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THE FUTURE
(Split with Liberty & Justice)
7" EP released March 20, 2026
7" vinyl released by Immigrant Sun Records (US), Contra Records (Europe)
Die Young track credits:
Rhythm Guitar and Vocals recorded by Daniel Austin in Norfolk, VA
Drums recorded at Soundtank Studio in San Marcos, TX by Rogelio Vigil
Bass recorded by Christopher Dawson
Lead guitar recorded by Rogelio Vigil
Mixed and Mastered by Allan Davis
Daniel Austin – lyrics, vocals, rhythm guitar
Michael Arellano – drums
Rogelio Vigil – lead guitar
Christopher Dawson – bass
Liberty & Justice track credits:
Vocals: Ryan C. Taylor
Guitar: Richard Crenwelge
Drums: Cory Parker
Bass: Edwin Carson
Keys: Timmy Calacsan
"Oxygen Tank" was co-written by Austin Sparkman (Haywire) with Liberty & Justice.
Recorded and mixed by Ramzi Beshara at Central Sound (Houston, TX).
Mastered by Allan Davis
Mixed and Mastered by Allan Davis
THE FUTURE (originally by Leonard Cohen) performed by:
Daniel Austin: vocals and guitars
Ryan C. Taylor: vocals
Bass: Edwin Carson
Drums: Michael Arellano
Artwork by GIVE UP
THE FUTURE (originally Leonard Cohen)
Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life
It's lonely here, there's no one left to torture
Give me absolute control over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby, that's an order!
Give me crack and anal sex, take the only tree that's left
And stuff it up the hole in your culture
Give me back the Berlin Wall, give me Stalin and St. Paul
I've seen the future, brother
It is murder!
Things are going to slide – SLIDE IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Won’t be nothin’ – WON’T BE NOTHIN’ – you can measure anymore
THE BLIZZARD – The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold
And it's overturned the order of the soul
When they said (They said!)
Repent! (Repent!)
Repent! (Repent!)
I wonder what they meant
There'll be the breaking of the ancient Western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms, there'll be fires on the road
And the white devil dancing (WHITE DEVIL DANCING!)
You'll see your woman hanging upside down
Her features covered by her fallen gown
And all the lousy little poets coming ‘round
Trying to sound like Charlie Manson (White devil dancin')
Give me back the Berlin Wall
Give me Stalin and St. Paul
Give me Christ
Or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don′t like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby
It is murder!
Things are going to slide – SLIDE IN ALL DIRECTIONS
Won’t be nothin’ – WON’T BE NOTHIN’ – you can measure anymore
THE BLIZZARD – The blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold
And it's overturned the order of the soul
When they said (They said!)
Repent! (Repent!)
Repent! (Repent!)
I wonder what they meant
Oxygen Tank (Liberty & Justice)
I cant play this game anymore
Every year the money's tighter than the year before
Keep waiting for the rock to drop
Or enough kids to show so we can cover the costs
Thug it out as long as I can
Plotting on another album before
I Quit it again
The thick thoughts ain't serving no one I see
Bummin' everybody out
No one left at the party
And now this hesher wants to catch a G-check
Who you are, where you from, and where the bodies are kept
The tick-talking should have stopped years ago
I ain't your bruv, I ain't your boy, you were never my bro
Paid it all at the age of 14
Wasn't nice, never easy, nothin' about it was clean
So here we are another night, a new land
With some friends I’d take a knife for and some more I can't stand
Haha
I don't care if youre here to cosplay
Do what you want when you want, just don't do it around me
Ant's pissed about the amp at the show
Richard's MIA, we got 5 min to go
Cory wishes we would all get along
Eddy's mad no one remembers the songs
Timmy's worried that I'm in a bad mood
Getting punished by a nerd about my political views
Fuuuuck...
There's no place I’d rather be
There's no place I’d rather be
Theres no place I’d rather be
Than back home with my family
Revolutionary Faith (Die Young)
My faith will pull me through
This wretched world
To the other side
I will not die
In Paradise
Where souls cast golden light
I will eat the fruit
No, I will not die
Witness!
My moment of the truth
Watch as I ignite
Feel this!
An offering of virtue
See me grin
This is not the end
My aim is true
I will be alive
In the shade of the throne
God willing, I will not die
Witness!
My moment of the truth
Watch as I ignite
Righteous!
My offering of virtue
See me grin
As my faith pulls me through...
Until the next world comes
(God willing)
In this world, my faith has been reviled
Now I'll reap the gifts of my Lord
Heed the call of this path, dear child
To die for God is our greatest reward
God willing
Yes!