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never trust the left, never trust the right
never trust anyone who wants you to join their side
who'll exclude all but his own in a 2 party system
such package deals are toxic, without any exception
there is truth on each side there is lies on each side
but the packages as they are are always poisoned apples
affirm the truth on the left, affirm the truth on the right
but endorse no-one who'll exclude a whole other side
truth and justice will never recognise party lines
and party lines can never keep truth and justice in or out
they'll always be present in different forms on different sides
even the worst dictator has some things right even the best idealist has some things wrong
a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag
a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag
some things we should conserve and some other things need a lot of progress
we need both, not one or the other, and usually we’ll need them both together
let's conserve it it’s good and go beyond it if it's wrong
And let’s transcend all this nonsense before we fossilise again
flesh and blood are never ever the actual enemy
a human being can be wrong and be bound by lies and systems
but she or he is still a sister or brother to ourselves
with the lies and systems and things between us as the real enemy
a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag
a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag
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Every Man
04:13
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A man in a black suit came to me and said
If I'd pay you enough you would do anything, no matter where your faith lies
every man has his price, that's just reality
I said I don't think so, and I really hope I wouldn't
It would only destroy everything that I am
It would only destroy everything that I am
I know we all are weak
but man still is a free agent
we don't have to be a slave
to the lowest instincts first
we can choose we can swim like a living fish
even if it's out of fashion right now
that doesn't change our abilities
although placebo can still work as very strong magic...
A woman barely dressed came to me and said
If I'd try enough, I could make you do anything, no matter where your faith lies
every man can be seduced, that's just reality
I said I don't think so, and I really hope I wouldn't
It would only destroy everything that I am
It would only destroy everything that I am
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In my dream
I was chased by trees
Axe-wielding walking trees
They ran surprisingly fast
trying to catch me
With their wooden hands
While humming a song
A scary song
With their non-human voices
Drive out the Telmarines
Drive out the Telmarines
Drive out the Telmarines
Out of this sacred country
Drive out the Telmarines
Drive out the Telmarines
Drive out the Telmarines
Out of this sacred world
So I ran to the river
But the river itself
Did to let me cross
It stared at me with ancient eyes
As if telling me you are one of those
Who’ve destroyed our world
But we’ll take it back now
So soon it’s over
With your human games
Drive out the Telmarines...
I finally found refuge
In an elfenhouse under a tree
they offered me tea and dried fruit
But they alse told me very clearly
There will be no more place for you
Unless you become one of us
Drive out the Telmarines...
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Trolls & Vampires
04:32
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Let me breathe, oh let me breathe, there's darkness and there's pain
there's trolls that bully me, much stronger than I am
let me go, please let me go, this darkness is too strong
there's vampires sucking my energy, and I don't have the strength to fight
ooh, it's so easy to let go
ooh, it's so easy to forget the light
when I see only darkness, and trolls stand tall before me
but the light is stronger, and it will certainly win in the end
giving in the dark side would be giving in to losing side
the light will come, the shadows will fade, the trolls will turn to stone
the light will come, the dark will go, the vampires will crumble to dust
This is a season of cold despair, there's darkness and there's pain
the bullies seem in power now, they crush the world and even their own soul
I cannot walk, I cannot go, there's shackles on my arms and leags
they Powers are strong where they are now, and I don't have the strength to fight
ooh, it would be stupid to let go
ooh, it's so dangerous to forget the light
I see the darkness but the light is more real
it's so much stronger and it will certainly win in the end
joining the dark side would be joining the losing side
the light will come, the shadows will fade, the trolls will turn to stone
the light will come, the dark will go, the vampires will crumble to dust
The light will come, the night will end, the dragons will meet their slayer
The light will come
Oohh…
the light will come, the shadows will fade, the trolls will turn to stone
the light will come, the dark will go, the vampires will crumble to dust
The light will come, the night will end, the dragons will meet their slayer
The light will come, and evil will be no more
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5. |
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never trust the left, never trust the right
never trust anyone who wants you to join their side
who'll exclude all but his own in a 2 party system
such package deals are toxic, without any exception
there is truth on each side there is lies on each side
but the packages as they are are always poisoned apples
affirm the truth on the left, affirm the truth on the right
but endorse no-one who'll exclude a whole other side
truth and justice will never recognise party lines
and party lines can never keep truth and justice in or out
they'll always be present in different forms on different sides
even the worst dictator has some things right even the best idealist has some things wrong
a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag
a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag
some things we should conserve and some other things need a lot of progress
we need both, not one or the other, and usually we’ll need them both together
let's conserve it it’s good and go beyond it if it's wrong
And let’s transcend all this nonsense before we fossilise again
flesh and blood are never ever the actual enemy
a human being can be wrong and be bound by lies and systems
but she or he is still a sister or brother to ourselves
with the lies and systems and things between us as the real enemy
a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag
a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag
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She comes from a place faraway from here
where things were so different and easier to comprehend
the days were much longer, never as short as this
the nights were much shorter, and never as cold as this
the streets here are filled with lights and decorations
it's five o'clock but cold and dark her fingers are frozen
the people speak a language that she doesn't understand
they celebrate a feast but she's not a part of it
Why should she care that it's Christmas
(this alien feast)
The people are all worked up about stuff like ants in a giant anthill
Streets are filled with stress and noise, uncomprehensible mellow music
they buy expensive stuff while she has hardly enough to feed her family
and she doesn't understand much of what's going on in this chaos
And there's he empty religious symbols that no-one seems to really believe in
the weird American iconography the consumerist idolatry
a lot of empty words of peace and love but does anyone even hear them
why celebrate a feast that’s she’s not a part of at all
Why should she care that it's Christmas
(this alien feast)
(she moves through the city like a ghost
more alone than ever
more cold than ever
darkness at its peak point
thinking about the place that she left
the religion she understood
the feasts they had
but she can't go back)
Is there anything at all left here to believe in
and where is the baby Jesus?
