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Erlkönig
02:16
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I found out a secret
I opened a door
Now I see you as you truly are
What others will ignore
It's time to change this
We never prove ourselves
Creatures of light and darkness
Caught in different worlds
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2. |
Tokyo
05:09
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TOKYO
Tokyo doesn’t love us anymore
Kaiju rising against the sky
Lost and found you don’t care
Shooting grounds all quiet tonight
Shadows stir your cold nightmare
Flowers rain all rejoice
I can’t stand your endless noise
I can’t love I can’t hate
Kairosoft has closed the gate
Tokyo doesn’t love us anymore
Tokyo – darkness falls
Ancient rites your dead end
Tokyo – you don't care
Where all your girls have been sent
Tokyo – hot click bait
But I don't feel nothing at all
Tokyo – you uncreate
I have come for your fall
Hear the Ryus scream
I have come for your fall
Tokyo doesn’t love us anymore
It's not fair and I don’t understand
Overloaded by your virtual truth
Colossus gone insane
Curtain call wasted youth
Orchids breathe the poisoned air streetfood for dragonflies
Uncreating you don't care and your children pay the price
Bizarre porn manga flood
Warashi super god
A curse upon you Tokyo!
I feel nothing at all
I have come for your fall
Hear the Ryus scream
Tokyo doesn’t love us anymore
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3. |
Fading Suns
03:41
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FADING SUNS
I wonder why the sky is bright tonight
And there is nothing left to say
For you and me our hearts are watertight
The universe so quiet today
Fading Suns save your light for me
You're not meant to stay
Down on the street empty faces in battalions
The traffic howls time stand still
My gemini this forlorn town is a mirror eye
Lost in your run of the mill
Fading Suns save your light for me
You're not meant to stay
Is it the darkness between the stars you’d like
Is it the crashing of a thousand cars you’d like
I wonder why the sky is bright tonight
And there is nothing left to say
For you and me our hearts are watertight
The universe so quiet today
Fading Suns save your light for me
You're not meant to stay
Remember me when all is set and done
Cause you and me we are just fading suns
Is it the darkness between the stars you’d like
Is it the crashing of a thousand cars you’d like
Is it a vegvisir for avatars you’d like
Is it the note and not the repertoire you'd like
Shine on
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4. |
Zen Comic Show
09:14
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Zen Comic Show
I) Grotesque Swarmride
Into the valley on a midnight train
Get ready to be eaten alive (in a swarmride)
Who’s to blame, we are all insane,
Zen Comic Show (applause applause)
Coincidences on an alcoholic eve
Queens and clowns (wearing mussel crowns)
The stars in the window and a bird on the pole
Tycoons in cars (on Rubljovka)
And the darkness thickens every day
It looks like a steep incline (on the borderline)
Who’s to blame we are all insane
Zen Comic Show
And the ivory towers crumble away
Where are you in this dawn of the fallen
And the darkness thickens every day
Tycoons in cars (cocaine and vodka)
Into the valley on a midnight train
Zen Comic Show
Into the valley on a midnight train
Get ready to be eaten alive (in a swarmride)
Who’s to blame, we are all insane,
Zen Comic Show (applause applause)
Coincidences on an alcoholic eve
Queens and clowns (wearing mussel crowns)
The stars in the window and a bird on the pole
Tycoons in cars (on Rubljovka)
Where are you in this dawn of the fallen
Into the valley on a midnight train
Get ready to be eaten alive
ii) Ad Shine
Now you have fallen behind
The snow keeps you blind
When there is nothing left undone
I will follow under the sun
When I see where I belong
And your nightlight fades
When there is nothing left to say
I will stay out of your way
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5. |
God Machine
04:58
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5 God Machine
I hear the sound of the engine
Running day and night
Melting the future and guiding
With a halo shining bright
In the name of the black king
It's turning night and day
I hear the sound of the engine
Holding sway
Cry of the animal in the dark
Scratching at your door it will tear you apart
Your time has come my part is done
Today is not the day
But now the sun is sinking
And war is on the land
In the distance the frontline
And the devil's guiding hand
There's protection in masses
And now I'm ready to fight
In the eye of a storm
The sea is getting quiet
I feel my heart and soul crushing in the God Machine
Controlling all the facts and all that's ever been
I am here enemy mine
Today is not the day
