Delain - The Human Contradiction lyrics
Tracks 01. Here Come The Vultures
02. Your Body Is A Battleground 03. Stardust 04. My Masquerade 05. Tell Me, Mechanist 06. Sing To Me 07. Army Of Dolls 08. Lullaby 09. The Tragedy Of The Commons 10. Scarlet 11. Don't Let Go 01. Here Come The Vultures Music by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels and Martijn Westerholt Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
I once had an understanding that everything would go my way
But now we've come too far along for me to hold on to my own beliefs I'm not in it for the fun of it but for the pain I'm not at all interested in your temporary fame I just want to see you stare As I lay my soul bare for you to crush upon with heavy feet I'm in it for the beat Stranger the faces Stranger the places They're becoming us Here come the vultures Here come the vultures Heading over us It's just a black murder of crows Across the sky The moon announces that it will soon be night The light dies down The spot goes on As loveless lips Break into song I once had an understanding that everything would go my way But now we've come too far along for me to hold on to my own beliefs I'm not in it for the fun of it but for the pain I'm not at all interested in your temporary fame And the same old song we sing Here's to the ghost We still seem to host How he's becoming us Here come the vultures Here come the vultures Screaming down at us They said you can not sing the blues When you're pretty and young Let me show you a face that fits to neither one This heart is black Like blood that has dried This is blue Like bruises bright I once had an understanding that everything would go my way But now we've come too far along for me to hold on to my own beliefs I'm not in it for the fun of it but for the pain I'm not at all interested in your temporary fame And the same old song we sing Murder of crows across the sky The moon announces that it will soon be night Fog closes in And all I see All empty eyes Through silent screams I once had an understanding that everything would go my way But now we've come too far along for me to hold on to my own beliefs I'm in it for the beat 02. Your Body Is A Battleground Music by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels and Martijn Westerholt Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
Any infection [Imperfection!]
Any affliction [Imperfection!] Each imperfection [Don't you settle!] Spread the addiction! [Take some action!] Any disorder [Imperfection] Bi or tri polar [Imperfection!] For your protection [Don't you settle!] Just an injection! [Take some action!] One bitter pill Hard to take And one more each day just to feel the same And kill the pain Any disroder? No concentration? Too hard to handle? No hesitation! For your protection Just an injection We'll write you a letter The younger the better! One for your heart For your head One for every monster under your bed Your body is a battleground And chemicals are scattered around Your body is a battleground But don't think you can do without Your body is an industry Your pain nothing but gain to me Your body is an industry You can't break free 03. Stardust Music by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels and Martijn Westerholt Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
Dreamscape in a blanket silver-gray
Homesick for a memory washed away All light in our hollow eyes is stardust, stardust Once you learn there is no return to lies Heaven cried as we left the earth to die Homesick for a memory In silent sleep Eternally Bring me to life Bring me the starlight Bring me the sun and moon Release the stars tonight Far away in a distant memory There is lush, there is green there's you and me Now all blood in our hollow hearts is stardust, stardust Washed away like a face drawn in the sand At the edge of the sea is how we end Painful is the memory We did it to ourselves Awaken me Bring back my heartbeat Bring back the warmth of skin The world we'RE (were?) living in Bring me to life [Dreamscape, in silver-gray] Bring me starlight [Homesick, all washed away] Bring me the sun and moon Release the stars tonight 04. My Masquerade Music by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels and Martijn Westerholt Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
Your face, my face
You breathe, I breathe You fail, I fake I pray, I pray... You lose, I lose You bruise, I bruise I hunt, you stay My prey, My prey My Masquerade If you're not afraid To take a step into my world A ball, tonight Cover your eyes By touch and taste We'll find our way Your secrets deep Yes I will keep I hunt, you stay My prey, my prey My Masquerade If you're not afraid To take a step into my world Take off your mask And the world will see The freak in you The freak in me Tonight we hide From judging eyes We'll dance until the sunrise 05. Tell Me, Mechanist Music by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels and Martijn Westerholt Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
Tell me, Mechanist, it it true?
