1. |
01 YOU ARE NOT ALONE
06:44
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE
+++ Spoken words 1 +++
When I was a little girl, I was afraid of sleeping alone in my room.
My mommy always had to bring me to bed.
I wanted her to take a look under my bed and in my closet to make sure
There were no ghosts or monsters.
Every time she did it and reassured me that there was nothing there,
I could sleep without any fear.
She sang me lullabies about a woman in the moon.
That’s how she protected me from danger,
Bad people and all the evil of this world.
+++ Spoken words 2 +++
Now I’m grown up and I know that the monsters are not in my closet
Or under the bed. They are in our smartphones, computers,
In the papers and on the TV…
And maybe soon they will be in my head…
+++ Verse 1 +++
You lie in your bed, confused about the things you see around you,
But be sure, nothings really, really bad
Close your eyes, feel free to dream the sweetest dream you’ve ever had
You’re kept safe and warm – no bogeyman for you
+++ Chorus +++
You are not alone – we’ll take care of you
We’ll keep you safe in our arms – no bad signs for you
+++ Verse 2 +++
You love your boyfriend and he loves you too
We’ve told him, don’t leave her, make her dreams come true
To see the whole truth, please watch more TV (sweet meals for your mind)
We’ll keep you informed in real-time HD
+++ Chorus 2 +++
You’ll never be alone – we’ll clean your mind of dirty and evil thoughts
We are the voices in your head until you’re dead
+++ Final +++
As long as we’re allowed to reach into your brain,
(And your thoughts and your mind)
You’ll be given the secret of a life without pain
And what brands you must wear before trends ebb away
(I promise)
You’ll be ok!
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2. |
02 BAD SIGNS
04:37
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+++ Verse 1 +++
Paint and colors fade to grey
Living on the edge, living on the edge
Dust, smoke, bad bad signs
See them coming out of the sky
+++ Chorus +++
I have to run, follow the sun
Escape the night, toward the light
I don’t ever look back ’cause the night is black
And they’re coming to get you
Too sick to go back
I see bad signs
+++ Verse 2 +++
Run ‘n’ run, no chance to hide
Demons are bigger tonight
Dreams of sadness in my mind
Symbols of darkness gotta fight
+++ Chorus +++
I have to run, follow the sun
Escape the night, toward the light
I don’t ever look back ’cause the night is black
And they’re coming to get you
Too sick to go back
I see bad signs
+++ Verse 3 +++
Paint and colors fade to grey
Living on the edge, living on the edge
Dust, smoke, bad bad signs
See them coming out of the sky
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3. |
03 DNA
04:51
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+++ Verse 1 +++
The walls of the room I sit in
Get closer and closer to me
I’m trapped in this dungeon of grief
With all these sad feelings and there’s no relief
+++ Verse 2 +++
Whenever I try to break free
Something inside me is holding me back
Now I’m my own worst enemy
It’s a fight with myself nobody can see
No matter what scientists say
+++ Chorus +++
Fear is hard coded in my DNA
Fear is hard coded in my DNA
+++ Verse 3 +++
And maybe I should give up
But this little spark just refuses to die
It’s harder than I ever thought
So tell me, is there still a chance for me?
(I’m coming down)
+++ Verse 4 +++
Who knows what goes on in my mind
I have to unlock my secret some day
Can I chase away my own ghosts
Or in the end, will I go insane?
No matter what scientists say
+++ Chorus +++
Anger’s hard coded in my DNA
Anger’s hard coded in my DNA
+++ Chorus +++
Fear is hard coded in my DNA
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4. |
04 BODY AND SOUL
04:56
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+++ PT I +++
+++ Verse 1 +++
Watch them through this chain link fence
Impressed by their uniform appearance
Being in there would make sense
I fear I’m bored to death with my life
+++ Verse 2 +++
I hate my life, my ordinary life
No one seems to recognize my talent
Need to break out of my daily nine to five
One desire’s burning inside of me
+++ Chorus 1 +++
I dream away – anywhere – just one day
Touch the stars – endless sky – firestorm in my eyes
+++ Verse 3 +++
Now I’ve passed the chain link fence
Pushing forward to prove that I’m the right one
Superstardom, rich glam friends
See you need me – now you’ve got me
+++ Chorus +++
I dream away – anywhere – just one day
Touch the stars – endless sky – firestorm in my eyes
+++ PT II +++
We want you in our team, we need someone like you
But first we have to clarify
You’re not a player, you will be the face of our brand
Genius minds lift us up to the sky
This club will rise, we climb the mountains of fame
Your ordinary old life needs to die
We got rules – brotherhood – don’t forget – anything – anybody – anytime
+++ PT III +++
Never want that, never want that, I could fail
Never want that, never want that, I could fail
No more lies, don’t ever lie to me,
No regrets there’s is no-one I would rather be
No more fears, I don’t fear anymore
All those years what have I been waiting for
A brand new start out of this god damn hole
Right from my heart
You’ll never get my body, my soul
Never get my body, my soul. Never! Never!