I feel my mind tick ticking on in the dark
Putting out fire with gasoline
I am here enemy mine
Today is not the day
I hear the cry of the animal in the dark
Scratching at your door it will tear you apart
I wait for you if you should fall behind
Bitterness fuels my love for you
I see the people dancing
To the rhythm of the God Machine
But I’ll be waiting for you
In a shanghaied limousine
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6. |
I am Ocean
03:29
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I am Ocean
Last night I heard a cry coming from the sea
A whale so big and strong
Blood washed upon the shore under the northern sun
Breathing plastic in my lung
I am ocean I am blue
I am ocean I am you
What race is next in line to lose the final run
When god’s forsaken creation eats your daughters and sons
What if we decipher the code in a thousand years
I am ocean I am blue
I am ocean I am you
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7. |
September
08:19
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September
Crack the sunset safety glass September
Blossom fire in the market square
I could never trouble you to care
So let it go tell it to all of your friends
Summer’s gone all games have an end
It’s all a-glow fast burning star
The spring’s unloved kin
Supernova you are shining bright
Destruction’s coming set the stage alight
You cause trouble wherever you go
Bring your own style just to steal the show
Crack the sunset safety glass September
Feel my head got trapped in tanglewire
Best before date simply long expired
In my darkest hour I feel your hand
You hold me tight when my world’s at an end
Now let it go tell it to all of your friends
Summer’s gone all games have an end
Have you heard the songs and stories
About that punk queen in her leather shirt
Souvenirs lost in time with a bitter enzyme
Infantile like a nursery rhyme
Have you seen her walking gently
In the shine of the city lights
And how her kisses make the boys go wild
In the shine of the city lights
She’s got a voice just like a fairy
Have you heard the songs and storys
Souvenirs lost in time with a bitter enzyme
Infantile like a nursery rhyme
I know her well and I know she’s living rough
In the shine of the city lights
How her glances cause the heart to bleed
On the dark side of the street
In her veins wild horses running
And a wolfhound at her feet
Crack the sunset safety glass September
I’m wide awake I guess I’m breaking through
Remembrance day feels like a sneak preview
Of a summer where all games had an end
In light and darkness about to transcend
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8. |
Brand New Day
04:40
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Brand New Day
A white horse for a fallen knight
Oh baby I don’t care
Out of the chaos in the morning light
Into the next affair
Sweeten the pot with a mockingbird’s song
And dirty kitchenware
Falling
I made mistakes I was just a boy
I won’t apologize
Now with you acting like Helen of Troy
Lasergaze and ice
We built on sand til the walls came down
And I don’t like it alright
Falling
Brand new day
I stay away from this brand new day
You call a taxi though I’d rather walk
We are getting nowhere
Suburban order or the jailhouse rock
Stuffy like Moliere
Sweeten the pot with a mockingbird’s song
And dirty kitchenware
Brand new day
I stay away from this brand new day
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9. |
A Song to the Seasons
03:20
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A Song To The Seasons
I remember it was springtime we were all lost in the flood
The lights went out the panic came the streets were drenched in mud
I was standing by the window with my brother wond’ring why
For him here’s a Song to the Seasons
We were thrashed into the summer where the sun was rimmed with frost
The air was cold the days were dark the holidays all lost
And me and my brother were getting sick of all the flies
For him here’s a Song to the Seasons
Surely dear old autumn came it was boring just like hell
Ghosts rushed in and took us right to the wishing well
Where our last hard-earned penny went straight into the mud
For just another change of the season
Winter kept us waiting in the end we heard its cry
With full force it came on the land a cruel strong passer-by
My brother kept on running but in the end he lost the race
For him here’s a Song to the Seasons
Now the years they're going on and on but the song remains the same
People they fell victim to the never-ending claim
Of rain, of storm of frost and snow 'til the cycle starts again
For you here’s a Song to the Seasons
Cause life goes on and on
For you here’s a Song to the Seasons
Cause life goes on and on
While we wait for another dawn
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10. |
White Bear Lake
09:33
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White Bear Lake
