LYRICS

HOLD ON 

WE'LL KEEP MAKING YOUR LIVES HARDER EVERY NEW DAY BUT HOLD ON THEY SAY !
WE'LL KEEP PRODUCING THE USELESS GOODS YOU NEED TO HOLD ON THEY SAY !
WE ARE WITNESSING A CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE VILEST IRONY
MASTERS IN THE MOST VICIOUS ART, NEVER RUNNING OUT OF PERVERSE IDEAS

AND THEY LOVE US, YES THEY LOVE BUT THEY NEED MORE. 
AND THEY LOVE US, BUT THEY WANT US TO DIE FOR THEM

WE'LL KEEP MAKING YOU FEEL LIKE SHIT AT THE END OF THE DAY BUT HOLD ON THEY SAY !
WE'LL KEEP MAKING YOU MORE DEPENDENT EVERY DAY TO HOLD ON THEY SAY !
WE ARE CASUALTIES, WE'RE JUST THE PAWNS ON THE BOARD OF A GAMBLING GAME
SARCASM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, GENIUSES TO SOLVE ISSUES THEY CREATED

AND THEY LOVE US, YES THEY LOVE BUT THEY NEED MORE. 
AND THEY LOVE US, BUT THEY WANT US TO DIE FOR THEM

RESIGNATION KILLS   

WHAT IS THE POINT OF LIVING, IF IT'S WITHOUT ANY HOPE OF IMPROVING THE WORLD AROUND US. SHOULD WE JUST TURN ASIDE WHEN IT IS WELL KNOW FACTS,  EVEN IF IT'S PURE CRUELTY.

FOCUSED ON STATISTICS AND STUPID ANALYSES THAT DEMONSTRATE THE TRUTH YOU WANT TO HEAR. YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THAT THE DOSE OF HARM CAUSED IS LESS IMPORTANT THAN YOUR COMFORT.

RESIGNATION KILLS. YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE UP AND WATCH THIS DISASTER.
THE PASSIVE COMPLICITY. IT THIRSTS, IT STARVES, IT RAPES.
THIS RESIGNATION KILLS. YOUR RESIGNATION KILLS.

HOW LONG CAN YOU LAST ? HOW LONG WILL YOU BE ABLE TO KEEP LOOKING AWAY ?
FORGET PERFECTION, OR FLAWLESS BEHAVIOR, 
ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR LIVING TOGETHER.
AND WE CAN'T CLOSE OUR EYES AND ACCEPT WITHOUT TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.


DANCING WITH DARKNESS 

WE SUFFER FROM THE POISON OF A FAMILIAR LANDSCAPE
THE DISEASE TAKES ITS TOLL AND SLOWLY TAKES THE LEAD
NONSENSE IS THE NEW LOGIC, IT STINKS OF REPROACH,
AND SHAME. THE WORLD HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN BY DARKNESS

YOU'RE A SPECTATOR OF A LIFE WHICH UNFOLDS WITHOUT YOU 
AND CRASH INTO THE WALL LIKE A SELF DESTRUCTIVE FOOL
BY FOLLOWING THESE IDEAS, WE GOT SO FAR
THAT WE GOT LOST.  OVERWHELMED BY THE FEELING OF RAGE

THIS PLACE HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN BY DARKNESS
IT'S A NEVERENDING STRUGGLE FOR THE HOPELESS
THIS PLACE HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN BY DARKNESS
AND WE SHALL RISE TO TURN THE LIGHT ON

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND
WE CAN'T GIVE UP OR THEY WIN, THEY ARE GROWING NUMBERS
AND THEY ONLY HAVE INCITEMENT OF HATRED ONTO OTHERS
AS A PROGRAM. INSANITY MUST NOT BECOME THE NORM

THIS PLACE HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN BY DARKNESS
IT'S A NEVERENDING STRUGGLE FOR THE HOPELESS
THIS PLACE HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN BY DARKNESS
AND WE SHALL RISE TO TURN THE LIGHT ON


MECHANISM OF DEATH     

THIS WORLD IS VIOLENT, WE'RE PUSHED TO THE LIMITS OF WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
THINKING LOSES THE FIGHT, TEARS OF ANGER CLOUD THE EYES OF THE REASON.

