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Band: Tension
Song: Stand Aside
Album: Stones To Mark A Fire
Label: Militant Records / Vegan Earth Order (1995)
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Straight edge hardcore band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida that was active from 1993-1997.

Lyrics:

Outside your dream
I walk the other way
I fight against your blind animosity
Trying to bring forth my development
Seeking security in an unsecured environment
Revolution is clicking off
Fully automatic
Taking to the streets
Using terrorist tactics
Bring out the riots and the armed exchanges
Fight the force that tries to contain us

You failed to infect my mind (x4)
You failed (x4)

Shade our eyes and tie our lips shut
The truth you tell is never clear cut
Lack of my social oppurtunity
Real power held far from my reach
Governments commit legalizеd homicide
Tensions heightеned
People divide
Bring out the riots
And the armed exchanges
Fight the force that tries to contain us

You failed to infect my mind (x4)
You failed (x4)

Outside your dream I - I stand aside

I've been consumed for so long
Your sick idea of this dream
Driven into me
The weight I bear upon my shoulders
Just makes me stronger
I stand aside
I stand aside
I will stand aside