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Liktor
02:03
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“Dem Konsul trug man ein Beil voran,
Zu Rom, in alten Tagen.
Auch du hast deinen Liktor, doch wird
Das Beil dir nachgetragen.
Ich bin dein Liktor, und ich geh
Beständig mit dem blanken.
Richtbeile hinter dir - ich bin
Die Tat von deinem Gedanken.”
And behind, and all around you
A mythical hunter stalks
A ghost-like horror, years immobile
Pheromone trail leading to destruction
Though It carries no ax, no clink that follows
Silently strikes with tendrils and claws
An idea once thought, forever be lost
Alongside all of the thinkers.
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2. |
DEQATH
04:19
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Coffee without caffeine
Soda without sugar
Beer without alcohol
Fat without fat
Meat without meat
Everyday denial of essences
Nothing excites us more
War without war
Art without art
Politics without politics
Life without life
Earth without land
Atmosphere without air
And all for nothingness
Elo ilma elämää
Maa ilman maata
Ilmakehä ilman ilmaa
Elo ilman elämää
Maa ilman maata
Ilmakehä ilman ilmaa
All for emptiness
For invented needs
All for nothingness
All for the void
All for vanity
All for nothingness
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Self-Control
04:55
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I see someone standing there
Drops banana into a can
After carefully reading the words
“Plastic and bottles”
I’ve had enough of individualism
And “sustainable” customer choices
They won’t solve the problem
Sometimes you just have to calm and sit down
When all you would want is to dance and go around
And sometimes you give in, sometimes let go
I’m only wishing for the slightest self-control
Someone sitting uptight over there
Poking peanuts with a plastic fork
Gathering the like-minded
Wondering if the palaeolithic
Veggie kebab was even as good
As our supermarket one
Sometimes you just have to calm and sit down
When all you would want is to dance and go around
And sometimes you give in, sometimes let go
I’m only wishing for the slightest control
When all you would want is to dance and go around
Well sometimes I give in, sometimes let go
Self-control in a collective
We need education, paradigm shift
For letting us all know just where
The line actually is
Where and what it is
Sometimes you just have to calm and sit down
When all you would want is to dance and go around
And sometimes you give in, sometimes let go
I’m only wishing for the slightest self-control
‘Cos sometimes you just have to calm and sit down
When all you would want is to ramble around
Sometimes you just have to calm and sit down
When all you would want is to dance and go around
And sometimes you give in, sometimes let go
Well you’re only human, and so am I
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Song For XR
02:52
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Sit down
On the street
With a sign
Down, take a knee
Raise your fist
Truth, our demand
Declaration
Time, running out
We must act (out)
None of us would want to be here
I should be at home
But as the lies go on, prevail
Home will be no more
Peaceful
Refusal
Disobedience
Suffer the anger
Hold on to hope
Truth, our demand
Declaration
Time, running out
We must act (now)
None of us would want to be here
I should be at school
But as the lies go on, prevail
(We will be) no more
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Scummy Space Station
04:56
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You know it’s time to fix the roof, Dad
When after a holiday you are greeted
With one meter of pure, whiter snow
A zip as a lock on the door
It’s jammed, can’t close it
Unable to protect the home
From Oscar-guests and the Groke
Save and reload over again
Lose all sleep because of that
Waking up soaking wet
There’s crime all around and I can’t best it
Playing guitar, performing with a band
Unpracticed, hopefully unnoticed
I realise I’m playing with Keith Richards
When someone yells, “it’s the Rolling Stones!”
Trying to make it to the train
Way too late with everything, all the time
If only I’d prepare myself better
This would have happened exactly the same
Save and reload over again
Lose all sleep because of that
Waking up soaking wet
There’s crime all around and I can’t best it
Pause and reload a saved game
Over and over again
Lose all my sleep because of that
There’s crime all around, nothing I can do
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Progression
01:47
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Beyond All Wickedness
03:31
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More and more desperate
More and more transparent
So obvious, so evident
Downright neglected
More and more aggravated
More and more execrable
So passive, indifferent
Beyond all wickedness
Maybe it won’t get what it deserves
Not in this world
But we see you, we know what you’re doing
And you know it very well too
Pahuus
Ondskan
(La) Malvagità
Das Übel
Maybe you won’t get what you deserve
Not in this life
My generation sees you
We know, what you’re doing
Maybe you won’t get what you deserve
Not in this life
But my generation sees you
We know, what you’re doing
We know, what you’re doing
We know, what you’re doing
We know, what you’re doing
And you know it too
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The Pond
06:20
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Lonely swan in the black pond
Dark and cold October night
The lone source of light
An illusion, a bright reflection
Grey offspring in the green mass
Bright and warm summer night
The brightest source of light
Fresh flames, a new hope
Beautiful, white symmetric reflections
On the surface of the pond
Traces of turbojets high in the sky
Forming a hashtag water
Beautiful, white symmetric reflections
On the surface of the pond
Traces of turbojets high in the sky
Forming a hashtag waste
Water!
Sewerage!
Waste!
Extinction!
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9. |
The New Normal
04:22
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How does it feel
The new normal
Thrilled for change
Or shivers down your spine
Are you here?
The time passing by
Or clinging hard
Of times long gone
What is a year or two
But teardrops
In the ever-flowing river
Of time
Do you greet
The new normal
With excitement
Or with denial?
Living life
Embracing the moment
Or longing back
It never was there
What is a year or two
But a sigh
In the ever-blowing wind
Of change
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Neon Star Sky Amsterdam, Netherlands
Neon Star Sky is an international shoegaze / indie rock / noise rock band based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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