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Hatebreed

Before Dishonor

Release date: 11th November 1997

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About This Track

"Before Dishonor" is a track by Hatebreed, from the album Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire, released 11th November 1997. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Hatebreed

Hatebreed

Lyrics

Before Dishonor

[Verse 1]

What makes you think everything in this world

That you have can be taken away?

In the world this day, it's kill or be killed

I live each day like it might be my last

In this lifetime, few things are worth fighting for

My blood, your honor

Everyone has a destiny

I'll choose my own

[Chorus]

I will not be a victim

I'll choose my own!

My cries won't go unheard

I'll choose my own!

I've got to fight (fight!) for myself

I'll choose my own!

And what I hold so true; destiny

[Verse 2]

I'll choose my own destiny

And I'll never let anyone take away what I hold so true

I won't live in denial

And I won't turn the other cheek

I must remain convicted and never accept this suffering

I've learned from my mistakes

And made a promise to myself

I won't live in the past

I won't live in the past!

[Bridge]

I've been affected by your lies

And I've let them hold me back

I wasn't thinking for myself

I wasn't living for myself

[Chorus]

I will not be a victim

I'll choose my own!

My cries won't go unheard

I'll choose my own!

I've got to fight (fight!) for myself

I'll choose my own!

And what I hold so true

[Outro]

What I have in my heart

What I have in my heart

I'll take to my grave

I'll take to my grave

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From Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire

1997
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Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire
Satisfaction Is the Death of Desire
Hatebreed
Release year
1997
  1. —Before Dishonor
  2. —Last Breath
  3. —Burn the Lies
  4. —Worlds Apart
  5. —Empty Promises
  6. —Burial for the Living
  7. —Betrayed by Life
  8. —Driven by Suffering
  9. —Conceived Through an Act of Violence
  10. —Mark My Words
  11. —Not One Truth
  12. —Puritan
  13. —Prepare for War
  14. —Afflicted Past

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Writer
Chris Beattie, Jamie “Pushbutton” Muckinhaupt, Jasta, Lou “Boulder” Richards, Matt McIntosh
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