PHANTOMS

 

LOOK AT YOURSELF

IT'S NOT ILLUSION

NO DOMINION OVER YOUR MIND

AND TRY TO HIT BACK TO THEIR ATTACKS

NO WAY, YOU CAN'T!

 

AND I RISE UP AGAINST THIS CONDITION

I FEEL MY BRAIN, IT WAS ATROPHIED

IT CAN BE BETTER   

 

DON'T WASTE TIME – IT'S A NIGHTMARE

DON'T WASTE IT – IT'S YOUR LIFE

DON'T GIVE UP – YOU CAN BE SOMEONE

DON'T WASTE IT – IT'S OUR LIFE

 

DON'T WANNA BE LIKE ALL THE PHANTOMS I MET TODAY

I CAN'T BELIEVE WE SHARE THE SAME HUMAN BLOOD

I DON'T BELONG TO THIS

 

A NEW LYMPH IS CLEANING MY FLESH

EVERYTHING IS GETTING BRIGHTER, EVERYTHING IS NEW

DO YOU THINK IT'S GOOD ENOUGH TO KEEP YOUR SOUL IN CHAINS?

I'LL LET IT GO, I'LL LET IT GO, I'LL LET IT GO

I'M GONNA BURN IT UP, BURN IT UP, BURN IT UP – RIGHT NOW!

 

ANOTHER SCHEME, ANOTHER FARCE WHERE

YOU'RE ACTING LIKE YOU HAD NEVER DECIDED

DON'T WANNA BE ANOTHER NUMBER

A WASTED DROP

 

AND I WANNA CONTROL MY POSITIONS

I'M NOT A PUPPET, A COPYCAT

THESE ARE MY HANDS TO REACT

 

NOW GET THIS REVELATION

YOU'VE GOT A BRAIN, YOU'VE GOT A LIFE, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU WOULD NEED TO BE ALIVE

SAVE ME, SAVE ME

TOGETHER WE'LL BE STRONGER

YOU'VE GOT A BRAIN, YOU'VE GOT A LIFE, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU WOULD NEED TO BE ALIVE

 

I FEEL MY VEINS

A NEW SENSATION

ALL MY BODY IS GETTING FED

I FEEL MY ARMS, I FEEL MY LEGS

THEY'VE GOT A WEIGHT

 

A NEW AIR IS INFLATING MY LUNGS

BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE

IT'S A NEW TIME

I'M NOT A PHANTOM TONIGHT

 

 

LAME EXISTENCE

 

TWENTY FOUR HOURS SLID AWAY

ANOTHER DAY HAS GONE

WHAT DID I DO YESTERDAY

THE SAME SAD GAME

 

HELP ME

YOU GOTTA TELL ME

WHY ARE WE BENDING

UNDER THEIR GUNS, I GOTTA

TURN ON THE LIFE

A STEP BEHIND

IS NOT FOR ME

 

PLASTIC SMILES ARE TRYING TO BUY ME

I WON'T BE SOLD

LIFE'S TO FRANTIC TO DISAGREE

I'LL PULL THE BRAKE

 

HELP ME

YOU GOTTA TELL ME

WHY ARE WE BENDING

UNDER THEIR GUNS, I GOTTA

TURN ON THE LIFE

A STEP BEHIND

IS NOT FOR ME

 

 

 

REST IN WAR

 

YOU WILL BE SORRY

WHEN THE FIRE WILL BURN THE ROOTS OF YOU HOPE

NOTHING WILL BE AFTER THE END

WHAT COULD TEARS DO

 

WHEN YOU WILL BE STANDING ALONE

STARING AT THE LAST BRICK YOU USED TO CALL HOME

THERE WILL BE SOMEONE TO THANK

STOP FOR A WHILE AND WONDER

 

NOW WHAT COULD I, COULD I SAY –  THIS SAD CONDITION

NOW WHAT COULD I, COULD I SAY – THIS SAD REALITY

NOW WHAT COULD I, COULD I SAY –THIS SAD CONDITION

NOW WHAT COULD I, COULD I SAY – THIS SAD REALITY

 

ANOTHER BOMB

EVERY EXPLOSION IS COMING CLOSER TO YOU

IT SEEMS SO FAR, WHEN YOUR TV

WAS SHOWING A PART OF IT  

 

THIS IS THE WAR, YOU'RE GONE, YOU WON'T DIE ALONE

'CAUSE THIS IS OUR LAST STOP

THIS IS THE DESTINY, NOW THAT

MANKIND HAS CHOSEN

 

NOW WHAT COULD I, COULD I SAY –  THIS SAD CONDITION

NOW WHAT COULD I, COULD I SAY – THIS SAD REALITY

NOW WHAT COULD I, COULD I SAY –THIS SAD CONDITION

NOW WHAT COULD I, COULD I SAY – THIS SAD REALITY

 

NOW EMBRACE ME, STAY WITH ME, UNDER THIS SKY EARTH IS EXPLODING

WASN'T THIS WHAT YOU CRAVED, WHEN THE WAR WAS THE SOLUTION

AND NOW WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? NOW WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

I CAN'T HEAR YOU, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? BOMBS ARE HOOTING

I CAN'T FEEL ANYTHING BUT PAIN, (COME) CLOSER AND CLENCH YOUR EMBRACE, NOW I DON'T FEEL THE PAIN, YOUR BREATH'S GONE… AND MINE TOO!

