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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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