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Lonely Owls
03:23
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No..
It may not show
It may not feel
But it’s our comfort zone
We fight and grow
We will not kneel
Despite the shit that’s been thrown
Detach from that vision
That they so hysterically live by
Choose with precision
Those who’ll hold you when you lye
…we look alone…
We look alone
We don’t want your ghosts
We look alone
We don’t want your law
We look alone
And then you look inside
That buried dark corner
Where fears go to hide
And refuse to cross the border
You may not see
You may not grasp
Yet not your place to sentence
Feel free to join
Feel free to stay
Exactly where you’re at now
That’s where it differs
Paths so distinctly flowing side by side
Brothers and sisters
Sing the words that help you ride
Free your body
Bring it
Free your mind and
Bring it
Freedom follows rhythm
We just wanted more
Freedom followers
Bring it
Free your brothers
Now
Freedom fighters
Bring it
Feed your mind
With more
Free your core and
Bring out
Free your brain and
Bring out
Freedoms following us
We keep wanting more
Freedom fighters
Bring it
They’re all wanting more
Free them
Feed them
Free your brothers
Now
And then you look inside
That buried dark corner
Where fears go to hide
And refuse to cross the border
We look alone
We don’t want your ghosts
We look alone
We don’t want your law
We look alone
We look alone
We walk alone
Alone
We look alone
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2. |
Reshaped
03:07
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In full widespread mental apathy
Life found a way to suddenly
change the ongoing paradigm
presenting moments of intellect
A light at the end of the tunnel
A brain that stimulates me
Everything is fucked up
The outer shell rules the world
Everything is fucked up
forgotten depth and identity
Everything has reshaped
One capable of the reverse
Everything has reshaped
Someone like that has surfaced
Now
Puppets… puppets everywhere
Worshiped cliche made ‘em basic
Continuous flattery feeding egos
Thin bark that does not prevent
the nefarious odour that I always scent
A light at the end of the tunnel
A brain that stimulates me
Everything is fucked up
The outer shell rules the world
Everything is fucked up
forgotten depth and identity
Everything has reshaped
One capable of the reverse
Everything has reshaped
Someone like that has surfaced
Surfaced
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3. |
To Your Despair
03:35
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RISE
The past has mined your spirit
Distant memories
eternally present
some still hurt
while others just revolt
But none will ever be erased
The present isn’t bringing
any easier task
The world is flooded with fear
In pain, panic, cold
The lack of human warmth
reveals the fragility
of current basic scruples
Don’t waste it
Keep fighting
your gut knows what is right
The horizon
Sits there
Awaiting your arrival
Don’t waste it
Keep fighting
It’s always gonna hurt
The way
You seek
Acceptance is a curse
Stop scorning yourself
Show me what’s real
Years of mental harassment
Of attacks on the soul
I know my friend
I know
Make the mantle heavier and heavier
At every clash
At every challenge
Yet we have the power
To block external abuse
Rise rise
Right now
Rise rise
For life
Don’t waste it
Keep fighting
your gut knows what is right
The horizon
Sits there
Awaiting your arrival
Don’t waste it
Keep fighting
It’s always gonna hurt
The way
You seek
Acceptance is a curse
Stop scorning yourself
Show me what’s real
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4. |
Do Not Go Gentle
03:05
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Do not go gentle
into that good night
Old age should burn
and rave at close of day
Though wise men
at their end
know dark is right
Because their words had
forked no lightning
Good men
the last wave by
crying how bright
Their frail deeds
might have
danced in a green bay
Wild men who caught and sang
the sun in flight
And learn
too late
they grieved it on its way
they grieved it on its way
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Grave men
near death
who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes
could blaze
like meteors
and be gay
And you my father,
there on he sad height
Curse, bless me now
with your fierce tears,
I pray.
I pray
Do not go gentle …
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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5. |
Let It Burn
04:21
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Fought it with all
my strength and will
and I never
even got close as wished
obstacles run
over each other
In the tangle
of all my regrets
Fear of falling
Displease and die
Is it too late
To live intensely?
may not reach it
In this lifetime
Yet my stain here
Won’t be defeat
I despise
who I was
but I keep my
focus on
who I want
to become
stay away now
you pull me down
who can know
i lay it out
Better not
bleed my trust
you don’t need it?
burn it down
beyond the doors of disappointment
Lies quietly my perfect dream
The last tenuous light
On an erased path
strangle the memories
Of the days gone by
Words are energy
They cast spells
Change the way you talk
About yourself
You can change your life
The night won’t last
What you’re not changing
You’re also choosing
owls are lurking
for the next pray
Keep your mind clean
Don’t let them in you
in spite of darkness
I’ll find freedom
Wearing my scars
As my hellfire
I despise
who I was
but I keep my
focus on
who I want
to become
stay away now
you pull me down
who can know
i lay it out
Better not
bleed my trust
you don’t need it?
burn it down
Roam
beyond the doors of disappointment
Lies quietly my perfect dream
The last tenuous light
On an erased path
strangle the memories
Of the days gone by
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6. |
One Day
04:03
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One day,
when tenderness is the only rule of the morning,
I will wake up in your arms.
your skin may be too beautiful
and the lights will understand
the impossible understanding of love
one day,
when the rain dries in memory,
when the winter is so far away,
when the cold responds slowly
with a dragging voice of an old man,
and birds will sing
on the shadows of our windows.
yes, birds will sing,
there will be flowers,
but none of that will be my fault
cause I’ll wake up in your arms
and I won’t say
neither a word
nor the beginning of one ,
so as not to spoil
the perfection of happiness.
one day…one day…
when the rain dries in memory
when the winter is so far away
when the cold responds slowly
with a dragging voice of an old man
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