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Code Orange

Forever

Release date: 13th January 2017

From Forever
Track 1
3:08
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Code Orange's title track opens with a declaration of refusal. The song builds from accusations of hypocrisy and complicity, moving through images of constraint (high brass rings, low glass ceilings) toward a statement of collective power. The lyrics pivot between individual grievance and group assertion, culminating in the repeated insistence that "there's nothing you can do to take it" and the band's own name invoked as a permanent claim. Produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge, the track employs experimental production techniques that fracture and splice guitars into abrupt cuts, a formal restlessness that mirrors the lyrical rejection of prescribed paths. The music video, presented in black, white and red, matches this aesthetic with rapid cuts between performance footage and violent or abstract imagery, reinforcing the song's confrontational stance.

"Forever" is a track by Code Orange, from the album Forever, released 13th January 2017. The track is 3:08 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about Code Orange.

About the Artist

Code Orange

Code Orange

Lyrics

Forever

When hands are caught in my brother's pocket
I'll burn my Gods down
Within this house of do-it-your-selfishness
The blurred lines we're taught to walk don't suit me
Words out of both sides of broken mouths
The only words that stand to rule me
High brass rings and low glass ceilings
Shatter through the expectation
This kingdom thrives on disappointment
Watch your words and stay complacent
The words are cut into their foreheads
There's nothing you can do to take it
The ink is stained upon your body
The fear, it sinks inside your soul
We walk a path of re-creation
A feeling you will never know
Reparations for the taking
Four VS All
Kings of body, mind, and spirit
Took the crown and now we break it
The freaks will finally have their say
There's nothing you can do to take it
There's nothing you can do to take it
(There's nothing you can do to take it)
Code Orange is forever
Code Orange forever

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13th January 2017
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  1. 1Forever
    3:08
  2. 2Kill the Creator
    2:26
  3. 3Real
    3:07
  4. 4Bleeding In the Blur
    4:05
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Code Orange — Forever

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4:10
  • 6The New Reality
    2:03
  • 7Spy
    3:22
  • 8Ugly
    3:09
  • 9No One Is Untouchable
    2:24
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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Jami Morgan
    Producer
    Code Orange, Kurt Ballou, Will Yip
    Bass
    Joe Goldman
    Drums
    Jami Morgan
    Guitar
    Reba Meyers, Shade Balderose
    Vocals
    Jami Morgan, Reba Meyers, Shade Balderose
    Mastering Engineer
    Vlado Meller
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