1. |
Ghost Of What We Know
04:22
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I saw you like no other,
for many years I’ve tried.
I listened to your voices,
many times we´ve sighed.
We share a special bond
I thought could never break.
I guess we’ve hit a wall,
no windows left in sight.
The voices quiet down.
I wonder if you lied.
I wonder if it´s me, or who could take the blame.
Oh, when they talk about you
they say that you’re more than a man.
Maybe you’re just a ghost, a ghost, a ghost, a ghost.
Oh, when they refer to you,
they list all the things that you do.
Maybe you’re just a ghost, a ghost, a ghost, a ghost
of what we know.
You left without a word
you didn’t make a sound
And every thought I had
was haunted by your crown.
And every word I said
was one more step away.
Heaven knows I’ve tried,
tried like everytime.
It seems like I have failed,
miserably failed.
And every word I said
was one more step away.
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2. |
Die Angst
04:46
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(English below)
Die Angst
Tanzend in der Menge seh ich dein Gesicht
und zu meinem Glück
siehst du mich nicht.
Hat mich grade noch der Takt
um den Schlaf gebracht,
bleibt mein Kopf jetzt steh´n
um dir zuzusehen, um dir zuzusehen.
Mit jeder Zeile, die vergeht
mit jeder Faser, die sich dreht
mit jedem Timbre, dass mich trifft,
tanz ich weiter, doch mein Herz tanzt nicht mehr mit.
Ich weiß, ich kann dir nicht entgehen
an keinem Ort
auch wenn ich renn, du findest mich.
Wir werden uns bald wiedersehen
du bist nie lange fort
und wenn du mit mir tanzt,
meine treue Angst
umarm ich dich.
Mit jeder Zeile, die vergeht
mit jeder Faser, die sich dreht
mit jedem Timbre, dass mich trifft,
tanz ich weiter, doch mein Herz tanzt nicht mehr mit.
The Fear
Dancing in the crowd I see your face
and lucky for me
you don’t see me.
While the beat was just about
keeping me awake,
now my mind has stopped
to watch you, to watch you.
With every line that passes by
and every fibre that turns
with every timbre that hits me
I keep dancing but my heart doesn’t dance anymore.
I know that I can’t escape from you
anywhere I go
even if I run, you’ll find me.
We will meet again soon
you are never gone for long
and if you dance with my,
my loyal fear,
I’ll embrace you.
With every line that passes by
and every fiber that turns
with every timbre that hits me
I keep dancing but my heart doesn’t dance anymore.
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3. |
Odd State
03:14
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I remember your face
I remember our games
I remember the way that you left
All the things kept unsaid
And all the things kept undone
in a silence that couldn’t be won
Sometimes none of us knows
what has started this mess
we stay frozen, we don´t bother to ask
We keep stepping on shells of thousand eggs on the floor
I remember you holding the door
So will you stay,
Oh will you stay?
Or will you leave me in the oddest of states?
Oh will you stay,
Oh will you stay?
Or will you leave me in the oddest of states,
Oh will you leave me in the oddest of states?
Let me tell you one thing,
when my speechlessness hits
it won’t back down and I can´t resist
I know I can be cruel,
but then you can be too,
we´ve got our weapons and we know how to fire.
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4. |
What He Was Up Against
03:47
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One day she was gone and they already knew
The only one that could ́ve taken her was you
A simple man with a simple mind
You`ve got no clean slate, we know your kind
Look out we ́re coming, look out, we ́re coming
Oh he didn ́t know, Oh he didn’t know
What he was up against, what he was up, what he was up
Oh he didn ́t know, Oh he didn ́t know
What he was up against, what he was up against
Same kind of story like 20 years ago
Well he didn ́t do it then, but now he did for sure
A salvage yard, all those rotten cars,
The key says it all, there is probable cause
for us to haunt him, for us to haunt him
In Gibson, WIsconsin, his family still awaits
their boy to come home and walk through the gates
And Dolores cries when she speaks of her son
And her walk is getting slower, is there nothing to be done
They won ́t believe him, they won ́t believe him
In the back of my mind the truth is still unknown
And all this thinking won ́t bring her home
But it keeps me awake and it weakens my knees
That in the land of endless opportunities
This could happen, this could happen
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5. |
Constantly Growing
03:40
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I had a dream
In it I could be me
I had a dream
In it I didn´t flee
They couldn´t tell me
I wouldn´t let them
They didn´t yell at me
I didn´t let them
Constantly, constantly, constantly
growing apart from myself
and closer to me
I had a dream
I was growing like a tree
and from my crown
it was far that I could I see
I saw the past
and my roots held on
I looked ahead
and my branches spread
Constantly, constantly, constantly
growing apart from myself
and closer to me
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6. |
When I'm Home
04:53
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somehow my childhood home
makes me feel all kinds of alone
like a long forgotten ghost
in my knees and in my bones
and there’s no other place
that comforts my soul
it calms all of my storms
and makes me feel whole
when i’m home am i grown
the fights and the regrets
first loves and broken hearts
and all the younger mes
those walls have seen it all
and when i’m coming back
there’s nothing to be found
of who i have become
just my shadow on the ground
woke up there and it had snowed
familiar sound of white
it’d just dreamt of a new love
still felt the comfort of the night
all the answers i had found
in the sweet paralyzed state
i’d forgotten in an instant
all the hours gone to waste
credits
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