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Love is Free
04:10
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Love is free
Love is free
I find myself where somebody left me... all alone.
So I hide myself where no one can get me... all alone.
I'm heading for collision
I need a quick decision
to save my bones.
This story must be fictional
need something unconditional
to take me home,
where i wanna be.
Love is free..
so why d'ya wanna make a prisoner of me
love is free..
trying to take away my liberty
I lose myself in thoughts that come from... far away.
then i fool myself that happiness comes from... far away.
been looking for it everywhere
you know this world is never fair
come what may
but i know myself,
your capitalism
is epic fail.
love is free..
you'll never get to where you need to be
love is free..
if you don't recognise reality
love is free...
before you critisize my sanity
love is free...
just try a sice of my philosophy
you can keep your competition and your rolex watch
you can keep your diamonds and them other funny rocks
you can keep your religion and your weapons of war
your greed will always keep you poor
your quest for profit is epic fail
you can't buy me i'm not for sale
you're not too blind to see the proof
the fact is you're scared, you're scared of the truth
love is free
i can be anything i want to be
love is free..
you better believe me you better believe me
love is free..
everything's easy everything's easy
love is free..free free free
everything's easy
love is free...free free free
everything's easy
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Bow Down
03:24
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You don't need to bow down to anything x2
Well you don't need to bow down to anyone
nobody's better than you...
Forget all the rules from the fools in the past
we're gonna take you back to school...
No Gods or Demons pulling your strings
the future is all up to you
you got the freedom
you got the power
so tell me what you're gonna do
(Get up, stand up)
You don't need to bow down to anything x4
when people try to dog you down
dont let them push you around
the hardest freedom to find
is from the cage inside your mind x 2
You don't need to bow down to anything x2
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S.O.S
05:26
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There is a place, here in my mind.
Where i will go, from time to time.
Always the door, is open for me.
whether i'm clueless, or hold the key.
This is the street, that's haunting me.
Here in my own private odessy.
This is the air, that i can not breathe.
But what do i care, so long as it's free.
SOS
The pilot's flying the plane into the mountain.
No One Cares.
Everybody's sipping from the crystal fountain
SOS
Listen to your heart it's sounding a warning
No One Cares.
Rocks are melting and the sky is falling
SOS
Education is the only answer
No One Cares.
Still recovering from the latest disaster
SOS
Most people i know just couldn't care less
No One Cares.
That's why i'm sending out this SOS
SOS
Listen to your heart it's pounding a warning
No One Cares.
The sea is boiling and the stars are falling
SOS
Most people just can't see the mess
No One Cares.
That's why i'm sending out this SOS
We have all learnt so much these days
we don't need to live in a bygone age.
so lay down your arms and tame the beast,
there's nothing to fight for, we all need peace
SOS
Spiraling headlong into a bottomless pit
No One Cares.
Some of us are enjoying it
SOS
We're stuck on this rock going round the sun
No One Cares.
All too busy having fun
SOS
Nothing going on here but lies
No One Cares.
We've all got screens before our eyes
SOS
We're blind if we refuse to see
No One Cares.
So open your eyes and set yourself free.
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Fantasy, we're living in a world of fantasy.
The things we value are not real you see,
they're just a figment of our minds.
Make believe, a bed of sugar coated make believe,
we're living in a glossy magazine,
we leave reality behind.
I'm in my bubble world,
your bubble world,
my bubble world,
In my glorious bubble world.
Dreams come true, but only if we really want them to,
we know exactly what we need to do,
lose all ability to feel.
Fantasy, we can be anything we want to be,
the very image we all want to see,
although we know it isn't real.
Cant you see, that we're exactly where they want us to be,
in little bubbles of insanity,
we're easy targets,
cos life is a hard sell.
welcome to My bubble world,
your bubble world,
my bubble world,
in my glorious bubble world.
Here in my bubble, everything's cool.
I don't have to think about anything at all.
My bubble is huge and my troubles are small,
I ain't ever gonna lose, just having a ball.
I don't even have to see anything that threatens me,
don't even have to hear the news that's spoon fed to me.
