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1. |
War
03:45
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they try to get you to believe them
deceive and justify their means end
they will manage your confusion
they want you selfish fat and foolin
while you were lookin for the reason
readin thinkin about leavin
you know the grass is always greener
but you stay and cry for freedom
they say defeated
we don't believe it
War
national crisis
the plebeian rises
War
they tried to tell you it was easy
they want you beggin on your knees yeah
dialectic history yeah
take the money kill the people
out of time we need a vision
another lover on a mission
feel another revolution
here on the edge of evolution
they say defeated
we don't believe it
war
national crisis
the plebeian rises
war
oh you're so high
following lights
what can you see?
do you still dream?
they say defeated
we don't believe it
war
national crisis
the plebeian rises
war
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2. |
Plastic Utopia
03:53
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plastic utopia
social myopia
human touch replaced by avatars
getting older and I'm getting scared
I still want to believe
that you want to be with me
running circles on the wheel of life
we try to be bold
'cause we wanna be free
(yeah, yeah, oh whaa ahh)
I try to listen
but I can't hear what the people say
can we all wake up
from a decade that's been taken away
don't understand why we throw words into the void
we built an ancient civilization
with no artifacts
no artifacts
just want to feel alive
can you roll the windows down?
getting closer almost out of time
future's present lookin at the past
you can't run from the sun
but you hide from everyone
revolution says it's time to go
can you move fast will you change with the scene?
(ooh yeaheaheah, owha aaaah)
plastic utopia
resources running out
where you gonna be when the empire
comes crashin crashin crashin down?
I try to make it
but the system that they made was fake
just want to wake up
in a city with much lower stakes
rise up
rise up...
Rise up
Rise up
Rise up
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3. |
Something's Going On
03:59
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(you feelin that?)
god forsaken
(just show me your)
human nature
(they talkin bout)
condemnation
(we laughin at)
bad behavior
(listen to the sound)
we can't stop now
(I ain't judgin you)
we're just playin
(keep movin on)
transformation
(no lookin back)
from the beginning
yeah
and on and on and on it don't stop
now the fire's in the air
comet's crash
but the people last
in a day nobody cares
secret pop where the beat don't drop
silent rhythm we obey
people dream of a better scheme
where the night returns to day
yeah
and on and on it goes
the fear the fight the fall
and on and on it goes
the fear the fight
cause something's going on
god forsaken
human nature
condemnation
bad behavior
we can't stop now
we're just playin
transformation
from the beginning
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
and on and on it goes
the fear the fight...
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
yeah
something's going on
just show me your...
they talkin bout...
we laughin at...
listen to the sound
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4. |
Lalalaland
03:52
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soldiers
marchin off to war
what are they fighting for?
all the bickering at home?
freedom
reduced to a word
to buy and sell you
for political games
from the fields of Afghanistan
to the halls of the Vatican
they are tryin to control women
tentacles of millenium
abuse of privilege
the communal mirage
they embrace an ancient faith
they afraid of the rational truth
tell me
it's over
lalala, lalalaland
tell me it's over
culture
war across the land
but I don't understand
what's fair and true seems clear
timing
the writing's on the wall
the old guard will fall
incendiary scrawl
disguised as gentlemen
immune to poison
we formed a battalion
of the lost generation
we fought 'till all was lost
they tallied up the cost
fortress of indifference
empire on a house of cards
tell me
it's over
lalala, lalalaland
living in lalalaland
we don't understand
we don't understand
living in lalalaland
of self deception
self deception
living in lalalaland
shake off your chains
shake off your chains
tell me
it's over
lalala, lalalaland
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5. |
Transparent
03:16
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she likes to party
she likes to run around
she's spinnin stories
she'll tell you up is down
it's transparent
transparent
he's your big brother
he entered willingly
they asked for secrets
he gave them all for free
it's transparent
transparent
if you can read between the lines
you'll find
distortions and lies
architects of our own demise
we're all
ambient spies
she took some photos
they got all around town
she can't erase them
look what her mother found
it's transparent
transparent
he can't believe it
his identity stolen
became a virus
infected everyone
it's transparent
transparent
if you can read between the lines
you'll find
distortions and lies
architects of our own demise
we're all
ambient spies
chasing the ego's vanity
they built
monopolies
pro-POP-aganda of the free
sold you
transparency
we've made enough mistakes
but there ain't no breaks
on this train
we're goin off the rails
a generation fails
transparent boys and girls
transparent boys and girls
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6. |
Fight With Love
03:48
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some nights I lay awake and contemplate these times
oh these times
the state of things seems so precarious I should fight
well I might
with you by my side we
we can weather these storms
hold on to me tonight
we can push back this tide
we will fight them with love
we will fight them with love
we beg for peace but all they have to give us is war
well no more
they take their orders from spirits in books of old
well no more
but you
you see right through
understanding alone
we realize the dark truth
build a fortress of home
we will fight them with love
we will fight them with love
screaming in a crowded room
nobody turns around
I think I'm falling
heaven won't help you now
when I knew that
she was for me
your inner peace humanist sanctuary of dreams
oh my dreams
fulfill your fantasy your freedom ride with me
to the see
for we
we see right through
we can't help falling in love
we realize the dark truth
understanding alone
we will fight them with love
we will fight them with love
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7. |
Hey Yah Hey
04:47
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sometimes
it almost feels
like the time away was never real
recall
the mountain trail
with the helicopters overhead
we spent a year dreamin up ways that we could disclocate
when we finally woke up we were gone and in a different place
it was a year when we moved so fast it felt like days
something's changed forever never I say..
