Demolition City (2022 Remaster)

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JSnaggZ I like that this is a "dirtier" version of what likely became "Bullets Without A Gun" to placate the record publisher.

My head-canon aside, the instrumental is ridiculously catchy both in this demo and the finished song. The Anix had a very unique sound even before it became a solo project. Favorite track: Reason To Lust (feat. Kit Yarber) [2008 Demo].

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1.	This Game (2008) 03:06	lyrics	buy track
I see the separation is coming But I don't know where it'll go We're just different people in different places Stuck in the undertow You didn’t have to say anything I know the tricks you have up your sleeve You made your move Coming into this game I ask you why but you can't say No one can lose But still our love doesn't change Nobody ever wins this game We're complicating all that is simple As easy as it is The afflictions come in a ruthless whisper Much louder than a kiss And these won't be the last words I say I hope a comeback comes into play You made your move Coming into this game I ask you why but you can't say No one can lose But still our love doesn't change Nobody ever wins this game You made your move Coming into this game I ask you why but you can't say No one can lose But still our love doesn't change Nobody ever wins this game You made your move Coming into this game I ask you why but you can't say No one can lose But still our love doesn't change Nobody ever wins this game You made your move I ask you why but you can't say No one can lose Nobody ever wins this game
2.	Bullets Without A Gun (2008) 03:29	lyrics	buy track
If you could pay For all your sins in cash You would go broke Drinking from an empty glass That you can't fill Selling all you've spilled You came to me in a daydream So vivid and so extreme But as the best part unraveled I woke up watching you leave My eyes are wide open but couldn't see then The lies you made up were surely heavy as lead Your weak accusations have all come undone You’re shooting your words like bullets without a gun The lines are drawn And then erased again You’re coughing up Uninspired compliments To pass the time Till you bled me dry The conversation is fleeting Tears are your alibi The world is spinning beneath me As I am waving goodbye My eyes are wide open but couldn't see then The lies you made up were surely heavy as lead Your weak accusations have all come undone You’re shooting your words like bullets without a gun Now your desperation is seemingly clear You’re reaching for something that you think is sincere But I'm pulling the trigger on words that you spun You’re firing blanks like bullets without a gun Times like these are far between Awestruck and make pretend Add salt to all the wounds Bleeding out All the doubt My eyes are wide open but couldn't see then The lies you made up were surely heavy as lead Your weak accusations have all come undone You're shooting your words like bullets without a gun Now your desperation is seemingly clear You're reaching for something that you think is sincere I'm pulling the trigger on words that you spun You're firing blanks like bullets without a gun Like bullets without a gun Like bullets without a gun Like bullets without a gun
3.	Don't Save Your Breath (2008) 03:12	lyrics	buy track
Double fisted, holding back I Cannot feel a thing I'm speeding like a freight train Through the second guesses That hang over me The other man in my reflection Pushes us away Inhibition can't control them It doesn't feel the same Don't save your breath for me ‘Cause you can't make me stay With you Each and every second with you Winding to an end Hurricanes of superstition Weigh me down and Lift me with regret Every time you lay your head down And go to sleep at night I cannot help but wonder what you Hide behind your eyes Don't save your breath for me ‘Cause you can't make me stay With you There's not one good reason to fight through this Don't want to drag this on forever So don't call me Waiting is just a waste Down, lose control of what’s going around Don't lose control, I want to follow you down Down, lose control of what’s going around Don't lose control, I want to follow you Don't save your breath for me ‘Cause you can't make me stay Don't save your breath for me ‘Cause you can't make me stay With you
4.	Half The World Away (2008) 03:40	lyrics	buy track
Half a world away I can't see your face Roads are winding Lights are blinding And this bottle of bourbon Will take me home Though I cannot hear a whisper Your voice shatters all the memories that I can't forget Paralyzed and burnt out Just like ashes from the drag of my last cigarette Time seems To stand in place I swear I heard your name Desperation In slow motion As we walk in the same place Down different roads Though I cannot hear a whisper Your voice shatters all the memories that I can't forget Paralyzed and burnt out Just like ashes from the drag of my last cigarette I'm not giving up I just gave you away Saving all I have Hoping that things will change Some days it can’t rain Through the darkest the darkest night Clouds can't cover up What is shining so bright Though I cannot hear a whisper Your voice shatters all the memories that I can't forget Paralyzed and burnt out Just like ashes from the drag of my last cigarette
