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No Surrender
03:09
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When I think about our time, I try to ignore everything but something always brings me back here. And sometimes, I wonder about the relations between livings, maybe it’s the only true thing to live. How to live in this place when you know what is around, know what happens here ? It seems totally not make any sense.
And you should know what is to be loved
And you should know what is to rise above
This surrender
I wont to do it now, I'm waiting the moment
Coming surrender
This surrender
I wont to do it now, I'm waiting the moment
Coming surrender..
I still not know why the future looks dark and cold while some do their best to get out of this fatalism.
There is surely no tomorrow, after what human has created, but nothing prevents us to drop bombs
This Surrender could never happen cause it should not happen now
No Surrender
This surrender could never happen cause it should not happen now
No Surrender
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2. |
You Don't Know
03:03
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Sometimes we lock ourselves in negative resentments.
We have to keep in mind that most people are sincere.
Another day to be confuse, to be in a waiting position, and I still don’t know why I should do.
Have I to put myself in the background of others lives, or ask if I have to change for me?
My personal needs, our projections,
My existential dreams, our needs to be together
Maybe you don't know what I mean but I hope you'll understand, what we have been.
We can preserve that the life has brought us closer.
It could be over... Somewhere we'll always be together.
We can preserve that the life has brought us closer.
It could be over...
Ways are sometimes very differents. The privileges are often difficult to assess. We have to question about our place. How to act to counter this system without falling into emptiness ? Just try to act on the worst things.
You absolutely dont know what you'll be in the same place. You don’t know, you don’t know...
This is how we could be more, that's how I feel. This is how we could be more.
Trying to understand each other better. Everyone.
I'll never know if there's better to do, that's the way It makes me feel
Everyone is probably doing their best, no excuses
I'll never know if there's better to do,
That's how it makes us feel.
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3. |
Not So Long
03:13
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Maybe two, maybe four
I can't remember
I stop to think about it, It'll never be over
Why did I start counting
I didn't remember
Is it because of my love of advent calendar ?
A lot of time to have fun,
Little time to work,
And wasted time
Isn't that what life should be like?
Two years is long
Two years is a long time for an LP
Couple of titles is not so much,
What the fuck are we doing with this stuff?
Maybe five, maybe six
Don't know where am I now
is it a part missing?
I'm not sure anymore
Are you available ?
We have some things to do
It's not that I want avoid
I've better things to do
a lot of time to have fun,
Little time to work,
And wasted time
Isn't that what "don't work" should be like?
What if it never came out? (Nobody cares, nobody cares at all)
What if we never be on road,
Stuggle and laugh, Meet you one more, And even play again
What if we were just lazy?
I can't believe it's the end of the story,
With no cry, It would be so sad
I don't want to, I don't have time, It's raining outside
It's not our fault. There was confinement
It's not our fault. It's nonalignment
It's not our fault. It's the government
It's not our fault. No more arguments
Maybe we have something else to do
So. Two year's not long
Two year's not long
Two year's not a long time for an LP
Couple of titles is quite so much,
What the fuck we will doing with this stuff?
Two year's not long. Two year's not long
Two year's not a long time for an LP
I still hope that we will finish it
And see you on two thousand twenty-two
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4. |
Are We Still Alive ?
03:21
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Am I alone, on this empty floor
only hearts of stone
behind this decor
This bad feeling
this default refuge
what will carry me
when the reason will go
Is it the evil of privilege,
to close in on oneself
rather than looking on the edge
and forget a little bout our self?
I have to refuse to let flow
everyone has a reason to fuss
and if I finally let go
What will happened to us ?
Are we afraid ?
are we still alive ?
stuffs are not what you think they are
You can't do anything
Sitting on the branch we cut, carried away by the void below
it is healthier to get hurt, in a place based on ego
by dint of thinking about what can change,
everything seems so absurd and cynical,
and if I know that nothing is written,
yet everything is only logical
Why is it so nice?
To just
Uplifting feeling
and then
Introspection has
sometimes
a hidden meaning,
Understand yourself to understand the world?
admit only one thing,
I don't know anything.
There are only / things left to learn,
to try any / and consider.
I wonder how I /could still discuss,
while it was all/ in front of us,
Why is it so nice?
Is this the only way to grow?
Or the only way to flow?
understand yourself to understand the world?
I admit only one thing,
is that I don't know anything.
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5. |
Forever Alone
03:34
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You feel it now, this loneliness
again and again full or empty room makes no difference
a crowded street, these headphones help you to survive
without it, who will prove that you are still alive ?
The more the merrier, but nobody in your head
Open your eyes, see once again
You'll be forever alone
from birth to death, short or long
even the way is light or strong
there is no change about that
You'll be forever alone
from birth to death, short or long
even the way is light or strong
there is no change about that
no time for illusion anymore
You're sad but take a look on it
You're aware now and you're growing
Don't be sad take a look on it
for now you are really living
When you think you're screaming in the void,
don't you hear that voice in your head, there is no madness
No one will answer you better than yourself
you're the only one who can make you exist
The more the merrier but nobody in your head
Open your eyes, see once again
you'll be forever alone
dont be scared, the things are done
even the way is light or strong
there is no change about that
you'll be forever alone
but you know it and you won
the chance to love everyone
and feels like you don't need it
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6. |
Perfect Day
03:40
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Sometimes we need some kind of motivation
Sometimes we need sort of justification
Sometimes we need someone to kick our ass, and say things are not so bad, not everything is sad
But the weather, and the killer, or the fire, I'm not safe here
Life is so bad, all is so sad, I don't want to go to work
But the weather, and the killer, or the fire, I'm not safe here
Life is so bad, am I on a loop ?
