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The Core And The Shell

by AND THEN THEY RUN

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1.
Learning Curve 02:37
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i come undone as you walk towards me and reassemble after the impact trial and error here i stand, incomplete, full of flaws chances to fail or succeed are still given made mistakes some hurt but all were necessary raised safe and sound north of kiel inhaling the sea 27 years passed some lessons learned some friends won, some friends lost here i stand full of flaws still learning to become means to get cut like stone and i keep on talking and i keep on screaming standing behind my choices biting pointing fingers receding from the judgement of strangers finding strength in my own words kept alive through self respect and you empathy here i stand full of flaws still evolving here i stand, cut like a stone not shining, but solid
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In One Blood We Drown 03:44
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words infected their mind blinded by hate they kill the promise of of better times to come results in today's bloodshed 'cause in battle there is no understanding the cause remains unquestioned the demagogues fill out the blanks create a foe give them a reason to believe they are righteous they search for higher ground in war (in war) one answer to be found: in one blood we drown difference makes the enemy that's what it all comes down to and when the sun sets the leaders are home calculating their loot trading lives for power and cash one blood one kind no sense
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Grey 05:32
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they stand and stare stand and stare muted and tamed witnesses of this murder this injustice this failure a human life destroyed in their sight the media cry, but we remain passers-by modern life takes its toll the duality of an evolved being: a brilliant mind and a hollow heart too scared look away in shame this person could have been your friend, your love the thin line between compassion and disgrace filled with fear, all turns grey but if no one cares nothing matters the brutal and the heartless rule this nightmare a dystopia born of violence that depraves the last precious emotion felt so all turns grey inhale breathe out return no, this can't be life it takes courage to step out of the shadow but in this moment the colors recur the possibility justifies the risk hope should overcome despair one life given one life taken a full circle either way for the most of us utopia is just a word but in the presence of its negative some still die for it
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Rain 01:35
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Red Clouds 03:58
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the air is thick with dust concrete suffocates the earth the faceless sowed their seed poisoned blossoms thrive blackened roots sprout and drain the fields off life existence fades with every blink the mourning for what was given begins horizons set ablaze landscapes drowned in blood red clouds cloak the sky the enchained colossus weeps cancer breeds within the impaled sun bleeds fire an infernal squall blurs the sight this place longs for solitude but keeps on struggling till it can rest till it can finally rest absorbing the artificial trying to cure the virus it nurtured
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No Names, No Lives 05:13
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i am the one voice my speech is universal my message clear i tell you about the world let me be your ears and eyes i appear to you in letters and pictures i stream the streets deliver information implying sentiments the facts remain hidden you can't feel for the unknown no names no lives your heart is filled when the curtain falls hollow looks your eyes blink with the cut my cold lens reveals misery death good evil i am freedom i am force i am control i am untouchable i am the freedom, the force the almighty entity i am here because of you all don't look back just neglect and get soothed by my light i am the frame of war i am the face of death i am your friend i am your foe
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Becoming The Owl 01:33
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nights become days insomnia is not an option it just sets in the events of the day won't pass by worries are the drive that keeps me away they trigger my mind yet they paralyze too much impression to compensate time elapses sometimes easy to avoid sometimes impossible to ignore inevitable thoughts it won't end with the closing of my eyes images revolve patience won't beat the urge it won't stop i force myself to sleep but the more i try the more i wake sore eyes, sore nerves time for self-reflection time to question everything embraced by darkness resting thinking
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For Those Who Cannot Feel 03:27
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when all comes down on you and tragedy breaks your heart be sure to stay awake the temptation of nothingness dwells in all those who mourn when your innermost numbs your body and everything feels cold keep your memories treasured for they will guide you and assure you who you are and when you wander in your dreams you might meet again time passes by when time seems to stand still in the moment of loss don't reject my hand although nothing can retrieve your beloved your time hasn't come keep your memories treasured for they will guide you and assure you who you are we are not to understand the enigma of death for those who cannot feel when there are reasons to mourn reasons to cry reasons to leave reasons to die then there have to be reasons to cheer reasons to smile reasons to act reasons for life
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Antagonist 03:56
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this heart is treasured not confined sympathy and affection are for friends and lovers not for thieves and whores the devolution of a word called love i'd rather be hated with passion than shallowly loved your words give me reasons for contempt retreat your pariahs have my loyalty we conspire in silence to overthrow your leaders so we can emerge from this filth of misconception i crave for any truthfully spoken word let your masks fall and we meet for the first time again
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Leviathan 03:58
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wake up sedated, never sated i dwell in this hive called republic i want more, more, more i fear i might gett less than i need die for me kill for me spill blood so i don't have to hunger this is mine yours is mine give it back to me although it was never really mine i can't abstain from it my head is fucked persistence is weak i stand in line as long as i am fed the will to break these chains gets lesser every day chained to this prividing structure leviathan i honor you civilized dominant intoxicated relentless all drives satisfied to consume is to live still the urge to think won't die keeps me up at night i fight against my mind's decay but these thoughts won't lift me up i bear these words of independence in a deaf world where people are baited and bribed with good intentions
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The Core And The Shell 03:54
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speak don't hold back your notions break through walls with paper and pen vision and sound receive, understand write it down no one can explain what's hidden inside a matter of heart a matter of mind dreadful seconds minutes and hours crack up the shell try to devour the core the most precious of all the essence of being of hate and of love protect the core harden the shell write an elegy and sing your sorrow stand up, speak up, release yourself beauty unfolds in the midst of struggle protect the core, harden the shell leave your fears behind stand up, speak up, release yourself absorb, reflect and invalidate protect the core, harden the shell times of dread will come and go let your shell protect you let your core resurrect you
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A Mouthful Of Scorn 01:34
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i don't give a shit about your attitude your highbrow-talking or your new pair of shoes that's how we roll we seize the day we're all fucked up and we're here to stay burn the virtues and stone the prophet we play our music and gain no profit and that's what it's all about don't give a shit if i sell myself out prostitution has many faces some sell their body, some sell their places some sell their ideas, some sell their faces some sell their friends, some sell their nation we are all whores in an ocean of liars if you've got the money then you can buy us am i burning down your pretty fairy tale? hit the ground check reality there is one objective truth that exists: there are saints and disciples with a mouthful of shit
13.
The Jaded Empire 04:00
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minds astray only bodies passing by unoccupied i've witnessed this play for years and i've grown so weary it seems like the setup for our last days indulged in vanity they proclaim this as progess but we are down infinite to 0 communication fails spoon-fed paradigms erase independence what happened to the untamed minds and hearts? once overwhelmed by creativity we now gaze at the products of our culture kneeling before them satisfied with copying what is shown and told a kingdom for the deaf, blind and numb i've grown so weary relieve me i want out (we want out) let's escape from this fucked up world 'cause it's a dead end we are done here it's over

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released July 19, 2011

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aufgenommen, editiert und mix von oliver carell at blastbeat productions
gemastert von lasse lammert at lsd studio
artwork von z.kessl

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