Compromise This

from AT THE END OF IT ALL! by AFTER THE FIGHT

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Compromise the bridge
Compromise the fight
Compromise the soul
and we'll fall and we'll lose and we'll burn

There's no compromise that I've ever seen
That'll bring you back to me
There's no compromise that I've ever known
push a heart where it don't want to go
and at the end of it all here we're standing
with our hearts in our hands and our words falling into the dark.

So compromise this. No compromises

Compromise the bridge (and we'll fall)
Compromise the fight (and we'll lose)
Compromise the soul (and we'll burn)
and we'll fall and we'll lose and we'll burn

It's not stronger or easier or free
living half what you wanted to be
It's not truth it's not gold, not divine
Putting blinds on the vision you find

and at the end of it all here we're standing
with our hearts in our hands and our words falling into the dark.

So compromise this. No compromises

Compromise the bridge (and we'll fall)
Compromise the fight (and we'll lose)
Compromise the soul (and we'll burn)
and we'll fall and we'll lose and we'll burn

I'll burn the house down just to see it to the end
I tried so hard to get through but you held me down
Don't fight, don't breathe, don't think there's nothing to be found

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from AT THE END OF IT ALL!, track released August 19, 2019

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AFTER THE FIGHT Chicago, Illinois

AFTER THE FIGHT - Chicago-area guys who probably say stuff like “living the dream” when you ask them how they’re doing. Makers of melodic and energetic punk rock sounds. Intense and un-serious. Not hardcore since 2004.

Maybe we really are living the dream. ... more

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