1. |
Wolf Song
03:23
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When the moon comes up
The night has just begun
So hold your head up high
We’re going out tonight
We’re going out tonight
Cause when the moon comes up
The night has just begun
The night has just begun
We’re feeling alive
Tonight, tonight
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
I’ll be fine tonight
Don’t look back
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
And when the sun goes down
Our hunt is not yet done
So let the weak ones hide
The night is in our stride
The night is in our stride
The night is in our stride!
We’re feeling alive
Tonight, tonight
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
I’ll be fine tonight
Don’t look back
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
Wolf Song
You better watch your back
Cause when the wolves run
They’re gonna come and attack
So sing a wolf song
If you ain’t part of the pack
And when the night’s done
There ain’t no coming back
Cause it’s a
Wolf Song
When freedom’s in their grasp
They’re gonna fight off
The chains that clasp their necks
And sing the wolf song
So you can’t try to forget
All that you did wrong
The night is theirs to finally run
We’re feeling alive
Tonight, tonight
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
I’ll be fine tonight
Don’t look back
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
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2. |
Nostalgia Alien
04:13
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Here you are at the start – A running train, a broken heart, watching life as the strife strikes through you like a dart
Then you go at it again, see your life pass in the rain – as it falls to the ground like your life, gone down the drain
You remember the past, time eats you up so fast – you were a child, now the time has come and gone for that
You look up to the skies, the clouds are up so high – wishing that you could go back for just one last time
Wishing that you could go back for just one last time
Oh alien, why must you always sigh?
You must be lonely up there, living life up so high
Above the world looking down, you never denied
That in your planet you’re the only one who survived
Oh alien, why must you always cry?
You’ve got no home to return to and no friends for support
But its their fault for not opening those gates of yours
Yeah its their fault for not opening those gates of yours
(oh)
Now you were never that kid – the one with spotlights on him, but you were happy enough not to care about that shit
But when you grew older, the world just grew colder, and kids like you would grow up to become pig fodder
And heroes came and went, your interest in them spent, you never knew what it’s like to feel what “special” meant
You were always the alien – looking in from outside, wondering how it felt like to live a life in their hides
Without having to falter – you never knew what that’s like, so you hid in your spaceship way up high in the skies
But you got kicked in the ass by what you did to yourself, the lonely childhood toys that you hid deep in your shelf
Why would you ever go back? You did nothing for yourself, you brought yourself in this mess, to make up for it in hell
Oh alien, what will you do this time?
Dare you forgive yourself – or deny your very life?
One day the time will come when you gotta make up your mind
And by that time, you’ll be living your own life
Nostalgic alien, you never knew why
The greatest people never held up their heads high
You were born a diamond, always sitting in the rough
The greatest people are just people who’s got it tough
(Alien, oh alien, oh nostalgia alien)
Know where that train is dragging you? It’s going straight to hell – leading you to your demise with just your soul to sell
And when the deal is over, and all the passengers gone, you will be out in the open, singing one last song
But you got time to get off, walk away one last time – before depression devours you and death claims your prime
So look yourself in the window and think a little bit more – the world’s a wider place than you ever thought before
Oh alien, why must you always sigh?
You must be lonely up there, living life up so high
Above the world looking down, you never denied
That in your planet you’re the only one who survived
Oh alien, why must you always cry?
You’ve got no home to return to and no friends for support
And its your fault for not opening those gates of yours
Yeah its your fault for not opening those gates of yours
(oh)
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3. |
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Alive but not quite living, in a world unforgiving
You’re almost there but not quite yet, you see a land of no regret
There’s death and life, and then there’s you, stuck in between the two
Whatever comes you’ll never know
I did some things that I regret, I dug my grave and then I wept, ‘cause all I ever did was live my life at gunpoint like my friends
And all I ever knew, the lies the truth and me and you, don’t tell me what to do when you have no right to say that I was wrong
But if the chance came back to me, and I could make it right again – I’d do the same shit over, I’d do the same shit over
And all the words I said to you – the things that you will soon forget – I don’t regret them my friend, here I’ve been with you all along
[Chorus]
Alive but not quite living, Alive but not quite living oh
When we go back in the end, we’ll do the same shit over again
And you’re dying, falling all the same, there’s no victor here, only someone to blame
Alive but not quite living, Alive but not quite living
I thought of doing it once or twice – the reapers scythe beside my eyes – but the worse I ever did, was buy a rope and tighten up the noose
There is no winner in this game, you either lose or lose with shame, and we won’t live forever, it’s edgy yeah but isn’t that the truth
So all that we can do – the only thing that matters here, is to live life to the fullest and to stay awake, even if you want to die
Alive but not quite living, you’re stuck here ‘till the day you’re gone. Alive but not quite living, all we do is walk under the sun
Someone here wants you to live, they know you well but still forgive
You know them too – that’s why you stay, leaving farewell for another day
And you said
[Chorus]
Alive but not quite living, Alive but not quite living oh
When we go back in the end, we’ll do the same shit over again
And you’re living, rising all the way, there’s no victor here, but a reason to stay
Alive but not quite living, Alive but not quite living
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4. |
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There’s another side to happiness - I am scared of what I’ll see
When I cross between the boundaries, I know that’s where I will be
But I’m fitting my apartment so that one day I can leave
Until then my demons haunt me, saying I’ll never be free.