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5. |
05 SOMETIMES
04:22
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+++ Verse 1 +++
Sometimes when you’re close to me
I feel happy and I’m strong and free
Sometimes when I hear your voice
I know this is my choice
+++ Verse 2 +++
Sometimes when I think of you
The sun is shining and the sky is blue
Sometimes when I see your smile
I know this is my time
+++ Chorus +++
When the stars turn black and the sky shuts down
My old fears come back like I am drowning
+++ Verse 3 +++
Sometimes when I close my eyes
I don’t understand your words, your signs
Sometimes when I shut that door
I lose myself in time
+++ Chorus +++
When the stars turn black and the sky shuts down
My old fears come back like I am drowning
+++ Final +++
Everytime I lose myself
It’s time to change I feel the pain
I can’t stand your lies
Your damn blind mind plays a game
Silence breaks away
It seems to be insanity
I can’t stand your lies
I cry out loud, one more time
My hidden cuts are deep
Release my soul it’s over it’s over now
I can’t stand your fucking lies
Your bleeding words, this is the end
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6. |
06 WE FUCK YOUR BRAIN
04:53
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+++ Intro +++
We say goodbye to your ordinary life
You’ll be a hero for a day not just for one day
And after all when the final curtain falls
You’ve been no zero not a day – not one single day
+++ Interlude +++
I feel my emptiness – I’m numb with fear
I feel my loneliness – I’m numb with fear
+++ Verse 1 +++
If you click okay here on your display
You’ll join us today connected in two way
Now you will agree to throw away the key
Stay home and ASAP become a VIP
Pump up the volume of the TV set
Fasten your seatbelt you will get
The biggest show you’ve ever seen
On WFYB.TV
+++ Interlude +++
I feel my emptiness – I’m numb with fear
+++ Pre-Chorus +++
Stay home, enjoy the TV show
On your phone – so we can watch you now
Your home… is the safest place
Don’t cover up your cam, we want to see your face!
+++ Chorus +++
Hey hey! hey hey! We fuck your brain!
(Don’t try to break out of your head, smash your brain)
Hey hey! hey hey! We fuck your brain!
(Don’t try to break out of your head, smash your brain)
+++ Verse 2 +++
Deal or no deal, the conditions are fixed
Our standard contract with no dirty tricks
It’s your choice to say that a star is born now
The sky is the limit and you earn our know how
Clean up your image, and dress up your style
Life is a bitch, lay back, drink and smile
So far and so good and as a matter of fact
You must not retract, time to sign the contract!
+++ Pre-Chorus +++
Stay home, enjoy the TV show
On your phone – so we can watch you now
Your home… is the safest place
Don’t cover up your cam, we want to see your face!
+++ Chorus +++
Hey hey! hey hey! We fuck your brain!
(Don’t try to break out of your head, smash your brain)
Hey hey! hey hey! We fuck your brain!
(Don’t try to break out of your head, smash your brain)
Outro
Hey hey! Hey hey! We fuck your brain!
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7. |
07 FUCKING LONDON
06:42
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+++ Verse 1 +++
I don’t care what’s up in London
Just fucking London
I have never been in that town
Hope I’ll never be
+++ Verse 2 +++
I don’t care who wears the trousers in heaven
What’s up in heaven?
I’ll never reach the sky
Simply got no plane…
+++ Verse 3 +++
The faster I move – the slower I get
The more I expect – the more I regret
The higher I jump – the deeper I fall
Want to take comfort – no one answers my call
And you, meaning of life – ever hidden from me
I’ve been spending my lifetime searching for you
+++ Verse 4 +++
I don’t care what’s up in London
(The harder I hit – the more it hurts me)
(The more that I learn – the more I forget)
Just fucking London
(The farther I go – the more I miss home)
(The more I am there – I can’t wait to be gone)
I have to travel there, I don’t mean to complain
(The harder I work – the more I feel useless)
(The more I create – that’s „bullshit“ I guess)
It’s much too late to leave the plane
(I’m in every big match – always the second best)
(The more colors I use – the more boring it gets)
+++ Verse 5 +++
As they said, it’s raining in London
Grey in grey London
Reach my hotel room, bad taxi ride
Lock my door, keep that town outside
+++ Verse 6 +++
Can’t get no sleep in noisy London
Just fucking London
I’m looking forward to leaving that town
Leave and stay away forever
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8. |
08 JETLAG HOTEL
05:33
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+++ Verse 1 +++
Four walls, four corners, one exit door, one bathroom,
Old desk, one window, what a nice view to the parking deck,
Fantastic plastic tooth mug for my vodka and my soda,
Red armchair on grey carpet in front of my TV set
50 channels bullshit to anesthetize my brain
Around midnight friendly neighbors scream their sex without shame
Cold lights from the hall crawl underneath my door
Loud laughing drunken guys kicking trash over the floor
+++ Pre-Chorus +++
There’s no sleep in Jetlag Hotel
+++ Verse 2 +++
Cheap soap, small white towels, tiny bathroom, freezing shower
While the air con smelly breeze blows I’m counting every hour
Fucking phone rings at midnight, wrong phone number, can’t be true?
