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Trapped Inside
05:09
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I won’t fit in
On the operating table I lay screaming
While you rip out my organs, eating
Till the last piece of me is gone
As I remain an empty shell after the feasting
With pain in your insides you realize that you were wrong
You think you know me – you don’t know shit
You think you own me – but I won’t fit
Hypnotize me, customize me, make me your slave
Put me in your little box, trap me in your cave
But the longer you stitch me down to create your personal fake
The harder my real me will strike back after the outbreak
You think you know me – you don’t know shit
You think you own me – but I won’t fit in
Did you psychopath never realize
You’re not a fan or enemy of people
But of images you create?
As you refuse to dig deeper
Refuse to go below the surface
Lies blacken these eyes
And Reality becomes acid to soak
I’m not what you see now
This is just what you think I should be
Anytime somehow
You will choke on your prejudice
Not that I give a damn, not that I care
But if you try to drag me down I swear
Truth will overcome
I’m not what you see now
This is just what you think I should be
Anytime somehow
Truth will overcome
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2. |
The Odessa Staircase
02:49
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Smash the plate with rotten meat on it
and fucking scream out loud
We’ve had enough of this …shit
Time to throw the maggots in the sea
and raise our fist right now
We… we are more than them
Left, right, left, right, aim, shoot, kill, die!
Left, right, left, right, aim, shoot, kill, die!
Stick together whether rich or poor,
even if one of us dies
We still are one
Faceless soldiers coming closer step by step
their guns held high
We must resist
Left, right, left, right, aim, shoot, kill, die!
Left, right, left, right, aim, shoot, kill, die!
Iron salvation will dispossess what possessed us
Fight this battle, we are brothers
Fight this battle, united
Fight this battle, we are brothers
Fight this battle, we are not alone
We are not alone
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Are you trying to seduce me, Mrs. Robinson?
Or have I already seduced you, I son of a gun?
Experiments meet experience, this sin smells of deliverance
But Forbidden stays the sweetest taste
I will never be right
I can’t escape, while you move on
The distance between us will always be my fate
I cannot escape, it’s right when I’m wrong
I guess I’m the water to your
Fire!
Fire!
Have you been unfaithful, my little miss?
Or is Lolita still awaiting her first kiss?
Pure innocence meets impatience, this sin smells of deliverance
But forever forbidden stays the sweetest of all tastes
I will never be right
I can’t escape, while you move on
The distance between us will always be my fate
I cannot escape, it’s right when I’m wrong
I guess I’m the water to your…
Contradiction, desperation
There’s no such thing as a perfect match
I can’t be right, I can’t go well
Only between the extremes I may unfold
No more compromising just pushing harder for my needs
I Invade the flesh to breed, until your canting soul is sold to me
I guess I’m the water to your
Fire! Fire!
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4. |
Dig 'Em Up
03:32
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Glamour – a magnet that pulls
hollow bodies across the floor
Rotates the daily grind about itself
Fucking, buying, eating, dying
Everybody seems to be infected
Ask one, it won’t answer but eat your brain
Too many of them, panic failed organization
Resisting was in vain
Dig up their secrets and you dig your on grave
Sometimes it’s better if you don’t know the truth
There are too many of them, no one is save
May this world get undead, the next one will be you
Carnal desire banging morals
to the edge of the abyss
The virus digs its way
keeping alive what’s already dead
What they once loved remains neglected
Ask one, it won’t answer but eat your brain
Too many of them, panic failed organization
Resisting was in vain
Dig up their secrets and you dig your on grave
Sometimes it’s better if you don’t know the truth
There are too many of them, no one is save
May this world get undead, the next one will be me
Who the fuck dug them up?
Who the fuck dug them up?
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5. |
Becoming The Shadow
03:21
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Go ahead
Throw it away
The time you gave us to this day
Cover them wounds with cheap patches while I heal mine
Tell yourself you’re fine
Celebrate your suppression, go ahead, swallow down these lies
Till they blow up in your frail little stomach, taken by surprise
This circle of shame-driven secrets around you
Is getting dangerously narrow, so narrow
Go, turn away
From old ideals which you betray
Lose yourself in the nearest arms – best friends, cold comfort
This freedom you crave for now is just an illusion
A gift you already had but overlooked in your confusion
This circle of shame-driven secrets will narrow
What you don’t conclude will become your shadow
I am walking tall, knowing the day will come
The day it all falls back to you
I am walking tall, knowing the day will come
The day your shadow overwhelms you
This day will come
‘What a pitty’ I would say, if I still gave a fuck
Have fun on your long way
You poor devil, just go ahead
I am your shadow, I stay your shadow
They are your shadow, they stay your shadow
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I’ve always been to cute for bad-ass babes, you see
I’ve always been to clumsy to catch an angel
No matter what I tried, I fell back into being me
Which was useless ‘cause I don’t know who I am
Will people ever know what they want?
Would things be even better if they did?
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
This is how I got you, the end of my soleness
But too many other plans got in your way
This carrousel called fate just keeps on turning, keeps on turning
Here I go again, ended up as a fragment in a puzzle of cullets
I think of jumping from the Cape of Hopelessness
Jump into this destiny, but maybe I should rather push you
Maybe I should rather push you
If I knew it was our last time, what would I’ve done differently?
