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No Flag Will Fly Forever

by Horror Dance Squad

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1.
Young blood with some wild dreams Angry cause nothing here's really quite as it seems And no one can really say what it all means To be lost in the depths of eternity And it can't just be all these fucking things It can't be as shallow as beneath the sheets Teeth sink in but the tongue tastes nothing My god, won't you give us something All this time Asking why Was anyone listening? We’re dying to know We’re dying to know Just how little do we know Give us the chance To catch just a glance Into the wealth of the unknown What the hell we gonna do about it Sit around and Lose all our hope Or we gonna fucking take control Give those mother fucking dice a roll What the hell we gonna do about it Sit around and Lose all our hope Or we gonna fucking take control Party all life till our souls go home Young love with a fantasy That peace, love and hope are all that we need And everything will turn out how it’s meant to be Whatever the fuck that means What the hell we gonna do Sit around just sing the blues Or we gonna take control Give those fucking dice a roll So what the hell we gonna do about it Sit around and just lose hope Or are we gonna take control Give those fucking dice a roll Party all life till our souls go home What the hell we gonna do about it
2.
Fire! Fire! Wearing apathy like it’s somehow in fashion A middle finger on the back of your jacket Asking who fucking cares? We fucking care! Who fucking cares? We fucking care! No we won’t ask you to put those fingers up Cause that shit don’t do much for us Cause who gives a fuck? We give a fuck! Who gives a fuck? We give a fuck! Where’s your heart at? Tell me where are your feelings Yeah! Thanks to you we’re gonna all need some healing We know you don’t care what happens to us You’d rather burn this place down Burn this place down But you ain’t prepared for messing with us You’ll never Burn this place down Burn this place down The view from there can leave the rest in a blur When you believe you’re on top of the world Asking who fucking cares? We fucking care! Who fucking cares? We fucking care! A silver spoon rarely feeds you with love Fills you full of shit from a bowl full of luck You don’t give a fuck? We give a fuck! Who gives a fuck? We give a fuck! Where’s your heart at? Tell me where are your feelings Your emptiness has left us broken and bleeding Where’s your heart at? Tell me where are your feelings Thanks to you we’re gonna all need some healing Tell me where’s your heart at? We know you don’t care what happens to us You’d rather burn this place down Burn this place down But you ain’t prepared for messing with us You’ll never burn this place down Burn this place down And even if we have to build it back From the damage of your attack The ravings of a maniac Will never keep us down Too many of us to count
3.
Callous Cage 03:49
If we have so much in common What fuels all of this conflict What makes us so unsure of ourselves I blame these voices That leave us both voiceless If we love one another Why do this to each other Drag ourselves through our own private hell I blame these choices That leave us both choiceless But baby I know yeah that both of us know yeah that we can do it better if we’re willing to grow So let’s escape This callous cage Take these bars and bend them out of shape Set us free From the belief That being safe is safer than being free If we want the best for us We have to give in and trust That there’s something stronger than doubt I blame these voices That leave us both voiceless If we’re going to make this work We’ve gotta put in the work We can’t just give up when we’re down So let’s make the choices That echo our voices I blame these voices That leave us both voiceless I blame these choices That leave us both choiceless So let’s make the choices That echo our voices I blame these voices that leave us both voiceless I blame these choices that leave us both choiceless So let’s make the choices that echo our voices So let’s escape This callous cage Take these bars and bend them out of shape Set us free From the belief That being safe is safer than being free
4.
Cancer 02:41
You're cancer and I’ll cut you out Recovery may pull me down but In the end, I'll come around I did not heal These wounds for you To rip them open once again And pour your poison through Cause I’ve got bigger plans And these scars have only made Me a much stronger man I’m absolutely sick of all the lies you fed now it’s my turn to make you turn in your bed Can you hear it Can you feel it I’m pushing back With the knife you put in my back Dreams die so young So don’t forget To chase them just as far as we can fucking get And now your dream Is fucking dead And I’m the one living it up with no regrets you're cancer and I’ll cut you out recovery may pull me down but in the end, I'll come around I did not heal These wounds for you To rip them open once again And pour your poison through I know you want me dead Well surprise motherfucker Cause I’m two steps ahead I know you want me dead I know you want me dead Motherfucker But I’m two steps ahead But our fate was sealed That’s something you couldn’t steal I’m still here
5.
I understand that most of us are fucking scared of change But no one ever promised us that things would stay the same Where you stand is just one tiny spot on this rock Just a blink in the eyes of a story of rot Stories told, stories change, and the details get lost None of us hold our form as the sands of time drop Who I am is it me or a ship in the docks Waiting for a release in the curtain of fog Where all will be turned into memories of loss Until nothing left remains on this pale blue dot We’re more the same inside than what we see Yet we speak so superficially These labels hide our true humanity Distract us from our reality No flag will fly forever These lines will one day weather Fade away as great empires fall Forever’s just a fantasy and nothing we love will remain Oh did we hurt your feelings Your fragile sense of meaning Yeah I know it’s tough to hear it But we all got that human spirit We’re more the same on the inside Than what we see on the outside So why work so hard to separate us By these things that don’t define who we are No flag will fly forever These lines will one day weather Fade away as great empires fall Forever’s just a fantasy And nothing we love will remain We’re more the same inside than what you see But we speak with superficiality These labels hide the truth of our humanity And distract us from our reality No flag will fly forever These lines will one day weather Fade away as great empires fall Forever’s just a fantasy and nothing we love will remain No flag will fly forever. Nothing we love will remain
6.
