As Long As I Can Walk, I'll Step Out of Line

by The Enemy Within

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Boston’s punk and hardcore scene has a long history of producing bands whose purpose and commitment reverberate just as loud as their music. The Enemy Within takes up this tradition with their new album “As Long as I Can Walk I’ll Step out of Line.” With a straight-to-your-face, high intensity sound and lyrics that are simultaneously a call to action and a challenge to our assumed truths, TEW provides a soundtrack for standing toe-to-toe with the inner demons we all face and saying “not me, not today, no way”.

Featuring veterans of numerous Boston-based bands including Beware, Blood for Blood, and Milo’s Syndicate , The Enemy Within’s sound takes inspiration from their punk and hardcore predecessors, from Sheer Terror and Leeway to Black Flag and The Cro Mags. There are no tricks to hide behind in this music; just songs that make you shout along (Nightmare), songs to make you pump your fist (Spasms) and songs to tear down both the literal and metaphoric structures built around you (All This Will End). Reminiscent of 90s-era hardcore mixed with punk and modern influences, The Enemy Within takes pride in high-energy, interactive live performances that stay true to the cathartic, chaotic roots of the genre.

Sometimes things are not done right the first time. Sometimes getting older does not equate to moving on. Still other times there are things that just need to be said one more time. The Enemy Within acknowledges this and stands up to speak for all of those times. It has been said that normal people are not attracted to hardcore music. Whether it is because of scars from childhood, a chemical imbalance in the brain or a refusal to blindly accept what we are told, something inside of every fan of the music hints that we understand all too well the power and influence of The Enemy Within. Do you understand?

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released 14 June 2012
1) This House Must Fall
2) All This Will End
3) Spasms
4) One More Time
5) What You Lack
6) I won't Forget **
7) Digging Deep
8) Nightmare
9) Stanglehold **
10) No Escape **
11) Scared of Life *
12) Hate Me *
13) For All of You *

The Enemy Within is:
Joe Mageary - Vocals
Bill Cunningham - Guitars
Patrick Cronin - Guitars
Ryan Dillon - Bass
Mike Mahoney - Drums

All songs written by The Enemy Within except * & **
* Written by Craig Silverman & Mike Mahoney
** written by Craig Silverman, Mike Mahoney & Mike Downing

All lyrics written by Joe Mageary except Hate Me (Barry Spillberg)
What You Lack & For All of You lyrics by Mike Mahoney

Tracks 1-10 recorded by Jim Siegel at the Outpost (Stoughton, MA)
Tracks 11-13 recorded by Glenn Smith at Amps vs Ohms (Cambridge, MA)

Craig Silverman plays guitar & bass on tracks 11-13

Barry Spillberg sings on track 12

Backing vocals on tracks 1-10: Tino Valpa, Aaron Gray & The Enemy Within

Backing vocals on tracks 11-13: The Filthy-Philharmonic Choir
(Mahoney, Mageary, Spillberg, Silverman, Joey Sinn, Mike Downing, Tim Bailey & Hale Hack)

Artwork/layout by Kurt Jansson
Live Photos: Rev. Aaron of Returntothepit.com
Band Photos: Steve Wolkind

Contact The Enemy Within at:
Email: tewbhc@gmail.com
Facebook: facebook.com/tewbhc
Bandcamp: tewbhc.bandcamp.com
Twitter: @tewbhc

Thanks to:
Craig Silverman, Mike Downing, Barry Spillberg, Jim Siegel, Glenn Smith, Kurt Jansson, Ralph Moore & Traces of Empire, Peter Rinning (QRST's), Rev. Aaron (RTTP), Steve Wolkind, and to our families & friends.

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Track Name: This House Must Fall
This house must fall so that we can pick up the pieces and build something stronger (stronger)
All that we run from and grieve for (my friend) won’t haunt us much longer (my friend)
If we can pick up the pieces and build something stronger
Track Name: All This Will End
And now the truth: the default position in life is to change. You can sit on your ass, do nothing, say nothing and life will rearrange.

All this will end and I contend, in life, nothing’s forever, my friend. All this will end and I contend, in life, nothing’s forever.

(the lie) the lie they told you is that the past can hold you and keep back, but where’s the past now in this room? It’s like a corpse that you don’t need to exhume: dead and gone.

