1. |
Irony and Smiles
03:47
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Irony and smiles
Born astray
Shrouded like a pebble
Pierce the veil of our world
And heed this call
You will starve for greatness
But I won't feed you fairytales
All the wonders could be horrors
So to tell them apart
Don't lose sight of your paradise
Swaying on a thin line
Parting grounds of smoke and fire
All around you
If you drown In the skies above
You'll cough your lungs out
And the coals in your heart will die out
Your own time is impending
And you get one round
Will tribulations wear you out?
Will your tongue spread lullabies?
Can you even out irony and smiles?
For the hurricane poses as rain
With a blindfold made of hopes
You're dragged into the swarm
With a blindfold made of hopes
You’re swallowed by the storm x2
Stay in this world of grey
Of winding roads and crooked ways
Tread lightly, stay awake
Stay in this world of grey
Of vicious songs and words of praise
So you’ll stand up to the waves
Don't lose sight of your paradise
Swaying on a thin line
Parting grounds of smoke and fire
All around you
If you drown In the skies above
You'll cough your lungs out
And the coals in your heart will die out
Frightening, so frightening
Is the sight of a shifting empire
Try to keep your head up high
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2. |
Heavy Slumber
04:27
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Heavy slumber
The sun is rising
Far away
The road is winding
I'm awake
Wide-eyed
My thoughts are melting
Into a thick veil of mist
While you're sleeping peacefully.
Who really needs to take a rest?
I set off and stride
Straight ahead with a firm step
Trying to catch shapes through this fog
I'd like you to be here
But you're still a frozen shadow
I quicken my pace through the mountain
Out of breath, eager to understand
Why it's getting so dark
There's still a bit of rope to climb
No danger, the place is easy to find
I paved the way for you
Please stay away
From this heavy slumber
I've no strength left to stay
To the cemetery of doubt
Please dare to face
The heavy thunder
There's no shame in feeling the rain
Nothing to worry about
The more I walk, the more it's silent
The more you talk, the less I hear your voice
Your mind is shut, far on an island
Eyes half open, you're stuck in the ground
(chorus)
Tell me I'm not alone to fight
Tell me you're not afraid to try
Tell me that time is on our side
Tell me my patience is not running out
Show me that we can reach the top
Show me we'll make up for the distance
Show me that you're able to stop
The echo of your deafening silence
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3. |
Guiding Lights
04:52
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Guiding Lights
Hollow daydreams, pointless whims
All the fantasies we’re hunting
So you want to drown
In imaginary skies?
What a lost child.
Guiding lights are not blinking all around
Time to get in line and bury that hunger
Wave goodbye to your fancy designs
All play, no work, no finish line
There's no gospel safer than mine.
Hear me now, keep your choir and altar
Stop preaching, I’ll deny
Any place that I’m assigned
Any path that won’t be mine
Fear and doubts all around
But my voice is loud.
All I hear now from your mouth is sacrifice.
I saw you crawling
With your foul kind
You owe us the searching of your mind
So infantile
I support your deviant nights
But you’re still blind
Your fiery eyes
Won't change that time will prove me right
Five easy pieces to compete in dogs fights
I plan to tear down your delusions
Soon you will have to step aside
It's a battle that will end now
Hear me now, keep your choir and altar
(chorus)
I'll never trade this feeling of truth
For desperate sighs
Underneath your lies your envy thrives
For you hold your fears to be mine
And I won't kneel, and I refuse to plead
For air, for mercy, for love
I'll silence all the wise, who wore
The cloth of hopelessness and spite
To save what I've found
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4. |
My Shell
04:26
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My shell
This shell is so quiet
I'm floating above the sea
When I close my eyes
All is fine
Drifting out of sight
Waves are rocking me
When I close my eyes
All is fine
But today I'm feeling sick
I don't understand why
I'm feeling so weird
And I look so sad
My shell is still opaque
But I can see throught it
The current is stronger than it seems
My head is spinning
I'm waiting for the storm
To rain down on my peace of mind
Today I'm feeling sick
I don't understand why
I'm feeling so weird
And I look so sad
The change of time is so quick
My eyes are open wide
I'm not ready for this
I won't step outside
I'd rather be blind
Than watch this world in the eyes
I'd rather be deaf
Than hear it groaning
I'd rather be blind
Than see this world wasting away
I'd rather be deaf
Than hear its cry for help
I'd rather be blind
Than watch this world in the eyes
I'd rather be deaf
Than hear it groaning
I'd rather be blind
Than see this world wasting away
I'd rather be deaf
Than hear its cry for help
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5. |
The Great Divide
06:32
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The great divide
Lined up, sorted out
Raised to stand in single line
Then folded in boxes
There is something you can feel that’s searing
A crushing will to spite, to win
Let’s race to be the one
You bow your head
Feeding the hive mind
Ambition holds the line, keeps you down
Let’s kneel to be the one
The more experienced one
The more submissive one
Keep up or lie down
Where the stillness of time is creeping,
When the spirit dies, the crows will feast on the pyre
You’ll sleep in the fire now.
Obedient child, who’d die to be the one
So thin, no sleep, no kin, soul in tailspin
You can’t feel anything you do now
But you’re going back again
And your soul finally crumbles under the weight
It grows in size, eats its way inside,
All these woes, for pennies and guise
Always, always a lie
Just a link in the chain
Just a pawn in the game
Keep up or lie down
Where the stillness of time is creeping,
When the spirit dies, the crows will laugh and feast on the pyre
Leave it to others to fight it
And you’ll forever be the shadow of yourself.