Fuck no, I’m not certain of anything Did I give up or am I still in the ring Fighting for more than what I had before Or throwing myself in with rabid carnivores Watch out boy cause there are wolves around And they can smell your fear as your heart starts to pound Everybody’s gotta be the person that they want to be But you should beware cause it’s dark and wild out here my dear And I can tell that you didn’t come so prepared Yeah you should be scared So tell me now are you ready to step into the dark unknown So tell me now are you ready to face this hungry world These monsters on your own they’ve got a million little reasons To tear you from your throne Well fuck where does that leave me now Did I come this far to only let myself down Or is this a chance to shed the old skin Give myself an opportunity to start again Yeah you should be scared cause Life ain’t fair And you won’t be spared it’s fucking wild out there So tell me now are you ready to step into the dark unknown So tell me now are you ready to face this hungry world These monsters on your own they’ve got a million little reasons To tear you from your throne
7.
Wild 01:38
8.
Now hold up just a minute let me step right in Because the numbers are out and what they're saying ain’t fitting in Take the present we get for the past we gave And there seems to be no end to the progress we made yeah I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Even if i have to repeat it again and again until these mother fuckers understand! oh fuck this shit is so messed up all we hear about is hate when we're surrounded by love oh fuck I've really had enough we need to recognise what waits inside and grow the fuck up Yeah, don't you know that we're the next big thing! Yeah, don't you know that you're the next big thing! Now hold up just a minute set the record straight Cause it seems like some of us Have joined the party late And never got a chance to appreciate That we’re the ones here in control of our fate hold up let me step right in the numbers are out and this ain't fitting in This is why I come alive This is why I stay alive sometimes it feels like there is no hope seems like most of us are at the end of our rope But this is why you gotta take the time See how fucking far we've climbed this is where I find my hope why I never tie the rope well now isn't this a surprise there's a mouth full of daggers spitting hatred and lies but nothing sharp enough to worry our kind cause your dinosaur tongue is a fossil this time well now isn't this a surprise don't need a hand full of daggers or a mouth full of lies evolution gonna carry our kind and your dinosaur tongue has run out of time
9.
Happy Face 04:13
Yeah this is hard for me but i gotta be honest here You know I try to wear a happy face But sometimes it’s just a display Well this is hard for me I’m not sure how I can seal this divide I’ve got so many reasons I should enjoy this life A list so long it can’t be memorized But sometimes i read past the bottom line And then i find that it’s hard to decide Why i should keep going on Why should i keep going on This is a test of faith, do I have the strength? I’m sure im not the only one That doesn’t want to be the broken one This is a test of faith to keep a smile on my face Everybody’s hoping not to be the one Left staring down a loaded gun I know that I thought I could handle the test But this has just torn the heart out from my chest Are you fucking serious? Just when I thought I was safe I get put into my place I’m trying my best to hold onto the hope There’s a lesson to learn here A chance for some growth But sometimes I just don’t know Sometimes I just feel so low This is a test of faith, do I have the strength? Im sure im not the only one That doesn’t want to be the broken one This is a test of faith to keep a smile on my face Everybody’s hoping not to be the one Left staring down a loaded gun
10.
I know you hear us but we’ll keep getting louder So listen up! Here we stand before you Demanding your defence After all the damage you have done You’re lucky we’re not asking for death I may be young but dammit I know that You fuckers won’t get nothing done While you’re in control! You’ve got to go Out of breath, nothing left Echoes fade into the noise as Records break, seasons change This is more than just a warning We’re screaming out Can’t you hear us? No there’s no second chance Catch your breath and join the voices Can you hear us or should we turn it up Are you listening? Poison feeds, poisonous people So our cure for you is something more lethal The world stands here before you Demanding your defence You may not have much time left But you won’t leave us with this mess I’m still young, already giving up hope Cause you fuckers don’t fix anything, just tighten our rope God dammit man I mean by now you really should have learned If we keep playing with this fire, we all get fucking burned Out of breath, nothing left Echoes fade into the noise as Records break, seasons change This is more than just a warning We’re screaming out Can’t you hear us? No there’s no second chance Catch your breath and join the voices
11.
Something went wrong here You created a monster Something went wrong here But at least he’s a charming mother fucking Son of a gun filled with empty words That pierce through my heart Leaving holes where nothing grows Empty words Something went wrong here Pierce my heart You created a monster Empty words Something went wrong here Pierce my heart You created a monster Pouring my heart out only for you to ignore my pleas for some real fucking truth and yeah I know that you’re hurting too But that’s no fucking excuse How can it be I’m much younger than you Yet I’m the one who sees what we need to do So what’s your fucking excuse? Yeah what’s your fucking excuse? You’ve got no fucking clue No fucking clue what you did to my youth Yeah you’ve got no fucking clue No fucking clue how much i’m hurting too Yeah You’ve got no fucking clue No fucking clue how to see this shit through Yeah you’ve got no fucking clue No fucking clue what you did to my youth Something went went wrong Here You created a monster! Something went wrong.
12.
Therapy 03:30
No, I don’t know about you but this is all I need To start to feel complete, yeah this is therapy Yeah this is all I need to keep my mind at peace From sinking down too deep, yeah this is therapy With our hands to the sky Yeah this is what I need to tame my hidden beast To keep me on my feet, yeah this is therapy
13.
Better 04:00
You pushed me to the edge I know I’ve made my last mistake with you I nearly choked on hope from all the lies you told Least now i know I’m better off alone At least until i’m whole “If you dance with the devil, then you haven’t got a clue, for you think you’ll change the devil, but the devil changes you.” Thanks to you I’m finally strong enough to walk away From all the time I wasted thinking i could change your ways But now i know i’m better on my own as I embrace That in the end we all die alone anyway I should have trusted my instincts the first time When you just so casually crossed right over the line Instead I gave in and gave you a second chance to Take advantage of the trust I had put in you And yeah this hurts but i’ve been through pain before And what doesn’t kill me sends me right out that door “If you dance with the devil, then you haven’t got a clue, for you think you’ll change the devil, but the devil changes you.” Thanks to you I’m finally strong enough to walk away From all the time I wasted thinking i could change your ways But now i know i’m better on my own as I embrace That in the end we all die alone anyway

