1. |
Ringmaster Has To Die
04:32
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It's an absurdity, it's his fault
It was just an innocent somersault
With hands tied and torn out hair
Down my magnificent office stairs
I just came and saw this scene -
He was drinking gasoline,
Then he put himself on fire
Right before it, he was fired
Hope you die, I hope you would
But I don't want to ruin the mood
Can you see with your own heart
How the audience love this part
When we're on the stage
You will hear our cry
Trapped inside the cage
Hoping you would die
Ringmaster, ringmaster
My life is a disaster
Forgive me, it’s over
Ringmaster has to die
So you want me to step down?
Be replaced by a random clown?
And the answer’s on the surface
Only I can run this circus
Who can run it if not me?
We don’t need uncertainties
Clowns and jugglers will do fine
Suit yourselves after I die
When we're on the stage
You will hear our cry
Trapped inside the cage
Hoping you would die
Ringmaster, ringmaster
My life is a disaster
Forgive me, it’s over
Ringmaster has to die
Hope I die? I never will
The circus will burn, I’ll be standing still
Can you see with your own heart
Now we are ready for the final part
It's an absurdity, it's not my fault
Half of the circus just died of cold
I heard that you love me here less and less
So I’ve prepared for you something else
First time on the stage
Fighting for their lives
Locked inside the cage
What will they contrive
To survive?
Ringmaster, ringmaster
My life is a mess
And every time I close my eyes
I hope it would hurt less
And we’ve been trapped here for some time
It feels like thousand years
And every time I close my eyes
I hope you disappear
Please just die
When we're on the stage
You will hear our cry
Trapped inside the cage
Hoping you would die
Ringmaster, ringmaster
My life is a disaster
Forgive me, it’s over
Ringmaster has to die
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2. |
Clockwork God
04:26
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My clockwork is supreme
It is Turing complete
It's better than the flesh
Because the bodies tend to bleed
I'm making a machine
With cog and torsion spring
A human-like construction that can
Talk, and dream, and feel, and think
Everything we know
Leads us to the next
The mind is the contraption
That has grown too complex
If only I could make
A god from the machine
Multiply complexity until
It gains form and will
First, there was the God Almighty
From the God came Soul Eternal
Then the Soul commanded body
Body made the cog
From the cog I'll make a body
With the spring I'll make a mind
When the mind grows almighty
Then I'll make the Clockwork God
I’m spending days and nights on my impossible invention
I left my mind open for divine intervention
While artificial humans will be sure someone’s focus
For me, it’s but a step to my divine magnum opus
The forward march of science gives us all that it can bring
But all that I will need is just a chain, a cog, a spring
And while the copper parts grow exponentially in size
I fear there is one thing that I have yet to realize
First, there was the God Almighty
From the God came Soul Eternal
Then the Soul commanded body
Body made the cog
From the cog I'll make a body
With the spring I'll make a mind
When the mind grows almighty
Then I'll make the Clockwork God
Cos’ everything miraculous
Can be expressed with calculus
Got nothing but my sweat and blood
To reverse engineer the God
But I’ve spent years with no success
There’s no solution, it makes no sense
A blank space sits amidst my scripts
I’ve tried it all, but nothing fits
What if there’s no god almighty?
And there is no soul eternal?
There is brain and there is body
And there is a cog
From the cog I made a body
With the spring I made a mind
Will the mind grow almighty
And become a god?
I need more parts to make a god
Than there are atoms in the world
There is less copper than I need
My perfect vision is incomplete
The revelation came to me
The God is but a fantasy
There is no God, the image's fake
The only God - the one we make
First, there is no god almighty
And there is no soul eternal
There is brain and there is body
And there is a cog
From the cog I made a body
With the spring I made a mind
There is nothing that's almighty
So the mind prays…
To the Clockwork God
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3. |
Rats
03:13
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Big Rat City is in fear
Rats began to disappear
Midnight killer leaves no trails -
Tears out whiskers, cuts off tails
The world famous rat detective
Has already took the case
Photos taken, dots connected
He is pretty sure it was rats!
Dying screams are heard at night
On the streets of broken lights
Rat fatale is found dead
Small bite marks are on her head
The world famous rat detective
Has already took the case
Photos taken, dots connected
He is pretty sure it was rats!
