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Before the Echo Breaks
03:49
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Remembering a moment
When you thought you’d let it shine
Taking one step further
As you’re falling far behind
Couldn’t help but dancing on the ledge
Sketching out a life you’d soon forget
Lady of a nation
Of a nation under god
Broken of all senses
Thrown away and left to rot
Couldn’t help but dancing for a world gone mad
Little lady liberty is dead
Just when you thought you'd let it shine!
Just when you thought you'd let it shine!
Can you hear the voices from below?
How they say 'Come on it's time to go?'
Just when you thought you'd let it shine
Before the echo breaks
And it's you who can't believe
Yeah it's you who can't be seen
Just when you thought you'd let it shine…
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I’m falling asleep at the wheel
Failing to see when the night is closing in
And somehow I feel
everything around me is not what it seems
I'm not a god fearing man
I am not even a good Samaritan
I cheat when I can
I just take it easy, never take stand at all
Taking a trip down a hole
Only to wake the strangest whereabouts
I scream and I shout
It’s all devoid of meaning...
words just trickle out of me...
And this is for real
Fading away until I no longer feel
So I strike a deal
I will be forever
Asleep at the wheel...
Head for the place in the sun
Head for the sun
Head for the place and the million degrees you’ve become
Didn’t even know what makes up a soul
Didn’t even know what makes you believe it is over
Didn’t even know a house from a hole
And you awake
The moment you take a chance on…
Didn’t even know how I’m getting old
Didn’t even know I still had to fold up the pieces
Didn’t even know it’s all been foretold
And you awake
The moment you take a chance on me
Didn’t I have somewhere to go
Didn’t I do it for the show
Didn’t I do it? Maybe so
Thank you but I’d rather go now
Didn´t even know I made it almost
Didn´t even know I made it across through the ocean
Didn´t even know I´m all but a ghost
And you awake the moment you take a chance on…
Didn´t even know there´s always a toll
Didn´t even know you´re breaking your soul for a saviour
Didn´t even know him but there he goes
And you awake the moment you take a chance on…
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you...
Head for the place in the sun
Head for the sun
Head for the place and the million degrees you’ve become
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3. |
Welcome to the Open Road
04:18
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Everybody wants to know
Where everybody seems to go
Read you like an open book
Read you like it's understood
So take your time and make it real
Stop losing out on how you feel
Contemplating what you did
Bit by bit
Welcome to the open road
No one cares which way you go
This is how you feel
And how you say goodbye
If what you say is true
Your fears are here for you
We're all here for you...
Images of broken glass
Distant smell of burning gas
Hovering above it all
The living, breathing seem so small
Put your feet back down on earth
Dying's just like giving birth
All you ever wished or feared
Is waiting here...
So welcome to the open road
No one cares which way you go
This is how you feel
And how you say goodbye
If what you say is true
Your fears are here for you
We're all here for you
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I've always been just going up
No one has told me to stop it all
Waiting on moments to pass by
Never for one to last
So it seems like I keep getting stuck
Something just doesn't add up to me
People I love they just pass by
and moments are fleeting at best
How did I get over here?
Wasn't I already lonesome
Wasn't I already down on myself?
Over and out, wasting away?
I've always been just going up
I'm way beyond reaching the top
My senses are bloated
And floating away
Scratching the surface of god
This never has come as a shock
I know I've been fucking it up again
People I love I let always pass by
Never for one to last
So how did I get over here?
Wasn't I already lonesome
Wasn't I already down on myself?
Over and out, wasting away?
Head for the place in the sun
Head for the sun
Head for the place and the million degrees you’ve become
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Ruby, Ruby, Ruby - are you here?
Time is coming after for you
It’s so very clear
Are you, are you dreaming of a dream
Weightless in a pantomime
Suspended in between
Almost here
And almost gone
The way you say
“What have I been living on?“
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby let’s be clear
There isn’t much for you to do now
You’re crawling, crawling at the speed of light
Anger will not take you down
Not without a fight
Almost here
And almost gone
It’s when you say
“What have I been living on?“
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Suddenly welcome
Suddenly blue
Suddenly someone inside of you
Suddenly welcome
Suddenly you
Suddenly don‘t know what to do
Out here
Nowhere
No one knows just who you are
Seemingly alright
You‘re down in a hole
Suddenly waking
Suddenly true
Suddenly pacing in worn out shoes
Suddenly eager
And who are you?
