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1. |
News 2.0
03:01
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What is wrong and what is right?
We're on our own now to decide
What we’ll perceive in these days of false conclusion, make-believe
We tend to hide from this mischief
With our future at stake
What is wrong, what is fake?
Fake news blur the media coverage, give us „alternative facts“
The pure mass of information makes us unable to grasp
Thanks to ourselves and social media we spread our own reality
We ostracize the non-believers, because we are all to blind to see
How can we differ truth from lies?
There'll be no blessing in disguise
What is wrong and what is right?
We're on our own now to decide
What we’ll perceive in these days of false conclusion, make-believe
We tend to hide from this mischief
With our future at stake
What is wrong, what is fake?
Politicians rig the news on purpose to forge their own truth
Even if we know it’s fake, our mind still covers it like news
Journalism is dying, being replaced by make-belief
In times of mass confusion, we can’t rely on anything
We’re left alone with our own truth!
What we believe is what we choose!
What is wrong and what is right?
We’re on our own now to decide
What we’ll perceive in these days of false conclusion, make-believe
We tend to hide from this mischief
We’re left alone with our own truth
What we believe is what we choose
What is wrong, what is right?
It’s up to us now to decide we cannot hide
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2. |
Second Best
04:04
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Everyone can see this, but nothing is done
Decades of fighting and nobody's won
Fear is growing on and on
We're watching helpless
There’s still no answer, the question stays the same
There’s no solution to this sick stupid game
Hate will always prevail and push reason to the back of our minds
Why does this always have to be this way?
(Why does this always have to be this way?)
All of our conscience went astray
(All of our conscience went astray, but it’s ourselves that we betray)
We’d like to fight for a new world, although we know we'd never win
We’d like to light fire again, just don’t know how to begin
Humanity we once adored, comes off second-best, once more
Even if we manage to put this on hold
Peace will be once again way oversold
What's left are stone cold hearts, and the fear of constant repetition
No one remembers how this once began
Out of the fire into the frying pan
We'd like to change this once and for all, but it's way too soon for the curtain call
Why does this always have to be this way?
(Why does this always have to be this way?)
All of our conscience went astray
(All of our conscience went astray, but it’s ourselves that we betray)
We’d like to fight for a new world, although we know we'd never win
We’d like to light fire again, just don’t know how to begin
Humanity we once adored, comes off second-best, once more
Why does this always have to be this way?
(Why does this always have to be this way?)
All of our conscience went astray
(All of our conscience went astray, but it’s ourselves that we betray)
We’d like to fight for a new world, although we know we'd never win
We’d like to light fire again, just don’t know how to begin
Humanity we once adored, comes off second-best, once more
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3. |
Lucky I Got You
03:26
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All of these countless little neurons that fire in your brain
Must sometimes make you feel like you’re going insane
You always seem to struggle with overstimulation
While people around you tend to lose their patience
„Left! Right! Up! Down! Stop it! Not that! Put it down!
Don’t do this! Don’t do that! Told you like a thousand times!
Won’t you hear? Don’t you listen? Will you stop beating your sister!?
Please sit still! Flush the toilet! Fingers off your mouth!“
Calm down a minute, sit down and listen what I say
There is no wrong no right, it’s just your special way of
Dealing with reality that you see through your eyes
Still not worse nor better it’s just one of a kind
I think it’s way too much pressure and it’s too little time
We should all take a break every once in a while
Let’s focus on what really matters in our daily life
And reduce expectations from a cute little guy
„Good job! Well done! Keep on trying all along!
You can make it! Great idea! Trust in yourself! Have no fear!
How impressive, got to say you’re getting better every day!