Running, running, chasing tails
He picked up a faint scent
And he found the darkest corner
And he’s ready to descent
Take a look
Under the floor
Behind the walls
And you will find
Rats!
Rats!
Rats! Rats! Rats!
Running, running, chasing tails
Now you sure got all the facts
You have found your Midnight killer
You’ve discovered fractal rats
Even smaller
Even faster
There’s no ending
And no master
Smaller rats have smaller rats
A never-ending fractal figure
If it truly has no end
Does it mean that there are bigger?
The world famous rat detective
Has already took the case
Photos taken, dots connected
He is pretty sure it was rats!
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4. |
Cholera
04:06
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Is this help sign big enough?
I’m holding it above my head,
I’m staying just to see
How everything will end
And just to hear your honest laugh
Am I just making an excuse?
A part of me thinks that I am
Another part of me
Is telling you and them:
My body still can be of use
I’ll gladly die in front of you
Just trying to communicate
That Smallpox and Plague will seal our fate
Wait, and Influenza will arrive
Live a Scarlet Fever dream alive
I read the news today, oh boy!
It’s printed all across my face!
Impossible to miss,
And also to erase
I’m barely standing broken toy
I’ll gladly die in front of you
Just trying to communicate
That Smallpox and Plague will seal our fate
Wait, and Influenza will arrive
Live a Scarlet Fever dream alive
A metaphorical disease
It is not perfect, but what is?
I’m staying just to see the end
Cholera is my dearest friend
Is this help sign big enough?
I’ve carved it right into my skin
It is the only thing
That keeps my mind clean
I'm simply looking for some love
I’ll gladly die in front of you
Just trying to communicate
That Smallpox and Plague will seal our fate
Wait, and Influenza will arrive
Live a Scarlet Fever dream alive
I’m staying just to see the end
Cholera is my dearest friend
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5. |
Tick-Tock
04:31
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Tick-tock, tick-tock
Time is up, death-o-clock
When the time is ticking
Your lifetime is shrinking
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Sun is up, get to work
Better start working
Or you'll hate yourself
I know exactly what the time is
I do not need no fucking clocks
I hear the footsteps of death behind me
They sound like ticking, they never stop
Every second I am not working
I feel I’m wasting my finite time
The clocks are ticking, the clocks are talking
I almost hear them in my mind
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Time is up, death-o-clock
When the time is ticking
Your lifetime is shrinking
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Sun is up, get to work
Better start working
Or you'll hate yourself
And after every action
My soul shrinks in size
A fraction of a fraction
Dies
I tried to follow the dream I’d chosen -
I was as lost as I was before
I tried to stop, tried to smell the roses
They smelled like tension, and nothing more
The time is slipping right through my fingers
Something’s broken inside my brain
The time is passing, and I can feel this
If I were me I would go insane
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Time is up, death-o-clock
When the time is ticking
Your lifetime is shrinking
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Sun is up, get to work
Better start working
Or you'll hate yourself
And after every action
My soul shrinks in size
A fraction of a fraction
Dies
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Deep inside something broke
Life could be fine
If you’ve got the time
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Time is up, death-o-clock
Better start working
Like it’s your final day
By counting all your fears
You will go down fast
In hundred thousand years
My soul will turn to dust
The plethora of choices
To live or chase my dream
No matter what the choice is
I’ll hate myself for it
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Time is up, death-o-clock
When the time is ticking
Your lifetime is shrinking
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Sun is up, get to work
Better start working
Or you'll hear
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Deep inside something broke
Life could be fine
If you’ve got the time
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Sun is up, get to work
Better start working
Or you'll hate yourself
And after every action
My soul shrinks in size
A fraction of a fraction
Dies
And every night I hear
The ticking in my head
When I wake up I feel
Dead
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Everything is too long
I am simply waiting
Waiting for my death
Tick-tock, tick-tock
How much time you have left
Now you’ve got four minutes,
Thirty seconds less
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6. |
9 Out Of 10
03:52
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Last thing I heard before I died
Was 10 frightened doctors talking aside
9 out of 10 doctors argued that I,
Giving my blood loss, will surely die
9 out of 10 friends that gathered around
Cried when they lowered me into the ground
9 out of 10 thought that I was gone
9 out of 10 times, oh, they were wrong
This circle of torture and pain will end
If I will rate you and will recommend
I resurrect and then again
I whisper right into your ear
9 out of 10
A shot to the face, an axe to the neck
A dart to the eye, a stab in the back
Thrown in the ocean, fed to the pigs
Honey, you should know better than this
Fall from the mountain onto the knife
Poisoned with lead then buried alive
Cut into pieces by thousand men
It’s getting better, still 9 out of 10
This circle of torture and pain will end
If I will rate you and will recommend
I resurrect and then again
I whisper right into your ear
9 out of 10
Remember what you said?
