Refused - Old Friends / New War Lyrics






I clutch the worn out year of my birth
Herded with the herd
I whisper through anemic lips: I was born
And the centuries surround me with fire

Aortas fill with blood to cleanse my head
To clean this feed
Commit to memory failures past and our petty needs
Suppress the crime of time and the names that map our identity
'Cause when the fighting stops our damned souls will rot
We'll never be set free

I'm all out of appeals now
I'm just going to scream now

Old friends / new war
Stuck in an uneven fight
Old friends / new war
Not dumb enough to close my eyes
Old friends / new war
Still dancing to defective rhymes
Old friends / new war

The silence of the herd, apologetic words, is all I ever find
And there's no other choice but to create some noise and sharpen up my mind
'Cause when the cages shrink I'll be the weakest link on every fucking chain
Can never pacify this constant war inside, all the hate and pain

I'm all out of appeals now
I'm just going to scream now

Old friends / new war
Stuck in an uneven fight
Old friends / new war
Not dumb enough to close my eyes
Old friends / new war
Still plotting 'til the end of night
Old friends / new war





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  1. �.... �....

    Album helped me to survive my tragedy

  2. S.... P....

    Always changing it up and amazing...Love Refused

  3. �.... b....

    GREAT BEND.I WAS ON THE CONCERT LJUBLJANA 1998

  4. D.... ....

    Saw them a year ago. They killed it!

    D.... ....

    Why the hell would they just kill something?

  5. R.... B....

    viej@s amig@s/nueva guerra

  6. C.... ....

    This is such a good fucking song.

  7. r.... s....

    fucking jam

  8. S.... ....

    yoooooooo

  9. M.... H....

    Dope ass!

  10. b.... j....

    sounds like hard-core Ween at the begining.

    b.... j....

    Reminiscent of "Makin' Love In The Gravy" and "Boing"

    b.... j....

    i also thought at WEEN by listening this song the first time. especially the beginnin

  11. T.... ....

    "Frè, no frè, toglila. Basta. Ha cagato il cazzo. Con tutto il rispetto."

  12. T.... A....

    Love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  13. J.... G....

    Favorite song off the new album.

  14. r.... c....

    i wish he didnt sound like dave grolh on this new stuff, he had an epic scream, i guess he lost it

  15. K.... A....

    Anyone have the lyrics? My googling abilities have proven unsuccessful so far.

    K.... A....

    @Kelly Acosta
    I clutch the worn out year of my birth
    Herded with the herd
    I whisper through anemic lips: I was born
    And the centuries surround me with fire

    Aortas fill with blood to cleanse my head
    To cleanse this feed
    Commit to memory failures past and our petty needs
    Suppress the crime of time and the names that map our
    identity
    'Cause when the fighting stops our damned souls will rot
    We'll never be set free

    I'm all out of appeals now
    I'm just going to scream now

    Old friends / new war
    Stuck in an uneven fight
    Old friends / new war
    Not dumb enough to close my eyes
    Old friends / new war
    Still dancing to defective rhymes
    Old friends / new war

    The silence of the herd, apologetic words, is all I ever
    find
    And there's no other choice but to create some noise and
    sharpen up my mind
    'Cause when the cages shrink I'll be the weakest link
    On every fucking chain
    Can never pacify this constant war inside, all the hate and
    pain

    Old friends / new war
    Stuck in an uneven fight
    Old friends / new war
    Not dumb enough to close my eyes
    Old friends / new war
    Still dancing to defective rhymes
    Old friends / new war

    K.... A....

    @Justin Gramley perfect, thanks a bunch.

    K.... A....

    @Justin Gramley The opening stanza is a quote from a poem by Russian poet Osip Mandelshtam. Penguin translated it as:
    Aortas fill with blood.
    A murmur resounds through the ranks:
    – I was born in ’94,
    I was born in ’92...
    And, clutching the worn-out year of my birth,
    Herded wholesale with the herd,
    I whisper through anaemic lips:
    I was born in the night of January the second and third
    In the unreliable year
    Of eighteen-ninety something or other,
    And the centuries surround me with fire.

  16. T.... ....

    Dat oddly similar song title...

    T.... ....

    @Problem? Parkway Drive it is, friend

  17. C.... X....

    Thought I got click-baited when I first heard the intro. Turned out to be an awesome song! Very different for Refused.

  18. T.... G....

    First song I've heard on the new album that I actually semi-kinda liked.

    T.... G....

    U R 2 EDGY 4 ME

    T.... G....

    +Green Mann look man...it's fucking Refused. They put out arguably one of the best records of their genre. I love them. But this just doesn't live up to the dream.

    T.... G....

    I hear you, I guess I just curbed my expectations well enough to be pretty happy with it.

  19. Z.... ....

    The song title is oddly similar to PWD's "Old Ghost/ New Regrets".

    Z.... ....

    @danieldeckermusic i was just gonna write that

    Z.... ....

    @danieldeckermusic battery

    Z.... ....

    @Mto sct Drums*

    Z.... ....

    @danieldeckermusic I thought the same..

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    @danieldeckermusic Well, they did the same with "Refused Are Fucking Dead" and "The Shape of Punk To Come". I guess they just like to borrow song and album titles.

  20. t.... ....

    this is such a dope album

    t.... ....

    tst.jpeg gots like that socal gangster rap vibe almost lol

  21. s.... m....

    Sofa King great

  22. m.... ....

    Awesome!