Does none of it bother you? Once upon a time Upon a time behind us The mechanist inclined Clockworks of time define us Who you are, who you are; Merely springs that tick The time of things away The cry from the beat is just the noise Of a spring that you have touched Not a human: not a voice If only we could go back to the start [Tell me, mechanist, is it true?] We would see we're not that far apart [Does none of it bother you?] Realize the likeness of our hearts If we could go back to the start One and the same Likely to one another But the mechanist inclined Merely our kind can suffer Who you are, who you are Does it justify Pleasing your palate With the other's blood? Tell me why, have the writings on the wall Nor the dawn of DNA, Changed a single thing at all? If only we could go back to the start [Tell me, mechanist, is it true?] We would see we're not that far apart [Does none of it bother you?] Realize the likeness of our hearts If we could go back to the start Closing Collision: The end of our divide Savor the flavor Of our ancestry rites Closing Collision: We'll realize in time No opposition We're genetically entwined 06. Sing To Me Music by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels and Martijn Westerholt Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
Happy tears fade fast
Sad tears tend to last You've got your blood-stained heart In your nicotine-stained hands And your twenty-nine years Did not help you pass Oh, the roadkill, cheap thrill Obstacle filled path White lies, black dress Brightest of darkness You close your tearstained eyes To your silver lined madness After twenty-nine years You might want to confess That we have made A fucked-up place That I can not erase Sing to me White lies, black heart Tearing us apart You breathe the frost-filled air From my lungs to your lungs After twenty-nine years How much more to come? Now, we have made A fucked-up place That I can not erase Sing to me Happy tears fade fast Sad tears tend to last You've got a sad, sad song And it's stuck in your aching head And your twenty-nine years Did not teach you that Changing melodies Will change your destiny at last Now, we have made A fucked-up place We're trying to erase Erase 07. Army Of Dolls Music by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels and Martijn Westerholt Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
How do you look into the mirror
When you're too tired to fake a smile Your misery won't make you look thinner Reality is bitter It's your hand and yours alone that has opened The door to let their voices in Into your head, under your skin Fix your face or you will never fit in Do you want me, do you want me To burst your bubble now? Do you want me, I will break it Make it loud Do you want me, do you want me To break the paradigm These rules were made by us They break you up inside Army of dolls stole your reflection Army of dolls stole all your perfect imperfections Just shut them out, don't let them in Into our head Do you really think Misery tastes so much sweeter Served with a perfect smile Do you want me, do you want me To burst your bubble now? Do you want me, I will break it Make it loud Do you want me, do you want me To break the paradigm These rules were made by us They break you up inside Don't you look into the mirror Army of dolls made you so bitter Make-up magpul follow the leader Never have seen a face much sweeter 08. Lullaby Music by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels and Martijn Westerholt Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
We are sinking this ship now
By midnight hour How long can you hold your breath? To the sirens who sing to The broken hearts We are humming the same tune Goodbye my lullaby Under water reflected Flahes of life Floating up from your lungs, your lips When you decided to sail to The other side You decided to sink too Goodbye my lullaby I will miss you 09. The Tragedy Of The Commons Music by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels and Martijn Westerholt Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels
To another commotion
To another disruption To another explosion I raise my glass To another investment Into the future of wasteland Well here's to pulling the waistband But I know at least I thought, at least I fight At least I know at least I tried I know I thought, I know I'll fight Tonight I kiss the world goodbye We are one, and one is all Through self-destruction we fall Close your eyes, to darkened skies Our ignorant demise To another obsession Over another possession Another deal well made Well I raise my glass And to the blissful ignoring That the unclaimable objects Decide our pitfall or prospect I know at least I thought, at least I fight At least I know at least I tried I know I thought, I know I'll fight Tonight I kiss the world goodbye We are one, as one we fall Our self-destruction of all Close your eyes, to darkened skies Our ignorance in demise This will lead to personal gain But I won't feel any personal pain All the global implications in vain Yes the price is high but so are the stakes This belongs to all of us so Really this belongs to no one at all When it comes to owning up to our fall Better to brace yourself for the end of it all 10. Scarlet
Like a flower, grows on intentionally towards the sun
I grow towards the one that hurts me most And like a razor follows upon command Follows a guiding hand that's made to push the blade And I know that if I were to save the day I know it's not my victory I'll just sit here with my golden smile And if you were to save the world You know it's not a day for heroes You just sit there with your empty eyes And scarlet heart, and scarlet heart Like the river, caught in a memory Do you remember life before you shut the door on me? And like whenever you want a safe return I'll be here with open arms to keep you safe from harm And I know that if you were to save the world You know it's not a day for heroes You just sit there with your empty eyes And if we were to save the day We know it's not our victory, no We'll just sit here with our golden smiles And scarlet heart, and scarlet heart And the curtain falls for all [x7] Like a flower, grows on intentionally towards the sun I grow towards the one that hurts me most 11. Don't Let Go
I need your inspiration in
I feel you're everything now I feel your hesitation No, don't let go If you're fine at the end of a lonely road it's the light at the end of a tunnel It's the fall goddess calling all assets, whoa (I need your inspiration in) It's your voice saying I've been gone for too long it's the very first words of my favorite song it's the face in the crowd that is calling me, oh (I need your inspiration in) I need your inspiration in I feel you're everything now I feel your hesitation No, don't let go It was lonely and dark and it was getting cold I was defiled from the light and getting old I was counting the days and the years to come (I need your inspiration in) It take a stranger to make it so easy it made me dance to the sound of you breathing it makes it last as my last breath escapes me (I need your inspiration in) escapes me I feel I'll never let you go again, I feel I'll never let you go again I need your inspiration in I feel you're everything now I feel your hesitation No, don't let go |