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The Recidivist
06:31
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Honey pack your things, we have to go
No, this time it’s different: they’ll force it, they’ll barge
Dad messed up, it’s come undone, in the car you’ll know
But get used to the phrase “father and daughter at large”
This is when our feet will show their worth
Let the boiling blood rush and push you to fly
But my dear, my only crime is that it wasn’t perfect
And now you’re caught up in this bleak web of lies
Two shots are all that you need to end two lives in a row
But the first misses the mark, trying to save you both
But then the hole in the wall testifies under oath
That the second makes a widow out of someone’s wife
And though my life isn’t finished, it’s over and done with
And now we’re on the run
They promised me correction every time
You can’t fix that we need bread, and circuses alike
Ludovico didn’t work, Mr. Deltoid let them know
They leave you in the streets, with your whole life to sew
And in my suburban plight, staying barely out of sight
Trying to do what they told me is right, ain’t it funny
I was just scavenging the sidewalk, but then someone comes along
With a gun and with an offer and our god
O’ praise be unto him, the almighty riches
And now we’re on the run
Lesson one: the world is not for the likes of us
If you begin the race last, you’ll end behind
I’m afraid at your school they’ve lied to you
I know, oh I know, they’ve lied to me too
I didn’t want to do this but you have to understand
Lesson two: you gotta take or you gotta leave
With the latter you become just another prey of hunger
But at least you get to keep your peace of mind
I decided to take my chances and run with them
And now we’re on the run
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2. |
Unstable
03:19
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Headlights flashing through my face
(Take me home)
Dark roads leading me to her
(The one I love)
She’s not there waiting for me
(But there’s a note)
“I can’t take anymore
I have to leave”
How should I feel
I can’t control it
Tell me was it all my fault
When had I done something wrong
She always knew
You were untrue
How had I not seen before
All the damage I had done
Your lies smelled bad
She never loved you
All this time believing she was fine
That we’d left the pain behind
But the sorrows from the past
Creeping always next to us
Helpless
Damaged
Should I have expected
Hurting
Fading into nothing
Scratching
Bleeding in the darkness
Shouting NOT THIS TIME
No tears running down my face this time
No hard feelings holding back
The relief is filling me
From my past I’m finally free
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3. |
Nadir's Blessing
05:16
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“You can go”, she says
“Lesson is learned, the flower is burned
No need to keep you anymore”
Is that so?
And after the dance, we’ll bow in a trance
Forgetting the weight I once bore
The rules were all vague
But if due attention was paid
A path out of the maze is now seen
I urge the voices to come clean
Before they hopefully fade away
No need to keep you anymore
“Keep in mind”, she says
“Every journey makes you wiser
Most of all when you lose your way
Have some water, and down you may lay
The weapons of a late riser
A pilgrim won’t be needing them today”
All this time believing we’d be fine
That we could leave the pain behind
But the sorrows they will last
Creeping always back to us
“You can go”, she says
“Lesson is learned, now follow the current
No need to keep you anymore”
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This is not our first reckoning, but most likely our last
So it seems, so we scream, look for shelter from the blast
In the Halls of Liability, where vines begin to grow
Where the fools draw attention and the wise have lain low
This is not our first reckoning, but most likely our last
So it seems, so we scream, look for shelter from the blast
In the Halls of Liability, ‘tween ash and cigarettes
Where the fools place their hopes and the wise lay their bets
This is not our first reckoning, most likely nor our last
Once again, in our den, we outlive the forecast
For the Halls of Liability, as older men will say
Make the fools bow in awe and the wise bow in dismay
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Arcadian City Leiden, Netherlands
Arcadian City is an alternative and progressive rock band that was born in the city of Leiden in the Netherlands in 2017. The band spent the following year and a half playing its original songs in live performances. Now, and after a year of recording, mixing and mastering, the band will releasing its first EP "The Garden of Earthly Plights" on November 29th. ... more
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