5.	Nothing Lasts Forever (2008) 03:23	lyrics	buy track
I'm falling asleep As I stare at the ceiling In my dreams The memories won't stop bleeding I'm losing the score The game is in your favor There’s no reward Just chemistry I savor But I don't want a temporary fascination that gets old When heading in an ordinary world without a soul You’re the only thing I had But it's best to let you go Nothing lasts forever The more I showed The less you tried to watch me The more I told The less you heard my meaning But I don't want a temporary fascination that gets old When heading in an ordinary world without a soul You’re the only thing I had But it's best to let you go Nothing lasts forever You’re the only thing I had But it's best to let you go Nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever To this love infection That you wanted Laying beside me So desperate at deception Nothing is the same Just shameless, fragile You're the only thing I had But it's best to let you go Nothing lasts forever You’re the only thing I had But it's best to let you go Nothing lasts forever Nothing lasts forever
6.	Long Way Out (2008) 03:02	lyrics	buy track
You're electric animated when you want to Apathetic just to illustrate Now the pages seem to crumble into ashes Time to throw the book away It's such a long way out when you cannot see A long way out ‘cause you're in too deep And now you can't turn around, there's no end to reach A long way out, it's so bittersweet You're the only evidence I couldn't handle We might as well be strangers for a day Torn between what’s real and everything I'm after I don't think I want to stay It's such a long way out when you cannot see A long way out ‘cause you're in too deep And now you can't turn around, there's no end to reach A long way out, it's so bittersweet Drunken confessions Contradicts the way you always put on a masquerade It's hopeless to find That you're changing your mind It's all a lie It's such a long way out, wrong way out A long way out and you can't turn around It's such a long way out when you cannot see A long way out ‘cause you're in too deep And now you can't turn around, there's no end to reach A long way out, it's so bittersweet It's such a long way out It's such a long way out And now you can't turn around there's no end to reach A long way out, it's so bittersweet
7.	Double Zero (2008) 03:18	lyrics	buy track
Your secret came out As you rolled your sleeves You played the damsel Then sharpened up your teeth A same old story came to an end Frustration has paid your debt You see the world in black and white All the colors made you blind And now you’re shadowed in regret A false delusion Grabbed you by the wrist Your luck has faded Until it won’t exist A same old story came to an end Frustration has paid your debt You see the world in black and white All the colors made you blind And now you’re shadowed in regret A same old story came to an end Frustration has paid your debt You see the world in black and white All the colors made you blind And now you’re shadowed in regret
8.	Even If It Kills Me (2008) 03:25	lyrics	buy track
I've been awake for days and I don’t wanna shake it No persuading Always on the rise but I don't wanna be under Concrete breaking Everything I need is nothing more than my senses Undesired Overworked and can't pretend something’s around me Selfless reject And even if it kills me I won't lose my grip I fell into my hole that I didn't dig And nothing leads to nothing But I'm getting closer to something Tighten up the bolts, embrace the day Tomorrow is too late I was home for days sinking in a disaster Pure survival Hypnotized I'm blind and I'm falling down faster Crashing vitals Paranoid to say maybe this could be tragic If I falter I can touch but can't feel anything burning Thanks for nothing And even if it kills me I won't lose my grip I fell into my hole that I didn’t dig And nothing leads to nothing But I’m getting closer to something Tighten up the bolts, embrace the day Tomorrow is too late I can't stand this feeling Every day forever Have I lost my only chance to feel this pain? Stand up for a reason Fight this war within me I can’t lose if my reality escapes Even if it kills me I won't lose my grip I fell into my hole that I didn't dig And nothing leads to nothing But I'm getting closer to something Tighten up the bolts, embrace the day Tomorrow is too late
9.	She Lives In The Dark (2008) 02:49	lyrics	buy track
