1. |
Columbia
03:47
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Forget all our things
We're leaving now
We're leaving this world
For a better one
Can't save this world
They'll burn it down
So burn it down
We'll flee the city
Under cloak and shroud
It always left a bitter taste
In my mouth
Tell all our friends
We're leaving now
Tell them to get out
Before it all falls down
Down
Forget all our things
We're leaving now
Abandon reason
Can't save you now
It isn't treason
To save yourself
So save yourself
We'll leave this city
Leave them all behind
For all their blind belief
And unavailing pride (You know they won't survive)
You know they'll never find
Columbia
Columbia
Though the wastelands
Through ice and hot sand
Through fields of bodies slain
Withered and afraid
We sail to distant shores
And never speak of
The times before
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2. |
Twist of Fate
03:39
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Einz, Zwei, Drei
Polizei
Vier, Fünf, Sechs
Alte Hex
Sieben, Acht, Neun, Zehn
Guten Tag
Auf Wiedersehen
Just a little bit of cyanide
To wash
The mustard gas
Out from my eye
Tuck the children
Into bed at night
They know
We always do what's right
For the Fatherland
Einz, Zwei, Drei
Polizei
Vier, Fünf, Sechs
Alte Hex
Sieben, Acht, Neun, Zehn
Guten Tag
Auf Wiedersehen
For the Fatherland
Just a little bit of cyanide
To wash
The mustard gas
Out from my eye
Tuck the children
Into bed at night
They know
They'd rather die
For the Fatherland
For the Fatherland
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3. |
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I know we'll make it
I know our day will come
Like birds we'll fly away
Staring straight into the sun
I know our day will come
We won't give up the fight
I know when darkness comes
I know we'll chase the light
And burn in the sun
Still we must go on
We will never stop
Whatever comes our way
We can never stop
Our hopes
Are blind
Efforts
Futile
Desperate
Futile
Striving to get ahead
To be the master's new prized horse
Racing to a bitter end
We're skinned and hung up on the wall
Our lives
Fragile
Our hopes
Futile
Festering
Futile
Our hopes
Are blind
Efforts
Futile
Desperate
Futile
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4. |
Tightrope
03:46
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He cracks the whip
At the tigers
And the tigers
Fill with rage
Spectators cheer
As he's mauled to death
In the cage
The big cats
Tear him asunder
For the beatings
And the blunders
They no longer heed his words
But he will always haunt their minds
Even after it's over
Life's a circus
It's a balancing act
Death on all sides
Of the tightrope
Trying not to fall
It snaps in half
Swinging side to side
Better not let go
Dance the dance
Of the tightrope
It's over
We never thought he'd
Scream so much
And even though it was
Just a clown
We never thought he'd get
Trampled down
These elephants remember
More than you'll ever know...
And it's all just a part
Of the show
It's never ever
Over
Life's a circus
It's a balancing act
Death on all sides
Of the tightrope
Trying not to fall
Yeah
Cracked your ribs
Swinging side to side
Better not let go
We danced the dance
Of a raging fire
It's never over
Until it's over
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5. |
Hex
03:42
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You can be what they fear.
You can be what they want and turn them all down.
Feel the joy.
Sister, come to life.
In the air.
Spinning around...
You are the devil's flower.
You are the Great Diviner.
Plant them in the ground.
You can be what they fear.
You can be what they want...
You can burn it all down.
Joy, Sister... Come to life.
In the air.
Spinning around.
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6. |
Stumble
02:23
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I fell
I hit the floor
I passed out
I saw the Lord
I pushed the plunger
Down inside
That hole
Inside
That hole inside me
I lost my face
Stumble to fall
Stumble with grace
I lost it all
I fell
I hit the floor
I passed out
I praised the Lord
I pushed the plunger
Down inside
That hole
Inside my...
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