THE MORE SUFFERENCES FROM THE COLD, AND THE BLIND EYES OF UPPER CLASSES,
THE LESS HEALTHY IN BODY AND MIND, AND IMPOTENCE ASKS FOR SCAPEGOATS.

HATRED IN THE LOOKS, CLENCHED FISTS, ALL EYES FOCUSED ON BORDERS.
TOO MANY ARE ANGRY, TOO MANY ARE AFRAID, WORST DECISIONS ARE TAKEN.
IT'S ZERO HOPE THAT'S KILLING US. WE'VE BEEN DEPRIVED OF OUR DREAMS

DESPERATE SPIRITS LOST IN THEIR MEMORIES, RATHER THAN MOVING FORWARD.
RATHER THAN IMPROVING TOGETHER THEY FANTASIZE AN OUTDATED REALITY.

HATRED IN THE LOOKS, CLENCHED FISTS, ALL EYES FOCUSED ON BORDERS
TOO MANY ARE ANGRY, TOO MANY ARE AFRAID, WORST DECISIONS ARE TAKEN
AND DISRUPTION IS IMMINENT

IT'S ZERO HOPE THAT'S KILLING US. WE'VE BEEN DEPRIVED OF OUR DREAMS
THE MECHANISM OF DEATH : THEY'VE DEPRIVED US OF HOPE AND FAITH OF TOMORROW


REFUSE THEIR REALITY     

IT MAKES NO SENSE BUT STILL YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE
YOU REFUSE TO ESCAPE A REALITY THAT NO LONGER SUITS YOU
ONLY YOUR MEMORIES KEEP YOU FROM RUNNING AWAY
AND EVERY NEW DAY THIS NEW ROUTINE EXHAUST YOU
THIS ABILITY THEY HAVE TO MAKE US ADAPT TO EVERYTHING
THIS CAPACITY THEY HAVE TO MAKE US ACCEPT ANYTHING 
SLOWLY IS OUR WILL TO FIGHT FADING AWAY
SURELY WE'RE LOOSING OUR HUMANITY
LIFE AT A STANDSTILL
ALL THIS SHOULDN'T BE A CERTAINTY
IT'S TIME TO REFUSE THEIR REALITY


AFFECTED HEADS  

THESE CONDEMNED DAYS ARE SHARP AND COLD LIKE THE NAMES NO ONE MUST SAY.
LED TO THE TIME OF CROSSROADS, THE PROMISE OF FORGIVENESS NOW FADES AWAY.

FACEDOWN TO ALTERED IMAGES, EMBRACING THE ONLY REFERENCE.
RELEASE YOUR BREATH AND MUTE ALL THOSE MOMENTS BEFORE THE FINAL SILENCE.

SOMEWHERE SOMEONE MIGHT PRETEND TO KNOW THE ANSWER.
SOMETIMES SOMEONE MIGHT PRETEND TO TAME THE FUTURE.
AND WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, REMAINS THE TASTE OF ANGER.

THE BLEEDING CONSENT DRAINS SO MANY QUESTIONS. 
THE CALL OF GUILT DRIPS ONTO GENERATIONS.

ON TOP OF RAVAGED HOMES, STILL LINGERS THE WEIGHT OF THE UNSAID.
INSIDE THE AFFECTED HEADS, STILL THE SAME ENDLESS REGRET REFRAINS.


RUSH INTO THE NIGHT  

PICK UP THE PACE ! PICK UP THE PACE ?