 

YOU WILL BE SORRY

WHEN THE FIRE WILL BURN THE ROOTS OF YOU HOPE

NOTHING WILL BE – AFTER THE END

WHAT COULD TEARS DO

 

WHEN YOU WILL BE STANDING ALONE

STARING AT THE LAST BRICK YOU USED TO CALL HOME

THERE WILL BE SOMEONE TO THANK

STOP FOR A WHILE AND WONDER

STOP FOR A WHILE AND WONDER

STOP FOR A WHILE, YOU'RE DEAD

WE'RE FUCKIN' DEAD!

 

 

 

CYBERSLAVE

 

PARALIZED

IN YOUR MIND

CAN'T YOU SEE THE NEWEST PROSPECTIVE

 

YOU DON'T NEED

FANTASY

NOW EVERYTHING IS SHOWING ITS REAL TASTE

 

WHAT YOU BREATH EVERYDAY

HAS ALREADY BEEN PLANNED

IN THEIR HEADS

 

UNDER CONTROL

 

FROM YOUR BIRTH

TO YOUR DEATH

YOU ARE JUST A CHAIN OF EVENTS

 

PREANALYZED

PROTOCOLLED

ON A SCREEN HIDDEN TO YOUR EYES

 

AND THE SCRIPT THAT YOU PLAY

WILL BE DONE DAY BY DAY

ALL THIS WON'T END

 

UNDER CONTROL

 

 

DO IT YOURSELF

 

 

LIFE IS TOO SHORT

YOU CAN'T PRETEND

THOSE SLAVES CANNOT UNDERSTAND

IT'S A CLEAR CHOICE

I WON'T DEPEND

IT'S DO IT YOURSELF

 

DO IT YOURSELF – DO IT YOURSELF

 

NOT JUST FOR MUSIC

BUT THAT'S THE WAY I BREATHE

I TRY EVERYDAY TO BE

OUT OF THE MASS

I'LL TRY MY BEST

IT'S DO IT YOURSELF

 

DO IT YOURSELF – DO IT YOURSELF

 

START YOUR OWN STRUGGLE DECIDING YOU FIRST

THE STEPS YOU WILL WALK OR NOT

KEEP YOUR CONTROL

TAKE ONE DEEP BREATH

AND DO IT YOURSELF

 

DO IT YOURSELF – DO IT YOURSELF

 

OUR MINDS, OUR ARMS

OUR STRENGHT

 

 

 

NEW WOPS

 

THIS IS A STORY

ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF A MULTIETHNIC CULTURE

A NATION SO-CALLED

CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL OF THE DIFFERENCE BUT

NO! NO! NO! WHAT YOU SEE IS WRONG!

 

THE SAD REALITY IS THERE

AS HAPPENED BEFORE A CENTURY AGO

SO MANY PEOPLE WITH DEATH IN THEIR EYES

THEIR ONLY FAULT IS THE HURRY TO SURVIVE

NEW WOPS – THEY'RE IN JAIL WITHOUT A CRIME

WOPS, NEW WOPS – THEY'VE GOT NO RIGHT

WOPS, NEW WOPS – LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT

WOPS, NEW WOPS – ANOTHER CAGE TO BREAKOUT

CAN'T YOU SEE IN THEIR EYES

THE HOPE OF A FUTURE, THE TENTH PART OF YOURS

IN OUR COMFORTABLE LIVES

WE CAN'T REALIZE THE SMALL THINGS THAT WE HOLD

EVERYDAY – FADING AWAY OR FINDING AN ESCAPE

THE DIFFERENCE RUNS ON A FRAGILE WIRE

A PIECE OF PAPER WILL TELL IF YOU'LL SURVIVE

NEW WOPS – THEY'RE IN JAIL WITHOUT A CRIME

WOPS, NEW WOPS – THEY'VE GOT NO RIGHT

WOPS, NEW WOPS – LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT

WOPS, NEW WOPS – ANOTHER CAGE TO BREAKOUT

YOU CAN'T CLOSE YOUR EYES!

YOU CAN'T CLOSE YOUR EYES!

 

 

 

EMPTY

 

HIDING YOURSELF

BEHIND A WALL

BUILT UP WITH LIES

YOUR UNDEFINED CHOICE

 

MADE TO PROTECT

YOUR SENSE OF VOID

FAKE CONSCIOUSNESS

TO BE OF ANOTHER KIND

 

I PULLED YOUR FACE

YOUR MASK IS OFF

AND I CAN SEE

WHAT'S IN YOUR BLOOD

AIN'T NO SPACE TO PUMP THIS PASSION TO YOUR BRAIN

I DRIVE MY LIFE

YOU WENT ASTRAY

 

YOUR EMPTY WORDS

AGAINST "AGAINST"

NEGATIVE POLES

LEAD YOU BACK TO THE START

 

DON'T THINK TO KEEP ALL THE ANSWERS

HOW COULD YOU OPEN MY EYES!… BEFORE… OPENING… YOURS!?

