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In Retrospect

by Ctrl Freak

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Fiction seeps into reality, and I become.
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Wake Me 03:10
I’ve been lying my ass off I was put here to stir up storms It gives me something to feed off Instead of bouncing off the walls I’m not what you think, I’ve always been this crazy I’ve just run out of medication I scratch at my skin, I’ve gotta let myself out Before I lose it and blow again Will I ever wakeup? Step inside my mind, I’ve gone crazy I’m trapped inside of this daze and I wanna break out Will someone turn on the light and save me? Will I ever wakeup? I don’t feel alive, it don’t faze me I’m trapped inside of this daze and I wanna break out Will someone turn on the light and wake me? I’ve been lying my ass off Said what I said and I own it I’m either drunk or I've lost it I don’t fear death long for it How I love the way you’ve always looked at me Jaw on the floor while you clench your fist It’s no wonder why I’ve always felt so distant I just learnt that I don't even exist
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I grit my teeth, I’m always under attack How long’s this knife been stuck in my back? I collapse When they take me I'll be dragging you with me Hold me back Spiritual suicide Won’t you be mine? A guilty conscience wears away at the soul Grew up corrupt and now it shakes in my bones No control
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Can’t admit you’re wrong You’re wrong, you’re wrong Part of me wants to see you dead, so Run You better run No matter what you do, I’ll find you "Hahaha, and I thought my jokes were bad" (Sample) Run You better run So run Shut your fuckin legs
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Catfight 03:33
I can’t believe what I’ve become I’ve ruined lives I’ve hands of blood To turn the page Or close the book Everybody’s always falling for it You crack your whip while you talk your shit It dragged me down And now I’m hooked Everybody’s always falling for it Your time is up and you lose your grip You’re Schizophrenic any second you’ll flip I realised Those screams I heard They were my own But twisted words Take me “What we’re thinking of as aliens, they’re inter-dimensional beings…” (Sample)
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I sit back disconnected, and have another to drink ’til vodka tastes like it’s water I won’t stop disregarding, you’ll have to drag me to hell Where legends continue living This war of minds will never be forgotten I can feel it through the stone A fucking execution This is sure to be it, so let go You tied me down You kept me away You clipped my wings I’m not gonna stay Blood pouring from my eyes But I’ll see you in time Through broken eyes (This is surely it, so just let go) Send shivers down my spine I see the world ignite Through broken eyes (This is surely it, so just let go) Come on, string me up then, I swear to god if I find you I will rip you apart, bitch This cycle keeps repeating, an endless waging of wars You can’t admit that you’re wrong On this world alone Atop the masses that are weaker As I let go of rage building and building Staring at those who welcome defeat This is surely it, so let go
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Veins 03:56
Trip on the wire open fire, retake Keep holding on when I should be pushing away The scars are fading but the feeling remains You feed the rage that’s always scraping through my veins Making threat after threat Thinking I should be dead I bring the blood, turn it red Sink it in ’til I forget Threat after threat, again and again But I’m not ignoring everything that you’ve said You’re under my skin, I’m raging within And I still remember what you put in my head I am the voice you hear in the back of your head I’m the lies, the pain, the hate that you fear I am the voice you hear in the back of your head I’m the lies, the pain, the hate that you fear Open your eyes to find that you don’t like what you see I remind you of what could’ve been
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Real Eyes 03:36
Stuck in this hole, it’s a part of me, never seen I’ve been bad but never to this degree All that you want is apologies, out of me I don’t care, it’s over, you’re killing me You don't know me the way that you think you do I lost my mind, but I will always be here for you No matter how much that it still hurts me I could never let you go And even if I, I still had everything Without you I am so alone Adding insult to my injuries, cutting me Thoughts like knives make telepathic lobotomies All that I need is your sympathy, I’ll leave the key One last time, so thanks for the memories I've got a mouth like a gun, no control Real eyes realise Real eyes realise real lies
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Looking back brings the worst out in me How I wish I could sleep I don’t want to remember a thing I’ve been out here for weeks Try to catch the words as they left my mouth Came into my brain, shouldn’t let them out Still I wanna know, can you hear me now? Stretched so thin Every night you’re calling in That’s why your head spins Thoughts of lies breaking in I’ve become Everything you said I was So be calm You’re all I every think about Give it up, you’ve got nothing on me Crawling round on your knees Heard you said you were coming for me Well, that’s the word on the street I’ve become everything you said I was I, I’ve become So be calm

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released November 11, 2015

All songs written by Richie Bennett. "Through Broken Eyes" written by Richie Bennett and Kurt Hughes. "Run" guitar solo written by Tim Gainsford. "Breaking In" guitar solo written by Sharne Scarborough.

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Ctrl Freak Auckland, New Zealand

Originating from Auckland, New Zealand, Ctrl Freak is a self-produced project by Richie Bennett.

The music shifts between a contemporary-metal dense wall of sound, raw aggression and manic energy, to electronica and ambient soundscapes.
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