(Humming)
There’s an illusion of reality wherever I go
There’s a person in the shadows who’s enjoying the show
And I can’t stay here forever, I know I’ll go insane
Hearing laughter from the voices, yeah they’re calling my name
Yeah they’re calling my name
Yeah they’re calling my name
I’m already insane
There’s no turning back, knew it all along
When my vision cracks, you’ll be all but gone
And my words will dry, I can’t say goodbye
When the time arrives, I won’t sleep the night
I can’t say goodbye, I can’t say goodbye
Gotta pass the night – gotta say goodnight.
There’s an illusion of reality wherever I go
There’s a person in the shadows who’s enjoying the show
And I can’t stay here forever, I know I’ll go insane
Hearing laughter from the voices, yeah they’re calling my name
Yeah they’re calling my name
Yeah they’re calling my name
And the worst thing’s that I know, it’s the little things that do it
When he touches me, the sweetest thoughts just haunt my mind
On the other side of happiness, it isn’t one that I envisioned
It feels so long ago when I was out there looking in
And the anger that I felt, fucking sanity flies away
Slipping through my hands, just as I grasped my limited time
Through the eyes of the beholder, I know I’m nothing but a fool
But let me live this burst of clarity I found here in myself
There’s an illusion of reality wherever I go
There’s a person in the shadows who’s enjoying the show
And I can’t stay here forever, I know I’ll go insane
Hearing laughter from the voices, yeah they’re calling my name
Yeah they’re calling my name
Yeah they’re calling my name
I’m already insane
There’s another side to happiness - I am scared of what I’ll see
When I cross between the boundaries, I know that’s where I will be
But I am fitting my apartment so that one day I can leave
And I’ll step out to the open knowing that day I’ll be freed.
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5. |
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In his absent mind, he dreams – their voices breaking at the seams
They say, “Run away, never stay, their science will never be the same”
And he pauses just a bit, a paint brush where his brain should be
Like a lab rat he stays, trained to test what his master relays.
Broken shards of glass on the floor – I always loved how they formed a whole
Like puzzle pieces in my mind, they fit together like a pretty rhyme
And oh how beautiful it can be sometimes
Oh how wonderful life can be sometimes
(La la la)
Oxygen, oxygen running through his veins – a panicked breath on a glass pane
Will he end up the same? Will he end up the same as them all?
Squirreling away in a flurry of white, he knows what to do.
In a way, he always knew. But now he knows just who.
Broken shards of glass on the floor – I always loved how they formed a whole
Like puzzle pieces in my mind, they fit together like a pretty rhyme
And oh how beautiful it can be sometimes
Oh how wonderful life can be sometimes
And in his last breath he saves her. She’s alive – he knows, he hopes.
One last chance and he just goes – away, away, away
One last rat –
We’ll never know.
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6. |
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There are demons in men’s clothing – you can hear them from beneath
And the den is filled with liars – some are wolves and some are sheep
Take your life and feed the madness – soon the wolves will bathe in blood
For we all are born as victims – until one day, we just stop.
In a world where we are born to die
In a world where we are bred to kill
There’s only hope in those who realize the truth
There’s no escaping the monsters
There’s no outrunning your demons
They all chant in your head, ‘till it’s engraved
And it goes like
(Liar, liar, pants on fire)
(Cut us open let us bleed)
(They will die fighting your wars)
(All the poor and all the weak)
Praise be the friar!
Long live the king!
(Liar, liar, pants on fire)
Cheers to the soldiers!
Death to all our enemies!
(Cut us open let us bleed)
Praise be the friar!
Long live the king!
(They will die fighting your wars)
Cheers to the soldiers!
Death to all our enemies!
