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1.
Intro 00:30
2.
Wednesday/Thursday It’s Wednesday Your guns are all empty And when I cut my self I bleed absolute nothing Today I have the power instead of the cowards And I built a force field that lasts twenty-four hours I’m not alone but surrounded By a world that’s astounded With its achievement of peace And cure for disease There’s no drought No one pouts No one lies Not a single tear drop falls from anyone’s eyes And there’s no censor For every single question there’s a simple answer No one’s angry No one hates Every single person’s as rich as it takes But no one cares No matter how you look no one ever stares Like children in the street we play So Wednesday becomes our independence day It’s Thursday The worlds a bit blurry And no one seems to care That I’m worried The sky cries raindrops of disappointment The world’s a third degree burn and we’re all out of ointment So we blister And now we’re all stuck playing "hey mister" Begging for change In our lives and in our pockets Our souls are being drained from electrical sockets And no one hears me ranting: "All the armies are advancing!" Schools become battlefields Enticing youth while painting surreal, Images. Ones of chaos and wealth Manipulating circumstance to advance the self See life has become an abstract rendition Of constant contradiction mixed with cruel intention So Thursday Would be the worst day It’s left me thirsty There’s always Friday Two times!
3.
An accusation It’s just another ordinary day and i’m standing on the subway i notice that everyone is staring at me and i wonder why suddenly a guy in the back stands up and he starts pointing at me and everyone’s eyes turn bright red like they’re filled with rage or may be it’s fear it’s hard to determine sometimes what people think what they think of you sometimes it doesn’t matter at all and other times, other times it can just cause lots of problems Late night helicopter spotlight shines down on me is it an accusation is it a tractor beam is it finally gonna take me to the place I want to be Why would you You never let go Your mind Has been abducted it’s all vague pieces in my mind it started with the sticker on my passport and then there’s images of a burning mosque and there’s the media, the television, people fighting over religion and they just keep playing it over and over and over again and they’re standing next to my bed and i’m siting there on their table i just don’t know what’s going on
4.
Envy 04:41
Envy Envy Bends me like I’m malleable Invaluable I’m the mage Trapped in all the shallow shades of… Beige! Skin so soft I wear you like a jacket You’re my epidermal shackle Everything I lack, it's Ridiculous To don these many layers If my exterior was invisible it would answer all my prayers If the world was colour blind They’d still see black and white If the world was blind folded They’d fight over the light Seems like no matter what eyes see They only see what’s there ’cause to see past superficial would be too much for eyes to bare too much for eyes to bare
5.
Scarred Tattoo A scarred tattoo At best a broken jaw I imagine yellow suns But still I wish upon a star A crossbow to the head A night under the knife All for a dame slammed on the breaks And nearly lost my life As far as weekends go This had to be the worst The marks over my body Remind me of my curse To blind to see The outcome of loyalty ’cause all those I kept in mind stabbed me from behind as I look back at the wreckage I take it as a message If I was put here to die Then I shouldn’t even try But one wound after another Leaves smothered and uncovered I’ll recover A scarred tattoo At best a broken jaw I imagine yellow suns But still I wish upon a star Lying in the hospital I heard him from a far I can’t believe the world for me could have ended in a car when the detectives came and took him away I was lucky enough to see another day I still think about the outcome of my decisions And i'll probably never forget I’m reminded by incisions One jacked up weekend I’m sick of thinking if my eyes keep blinking I’ll be left with nothing (Tabla Outro…)
6.
Disenchanted 03:58
Disenchanted (chanting " i just don’t give up") Right across the street The air smells sweeter The vibrant illusion Of my so-called fever Could I be the beloved Or the cheap thrill seeker In this cold reality The truth is I’m neither Shove it back inside the package Return to sender You’re just average You’re nothing special You don’t feel equal The mood is never tranquil And it never will be I’m disenchanted my foes all vanquished to end the rampage I spoke another language no matter how much I cry the sun will still be there when I wake up I can’t ensure that I’ll endure Another day of feeling this way This tightened face It plays charades I’m being vague But that’s OK See, I’m fragile Like the moment before you spill your guts No more eloquence I just don’t give a fuck / up
7.
My dark sunglasses The blood I bleed I bleed form my heart With each drop my soul falls apart Next to nothing is all that I’ve got But winding bending curving lines Wet my lips and close my eyes If I cant see it It wont hurt If I can t hear it It wont hurt So with a blade of rage and a shield woven by apathy I venture forth to fight the next catastrophe Bliss is a concept to hard to grasp My willingness to succeed has collapsed But fear not for I don’t care My every breath is a cloudy stare And soon once more the time will emerge And from the bottom a seedling To grow, enrapture, The arms of a dandelion With gleaming teeth to smile Pressure overcoming every word I utter Be warned my soldier carries a gun And shots ring out where ever he roams The timid and shy like seedling emerge To fight and to die an honorable death For love that is lost is never forgotten Just like all wet hairs in the rain that suppresses But the sky is much clearer through my dark sunglasses Sky is much clearer through my…