about

“The album is our most ambitious work by far,” exclaims vocalist Karl Mesipuu. “It is our deepest dive into the style we have crafted for ourselves and truly embodies the values and spirit of the band. Lyrically, emotionally and musically this is as honest I have ever been in music. The record was born purely out of working on something we love together. This is Horror Dance Squad at its best. We worked hard to challenge ourselves as songwriters to make sure we wrote the best tracks we could.” Guitarist Indrek Ulp adds, "We wanted to write music that we would enjoy ourselves if we were in front of the stage. All of the songs went through multiple changes before they came fully together. Before they were exactly how we wanted them.”

Concerning the lyrics, vocalist Ian Karell explains, “No Flag Will Fly Forever is a collection of songs exploring essential topics both eternal and specific to this era of humanity’s evolution. From the things that affect us all: climate change, racism, overt nationalism, the dangerous rise of the new fascist movements all around the world, injustice in our social and political systems; to the intensely personal experiences of spiritual and psychological growth and relationship health, this album is a voyage through the human condition as we experience it in our day and age.”

Horror Dance Squad’s songs have always had a finger on the pulse of current events and the band constantly works towards delivering a message of hope and unity, even when things seem their darkest. “The title for the album comes from the idea that in our evolution as human beings there are few things that remain constant but many things that come and go,” Ian explains. “Borders change, money changes, languages change, rules change, religions change, flags change--but we remain human. And as humans, we are more the same on the inside than what we see on the outside.”

“All tracks from the album were recorded in Tallinn, Estonia with the help of Sander Sadam and were mixed and mastered by Cody Stewart (The Browning) in Los Angeles, USA. The whole process was a massive undertaking for us both technically as well as musically” says guitarist Mikk Peetrimägi. Spanning over two years of writing and recording, No Flag Will Fly Forever is certain to solidify Horror Dance Squad’s status as a band to be reckoned with in the Baltic metal scene.

Drummer Henri Kuusk sums it up: “This album touches on so many topics that I feel people need to pay more attention to and the whole process has helped me go through some heavy personal struggles which I was able to get out and into these tracks. Overall, I feel I not only became a better drummer but also as a person.”

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released September 25, 2020

Music: Horror Dance Squad
Mix/Master/Production: Cody Stewart (of The Browning)
Co-production: Sander Sadam, Horror Dance Squad
Strings orchestration by Karl Korts

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Horror Dance Squad has been blasting stages throughout the Baltics since 2014, unapologetically blending metalcore and punk with vibrant electronics and delivering it to their audiences with unforgettable ferocity.

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