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Bad Blood - Intro
02:56
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Out of the Blue
06:14
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Android Dreams (New Vox)
05:46
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Every night, I surrender, to a world of dreams
Memories, sounds and colors, nothing's what it seems
In a room from another life, a faded affair
I hear the music on a radio, that isn't there
A different place, another era, memories to reclaim
A time, vaguely familiar, new and yet the same
Colors faded like an old photograph, echoes of another day
Like a slow-motion movie, waiting to replay
Waves of unconsciousness, wash over me
Leading to an altered state reality
Moving forward, touching time
Fragments of a dream, moments sublime
Every night I surrender, to a world of dreams...
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Secrets & Lies
04:18
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Pursuit
04:42
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Acquiring satellites, looking from the sky
For deeper meaning, the reasons why
A blip on the radar, phantoms in the night
Some things are hidden, hiding in plain sight
Looking for answers only finding questions
Secret rumors and indiscreet suggestions
Stories hidden and tales told
The price of silence, bought and sold
Chorus:
We - are - watching - you
We - know - everything - that - you -do
Scouring the data looking for a trace
Of the evidence that puts you at the place
The scene of the crime, crimes of opportunity
No free pass, no immunity
Chorus:
We - are - watching - you
We - know - everything - that - you -do
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Forever Walking
04:42
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Forever walking, always on the run
for a karmic debt over what’s has been done
A coin was tossed, sometimes a losing bet
Necessity will rule, without regret
Spur of the moment, bad deeds were done
Before the dust can clear, it’s off on the run
Too many names on the casualty list
Hoping none of them will ever be missed
Running from this karmic debt
Forgetting to remember, remember to forget Forever walking from this karmic debt
Forgetting to remember, remember to forget
The ends always justify the means
Even if it all falls apart at the seams
Cog-ni-tive dissonance, a screen made of smoke
Deadly serious like a lethal joke
Running from this karmic debt
Forgetting to remember, remember to forget Forever walking from this karmic debt
Forgetting to remember, remember to forget
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There once was a man who’d look you in the eye
As he tells you one hell of a lie
An orphan he said, from birth
A man of god, not one of this earth
A self-made man, as it was told
The narrative was bought and sold
Doing everything just to fill a hole
Where most people have some kind of a soul
The sex was always easy, there’s room for more
The dirtier the better, he knows what’s in store
With showers golden, and room for a drink
Please leave the evidence in the sink
Drugs kind of sand the edges so smooth
When the shit gets real, in the night he’d move
When partners falter, they’re tossed to the side
Time to find another ride
Burning down the memories, so daunting
Casting off the ghosts that, come haunting
Sometimes it all comes back in a flood
But there’s no denying that bad, bad blood
His momma didn’t love him, neither did his dad
It made him so very hard and sad
A coldness that could never melt
That’s when he put on his bible belt
Poisons in his bloodstream, a sickness of the soul
The need for subservience and control
Unpleasant memories from the past
Need to be torched, not built to last
Burning down the memories, so daunting
Casting off the ghosts that, come haunting
Sometimes it all comes back in a flood
But there’s no denying that bad, bad blood
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A chance decision, a coin-toss of the moment
A roll of the dice, and a chance
The edge of the abyss, a hit without a miss,
The perfect circumstance
Across lifetimes, time and space
Sifting through the history, looking for a trace
Against the odds the clock ticking away
A sense of urgency, with no delay
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The first step of a journey of a lifetime
Not knowing where it would lead to
The reasons or the rhymes, traveling through time
That finally led me to you
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Unanswered questions, lurking in the shadows
Would vanish, but never fade away
Small reminders, a constant feeling
To follow the path and stay…
Separate lives, lived undiscovered
So many secrets were uncovered
Mysteries to explore, and transcend
The best conclusion of a journey’s end
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The first step of the journey of a lifetime
Not knowing where it would lead to
The reasons or the rhymes, traveling through time
That finally led me to you
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Most of the time you go with the flow
And let life take you where it wants you to go
But some times you have to take a stand
And grab the lead with a guiding hand
I didn’t know who I was or fit in
I knew there was a start but never a begin
Trying to make sense of a kaleidoscope of lies
Having knowledge doesn’t always make you wise
Chorus:
Through the pain I’ve learned how to live
Through the anger I try to forgive
To find the thread some things unravel
But this is the only path I can travel
Sometimes the lessons remain hidden
And access to the truth is sometime forbidden
But on occasion a clue will emerge
And suddenly all pathways do converge
Chorus:
Through the pain I’ve learned how to live
Through the anger I try to forgive
To find the thread some things unravel
But this is the only path I can travel
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Bad Blood - Outro
02:15
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Suburbia (Acoustic)
04:10
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When I was young the suburban myth
Was nothing as it seems
It’s as if everyone had given up
On their hopes and their dreams
I lived too long in a black & white world
Everything faded and sad
A life with no expectations
Everyone angry and mad
The dreariness of time, like punishment for crime
Everything was left unsaid
Pretending all was good, doing what we should
Facing each day with dread
It was an effort just to get through
No matter what we said, or tried to do
At the end of the day everyone was looking for escape
Chorus
The (starched) linen curtains couldn’t hide the secrets and lies
The TVs turned up loud to muffle the yelling and cries
Broken homes and promises happen every day
Life in suburbia was a golden cliche
Hypocrisy and drinks on the menu everyday’
When the men go off the women did play
At the bowling alley flaunting the affairs
ignoring all the whispers and unwanted stares
Bullies in the schoolyard bullies at church
Words and a fist for a target they search
Battered and bruised hollow to the core, everyone looking for escape
Chorus
The (starched) linen curtains couldn’t hide the secrets and lies
The TVs turned up loud to muffle the yelling and cries
Broken homes and promises happen every day
Life in suburbia was a golden cliche
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Goodbye
04:25
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I saw a balloon go up into the sky
As it vanished, I whispered goodbye
To a past, that was never really there
Pretense and fantasy, tenuous as air
No longer tethered to all of the lies
At the finish line, there was no prize
No more sadness over what should have been
Just a punchline from the comedian
Yesterdays are so over, no more backwards glances or pain
Say goodbye to the past, and it’s indelible stain
Always kidding, now the butt of the joke
Finding fire, where there’s smoke
No more sadness over what should have been
Just a punchline from the comedian
Yesterdays are so over, no more backwards glances or pain
Say goodbye to the past, and it’s indelible stain
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Munich Syndrome California
Founded in the mid 80’s, Munich Syndrome IS David B. Roundsley. Post-punk, synth pop, new wave, with a bit of downtempo, ambient, and a pinch of glam! Styles range from dance, EDM, synthwave, to chill ambient and a bit of new wave rock. Munich Syndrome was, and is, David B. Roundsley! ... more
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