1. |
Feeding Time
05:09
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Little numbers popping up
Life is dull, I need a shot
Dopamine for a kick-start
One’s not enough, give me more hearts
Advertising my lies
As delight for your eyes
I’m feeding off your appetite
And we’re both satisfied
Daily dose of display
No one take their eyes off me
Always got my feed in sight
In case that it is feeding time
Hungry for publicity
Portray myself explicitly
A silver plate service spam
I do it just for the gram
Your beauty standards raised by me
But you don’t know the price I paid
Scratch the surface, you will find
I’m just a million of a kind
Daily dose of display
No one take their eyes off me
Always got my feed in sight
In case that it is feeding time
An exhibit locked in behind glass
To be stared at by a faceless mass
My magnetic field you can’t deny
Still there’s less to me than meets the eye
Daily dose of display
No one take their eyes off me
Always got my feed in sight
‘Cause I need my
Daily dose of display
No one take their eyes off me
Always got my feed in sight
In case that it is feeding time
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2. |
Niche
05:20
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Shaped by eyes that follow me
Watch every move I make
To form a view on me
And pick at my mistakes
Kept in my comfort zone
Stop me from being me
There’s no escaping it
I’m trapped by my anxiety
I will just stay here in my niche
Accommodated to my needs
And when the time is right I’ll let you take a peek
I will just stay here in my niche
Accommodated to my needs
Adapted perfectly to what’s surrounding me
Thoughts are running through my head
I hope they can’t be read
Labelled as someone
I fear I might become
Unnatural habitat
For someone not your kind
A nonconformist
Thinking with a different mind
I will just stay here in my niche
Accommodated to my needs
And when the time is right I’ll let you take a peek
I will just stay here in my niche
Accommodated to my needs
Adapted perfectly to what’s surrounding me
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3. |
Crystallized
03:23
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The things that they don’t show are things I don’t know
(Filter out what I don’t need)
I create my own world where the truth won’t hurt
(In my world we all agree)
Patch me up and drown me in
Theories on life
Show me how to animate
My fantasy deprived
In my world the facts are lies
My truth can’t be criticized
All my thoughts are customized
And my life is crystallized
I trust the unknown spy, I know it won’t lie
(It knows all about me)
All my info is leaked, no secrets to keep
(Modern life transparency)
Living life under the dome
A crystal ball-like world
Shielded from reality
Don’t let the bubble burst
In my world the facts are lies
My truth can’t be criticized
All my thoughts are customized
And my life is crystallized
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4. |
A Closer Moon
06:15
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Living in a city underneath a starry sky
Watching all the strangers passing by, with blurry eyes
Stranger to the world outside, I’m caught up in my mind
Feeling like a blind leading the blind
Metropolic shaman praising rationality
High on information, lost my spirituality
Frozen hibernation, insubstantiality
Dreams that mirror my uncertainty
Maybe the answer’s out there somewhere
In the empty space I head to
To find closure soon
Maybe my place is out there somewhere
In the galaxy I head to
For a closer moon
Channeling an inner me I didn’t know there was
Interstellar voodoo by a supernatural force
Isolated by my self-imposed captivity
Every day I’m drifting further from reality
Maybe the answer’s out there somewhere
In the empty space I head to
To find closure soon
Maybe my place is out there somewhere
In the galaxy I head to
For a closer moon
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5. |
Swarm Intelligence
05:16
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I was down at rock bottom
When a voice said in my head
“You’re not strong enough alone
Go ahead and join the pack”
The collective system takes me by the hand
Their behavior patterns take over command
In a supraorganism
No one will step out of line
Like a flawless mechanism
Decisions by a hive mind
I feel like I’m no longer responsible
No more thinking as an individual
I’ve lost my free will
Choices are made for me
I’m forced to deskill
No uniquity
Sheep in wolf’s clothing
Hidden duality
As one, imposing
Apart, mediocrity - the swarm intelligence
We each play a defined role
Perfectly functionalized
Blinded sheep under control
Don’t think, don’t criticize
Nothing more than a small cog in the wheel
No freedom of will is left to think or feel
I’ve lost my free will
Choices are made for me
I’m forced to deskill
No uniquity
Sheep in wolf’s clothing
Hidden duality
As one, imposing
Apart, mediocrity - the swarm intelligence
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6. |
Days on the Sun
03:55
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I lost control of time and the days fly by too fast
Have I reached a point where there’s no return, or an impasse?
