All that remains a war you cannot win
All that remains a war you cannot win
A War You Cannot Win
All That Remains
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A War You Cannot Win Review
by Gregory Heaney
There are a lot of homogenous albums out there, but every so often an album drops that feels as though the band wanted to make a mixtape, and just figured it’d be easier to write the songs rather than dig through their record collection. This is totally the case with A War You Cannot Win, the sixth album from the subgenre-hopping All That Remains, which finds the band delivering melody and menace in equal measure. For a less-experience band, this kind of jack-of-all-trades metal might come across as scattered, hinting at an inability to find themselves as a band. What makes All That Remains special is that they’ve managed to make not having a niche their specialty, a rarity in a genre as stratified as heavy metal. As confident as ever, the band smoothly shifts from the driving, metalcore thrash of opening tracks «Down Thru the Ages» and You Can’t Fill My Shadow» into the more anthemic, arena ready-rock of «Stand Up» without missing a beat. Like a magician pulling the table cloth out from under the table settings, the band pulls off these shifts in tone without disturbing the balance of the album, making the changes something that the listener is aware of, but never shocked by. By casting such a wide net with their sound, A War You Cannot Win might not satisfy most listeners all the way through, but just about anyone approaching the album will find something on here to like. While this might be a bit jarring to newcomers checking out the album based on one of its singles, it’s a trait that fans of the band are used to (and are undoubtedly pretty keen on).
«A War You Cannot Win» lyrics
All That Remains Lyrics
«A War You Cannot Win»
We’ve been deceived for so long, we stop believe
Can’t tell what’s right or what’s wrong
So you stop feelin’
When violence, and coercion. Are their tools
Then you must stand scream
No. Hell no. Won’t follow commands I won’t meet
Your demands said
No. Hell no. I am not yours to rule I won’t be
Your fool cause
We are standing here waiting you’ll listen to reason
This is a war you cannot win
We are standing here waiting. And you’re gonna listen
This is a war you cannot win.
I now can see that it’s all a fight for power.
But there is no way we are wrong this is our hour
One voice can silence the masses
One voice just scream these words say
No. Hell no. Won’t follow commands I won’t meet
Your demands said
No. Hell no. I am not yours to rule I won’t be
Your fool cause
We are standing here waiting you’ll listen to reason
This is a war you cannot win
We are standing here waiting. And you’re gonna listen
This is a war you cannot win.
Just take a good look around you now
You have to see there’s no way
You can’t control what we feel, what we think,
And we will not go away.
No. Hell no. Won’t follow commands I won’t meet
Your demands said
No. Hell no. I am not yours to rule I won’t be
Your fool cause
We are standing here waiting you’ll listen to reason
This is a war you cannot win
We are standing here waiting. And you’re gonna listen
This is a war you cannot win.
Won’t follow commands won’t meet your demands
(War you cannot win)
We are standing here waiting
Won’t follow commands won’t meet your demands
(This is a war you cannot win)