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Intro
00:13
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Life moves pretty fast. If you don`t stop to look around once in a while....you`re going to miss it!
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2. |
Perspectives
02:25
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Without a reason
without a doubt
without me knowing
what the fuck it was about
without decisions
without a compromise
a change in my perspective
a definite change of mind
Some times I wonder how things change
Although the people differ
situations stay the same
My baby says
My baby says
My baby says
My baby says
That`s all she had to say
I knew it right away
My baby says she says to me
my love will set you free!
without the anger
without the pain
without my good intentions
going down the drain
It is as if she is psychic
It is as if she knows
Nobody is perfect
but some people come damn close
Some times I wonder how things change
Although the people differ
situations stay the same
My baby says
My baby says
My baby says
My baby says
That`s all she had to say
I knew it right away
My baby says she says to me
my love will set you free
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3. |
Bug!
02:33
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Bugs, buzzing in my head
thoughts, causes and effects
a violent entropy
of disconnected
thoughts and reasons
chaos, causality
physics, philosophy
is it the axeman or the image of the
falling tree that counts?
Palms raised up towards the sky
In supplication, wondering why
double indemnity
your acolytes are out here dying
Genesis, Exodus
Proverbs and Leviticus
I fear no evil this is heaven
how could hell be any worse?
Should I believe?
the things that I see?
Should I believe the theory?
Should I hold on?
Or just plod along?
All I know
I have got a bug.
Behold this simple owl
a most deceptive fowl
It speaks of Good and True
And Just and Might and awesome Beauty.
Who is this Atlas guy
with whom you identify
Fascist mythology
Your outrage vain and arbitrary.
Should I believe?
the things that I see?
Should I believe the theory?
Should I hold on?
Or just plod along?
All I know
I have got a bug.
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4. |
Questura
00:14
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5. |
Out of control
02:40
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People say I think too much
I guess they must be right
that would explain just why
I hardly sleep at night
I barely close my eyes
and worries fill my soul
feels my insomnia
is getting out of control.
I toss and turn all night
I twist and sprain my back.
head hurts and eyelids twitch
turned into a nervous wreck
Dark rings around my eyes
Feel I can take no more.
feels my insomnia
is getting out of control.
Out of control!
(Shut up! I am trying to sleep here!)
I have tried alcohol
and counting countless sheep
warm milk and Manilow
even reading War and Peace
But nothing seems to work
it drives me up the fucking wall
feels my insomnia
is getting out of control.
Out of control!
(Shut up! I am trying to sleep here!)
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6. |
In our hands
02:13
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I tried to deny what I could not understand
but it`s pretty dark with your head in the sand
One day the things that you try to evade
will turn up again and put their fists in you face
so...
Hold your head up..high!
Keep you eyes open...wide!
Don`t turn away from the things
that you don`t understand..
It`s in our hands!
Once upon a time the world was flat
religious dogma put that thought in our heads
those who had the guts to expose the fake
were excommunicated or burned at the stake
So..
Hold your head up..high!
Keep you eyes open...wide!
Don`t turn away from the things
that you don`t understand..
It`s in our hands!
It will will always be..
in our hands!
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7. |
Chapter 11
02:56
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I guess I am not the only one
to get my teeth kicked in by someone
that I used to love
Don`t ask me how I am feeling!
I know it`s quite insane
trying to explain away a pain
that was never there
You`re playing with my feelings!
I don`t think you understand.
Or maybe you don`t care.
Do you give a damn?
Or wonder where I stand?
And when I fall
I know that after all
It is better to have played and lost
than to have never played at all.
I want to smack your head against the wall.
She said she loved me for my mind
wrote me a phony valentine
how stupid do you think I am?
You know I see right through you.
She told me that the sex was good
and..thanks a million for the food.
I acted as if I understood
but I didn`t baby...fuck you!
I don`t think you understand.
Or maybe you don`t care.
Do you give a damn?
Or wonder where I stand?
And when I fall
I know that after all
It is better to have played and lost
than to have never played at all.
So here we go...
FUCK YOU!
