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If you don't want our darkness, you can't have our light

by maneki nekoc

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particles 02:29
Particles What is it you do to refract light you refract light What is it you own that refracts light you refract light What is it you need to refract light you refract light What is it you are you refract light you refract light
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Traces of self Watching time goes by oh, I hope the surface crumbles I'm getting old Not easily to hide bits of you what is sown? But what's left behind? What did I find? What can I find? I don't mind I agree I am not mine but I am complete, I am complete Tell me can I go to sleep Tell me is there anything I need? While I never try I compete, I will be a memory Tell me should I go to sleep Tell me is there anyone to beat? I don't mind I agree Copies of you reflections of me that's how we will be from now until evermore But I am easily found, Did you know? But still it's so troublesome to go I look at the traces you left behind still all I see are my projections next to your rejection
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Wandering light Certain wounds won't heal, my friends Most of those lights will cease to exist all who are scared may disappear but still you're here still you're here now one step inside one step inside all I do is sigh One step closer Oh, I am inside I embrace my light just, let go of time I start to let go of time oh, I embrace my light One step inside still all I do is hide but I am fine I'm a wandering light Tip Toe What was wrong? I came into your garden to know what's growing down deep inside Tick Tack as time goes by I glance at the traces that I find you left behind One step inside still all I do is hide but I am fine I'm a wandering light One step, two steps I'm closer, when I'll get there, I'll see where my place should end I was falling down the stairs and what I found I can never never find somewhere else One step inside still all I do is hide but I am fine I'm a wandering light I am fine all those troubles left behind oh, I am fine I'm a wandering light
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Cry Craven Cry Why oh why did we call you tonight? We won't agree Why oh why was it her fate to be more than anyone can ever be more than anyone can ever be If it says we can doesn't mean we should if it says we can't doesn't mean it's not right it doesn't make it right Cry craven cry Do we permit all those crimes? Oh silently I never ever felt so ashamed Feeling rage - I have been Fighting - I would not win all in all that is why I live at ease 'cause it's just how it is Cry craven cry so we forget all those crimes Finally I smile and breathe a sigh of relief Cry craven cry they perish it must be a lie Repeatedly I tell myself it's never up to me Oh, what will it be? Look on helplessly? Or forget... What will it be? Oh je sens mon coeur, mon coeur qui m'en ivre et je suis moi, et je suis bien Oh je sens mon coeur, mon coeur qui respire et je suis moi, et je suis libre
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7 years from now So as we stand here shivering anticipating what is near no more despair when finally everything has fallen to pieces Disintegrate what is on your troubled mind Expendable memories you lovers don't you tumble or hide Dominoes I play we play so I stumble, but go we might tremble, but go we mourn but release you, so it can't go on there, it falls apart I see how it's falling apart seven years from now but there's no need to shoulder arms no need to shoulder arms
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I'm afraid they've won. To whom it may concern I don't know, we don't know why we must play this tune Are our songs too sweet? Still you don't know what they mean this is the warning to let you know why this is hunting me in my dreams I feel our hearts compete Don't you know, I never want to play their game, I want to let it go! I feel how our hearts can't believe so you need to know, don't you know this is why they've always won How foolish to believe that you are like me Just step closer take a good look tell me, why should we compete? Some rivals might be fine, but why are you in sight? Don't you know I won't go down that road I feel our hearts compete Don't you know, I never want to play their game, I want to let it go! I feel how our hearts can't believe. so you need to know, don't you know that's why they've always won they always have won This is a game they play, they forced us in and we seem to play along, still no one can ever win. There is no prize to win! I dream of solidarity to smash patriarchy! So don't you know this is what they've always warned us about Don't go - you should know this is what they've always warned us about Don't go - you should let me know, if we can let it go. Let it go!
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The darkness you allow We went faster than we could run Thought we were stronger Fighting for our dreams Thought we were stronger Fighting for the change of our hearts And I wait for the night, for you to sleep, To tell you the secrets, the secrets that I keep And I wait for the night, for you to sleep, To tell you the secrets, the secrets that I keep Only darkness, that you know Only darkness you allow But I know there is light, there is light And I know there is hope for our fight We need time and we need trust Trust in the unknown And I know there is light, there is light And I know there is hope for our fight That’s what I whisper in your ear I know we are taller and stronger than our fear That’s what I whisper in your ear To silence all these voices, that you hear That’s what I whisper in your ear…
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Those strange nights sink in Something in your eyes I knew that you were lost Something in your eyes I knew that I was lost Something in your eyes I knew that we were lost Over night, it didn't feel right, how can I feel right I thought about those bloody nights when they went off dying and kept fighting I guess I was asleep those nights Oh, it goes easy on me please don't you freeze on me I thought about those bloody nights I thought about those bloody nights Since we go on nobody cares if they're wrong since we go on nobody cares, nobody knows Since we grow old nobody cares what they've done since we grow old nobody cares, nobody knows Over night, it didn't feel right, how can I feel right I thought about those bloody nights they went off dying and kept fighting I guess I was asleep those nights Oh, it goes easy on me please don't you freeze on me I thought about those bloody nights I thought I heard your cry tonight
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hunter 08:31
Hunter Unbearable silence Unbearable silence I am releaved I want to seek even more than I ever thought I need Somewhere exciting Somewhere exciting I want to be Somewhere exciting I need to be I never thought I just need to be Oh, don't worry child, Don't worry child, Don't worry child, I'm going on Oh, I told little lies little lies little lies it seems odd Here come uneasy times uneasy times uneasy times I am no cure I beg don't be kind don't be kind don't be kind leave it, I go don't be kind 'cause I need to go I'm going over and over what we breed you grow older and colder I must breathe oh, I never be if I plead Oh, I go, still you'll probably find me I was wrong every wondering thought yells „It's done!“ but still you open me up you open me up you open me up Oh, I grow still you open me up but I grow I will never be never be unsung I will always be always be Oh, I grow Nevertheless am I done still you probably probably carry on but I will never be never be undone never be never be undone Oh, I leave this is the night I can breathe I go over and over what we breed Does it hunt you in your dreams? Oh, I leave I'm not expecting expecting you to plead I'm going over and over what I leave Did you stop hunting me in my dreams? hunter! hunter! hunt!
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dear unknown 03:40
Dear unknown, ... Conquer my hopes Sure, break my bones let's not forget I won't dance alone Time goes by still nobody heals save my homes Oh, it's so hard to leave But I guide your way here I light the way here 'cause I like you near what is it you fear? I whitewashed it all left what was there to keep I shouldn't give in to where you lead Shattered creatures, let's wait for the night if you don't want our darkness you can't have our light But I guide your way here I light the way here 'cause I like you near what is it you fear? No need for daydreams Colors went dim don't hold your breath or it will suck you in Counter my loss and I feel I am near to farewell what's at stake here it's so light here why is it light here to farewell what's at stake here it's so light here why is it light here Hopeless and helpless go hand in hand If you're lost or you're driven here it ends If the abyss is near will you give in and jump in If the abyss is near will you know what you've been If the abyss is near where would you turn If the abyss is near would you know what you've won
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fear well 01:22
...fear well You are lost where I am found don't sink down don't sink down Strange how I tried to become someone someone Hold me close Don't let me run I need to dig deep Until it's done She stopped singing all her songs she did never belong never belong but she told me I can be but there can't be certainty

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released November 18, 2015

all songs written by maneki nekoč
copyright 2015, released on Numavi Records (#58)
recorded & mixed at Klimperzimmer by Georg Teschinegg
mastered by Martin Siewert
photography by Gisela Sauseng
artwork by maneki nekoč

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