Hey Yah Hey (Hey Yah Hey)
Hey Yah Hey (Hey Yah Hey)
rewind
we're right back here
with a fever to depart again
outside
on tiny islands
floating on the current miles and miles
we spent a year dreamin up ways that we could disclocate
when we finally woke up we were gone and in a different place
it was a year when we moved so fast it felt like days
something's changed forever never I say..
Hey Yah Hey (Hey Yah Hey)
Hey Yah Hey (Hey Yah Hey)
make some noises
raise your voice
lift your tired hands
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8. |
Shanghai
04:14
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brother's and sisters
do you care about each other?
walking across black sand
are you misled do you pretend?
senseless and suffering
in a prison of the mind
looking for promised land
but there's no one
holding your hand
but I cannot pull myself away
ghost of summer's day
no I cannot pull myself away
from this cloudy haze
we stood atop the sand dunes
we promised we would cross the shining sea
we made a play for freedom
like two lovers in a dream
we hide in shanghai
last stand on the island of blinding lights
we hide
in shanghai
give me a reason to stay
alley's of broken dreams
wounded spirits lost in time
underneath new buildings souls forgotten
millions past
reveling through the night
we are bathed in neon lights
running where history creeps
when the ancient city sleeps
but I cannot pull myself away
ghost of summer's day
no I cannot pull myself away
from this cloudy haze
we stood atop the sand dunes
we promised we would cross the shining sea
we made a play for freedom
like two lovers in a dream
we hide in shanghai
last stand on the island of blinding lights
we hide
in shanghai
give me a reason to stay
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9. |
One More Night
04:24
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young lions of the world
the kings of the absurd
we once worshipped the sun
but fell and couldn't run
we travel in a dream
to end all history
across a broken land
we're back where we began
one more night
one more night
one more night
one more night to come together
nothing ever lasts forever
don't look back as Olympus falls
we cannot repeat the past
against the setting sun
we hide from everyone
the dawning of the age
your thrilling lighted face
swept away in waves
we hope for future days
ideas that move to fast
these dreams are meant to last
one more night
one more night
one more night
one more night to come together
nothing ever lasts forever
don't look back as Olympus falls
we cannot repeat the past
one more night to be with you
we journey to our rendezvous
to find our place
we are running through the night
hand in hand through space and time
we find our way
one more night
one more night
one more night
one more night to come together
nothing ever lasts forever
don't look back as Olympus falls
we cannot repeat the past
we cannot repeat the past
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10. |
Nosara
05:08
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we were gazing at the starry sky
it was warm beneath the pale moonlight
seeing colors of a distant storm
breeze of tropic comfort song
strangers meet become lovers
chance encounter of the troubadour
sharing knowledge understanding things
years of pleasure golden scenes
Nosara
Nosara
evening tides freshly contoured
in the jungle ocean paradise
under cover of the pure midnight
nature's spirits create dreams
the shore aglow with specs of fire
floating lanterns reach the sky
celebrate endings and new returns
traverse the night with naked eyes
Nosara
Nosara
clearest sunset on the crystal see
the vulture stares over canopy
your dress is so light and your eyes are so bright
two beautiful scenes as we begin the night
Nosara
Nosara...
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Japan Soul Brooklyn, New York
Constantly evolving, Japan Soul draws on styles as diverse as art rock, sophisti-pop, electronic dance music and funk to
create euphoric music.
Japan Soul is the music collective of Jason Paul—vocals, guitars, bass, programming, DaVe Lipp—saxophones, bass, guitar and eclectic instruments, Matt McMurry—keys, synth and programming and Tyler Graham—drums and percussion.
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