Let me help you! Take a look, I’ll show you how it’s done!“
Calm down a minute, sit down and listen what I say
There is no wrong no right, it’s just your special way of
Dealing with reality that you see through your eyes
Still not worse nor better it’s just one of a kind
Your energy is high, your temper’s too
Mostly the reason for the tensions between me and you
But I’m the dad and you’re the kid
So, it’s on me to keep my nerves and to get a grip
Gotta find a way, gotta find a way to work it out
Giving in sometimes and realize how fucking proud
I can be of this wonderful smart little guy, my mini-me
I’ll always be by your side
You see, I’m sorry for being not the perfect dad
Losing my mind, being such a fucking ass instead
Writing this song, these lines, I hope we both get by
I love you way too much to not give it a try
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4. |
Move On
02:51
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Every time I’ve seen you in every sleepless dream
I wondered what has happened, to you and me
I’m longing for forgiveness for every spoken word
But the silence and your idle glance let me feel your misery
We’d rather stay unhappy than give the change a try
We’d rather give in sorrow, keep lying to ourselves
We’d like to hold each other’s hands and promise never to let go
Cause the unknown feels so wrong, we’d rather stay unhappy
Than risk to move on, carry on
Why can’t we risk to move on
We’d rather stay unhappy, why can’t we carry on
Why won’t you take the step with me
Another second chance to start all over again
Another second chance
The more time we waste wondering every time we hesitate
We missed our chance to leave our footprints on the sands of time
When the only thing that’s worse than leaving is to stay another day
Change can’t barely be so wrong
(Change can’t barely be so wrong)
It’s time for us to move on, carry on
Why can’t we risk to move on
We’d rather stay unhappy, why can’t we carry on
Why won’t you take the step with me
Another second chance to start all over again
Another second chance
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5. |
Confined
03:21
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We had to flee in the dead of night but we haven’t got a place to go
A one-way ticket in our pocket and a backpack full of hope
We had to start our odyssey we had to flee cause they still
Use their access to impose and oppress
Which leads to distress if we don’t confess
If we won’t give up there’s no resolution in sight
As long as they still
Use their access to impose and oppress
Which leads to distress if we don’t confess
If they won’t lose their deluded state of mind
We will forever be confined
In search for a new beginning, leaving all we own behind, too late to hit rewind (too late to hit rewind)
Reaching out to doubtful prospects, if our request will be declined
We will forever be confined
Trapped in the middle of nowhere now one step forward two steps back
We’re waiting penned up like cattle uncertainty rules our days
Our weeks, our months, our years our lives we have to stay cause they still
Use their access to impose and oppress
Which leads to distress if we don’t confess
If we won’t give up there’s no resolution in sight
As long as they still
Use their access to impose and oppress
Which leads to distress if we don’t confess
If they won’t lose their deluded state of mind
We will forever be confined
In search for a new beginning, leaving all we own behind, too late to hit rewind (too late to hit rewind)
Reaching out to doubtful prospects, if our request will be declined
We will forever be confined
In search for a new beginning, leaving all we own behind, too late to hit rewind (too late to hit rewind)
Reaching out to doubtful prospects, if our request will be declined
We will forever be confined
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6. |
Love You Like Insane
02:51
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When you came into my life I wasn't nearly thirty-five
Still you kept us waiting so long
You had us taught how to be patient, but washed away our deep frustration
Right within the blink of an eye
Your mommy did a baby test, two minutes became a day
You can't guess our happiness when the result was on the display
From this special moment on our life's been changing upside down
Nothing would ever be the same
It was time to get a bigger car, a life insurance, dread guitar
These were my first concerns
Your mom was going crazy about the internet baby stores
You had more stuff than Paris Hilton before you've even been born
A Monday was the final day
(You kept us waiting for so long)
The day your mommy's water broke away
(We knew that nothing would be the same)
In the end you lay in my arms
I was seeing you and I knew that I love you
You made us to a family, you‘ve no idea what you mean to me
Can't live without you no more
Can't live without your little smile, your sweet hugs make my life worthwhile
You are just perfect to me
I love you more and more each day
(You made us to a family)
With you my troubles fade away
(Can’t live without you no more)
You’re my light, my sun, my heartbeat
Your worries are my pain
You’re everything to me, I’m all yours
I love you like insane
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7. |
Surprise! Surprise!
02:10
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Sometimes I dream, and I wonder
Wherever we go, what to ponder
Fallen in line, fallout to follow
Hope built on regret
One day a queen, calling for action
What started with screams, won't end in perfection
So many lines, feeding just sorrow
Maslow at its best
Weep - what you’ve wiped all away, farewell to yesterday
Well-meant rights all used wrong, pray they won't be gone
And your tale still goes on with witches on the run
As a fork found its dung
Sometimes are keen, some are war locked
Whatever’s the deal when truth hits a warped lord
Total decline, loss of good breeding, a fool
Persisting his faults
All getting used to a master disaster
The worst about it, the mob that’s been asked for
With blinders in sight the prole’s a messiah
A savior on a hoof
Weep - what you’ve wiped all away, farewell to yesterday
Well-meant rights all used wrong, pray they won't be gone
And your tale still goes on with witches on the run
As a fork found its dung
Steep is the path that you stray, your master's sanctuary
Seek on an egocentric way (found a dung fork in the hay)
And the world will move on with all of us on the run
When your lord found his gun!