Push my face deep in the pillow, try to sleep, think fuck you too
A few more shots, throwing the bottles on the floor,
Ignoring noises and the world outside, I don’t care anymore
Imagine I could disappear and quit this circus now
You’d better take good care of me, I’ll burn this hotel down
+++ Pre-Chorus +++
There’s no sleep in Jetlag Hotel
I get no sleep in Jetlag Hotel
+++ Chorus +++
Home is where the heart is, but my homeland is not here
My heart goes on, but the dream is gone, please guide me out of here
+++ Verse 3 +++
The next morning, phone is beeping, way too early to get up
Wanna go have my breakfast, power failure, lights go off
Try to find my way in darkness, but I’m falling down the stairs
Bloody nose, broken phone, Viva Britannia, that’s not fair!
Disgusting chish and fips, so tasty NOT! hip hip oh yeah
Hurry up, pack my stuff, check out takes too long for me
Crew’s waiting in the car, Marvin’s hanging on the phone
Let’s go to the location, shoulda been there long ago
+++ Pre-Chorus +++
There’s no sleep in Jet Lag Hotel
I get no sleep in Jetlag Hotel
+++ Chorus +++
Home is where the heart is, but my homeland is not here
My heart goes on, but the dream is gone, please guide me out of here
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9. |
09 NEVER LEAVE YOUR HOME
04:40
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+++ Part I +++
Stay away from your windows
Lock your doors take your child
And hide it in the basement
Keep it warm and hold it tight
Leave your TV on and on
Pay attention and listen to our station
Store your food and enough water
And make sure that you will survive
+++ Part II +++
Call your neighbors, save their lives
And make sure that you stay online tonight
Be aware the police are always right
We keep an eye on you, we keep an eye on you
We’ll provide you with power and water
As long as we can
Try not to panic and stay calm
Keep breathing and stay alive
We’ll provide you with power and water
As long as we can
Try not to panic and stay calm
Keep breathing and stay alive
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10. |
10 TIME IS RUNNING OUT
05:45
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+++ Verse 1 +++
Two last minutes to leave that town
We’ve got limits, don’t slow down
(Tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok)
Can you hear it?
(Tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok)
They are coming!
(Ten nine eight seven)
Time is running out
(Six five four three)
Time is running out to zero
+++ Chorus +++
You better grab your stuff
And don’t lose no time
You better gain the distance
And leave all that behind
You better watch your step
Move ur ass, get away
Don’t you ever stop moving
It’s the only way out
Go ahead, don’t slow down
Time is running out
+++ Verse 2 +++
One last minute to leave that town
We´ve got limits, don´t slow down
(Tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok)
Beware of the white men
(Tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok)
With Geiger counters in their hands
(Ten nine eight seven)
They want to take you to a place
(Six five four three)
You will never get out again
(Two one zero)
+++ Pre-Chorus +++
Run away run away run away
Run away run away run away
Run away run away run away
Run away run away
+++ Chorus +++
You better grab your stuff
And don’t lose no time
You better gain the distance
And leave all that behind
You better watch your step
Move ur ass, get away
Don’t you ever stop moving
It’s the only way out
Go ahead, don’t slow down
Time is running out
+++ Verse 3 +++
(Tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok)
Can you hear it?
(Tik tok tik tok tik tok tik tok)
They are coming!
(Ten nine eight seven)
Time is running out
(Six five four three)
Time is running out to zero
Zero…
+++ Chorus +++
You better grab your stuff
And don’t lose no time
You better gain the distance
And leave all that behind
You better watch your step
Move ur ass, get away
Don’t you ever stop moving
It’s the only way out
Go ahead, don’t slow down
Time is running out
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11. |
11 WHY THE HELL
05:14
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+++ Verse 1 +++
I feel numb, got my mouth full of dust
(Ohh, she’s tired… I think she’s lazy, isn’t she?)
