1. |
A Terrible Mistake
04:20
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Let's play a game that we're not equal
I'll be the cat
You'll be my prey
The rules have no end
Eventually the roles will be swapped
There's no need to rush
I can't breathe
A terrible mistake was made
We've gained and used so much power in such a short time
Let's play a game that we're not equal
I'll be rich
You'll rely on my grace
The rules as we've made them work just fine for me
And I hope it works for you too my brother
Right here
Somebody else is being treated
The way I wouldn't like to be treated
I
I've made
I've made a terrible mistake when I excluded myself
I
I've made
I've made a terrible mistake when I turned away my conscience
After a while I found myself standing by
Stuck in time
I want to be a better human of any colour or shade
I just need to be engaged
Right now
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
A terrible mistake was made
We've gained and used so much power in such a short time
I
I've made
I've made a terrible mistake when I excluded myself
I
I've made
I've made a terrible mistake when I turned away my conscience
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2. |
True Friendship
07:14
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Calling for a friend sounds like an old swan
Tired and lonely
Bursts into singing for the first time
And for the last time
Torn into fractions like all those memories
Staring into fire, watching it all melting
Under pressure only the strongest will survive
Without showing the weakness
Hiding beneath this
Imagine you're dying
And you're not afraid to fail
Reconnecting every dot repeatedly
True friendship is more than blind mutual support
I dream
One day you won't be afraid to tell me
How, how I was wrong
And I'll reply: "Let's discuss it now!"
In the haze of our thoughts
We generate an environment prone to misuse
Friends will be friends no matter what it takes
Supporting each other in surviving
And also in drowning
Frozen in rage, finding enemies
Anywhere
Much easier is fighting than understanding
Focus on the message, shoot the messenger
Reconnecting every dot repeatedly
True friendship is more than blind mutual support
I dream
One day you won't be afraid to tell me
How, how I was wrong
And I'll reply: "Let's discuss it now!"
Everything's okay – everything's all right
At home, in a relationship
Everything changed, it needs to update
At school, in a relationship
Everything changed, it needs to upgrade
At work, in a relationship
Everything changed, it needs to update
Alone, in a true friendship
Everything changes, it needs to be maintained
And everything changes, it needs to update
And everything changed, it needs to upgrade
Reconnecting every dot repeatedly
True friendship is more than blind mutual support
I dream
One day you won't be afraid to tell me
How, how I was wrong
And I'll reply: "Let's discuss it now!"
Well, this must be crucial for you
Well, this must be crucial for you
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3. |
Faith
04:24
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When you're losing ground beneath your feet
There's no one, no one around
When you're tired of revealing all mysteries
Without anyone, anyone to argue
And you would say: "It's all in the stars"
With blood on your knees
You're joining your hands
Perception of fear won't disappear
And then you slowly fall
All the friends you've got left don't comprehend
What you are, what you're feeling at all
Those who are left
They don't ask or even dispute
All they've got is the answer
For all questions already written in the stars
No matter how hard you try
It's always based on a desire
Once repeated truth becomes a lie
And always will stay up high
And always will stay up high, high
The faith is belief in the absence of evidence
Without awareness of uncertainty
The faith is believed to be cognitive negligence
Accepting the certain end of days
Without awareness of uncertainty
It's believed to be cognitive negligence
That's what propels the mystery
Stay on the ground, stay on the ground
Stay only on the ground
Stay only on the holy ground
Stay on the ground, stay on the ground
Stay only on the ground
Stay only on the holy ground
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4. |
The Same as You
04:41
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Ascending, ascending from denials
The same as you
I think I finally found a way
To understand both sides
And stop all ongoing fights
Which were highly ineffective
The same as you
I let my higher expectations overcome my heart
And set the fire in my eyes
Which makes me see in the red spectrum
The same as you
I'm carrying residues from my ancestors
Who did not get a chance as we do
To choose and learn from our issues
The same as them
By slowly moving through this battlefield
We do what needs to be done
To reassemble our hopes
From the shattered pieces
But somehow we're always in denial
Drifting apart
Descending, descending in your eyes
Crawling deep under the bar
Descending, descending in my eyes
Crawling deep under the bar
We're starting to crumble
Slowly fading into fire
And walking on the pieces of broken glass
Pieces of broken glass
Sharp pieces, sharp pieces of broken glass
Ascending, ascending of denials
Descending, descending in your eyes
Reflecting, reflecting on who we are
Reassembling all that's left behind
Transcending, transcending all denials
Reassembling all the pieces of broken glass
Transcending, transcending all denials
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5. |
Constant Feelings
02:26
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Constant feelings are feeding my conscience
I can't tell what is right
And what could be good
Feeling constant feelings
Expecting rewards for things I deem unacceptable
I keep on chasing my own tail
I'm feeling constant feelings
Driven by the same reasons as everyone
Crawling in the circle
Collecting rewards
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6. |
Out of Sight
06:06
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Beautiful and fragile in the eyes of a few people
Uncomfortable when life is rushing to derail
Where's the point in raising our voices for the weak?
