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Rather Dead
03:08
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RATHER DEAD
You still mock the masses
You still dangle futile dreams
The same old promise to settle for less
I'd rather stay dead
Than join your masquerade
I'd rather stay dead
Than join this masquerade
I'd rather stay dead
You still fail the masses
And dare to ask for more sacrifice
For your pride, I won't roll the dice
And all I want is to see you rot in the morning light
I'd rather stay dead
Than join your masquerade
I'd rather stay dead
Than march in your parade
I'd rather stay dead
I'd rather stay dead
All I want is to see you rot in the morning light
And all I want is to see you rot
In the morning light
I'd rather stay dead
Than crawl in your parade
I'd rather stay dead
Than join your masquerade
I'd rather stay dead
Than join this masquerade
I'd rather stay dead
Dead
Dead
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In the Freakshow
03:45
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IN THE FREAKSHOW
Welcome to the freakshow
Another day lagging behind
Another day waking in sweat, blaming your fate
Another dream you can't achieve
Another try, another slap and a broken face
Another shot pushing you back to the right place
Let's go to the freakshow just where you belong
Everybody rocks, nobody glitters
This is the freakshow as real as it gets
Another night looking for sleep
Another cry, another blot under the morning light
You can't find the helping hand
No one ever sticks together in this nightmare
Another lifetime lagging behind, claiming your share
You're part of the freakshow in the shallow glow
Everybody rocks, nobody matters
You mock the monkeys, you're sophisticated
Welcome to the freakshow starring the weak and the mad
You're trapped in the freakshow in the final scene
Everybody rocks, nobody's a star
You copy the monkeys, you’re so creative
You're only a shadow melting under the spotlight
You're part of a sick show
Where you belong
Welcome to the freakshow
In the shallow glow
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Eagle in the Glue
04:25
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EAGLE IN THE GLUE
Like an eagle trapped in the glue
A silent dream
A frosted land
An obscure mist flowing from the sky
Hands full of mud
Frigid water
A swamp too shallow to ditch memories
All of these clues to make you feel
Like an eagle trapped in the glue
Never let it go, respond to your fears
Lit up a light to know you're alive
Jump out of the blue, into the game
Face the scavengers
Getting in line to eat you alive
(What's the point of anything)
Like an eagle trapped in the glue
(The end or the beginning)
A distant scream
Over the land (What's the point of anything)
A waving fist and the sky turns white (The end or the beginning)
Hands on the torch
The fire spreads (What's the point of anything)
The revolt grows and stone turns to glass (The end or the beginning)
A reflection of what you were
Just an eagle caught in the glue
(Dying from a broken wing)
Never let it go, respond to your fears
Lit up a light to know you're alive
Jump out of the blue, into the flames
Fight the scavengers eager
To get in line to eat you alive
(What's the point of anything)
(The end or the beginning)
(What's the point of anything)
(The end or the beginning)
(Dying from a broken wing)
Like an eagle caught in the glue
(What's the point of anything)
(The end or the beginning)
(Dying from a broken wing)
Like an eagle trapped in the glue
Never let it go, face the scavengers
Getting in line to eat you alive
Like an eagle trapped in the glue
Lit up a light to know you're alive
To know you're alive
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4. |
Second Hand Soul
04:42
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SECOND HAND SOUL
I’ve been waiting so long for a better life to come
But in the emptiness I hear a relentless countdown
Trading from my future to my past
Trading from my future to my past
Second hand soul for sale
(Dreams can not die)
(For sale)
The more the clock turns the more meaningless are my years
The more the candle burns the more I loose my faith
Trading from my future to my past
Seeking for relief at last (dreams die)
Second hand soul for sale
No reward so far for waiving my emotions
I’m running out of options, running out of potions
Need a step back in time to retrieve some passion
This is my fate and I claim a rebate
(Dreams can not die)
The light was never bright but pale is better than dark
My memories are bleak but I still want them back
Looking for everything that is lost (dreams die)
Second hand soul for sale
Rebuy memories at any cost
Second hand soul for sale
(Dreams can die)
No reward so far for waiving my emotions
I’m running out of options, running out of potions
Need a step back in time to retrieve some passion
This is my fate and I claim a rebate
At any cost
Looking for everything I’ve lost
Second hand soul for sale