Emptiness will fill us
There’s no ceasefire
Fearsome everyday
We'll bend and break
Emptiness upon us
Spirits grow stronger
Dogmas in dismay
It will give way
Breathe, breathe any time you want now
Recuse the great divide
No matter what they expect from you
Feel, feel everything, you’re whole now
Every little moment to live
And the rhythm of your heartbeat
Everytime that you’re weary
Or question the path that you’ve chosen now
You’ll die of envy
Or be born again
Everytime that you’ll fall behind
Want to stand back
Or crawl down
Stare right in the eyes of your purpose
Everytime now
Everytime that we'll fight
Everytime now that we'll save this light
We’ll go back and try to find the whys.
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6. |
Gold Won't Last
04:56
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Gold won't last
Can you see the world outside
Away from the bowing crowd
Tied by the hands and feet
Can you see the world outside
Away from the hollow crown
Far from greed
We emerge, gradually
We come into shape and try to breathe
The mould is tight but we seem to fit
Roaming through the gallery
Crammed in a circle to follow
The man on the screen
Is it a sign, is it our mind?
We’re waiting for waking up from this dream
Is it a sign, is it for us?
Gold won’t last and marble is warm
Mirrors to strike
Lies to deflect
Gold won’t last and marble is warm
There are cracks on us
A nice defect
Gold won’t last and marble is warm
Human clones, standing still
We mime each other to feel complete
The same mistakes, the same victories
A gilded cage, a bolted gate
We were told to respect the silence
And the voice in our ears
Is it a sign, is it our mind?
We’re waiting for waking up from this dream
Is it a sign, is it for us?
(chorus)
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7. |
Stalling in Clarity
04:19
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Stalling in clarity
Driving in reverse but moving onwards
You draw straight lines onto curvy roads
Stuck in the dead end
Of your past lives
Bending the signs so there’s no dead end
Holes in the road above which you levitate
Do you know that this road leads to nowhere?
Do you think bliss appears out of thin air?
Why would you ride in a different car if you’re going in the same direction?
Would you jump out of the window just to get some action? x2
You’re stalling, you're stalling
You’re the champion of grandstanding
You’re stalling, you're stalling
You're a rookie in deceiving.
Now heed my words and do not fret
Now hear these words and you won't break
You could feel as you've never felt
If only you'd face ahead
You're out of breath, driving under the surface
Praying that someone will clean your mess
You think you'll escape the storm in your head
With eyes made of glass and a crown made of lead
Why would you ride in a different car if you’re going in the same direction?
Would you jump out of the window just to get some action?
You’re stalling, you're stalling
You’re the champion of grandstanding
You’re stalling, you're stalling
You're a rookie in deceiving.
But when the water rushes in
When your lungs are filled with sin
When the surface is nowhere to be seen
You need the water to break in
And overcome your being
You need the surface out of sight
A clean slate to gather your might
For you were blind in broad daylight
You will wonder if you can change
Or forever stay the same
Will you be drowned again?
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8. |
Woe Betide the Coalman
05:50
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Woe betide the coalman
Preying on empty skies
Will I emerge anew ?
Can you slip through the cracks of this brickless wall ?
As swift as air but as cold as hands
As coarse as truth and as sharp as blades
The coalman only comes once
A lost mind
Wandering and resigned
A one way journey looking behind
A bent spine
From lurching on a land so dry
No light in sight, no birds to catch in flight
You might see a faint light
There's no coming back, no compromise now
He broke the hope of new heights
A new spark, a new start so play your part
Desperate, looking backwards
At the cracks of this brickless wall
Woe betide the coalman, who doesn't turn back
Has he ever seen one face twice ?
Will I fool him again and cross his path ? X3
Stitch your hide, don't reply
Staring straight in his eyes
Which part have you fantasized ?
A sound mind and a straight spine
You'll face what the road will provide
You'll erase the cracks of this brickless wall
Woe betide the coalman, who doesn't turn back
Has he ever seen one face twice ?
Will I fool him again and cross his path ? X4
Hush this verse from the past
Every era has its tides
Old lies, fantasized, made up ties
Expectations for your life's cast
Now hush this verse from your past
Let its silence resonate
But now, now your voice must prevail
Thrive from the lovers of days past
The ghosts on this heartless wall
Their torment faded away with no regrets
Now you've turned the page
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9. |
Balloon Pilot
03:10
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Balloon pilot
She’s trying to climb to higher ground
But she’s stuck, shy and paralysed
She's standing still
Drowned in the past
Under cover in her box
She tries to learn how to fly
She mimes people who take flight
Rising in the sky, safe and sound
Going out of her hiding place
Is too much for now
Hanging around , bound to the ground
She's afraid of what she's trying to find
Climb over doubts
In her dreams she dares
Untie the ropes
She looks like a balloon pilot
Holding ballast bags
To throw them all away
She’s tied to the fear of falling down
A millstone hanging around her neck
One step forward, two steps back
She's a stranger to upper skies
She knows one day she could be
At ease with the world
Far from the ground, and free from bounds
She'd like to taste lightness just for once
(chorus)
She's dancing with satellites, riding on satellites
Now that she's on the rise, far from the ground
She's dancing with satellites, satellites
And now, now she's on her way
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Lorsqu'on entend au loin un concert de First Draft, on imagine quatre ou cinq musiciens sur scène. C'est en s'approchant de plus près qu'on découvre une acrobate batteuse-chanteuse et un bassiste-alchimiste passionné faisant apparaître à travers son pédalier et ses amplis un large spectre de sons qui remplissent l’espace et créent l’illusion du nombre, sans boucles ni samples. ... more
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