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8. |
What Have We All Become
03:24
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What have we all become, what have we all become?
Well, I can't wait, to escape this place
The same faces every day, I'm tired of feeling drained
Cause every time we’re walking down this street
We keep on fooling ourselves
We make those plans we never bring to an end
What have we all become, what have we all become?
But life's too short for regrets, so, come with me and take my hand
Let's get the fuck out of here tonight
(So don't look back)
No don't look back it feels alright
No don't look back
Well, I can't stand another wasted night
Head filled with stale smoke I'm sick of feeling dull
Cause every time it’s the same routine all over again
We keep on screwing ourselves
Relapse to habits we once put to an end
What have we all become, what have we all become?
But life's too short for regrets, so, come with me and take my hand
Let's get the fuck out of here tonight
(So don't look back)
No don't look back it feels alright
No don't look back
What have we all become, what have we all become?
What have we all become, what have we all become?
Cowards and strangers to ourselves!
Cowards and strangers to ourselves!
But life's too short for regrets, so, come with me and take my hand
Let's get the fuck out of here tonight
(So don't look back)
No don't look back it feels alright
No don't look back
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9. |
Raise Your Glass
02:57
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Can’t you see, can't you see, I’m not like you? Your life is leaving me frustrated
It can’t be, be, be your way even if it means I’m isolated
Cause every time, I see the world with your eyes
Every time, I think about the old times
It makes me realize, I’m not that kind of guy anymore
Raise your glass! Give a toast to all the good times
Raise your glass! Cause they are never coming back again
Raise your glass! One more toast to all the good times
Cause I’m never coming back again
Just because of our huge history I’m feeling obligated
But I tell, tell, tell you know you make me feel suffocated
And I try, to see the world with your eyes
Every time, I think about our past times
It makes me realize, I’m a different kind of guy
Raise your glass! Give a toast to all the good times
Raise your glass! Cause they are never coming back again
Raise your glass! One more toast to all the good times
Cause I’m never coming back
Raise your glass! I sure as hell miss all the good times
Raise your glass! But they are never coming back
Raise your glass! Give a toast to all the good times
Raise your glass! Cause they are never coming back again
Raise your glass! One more toast to all the good times
Raise your glass! Cause they are never coming back again
Raise your glass!
(Raise your glass!)
Raise your glass!
(Raise your glass!)
Raise your glass!
(Raise your glass!)
Raise your glass!
(Raise your glass!)
Raise your glass!
(Raise your glass!)
Raise your glass!
(Raise your glass!)
Raise your glass!
(Raise your glass!)
Raise your glass!
Cause I’m never coming back to you again
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10. |
Never Ever
03:15
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Sorry, it took three whole years to finally open up to you
I'm insecure
It's still hard to find the right words
I know this may sound cheesy
But I try, but I try
But I try, I try!
When I wake up, you’re next to me
There is no place I’d rather be
I wanna stay and never leave
When I’m with you I feel complete
My whole life suddenly upbeat
I'm finally happy with myself
The memory of my past-self used to bring me down
The misery replaced by joy since you're around
The energy you give, I never ever want to miss
I never ever want to be without you again
Never ever want to be without you again
Just one little twinkle and I grin from ear to ear
No more rainy days with you
You're on my heart, you're on my mind
I want to spend my life with you
Yes, it's true, my future's here with you
Yes, it’s true, my future's here with you
The memory of my past-self used to bring me down
The misery replaced by joy since you're around
The energy you give, I never ever want to miss
I never ever want to be without you again
Never ever want to be without you again
Thanks for bearing my anger, thanks for bearing my moods
Thanks for having my back, that I can always count on you
When I'm angry when I'm sad, when I'm tired when I'm mad
Thanks for listening to my crap
I enjoy every single moment of my life now
Thanks for helping me to see, I realize now
How miserable I've been
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11. |
Glimpse Of Hope
03:28
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They had to leave their home, their family behind
With a brighter future, better life on their mind
A journey overwhelmed with fear but expectations
Pretty nice catch, don’t you think?
