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Dead City
02:47
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Hold your breath and I hold mine
Don’t know for how long
Step aside and look at you
And tell me what went wrong
It’s a dead city we live in
No pity for our sins
Dead City, show me
How to break free
Lose you fear,
And I’ll lose mine,
Let us raise a light
Against a troubled world of hate
Through the darkness of the night
Give up beliefs
That weren’t yours
That trapped you in a dream
And I will do the same, my friend
before we start to scream
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2. |
Broken Hearts
02:55
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Damn it all for the truth, it will make you cry
That’s how you know you’ve really found it
Love will say goodbye
That’s when you know you really need it
And I’ll fight every night to make it right
And I will do just what you say
Cause broken hearts don’t go away
Broken heart s don’t go away
We goonies never say die
But love will prolly eat us alive
And it don’t mean I won’t try
I’m just a little broke inside
Broken hearts don’t go away
Broken hearts don’t go away
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3. |
Til You Came Along
03:46
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You talk me into things
I don’t want to do
Push me around
Hit me out of the blue
Everything was good
Everything was fine
Everything was done
Until you came along
’TIL YOU CAME ALONG
EVERYTHING WAS DONE
NOW I AM ON THE RUN
NOTHING WENT WRONG
’TIL YOU CAME ALONG
THE WORSTIS YET TO COME
You go back and forth
Left me in a mess
What’s up with you
I couldn’t care less
You put me on the spot
Kept crossing the line
Took over my place
Took what used to be mine
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4. |
Grace Jones
03:00
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I see you there, Grace Jones
How long have you known, how long have you cared
I see you on my wall, you can see it all
You can see me fail
Give me a taste of your wisdom
I’m a slave to your rhythm, I’m a slave all right
HEY THERE, GRACE JONES
I could see it in your eyes, cold stare
I can sympathize
Gotta love between the lies, realize
It's all in position
It ain’t no religion
Give me a taste of your wisdom
I’m a slave to your rhythm, I’m a slave all right
HEY THERE, GRACE JONES
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Restless
02:43
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Here I am again
Walking on ice
Well, I can’t help it
But I never think twice
Oh no, I never think twice
I don’t need your advice
Well, I didn’t choose
To become who I am
You crossed my heart
Broke my wings again
But I never will give in
I never will fit in
I AM RESTLESS – No way out
I AM RESTLESS – Alone In the crowd
I AM RESTLESS – Burned out
I AM RESTLESS
Well, heaven can wait
It’s not my fate
I can’t escape
Tomorrow is too late
Oh no, tomorrow
will burn my fate
Tomorrow is too late
Head over feet
Into the disaster
No holding back
We gotta go faster
Oh yeah, we got to go faster
Right into the disaster
I AM RESTLESS – No way out
I AM RESTLESS – Alone the crowd
I AM RESTLESS – Never sell out
I AM RESTLESS
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6. |
Burning Down
03:25
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Can’t kill myself, well I guess I’ll do something else
Can’t break the strain, it always comes back again
And I know distractions will put my mind somewhere else
Somewhere in the action I’ll lose myself
Can’t stop, can’t relax, can’t settle down
Going down
Feel the pain in my brain, hell, it’s spinning around
Bringing me down
When you hit the ground
Only when you find out
Don't know what the only sound is
Me screaming, can’t stop it now
Metaphorically truth is a bitch that will set you free
Eventually I will learn to love in the highest degree
Until that time I’ll be looking through this window of pain
Somewhere in the action I will loose myself again
Can’t stop, can’t relax, can’t settle down
Going down
Feel the pain in my brain, hell, it’s spinning around
Bringing me down
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7. |
As Long As We're Alive
02:57
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As long, as long as long as we’re alive
As long, as long as long as we survive
We’ll never ever give in to their lies
As long, as long as long as we don’t die
No news is good news
Who wants to know
When the truth is a liquid
Remnant of the past now
Chorus
„The land’s been taken.
Cards have been played.
Nothing left to win here“,
You said, abandoned to your fate, now
Chorus
Now give me your hand
And I’ll give you some faith
Forget all the pitfalls
From now on we count the days
Chorus
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8. |
Smoke in the Rain
02:42
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Steel my pain, I feel wet in the cold
Hunger in my soul, trouble in my brain
Like smoke in the rain, I can you smell the fear
Ain't nothin’ but fools here, no one to blame
Hold my love, it’s cold and not enough
Nothing remains, but pyres of flames
Like smoke in the rain, that awful pain
Into my soul, thru this big ole’ hole
Thought it was love, but that’s a bunch of bull
So keep the flame
Don’t let it die in the pouring rain
Don’t let your heart fill with pain
Gonna keep my cool, cause I’m a bit of a fool,
Gonna beat it to death, that awful rest
Gonna stay in the course, keep beating that dead horse
Noone to blame, but the falling rain
So keep the flame
Don’t let it die in the pouring rain
Don’t let it your heart fill with pain
Don’t let it die in the Portland rain
Don’t let our love go down the drain
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9. |
Lord Have Mercy
02:41
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Lord have mercy, what can I say
Cough me up just one more day
I never tried too hard
I never got too far
Lord have mercy, what can I do
Spent my whole life ignoring you
Then again, you never gave me shit
Sept for this pain and I thank you for it
I wish I could trust you but I don’t know
I wish I had faith but I don’t think so
Oh Lord have mercy, what can I say
Sometimes my hope just walks away
Lord have mercy what’s it all for
Oh, Lord you’re an asshole
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10. |
Starry Eyes
02:23
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TOP DOWN Berlin, Germany
TOP DOWN are:
git/voc: Szim
bass/voc:
Chuck Struggler
drums:
Jay Gard
photo: © Jörg Metzner
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