(All the poor and all the weak)
(All the poor and all the weak)
(All the poor and all the weak)
(They will die fighting your wars)
(All the poor and all the weak)
And hope is all that we had sought, soaked in havoc that we brought, to this world where people think they’re not at fault no,
Yeah there are locusts in the grass, eating all that we can offer, fucking parasites who think they know what’s good for us
And life might be a fucking joke, oh who’s to say that it’s not so, when life just contributes to something that is “bigger” than us
And all the sacrifices made, gone to those who don’t deserve it, cover up our shame as people beat the homeless again
And the wolves chant in the nighttime when they think no ones around, cover up their tracks cause they’re afraid that one day they’ll be found, so
Praise be the liars!
Long live the cheats!
(Burn him, burn him on a pyre)
Cheers to authority!
They will never catch us meek!
(Cut them open let them bleed)
Praise be the liars!
Long live the cheats!
(They will kill for their own wars)
Cheers to authority!
They will never catch us meek!
(All your weaknesses they seek)
(All your weaknesses they seek)
(They will kill for their own wars)
(Cut them open let them bleed)
(Burn him, Burn him on a pyre)
There are demons in men’s clothing – you can hear them from beneath
And the den is filled with liars – some are wolves and some are sheep
Take your life and feed the madness – soon the wolves will bathe in blood
For we all are born as victims – until one day, we just stop.
And the story keeps on weaving – nothing happened in between
Because all is well that ends well – there’s no moral in the seams
There’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing – could be you or could be me
There’s a rat in wolf’s clothing… but they’re nowhere to be seen.
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7. |
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When the moon comes up
The night has just begun
So hold your head up high
We’re going out tonight
We’re going out tonight
Cause when the moon comes up
The night has just begun
The night has just begun
We’re feeling alive
Tonight, tonight
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
I’ll be fine tonight
Don’t look back
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
And when the sun goes down
Our hunt is not yet done
So let the weak ones hide
The night is in our stride
The night is in our stride
The night is in our stride!
We’re feeling alive
Tonight, tonight
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
I’ll be fine tonight
Don’t look back
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
Wolf Song
You better watch your back
Cause when the wolves run
They’re gonna come and attack
So sing a wolf song
If you ain’t part of the pack
And when the night’s done
There ain’t no coming back
Cause it’s a
Wolf Song
When freedom’s in their grasp
They’re gonna fight off
The chains that clasp their necks
And sing the wolf song
So you can’t try to forget
All that you did wrong
The night is theirs to finally run
We’re feeling alive
Tonight, tonight
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
I’ll be fine tonight
Don’t look back
We can reach the sky -
Take me high
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8. |
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Here you are at the start – A running train, a broken heart, watching life as the strife strikes through you like a dart
Then you go at it again, see your life pass in the rain – as it falls to the ground like your life, gone down the drain
You remember the past, time eats you up so fast – you were a child, now the time has come and gone for that
You look up to the skies, the clouds are up so high – wishing that you could go back for just one last time
Wishing that you could go back for just one last time
Oh alien, why must you always sigh?
You must be lonely up there, living life up so high
Above the world looking down, you never denied
That in your planet you’re the only one who survived
Oh alien, why must you always cry?
You’ve got no home to return to and no friends for support
But its their fault for not opening those gates of yours
Yeah its their fault for not opening those gates of yours
(oh)
Now you were never that kid – the one with spotlights on him, but you were happy enough not to care about that shit
But when you grew older, the world just grew colder, and kids like you would grow up to become pig fodder
And heroes came and went, your interest in them spent, you never knew what it’s like to feel what “special” meant
You were always the alien – looking in from outside, wondering how it felt like to live a life in their hides
Without having to falter – you never knew what that’s like, so you hid in your spaceship way up high in the skies
But you got kicked in the ass by what you did to yourself, the lonely childhood toys that you hid deep in your shelf
Why would you ever go back? You did nothing for yourself, you brought yourself in this mess, to make up for it in hell
Oh alien, what will you do this time?
Dare you forgive yourself – or deny your very life?
One day the time will come when you gotta make up your mind
And by that time, you’ll be living your own life
Nostalgic alien, you never knew why
The greatest people never held up their heads high
You were born a diamond, always sitting in the rough
The greatest people are just people who’s got it tough
(Alien, oh alien, oh nostalgia alien)
Know where that train is dragging you? It’s going straight to hell – leading you to your demise with just your soul to sell
And when the deal is over, and all the passengers gone, you will be out in the open, singing one last song
But you got time to get off, walk away one last time – before depression devours you and death claims your prime
So look yourself in the window and think a little bit more – the world’s a wider place than you ever thought before
Oh alien, why must you always sigh?
You must be lonely up there, living life up so high
Above the world looking down, you never denied
That in your planet you’re the only one who survived
Oh alien, why must you always cry?
You’ve got no home to return to and no friends for support
And its your fault for not opening those gates of yours
Yeah its your fault for not opening those gates of yours
(oh)
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