Gator Shakes, by Gator Shakes

Gator Shakes

by Gator Shakes

supported by

Riff Zealot This record is relentless. From the first seconds to the last note it plows forward at breakneck speed. It settles into a nasty groove that just builds with each song. This album puts a fire in your belly that could burn the whole world down. Favorite track: Leading a Horse to Holy Water.

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$5 USD or more

1.	Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day 02:28	lyrics
Perdition grows from within A feeling that bubbles up under the skin A blister A cancer called the state Black rags, a funeral garb The kids are marching, a call to arms Circle every A Circle every A I’ll pray for your machines Guided by fear which threatens their dreams Keep them well fed, make sure nothing's learned We see by the light of the bridges we burn Black rags, a funeral garb The kids are marching, a call to arms Circle every A Circle every A Cut out the cancer, dead romans everywhere They feed the soil Cut out the cancer, dead romans everywhere They feed the soil, dead romans They’ve been dead for sometime and now their flesh will follow
2.	Don't Look Up 02:29	lyrics
Silence this dissent with a badge and a vest And a shiny little gun in case things get tense Quiet down boy, hands over your head Every word you say wrapped around your neck The only god you’ll ever need is the god of greed The only god you’ll ever need. Don’t you pray to a god who doesn’t care Looking up in the sky, he sure ain’t there Another war, a poor boy’s life All on account of the stars and stripes The only god you’ll ever need is the god of greed The only god you’ll ever need. The coffin shuts, covered with sand There’s blood in my eyes, there's blood on your hands
3.	God Heroin 02:23	lyrics
You let the needle find its way under her skin Just give her back and I’ll carry the weight of her sin God show your fucking face to me The only thing you’ve done is let her slip away I won't bow down at your feet I’m beginning to think your king is nothing but a thief I won't bow down at your feet I’m beginning to think your king is nothing but a thief I was too busy chasing ghosts out of my head I was too busy sending my friends to hospital beds I was too busy chasing ghosts out of my head Spent the whole night putting my friends into hospital beds I hope you’re proud. You let her drown. I hope you’re proud. You left her buried in the ground. Give her back Give her back, coward I hope you know on the night they laid her in the ground I tried to bury you instead. She should be smiling right now. And you should be dead.
4.	Confessor's Tongue 02:22	lyrics
Does your mind ever feel too big for its home? Substance abuse to escape the ropes. Push me some more, the limits low Until my jaw bites and crushes bone. I’ll run until my feet bleed But the problems define me I’ll lie until my tongue dries But the words always find me. I’ll cut my tongue out in the confessional. I’ll cut my tongue out. Sleepless nights, my days are hell now Starting to feel that I’d be happier hellbound Searching for ways to make this trip quicker And all I’ve found are ways to get sicker An empty bottle won’t get me there It’ll put me to sleep or it’ll land me in jail If as above is so below Then heaven’s a bust and hell’s just a show I’ll run, I’ll run, I’ll run I’ll run until my feet bleed But the problems define me I’ll lie until my tongue dries But the words always find me. I’ll cut my tongue out in the confessional. So your lord can never hear If my prayers are never answered Then I’ll live in fear.
5.	Traitor to the Cause 02:39	lyrics
How can a man born in the belly of the beast Be any more than a mirror of what he’s seen? For the love of god get these men a drink They’re starting to rise up, starting to think Gather the troops, set out to the street Take what you can, kill everything you see. Give me my chains, something to break Keep my feet on the ground, my heart in a cage Give me one melody Something to sing when it gets hard to breathe Hate me, rape me, make me a traitor Hate me, rape me, make me a traitor to the cause
6.	Leading a Horse to Holy Water 03:04	lyrics
The new disciple, a chemical incision The drugs speak to ears that will listen The acid scriptures weren’t heaven sent I only hear god when you dose the sacrament I am the horse you led to holy water Now beat me until I drink I am the horse you led to holy water Now beat me till I drink As we delight in the hymn The new gods delight in our violent end All that’s left is bones Of the old god that once roamed This world belongs to our lies We will lie with our kind This world belongs to our lies We will lie with our kind in the dirt Father, deceiver Sewn his sins into my flesh Mother, revealer The hypocrisy of your holiness I am the horse you led to holy water Now beat me until I drink I am the horse you led to holy water Now beat me till I drink The new gods are violent New god, violence The new gods are violent New god, violence
7.	Shots Heard from the Forest 02:35	lyrics
I used to swear to god i was gonna change the world Now I’d rather settle for a line of pretty pearl I used to think the devil and your god were inside Warring for the high ground in my mind One shot to go, five rounds, six chances at life Only one of us is getting out of here alive The past, the present, only future remains To welcome the victor of this gunmetal game I used to fall asleep or at least blackout content Now intrusive thoughts rage inside of my head It's kill or be killed in this forest of mine Only one of us is getting out of here alive None of you are my friends any more I’ll rent out my nights, my time as a whore. Shots heard from the forest filling the night Only one of us is getting out of here alive Which one of us is the beast of the wood? Which one of my thoughts is the one that means good? Which one of my faces should i wear tonight? Only one of us is getting out of here alive.