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I am drifting through this uncharted place.
no one sees me. nobody knows my my name.
faces dissapear in a faceless crowd.
slowly merging … they are afraid to die.
they carry on to suppress the inevitable.
every breath resists an adamant intruder.
so I wanna know … I just wanna know!
what is their incentive? what makes them striving for another day?
we are oscillating between pain and gain.
when it comes to suffering we're all the same.
longing for the future while we dream of the past.
this treasured keepsake isn't meant to last.
what is my part? where do I fit in?
I've got the books in my bag. I've got the thoughts on my mind.
am I the stranger searching for a home? is there something waiting for me?
I feel like getting swallowed by the city streets. and I keep looking for an open door.
tomorrow I will go for another walk ... get some coffee while breaking circles.
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Platon's Horses
04:13
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today I stopped to count the days and months and years that just ran by.
these doubts bedevilled me and rested long enough on my broken chest.
when did I become this blurred reflection of the man I used to be?
weak-minded torn between reality and a life in a picture frame.
it took one moment to blow up this lie and you pulled the trigger in me.
i'm quite enticed to believe in destiny.
you 've touched my heart not a momet too soon. a clearing in the noise.
I discern this beat as a familiar tune.
to decide means to deny so I said goodbye to warmth and security.
this light inside our head is all we care for now and that's just fine.
so we kiss and lough and dance across the ruins like all lovers do.
now I know I'm home.
it took one moment to blow up this lie and you pulled the trigger in me.
i'm quite enticed to believe in destiny.
you 've touched my heart not a momet too soon. a clearing in the noise.
I discern this beat as a familiar tune.
now I know I'm home ...
… cause I'm with you!
and we got a lot of time to kiss the world goodbye.
we share one voice and we sing the body electric.
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Maps
04:17
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when the sun began to fade and amber filled the air, we stopped and had the chance to take a look behind our shiny masquerades. all the words that have been said didn't mean a thing and so we closed our eyes.
together we drive through our empty hometown in an old dirty car to the bay in the dark. confessions were made of love and regrets. but what does that count when all of us lie?
we're fading away. slipping out of our lives. restart again.
trying to keep what we can while we're all just tapping in the dark.
I still do love this place and all our memories but we cannot hide forever from the world.
the sea around our feet. a suction and a beat. can't you feel our hearts drifting apart?
we draw our maps with distant destinations but maybe we should just run into the night. right into the brake. let's head for the stars to fight our way through wolves and thorns. we should run as far as eyes can see to find us again under a purple sky.
we've got to learn to love our scars.
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Numinose
05:08
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there is room for peace when the mind is gone.
just the urge to breathe and the lust for more.
it will ease the pain of uncertainty. everything is swayed by the sirens call.
thy kingdom come! embrace the new god!
we don't have to care about the issues of life because there is someone who knows the absolute truth.
thy kingdom come! embrace the new god!
hallowed be thy name! embrace the new lord!
look at those fools! they are trying to close their eyes, not willing to see all those wonders he made for us! „unweaving the rainbow won't keep us from faith!“, the sermon says.
we pray to him. we kill for him. we die for him.
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Spiral
03:59
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disintegration is on my mind.
my edges are frayed.
the performance is timed.
so many tasks that i could fail.
make your choice -
it's heads or tails!
i'm not complaining about my life
'cause i'm important from 9 to 5.
striving for power - striving for praise
every smile is just a mask on your face.
this is goodbye to the dreams that we once had.
this is goodbye to the man i once knew.
optimization of the mass.
there are no temptations that we need to pass.
the same bodies. the same minds.
contradictions will be hard to find.
we are the new society.
we are legion and we are free.
but this freedom is so hard to bear.
the greatest value is the greatest fear.
this is goodbye to the dreams that we once had.
this is goodbye to the man I once knew.
now this is all what's left for us and we still keep hanging on to lying promises.
oh these dying promises!
the bigger and faster.
the richer and better.
the future will be yours!
the future has just begun!
so we dream our life in circles.
dedicated to the hope that one day we'll reach our goal.
guided by those signs
we'll make our way back to where we once started.
because what is will never be good enough.
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Lost Time
04:03
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this feeling came back to me
when I sensed that smell like a breeze from the past.
old pictures took shape and dragged me away
to this point in my memories.
and I tried to figure it out if it was really me in that image.
'cause it felt like a different life fading away.
I try to hold on to these memories my brain is making up for me.
so lets just pretend.
like a photo which is yellowed now my traces will get lost in time.
the decisions I made … the turnings I took … I know it brought me here.
and that is just fine. but what if my life has no story? just like a collection of episodes?
and I try to hold on to these memories my brain is making up for me.
so lets just pretend.
the hours flow over me like cold water. trying to catch it is so futile.
the past won't ever be a masterpiece.
there's a tree growing out of my brain and every branch is just a lie.
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Apocalypse Welcome
04:02
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this i the last show. look up to the sky.
the clouds are on fire.
our heavens are melting away.
the beauty of this blood dyed horizon
is blowing away the fear and uncertainty.
this is the end. tell all your friends!
this is the end. so let's start to dance.
we make up stories of death and enjoy this fighting for life.
reset the whole world! reset the whole world!
we'll make a fresh start and we won't fail this time.
redemption to some. damnation to others.
our whole existence so far has always been aimed to that one point.
this is the end. tell all your friends!
we make up stories of death and enjoy this fighting for life.
reset the whole world! reset the whole world!
we watch the cities burning down and smash it all to smithereens.
restart your own life! restart your own life!
we're so attracted to the end that we try to put it off.
but for what reason? but for what reason?
so addicted to this life that we're all growed tired of.
but for what reason? but for what reason?
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The Invitation
03:50
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I can hear the singing. soothing voices that reach for me. it's an invitation to touch your innocent dreams of a twisted world cursed by original sin. it's an incantation to drink his blood and taste his flesh.
this is the body – this is the blood
broken and poured - out for all of us
in this communion we are shared in his love
this is the body – this is the blood
a sacrifice to set me free
I will remember everthing you have done for me
these words are bound to die away. conflicting views have come to stay.
the world is down in sorrow and you keep promising hope. all that foretold wonders await you when you're dead.
this is the body – just flesh and bone
broken and poured out – to feed yourself
in this communion you love yourself
this is the body – just flesh and bone
a sacrifice to tie my will
I will remember your promises!
salvation!
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