You said I’ll soon be dead
You said I had one wish
My only wish - a perfect murder
The powers that you have
But nothing in your head
You said I had one wish
And now I’m practically immortal
The time is going fast
How many years have passed?
You used to beat me then
Until I got it truly perfect
The time is going fast
How many years have passed?
I die and live again
You’ll never get the truly perfect ten
This circle of torture and pain will end
If I will rate you and will recommend
I resurrect and then again
I whisper right into your ear
9 out of 10
I resurrect and then again
I whisper right into your ear
9 out of 10
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7. |
Little Princess
04:44
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Little princess in the forest
With so strange hypnotic eyes
She will reverse the fairy tale
And in the end, she’ll have to die
And at midnight you can see her
In the corner of your eye
As she claims souls of children
Who were born on starless nights
And after all the townsfolk have chorused
We leave unwanted children in the forest
Little princess in the forest
Wears antlers on her head
And her children bring her flowers
Which hold souls of the dead
They corrupt the fairy tale
They are laughing in reverse
They should all go down in flame
If we are to break this curse
The fire burning sounded like a song
And all the little children sang along
Guide them and leave them
You'll never see them
And their eyes will
Turn solid black
Won’t hear them creeping
You will be sleeping
When your unwanted
Start coming back
Little princess in the forest
Has a meathook for an arm
And her tears smell of poison
If she ever comes to harm
And she cried for her children
When they died and went to hell
And the flowers caught on fire
Where her poisoned tears fell
Little princess in the forest
With so strange hypnotic eyes
If we ever to survive this
Little princess has to die
Guide them and leave them
You'll never see them
And their eyes will
Turn solid black
Won’t hear them creeping
You will be sleeping
When your unwanted
Start coming back
Prayers are hollow
Darkness will follow
When your unwanted
Will break through the doors
Lost and abandoned
Your life has ended
The last thing you hear
Is your scream reversed
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8. |
Splinter In The Eye
03:13
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Tell them “baby don’t you cry”
Pat them on the shoulder
Put the splinter in the eye
And fuck with the beholder
Everything will be alright
Honey, don’t you worry
We will kill the god tonight
Better safe than sorry
I just sang the devil’s song
God gave me a warning
Fuck the rights and fuck the wrongs
We have until the morning
And tomorrow we’ll be dead
Your smile is disarming
Fuck beholder in the head
Judgment day is coming
I have tried all of the stages
Bartering and begging
I have been like this for ages
Why am I still shaking
Time and money, I got neither
And it’s getting colder
There is fear and beauty in the
Eye of the beholder
I can almost see it clear
Splinter notwithstanding
We will fucking disappear
There's no happy ending
You have my remote control
Now aim at where my heart is
I present my fucking soul
Welcome to the darkness
See the splinter in my eye
What have we done?
Is it best for us to die?
Tell no one
See how many fucks I’m giving
As I’m getting older
There is darkness hidden in the
Eye of the beholder
I see now through many lies
Now my mind is clear
Fuck beholder in the eye
Lick a broken mirror
Let me see your body naked
Stripped of the illusion
Take part of the problem make it
Part of the solution
Let your good side rest in peace
In the iron maiden
Crawling on our hands and knees
Keep calm and hail satan
See the splinter in my eye
What have we done?
Is it best for us to die?
Tell no one
See the fires in the sky?
What have we done?
All is lost, the end is nigh
We killed the sun
Burn the splinter in my eye!
Make it undone!
Is that something we can hide?
Tell no one
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Look how it turns around
Step on the fairground
Carts on the stainless steel
Go ride my ferris wheel
Good evening m’am, Good evening sir
So glad you've come to me
Oh, may I ask, how’d I deserve
Oh, such a company?
