1. |
Deadlock
03:47
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DEADLOCK
The wheels are turning
Als long as the wheels are turning
I'm gonna keep on
Keep on driving
My heart is beating
Als long as my heart is beating
I'm gonna try
Surviving
Desert in front
Desert behind
I drive
The fires are burning
The refinery towers
In the night hours
Are the stars
For war they're preparing
From the last they're suffering
Between gamma and sun rays
But war ist the only
Thing they know
Desert to the left
Desert to the right
I drive
My gas is low
The leaded lights dusty
Not much ammo left
And my plumb suit - it weighs so heavy
Gonna stick to the dirt roads
Leave the big ones alone
Without people
Without risk
Desert in front
Desert behind
I drive
Desert in front
Desert behind
Left and right
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2. |
Razorblade
04:59
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RAZORBLADE
My eyes are burning
And the desert winds howl
Through the skeletons of a gas station
Nothing's moving now
I've been waiting here for hours
Checkin' out the place
Looks like nobody's around here
Still it's a risky case
I drive down with my senses sharp
Like a razorblade
But for sharpening
It's too late
Feel like being in a deathtrap
As I put gas in the tank
There are bodies stacked in the shop
Wonder if there's a gang
Or just some lonely guy
With poison in the heart
And death in his eyes
He steps out behind me and grunts
With a razorblade
And I know that every move
Will be too late
I say "stop right there"
With my hand at my gun
He comes, I pull and miss
And then the fighting is on
And we're closer than we'd been
To anyone in weeks
Dancing all around the area
With the razorblade
Dancing with death and everything
Is too late
Finally I grab the blade
And he goes down raining blood
Seems like the desert's bending over to him
To get all of the unexpected flood
And I say
"Why'd you start this fight anyway?"
With crazy eyes he answers
"The desert wouldn't allow you to stay"
He grabs my arm and he hands me
The razorblade
And I just look down at him dying and say
"It's too late"
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3. |
Radioactivity
04:07
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RADIOACTIVITY
The full moon
Is hanging red in the sky
I'm somewhere in the desert
Closing my eyes
But I can't sleep in this suit
Radiation everywhere
Without the suit I'm done
I'm searching 62 channels
But there's nothing on
Still can't sleep
So I'm searching for cuts
From the razorblade fight
With tired eyes
But there's no getting through this suit
Radiation everywhere
But it won't come through
Searching 62 channels
Got nothing to do
I hear gunfire from far away
Think about going, but what's wrong with staying
Radiation everywhere
So I'm staying home
Searching 62 channels
Still nothing's on
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4. |
Mountainside
03:52
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MOUNTAINSIDE
They came over the hills
And now they're hunting me
For fuel and food
And spare parts from my suit
But I don't care
At least it's not another dull day
All down the dirt road
And through ghost towns
We're racing at top speed
They're closing in slow
I got a fast machine
But not fast enough to get away
Then the shooting begins
My rear window's down
They're bringing the steel rain
And I nearly drown
But then I take the shotgun
And hit one of their cars in the wheel
So I turn around and shout
"How does it feel?"
Some mountains in front of me
They're still at my heels
I race up some valley
Where a woman kneels
And I know
Now they're gonna let me go
So I pull over
And she jumps inside
There's nothing you need to say
When a gang's in sight
And as I speed up again
She lits and drops a pack of dynamite
Explosions behind me
And she says "Turn left
I know a safe place
One where you can rest"
So I follow her lead
Up the mountainside
And she turns to me and asks
"How do you feel?"
