1. |
Nice to Meet You
03:01
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When you come, new wide horizons are showing up
I can reach the highest ground
None of them can hold a candle to you, no
but they all will try next round
They will talk and talk, backbite and rag you
They will cast a slur on you
They will talk and talk, backbite and rag you
Hoping you won't make it through
(chorus):
They'll try to mock you and beat you
But they can't reach you, they won't defeat you
I'll fight for you with their stricture
It's nice to meet you
I'll take a picture
Million little things try to get in your way
Stamp them out with one quick move
You're a star with huge perspectives - I can tell
They just want to be like you
They will talk and talk, backbite and rag you
They will cast a slur on you
They will talk and talk, backbite and rag you
Hoping you won't make it through
(chorus)
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2. |
He Likes the Danger
03:37
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He likes to fly
He likes to fall
He likes to ride high
He likes the brawl
He makes no bonds
He's never kind
He fights the demons
Hidden in his mind
(chorus):
He likes the danger
He likes the danger
He likes the danger
He likes the row
Pockets full of stones
Keep a low profile
No mercy for foes
That is not his style
He likes to fight
For human rights
Hunts in the night time
He will get them all
(chorus)
Keep a low profile
He hunts in the night time
(chorus)
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3. |
Wiser
03:47
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It's been tough years with an unfaithful
Lady he had for so long
She's been shagging around the whole town
While he dreamed away lonely nights
It's been a good time to get wiser
Now he knows what to do and he goes
With a gun in his hand and so
He's ready to shoot
(chorus – vocalise)
It's been a few long years of hard time
Under one roof with this guy
She met on the street one cold night
When all that she needed was warmth
It's been a good time to get wiser
Now she knows what to do and she goes
With a gun in her hand and so
She's ready to shoot
(chorus)
Take me back to the innocent times
When we as kids in a playground
Kept running, yelling
Love and fight
And the only thing that could hurt so much
Was a bleeding knee a scratch
No one ever cared
No one ever
(chorus)
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4. |
Open Space
03:54
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Can't work, can't sleep at night
I'm so distracted
Information overload got me attracted
To things I want to own, to things I don't need
I've got to run from this unexplained greed
I wake up to the sounds
Of engines going off
Seems there's no time to lose
No friction to be fought
I have to speed up moves
That spaceship will not wait
I'm goin' to break the rules
And overcome the weight
(chorus):
We gotta brace ourselves
It is an open space
Put pleasure over work and you will see me
Not doing anything, sweet idle dreamin’
Procrastination stops me from leaving this place
I'm going to sleep now to wake up somewhere else
I wake up to the sounds
Of engines going off
Seems there's no time to lose
No friction to be fought
I have to speed up moves
That spaceship will not wait
I'm goin' to break the rules
And overcome the weight
(chorus)
(vocalise)
I wake up to the sounds
Of engines going off
Seems there's no time to lose
No friction to be fought
I have to speed up moves
That spaceship will not wait
I'm goin' to break the rules
And overcome the weight
(chorus)
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5. |
Controlled
03:04
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You're controlled
And you're censored
Day and night
Do as you're told
By unbeaten powers
Week's too short
For making bonds
You are paid
And you are sold
Forty boring hours
Where's your home?
Where's your dream?
Changed your mind?
Or changed your team?
Are you somewhere in between?
Changed your deeds?
Diminished needs?
You could stop
Or you could watch
What you wished for
(chorus):
Cause you can't
Take it back
You cant think
You can't act
No you can't
Do a thing
On your own
Your suit says
No defeat
You are clean
You are neat
No distinguishing marks
Soul is sold
Three wishes told
You're limited
You're permitted
In appointed lines
(chorus)
(vocalise)
(chorus)
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6. |
Far Across the River
03:08
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Far across the river are stories to tell
Kingdoms wide and wealthy might treat you well
Far across the mountains are places to see
But home is the only place I would be
I'm suspended here like I've commited a crime
Whole week on the road, consuming time
Voices in my head starting to moan
Stars will rearrange, take me back home
(chorus):
I've been away - too far too long
Take me home - or somewhere I know
Can you hear the voices calling me home
Telling me blue stories, forever alone
Keeping me distracted, playing for keeps
Showing me wrong pictures at nights in my sleep
I'm suspended here like I've commited a crime
Whole week on the road feels like doing time
I am marking places I don't want to be
Back home there's a life waiting for me
(chorus):
I’ve been away too far too long
Won’t you come along and take me home again
I've been away - too far too long
Take me home - or somewhere I know
I’ve been away too far too long...
