth livin’ Who told you to be insecure is a virtue I sure as hell didn’t Performative high Performative love I don’t need this in my life For too long I have thought And I did nothing to make it right
4.	Hacksaw 02:43	lyrics	buy track
I try, shackles rattle I fail, shackles rattle I get up, shackles rattle I move on, shackles rattle You know I don’t owe you shit I did what I did, that’s it I did what I Wanted to do Finally, I cut myself loose From the shackles you too Choose to have on The shackles you choose I know, it takes some time To find the your in your-self But then, your you is not just one’s self Then, you are a free man Then, you are a free man I gained control again I finally moved on I finally pushed you away
5.	Palcát 02:52	lyrics	buy track
To co jde nám dobře Je ukazovat prstem Ale když dojde řada na nás Máme připravenou druhou tvář Od úsvitu do soumraku, chodící schránky plné bludu Máme hodně co ztratit A tak neděláme nic Jsme děti konce dějin, které si zakázaly snít Nikdo za nic nemůže A tak nemáme nepřátele Z myšlenek tvořících světy Staly se zaprášené oltáře moci Máme zaťaté pěsti, ale ruce v kapsách Máme zaťaté pěsti, ale ruce v kapsách Modlící se k mrtvým bohům Čekáme až se něco změní Výsledek je rovný nule Nečinnost je nevyčíslitelná Bijte hady které si hřejeme na prsou Bijte hady jejichž jed je hybatelem naší schizofrenní společnosti Tento svět jsme stvořili my sami Dveře osudu jsou otevřeny Projít jimi musíme Anebo ne
6.	Clock Hands 02:56	lyrics	buy track
I see them every day Sleepwalking flesh and blood Still in a rush But got nowhere to go Talking a lot But the walk they walk speaks louder Cynics by choice Cannot break this cycle The clock is tick tick ticking down Nowhere to wait Nowhere to hide Nowhere to cry So speak your mind While there’s time Because the time goes by And you might die Not knowing who you are And what you can and cannot do The time goes by And you might die Not knowing who you are There’s no one to turn to No one to help you No one to save you But you You are not the only one But you are the one That makes the choices That make you It starts as I against I And ends as I against our culture The culture of comfort And the clock is tick tick ticking down
7.	Lever 03:25	lyrics	buy track
I have been summoning you In the faith that you would appear floating in associations I’m losing my god damn mind Sadly time fails to deliver you to me Eyes shut sweating through the sheets Paralyzed unable to move Tied up need something to prove That this again is not what I once felt It started out picture perfect Nothing more you could possibly ask for Even though he had it all Somehow it was never enough for him Absence in his heart Filled up with tension and doubt To ever move on Reality is on its way Choices, they have been made The lever has been used Facing the consequences in absolute denial As leverage creeps into the mind You grasp for air and fight Hanging on to the last thread Of life that there’s left In the present I open my eyes A blessing in disguise Lead me on this path Until the afterlife Where we meet again
8.	27–30 03:03	lyrics	buy track
Šlapu si po svym štěstí a vířim prach Nechtěl jsem si přiznat že mám jenom strach Kéž bych věděl co říct Kéž bych věděl jak dál Nikdy nechtěl jsem víc než jsem mohl mít Ale chtěl jsem vždy míň než jsem měl A tak stal se ze mě člověk jehož stín Je větší než on sám Pomoz mi pochopit Proč už nepůjde to jako dřív Pomoz mi pochopit Proč teď a tady to končí Proč v propasti každodennosti Odlévá se člověk Který definuje sám sebe tím Čeho všeho se vzdal Podávám ti ruku ale nečekám od tebe nic Podávám ti ruku ale nečekám od tebe nic Podávám ti ruku ale nečekám od tebe nic Nic Nic Nic Musím jít dál ale Zůstávám s tebou

about

After meeting each other for the first time at a No Turning Back show in their hometown of Prague, the members of Exude decided to form a band without even discussing which musical role each member would play.

The resulting eight tracks comprising the band’s debut, Cognitive War, are youthful and unpolished, lyrically introspective, and loaded with a dead-serious mid tempo groove reminiscent of the Desperate Fight scene of Umeå, Sweden in the 1990’s.

With members also putting in creative hours at Pushteek (the local label responsible for this release), playing with sXe 90’s revivalists Lifelike, or pursuing academic studies in philosophy, the Desperate Fight parallels don’t just end with a metallic hardcore sound that would turn the heads of any fan of Shield or Abhinanda.

Exude’s songs are a modern take on a sound that will be familiar to some and completely new to others, but the breakdown always comes back around.

credits

released October 18, 2022

Vinyl in two different colors came out on December 10th of 2022

She or he who has conquered weakness, and has put away all selfish thoughts, belongs neither to oppressor nor oppressed. She or he is free.
— James Allen (As a Man Thinketh)

Exude: Aleš, Michal, Šimon, Joseph, Vojtěch
Guests: Ivan — vocals in Palcát; Tony — guitar outro in Lever

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Amák at Golden HIVE Studio Prague in May 2022
Cover Art by Jiří Horáček
Layout by Carton Clan