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Passenger 54
07:08
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Welcome back to the getaway, hideaway
And why would you wanna stay in the way
Now you wanna dance, take a chance
Then run, run away, far away
From here
There are different ways to hide
Different ways to catch a ride
There are open lanes in the sky
And there are open minds that try
Hello, do you want to disappear in here?
Do you want to chase away those fears?
Do you want to break apart those lies?
Then maybe you should disappear
There are open minds that break
There are other roads to take
There are little ghosts to shake
Time to make that last mistake
Don’t believe what you hear and see
I can feel the wind inside
Stand up when you want to lay back down
You don’t have to act like a clown
Everything is coming around
To the final minutes
In here
There are different ways to fly
There are different sounds to try
Even when the roads are clear
There are darker paths to fear
Don’t Believe what you see and hear
I can feel the wind outside
There’s a chance that you want to stay
Get away from here
And you want to play the game today
And you want to dance, take a chance
And run, you should run away, far away
From here
There are better roads to try
Different ways to hitch a ride
There are broken lanes in the sky
And there are open minds that hide
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The road is always broken
The road is always closed
Inside the hidden doorways
The shadows grow
A slight is always needed
To change a spiral road
You fly on secret highways
You ride alone
The twist is always changing
Some lies are always told
A missing sign is always
A means to overthrow
The power on the inside
Another truth is broken
Another story told
The Sea is filled with madness
The Sky is marigold
You slide on artificial
You bask in afterglow
You fight the means with umber
The path is overgrown
The twist is always changing
Some lines are always sold
A missing rune to guide you
A history to go
To find the power inside the truth and lies
Akin to bleeding fingers
And buffalo that roam
A secret sanctuary
The flowers in the loam
A mystery of science
An elevator stole
A rolling cloud of fire
A Solar chromosome
The twist is always changing
Sometimes you’re not alone
An empty smile that glistens
A promise made to clones
To share the power inside the truth
And lies that take you to the brink of life
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A Galactic War
03:56
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V1
The earth is shaking
The sky is getting red
(Is it a war? No one is sure)
Strangers are flying
Every friend has fled
(It is a war, a galactic war)
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But we rise and fight, those monasteries
Creatures, their only desire,
wiping out our humanity
“Fight Fight until the last beating of your heart”
“Fight Fight, that’s it, all your legacy lays here”
Match their beams with your dreams
Stand to their ships, like a moon forming eclipse
Because that’s it, your legacy lays here
V2
Their number is growing
All trapped, No one is leaving
(It`s slaughter, nothing now matters)
Our forts are floating
forced to meet us in heaven
(No matter, no matter, we will prevail together)
Ch
we rise and fight, those monstrosities
Creatures, their only desire,
wiping out our humanity
“Fight Fight until the last beating of your heart”
“Fight Fight, that’s it, all your legacy lays here”
Match their beams with your dreams
Stand to their ships, like a moon forming eclipse
Because that’s it, your legacy lays here
Outro
We did it, our humanity has prevailed !!
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4. |
Maelstrom
07:26
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And so I’m told the roads are seldom paved with gold
And the trees are not what they believe
My inner eye was tricked into a game that’s never played
And my turn has been delayed
Thanks to you and thanks to your taboos
And so I’m shown the door and left between possibilities
But the stones are never rolled
I want to listen in and disappear inside the lines
But no one knows that I am standing there
Next to you and next to nothing else
Hold the line, in-between, hold the line, disagree
With your standards
Take your time, don’t believe, take your time, urgency
Does not matter
(Turn it in, take it back, don’t give in, just attack
All your betters)
Stand alone in your mind, stand alone, reassign
All that chaos
And a maelstrom will arise
And so I’ll hold what I’ve been told to be a mystery
For the trees are not what they would seem
My inner eye begins to wander around aimlessly
And now my turns have all been mislaid
Thanks to you and all of your taboos
And so I’m shown the door and left to lead this odyssey
Without you and without a safety net
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A Twist of Fate
04:54
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Where do we go from here?
The road is never clear
The miles pile up behind us
As the masses disappear
How do we make the time
To help us feel alive?
Where do we go to change the gears?
And why do we stay in line?
A tower listing among the trees
A power in between
Turn it round and face it down
The Faces start to fade
A twist of fate to go ahead
And a chance to make believe
Where do we go from here?
Another choice to fear
The smiles file in line behind us
And the Faces just disappear
A tower listing among the trees
And a power in between
The flowers are drifting between the scenes
And the sky is always clear
How do we break the line?
How do we stay alive?
Another journey that wastes our time
Is another early demise
So where do we go from here?