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go to work and do your job
go home and watch TV
go shopping and go drinking
consume consume consume
this is the world as it should be
this the the only world that could be
and it will only get better if you
consume consume consume
don't you ever wonder
if this is the world as it should be
if this is the only world that could be
is it really getting better
make your money do your job
sleep well so you can work hard
spend your money, economy
consume consume consume
stupefied paralysed
getting totally numb
by the rhytm of the machine
consume consume consume
don't you ever wonder
if this is the world as it should be
if this is the only world that could be
is it really getting better
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These were the sins of your sister sodom
she was overfed and underconcerned
looking down on the poor she did not help the needy
A straight abomination according to the prophets
woe to you rich if you cling to your stuff
said the Christ himself to a mass of followers
love of money is the root of so many sins
and selfseeking pride will exclude you from Love itself
(like a fallen archangel)
Overfed and underconcerned…
Looking down on the poor, not helping the needy…
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look around to see the titanic orchestra
are we dead man walking in our fading twilight?
there are certain things that you can just loose once
and I'm pretty sure that a planet is one of those things
Rejoice for progress the human program
rejoce for almighty power in science and technology
rejoice for freedom, consumer capitalism
rejoice for our ever-expanding self-constructed kingdom , pure hell
every day our brothers and sisters suffer and die
while we live in health and wealth
working class upper class middle class trapped in the rat race
paralysed by bread, circus and our toys
every day we're loosing more of our planet
maintaining our empty fake utopia
And every species we loose is a big middle finger
poked ito the face of the Supreme artist, the Creater
and every euro or dollar we make exploiting and raping
our sister mother earth is blood money, judas coins
We are the death star, we are the nemesis
we are the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs
We are the death star we are the nemesis
we are the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs
The whole planet suffers and everything that's living on it
including our brothers and sisters
who were just unlucky to be born elsewhere
All off creation groans
under our burden
All off creation groans
under our burden
some million years from now an alien scientist
is digging up fossils on a then almost recovered planet
trying to explain the major devastation at the end of the era of mammals
was it an impact, a comet crashing into earth
no, it was just the human race
living out our neo-liberal dreams
yes it is us
there is no comet
it is just us
We are the death star, we are the nemesis
we are the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs
We are the death star we are the nemesis
we are the greatest mass extinction since the dinosaurs
The whole planet suffers and everything that's living on it
including our brothers and sisters
who were just unlucky to be born elsewhere
All off creation groans
under our burden
All off creation groans
under our burden
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10. |
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never trust the left, never trust the right
never trust anyone who wants you to join their side
who'll exclude all but his own in a 2 party system
such package deals are toxic, without any exception
there is truth on each side there is lies on each side
but the packages as they are are always poisoned apples
affirm the truth on the left, affirm the truth on the right
but endorse no-one who'll exclude a whole other side
truth and justice will never recognise party lines
and party lines can never keep truth and justice in or out
they'll always be present in different forms on different sides
even the worst dictator has some things right even the best idealist has some things wrong
a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag
a human being or his creation is always a mixed bag
some things we should conserve and some other things need a lot of progress
we need both, not one or the other, and usually we’ll need them both together
let's conserve it it’s good and go beyond it if it's wrong
And let’s transcend all this nonsense before we fossilise again
flesh and blood are never ever the actual enemy
a human being can be wrong and be bound by lies and systems
but she or he is still a sister or brother to ourselves
with the lies and systems and things between us as the real enemy
a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag
a human being or his creation as always a mixed bag
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Bram Cools Lier, Belgium
Bram Cools is an eclectic singer-songwriter from Belgium with lo-fi roots, with an own musical universe that moves somewhere in between weird folk, electro-acoustic noise and christian antifolk. He'll never be rich and famous, but that's not really the point. ... more
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