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The More Things Change
04:59
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Climbing the mountain of stone up to my home
Under the eyes of the city I'm never alone
Creature comforts, brainwashed and vain
I've got freedom to think, but only in name
I've got everything I need
I need no nourishment in order to feed
Have you ever had the walls come down
Revealing the truth, you've found
The world was not what it seemed
The ones appointed sharpen their kives
Our saviours wearing disguise
Their motives all a lie
Out on the streets, the dirty and lame
Beg for attention, they're starving for fame
The roulette spins, accounting for sins
Life here's a game that nobody wins
Violence in the name of the state
Rears it's skin head when the hour is late
That time is now, look out below
Chromium plated death machines open fire on the crowded scenes
Bullets fly in the face of them all
People running to hide but there's no where to go
Legalised, the criminal scum
Turns out the mafia is state run
No ill thoughts will be unpunished
When the culture war's declared unfinished business
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Police Jabber
03:18
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Remember Britannia
06:36
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Not been feeling in place at all, lately
Somethings going on in here, it's changed again
I used to know it inside out, called it my home
I used to throw my weight about, it was my own
But now, the telebox is looking odd today
Saying, things of which I'm not supposed to say
Remember when we were young, things were simpler and so much fun
Change has made us old and grey, before our time was done
Remember, Britain still needs you
Rule Britannia
(britannia) That's what they say
Rule Britannia
(britannia) Just look the other way
Rule Britannia
(britannia) If you do what I say
Britain will rule again
Walking my street, feeling eyes on me
Do they know what I know?
One look between two friends, a nod and off we go
Then like a sleeper I'll awake and do what must be done
Have you, flown higher than you've ever flown?
And then, seen the ground coming up from below?
Oozing colours, blue, white and red
I think it's getting into my head
But then the TV man talks to me
He looks straight into my eyes and says
Remember, Britain still rules you
Rule Britannia
(britannia) That's what they say
Rule Britannia
(britannia) Just look the other way
Rule Britannia
(britannia) If you do what I say
Britain will rule again
Yes my friends, did you hear the news today? They've taken it all away
We're just victims and under assault, fFrom people with strange faces
They're coming from over there, there's one right there
Do you see him? See that look in his eyes?
Suspicious and shifty like a foreign spy
With criminal intent! We've got to set a precedent
All it takes is a tweet or a like and we'll do the dirty work...
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Grit under my nails,
rolls right off my scales
Searching for that new thing,
crawling like a snake
I'm all in, just doing what I can can
Twisting in the dark,
picking through my heart
Treasure underground,
shrouded in the dirt
Not gonna wait in the black below
Gonna break through, its go, go, go
I'm digging
Out of the dirt
I'm digging
Out of the dirt
I'm digging
Out of the dirt
Not digging up a grave but digging up a life
Since I was buried, I haven't rusted
I'm obsessed with how you made me into your earth
You put me under your pillow, below the soil
And you built your brittle dreams on what was left
And I know it's gonna be hard
And I know it's gonna get harder
And I know there's nothing but rock below
I'm digging
Out of the dirt
I'm digging
Out of the dirt
Not digging up a grave but digging up a life
And I know I've gotta be better
And I know it won't get any better
And I know there's nothing but rock below
You're too busy looking at the stars
You don't know what you've forgotten about
Down under your feet
[instrumental]
Oh fresh air baby
Man I'm coming up daisies
Reaching out of the dirt now
Reaching out of the darkness
I'm erupting through from the world behind,
because it's worth what I know I'll find
Coming up ever faster
Reaching out ever further
No I dont need your help anymore
I'm never gonna let you drag me back down
'cause I found me a new way
Found the break of a brand new day
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The Dreamers
04:06
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We are the music makers
And we are the dreamers of dreams
Wandering by lone sea-breakers
And sitting by desolate streams
World-losers and world-forsakers
On whom the pale moon gleams
Yet we are the movers and shakers
Of the world for ever, it seems
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Artificial Reality
04:33
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Here in a world of my own,
here's only me but I'm never alone
Enemies and lovers, foes and friends,
there's everything I need in my artificial reality
No pain, no fear, no loss
No suffering and no cost
I lie, I sleep, I dream, I die in my artificial reality
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Our hero grabbed his sword and shield,
and set out on the track
Looking for adventure,
he didn't know if he was coming back
Young man's quest, a classic tale,
to fight for guts or glory
He'd listened and believed it all,
every bed time story
On the way out of town,
he came upon a tavern of sailors
With drunken glot, the scabby lot
sang of terrible dangers
Our hero's eyes lit up in joy,
he'd found his life's calling
The captain said "you're a lucky boy,
we set sail in the morning!"
Leaving home, an age old mission
Leaving home, to fight the demon
To earn her heart and prove his worth,
a man must risk it all
Would he ever see his home again?
Would he ever see her face again?
Sailing 'cross the high seas,
the captain spots trouble ahead
But little does the crew know
the monster's to rear it's head!
Waves lash and thunder strikes,
but the captain holds his course
"Me hearty's rise and ready yer swords,
show the beast no remorse!"
Arms a dozen, from the depths,
rise the creature with furious vengeance
For it knows the crew seeks its doom,
as many have tried and died before!
Bravery and wit goes far, a father tells his son
But fairy tales of frogs and snails,
don't match the sounds of screams and wails
as the monster tears, limb from limb,
the crew, the boat and sails
Though hard as he tries, and fight as he might,
on that day our hero died
Will he ever see his home again?
Will he ever see her face again?
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Vision of Andromeda
05:43
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The world keeps on turning and turning around
People are talking but no words are profound
A man can stay strong and hold to his ground
But all that he builds will come crashing down
Some things change but stay the same
The old is new once again
I try to live with open eyes
But all I see keeps on passing by
Time is a healer and memory is short
But forget where you came from and you will get lost
Change is eternal and that is a fact
So follow the river, it's the only thing that lasts
Some things change but stay the same
The old is new once again
I try to live with open eyes
But all I see keeps on passing by
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Artificial Eye UK
Synthwave, synthrock and synthpop with a progressive edge. Based in the UK.
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