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Reflections
02:05
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Reflections on the curiousness of human life
and the vanity of the labours of our kind
The concessions we make, the webs we weave
The melancholy reflections
Reflections
Reflections
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2. |
Words in Vain
04:08
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Breaking through the static noise
Is there room for one more voice?
Do they listen? Do they care?
The sea of phrases never ends
Drowning in indifference
I am almost out of air
Opinions never spoken
and rivers never cried
Are bleeding through a pencil
Never running dry
I am spelling out my insides
Avoiding all constraints
But if no one’s ever reading
Are they all just words in vain?
Underrated, overrun
"He always was the quiet one"
But the roar was kept inside
Ink is scattered row by row
spread like piss holes in the snow
‘till the agony subsides
Opinions never spoken
And rivers never cried
Are bleeding through a pencil
Never running dry
I am spelling out my insides
Avoiding all constraints
But if no one’s ever reading
Are they all just words in vain?
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3. |
Neptune
04:16
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Was it an act of spite?
Or was it the unrelenting tide
That pulled you away that night
Like a treasure put aside
Suddenly out of sight
Leaving me high and dry
without a last goodbye
Now I’m ready to go
Below
I’m waiting for the undertow
How did you vanish into
The blue
I dive beneath the waves for you
Went into the deepest end
To where you’ve never been before
I’m trying to comprehend
You’re not with me anymore
It’s time to come home my friend
Can’t you hear your princess
calls you from the shore
Now I’m ready to go
Below
I’m waiting for the undertow
How did you vanish into
The blue
I dive beneath the waves for you
I’m down on my knees
Soon the water will freeze
Drag me out of the sea
Cause I can’t breathe
Now I’m ready to go
Below
I’m waiting for the undertow
How did you vanish into
The blue
I dive beneath the waves for you
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4. |
Exodus [edit]
03:34
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5. |
Silencer
04:50
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Always in disguise
Hiding what you’ve done, not once, but twice
Prone to perfection
Covering up your tracks
How’d you stand the fight
Claiming it’s not always black and white
I realise now
Sometimes it’s only black
Your secret, just keep it
Your trial, denial
Imposed love, dispose of
the visions that you keep inside
Innocence defiled
Like you pulled the trigger on a child
Scared and defenseless
Waiting to know the truth
Faith misunderstood
Tell yourself it’s for the greater good
Exposing your weakness
Lies for the world to see
Your secret, just keep it
Your trial, denial
Imposed love, dispose of
the visions that you keep
when you can’t sleep tonight
There’s no guilt implied, no jury to decide
This atrocity of the first degree
No tears left to cry, no anger to deny
Always on your own, always on the run
Your secret, just keep it
Your trial, denial
Imposed love, dispose of
the visions that you keep inside
In silence, the violence
No sentence, repentance
Just hold on, tell no one
The memories will haunt you from inside
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6. |
No Chains
04:08
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Come with me, leave your apathy
We got problems to solve
All this hate may intimidate you
and that is why you’re involved
But have no fear
You know, I’m always by your side
No chains, no chains anymore
Things will be quite different
From how they were before
No chains, no chains anymore
They’d better start preparing
for the war
They don’t fear what they cannot hear
Now it’s time to get loud
Revolution is the conclusion
and now’s the time to stand proud
Just have no fear
You know, I’m always by your side
No chains, no chains anymore
Discomforting to witness
Harder to ignore
No chains, no chains anymore
They’d better start preparing
for the war
Just have no fear
You know, I’m always by your side
We’ll smoke them out
and watch them petrify tonight
No chains, no chains anymore
Discomforting to witness
Harder to ignore
No chains, no chains anymore
I really hope they’re ready
for the war
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7. |
Hall of Shame
02:57
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The bar was lowered
She hit it straight
Opened a new tab
But closed it too late
A match made in heaven
Was played out in hell
The outcome was given
She knew it too well
Bridges crossed but never burned
Lessons taught but never learned
Bleeding hearts and blown-out flames
Side by side in the hall of shame
She lost her grip
Her face as well
Love turned its back on her
As she slowly fell
The descent was indecent
they usually are
But from the gutter
She saw the stars
Bridges crossed but never burned
Lessons taught but never learned
Blurry faces, forgotten names
Who is who in the hall of shame
Bridges crossed but never burned
Lessons taught but never learned
Broken glass and mascara trails
Side by side in the hall of shame
Queen of romance lost her crown
Fucking up and breaking down
Who's to judge and who's to blame
Quarter to three, it’s a new inductee
in the hall of shame
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8. |
Orbiting
05:06
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Gravitate, oscillate
Back and forth, suffocate
Into deep, half asleep
Another track I cannot keep
Like a flawed astronaut on a secret mission
In outer space
I believe what I see through my tunnel vision
My interface
Peace of mind left behind
Long ago, on circle line
Cursed to be constantly
Spinning round for eternity
Daylight fades through the shades that is my protection
Don’t you know
You can gaze at my face, but there’s no connection
There is no one at home
There´s no terminal station
No disembarkation
In perpetual orbit I burn
I cannot return
Curtain call, took the fall
Try to be invisible
Burner phone, cover blown
One mistake, I’m overthrown
And it seems this machine fully needs a reset
no one cares
And a blonde just came on, does she know my secret?
I don’t like the way she stares
There´s no terminal station
No disembarkation
In perpetual orbit I burn
I cannot return
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9. |
My Own Demon
04:10
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He comes around, without a sound
The air is passing through
No suggestions, asking questions
There's no answer to
Soon the walls are coming closer
Candles blowing out
Rising higher, fumes and fire
Without smoke somehow
Always feels that someone’s coming after me
Never seem to find a cure for this anxiety
Every day it stays the same, I fear tomorrow’s call
Would be better if it never came at all
A full eclipse, the magma drips
A thousand centigrades
Darkness falls through these walls
While I disintegrate
Hear him screaming, my own demon
As I slowly melt
I cannot win, it's all within
Cannot escape myself
Always feels that someone’s coming after me
Never seem to find a cure for this anxiety
Every day it stays the same, I fear tomorrow’s call
Would be better if it never came at all
I'm in the corner, waiting for the
Final line to fall
The parasite, just one last bite
The one to end it all
Always feels that someone’s coming after me
Never seem to find a way out of this misery
Every day I stay the same, I fear tomorrow’s call
Would be better if it never came at all
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10. |
No Coming Back
03:35
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Time to let the nightmares drown
wake to smell the restlessness around
Make no sound
Sneak your way across the floor
Leave the old restrictions by the door
You won’t need them anymore
When you let determination take control
You will find the truth much simpler to be told
There will be no need to mark your track
Cause now it’s time to let go
You know too well there is no coming back
Get out of the dead-end street
Cut the rusty wire round your feet
Feel complete
Save a prayer for those who stay
Maybe they will understand some day
You don’t belong here anyway
Now the last remaining challenge as you rise
Is to flat ignore the judgment in their eyes
There will be no need to mark your track
Cause now it’s time to let go
You know too well there is no coming back
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