This solitude puts a haze on my eyes
That’s not a way to see the world
Here I go again, ended up as a fragment in a puzzle of cullets
I think of jumping from the Cape of Hopelessness
Jump into this destiny, but maybe I should rather push you
Maybe I should rather push you
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7. |
Buried In Oblivion
04:44
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Now times have changed, years have passed
We live separated
I wonder if you really turned your back on me
All memories have drowned
Drifting off makes no sound
Nothing is forever
Will I be buried?
Forgetting is the easiest way to protect
Would you ever take the hard way with me?
It’s been a long, long time
Herewith I place my sign
Nothing is forever
Will I be buried in oblivion?
Slipping, fading, forgetting…
Slipping, fading, forgetting…
I feel them slipping
Afterglows of what we’ve done
Our memories will be
Buried in oblivion
I feel it fading
Buried in oblivion
Will you bury me?
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8. |
Field 11X30
04:49
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We spent our whole life trying to stand out
Only to step back into the ranks at dusk
We keep that pulse rapid to temporize
But the fragile hands of our body clock will rust
We buy our freedom to conquer the world
Ending up in narrow alleys underground
We build an empire of hopes and dreams
But when we vanish, nothing of it will be found
Live! Now!
Your name becomes a number
Your past becomes a file
Things will come full circle
If you don’t bequest your ring, it burns in the fire
You can resonate or just fade away
They shall not grieve about a tombstone
They shall not only read inscriptions
Some sacrificed blood never dries
Some noble deeds will never die
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9. |
Odyssey To Death
03:54
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I feel my world crumble down in my shivering hands
Realizing every day is one step closer to the end
Before it’s too late I settle this old score
I just can’t take it anymore
There is no return, I wanted to pay any price
Now I ask myself: Will this killing erase the pain
Or make it worse?
Before it’s too late I settle this old score
I just can’t take it anymore
I travel the seas of doom, leaving my past behind
Revenge remains the only relief, this is my odyssey to…
…death…
Life has granted me this one last chance to shoot it down
Life has granted me this one last chance to shoot it down, my worst enemy
BÄM!
I travel the seas of doom, leaving my past behind
Revenge remains the only relief, this is my odyssey to…
I travel the seas of doom, leaving my past behind
Revenge remains the only relief, this is my odyssey to…
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10. |
1001 Nights
04:43
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I kill the monsters that keep you quiet
Whether flood or drought I brave the dangers
This war you lost yourself in, I save you from the fire
Please take my hand and fulfill my deepest desire
Just let me be the dawn after your darkest nights
Just let me wake you up from your worst dreams
I break the prison that keeps you static
This curse, it has prevailed for much too long
I will protect you from them, the bad ghosts of your past
With me you’ll see the sun again, hope dies last
1001 nights, I was searching for you
40 thieves I would fight, to make this dream come true
Come rub my magic lamp, your wish is my command
May the magic carpet fly us to the promised land
Just let me be the dawn after your darkest nights
Just let me wake you up from your worst dreams
1001 nights, I was searching for you
40 thieves I would fight, to make this dream come true
Come rub my magic lamp, your wish is my command
May the magic carpet fly us to the promised land
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Weird
04:09
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What the hell is wrong with you?
I thought we know each other
Does a promise mean anything to you?
Say, did you ever bother?
I’m tired of waiting
Week in, week out
I remember our first day
Your eyes looking for shelter
This velvet voice had me stay
Chaos replaced the order
What have you become now?
When will this end?
Just regain your consciousness and you will see
Knowing what you do with me is knowing what you need
Stop acting weird, start finding yourself
Stop acting like a child, start finding yourself
What have you become? When will this end?
What have you become now? When will this end?
I’m sick of waiting, week in, week out
Stop acting weird, start finding yourself
Just regain your consciousness and you will see
Knowing what you do with me is knowing what you need
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12. |
Dreams In The Fall
03:23
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Fall puts its shell ‘round my shoulders
Like a leaf I swing in the wind
I close my eyes so I can see
What you hide from your beholders
Today I fend this life as delusion
Since I’m just half of me
Whether awake or asleep I find myself
Between nightmares and illusions
It’s not the time for going to bed
But it’s the biggest weariness I’ve ever had
Too early to sleep, too dark to stay awake, I let myself go
Too early to sleep, too dark to stay awake, let yourself go
Breathe in my dreams, I hope that I never wake up
I breathe in your thoughts, I breathe in your dreams, please don’t wake up
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13. |
Seasons Of Caducity
06:55
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Where is assistance and justice if not with the ones we owe our life to?
What makes deporting cheaper than caring? If we don’t ask we’ll never know where all this money seeps through
We want to be forever young, but youth is just a phase
The way is shorter than you think, from teen to nursing case
Home is no building, but a priceless feeling
What if you’re too poor to stay there for healing?
The time is near, fight for change if you still have a choice
So speak if you still have a voice
We want to be forever young, but youth is just a phase
The way is shorter than you think, from teen to nursing case
When it’s spring, think of the fall, ‘cause winter will bury us all
When it’s spring, think of the fall, ‘cause winter will bury us all
Call for answers or you’ll never grow up, never wake up
You will wish you hadn’t close your eyes to your own future, wake up…
Now!
Awareness is the first step to action
Make sure you stay where you belong
Who will pay when your wild years have stopped?
You will get old but will you ever grow up?
Who will pay when your wild years have stopped?
You will get old but will you ever wake up?
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