(Dreams can die)
Seeking for relief
At last
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5. |
From Gloom to Bliss
05:13
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FROM GLOOM TO BLISS
I’m happy
Everything is beautiful
It seems life will never be
The same anymore
I’m happy
This time, I have it all
This day couldn't be more ideal
My sorrow : history
Gloom has turned to bliss
Gloom has turned to bliss
I’m happy
Positively happy
I’m so happy
On the top of the world
The sun is in my head
I’m so happy
The sun is in my head
For the very first time
I am happy
I’m happy
I’m so glad you came in crowds
So you can testify
To how delighted I am
I’m happy
I swear to God I’m fine
So why is everybody around here
Looking at me like this
Staring at me like this
The sun is in my head
The key to my relief
I’ve been waiting for so long
I’m so happy
On the top of the roof
For the very last time
Definitely happy
(The Key to my relief)
The sun is in my head
The sun is in my head
The switch is in my hand
The switch is in my hand
I’m happy
So why are you people bellowing at me
I’m happy
Everything is wonderful
Everything is fuckin beautiful
So what are the red dots
On my chest made for
So what are the red dots
On my chest made for
I’m so happy
With the sun in my head
Finally finding the key
To my relief
I’m so happy
With the switch in my hand
Been waiting for so long
For eternity
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6. |
May the Sun Never Rise
04:38
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MAY THE SUN NEVER RISE
May the sun never rise
And never force me to flee far away
May the sun never rise
And never reveal to them the mess I live in
May the sun never rise
And never illuminate the cracks in my life
May the sun never rise
And never make me belong to this gloomy world
Never again
Find a way to my cave
And shatter every bridge behind you
Find a way to my cave
And disappear with me in the dark
Come down and hide with me
Let’s forget about the cruelty out there
My isolation is the solution to preserve harmony
My isolation is a protection from insanity
May the sun never rise
And never force you to look at my creepy face
May the sun never rise
And never blind your judgement nor make you doubt your desires
May the sun never rise
And never climb high enough to sweep my dreams away with the clouds
My isolation is the solution to preserve harmony
My isolation is the rejection of this perfidy
If the sun ever rises
To melt the wax that restrains my fragile wings
If the sun ever rises
Will you dare to hold my crippled hand once and for all
Will you take me away
And keep me in the shadows forever
If the sun ever rises
If the sun ever rises
If the sun ever rises
If the sun ever rises
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Dust in my Veins
04:44
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DUST IN MY VEINS
Subdued by my addictions I’m down to my knees
Obeisance bows my head all the way down the floor
Succubi everywhere cause my self-esteem to wane
Obedience is my only guide to the final tour
Turning over
Running again the path of defeat
trying to cheat my fate all along
Not strong enough to prove it wrong
Not strong enough to prove it wrong
Not wrong enough to become strong
Too many absurd orders I have to comply to
Too many fights, too many unfair battles to give
Against illusions, visions of peace I never knew
No matter how hard I try I find no way to leave
Turning over
Running around the circle of deceit
Not tough enough to last so long
Not strong enough to prove it wrong
Not strong enough to make ‘em wrong
Not wrong enough to become strong
(Forever bleak and counterfeit)
(Forever sick it’s time to shrink)
(Forever bleak and counterfeit)
(Forever sick it’s time to shrink)
Forever weak it’s time to sink
Forever weak it’s time to sink
Drowning too deep to ever breathe again
To ever breathe again
To never breathe again
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Alternate Aftermath
04:31
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ALTERNATE AFTERMATH
They betrayed us
They defiled us
They misleaded us
They drove us into this global mess
Each of these usurpers
Despoiled our world
We need a new lord
We summon you with troops behind us
The time has come for you to rise
Rise, Master, rise
Write a tale about a new chance for the damned
Force the waves of change to remember your name
Til the end of times
How much longer
Shall we bear their madness
Or rely on them
To keep paltry promises
Within your light
The noble ones
Will no more serve brutality
Nor contribute to an insane agenda
This is the time for you to rise
Rise, prophet, rise
Write a tale about a new hope for the lost
(Undo destiny)
Change the wheel of fortune and seize control back
From those greedy hands
(Untangle history)
(Undo destiny)
(Write a new page)
(Write a new age)
(Untangle history)
(Write a new page Undo destiny)
Write a tale about a new place for the weak