(chorus)
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7. |
I Believe
04:12
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Show your face, show your face, show your real face
I know you've crawled from the underworld with
nothing
Had no name, no perspectives, not a friendly face
beside
But you've worked, but you've prayed, you're a deep
believer
Where you're now it all glitters
But it doesn't make a difference
When you speak venom's dripping - when you walk
the earth is weeping
(chorus):
(Go on, say it!)
I believe, I believe, I believe in money
(Go on, pray it!)
I believe, I believe, I believe in money
Never talk to those you've met - on the way up - cause
you've crept
Leave the past - memories - far behind - breathe at
ease
Insincere - crowd around - they will soon forget your
name
When the treat's - not on you anymore - you lose the
game
But you work and you pray - yeah you deep believer
When you speak venom's dripping - when you walk
the earth is weeping
(chorus)
Say your name, say your name, say your real name
The one you've changed to make it sound memorable
for the crowd
People come, people go - forget that they're human
beings
There's no shame - no regrets - there's no deeper
feelings
Mirror mirror on the wall - who's the fairest of them all
Mirror mirror on the wall - who's the richest of them
all
And you pray - and you talk - and you share your toxic
thoughts
And your words - full of hatred - ruin the things
reputed sacred
And you work and you pray - yeah you deep believer
When you speak venom's dripping - when you walk
the earth is weeping
(chorus)
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8. |
Face from the Cover
03:34
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Words falling heavily hitting the ground
Step forward anyone who has never lied
Bad habits stuck to her a long time ago
Your scornful glance won't make her feel low
(chorus):
She's the face from the cover and she's ready to thrill
She's the top listed model with the look that may kill
She will get what she wants, 'cause she pays with a
smile
Though her bad attitude always sticks out a mile
You'd pay to get a chance to analyze
All petty crimes she's commited to rise
Dark bedroom - secret that shames you a lot
Your very first time with magazine shot
(chorus)
Electric shivers - running down my spine
Tossing and turning - waiting for her sign
I try to reach her - might her glow be mine
(chorus)
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9. |
Disorder
04:40
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Here's to you, here's to me
To our fears, to our dreams
Dressed for the night, dressed for fun
Dressed for luck - outshine the sun
Here's to you, here's to me
Tricky smiles - worry free
What a mess around
There's not much time left to ease our pains
(chorus):
Disorder in our words and our minds
Can you help me out?
Language too literal, music's loud
And I can't stand the crowd
Here's to you, here's to me
Stay up late - stay with me
Blessed with chance for this romance
Give your soul at first glance
Here's to you, here's to me
Lose yourself - lose in me
What a mess around
there's not much time left before the last dance
(chorus)
Thoughts are sinking
While we're drinking
Can you help me out?
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10. |
Sybarite
03:52
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She is grown-up and so willing
So she's leaving her old rubbish
In the name of new religion and success
She's got western clothes and 21st Century freedom
She is selling her ideals
Changing talents for some money
And pretending she's been there before
Laughing out loud crying silently in lavatories
(chorus):
You can show no weakness
No challenge of morality and mind
You can taste the sweetness
Of every day that's passing by
You can see the faces
Melting with another morning sun
You know well these places
You should act like you're the strongest one
New rules entered
Soon she feels no more guilt
Soon she's ruined, do what you please
She's looking for some consolation, with no strings
attached
Soon she's broken, soon she's damaged,
Soon she needs some more to manage, but she don't
feel so well, no
Now she's getting cold feet and praying, waiting for
salvation
(chorus)
You can show no weakness, show no weakness, show
no weakness
No, no...
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Mockheads Sopot, Poland
Paulina Szpaczyńska
(vocals)
Andrzej Bachanowicz (guitar,
keys)
Konrad Kuza
(bass, additional vocals)
Jarosław Parzuchowski (guitar)
Rafał Węgrzynowicz
(drums)
... more
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