LIKE A RITUAL DANCE, THE COSTUMES MOVE IN AN ORDERLY WAY TO TURN THE GEARS
WE ARE ALL COGWHEELS, ALL PROTECTIVE ANGELS OF THIS FRANTIC PACE. AN INSANE AND SYSTEMATIC PARADE OF ROBOTS WHICH RUSHES WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT ITS PURPOSE

WE KEEP GETTING IT SO WRONG
HEAD EMPTY, WITHOUT THINKING, FOLLOWING THE ROUTINE
WE KEEP GETTING IT SO WRONG
HEAD EMPTY, WITHOUT THINKING, STRAIGHT INTO THE WALL.
WE RUSH INTO THE NIGHT

ABSORBED BY A WHIRLWIND OF DAILY LIFE, A DICTATORSHIP OF URGENCY. THE HEAD BURIED IN WORK, IN THE ROUTINE, UNABLE TO REALIZE WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND

WE KEEP GETTING IT SO WRONG
HEAD EMPTY, WITHOUT THINKING, FOLLOWING THE ROUTINE
WE'RE VENTURING INTO THE BLACKEST NIGHT
WE MUST TAKE A STEP BACK AND SHINE A LIGHT IN THE NIGHT


FEAR OF THE BLACK FLAG  

THE BIGGER THE LIE, THE BETTER IT WORKS. SO THEY CREATED NEW ENEMIES
THEY'D RATHER BURN THEIR HOUSE TO THE GROUND THAN RECOGNIZE THEY WERE WRONG

SO THEY CAME WITH THIS IDEA, THEY INVENTED THE FEAR OF THE BLACK FLAG 
NO MATTER WHAT IS REAL, ALL ACCUSING EYES CONVERGE TO THE BLACK FLAG

YEARS OF MENTAL PREPARATION FLOODED WITH ABSURD NEWS
FACED WITH A LOSS OF MARKERS, WE'RE SO READY TO BELIEVE ANY OTHER TRUTH

SO THEY CAME WITH THIS IDEA, THEY INVENTED THE FEAR OF THE BLACK FLAG 
NO MATTER WHAT IS REAL, ALL ACCUSING EYES CONVERGE TO THE BLACK FLAG

IGNORANCE AND OBLIVION ALLOWED THE DRIFT TO TAKE ROOT AND HEAD FOR CIVIL WAR
DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM THE VERY DARKEST PAGES OF HISTORY

THE BIGGER THE LIE, THE BETTER IT WORKS. SO THEY'RE POINTING AN OBVIOUS TARGET
IN DESPERATION WE'RE SO READY TO BELIEVE IN ABSOLUTE NONSENSE


NOWHERE TO GO 

STRANDED AGAIN IN A FOREIGN CITY
GOING SOMEWHERE, GETTING NOWHERE
NO TIME TO THINK, NO TURNING BACK, NOWHERE TO GO
RUNNING HEAD DOWN, LIFE IS AT STAKE,

NO LONGER IN SEARCH FOR HOPE
TODAY'S SCHEDULE, FIND A WAY TO SURVIVE
NO TIME TO THINK, NO TURNING BACK, NOWHERE TO GO
HUMANITY SEEMS TO BE MOVING AWAY

LIVING IN CONSTANT WORRY OVER MAKING IT THROUGH THE DAY.
AND THEY RUN AWAY SCREAMING AGAIN THAT THIS TOO SHALL PASS.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY NO LONGER BELIEVE

CHASED AWAY BY SOCIAL CONVENTION
ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER.
NO TIME TO THINK, NO TURNING BACK, NOWHERE TO GO
ENCIRCLED BY DOWNCAST FACES WITH LOWERED EYES

LIVING IN CONSTANT WORRY OVER MAKING IT THROUGH THE DAY
AND THEY RUN AWAY SCREAMING AGAIN THAT THIS TOO SHALL PASS
BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY NO LONGER BELIEVE

LIFE AT A STANDSTILL, NO PLACE FEELS LIKE HOME AND I NO LONGER BELIEVE