(Write a new age Untangle history)
Force the waves of fortune to remember your name
Til the end of times
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My Darkstar
06:08
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MY DARKSTAR
You took me out of my jail
Secured me a place, removed my cage
You told me I would not fail
You restored my faith and filled up my days
You told me I should cross the line
And join you in the quest of truth
You made me travel the unseen
A one-way trip no turning back
You made me a fanatic
Devoted to you I’ll always be yours
You made me a lunatic
Addicted to you I’ll be yours
You left me as an empty shell
When you vanished without a trace
Do you know what it has cost me to let you go
Do you know what it will cost me to bring you back
My promise of an everlasting dream
You took me out of my jail
You gave me a goal you gave me a fate
You taught me the difference
Between right and wrong, real and fake
You taught me that the true ideals
Are the ones worth dying for
I would have killed myself for you
But you never asked me to
Do you know what it will cost me to bring you back
You’re my darkstar, my only light, my guiding light
My promise of an everlasting dream
Speak to me say you’re still online
And planning your return
Speak to me say you’re still alive
I'm running out of candles to burn
I’ll give up the things I can’t lose
I will search for you for a thousand years
I will leave no bone unturned
And I will find you and I’ll be yours, always
I don’t care what it will cost me to bring you back
You’re my darkstar, my only light, my fading light
My promise of an everlasting dream
Without you I’ll suffer everlasting pain
I don’t care what it will cost me to have you back
I don’t care what it will cost me
You’re my darkstar
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10. |
Weaponized Kids
04:54
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WEAPONIZED KIDS
In your land
You are born in ignorance
Rock and sand
Are all you have ever known
They want you
Cause you are devoid of any moral sense
Come little boys and take a blade
You have a place in the parade
Doesn’t matter what side you’re on
They got a job for you all
No pledge, no flag, no rules
You’ll be a man
If you murder your parents
A servant
If you spread the horror thru the hills
A soldier
If, all at the same time, you can dance and laugh and kill
Doesn’t matter what side you’re on
They got a job for you all
Come little boys and draw your sword
A weapon of choice better than words
No pledge, no flag, no rules
Slaughter’s done
They don’t need you anymore
But from the hills
Survivors call for vengeance
Come and join
And drag your people to endless violence
Doesn’t matter what side you’re on
To you it’s just entertainment
You don’t really care if they don’t provide
A real cause to fight for
No real cause to fight for
Weaponized kids
Desecrated into weaponized kids
Perverted into weaponized kids
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11. |
Indecent Times
08:54
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INDECENT TIMES
How many more times will we see Goliath trample over David’s body
Always more people slipping into dusk we don’t care about anymore
Evidences everywhere that empathy will no longer bind us together
It has not always been
It has not always been that messy
It has not always been
It has not always been that dirty
It has not always been
It has not always been that messy
Another day comes and a vision of dread but we keep acting casual
We are flooded everyday with pictures of hatred pouring from places we ignore
But we cry and we cry over the smallest drama, wallowing in denial
Run ! Moan ! Whatever you’re after you’re on your own !
Move on ! Whoever you are you’re on your own !
Doom dawns ! Wherever you are you will fall down!
Everybody fights everybody to find the merest scraps of loot
We can never pass on the opportunity to embarrass ourselves as humans
We sell off our values and loosen our requirements to accept the unspeakable
It has not always been
It has not always been that ugly
And we’ve not even seen
And we’ve not even seen anything yet
Run ! Moan ! Whatever you’re after you’re on your own !
Move on ! Whatever you are you’re on your own !
Doom dawns ! Wherever you are you will fall down !
Run !
Ruuuuuuuuuuun !
Run ! Moan ! Whoever you are you’re on your own !
Run ! Moan ! Whatever you are you’re on your own !
Move on ! Whoever you’re after you’re on your own !
We are flooded everyday with pictures of hatred
Doom dawns ! Wherever you are you will fall down !
Always more people slipping into dusk, wallowing in denial
Run ! Moan ! Wherever you are you’re on your own !
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Maniac Address Paris, France
MANIAC ADDRESS is an electro-industrial, man & machines project based in France... cutting deep through dark woods populated with Futurepop, Aggrotech or EBM beasts.
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