Don’t want to reconsider my actions but my path
I would turn back time just to have more time, not to change the past
I have everything
But still nothing, it seems
I can’t even catch a dream
They all drift away from me
So at last
I stopped being stuck in the past
I’m heading for the days on the sun
Never turn around, just run
Blinded by the light
So I’ll imagine what to see
Can’t no one tell me the future
And what it holds for me
So at last
I stopped being stuck in the past
I’m heading for the days on the sun
Never turn around, just run
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7. |
Shedding Skin
05:42
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Suffering to be pretty
Covered up, there’s no real me
Changing things just to fit in
Discomfort in your own skin
Mirrored self on the latest catalogue
Making sure that your life is still in vogue
Faking your smile, the truth must be cloaked
Feast on fame then go up in smoke
Got your ticket for the exclusive show
‘Cause you must go with the delusive flow
Friends are store window mannequins to throw
Away when the time is up
And you are thrown into the snake pit
After you shed your skin
Then it is time for a new smash hit
You’re no more the kingpin
Shining bright in the spotlight
Glamour prime time in top nights
Media’s darling, Miss Brightside
Fleeting star on the night sky
Yesterday might already start today
The red carpet is leading to your grave
You’re too late for the update on the new wave
Cause you’ve missed the hype train
And you are thrown into the snake pit
After you shed your skin
Then it is time for a new smash hit
You’re no more the kingpin
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8. |
Mass Appeal
04:06
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I believe that certain things are meant to be
While some are forced and lack authenticity
As long as they like it and as long as they like me
Then I don’t mind a small bit of duplicity
I’m not gonna keep it real
For I know it has mass appeal
I’m not gonna keep it real
For I know it has mass appeal
It’s much easier to do it as they say
Instead of having to come up with your own way
Trying to be someone who they will accept
Might have self-resentment as a side effect
If you find yourself in a mass of individuals
Then be a copycat or be original
I am not the one who you think I am
But you won’t know ‘cause of your short attention span
I’m not gonna keep it real
For I know it has mass appeal
I’m not gonna keep it real
For I know it has mass appeal
The antihero that is inside you and me
Still has his share of superficiality
Roll with the punches and just play along
So that you end up somewhere you don’t belong
Now maybe I should stop being a hypocrite
But I’m afraid that I might end up liking it
Now might be the time for a mask reveal
But I’m afraid that I might lose my mass appeal
I’m not gonna keep it real
For I know it has mass appeal
I’m not gonna keep it real
For I know it has mass appeal
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9. |
Amber Room
06:31
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The grass is always greener on the other side
Hiding from the sun, bathing in neon light
The glass is shattering, a new window in time
Lightning on the run, fading into the night
I’m reaching out to find what’s already inside
Living like a blind in the presence of light
Digging for new life in a rich gold mine
Searching a new mind ‘cause I have sold mine
I’m on the search for the amber room
I’m depicting a life that can’t be true
I’m on the search for the amber room
I set foot on the dark side of the moon
I am losing sight of the simple things in life
Simply out of mind doesn’t mean out of sight
Back in simpler times simpler things were in mind
Now I try to reach things I will never find
I’m on the search for the amber room
I’m depicting a life that can’t be true
I’m on the search for the amber room
I set foot on the dark side of the moon
Don’t try to change the things
That won’t change in the end
Don’t try to change the things
That don’t need change at all
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10. |
Cosmos
03:50
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Monarchist Düsseldorf, Germany
Heavy riffs, melodic hooks, clean baritone vocals - this is probably the most suitable way to describe the music of German quartet MONARCHIST. Going back to the pioneers of metal music and putting a modern melodic spin on it by injecting influences from the broad spectrum of today’s music, all while striving innovation, makes MONARCHIST a true 2020’s heavy rock band. ... more
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