Now the drug takes effect
Loose that noose around my neck
I like your silver hair
And your arrogant ivory stare
As soon as we were gone we were forgotten
And you see our tears crash on the shore
As soon as we were gone we were forgotten
And you see our tears crash on the shore
She can’t see she’s my enemy
Complicated she comes and takes
She's the new girl in White Bear Lake
In between the lines it meant a lot
Knowing how to put me on the spot
As soon as we were gone we were forgotten
And you see our tears crash on the shore
As soon as we were gone we were forgotten
And you see our tears crash on the shore
Mr Cohen sings you look at me
But you don’t make your move
Paralyzing with your eyes
What is it you’re trying to prove
Just like me you were forced to leave your country
All we craved was to be adored
But as soon as we were gone we were forgotten
And you see our tears crash on the shore
She rides a horse a deadly smile
And I am borderline
Of course this all is just a fake
Daydream in White Bear Lake
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11. |
Mohawk
03:39
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Mohawk
Got no desire to stay here, days come and days go by
And I know you know it's time
The bullet wounds, your thousand yard stare
Fading pictures on the walls
And I know you know it's time
And you know you have to act now
Punk idols and sprayguns all this street credibility
So pretty out of tune
A black flag and a mohawk won't save you from eternity
And I know you know it's time
And you know you have to act now
They call you romantic and you know why
You watch the music night and day
In your mind all the trees are screaming
And all important years fade away
Styling your Mohawk for another day
I think it’s time to face it kill that monkey get back to start
Fugazi records play
Spread your wings I can’t stand it no more
Girl I want you to come with me
Cause I know you know it's time
And you know you have to act now
They call you romantic and you know why
You watch the music night and day
In your mind all the trees are screaming
And all important years fade away
Styling your Mohawk for another day
Watching the M T V
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12. |
Empire
02:41
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EMPIRE
I made a deal with the southern sons
They sent me back again to the Empire
I faced the moors to the sound of the guns
Onward through the valleys to the Empire
I saw the monarchs in their jeweled chairs
Succumbing to the charms of the Empire
Too bored to scream, forlorn glares
Bringing down the glory of the Empire
When it’s coming close to you
You feel the amber squirrels in your brain
When you hit these special moments
And you know you’re not the same
They rise and fall but they never last
I’m coming for your rooks and I will bring you down
They bathe in bubbles of the past
I walked the streets of tears to the Empire
The skald is dead but the sun goes on
Telling ‘bout the wonders of the Empire
And there’s way for our pawns to hit and run
Tearing down the banners of the Empire
When it’s coming close to you
You feel the amber squirrels in your brain
When you hit these special moments
And you know you’re not the same
I made a vow for an undead ghoul
He sent me back again to the Empire
I took his hand and he ate my soul
All in for the downfall of the Empire
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13. |
Nocturne
06:51
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Nocturne
Now everything is quiet
Watching the city shoot out the lights
With everything’s out of tune
And this creature in the corner
And you thunder through the night
Cold river turn of the tide
In the darkness the shadows move
In the darkness the game is real
In the darkness who can see you
In the darkness I’ll be near you
In the darkness I’m your guide
Take my hand shoot out the lights
In the darkness who can see your face
In the darkness there’s a human race
Scorn and anger turn of the tide
Shoot out the lights
I found out a secret
I opened a door
Now I see you as you truly are
What others will ignore
Shoot out the lights
Embrace the dark
Stand proud don’t hide
Search on for sparks
Tear down your wall
Rise up don’t kneel
Stand tall and proud
This game is for real
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14. |
Kamishibai - Bonus Track
08:42
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15. |
Mastodon - Bonus Track
04:49
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Johnny Bob Hamburg, Germany
Johnny Bob is a neo-prog band from Hamburg. They form 2017 in memory of two school bands which disband after their members
graduate in the early nineties.
German magazine “eclipsed” rates Johnny Bob in October 2019 to become one of the “big bands in the national progressive scene”.
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