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01 Promises
02:36
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The promises you made,
The actions I can’t do,
Reduce and define,
A shape I can’t fit through,
Not moulded from clay,
Delivered from a womb,
Reborn every day,
Until I see my tomb,
Look at me,
Straight in the face,
These days are burning,
Look at me breaking the ties,
Look at me,
Straight in the face,
These days are burning,
Look at me straight in the eyes,
You’re paralysed,
These blemishes don’t fade,
Like confidence in you,
Been broken before,
But now just break on through,
I scrub my skin raw,
See right through to the bone,
Eye sockets I claw,
Adrift and all alone,
Look at me,
Straight in the face,
These days are burning,
Look at me breaking the ties,
Look at me,
Straight in the face,
These days are burning,
Look at me straight in the eyes,
You’re paralysed,
Hold my place
I’m burning,
Fuck your lies,
Look at me,
Hold my place,
I’m burning,
Look at me straight in the eyes.
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2. |
02 Our Mistake
02:39
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We’re on our own, surrounded by bones,
We’ve buried the bodies and smashed all the stones,
We tried to hide, inside here alone,
Betrayed by a heartbeat, undone by a moan,
And still you will, run on through the streets,
Tossing and turning in bloodstained sheets,
The pain again, appears on your face,
If we cannot hide from it, we’ll be erased,
In this life, we have no choice,
No free will and no free voice,
Every face on every street,
Another clone, a piece of meat,
Say what you see,
And let me be,
It’s not just me,
Every day another lie,
Every time we say goodbye,
The chains we wear, we cannot break,
The world we live in our mistake,
We’re in the dirt, we struggle, we hurt,
Condemned to a lifetime of shoes and shirt,
So raise your hand, and understand,
What makes you a moron won’t make you a man,
Look into the eyes that perpetrate lies,
And witness the practice you’ve always despised,
The truth, you see, is no mystery,
It’s just been kept hidden from you and from me,
In this life, we have no choice,
No free will and no free voice,
Every face on every street,
Another clone, a piece of meat,
Say what you see,
And let me be,
It’s not just me,
Every day another lie,
Every time we say goodbye,
The chains we wear, we cannot break,
The world we live in our mistake.
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03 Separated Man
03:04
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Guardian is enemy,
At war with myself,
I’m in the wrong,
A conflict we don’t choose,
There’s no resolution,
There’s no mediation,
And no easy end,
Civilisation deserts me,
Abandon all my hopes and dreams,
This tragic reality, this conflict,
Is overwhelming everything,
My split personality, my instinct,
Synaptic warfare conquers fast,
Fortification is useless,
Losing strength with every blast,
My very self dissolves and splits and dissipates,
Foundations of my mind collapse again,
I smash a fist against the cruel mirror pane,
But all I see is a separated man.
Intoxication pervades me,
Dampening my primal scream,
This total insanity, no contact,
With any other human being,
My grip on reality, eroded,
By this imposed authority,
Tranquilisation, inducement,
Just maintaining this fallacy,
My very self dissolves and splits and dissipates,
Foundations of my mind collapse again,
I smash a fist against the cruel mirror pane,
But all I see is a separated man.
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4. |
04 No Right
02:50
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Escape from the landslide but thinking’s like running through sand,
I’m wet on the inside but I know I’ll still find dry land,
Feel so sedate, I cannot wait,
Surrounded by love while your mind is consumed by hate,
I won’t tire of listening but I’m tired of that same old song,
I’ll skip past tomorrow cause that would just take me too long,
I found a reason, I found a voice and a way,
Fuck all your promises, I have a trust that will stay,
We see no wrong,
We seek the truth,
No more running,
We know that you must feel the same.
Avoiding the upsurge you set yourself up for a fall,
Their lies and their insults will stop you from hearing your call,
Seething with rage, Write your own page,
It’s time to take control, it’s time to disengage,
I won’t tire of listening but I’m tired of that same old song,
I’ll skip past tomorrow cause that would just take me too long,
I found a reason, I found a voice and a way,
Fuck all your promises, I have a trust that will stay,
We see no wrong,
We seek the truth,
No more running,
We know that you must feel the same.
We see no right,
We see the same lies every night,
But pass no judgement, gonna
Stand up and fight,
We’re gonna have the lives we feel we can,
We see no right,
We’re getting closer every night,
We will not wait, you gotta
Stand up and fight,
We’re taking all the life back that we can,
We see no wrong,
We seek the truth,
No more running,
We know that you must feel the same.
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05 Break You
02:18
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I can’t believe how I feel I’m tongue-tied, battered and bruised,
I’m at the end of my tether I’m shattered and knackered and used,
Trying hard to escape this life drown it all in the sea,
Because I’m sick of the shit they’re always sticking to me,
They make you stupid and me ill,
They aim to maim and shoot to kill,
Abuse you, when they’ve had their fill,
They’ll spit you into space,
Yet if you try to rise above,
They’ll empty all your soul of love,
They’ll break you with their iron glove,
And smash you in your face, in your face,
I hold the child in my arms, it’s body torn apart,
I knew the system was flawed and fucked up from the start,
Is there any respite from the suffering and pain?
Because I never want to go through that again,
They make you stupid and me ill,
They aim to maim and shoot to kill,
Abuse you, when they’ve had their fill,
They’ll spit you into space,
Yet if you try to rise above,
They’ll empty all your soul of love,
They’ll break you with their iron glove,
And smash you in your face, in your face,
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6. |
06 Karma
02:50
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The Mirrormen London, UK
The Mirrormen existed from 2000 - 2003 in London. Line up: Cammy - guitars, Keefer - vocals, Robin - drums, Zan - bass 2000 - 2002, Joe - bass 2002 - 2003
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