Strange silence surrounds me and I don’t know how I got here
(One thing more she doesn’t know – hahahaha)
I can’t believe, I survived the giant blast
(And now she thinks she earns a prize for it)
I don’t even try to call for help cause nobody will hear
+++ Chorus +++
What have I done to deserve this, wonder why the hell I’m here
Ask myself again and again – why is it always me?
Try to wake up from this nightmare – but I’m still awake
Wish I could turn back time and get rid of my heartache
+++ Verse 2 +++
Everything they told me was a lie
But so far I have to pull myself together now
Hey, look closely, there is a light in the cloudy sky?
Waiting for my rescuer, who saves me and takes me home
+++ Chorus +++
What have I done to deserve this, wonder why the hell I’m here
Ask myself again and again – why is it always me?
Try to wake up from this nightmare – but I’m still awake
Wish I could turn back time and get rid of my heartache
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12. |
12 SAD SONG
07:03
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+++ Intro +++
How long? Sing my sad song, how long?
Sing the same song, how long?
Sing my sad song, how long?
Sing the same song!
+++ Verse 1 +++
The whole world is shocked and stands still for a day.
The Swedish princess lays some flowers down
And holds a funeral speech on TV.
Dustin Fieber writes a commemorative song for the UK.
One minute of silence in the stadium
To express condolences about the employees.
+++ Verse 2 +++
Thank god I’m home again. I had to quit my job yesterday.
Marvin was fiercely angry with me,
Torn up my contract and threw my phone away.
My few thousand followers are appalled and gossip about me.
Now I`m here, sitting on my bed, got tears in my eyes & lick my wounds.
+++ Chorus +++
1 false report
10 eyewitnesses
100 posts on private profiles
1000 comments, which note that this has happened not the first time
10,000 preppers buying tons of cans,
soap and wine to celebrate the end of the world
100,000 new logins on our livestream per hour every day
Millions of dollars from ad revenues
Millions of dollars form ad revenues
But only one little flower
That bravely shows its face to the sun
In a big field of cold stones
That carries the seed of hope.
+++ Verse 3 +++
I hope for the world and our children
That mankind learns something from this.
I pray to all the different kinds of gods
That they will not push everything to the limit.
I appeal to all influential broadcast teams
That the foolish media sensation and fake news will decrease.
I hope with all my heart
That people learn to think on their own at least.
+++ Chorus +++
1 false report
10 eyewitnesses
100 posts on private profiles
1000 comments, which note that this has happened not the first time
10,000 preppers buying tons of cans,
soap and wine to celebrate the end of the world
100,000 new logins on our livestream per hour every day.
Millions of dollars from ad revenues
Millions of dollars form ad revenues
But only one little flower
That bravely shows its face to the sun
In a big field of cold stones
That carries the seed of hope
That carries the seed of hope
Lets carry the seed of hope
We carry the seed of hope.
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13. |
13 BROKEN CHAINS
05:24
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+++ Verse 1 +++
I was afraid of the truth
I was afraid of the dark
Nobody could have taken my fears away
I felt lost like an abandoned dog in the park
+++ Verse 2 +++
I’ve been a drifter for a while
I’ve been a misfit too many times
A nameless number on this giant spiral
I always played my guitar just for some quarters and dimes
+++ Chorus +++
Break the chains of boredom
Break away
Break out of the system
Break away, break away
Chase away your own ghosts
Chase away
Run away from everyday life
Run away, run away
Need to get up and break the chains!
+++ Verse 3 +++
To earn their respect
And to take the control
I jumped into the damned cold water of their world
And for my place in the spotlight I sold my own soul
+++ Chorus +++
Break the chains of boredom
Break away
Break out of the system
Break away, break away
Chase away your own ghosts
Chase away
Run away from everyday life
Run away, run away
Need to get up and break the chains!
+++ Verse 4 +++
Everything has its own price
And the success costs my soul
I prayed that everything turns out for the good
I recognized I’ve been overstrained in playing my role
+++ Verse 5 +++
Want to be back in the real world
Close all my accounts, no more reply
Good luck to all the fools outside and anywhere
It’s a joy to be offline! So long, Adieu and Good Bye!
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VALID BLU Wolfsburg, Germany
Atypical for this genre, the band of five consists of three women and two men from the east- and west Germany and part of
different generations (X,Y,Z). Their own studio is located on the death strip by the wall between former east- and west Germany.
And to top it all off Valid blU shines with not only one but two amazing female vocalists.
Progressiv ArtRock 2.0!
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