Her lips painted red Her heart black as stone Destroys everyone that gets a piece of luck Laying awake in darkness Concealing all forgiveness She's way down, way down with the lonely Laughing like she doesn’t know me She's way down, way down with the lonely If the world would end tomorrow I would see the joke's on me Her kiss feels like sex Her touch brings me back I know I’m not the only one wanting more Hiding in her own shadow No angel dares to follow She's way down, way down with the lonely Laughing like she doesn't know me She's way down, way down with the lonely If the world would end tomorrow I would see the joke's on me The weight of the world Is too much to hold She smiles without any style I'm waiting for her To open her soul But I don't think I'll ever know She’s way down, way down with the lonely Laughing like she doesn’t know me She's way down, way down with the lonely If the world would end tomorrow I would see the joke’s on me She's way down, way down with the lonely She's way down, way down with the lonely Laughing like she doesn't know me If the world would end tomorrow I would see the joke’s on me
10.	The Ghost Of Me And You (2008) 02:54	lyrics	buy track
I don't know the way I feel Can't hide the things I know Behind the broken wheel Crashing everywhere I go Out on the other side With nowhere else to go We are suicide but now I know The ghost of me and you Is always haunting Can’t believe the things you said to set me free The ghost is inside me Lie awake at night They crawl inside my head Can't seem to win this fight Holding onto what you said Can't hide the way I feel Or all the times I missed No way to help me heal, I'm on my own The ghost of me and you Is always haunting Can't believe the things you said to set me free The ghost is inside me The ghost of me and you Is always haunting Can't believe the things you said to set me free The ghost is inside me I can't survive One look at you compels me The ghost of me and you Is always haunting Can't believe the things you said to set me free The ghost is inside me The ghost of me and you Is always haunting Can't believe the things you said to set me free The ghost is inside me
11.	The Black Phoenix (2011) 03:20	lyrics	buy track
I'd give my life to touch you Sell myself if I have to No one compares in my head You take me over My world's on fire tonight Won’t be the same We'll drive into the night And reach the flames It's starting It's starting It’s starting to burn inside of me This world's on fire tonight Won't be the same I've got my heart set on you No one else can touch you I won't pretend I'm ok You run me over My world's on fire tonight Won’t be the same We'll drive into the night And reach the flames My world's on fire tonight Won’t be the same We'll drive into the night And reach the flames It's starting It's starting It’s starting to burn inside of me This world's on fire tonight Won't be the same Won't be the same Won't be the same
12.	Feel Like You (2008) 03:15	lyrics	buy track
Can you relive this moment The one you won’t let go Tear down the walls of silence Shadows of you appear to me always If I only feel like you do To make it alright, to make it alright Feel like I’m no one to you To make it alright, alright Walk down our past beside me “Never” we used to say We always had this feeling Tearing away a piece of me always If I only feel like you do To make it alright, to make it alright Feel like I’m no one to you To make it alright, alright If I only feel like you do To make it alright, to make it alright Feel like I’m no one to you To make it alright, alright And I won’t surrender Surrender Surrender Surrender to you Surrender Surrender Surrender to you To make it alright, alright (alright) To make it alright, alright (alright) To make it alright, alright (alright) If I only feel like you do To make it alright, to make it alright Feel like I’m no one to you To make it alright, alright Can you relive this moment The one you won’t let go Tear down the walls of silence Shadows of you appear to me always If I only feel like you do To make it alright, to make it alright Feel like I’m no one to you To make it alright, alright If I only feel like you do To make it alright, to make it alright Feel like I’m no one to you To make it alright, alright
13.	Emergency (2008 Demo) 03:32	lyrics	buy track
I never thought I’d find you in my way But only you could force yourself to stay Yet I can’t fight this new creation taking over me I’d die to see you and now this is an emergency Even though you’re safer without me I never felt a force I couldn’t break Never had so much to lose at stake And I can’t hide this new temptation taking over me I’d die to see you and now this is an emergency Even though you’re safer without me I’d die to see you and now this is an emergency Even though you’re safer without me This is an emergency This is an emergency This is an emergency This is an emergency I’d die to see you and now this is an emergency Even though you’re safer without me I’d die to see you and now this is an emergency Even though you’re safer without me This is an emergency This is an emergency This is an emergency This is an emergency
14.	Between The Lines (feat. Kit Yarber) [2008 Demo] 03:29	lyrics	buy track