 

DON'T BELIEVE

DON'T BE ALIVE

DON'T BE AWAKE

NEVERMIND

KEEP ON THINKIN' WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT

KEEP ON LIVIN' YOUR SENSELESS LIFE

 

HIDING YOURSELF

BEHIND A WALL

BUILT UP WITH LIES

YOUR UNDEFINED CHOICE

 

MADE TO PROTECT

YOUR SENSE OF VOID

FAKE CONSCIOUSNESS

TO BE OF ANOTHER KIND

 

 

 

 

ON THE BRINK OF A DISASTER

 

THEY SAID IT ISN'T OUR FAULT

BUT I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG

IT WILL BE THE DECLINE

AND THEY WILL SAY THAT THE FAULT IS MINE

 

NOW WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF A DISASTER

WE DON'T WANT SO WE'RE GONNA BE OUR OWN MASTERS

 

WHAT DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU STARE

AT A ROTTING WORLD YOU CAN'T BEAR

NOTHING BUT FRAGILE LIVES

'CAUSE THEY HAVE NARCOTIZED MINDS

 

NOW WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF A DISASTER

WE DON'T WANT SO WE'RE GONNA BE OUR OWN MASTERS

 

THE DIRECTION TO GO

CONCENTRATED IN OUR DECISIONS

SO SHOULD I TAKE OFF?

FLYING AWAY, ESCAPING MY GRAVE

 

NOW WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF A DISASTER

WE DON'T WANT SO WE'RE GONNA BE OUR OWN MASTERS

 

NOW WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF A DISASTER

WE DON'T WANT SO WE'RE GONNA BE OUR OWN MASTERS

 

 

 

AMERICAN KING

 

THE AMERICAN LEADER IS RULING THE WORLD

AS IT WAS ONE ENORMOUS NATION

AND IN EVERY CASE, IF THEY DON'T AGREE

HE WILL BRING HIS CIVILIZATION

 

AMERICAN KING – WE WON'T OBEY – AMERICAN KING

AMERICAN KING – YOU GOTTA PAY

AMERICAN KING

 

HE SMILES AND HE CHEERS AND THIS RAPPRESENTS

HYPOCRISY GOVERNS THE MASSES

AND IN EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD

THE AMERICAN GOD RECEIVES SACRIFICES

 

AMERICAN KING – WE WON'T OBEY – AMERICAN KING

AMERICAN KING – YOU GOTTA PAY

AMERICAN KING – PAY FOR YOUR FUCKING CRIMES

 

THE VOICE OF BAGHDAD 'S CALLING

HE WILL REPLY

HE WILL BRING A GIFT FOR EVERY MAN, FOR EVERY WOMAN, FOR EVERY CHILD

 

THIS COUNTRY IS JUST ANOTHER WHITE STAR

ON THE FLAG OF THE EMPIRE OF OIL

'CAUSE ITALY IS JUST A FEUD OF THE KING

SO WE'RE LIVING ON THE AMERICAN SOIL

 

AMERICAN KING – WE WON'T OBEY – AMERICAN KING

AMERICAN KING – YOU GOTTA PAY

AMERICAN KING

 

AND THE THIRD WORLD WON'T STOP PAYING THE FEE

AND OUR WORLD WON'T PAY ATTENTION

THE KING CAN PRONOUNCE THE LAST WORD FOR ALL

WITH THE POWER OF MILITARY INTERVENTION

 

AMERICAN KING – WE WON'T OBEY – AMERICAN KING

AMERICAN KING – YOU GOTTA PAY

AMERICAN KING – PAY FOR YOUR FUCKING CRIMES

 

HE NEVER HEARD ABOUT KYOTO

HE DOESN'T CARE

THE WORLD COULD BE A BETTER PLACE

IF HE WOULD STOP

HIS PLAN OF DEATH

 

 

 

WHISPER OF LIFE

 

TELL ME HOW MUCH

IS THE PRICE OF PROGRESS

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THE ANSWER

BUT AT ANY SECOND GAINED

IT GOES TOO HIGH

 

TAKE A QUICK LOOK

DOWN DEEP IN YOUR EYES

AT THE GENE OF DESTRUCTION

IT BRING US ALL DOWN

DESTROYING OUR OWN LIVES

 

LOOK AT THAT CLOUD

IT'S GROWING UP FASTER

LOOKS LIKE A MUSHROOM

FUNNY, WHY DON'T YOU LAUGH?

 

THIS IS THE WHISPER OF LIFE

LEAVING OUR PLANET

 

SEE THROUGH THE WINDOW OF TIME

THERE'S NO TOMORROW

THE BRIGHT SHINE OF THE LAST SMILE

THAT'S EXTINCTION