At a Crossroads

by Shane Steward

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1.
Left Behind 04:11
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Countless days spent praying for a reckoning But no one heard your cries With each day that silence is deafening Now you lash out in the night "You took my life in the span of just one day How can that be just?" "I'm a pawn being moved towards an endgame, and in you do not trust" Chorus: The world seems to be constantly changing for me The days fly by and I feel I'm left behind Another year, maybe two as I march towards my doom The days fly by and I feel I'm left behind "I ask you again, how can this be just? Why do all of us seem destined to be lost? You ask for our love, but you bring only pain. You claim it's fault, and so we must bear the blame." "An original sin, how can this be? We enter the world set up for defeat. Have you ever considered, what you ask of me? There is only so much blood, for one man to bleed." Chorus x2
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The Devil Comes 03:25
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All your life spent avoiding fate The jokes on you, you sped up the date Though you plead, "You need more time" The ferryman says, "You're much too blind" No one escapes judgement day Nothing left to do but lay down and pray Chorus: You thought you could escape You were Wrong The kingdom now awaits But which one? A life so full of sins You were wrong And now it just begins The devil he comes When your heart is filled with hate It's easy to do evil things Shift the blame, hide in the dark But the hooks were in you from the start No one escapes judgement day Nothing left to do but lay down and pray Chorus
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Different Shores 04:01
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When the morning sun rises And I open my eyes The thought of facing this day before me Is taking it's toll on my mind Still I plaster this grin on I try to Believe that it's true It's easier to hide the way that I feel Then be forced to talk about my issues What is it about me that makes living such a chore You always hear about greener pastures, but I just see distant shores Another day in the rearview mirror And I struggle with what to do Everyone around me gives competing advice I feel like I'm totally screwed In the end it takes time And an openness to take some blame There a things I cannot change But it doesn't mean it stays the same What is it about me that makes living such a chore You always hear about greener pastures, but I just see distant shores
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At a Crossroads 04:09
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I know you think I don't know what your going through But I know what it's like when you can't bear it any more I know its hard, but don't give up, don't give in to the pain As deeply rooted as it is, there's no return, no backing out of this Chorus: Can't you just be fine, Or get over it All you need is time Stop Milking it These people in your life Don't suffer it Stop The lies We are at a crossroads I'd love to just be fine Or get over it The sands of time finite Almost out of it When the blind leading the blind It's no surprise to see At this point in time We are at a crossroads High time we all acknowledge the damage that's been done From wounds that never heal, to the ones transparent to our loved ones Isolating far away will only make it worse Therapy and understanding, they call it weak, but their far to meek to hurt Chorus
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Tragedy 04:43
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Today I sat alone to try and think About the man I came to be One who's full of anger And hatred for the failure that I bring Is there a chance to go one day Without the worry or the pain It's hard to know what to do When I think I deserve this too You say, "I'm much too hard on me." But you don't know what I believe The darkness haunts me in my dreams It's roots infesting at the seams You say, "You won't give up on me." Though it's easier you see The man you knew is growing cold And his mind is taking leave It's getting much too hard to breath Anxiety is getting worse it seems I'll get no chance to sleep today Not that it matters anyway Darkness envelopes all my thoughts Except the one of you because Each day you keep me, me Instead of this tragedy
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Childhood Ends 04:44
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Their mothers are not watching They're missing in your life You look to god and ask the question "Why am I alive?" But silence is the answer It's all you've ever known And so you try to push ahead To what you do not know Move away from family Push away your friends It's easier this way Because you think you'll soon be dead Still waiting for a moment One that would not come When someone comes to tell you Just how much that you are loved Chorus: Stop telling me that I am the problem Never thought I would be waiting for this moment No matter what, I'll keep being proud of The way I push ahead, despite what everybody said Stop telling me that I should be grateful I took the cards you gave and made it what I could No matter what, I'll keep being proud of The way I push ahead, despite what everybody says Your starting to get older You see it from their way But still the anger seethes Because you'd hope it all would change But memories still linger They will not go away Despite the years removed You feel you'll always be the same An angry bitter human But one who's filled with shame Because you just want off this ride And to never go again But sometimes hope is funny It comes in different waves You find someone who comes along Who accepts who you became Chorus
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Never Learn 04:06
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Expand upon your question What do you mean? Is the problem more to do with you Or does fault lie upon me A lifetime of contradictions Planted the seeds To communication breakdown We always miss the point it seems Chorus: Your message received, but it's not really heard It's the absence of listening, that is never to be learned Disagree with the words I say Not what you think I mean I refuse to take ownership of this dialect you have chosen for me I understand this lashing out, But the rage has been misplaced When our words takes another meaning The story takes life at a rapid pace Chorus x2
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Embrace the Fall 03:32
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I'm the poison in your veins The turmoil in your brain And every time I drain you more Exposed from the womb My infection always grew But you never even knew my name Embittered by the days A constant daily strain But I'm with you until the tomb When they look over your Grave The message where you lay Will be the one we hardly knew Guess the joke is really on you Chorus: That life you had is all but gone The friends you have left won't care at all As we come to an end what is the resolve? Clean up the mess, or embrace the fall A constant state of daze A symptom of a stage And still you continue to consume The anxiety abates But only for today My sweet embrace is now your only boon It's only one more time But that is just a lie You can't let go of what I do for you Your last friends step away You can't stand what they say It's time for you to finally choose Is it me or is this you? Chorus
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Other Side 04:09
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Once more like a moth to a flame I'm drawn to self destruct and it is always the same Every single word that I think to say A bigger rift forms, with the friends I made I look in the mirror and what do I see The only one I know that gloats about my defeat Mocking my failure, what a wretched thing How can I get better, when I there is no retreat? I know that it's hard To see Just got to make it through to the other side It's easier when you believe Chorus: The failures of my life, have been leading up to this Once more into the unknown, it's just another test Nothing easy, was ever meant to be Now I plunge on through to the other side, it's time for me to believe I try to insist, that everything is ok But the truth is that I'm lost inside a never ending maze Where mines are laid along the way Anyone who dares to enter has sealed their fate The truth is that the anger is buried so deep By the time it's rooted out there'd be nothing of me This cycle of self hatred, I need it to cease I'm finding it so hard to contain this beast Chorus

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This is the 5th original album by Shane Steward and the first to enter into a more Thrash/Speed Metal territory. It was inspired by the music Shane listened to growing up and marks an exciting new chapter for him.

FFO: Megadeth, Metallica, Anthrax, Iron Maiden, Thrash Metal

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released November 10, 2023

Shane Steward - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drum Programming

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Shane Steward Vancouver, British Columbia

Shane Steward is a seasoned musician of 20 years from Canada.Shane first became fascinated with music, when he heard the scores of Danny Elfman and John Williams, at the tender age of six. Since then, he has written and performed music with both bands, and as a solo musician, and is currently working on a metal musical for future release. ... more

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