I'm glad that I have found
A pair of you around
I've been depressed, I've looked inside
And look what I have found
I'll build a piece of art
And you will be its part
I'm nailing you to a broken wheel
To fix my broken heart
Screaming as it turns around
Bleeding on the fairground
Flesh on the stainless steel
Nailed to the ferris wheel
The fair is closed, The circus - burned
Along with the trampoline
And who am I: a tortured soul
Or just a drama queen?
My wheel is turning fast
I'm not going to last
And every minute of my life
Is tainted by my past
This symbol is displaying
A life that I had failed
I want to leave behind me something
Something that I've nailed
Screaming as it turns around
Bleeding on the fairground
Flesh on the stainless steel
Nailed to the ferris wheel
Shattered my mind!
Left me behind!
Is your ringmaster
Dying tonight?
Listen to this!
The final piece!
Let your ringmaster
Finally die in peace...
I want to make my dreams come true
And from this premise comes the rest
I tried so hard and failed hard
Doing my sincere best
To be a man I want to be
And knowing that I never will
The closest to a fair chance
Is spinning the samsara wheel
I wonder why, I wonder why
You beg to let you die
I wonder if, I wonder if
You do not want to live
To hell with your opinions
It is the work of genius
A monument to a failed life
Is not for your convenience
I could just let you free
But I want you to see
That I will never die alone
I'm taking you with me
Screaming as it turns around
Bleeding on the fairground
Flesh on the stainless steel
Nailed to the ferris wheel
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10. |
Wearing White
04:43
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Come out en masse, dance on the grass
And feel the sunlight on your skin
It's nothing but pure joy and love
And everything is colored green
My microscope and stethoscope
Will leave you greatly terrified
I'll check your gums, I'll check your lungs
I'm scary, and I'm wearing white
The sun is bright, you feel alright
I know exactly how it feels
But just your mood will do no good
You need your medicine and pills
Lives are at stake, I will not break
The Hippocratic Oath I gave
Bark from a tree and herbal tea
Will lead you straight into the grave
I smell your fear, and I feel tremors in your knees
And I can say in Latin the name of your disease
It’s all unnatural what we will do tonight
I smell of medicine, I stand here, wearing white
Forget your plans, I’ve got your scans
And I’m afraid I have bad news
You feel alright, but you will die
Unless we stuff you full of tubes
It will be worse, the choice is yours
The time is up, the stakes are high
But know: it's wrong to live too long
And it is natural to die
I smell your fear, and I feel tremors in your knees
And I can say in Latin the name of your disease
It’s all unnatural what we will do tonight
I smell of medicine, I stand here, wearing white
You will be cured by any means
Ignore your white coat phobia
The sterile tools and cold machines
Are coded as dystopia
Open your eyes - you could’ve died
Look at yourself - you are feeling alright
Now go and spread your insanity
Go on and preach your humanity
I smell your fear, and I feel tremors in your knees
And I can say in Latin the name of your disease
I could choose green, but I chose medicine instead
I’m wearing white because white goes best with red
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11. |
Burn The Circus
03:45
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Once upon an early autumn
As the rain was pouring down
One of the circus acrobats
Fell for a happy clown
Acrobat came to that clown
Trembling from within
Why I never see you laughing
But I always see you grin
I feel absolutely nothing
Said the happy clown
If you want to see me laughing
Burn the circus down
I remember you were joyful
I remember how you laughed
At the death of the magician
When he sawed himself in half
I hadn't heard your favorite song
You hummed for quite a while
You used to sing, but now you're silent
With your creepy concrete smile
I don’t feel anything
Said the happy clown
If you want to hear me sing, please,
Burn the circus down
I have traveled with this circus
All across the map
Now it pinned my soul in place
Like a mousetrap
One day circus tent caught fire
I've noticed something odd
I've been so absurdly happy
Like I'm fucking ten years old
All my life and my routine
Just a big letdown
Take a can of gasoline
Burn the circus down
Acrobat just turned away
They walked their separate ways
And the happy clown kept on smiling,
Dreaming of the world ablaze
And one day they woke up
In bed side-by-side
Let’s burn down this circus
With all of them inside
So they stayed in the burning circus
Never to be found
What’s the moral of that story,
What’s it all about?
If life fails to amuse you
Do it all yourself
Take the match and light the fuse
And burn your fucking self
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Tardigrade Inferno Melbourne, Australia
Dark-Cabaret Metal band, made of tardigrades.
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