1. |
Reality Check
02:19
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The rats fill the tunnels
Pipes and metalbars echo
Steaming airvents stench of vomits
Empty bottles lie broken to shreds
Junkies hide in old sewers
Trying to survive another night
Broken needles, poisoned blood
Another hooker raped and killed
Mistcloud, blue light, smoking fire
Vermin at the city dump
Another corpse wrapped in wastebags
Someone caught in shootout crossfire
A whole life wasted at a subway station
Crack pumped into shredded veins
Hallucinations, paranoia and overdose
An accident? Or pushed down to the rails
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2. |
Alice Insane
01:29
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Where the dark shadows fear to walk
In the growing sunlight I stalk
Together with Alice, she's my friend
Oh; her misery will never end
Alice, I walk with fear of you
I don't know if you're insane too
But in my dreams - hand in hand with you
We walk through your own wonderland
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3. |
Departure
03:22
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An angel walked upon the earth
To see what had been done
An aeon seemed to have passed
Since the dawn of time
He was eager to see the things
That the humans had achived
All the things that they'd done
To cherish love and life
Amazed he saw some things
That he could not belive
And some things the prophets
Never talked about
The state of the human mind
Had long since been changed
And all that was left now
Was a globe of dust
The angel sat down to cry
When he heard a voice
It sounded so familiar
When it gently said
I might be strange to you
But I am all that's left
A child that's growing fast
Into the eternal sea
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4. |
Now It's Dark
01:51
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From torment to oblivion - how sweet to forget
How sad to not remember the summers warmth
From winter nothing good comes but cold
And everyone longs for summers warmth
From death there is no escape
No chance for a return to summers warmth
Now it's dark in our world
Now it's dark in our lifes
Hösten är sommarens requiem
Winter is here
Autumn days of death and colors
Winds mess around in dying trees
Snow is not far away, everything will freeze
Naked arms will brake under heavy weight of snow
I remember the joys of this summer
But now it's gone and all thats left is
Freezing water
Melting snow
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5. |
Creative Entity
03:07
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The blinding sun of happiness
Finally setting behind the mountains
The twilight sky of crimson blood
Slowly drained by putrid rooks
The enlighting moon of comfort
Brilliant white above the horizon
The spawning earth of life and death
So blue and green amidst the stars
The spinning disc of expanding chaos
Rich complex of intrigous gods
The reaping singularity of nothing
Consuming matter, energy and order
The creative entity of the universe
The cathedrals travelling corridor
The reluctant heroine of hopeless tries
The divine godess of broken lies
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6. |
The One Who Sings
02:21
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You start to wonder why I am so far away
You realize your wish today
Today you see how high this is
How far you have to go
I'm your friend in this - I'll watch over you
I'll give you wings - just realize
This is our heaven - this is our place
Here we will stay - don't walk away
We're pretty far up high - here pass the angels by
This distance cannot be shown in miles
So dance with us - we breed in chaos
We are the one who sings
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7. |
To The Forlorn
01:49
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Come here my friends
Gather round me and listen
I am here to bless you
And sing to the forlorn
You're not so desolate
For noone has to die
All of you human beeings
Know how it is
The strength lies in your mind
Just imagine the things you want
Sing for me children, you are of me
I know you will not let me down
But now I must take farewell of you
And leave this place somewhere behind
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8. |
The Silverscaled Fish
01:39
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The rain always fall from a grey cloudy sky
I've made a bouquet of cornflowers for you
I like to walk alone in the rain with my tears
I could not find the bluebells you asked me for
As the river seek the ocean I want to reach my mind
I want to help you but it is so very hard
It's such a relif to cry and be sad when we're mourning
I wish you knew I was here to take care of you
Far from here I know there is a well full of water
The flowers are symbols of my love for you
There is one big fish constantly breaking the surface
As the water is your subconscious inner emotions
It must be made of metal or something that shines
That is you as you should be if you were okey
Oh, I wish I was a friend of that silverscaled fish
But you are my friend and I won't let you drown
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9. |
Techlike Tranquility
04:32
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10. |
Shivers
02:21
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Sometimes a radiant eye stares at me
Accusing me for all kind of things
And I know I'm not guilty
But I can't explain how it really is
Where is hope?
Hope lay in dreams they say
But I've just awakened
I've lost track of reality now
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11. |
Important Things
02:13
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Concept and consequence
Seldom at the sane time
Spreading seeds in mind
Thats no reapers ground
For a while I behaved
Through the cyanid color
Someone knew the same
There is no single truth
The things we do at home
The praise to great, to loud
For foolishness the only way
Fateless with a faithless mind
Control and carnivour
Inhale the cardboard prey
There must be somone
That circle above the vultures
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12. |
Escape
01:18
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I can't stand this any more
No more dreams or fantasies
No escape to insanity
And no more songs of death
I know the world's an evil place
But there is also good
And reality can be just fine
If we've got the right friends
And I know some people
That helps me to survive
Sometimes we are happy
And sometimes we are sad
But I know they are for real
Though I also know one day
All of them will be gone
And I'll be alone again
Then I'll start to dream
And escape this reality
Cause in my other world
She'll be there with me
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13. |
Broken
03:54
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Exclude me from this party
This is not where I belong
I'm not supposed to be here
Wrap me in plastic and tape
Throw me into the river
And watch me float away
It is good to feel the water
Taking so good care of me
Rocking me to oblivion
Eradicating my antichaos
You know why we're here
Remembrance is our mission
I like the prospect of beeing immortal,
but how could we achive that when we're dead
Could it be possible to live in a machine,
or could we reach out to another world?
And could you tell me please where are we going
I really don't want to die here all alone
I have comitted some sins
But none of the deadly ones
Well, just a few, or maybe all
My freedom is more worth
Than any of your parties
And you know that is true
So erase me like you wish
Throw away all that I was
Engage another contestant
Wrap me in plastic and tape
Throw me into the river
And watch me float away
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14. |
My Midnight Guest
05:47
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Nightfall
the stars are always up there
Downfall
my mind is always in here
As darkness embrace me
The mind slips away
To places somewhere
In the corners of itself
There it finds strange thoughts
Noone knew was there
And it plays with them
To see if something will brake
Nightfall
the stars are always up there
Downfall
my mind is always in here
And as I try to sleep
Something bugs my mind
It scratches all over me
As I twist and turn in my bed
It's almost as if someone
Is waiting to watch me
In pain I feel the presence
But cannot make it go away
Nightfall
the stars are always up there
Downfall
my mind is always in here
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15. |
Farewell
00:29
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My friend is going
but I'm standing still
I met her in a store
I said hi she said goodbye
The summer is closing in
and then she'll be gone
I don't know why
but I wish that I could
Follow her, follow her, follow her home
How I wish I could follow her home
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Expanding Chaos Sweden
Noise, music & words from an expanding chaos. Formed 1996 in Östersund, Sweden, but now geographically unbound.
Members: Anders Rudolfsson & Markus Widegren.
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