The uninformed will turn into enemies
Why keep it alive?
When we're option-paralysed
It's easier said than done
With good intentions in mind
Who decides to keep you out of sight?
Those desires will leave you more unsatisfied
I know it's hard to compromise with all misreadings
Most of us would swap these points of view
Why spread the fire when it's all burnt out?
It's too late to twist the lies
The last grain of hope has dried
Who decides to keep you out of sight?
Those desires will leave you more unsatisfied
Those blue lies are rooted in the heart of mankind
You paved the way for the next generation
Break the shackles down!
No silver lining just the smell of burning fur
Love will vaporise with devotion
And cleanse the air
The air
Who decides to keep you out of sight?
Those desires will leave you more unsatisfied
Those blue lies are rooted
In the heart of mankind
You paved the way for the next generation
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7. |
Split Character
06:42
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Alone in a crowd of people
Aware of my own rise and fall
I've misspelled the tale of good and bad
Astray in a maze of my new moods
The dream reflects all enemies
They're scared with backs against the wall
With no big plan, the virtue is gone
My fear cut through the secret
Frictions, frictions, those frictions
Burst into flames
While falling down the inward spiral with no end
Questions, questions rub salt into my shame
My bleeding heart is screaming out
Like a wounded doe
I realize that the person to blame is near
From the very start he was breathing down my neck
I was fooled by the man who knows me best
I know it's too late to start from scratch
I wonder how much time there's left
To mend my heart and ask you to stay
Fiction, fiction, that fiction twists in my head
While falling down the inward spiral with no end
Questions, questions
Just questions are all that's left
My bleeding heart is still screaming out
Like a wounded doe
That's all I've got – my bleeding heart
You with your wrinkled face
Just gulp down your shame with a bitter smile
You've torn all your pride into fractions
Just do yourself a favor and end it all
You with your wrinkled face
Just gulp down your shame with a bitter smile
You've torn all your pride into fractions
Just do yourself a favor and end it all
And end it all
Alone in a crowd of people
Aware of my own sincere rise and fall
Misspelled the tale of good and bad
Astray in a maze waiting to take off
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8. |
Plinth of Shame
02:02
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I've seen enough to react
I've considered myself someone morally higher
It's forever on loop in my dreams
Engraved in my glance
I have seen enough to react
I just stood there in pain
Yet numb enough to pray
For somebody to speak up for me instead
Like a statue on the plinth of shame
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9. |
Birds of Reminiscence
08:09
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It's dusk and it's cold
Rain leaves its petrichor
We feel reminiscent of our lives
When we were so small
Our paths are blurred – we've lost the focus
Lust for something more
Dried all the petrichor
We feel the sheepishness of our past
When we were young and we could fly
We're the same beak and sound
Right now, right now, right now
We're the same joy and pain
Right now, right now, right now, right now
We could fly anywhere
All the way up
We could sing any song
Do whatever we wanna do
We're the same wings and brain
Flying high, flying high, flying high
We feel the same wind and sun
In our feathers now
Right now, right now, right now
We could fly anywhere
All the way up
We could sing any song
Do whatever we wanna do
Why did we choose to land here
And split into parts
All that remains is a memory
And the taste in our mouths
We feel reminiscent of our lives
When we were young
We feel the solitude of our parts
When we ceased to fly
Fly
We feel reminiscent of our lives
When we were young
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10. |
Run
04:37
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You'd believe it's so important
To not resist or betray
You'd never believe there's something more than this
From behind the shut doors
Run
Run, run away
You think you've found your best companion
A solid shoulder
The fear of consequences
Makes you overlook all the pain
Run for your life
Run
Run
Run
You deserve something better - run
You are worth something better - run
You deserve something better - run
You are worth something better - run
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