Just safe and cosy,
cosy and safe.
here in my bubble, my favourite place.
Here in our bubble world,
my bubble world,
your bubble world,
in our glorious bubble.
our bubble world,
my bubble world,
your bubble world,
in our glorious bubble world.
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Scars
04:04
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I wear my scars on the inside,
my mind is beautifully tattooed.
you'll never know what it's like on the inside,
you'll only see what i show you.
on the inside,
my mind is beautifully tattooed.
I wear my scars on the inside,
my mind is beautifully tattooed.
you'll never know what it's like on the inside,
you'll only see what you want to...
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Sellin' my Soul
04:23
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Went down to the crossroads, guitar on my back.
Didn't have much to live for, didn't feel like going back.
Breaking every rule, my past has cut me loose,
my God has forsaken me, all that's left are these blues.
So i'm sellin my soul
Yes i'm selling my soul
I've wasted so much time
just waiting for a sign
now i'm selling my soul
I met a tall dark stranger, with mystery a plenty.
He told me of a party, where the bottle's never empty.
So we sailed across the sea, to a sunken cave of treasure,
and there he offered me, anything my heart desired.
so i'm selling my soul
said i'm selling my soul
Well everywhere I go, the streets are paved with gold.
My ice is always coolest, and my story's never told.
Breaking every rule, my past has cut me loose,
my God has forsaken me, all that's left are these blues
So i'm selling my soul
Yes i'm selling my soul
i've wasted so much time
just standing in their Goddamn line
now i'm selling,selling ,selling, gonna sell my soul!
Now! Highest bidder...
Who wants it?
Come on Mr Devil man, take me away,
I'm ready...
Come on all you Demons dance with me
come on and take me away,
to the party place.
where all the Demons,
Get off their face.
feel the heat,
it's paradise.
everybody jumping,
feeling nice.
Watch the demon,
Shaking his tush.
all getting high smoking demon kush.
feel the heat,
its paradise.
feel the boogie,
zombie twerk.
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Roll the Dice
04:37
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So Satan breaks bread with God over the corpse of mankind,
or is somebody just infiltrating my sleep again?
or is it my mind?
your life and your death flash before my eyes.
your dreams are my dreams,
and that's fine.
The stories you wrote were all, in your mind,
now that you've gone they've come into mine.
the comic book heroes, the con-men, the wise,
The love and the hate, the grit and the grime.
The handsome young nare-do-wells taking the dive,
leaping to safety or are they falling through time.
Bravery, slavery, elation and shame,
disgust and discussion,delight and debase.
The which and the what the real or the game
my eyes are your eyes,
your face is my face.
ha ha ha ha ha
or is someone just infiltrating my sleep again.
Heaven, Hell, innocence, pain.
The sun is too hot, it's raining again.
The fruit of your soul is the food of my brain
it's my job to make sure the world's loss is it's gain.
your life and your death hang before my eyes,
your dreams and my dreams are together in time,
The loving, the leaving, the truth and the lies
your light and my darkness, forever to shine.
Without one there's no other, no ying or yang.
no lies and no truth, no silence or bang.
who is the fool, the naughty or nice,
who is to rule
dunno...
let's roll the dice...
won't you try a slice?
when the sirens stop only one thing is clear,
you either know they're not coming or you know they are here...
who's the fool?
virtue, vice is it hot? is it cool?
dunno let's roll the dice.
I dunno...
let's just roll the dice.
roll roll roll
roll roll roll the dice.
When Satan breaks bread with God over the corpse of mankind
somebody is infiltrating my sleep and my mind again.
let's roll the dice.
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I don't ever really want to be an elephant
in a room when i speak it's irrelevant x2
It's the same old story from the cradle to the grave,
you live your life like a bonded slave.
Little victories help turn the tables,
simple things like don't wear labels.
Don't buy into that corporate junk,
think of an alternative smoke some skunk.
Don't live your life vicariously
through someone else's visions and dreams
I don't ever really want to be an elephant
in a room when i speak it's irrelevant x2
Don't celebrate celebrity, put a fly in the eye of hypocrisy.
you could cry with the lies they feed you to blind you
and bind you to life styles where truth can not find you, (money!)