Am I the only face you see Am I the only thing you need It’s undecided, no one hides it Follow you Down and away It’s confusing to think It’s been so long since I’ve seen you And now you’re calling me up Saying that you’re missing me too I was never one to read between the lines And I’m never one to take my time It’s a shock when things come crashing down When you leave me Am I the fake you want to be Are you the truth you want from me It’s overrated, unmistaken I’m alone Down and away It’s confusing to think It’s been so long since I’ve seen you And now you’re calling me up Saying that you’re missing me too I was never one to read between the lines And I’m never one to take my time It’s a shock when things come crashing down When you leave me (Down and away) I was never one to read between the lines And I’m never one to take my time It’s a shock when things come crashing down When you leave me And even though you’re gone A million miles away It’s all your fault Even thought you’re the only one I want I was never one to read between the lines And I’m never one to take my time It’s a shock when things come crashing down When you leave me (Down and away) I was never one to read between the lines And I’m never one to take my time It’s a shock when things come crashing down When you leave me (Down and away)
15.	Double Zero (feat. Kit Yarber) [2008 Demo] 04:16	lyrics	buy track
If I could see you Would it feel the same And if I could need you Would you push away And this feels like falling Maybe you’ll say If something is not in sight Nothing wrong felt so right Maybe I’m just out of line Or is it time to look away If I believed you Would it stay insane And this feels so far But the memories remain And this feels like falling Maybe you’ll say If something is not in sight Nothing wrong felt so right Maybe I’m just out of line Or is it time to look away And if And make it stay the same Never make it go away This feels like falling Maybe you’ll say If something is not in sight Nothing wrong felt so right Maybe I’m just out of line Or is it time to look away This feels like falling Maybe you’ll say If something is not in sight Nothing wrong felt so right Maybe I’m just out of line Or is it time to look away
16.	Runaway (2008 Demo) 02:53	lyrics	buy track
Been awake for days and I don’t wanna make it Memories fading Always on the rise but you don’t wanna be left here Concrete breaking Everything you need is nothing more than your senses Undesired Overworked and can’t pretend something’s around me Selfless reject (Running away from this feeling) Runaway, we’ll make it Can you take my sad Stay awake, we’ll break there Runaway, I’ll bring you ‘Cause this time it’s serious, baby Way too deep inside your head again Stay alone for days taking all of your spaces Pure survival Get annoyed to say no one else is around you Undesired (Running away from this feeling) Runaway, we’ll make it Can you take my sad Stay awake, we’ll break there Runaway, I’ll bring you ‘Cause this time it’s serious, baby Way too deep inside your head again I can’t stand this feeling Every day forever Now I lost my only chance to feel this way Runaway, we’ll make it Can you take my sad Stay awake, we’ll break there Runaway, I’ll bring you ‘Cause this time it’s serious, baby Way too deep inside your head again
17.	Broken (2008 Demo) 03:21	lyrics	buy track
Don’t know the way I feel Can’t hide the things I know Behind the broken wheel Crashing everywhere I go Out on the other side With nowhere else to go We are suicide but now I know Life’s not fair I’m losing always The fantasy of you made things good get better Lie awake at night They crawl inside my head Can’t seem to win this fight Holding on to what you said Can’t hide the way I feel Or all the times I missed No way to help me heal on my own (No way to help me heal on my own) Life’s not fair I’m losing always The fantasy of you made things good get better Life’s not fair I’m losing always The fantasy of you made things good get better Life’s not fair Life’s not fair Life’s not fair Life’s not fair Life’s not fair I’m losing always The fantasy of you made things good get better Life’s not fair I’m losing always The fantasy of you made things good get better I’m losing always
18.	Long Way Out (2008 Demo) 03:08	lyrics	buy track
You're electric animated when you want to Apathetic just to illustrate Now the pages seem to crumble into ashes Hey, it’s just another day ‘Cause it’s a long way out, wrong way out A long way out, wrong way out ‘Cause it’s a long way out, wrong way out It’s a long way out, wrong way out You're the only evidence I couldn't handle What the fuck am I supposed to do Spin the knife, forever hiding in the shadows Hey, it’s just another day ‘Cause it’s a long way out, wrong way out A long way out, wrong way out ‘Cause it’s a long way out, wrong way out It’s a long way out, wrong way out ‘Cause it’s a long way out, wrong way out A long way out, wrong way out ‘Cause it’s a long way out, wrong way out It’s a long way out, wrong way out ‘Cause it’s a long way out, wrong way out A long way out, wrong way out ‘Cause it’s a long way out, wrong way out It’s a long way out, wrong way out Long way out, wrong way out It’s a long way out, wrong way out
19.	Pull Me Under (feat. Kit Yarber) [2008 Demo] 03:42	lyrics	buy track