Destinations upon the sphere
The miles pile up around us
As we face another year
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Acolyte
04:42
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I’ll chase you in the morning
I’ll face you in the night
I’ll find you in the waters
I’ll bind you to the light
I’ll force you to remember
I’ll change the reasons and wonder why
You can’t stop me
No matter what you say to me
You can’t hide me
Another face in another time
You can’t have me
You’re not the one, you’re not the one
You don’t know me
Don’t try to sell me other lies
You can’t show me
A sleight of hand or something grand
You can’t save me
Don’t try to change the narrative
You can’t stop me
It’s time for me to make my stand
I’ll chase you through the morning
I’ll face you when it’s night
I’ll find you beneath the waters
I’ll bind you in the light
I’ll force you to remember
I’ll change my reasons and wonder why
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7. |
On the Edge
05:28
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A double to trace you in time
And some trouble to keep you in line
A favor to keep you alive
And a mirror to help you survive
What was outside is now crawling inside
A window into your soul
An echo that makes you feel whole
And you tremble to your very core
For a symbol that leaves you wanting more
What is inside wants to be outside
And the darkness follows you to into another void
It wants to see you destroyed
The answer is hiding inside of you
But the question will make you look like a fool
A measure of life is inside the truth
And a lie that doesn’t seem to phase your view
The outside is never inside
Another one to change you in your mind
Another one to keep you in line
A secret to keep you alive
And a secret to help you survive
And keep the inside on the inside
And the darkness follows you to into another void
It wants to be you
And the darkness follows you to into another void
It wants to see you destroyed
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Amsterdam
07:17
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disappear inside another life and hide your dreams
even though they told you what to dream
and when they come for you, you act like nothing’s wrong
you act like nothing is real
inside another life that holds you to the truth
and so you hope to hide the lies
besides the mystery of nothing you believe
beside an empty dream
nothing is what it seems
and so you disappear
the days go faster now and push aside your fears
even though they showed you what to fear
and when they come for you, you turn and face the wall
you turn and try to fade away
into another life, they hold you to your word
they try and hold you to your word
inside the history of all that you believe
inside this empty dream
nothing is what it seems
Take away all the madness
Take away all of the lies and beliefs
Take away all of the loathing
And watch the vacant faces turn and run away
disappear into another lie and hide your truth
even though they told you what you should believe
and when they come for you, you don’t know where to hide
you haven’t even found a place to die
inside another lie that just became your truth
and now you just believe the lie
beside the trickery of knowing what you’re worth
you hide inside an empty dream
nothing is what it seems
Take away all the madness
Take away all of the lies and beliefs
Take away all of the loathing
And watch the vacant faces turn and run away
Take away all your madness
Take away all of your lies and beliefs
Take away all of your loathing
And watch the vacant faces turn and run away from you
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9. |
Flowers (Kiss of Death)
06:09
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Maybe I should walk away from the side of the road
See if I can find a path, or a clue
Or something more obvious
Torn bits of cloth, and a spattering of mud
And footprints that lead through a gully to the other side
But what’s on the other side?
Where did all the people go?
Why did they need to leave?
There is silence spreading through the trees
And nothing in between
The sky is getting darker now
And a humming starts to rise
There’s a lurking feeling deep inside
Spreading through my life
What does it mean?
What is this fractured dream?
In between a rock and a hard place
The pieces start to fold into streaks of grey
A mushroom cloud saturates the Southern sky
Spreading its decay
As the first drops of rain strike gold
And lightning enters the fray
What do all these flowers mean?
And where did the people go?
I hear sirens calling everywhere
I smell fires burning everywhere
What do all these colors mean?
And where are the secrets codes?
I see glowing flashes everywhere
I taste fire in the air
What does it mean?
What is this fractured dream?
How do I live between
The fires and the sea?
What does it mean?
What is this fractured dream?
How did they force my hand
To reason with machines?
Broken moves and stolen plans
Destiny will always need a kiss of death
Maybe I should walk faster, maybe farther than before
See if I can find shelter or sanctuary
Or someplace dry
Shattered groves and empty husks
Line the side of the road
And footprints lead everywhere
But where did they all go?
Do I find the open sky?
And what am I supposed to breath?
There is poison spreading everywhere
There are traces in the air
What do all these changes mean?
Do I live in symmetry?
There are flowers blooming everywhere
There are flowers in between
What does it mean?
What is this fractured dream?
How do I live between
The flowers and the sea?
What does it mean?
What is this fractured dream?
How did they force my hand
To reason with machines?
Broken moves and stolen plans
Destiny will always need a kiss of death
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Strange Talking Animals Springfield Township, New Jersey
Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more
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