8.
War Crimes 02:51
War Crimes I’m not my father I’m the oracle the lyrical miracle I’m filling that hole in my soul with spiritual Spackle caught in a debacle smoking Waco-tobacco words in a conundrum over the bass drum if life was a needle it’d be stuck in the eye of the norm of the storm I cuddle with chaos to stay warm Like love letters with no postage, man I wandered from land to land with marker in hand clenched fist could have caused carpal tunnel all the races in a funnel siphoned out to be the modern man and they wonder why the world has gone under because we don’t except we label keeping the balance unstable like some who concentrate there power to create a world polluted by corporate clowns turning smiles upside down little rich girl never seen her daddy’s world all the money that he stole all the lives out of control for what, greed, the need to succeed Disease resides in the mind Frequently travels through time And lovers pay for war crimes The mothers pay for war crimes I’ll shake the world like an etch-a sketch And hopefully the rest can catch My drift A pivotal moment to deposit there opinion I’m peeling the layers of an onion The core is marketed , yes again in pursuit of capital the out come being volatile the stocks in family value are depleted but still the beats repeated so the message in conceived and hopefully received with open ears and joy full tears the truth is no one succeed without failing first so in a burst of anxious power I make my rivals cower and realize that all along they where incognito, diseased like a mosquito plaguing there own mind and walking a thin line between the dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb….
9.
New World 04:49
New world on the shores of a new world from the depths of a tired heart a sigh of relief spills off the lips of the torn apart he cracks a smile at the sight of the buildings in the sky a welcome change from the city where he saw his brothers die he does the work that we refuse to swallows all of his pride sends money back to his family still waiting for him on the other side the natives ridicule him point there finger at his differences but he’s proud of where he came from though the masses can be dismissive LAND OF THE FREE!!!!
10.
Poetry 04:23
Poetry You think your blows can hurt me? I could destroy your whole world with one syllable of poetry Who are you to judge me? You associate with those who hate and fill their hearts with jealousy It must have been the bland tea No sugar as sweet as evil can be Of course I’m fucking angry I’m sick of all the people who think they’re better than me I’m caught up in your cliché web Your sighs and laughs they all seem glib Hatred gets the best of me And I make you drink the glass of tears filled by your stupidity Choke I hope it’s hard to swallow And burns with every gulp you take your mistake's that you follow You sheep I’m sheering every strand of smug so nothings left but grief Now you’re naked, quivering in fear I reach out my hand to help you but you will not come near I’m not your enemy I’m just showing you the torment you cause people like me One syllable Truth / Love
11.
Exist 03:47
Exist The The day The day is over and I feel like I have no where to go I should wander the earth Bowing before the strangers that don’t know We’re all connected In instances as simple as a thought I try and stare into there eyes But wind up getting caught By empty stares The blank expression They seem so unaware You exist You are more than just a thing behind a desk And this world is made for you to make them rich I’m I’m standing I’m standing in a sea of statues Hoping that by shaking them they’ll come to This terracotta army is the one who Litters the sidewalk in the city that i walk through You exist Beyond what you think this is You could be the one to think us out of nothingness
12.
Ignorance What if I could see you Would you say to me All the time You’ve been so cold I’ve hid inside And if words could mend your eyes I’d scream a thousand times I’d scream a thousand times Why do you hate …and you could hide behind you mask and raise your hand in wicked rhymes and hear me scream a thousand times Why do you hate me ~~WHY~~ Stop the, HATE

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"...checked out some of the songs and they sound cool..' disenchanted' is great." - Ian MacKaye

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released December 12, 2006

Omar Waqar - Guitar / Vocal
Jason Bomani - Bass
Dan Rosenthal - Drums / Percussion
*Special appearance by
Enayet Hossain - Tabla

Produced by Don Zientara, Omar Waqar

Recorded at Inner Ear studios
2701 S. Oakland St.
Arlington Va 22206

Engineer - Don Zientara

Mastered at Silver Sonya
Engineer - TJ Lipple

Album Art by Glen "Foo" Brown

Shout out to:

Shahjehan Khan and Basim Usmani of The Kominas
Travis Morrison from The Dismemberment Plan
Chad Clark from Beauty Pill
Nayan Bhula from Gist
Michael Muhammad Knight
Miskut
Chris Clover


For all the love and support.

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Diacritical Washington, D.C.

Diacritical (2004–2007) fused punk, raga, and noise into a raw, anarcho‑Sufi protest sound. Formed by Omar Pitras Waqar with Dan Rosenthal and Jason Bomani, the D.C.-based trio tackled war, racism, and identity through distorted guitars, sitar loops, and DIY ethics. Born on pheer.com, raised in resistance. ... more

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