Spent their last money to get treated like cattle
Then dropped to unknown to fight the next battle
Betrayed by the ones they thought they could trust
Now on their own chasing the trace of gold dust
Using the glimpse of hope to attract the ones in need
At the first sight it maybe looks like a great deed
Hop on a boat, leave hell behind, take the journey on the edge of life
Brave the storm and climb the walls, at the end taken down by force
If they are lucky, they will reach their destination
Start feeling safe, celebrate their salvation
Then being forced to fight the immigration act
Entry denied! The journey starts from scratch
Using the glimpse of hope to attract the ones in need
At the first sight it maybe looks like a great deed
Hop on a boat, leave hell behind, take the journey on the edge of life
Brave the storm and climb the walls, at the end taken down by force
Using the glimpse of hope to attract the ones in need
At the first sight it maybe looks like a great deed
Hop on a boat, leave hell behind, take the journey on the edge of life
Brave the storm and climb the walls, at the end taken down by force
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12. |
Met(h)od To The Madness
01:18
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A kitchen high cab is what she longs for
I don’t get it, cause that's just more
It's more money we would spend for
Things that ain’t necessarily essential
But there are things men do for women (men do for women)
And so, she made (so she made me) me finally give in
Said she measured right exactly
And just needed a strong man to go and heft it
So, we went down to IKEA
Got the doors upon our cart
And were sent outside to collect the frame
I put the stuff into our car
What I nearly didn’t make
The fucking packages were heavy as hell
When we arrived at home
I dragged the shit to level four
All alone it was no fun as you can guess
As I unboxed the cab and found the measures wouldn’t fit
I didn’t know if I should laugh or scream
So, if your girl is sure she knows to use a tapeline I propose
You say ‘fuck off’ and better check it twice!
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13. |
The Strain
02:38
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Fight for the freedom of the seas
Before marine life will decease
Give us some air so we can breathe
We're heading towards catastrophe
Time’s running out for us, you see
No use for your apology
Our world still suffers agony
We're heading towards catastrophe
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Cause our efforts and struggles of breasting the strain
Are futile and sterile cause nothing will change
Till the shit heads will make up their minds
Till we stop this waste of mankind
Admit that climate change is real
Get off your ass and sign the deal
No time for one more cup of tea
We're heading towards catastrophe
Gain energy from wind and sun
There is so much that could be done
Don't be too ignorant to see
We're heading towards catastrophe
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Cause our efforts and struggles of breasting the strain
Are futile and sterile cause nothing will change
Till the shit heads will make up their minds
Till we stop this waste of mankind
Why won’t you show a bit of savvy?
Fight your lack of common sense
Lay your head on the block, then maybe
We will get another chance
Cause our efforts and struggles of breasting the strain
Are futile and sterile cause nothing will change
Till the shit heads will make up their minds
Till we stop this waste of mankind
Cause our efforts and struggles of breasting the strain
Are futile and sterile cause nothing will change
Till the shit heads will make up their minds
Till we stop this waste of mankind
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14. |
Two Hearts As One
02:35
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You once were two hearts as one and you couldn’t be without each other
You shared the same dreams, you shared the same hopes
You had all of your life right in front of your nose
So you got married, got your first son
One thing was clear: there’s a great life to come
None of you would have doubted after all
Life was easy then, you never thought that this would ever change
In those days you had no fights, no hassle, no differing opinions
Two hearts as one, the closest way being friends
Years passed and four children later
There is not much left of your unity
You’ve long grown apart and you argue a lot
Over sick stupid shit that hurts right on the spot
No dreams any more, your passion long gone
Just daily routine, no more two hearts as one
Whatever happened to your love?
Life was easy then, you never thought that this would ever change
In those days you had no fights, no hassle, no differing opinions
Two hearts as one, the closest way being friends
I’m sorry that you both are unhappy
Your marriage failed and still you struggle so badly
To preserve something that is long lost
I wished you had the guts to move forward
The only way out is breaking up yet it is hard
Letting go of a shattered dream
Life was easy then, you never thought that this would ever change
In those days you had no fights, no hassle, no differing opinions
Two hearts as one, the closest way being friends
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