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The Great Freedom

by The Lust For Life

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1.
rise and fall 03:53
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the world collapses and the rats are leaving the sinking ship the creature you fed got beyond control too late to get a grip on it now that the flood is coming all hell’s breaking lose everything you worked for is working against you this betrayal is breaking you everything you regard to be self-evident ends up in smoke this emptiness eats you up but it’s everything you got you can’t hide behind these lies or sham perfection a plastic smile or a garden fence cause you can’t hide from yourself we dance on the ashes of burned empires part of history: rise & fall right now you don’t know what to do future dreams, acquired property your world collapses at a single blow nothing’s left, you’ve lost it all all the aces that you’ve hold a drowning man clutching at a straw a broken man dropping into free fall
2.
bleak hours 02:32
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12 bleak hours, six days a week they are not allowed to speak about half a million people in shenzhen there’s a labour camp someone jumped off of the roof again nearly no one knew his name he who pays the piper calls the tune this is the soundtrack of the doomed he who pays the piper calls the tune so get on with it recurring questions, time to bluff a big pay raise, well that’s enough in speech of appreciation in shenzhen there’s a labour camp someone jumped off of the roof again nearly no one knew his name he who pays the piper calls the tune this is the soundtrack of the doomed he who pays the piper calls the tune so get on with it now we’re full n so excited what the fortune cookie says happy people never count hours as they pass one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven the counting never ends
3.
nothing 01:14
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do you know the calm, the calm before the storm? the sound that scares n makes you flee in a bunker only forwards, no turning back everyone knows it, when you run away from nothing just because the time grants you no break just because the time knows no friends every fault gets punished, you cannot learn an unequal duel, you cannot win run away from nothing
4.
displaced and young 03:05
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displaced and young we’re your daughters and sons displaced and young the forgotten division we exist we realise what you deny, all that you hate dare to discern we break down what you state allright you say this land’s our home but we don’t like the interior we beg to differ displaced and young we’re your daughters and sons we’re the displaced and the young the forgotten division we’re your kids but you don’t know who we are your system failed it vanishes, your ideal world allright no one has ever asked us but now we shoot our mouth off don’t wait for the stream to stop before crossing it dare to be wise make a beginning
5.
all voices silenced, all ideas worn 02:24
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protect me from my reason protect me from my thought protect me from what I’m feeling protect me from what I want my mind is a gilded cage the remains of a million dead this city’s built on a foundation as hard as bones the architects of fortune never rest protect me from my reason protect me from my thought protect me from what I’m feeling protect me from what I want my mind is a gilded cage the pendulum swings back this city’s built for a purpose as thick as blood the guards of truth never sleep protect me from my reason protect me from my thought protect me from what I’m feeling protect me from what I want protect me from myself
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a coldness spreads out across the city 03:17
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silence with a million ears 02:44
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this bite is bigger than I can chew its bitter taste spreads in my mouth and obscures my view this lie is a tough, tough nut to crack too afraid to spit it, to spit it out, too big to swallow it my head starts to ache, my eyes fill with tears illusions hold a mirror up to me, reveal my biggest fear this bite gets bigger the more I chew its bitter taste spreads in my mind and controls my view but I can’t get enough
8.
dirty mind 02:35
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you got a clean mind, you believe the hype but we’re seeing the world through different eyes you’ve been taken over by their mind control I tell you something you know you accepted it without reservation I wonder you need no explanation that social consensus bout what is wrong or right it’s hypocritical, righty right I don’t fit in your uniform I don’t exist just to conform I don’t, I don’t dirty mind, dirty mind you won’t keep me out of mischief, no dirty mind, dirty mind I got a some dirt on my mind now looking at this world, got enough of it one more step n I’ll be losing grip what do you see? all that I can see we all live in a mad society I won’t goose-step towards the death fool around like a kid just like you did give yourself a go dirty mind, dirty mind you won’t keep me out of mischief, no dirty mind, dirty mind I got a some dirt on my mind now
9.
life won't wait + word is a weapon (interlude) 05:31
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they hate us cause we won’t give in climb over the wall we’re gonna leave this place for too many years we stuck in their haze a lifelong struggle for a better place to live autonomic n creative n I know one day all these schemes of us will turn from effigy into reality gotta find a way out of this jail life won’t wait, no life won’t wait away from the pabulum into diversity gonna build a new home where we stay free where they don’t decide who is wrong or right who is righteous n who’s not so don’t be afraid of your own decision full of guts climb over the wall gotta find a way out of this jail life won’t wait, no life won’t wait they hate us cause we won’t give in they don’t decide who is wrong n who is right cause they don’t know a thing a single fuckin’ thing bout us they can’t destroy the words, the words once spoken these words are our weapon we’re quick on the draw they hate us cause we won’t give in
10.
burn the louvre 02:42
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freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be demanded by the oppressed injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere time is ripe to do right
11.
up to the great freedom and back 04:54
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I’m all alone in this room the walls are coming closer if I’d stay they’ll definitely bruise me no hope, no faith no more my panic is getting bigger my only thought is to get away too much, too much pressure nothing in this world can hold me back I’m on the run with no return I leave my home behind freedom is coming closer feeling like an escaped convict I’m rid of all these chains but doubts are getting bigger how much time is left to live? too much, too much pressure nothing in this world can hold me back I’m on the run with no return damn solitude what am I really looking for? kill this pain it’s everywhere, I need a fuckin’ cure I thought it would be easier but it’s even getting worse in a downward spiral, don’t wanna accept it as my curse check my messages, they ask: where are you? I wanna promise, I’ll come back to you

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life is a struggle. so is history. words evaporate. thoughts vanish. build and burn. RISE AND FALL. there’s no time to rest because there’s nothing to rest on. in the very second we open our eyes we find ourselves stuck on a treadmill. being part of the machine that kills you. toil, numb oneself, sleep. nothing but BLEAK HOURS. some find themselves empty, abandoned, dead inside, scared to death. running away from NOTHING. others have nothing to oppose but hate. multiple negativity to explode, to make a change. the hate of the DISPLACED AND YOUNG. but the bloody past of a whole civilization grips to the marrow. total control, total surveillance. they know every thought beforehand. so don’t think. they’re gonna beat you down. so don’t stand up. ALL VOICES SILENCED, ALL IDEAS WORN. the streets are empty. the concrete hardens the heart. A COLDNESS SPREADS OUT ACROSS THE CITY. so how can we know who we are? how can we know if what we feel is right? this constant urge to gag chokes us, makes us blind. SILENCE WITH A MILLION EARS. but though we don’t know what we feel we still know that we feel. no more emptiness, nothing whitewashed. something pure, something honest. every lie makes me want to smash something up. every killing makes me want to burn something down. DIRTY MIND. gathering all this dirt, all this hate. turning it into words and actions. this is bigger than everything you know, everything you are. use it because LIFE WON’T WAIT. spread it because the WORD IS A WEAPON. raise it, break the silence. demand what belongs to you. BURN THE LOUVRE. destroy something beautiful. set off for something real. UP TO THE GREAT FREEDOM AND BACK.

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released March 17, 2012

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