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8. |
Catcher
03:48
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All this time you walked around
with nowhere you had to go
but now you`re standing on the edge
and looking down you realize
the jump you`re going to make
you haven`t given it much thought.
Hold your breath and close you eyes
one step to the unknown.
All the values you once held
seem trivial right now
new impressions, new ideas
imposed on you, are what you have
Hold on to the things
you used to feel when you were young
imagination, love and trust
before they are gone
And now you're standing on the edge
and looking back. There is no past.
Then suddenly you realize.
Then you start to fall
Help me I`m falling!
But I am only falling down...falling
If a body meets a body
coming through the rye
You read these words and understand
they wipe the sleep right from your eyes.
Thinking about the future
and the plans you`re going to make.
Speak these words out loud
and swear you`ll never be a fake.
And now you're standing on the edge
and looking back. There is no past.
Then suddenly you realize.
Then you start to fall
Help me I`m falling!
But I am only falling down...falling
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9. |
Cruise control
03:06
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You want to make it
You got to make it work
somewhere along the way
you turned into a jerk
You want to hold on
to what you think is right
Some times I wonder
how the hell you sleep at night
Now you are cornered
with you back against the wall
and you don`t know where to go
You turn to me...assuming that I know
but hell..I am just as lost as you (are)
Now you are staring at a wall
and you don`t know where to go
you live your life on cruise control
sooner or later you know the axe is bound to fall
When you live your life on cruise control
You want to hold on
but you can`t face the facts
once you have started down that road
there`s no way back
you`re trapped inside your world of make-believe
Nowhere to turn to
and there`s nothing left to see
Now you are cornered
with you back against the wall
and you don`t know where to go
You turn to me...assuming that I know
but hell..I am just as lost as you (are)
Now you are staring at a wall
and you don`t know where to go
you live your life on cruise control
sooner or later you know the axe is bound to fall
When you live your life...on cruise control!
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10. |
Big brother
02:52
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A little older, a little wiser
a little better you might be
But do you think
that talking down
makes you superior to me?
You laugh about the things I say
Envy eats your heart away
You`ll laugh until you`ll
finally choke
Big Brother...you`re a joke.
Big Brother! Is always watching you!
Big Brother! Watches everything you do!
Big Brother! Eyes are everywhere!
Big Brother! It is cool to care.
You can feel it.
But you conceal it.
You are human too.
You try to hide.
But you can`t deny it.
Concrete hearts
can be broken too.
You laugh about the things I say
Envy eats your heart away
You`ll laugh until you`ll
finally choke
Big Brother...you`re a joke.
Big Brother! Is always watching you!
Big Brother! Watches everything you do!
Big Brother! Eyes are everywhere!
Big Brother! It is cool to care.
Love! Hate! Trust! and Faith!
Integrity and unity...these words mean shit to you.
These are the things you never knew.
Big Brother! Is always watching you!
Big Brother! Watches everything you do!
Big Brother! Eyes are everywhere!
Big Brother! It is cool to care!
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11. |
R.F.S.
03:25
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I used to be a pretty angry guy.
My actions were determined
by the war inside my head.
perceived reality
in black and white
but now I am trying
to keep an open mind instead.
And in the morning
when I wake up and I shave
I see a face that seems
slightly out of place
Out of touch, out of step
against the grain
But I know that it`s
never too late to change
For myself! Change!
For myself! Change!
For no one else!
I used to think that
'they' were after me
But as it turned out
it was all just in my head
I never knew who
'they' were anyway
and looking back on it
it`s all just pretty sad.
And in the morning
when I wake up and I shave
I see a face that seems
slightly out of place
Out of touch, out of step
against the grain
But I know that it`s
never too late to change
For myself! Change!
For myself! Change!
For no one else!
Some times I feel like screaming at a wall
Some times I cannot take it anymore
The road to hell, you understand
Is paved with perfect gentlemen
You better know where you stand
when the shit hits the fan.
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12. |
Outro (PMA)
00:34
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COF Arnhem, Netherlands
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (Est. 1989) is a four piece hardcore punkrock band from Arnhem in the Netherlands. Be excellent and have a super awesome day!
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