You’re playing the game but no one is winning if your head is spinning and you can not name the challenge, the opponent, the purpose, the prize. It’s all based on lies.

All this will end and I contend, in life, nothing’s forever, my friend. All this will end and I contend, in life, nothing’s forever.

All this will end. There’s no use pretending that life is not ending because all this will end. All this will end because nothing’s forever.

(It’s time) It’s time to raise your voice. Stand up and make a choice. Stand up or get swept away. Stand up and make a change today.

And now your blood runs cold, a look of steel in your eye. No words need to be said, no need to question why.

You’re convicted. You took you life in your hands. This is no fucking joke.

This is where you stand.
Track Name: Spasms
Well, you told me to give up because it doesn’t matter, that nothing important has ever been said. But I can see by the look that you give me that your nihilism is already dead and you’re better off now than you were that your false self is shattered. It must be hard now to live in the past while all the while claiming you’ve moved on. It’s tough to admit, in a world that moves fast, the thing that got you pissed is gone.

Your mistake, it’s your mistake. Why can’t you move on from your mistake? It’s time to move on. Why can’t you move on from your mistake, from your mistake.

You are older and I thought you were bolder but there’s nothing hardcore about the man that I see. You act offended and rejected, well so was I. Well, so was I. You were nice to me but I can plainly see the hypocrisy in the life that you lead. If you don’t see a purpose and can’t find the value it’s time to let the dream die.

One step removed, one step behind, just step on it. Why don’t you move, why don’t you try, why don’t you care? You gave up.

I closed my eyes, you closed your mind, I closed my heart. The fact that you don’t care shattered my dreams. I used to look up to you. Yeah, I used to look up to you.

One step removed, one step behind, just step on it. Why don’t you move, why don’t you try, why don’t you care? You gave up. I used to look up to you but now you’ve fallen.

The wise man and the young man both suffer alone, they don’t understand that they’re fighting phantasms, night terrors, muscle spasms. Wise man, young man, if you suffer alone who’s the bigger man? They suffer alone, they don’t understand. Do you understand? (I am not alone).

To the world that abused you and to all the lies: they must have confused you, and I can see why, but I don’t have pity for a man who let the dream die.
Track Name: One More Time
One more time; I’ve dusted it off to make this one mine. It’s a little bit harder than it used to be, but I thrive on the pressure, the fire inside of me. I’ll say it again, one more time; as long as I can walk I’ll step out of line.

We’re not twenty-four anymore, so how the fuck do you act your age? It’s time to work for more and settle the rage because tattoos fade.

Despite our best efforts we have survived. Kicking and screaming we are alive. We fought nail and tooth and along the way we learned some truth. Despite our pains one question remains: what happens after we’ve wasted our youth?

We’re not twenty-four anymore, so how the fuck do you act your age? It’s time we worked for more and settled the rage because tattoos fade.

So why the fuck am I still here and why the fuck do I still care when growing old is in sight? I know I have to fight because I know something is not right. Sometimes I have to walk with a cane. Sometimes I wake up in pain in the middle of the night but that’s alright because taking up the fight’s the only way to make a change.
Track Name: What You Lack
Promises you couldn’t keep (sell out).
You called me brother then you turned your back on me (sellout).
Honor, loyalty, respect: what you lack.
Track Name: I Won't Forget
No more bullshit. It’s time that I get over it. It’s been a long time but it’s still in my head. If I don’t fix it soon it’ll be with me until I’m dead.

You said it’s in the past, but not for me. I know I’ll cross that bridge, but not for free.
Emotions and feelings won’t stop the bleeding. When I let my guard down I got punched in the face. I wanted to trust you, like I’m supposed to. You tore me down, so fuck you.

So, what happens next? How do I pull this dagger from my chest? I can’t extend a hand if I can’t unclench my fist. I can’t forget if I’m still pissed.

I know in life there’s pain and suffering. The first you can’t ignore, the other you bring.
Emotions and feelings won’t stop the bleeding. When I let my guard down I got punched in the face. I wanted to trust you, like I’m supposed to. You tore me down, so fuck you.

I was too young. You coldly took advantage (of an open heart). Look at what you’ve done. How fucking proud are you now, huh?