The hold they have over you,
that and religion if you are a fool
And time, another elephant in the room,
they impose their rules you just consume ..consume ..consume
Consume, consume fund the economy,
corporate scum plotting for day light robbery.
Horribly these sheep ignore the elephant
as it ain't relevant in tenements, only the regiments count.
Balancing act with delicate amounts,
money has no worth, only credit in your account.
But you still want to spend it, lend it,
we're all broke and cant be mended!
That's the plight of the modern man, banging pots and pans
with a dodgy plan, trying to make a couple grand.
Most are Ostriching (Head in Sand)
I see you struggling to understand, head in hands
Send a telegram, Peace to Phife Dawg,
you man missed the point like shooting with the sight off.
I don't want to act clevererer than you,
but i'l never be a bloody elephant in the room!
I don't ever really want to be an elephant
in a room when i speak it's irrelevant
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9. |
Overhead
06:10
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Over my head,
i'm in way over my head,
and i'm losing my head.. over you.
over my head,
all the things that you said,
i'm out of my head on you.
I only meant to have you once,
pick you up and throw you away,
just to know the experience,
now i can't see a day without you.
My eyes were wide open,
i was in control,
my heart could never be broken,
i didn't allow for my soul.
over head
over head
over head
over head
So complete the seduction,
so intense the desire,
such sweet intoxication,
this craving never subsides.
over my head,
i'm in way over my head,
and i'm losing my head over you,
all the tings that you said,
i'm out of my head.
i'm out of my head.
over my,over my head,
over my,over my head,
over my,over my head,
i'm drowning,i'm drowning drowning
drowning drowning .
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Cliche
02:29
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Well i never thought that you would ever be able to hurt me,
but here i am with you on my mind.
Since i last lost my heart to a lady i vowed i'd be so much wiser this time.
I've never been the kind of guy to lay my love on the first one who came around,
but there was comfort in every embrace that you gave me,
you came when my defences were down..
you came when my defences were down.
Why don't you leave me alone i'm so much better on my own,
don't want to be in love anyway.
I can't eat, I can't sleep.. man it gives me the creeps,
why don't you get out of my life today.
I tried a blocko' Morroco to make me forget,
but i just lost my mind and fell down.
say..i don't need you a bit,
Hell who am i trying to kid.
you made me the happiest man in town..oh yea
you made me the happiest man in town..whooo
that's nice
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11. |
T.Zone
04:42
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This train goes to the twighlight zone
twilight zone and kingdom come x 4
I see you running don't you ever go to sleep
you're a party head, you gotta catch that beat.
Once you're lost you can never be found
the pressure, the pressure, all fall down...
Medicate, medicate free your mind,
bake me a fake world spin me a line,
sell it to the sucker with the stars in his eyes.
Cadillac, suitcase, Win first prize!
let yourself go let your self go go x2
Teenage smack head stumbled down the back street
looking for the wherewithal to satisfy the habit.
Dumped on your family, dumped on your friends,
and now you're back on the street again.
This young man, he's a bum,
sharing spikes and shooting scum,
with a take that, brick a brac, give the kid a stone...
This train goes to the twilight zone
all aboard
this train goes to the twilight zone
twilight zone and kingdom come..x2
Down on your money, down on your luck,
anything goes you don't give a flying duck,
frail old lady,easy target,
scare her a little for the pension in her pocket.
A blow to the body and another to the head,
you didn't imagine she'd end up dead.
Now you're running on a murder rap it makes no sense.
cos all you got was fifty eight pence.
fifty eight pence don't buy you a fix
you gotta mug another mother ain't that a bitch
then another and another but you'll never get rich
the monkey on your back eats spondulicks
let yourself go let yourself go go x2
this train goes to the twightlight zone
twilight zone and kingdom come..x 2
if you go on like that my man
you're gonna fall over
this train goes to the twilight zone
twighlight zone and kingdom come ..x 2
this train goes to the twilight zone
twighlight zone and kingdom come..x 2
this train goes to the twilight zone.
fuck kingdom come
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