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there's a wall above no one can climb
life looks better on the other side
through the silence of a sharp divide
forgotten lessons in a careful eye
time is tense with the turning tide
a revolution begins to rise
burning bright, definition high
a charred reflection in a stranger's eye
if you have nothing to hide
you have nothing to fear
blinding our eyes
to avoid looking in the mirror
the razor's edge, a dangerous line
revealing reasons, to try and define
fractured voices, holding fast in spite
distorted reality, the truth dies
the truth dies
if you have nothing to hide
you have nothing to fear
blinding our eyes
to avoid looking in the mirror
watch that slow decline
as it disappears
anything to avoid looking in the mirror
you have nothing to fear
if you have nothing to hide
you have nothing to hide
you have nothing to fear
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2. |
Fractal
05:25
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my first instinct
was to use it as a weapon
then to never put it down
it wouldn't be
well, it wouldn't be a safe choice
holding on to another king's crown
we've tried this tension
twice before
and neither time it stuck
this time could
could be a little different
with a little bit of luck
whatever it is - it's changing me
whatever it is - it's strange to me
whatever it is - It's changing me
we're addicted - to the action
more so than the thrill
these things always
well they always get started
with an empty hole to fill
there are no thorns
on the roses in heaven
and I haven't got the words
to comprehend the images
all the voices that I've heard
it's not hard - to understand
how this thing - got out of hand
It's not hard - to understand
whatever it is
it's changing me
whatever it is
it's strange to me
whatever it is
it's changing me
whatever it is
it's strange to me
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3. |
Vienna
04:05
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i caught you walking up the stairs
half the world away
in spite of everything, I had the nerve
to try and leave
you grabbed me by the arm,
pulled me back,
and time stopped - moving
and it scares me - to think,
just how easily
it would be,
to get lost - in a memory
i can promise I won't visit you,
every day
i catch myself thinking bout you
every now and then
and I wonder how you got so
far away this quick
everytime I go back,
i find another piece - is missing
we heard a voice that sounded something like - "Gehen sie aus"
we met the morning down an empty street, trying to get lost
stumbling past all the important things
that we forgot
and it scares me - to think,
just how easily
it would be,
to get lost - in a memory
i can't promise I won't visit
every now and again
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4. |
w a v e s
03:42
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i'm waking up, out of signal range
tired still and feeling drained
shake off these thoughts
of feeling caught between what is real
and what is claimed
i don't know what's good for me
i never know what's good for you
my mind divides, i can't decide
rearranging hemispheres align
it's never clear
distinguishing the lines between what i love
and what i fear
i don't know what's good for me
i never know what's good for you
i can see myself in you - i can see the truth
reflecting in your eyes
our lives refracted then - connected again
i don't know what's good for me
i never know what's good for you
how can i know
how can i know what's good you
when i never know
i never know what's good for me
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5. |
Sector Four
03:13
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searching a sea of plastic faces
i always seem to find - what I'm looking for
swaying neon traces
everyone's got their secrets in Sector Four
staring at a picture through a similar eye
we all know implanted memories, they lie
it won't work and the reason why
it's the difference of perception
between her and I
la la, la la la la la
this is where I am tonight
la la la la la la la
this is where I am tonight
soaked with questions and the pouring rain
a dirty screen dulls the light in her face
eloquent rejection doesn't ease the pain
as she's telling me it's "not her kind of place"
another drink to get these thoughts set straight
nothing's ever right in this confined space
they can run from me, but not their incept dates
i know they're out there, four left to chase
la la, la la la la la
this is where I am tonight
la la la la la la la
this is where I am tonight
what little left I'd give
i'm not the man I thought I was
it's too bad she won't live
but then again, who does?
la la, la la la la la
this is where I am tonight
la la, la la la la la
this rain soaked city on this neon night
this is where I am tonight
this is where I am tonight
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6. |
[neuromancer]
05:53
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gonna use tonight
that's just the way i'm wired
permanent adrenaline
in Night City, i'm never tired
play it fast and loose
with the speed that I've acquired
she's here to hurt someone
that's just the way she's wired
it's consensual
projected hallucination
i see it in my sleep
these waves and waves of information
these waves and waves of information
slap the switch and go
connects to, your point of view
secondary sensations
i feel what the way you feel too
flatline construct
a digital death, virtual voodoo
systematic separation
gives me real time review
the loop ends and begins again
the loop ends and begins again
time bends and determines when
the loop ends and begins again
leagues of black mirror
no grid - no cyberspace
the far rim of consciousness
rushes up to meet my face
there's a part of me stuck
copy of a copy in this place
a memory, eternally
even though it's only a trace
it's consensual
projected hallucination
i see it in my sleep
these waves and waves of information
these waves and waves of information
the loop ends and begins again
the loop ends and begins again
time bends and determines when
the loop ends, it ends and begins again
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