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5. |
Ambush
05:13
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AMBUSH
Empty corridors
And all the echoes
Of our steps
On concrete floors
Old mining shafts
There I see
Some gold in the wall
And I laugh
The air is thin
I left the car outside
'Neath some rocks it hides
'Cause she said "Come on in"
To empty corridors
And all the echoes
Of our steps
On concrete floors
No radiation here
She takes her mask off
Unsnaps her suit
I stay in gear
Nothing to fear
We're alone here
Standing, breathing
And no sound to hear
Just empty corridors
And all the echoes
Of our steps
On concrete floors
There's nothing to fear
No sound to hear
Calm down, my dear
Nobody's here
Just empty corridors
And all the echoes
Of our steps
On concrete floors
Guns
We stop
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6. |
Inside
02:54
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INSIDE
I see faces
Just skin and bones
With desperation in the eyes
But they survive
I hear her calling
A voice so close
"Hey, come on inside
People, he's alright"
Then the king is coming down
Shaking my hand
And his head
Cracking 'neath a crown
He says "We're gonna have a party tonight
Since you arrived
But we party quiet
Welcome on the inside"
People dancing
Without music
Up and down Desolation Row
I wanna go
But then the king is coming 'round
Holding me back
And the cracks
Let his brain drop right out
He says "Look at this party tonight
Very quiet
It's nice, it's right
Welcome on the inside"
And I say "When'd you stop"
He says "We've not"
I say "Yeah, there's nothing you got
You lost it all long before
Somewhere in the war
Or in hiding out and starving
When you began carving
The lines in your face
Carved the smile away
And the tears and the frowns
Until it's just you crown
Keeping you whole
But your pulse is down
The blood's run out
And you're just a jar
That won't make it far
But we all have to die
So let's do it right
Go back to the inside
And sing with me tonight"
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7. |
Anthem
04:18
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ANTHEM
"I know you know this song. Everyone does. C'mon, sing with me."
I'm walking through the desert again
Just stones and sand
And a lonely wind blowing
In this radioactive land
And I know death is taking names again
Oh, and I can't tell
If it will be me who he will take
Down into hell
And though my chances are low again
I'm still here
And if I am a lucky guy
Maybe I'll make it home my dear
And then get out of this suit again
Just to feel your hand
And to talk with you and remember
A better time and land
And though soon I'll be vanished again
Today I sing
To show you, I've not lost yet, my friend
And someday, maybe I'll win
And then get out of this suit again
Just to feel your hand
And to talk with you and remember
A better time and land
And to talk with you and remember
A better time and land
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8. |
Closer
04:02
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CLOSER
People singing back in the hallway
As she brings me into her room
Just a bed in an empty stone cave
She's my bride and I'm her groom
I touch her skin of worn-off plastic
Her lips are vanished and gone
Maybe my fears should be more drastic
Maybe her skin won't hold her bones
And then we start getting closer
She unsnaps my suit and it goes down
Raises dust and I cough
Breathing in and out
My eyes, her eyes
The inside
My vision's fading
I go blind
And her bones drilling into me
As I'm drilling into her
None of us able to see
What it is that hurts
My eyes, her eyes
The inside
My vision's fading
I go blind
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9. |
Humanity
04:57
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HUMANITY
The darkness doesn't feel right
Much too light
Just my body and my mind
Not a suit so tight
And she's lying beside me
I hear her breathe
The darkness feels so deep
I start to weep
She doesn't notice, is asleep
In some dream
She's huddled up beside me
Head on her knees
But still there's noise all around
The party sounds
That are coming down to us
I just hold still and I drown
In my sorrows now
That are crashing in from above
Here are the people I found
Cold irons bound
All humanity's run out
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10. |
God
04:13
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GOD
Day again
Morning bells ringing
And in the hallway
They're still singing
Some walking out
Some walking in
Laughing loud
That's a sin
In the mist of the valley
The gangs still lurk
See coming out
Some of the jerks
And they whisper
Try not to make a sound
Spread out to make sure
Nobody'll get out
I'm in my suit again
As I'm walking to the door
Then suddenly
I hear those guns that roar
She's hiding 'neath the blanket
I get ready to fight
And tell her to get up
To run and hide
We race the hallways and then
Are nearly at my car
But there are three guys
That won't let us get far
They gun her down
I rise and call
"You better run
Now I'm the god of war"
The sunrise
And I got death in my eyes
Feel the breaking bones
A heart that dies
There's blood on my hands
And all over my suit
The grapes of wrath
Are bitter fruits
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11. |
Hell
04:27
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HELL
Smoke coming out
Of every pore of the mountain
There's a fire burning
Down below
I don't go
Got a heart of stone
A plumb suit skin
It hurts but I know
I can't let anyone in
Then I watch the mountain crumble
Nobody did survive
I get back into my car
Start to drive
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12. |
Deadlock II
03:55
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DEADLOCK II
The wheels are turning
As long as the wheels are turning
I'm gonna keep on
Keep on driving
Desert in front
Desert behind
I drive
My gas is low
The leaded lights dusty
Not much ammo left
And my plumb suit - surrounds me
Desert in front
Desert behind
Left and right
And in front
And behind
And left and right
And in front
And behind
And left and right
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Ralph Mönius Berlin, Germany
Mostly a writer, studied screenwriting, published novel, haunting the stages of Berlin... still can't let go of making some music.
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