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Paper Cup
03:21
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All into a paper cup, one more time
Haven't thought it'd fit, but it did
all we know is we would be in shape for
all we have would fit into a cup
If you signed the paper I'd feel better
If you wrote a letter I'd be fine
All we ever did felt empty inside
All we ever missed to do was let ourselves go
Letting go
And the best thing to do would be to go out
Just walk into a bar and let it go
If you signed the paper I'd feel better
If you wrote a letter I'd be fine
Paper cup half empty, full with plenty
of memories and stories never told
all we know is we would be in shape for
all we have would fit into a cup
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Sell Out
02:47
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Was it different today or was it just the usual way
Will this stay for a while? No, but I feel something that won’t go away
I’m not gonna tell – you see it’s not a pathetic way
I just want to make it clear that this day feels right and I felt it just might
Bridge:
I’m not gonna make things up, no I’m not selling out
I’m not gonna break it up cause you’re just going mad
Refrain
Will it all come back to us and when will we stop?
Is it just not meant for me and when will you see?
This one is on me, just wait a sec. It’s just what I need.
I’m not different today I just feel like moving on though I’ll promise to stay
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Ramrod Lads
01:46
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The indie kid he suffers from Springsteen phobia
The married man’s sick for a clean utopia
A teenage fan on the parking lot, see he’s suffocating
A new-born star and a social bot, both deteriorating
The indie kid he turns invitations down
The married man saves up for a green-black crown
Ramrod lads on a mountain top long for relocating
They got their tongues on a bleeding spot and they’re still waiting
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On the Wall
03:02
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Write my lyrics on the wall
But if they don’t agree at all
Tell them what they teach in class
History repeats itself
Here we are once again
People say it is the end
From everywhere comes ignorance
Time to act, time to think
Ref.:
Most folks think I’m an ordinary guy
and I can't tell you how right they are
Like pretty much everyone around,
I like to drink until I can’t barely talk
And now we’re waiting for our downfall
Yet, we’ll leave our writing on the wall
What we all have in common
Is we don’t practice what we preach
You don’t believe in what they say
It doesn’t matter anyway
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Stop and Rewind
04:43
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Tomorrow I’ll come visit you and return your records
On Friday we go out and talk about your engagement
I’m sure that I’ll find time to call my mum tell her I’m fine
In two weeks I’ll make sure to book the flight to Heathrow Airport
Stop and rewind
I’m sure we’ve got time for that
Got nothing else to do
Fast forward to the credits where they play a song that reminds me of my dad
Oh on your way could you buy me some aspirin and a coke
Yeah sure I’ll be there right on time, just text me where you are
I’ll better hurry now – the game is about to start
Just need some time to figure out who I really am
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Electricity
02:31
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I’ve seen them walking by
day after day I saw them moving away
And though I told them not to travel by night
I guess it’s just what they do
Though I’m not far from it
I can feel inside of me
electricity
And I thought about all those charged particles that run through you and me
and though I don’t look back
I know they’re right behind me on their way to find me
Guess now I look back
But I can’t see a sign, believing might be easy,
knowing might be nothing, nothing I can see
Because I love the life I try not to think
about all the harm it can do
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Evacuate
03:17
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What can I say – if no one around here is listening
Evacuate and take control before it’s too late
What can I say – if no one else is listening
What can I say – if no one around here is listening
Evacuate and take control before it’s too late
What can I say – if no one else is listening – to me
Evacuate all buildings in the cities
They really think our parents knew better
What can I say – if no one around here is listening
Evacuate and take control before it’s too late
What can I say – if no one else is listening – to me
Evacuate all buildings in the cities
They really think our parents knew better
The more I listen to your songs on the stereo
The more I think we all knew what has been done before
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A Yell
03:12
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It’s a matter so urgent. That we all should stop now
Instead we all keep moving – in every wrong direction
I guess there’s something we can do - If we do it together
But (if) no one makes the first step, we all go down together
I better start and get something to do before I stop doing nothing at all
A yell someone will hear
But who would understand?
If one no longer cares (I think we’re moving too far)
Then who am I to yell?
It’s a matter so urgent - That we all should begin now
But we’re so far from home - We might be lost now
If no one makes the first step - We all go down together
TV’s on, but we can’t see the truth
the brand new show is all we care about
I wish I had a remote control
To turn on the news – to see what’s wrong today.
A yell someone will hear
But who would understand?
If one no longer cares (I think we’re moving too far)
Then who am I to yell?
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Control
02:59
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Will you able to forget
Or able to forgive
But when you think it is happening
You ain’t so sure about it
It happened way to fast
It happened way to soon
Unable to control
To control, control – unable to control
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Sundays
04:44
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Sunday‘s gone, Monday‘s on, better hurry up, Tuesday’s on the run
Wednesday’s odd, Thursday’s drunk, Friday comes around – on Saturday you’re out
while your time is running short – and your heart seems to be ignored
You’re on the next big thing – you’ve got it all sort out
But you’re wrong – you should have just dropped out!
Summer’s gone, winter’s on. Your fridge ist empty but you had a lot of fun.
Feeling odd, like being drunk. And when you come around, I’m sure I’ll be alright.
while your time is running short – and your heart seems to be ignored
You’re on the next big thing – you’ve got it all sort out
But you’re wrong – you should have just dropped out!
Let’s start again. Let’s make it plain. Just break it down and settle in. Let’s start again!
tell me where I’ve been, tell me what I did
Am I happy now?
Are we happy now?
Are you ready now?
I guess that’s what it is.
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Palila Hamburg, Germany
Classic indie rock.
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