Suddenly someone inside of you
Out here
Nowhere
No one knows just who you are
Seemingly alright
You‘re down in a hole
Suddenly welcome…the hell are you!
You‘re not welcome and you‘re not you!
Suddenly welcome
It may be true
Say hi to the devil inside of you
Out here
Nowhere
No one knows just who you are
Seemingly alright
You‘re down in a hole
Say you‘re my little star
Boy you‘re just who you are
This is just what you can‘t see anymore
Say you‘re my little star
Oh what you say you are
Ruby you’re not the only one
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Ruby, Ruby, Ruby - are you here?
I am coming after you
after all these years…
…all your graces
Everything you fear
I will break’em down for you...
Almost here
And almost gone
It’s when you say
‚What have I been living on?‘
And then you go
And you find it some other way
This pavement of blood makes you justify it all
There's plenty to see
on the morning of judgement day
Oh, can you catch?
Can you catch me when I fall?
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8. |
Punching Bag
03:52
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I am you motherfucker - it has begun
I am you motherfucker - son of a gun
Still the same motherfucker - I'm having fun
And we will go to the place in the sun
Yeah I'm you motherfucker – you better run
I am you motherfucker – come on, come on...
...look at me motherfucker – it won't be long...
And we will go to the place in the sun
You are me
You better remember
We were fused together from the start
I am you
You better remember
You and I cannot be told apart
I am you motherfucker – we don't belong
I'm a bad motherfucker – you're just a punching bag...
for me motherfucker!
And now we're gone, now we're gone, to the place in the sun
You are me
You better remember
We were pieced together from the start
I am you
You better remember
You and I cannot be told apart
You were saying
You're watching over everything
So why all this commotion
What is this all about?
You were saying
We are somewhere in between
We won't find the ocean
We are burning out
You and me
Ain’t it funny who we are?
You and me
We are burning out
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Picture your life inside a photograph
Looking pretty is all you have to do
No more wonder what has gone
and what’s in store for you
After all this time it’s only you
As your taking down your ego
For what’s yet to come
Take your time there is nobody here
Take your time there is nobody here
Take your time there is nobody here for you
Take your time there is nobody here
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10. |
Everlasting Afternoon
05:57
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Take down your soul
And set it on fire
You're gonna burn for the deeds you have done
Wasting your days so uninspired
Moving that mountain all on your own
All of your life
And all your time
crashing down
and going blind
Nothing is sacred
Naked as a baby boy
This is who you are
Help me
Over here it's always afternoon
Can you feel the summer breeze
Let the sun come crashing down, down, down, down
Ruby, there's an everlasting afternoon
Just for you
Ruby, but the sun doesn't seem to shine
Show me your life in all of its glory
No sugar coating or spinning it right
Taking a break from feeling so sorry
Wasting away somewhere out of sight
No more lies
And no more time
Still you seek
But you can’t find
An army of fingers
Pointing at a baby boy
This is who you are
Help me
Over here it's always afternoon
Can you feel the summer breeze?
Let the sun come crashing down, down, down, down
Ruby, there's an everlasting afternoon
Just for you
Ruby, but the sun doesn't seem to shine
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11. |
Take me to your God
03:39
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12. |
Where Prophets Roam
03:50
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Out here in this desert he's been overcome
With all his troubles on vacation - gone
Is this what god considers free of sin
When no more thoughts are coming in?
Still there's a voice
Discreetly mocking him
And there's fading shadows
Just out of sight
Picking up the sand he begins to smile - for a while
Before he lets it slip right through his hands
Nothing out here's ever truly set in stone
Not even bones
Nor love nor fear
Will stand the test of time
What is a mind
With nothing left to do?
And what is god
When no one ever thinks of him?
What is a mind
With nothing left to do?
And what is god
When no one thinks of him?
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Ruby watch the ocean flow
How it breaks and how it goes
Is this a little bit like your soul?
Ruby does it hurt to know
All your life was just a show?
Now it's time for your final bow
And was it always the best of times?
And was it always hanging by the rhythm of your heart?
