Uploaded January 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Band: Channel
Album: Self Titled 7 Inch
Label: Stillborn Records (1994)
discogs.com/Channel-Channel/release/1026719

2nd Self Titled 7"
youtube.com/watch?v=_sO8DpswQDo

[00:00] A1 Scratch
[03:12] A2 Thief
[06:53] B1 Justice

Lyrics:

SCRATCH
you burn me up inside
you follow the rules they provide
why can't you think for youself
you follow blindly

do you think they care
no they run the machine
you're owned and controlled
you are puppet
who controls the strings?

you think you know
you know nothing
you're owned and controlled
how can they teach what you never even learned


THIEF
and now it hurts
wounds hidden under my skin
that will never heal
and the pain is beyond belief
and when i wake in the middle of the night
in a freezing sweat i think of you in my nightmares
and i wonder if i ever did anything to make you think
you did the right thing
and it's a shame to think that
i'm scared by the sound of your voice

you made me hate myself
tell me do you know how it feels
to have your whole life changed
in a matter of minutes by an act of lust
now who can i trust
not even myself
my soul my mind
my body was raped
by your ego

now the scar remains
they made it my fault
and they made you a hero

hero thief hero thief


JUSTICE
buy the right to kill
exploit freedom
to fulfill your power struggle
every dollar spent
another coffin sealed
hand held justice
at the drop of a dime

you call it freedom
freedom to express hate
a generation taught to kill
with murder weapons in their hands

you call it freedom
i call it a lie
so many will die
for your freedom