And I won’t forgive and I won’t forget. You thought you got away but not so fast. I won’t forgive, I won’t forget.
Track Name: Digging Deep
The cold, the space, the emptiness of this place – I’m fading (you’ve got to fight)
Confusion, nausea, depression, a loss of control (you’ve got to fight)

Fight for the day when you can rise and stand up straight with that look in your eyes that says “not me, not today, no way. It’s time I collect for the price I’ve paid.” (digging deep) Won’t wait for tomorrow because today’s the day that your hard work will start to pay so stop living for tomorrow and enjoy today.

You’re blinded, you’re wounded, you’re haunted by the past, but that’s just it. (you’ve got to fight)

I am digging deep (you’ve got to fight)

Fight for the day when you can rise and stand up straight with that look in your eyes that says “not me, not today, no way. It’s time I collect for the price I’ve paid.” (digging deep) Won’t wait for tomorrow because today’s the day that your hard work will start to pay.

The choice is yours. Digging deep.
Track Name: Nightmare
Wake up – you’re walking comatose. Along the way you froze. You’re stuck in your nightmare (nightmare). Try to run but you got trampled, you’re just an example of the mindless herd who said that they heard the word, but never questioned why.

This time I won’t accept my fate. One last chance before it is too late (too late).
The fight is not lost until you stop fighting. With that being said, why aren’t you rioting? Although you’re alone you have lots of power. You’ve got to keep the faith hour by hour. The locus of control is in body and in mind not in circumstances that come and go with time. To alleviate just abbreviate but never ever fixate.

So who are you listening to? Is it the voice inside of you? The voice of control that tries to extol the truth and the virtue that’s innate inside of you or fucking aggression that poisons and corrodes the soul? You’re crying out but you won’t listen.
(listen) do you hear that sound, from deep underground, that you thought was dead and buried but it’s not? (listen) like waking the dead the thought was in your head. Your intentions were misread but now you’ve fought to keep them alive so live them with pride until the other motherfucker listens up.
(wake up) you’re walking comatose. Along the way you froze. You’re stuck in your nightmare (nightmare). Try to run but you got trampled, you’re just an example of the mindless herd who said that they heard the word, but never questioned why.

This time I won’t accept my fate. One last chance before it is too late.
Wake up. (Nightmare) You’re living in your nightmare. (Nightmare) A never ending nightmare. (Nightmare) you’re living in your nightmare. (Nightmare) Nightmare.
Track Name: Stranglehold
Shoved in my face so forcibly: “buy this buy that, we’ll tell you who to be. It’s not OK to think for yourself” You’ll grow old in the stranglehold of things on the shelf. You’ll grow old in the stranglehold if you shut up and do what you’re told, you’ll grow old in the stranglehold.

Despite all the things that you see you’re no different than me. Overrun with immaturity, you’re no different than me.

And I’m choking too because fighting day to day is all that I do. I lost control of the stranglehold so don’t shut up and do what you’re told or you’ll grow old in the stranglehold

Despite all the things that you see you’re no different than me. Overrun with immaturity, you’re no different than me.

Confused and afraid, masked by a tirade. Years and years of this charade have left me broken. I lost control in the stranglehold and my scars don’t fade as I grow old and I can no longer hide.
Before I can overcome I must realize that what I hate is a fucked up pile of fucked up lies and I will not hide.

Now I can relate to your experience of hate in this world that seems broken. “Us vs. them” is closing in, all our choices are a sin. How can I get out? I’ve always been the stranglehold.

Despite all the things that you see you’re no different than me. Overrun with insecurity, you’re no different than me.
Track Name: No Escape
I gave up thinking that everything would be alright. I fall asleep unquenched night after night. After pointing all my fingers in a search for the cause I’ve concluded that pain is a law.
I will grow old, there’s no escape. I will get sick, there’s no escape. I will die, there’s no escape. Everything will wash away, there’s no escape.

All that I have in this world of pain are my actions and their consequences. There’s no escape from being separated from all that is dear to me and everyone that I love.

Waistlines grow, reactions slow with time. With time we hate what we’ve become and become what we hate. Is this really our fate? I will grow old, there’s no escape. I will get sick, there’s no escape. I will die, there’s no escape. Everything will wash away, there’s no escape.All that I have in this world of pain are my actions and their consequences. There’s no escape from being separated from all that is dear to me and everyone that I love.
Everything I was and who I am today will all fucking wash away. There’s no escape as long as I hold on. I must let go or this will go on.

There’s no way to escape separation from everyone that I love.