Can someone please call a doctor I might’ve lost my mind this time I think we finally strayed beyond the line It’s not over We’ll recover You know I never want things like this Sit and think about the time we spent Oh, wait, did you forget The way you turned things upside down Feeling sucked in by the arguments So I’m not over it You know I never meant to bring you down I know it’s almost over And you pretend to lose yourself again Even if you pull me under I won’t stay with you I know it’s almost over And you pretend to lose yourself again Even if you pull me under I won’t stay with you I wish I could erase this whole thing But it’s not something we can change in one day I’ve never been involved with someone like you Never wanted us to fight and still you Could never meet me here halfway To make things different I know it’s almost over And you pretend to lose yourself again Even if you pull me under I won’t stay with you I know it’s almost over And you pretend to lose yourself again Even if you pull me under I won’t stay with you (Even if you pull me under) (I won’t stay with you) I know it’s almost over And you pretend to lose yourself again Even if you pull me under I won’t stay with you I know it’s almost over And you pretend to lose yourself again Even if you pull me under I won’t stay with you (I know it’s almost over) (And you pretend to lose yourself again) (Even if you pull me under)
20.	Reason To Lust (feat. Kit Yarber) [2008 Demo] 03:55	lyrics	buy track
It’s in your kiss That cherry aftertaste Up on the phone Hearing all the nasty things That we could do You know I’ll break through It’s why you dress so revealing It’s in the way that we touch It’s just a need we’re relieving Give me your reason to lust Something revealing Heavily breathing Keeping me up through the rest of tonight I’ve got the feeling You’ll claw at the ceiling Then you can bust I need a reason to lust You should go We’re over anyway Just so you know You were never here to stay I got through Inside you It’s why you dress so revealing It’s in the way that we touch It’s just a need we’re relieving Give me your reason to lust Something revealing Heavily breathing Keeping me up through the rest of tonight I’ve got the feeling You’ll claw at the ceiling Then you can bust I need a reason to lust Something revealing Heavily breathing Keeping me up through the rest of tonight I’ve got the feeling You’ll claw at the ceiling Then you can bust I need a reason to lust I need a reason to lust I need a reason to lust I need a reason to lust I need a reason to lust You and I Can rendezvous Between the sheets Till I find someone new (I need a reason to lust) Something revealing Heavily breathing Keeping me up through the rest of tonight I’ve got the feeling You’ll claw at the ceiling Then you can bust I need a reason to lust Something revealing Heavily breathing Keeping me up through the rest of tonight I’ve got the feeling You’ll claw at the ceiling Then you can bust I need a reason to lust I need a reason to lust I need a reason to lust I need a reason to lust I need a reason to lust
21.	Stuck In A Phase (feat. Kit Yarber) [2005] 03:00	lyrics	buy track
Now I'm stuck in a phase I realize was you Nothing's quite wrong, can we turn around I wish you made a move in the other way Maybe then you’d see what you wanna be Finally I found your secret Heaven knows you’ve made a mess of me All the while you make me wonder Everything I know is far from gone away Falling face down, what you did to me Nothing ever hurts till you go away I'm making you a real life mistake Maybe then you'd realize everything Finally I found your secret Heaven knows you’ve made a mess of me All the while you make me wonder Everything I know is far from gone away Finally I found your secret Heaven knows you’ve made a mess of me All the while you make me wonder Everything I know is far from gone away Now I'm stuck in a phase I realize was you Nothing's quite wrong, can we turn around I wish you made a move in the other way Maybe then you’d see what you wanna be Finally I found your secret Heaven knows you’ve made a mess of me All the while you make me wonder Everything I know is far from gone away Finally I found your secret Heaven knows you’ve made a mess of me All the while you make me wonder Everything I know is far from gone away Now I'm stuck in a phase I realize was you Stuck in a phase I realize was you Stuck in a phase I realize was you I'm stuck in a phase I realize was you

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released July 15, 2022

Written by Brandon Smith
Published by FiXT Music
Produced by The Anix
Cover Art by Brandon Smith

"This Game", "Bullets Without A Gun", "Double Zero", "Between The Lines", "Pull Me Under", "Reason To Lust", and "Stuck In A Phase"
Written by Brandon Smith and Christopher Yarber

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The Anix is the electronic-rock project of Los Angeles composer / producer Brandon Smith. Combining his love of cinematic sci-fi, anime and comic books with synthesizers, electronic programming, alternative rock, powerful vocal hooks and anthemic choruses, The Anix creates a visionary future of art and music. ... more

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