But today is going to be our perfect day
Even if today didn't really start out that way
Be attentive to what surrounds you, find something fine
Look at the sky, maybe the sun shine
Don’t believe in sign
You can be thankful for that
Sometimes we need some kind of medication
Sometimes we need sort of meditation
Sometimes we need someone to kick our ass, and say things are not so bad, even on the worst night
Forget what you believe, you're wrong
You can have no control over the past and the future
So take what you want, and drop the rest
It’s not really a quest
Today is going to be our perfect day
Even if today didn't really start out that way
Be attentive to what surrounds you, there're something fine
Look at the sky, maybe the sun shine, thank for that
Remember you live now
That's not better to die
This is not a lesson, nor any kind of advice,
It's not good for everyone, it shouldn't be a vice
Nothing is certain, just ideas to affirm,
There are things to try and,
Can't change without trying.
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7. |
Last Summer
03:23
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I let a bit of time
passing by for the sadness
to take a bit less space in my heart
If your world falls apart
maybe I’ll be there in the dark
I hope you’ll be around the morning after
It doesn’t need a word, it’s so good to share a room with you
quoting lines to our favorite tunes
Our brains came last, love came first
During these sunny days last summer
Speaking for hours on phone
Everything reminds me of you
The scar is not only on your arm
Our hearts are like sailors in a storm
We don’t know how to sail
The scar is not only on your arm
We don’t know how to sail
Our hearts are like sailors in a storm
We just know how to fail
Our brains came last, love came first
During these sunny days last summer
Speaking for hours on phone
Everything reminds me of you
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8. |
Question Everything
03:07
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How many times we got lost
without thinking that it will have a cost
How many times have we thought
make a difference, without being sought
hours and hours of scenarios,
some smiles and euphoria in the air
the path is ours, hard for the egos
and everything is seen in the stare
Is that fair?
And we'll always wait for sparks,
as long as it makes all of us dream,
we always hope for results and remarks
no matter what it seems
even if it never change
What if the meaning was to look for it?
What if we just had to believe that we exist?
the only things we have,
are our actions and the hope that they change things
maybe we never decided our lives,
but you must do everything if you're able
to question what seems indisputable,
To try to have the life you want
Question everything,never submit to any authority
lay the foundations of an environment and a world that suits you.
Question everything, everytime.
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9. |
Suffocate
03:41
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How to find more breathable air?
Are we starting to suffocate in this world?
When I look all around me,
I sometimes wonder if
we are not too many here
Everyone does the same thing
all goes the same way
but no one talks to each other
Besides through a screen
Without meeting a glance
Why live all together if
we hate each other but we never try to make a change ?
Why go so far when you can't already see everything here?
What do you think you will find there?
If you only do what is asked
without asking what you really want this trick will never end
Maybe we are too many, to play at this game
Maybe it's time to look for, and find a new way
A place where there are as many games as players
A world where there would be no loser or winner
Perhaps the game master is too strong to be fight
Perhaps we are too dependant to make our rules
but if we try to have autonomy and rights
maybe he can be beaten, if we don't play his rules
In fact, no one's forcing you
You can stop to play
Maybe we are too many, to play at this game
Maybe it's time to look for, and find a new way
A place where there are as many games as players
A world where there would be no loser or winner
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10. |
It Can't Be Easy
03:05
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Why is there always someone to tell me what to do and how?
Why does it always have to be you? Have to be a man
What makes you think you know better than me or than everyone
Talking loud doesn't make you smarter. You better shut up
If we claim equality, we will first have to rebalance
and it starts by putting you in your place
and get out of the place that we have been assigned
Don't think it will be easy,
Even if you're willing,you cannot win
Losing power causes harm but it didn't belong to you stop crying
Sometimes I can see that you try to do your best
Sometimes it seems like you understand what I'm said
And then I realize it's just an illusion
And I find you there, clinging to your dominance
If you don't accept be in pain, you will never be an ally
if I don't accept be in pain, I will never be an ally
if I don't accept to don't win, things will never change in our live
if I don't accept be in pain, I will never be an ally
if I don't accept to don't win, things will never change in our live
Give back what you were unjustly given
Man give back what you stole
This world does not belong to you so
Give back what you were unjustly given
Man give back what you stole
This world must now belong to everyone
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11. |
Nothing Remains
04:15
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We have spent so many years, to not trust what we are
To postpone everything to the next day,
To lock our ideas in a small chest,
Which we’re trying to lose the key,
The solution was never to force ourselves to change,
only hindsight, the right questions.
I am not afraid of the gaze of others
but to assert myself to myself.
And I still don't understand why,
I decided to stop it all.
Maybe could I do it by saying that
reality is only the present.
Do what you want to do,
and not what you think you should do.
It's just a matter of choosing your ruts yourself,
and not to believe that there is none.
Thinking yourself free has never made you free,
only a way to forget our chains,
but be aware of your limits,
and do your best will bring you closer to mastering your life.
Sometimes there are obvious things to repeat, things are never so naive,
And if you still doubt it, nothing prevents you from leaving
We are nothing and we are everything.
Nothing ends up staying,
but everything stays in what existing.
We are determined but we determine what is coming.
The only thing that matters is knowing
I hope you are aware of it,
What if we were something else
it wouldn't make any sense,
unless you want to believe
to something that does not exist
We are nothing and we are everything.
Nothing ends up staying,
and everything stays in what existing.
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TOPSY TURVY'S Poitiers, France
Hi, we're a melodic punk pop band from Poitiers, France, playing since 2008.
contact@topsyturvys.net
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