And you are here with me
Down by the ocean in a dream
You will never ever leave
Ruby is it vertigo
Why you always sink so low?
Or were you drowning your demons there?
And for now you are here for the rest of your life
You're running around for sure
And was it always the best of times?
And was it always hanging by the rhythm of your heart?
And you are here with me
Down by the ocean in a dream
You will never ever leave
Ruby are you on the go
Or standing still
Please let me know
We're still waiting on your return
Take a load off yourself
And believe in today
And the ocean will crash and burn
Ruby are you turning blue?
Ruby is it you?
Ruby are you turning blue?
Ruby is it you?
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14. |
You and your Army
05:21
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So you ride on a boat through the ocean
And steer through the echoes of hope
The king of all navigation
The lord of all slippery slopes
So tell me where are we with you and your army?
Lost in an endless sea
Just the way you are
It’s just the way you are
So you sail away into the morning
You navigate always so well
But you never heeded the warning
That you’re already in hell
So tell me where are we with you and your army?
We miss you endlessly
So tell me where are we with you and your army?
…on the wrong side of a dream
Just the way you are
It’s just the way you are
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15. |
Dirt in my Head
04:28
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Rage and sensitivity down on low
Phase number one to rock your boat
Spinning all around in the atmosphere
Listen to me brother I am still right here
Sitting all alone on top of the world
All I want to do is to sink my feet in the dirt
Everything considered it was a pretty good year
So won't you listen to me
'Cause I'm still right here for you and all your worries
Taking over, taking over
Sending all the dirt in my head back to god
The dirt in my head will never be forgotten
You might want me to slowly disappear
Listen motherfucker I am still right here
Listen motherfucker I am still right here
'Cause I'm still right here for you and all your worries
Taking over, taking over
Sending all the dirt in my head back to god
Sending all the dirt in my head back to god
You might want me to slowly disappear
Listen motherfucker I am still right here
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16. |
Out into the Afterglow
06:04
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Give yourself a break
It will be okay
Take a holiday, feel better
And the rain will go away
Don’t you know, don’t you know
There has always been a way
Nothing seems to matter
So you better seize the day
And when I heard you on the radio
You were talking of salvation and a better way to go
Days gone to waste in a haze of solitude
Talking much of nothing
As you preach away the mood
Go get the slow one
Always get the slow one
Pull on them a fast one
'Cause you know it’s all for nothing
Go get the slow one
Go get the slow one, baby
Go get the slow one
Better go get someone
We all want a saviour
But I’m not the one
No I’m not the one that you need
We all need a saviour
But I’m not the one
No I’m not the one that you need
And when you ride into the afterglow
Don’t throw a look behind you
Off away you go
Days gone to waste in a haze of solitude
Get them over quickly
Or they’re coming over you
Go get the slow one
Go get the slow one, baby
Go get the slow one
Better go for someone
We all want a saviour
But I’m not the one
No I’m not the one that you need
We all need a saviour
But I’m not the one
No I’m not the one that you need
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Outknowing your trouble
Outliving your life
Outstaying your welcome from 9 to 5
It‘s all very subtle
But it‘s eating you up inside
And money is everything
It’s eating us alive
Yeah money it is Jesus
and the road to heaven it is real estate
completely made of gold
Take a look at all your life has been
I bet you‘re always
Looking after all your little dreams
They watch you in your sleep
Do you know it‘s all just been between
A place in the machine
and what is left to go around
Outknowing your trouble
Outliving your life
Take a look at all your could-have-beens
A million doorways
Doesn‘t matter who you once have been
Or who you thought you‘d be
Do you know they‘ve always held the key
To you and the machine
And no one goes to show you out
Outknowing your trouble
Outliving your life
Outstaying your welcome from 9 to 5
It‘s all very subtle
But it‘s eating you up inside
And money is everything
Eating us alive…yeah money is Jesus
and the road to heaven it is real estate
completely made of gold
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Phraseland Winterthur, Switzerland
We're five friends from Switzerland (Winterthur) - longtime co-creators, musical soulmates and most importantly: Passionate
musicians.
We've been around and playing since 2007 and moved around a bit stylistically. From Americana to Psychedelic Progressive Rock to more a improvisational band oriented way of writing music.
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