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Shotgun
03:12
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Shotgun
Better run and hide
Sidestep the discourse
Can’t see through the other side of my
My reflection
Tunnel vision
Crimson exit sign
Television camera
She reads the teleprompter screen
There's no relief
The countless bodies in the street
It's just another casualty
No one to intervene
Heavy metal
Just pass me by
Tear through the scenery
Tear through my mind
I-I’m all alone.
You better run and hide!!
I don’t know where I’m going
I’m being pulled in from all sides
Stand up and mobilize
‘Cause I’m not going to let this fucker end my life.
Shotgun better run and hide
Looking straight to our own demise
No choice, wrong or right
‘Cause we can’t see through to the other side, we’re blind.
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2. |
Triple Entente
04:38
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-I. The Frozen City-
A Monday morning, here today.
A vile scenery of decay.
The girl, piss drunk, in the gutter, she’s screaming
Violent, I try to turn away,
A man with a gaze, unsympathetic
In my eyes, makes people smile and laugh on a big screen,
In giant letters, fake smiles and laughter
I turn away, this frozen city, backward in thought, lost in time
Always plagued with the same old thing.
Their eyes, constantly, eating at me
The voices in my head, just seem to repeat:
"A Tuesday morning, here today."
Transfixed on all the things that stay the same.
-II. The Broken Sky-
Falling, from the sky
It's you and me, at a glance.
I'll disappear with you, but you don't need me.
I can't see it in your eyes.
And I'm standing sad and broken,
Waiting for some kind of change.
And I look at you, you're weeping,
Transfixed on things that stay the same.
And out across on the horizon
We stand, at worlds apart.
And I'll turn to touch you softly
For a moment, then you're gone.
Do you remember when we were young and hopeful?
Do you remember when the sky came crashing down? (for me)
Can't you look at us and see the time is wasted?
But you know, I will come,
Falling
In your arms.
-III. Transience-
[Instrumental]
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3. |
...And I Hear Nothing
03:45
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Self-serving order
Doesn’t matter at all
Change so infinitesimal
Doesn’t matter at all
Can’t see through the lies
Doesn’t matter at all
Same loss repeated
Doesn’t matter at all
Loss of connection
Doesn’t matter at all
Misconception
Doesn’t matter at all
They say “change is coming”
Doesn’t matter at all
We’re not breathing
Doesn’t matter at all
…and I hear nothing.
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4. |
Nomad's Land
04:05
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And when I walk into the moon
Reflected in your heart’s design
I’ll see it in your eyes
The things you couldn’t say
To me, now can’t you see
That all my hope is gone?
I’m running away now
I’m running away now
Why can’t you see?
I’m running away now
[When you go to sleep, you can dream about anything. Someone you admire, someone you desire. Strangers, fact or fiction.]
If I could go back to that time
I’d lend my heart again
A fate that’d never end
And every night I see
A dream that comes to me
When all my hope is gone!
I’m running away now
I’m running away now
I don't know what to see.
I’m running away now
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5. |
One Lucky Day
05:12
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I know that you want it
It started to be true
For you.
This time that we have is
So wasted on things
Just like you.
I’m waited for you
But I was just a fool.
Through venerated hallways
I know you can be true
For me.
I’m waiting, so patient
Persistent, it’s tragic
You see?
I waited just for you
But I’m just a fool.
I know that you want it
I know you can be true
For me.
I want to be more than
Just equal, I want to
Be free.
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