«For people who hide behind what they want people to believe about them»
«a million faces, a million lies»
VNV Nation – Chrome
a million faces, each a million lies
for each and all a chrome disguise
prompts for action force reaction
embody promise in a sheen so pure
hurt, the measure of blind ambition
the testament to your singular disease
against all wisdom you heed no warning
your desires giving you away
if I could change your mind
i wouldn’t save you from the path you wander
in desperation dreams any soul can set you free
and I still hear you scream
in every breath, in every single motion
burning innocence the fire to set you free
your actions turn conquest to dust
in portents of fate you foolishly place trust
sense fear in your broken breathing
resort to shadows till your body expires
all creation has the promise of heaven
and still you travel the road to hell
i’m saying nothing for the good of myself
but I’m still talking and you’re not listening
as night descends upon the city
the streets are cold, the lights go by
and in the stories of the people
a million faces, a million lies
they’ll never say they feel what you feel
that they can see the world you see
and in their faces, their expressions
a million faces, a million lies
You
You return in the night
Don’t have a person to hold you
And you think about the past time
When you were
When you were still lovedYou go to bed alone
Don’t have a person to warm you
And you think about your lost love
Then you try to forget
Try to forget, Try to forget
Try to forget
You should try to forget
But you can’t forget
You
You don’t show your tears but I do
And you hope that someone knows
That you are alone
And takes you
And takes you in his arms
Your secrets are your thoughts
Write them down and start to cry
Write them down and start to scream
Because you know you are alone
I wanna have the same last dream again, the one where I wake up and I’m alive. Just as the four walls close me within, my eyes are opened up with pure sunlight. I’m the first to know, my dearest friends, even if your hope has burned with time, anything that’s dead shall be re-grown, and your vicious pain, your warning sign, you will be fine.
Hey, oh, here I am, and here we go, life’s waiting to begin.
Any type of love – it will be shown, like every single tree reach for the sky. If you’re gonna fall, I’ll let you know, that I will pick you up like you for I, I felt this thing, I can’t replace. Where everyone was working for this goal. Where all the children left without a trace, only to come back, as pure as gold, To recite this all.
Hey, oh, here I am, and here we go, life’s waiting to begin. Tonight, hey, oh, here I am, and here we go, life’s waiting to begin. Tonight, hey, oh, here I am, and here we go, life’s waiting to begin.
I cannot live, I can’t breathe unless you do this with me I cannot live, I can’t breathe unless you do this with me I cannot live, I can’t breathe unless you do this with me I cannot live, I can’t breathe unless you do this with me I cannot live, I can’t breathe unless you do this with me I cannot live, I can’t breathe unless you do this with me
Hey, oh, here I am (do this with me), and here we go, life’s waiting to begin (do this with me). Hey, oh, here I am (do this with me). And here we go, life’s waiting to begin, life’s waiting to begin.
a million points of light ascending to the sky monuments in darkness standing watch until the sun will rise screaming to an emptiness of how we deified ourselves with our hands over our eyes claiming all of creation
what inspires in us this madness that out existence should be defined by a light that can’t be seen by anyone what inspires in us this madness that out existence should be defined by a light that we can’t see by a light that can’t be seen
a million points of light ascending to the sky monuments in darkness standing watch until the sun will rise I can’t, I can’t see this all as progress how did we come this far? when we see ourselves as deities claim nature for ourselves by our actions we betray the instincts in our race by our blindness and stupidity we kill everything we kill everything
can someone see our self destruction? are we reminding ourselves that our existence is so delicate that without this light we are no more that without this light we’ve made we are no more
a million points of light ascending to the sky monuments in darkness standing watch until the sun will rise we torch the earth until it bleeds rain ashes from the sky just to make a light that no one can see we cut the earth until it bleeds rain ashes from the sky just to make a light that no one can see just to make a light just to make a light we kill everything by our blindness and stupidity we kill everything
and in a thousand years what will be our legacy a million lights that no one can see?
you and i will never be apart, apart
you will never erase from my heart, my heart
the distance can’t belie
the only hope i have inside
now you do what you do
i’ll do what i do
i can’t stop dreaming of you(chorus)
i want you to be here
i want it to be now
i want you to be here
i want it to be now
i want you to be here, here, here, here, here, here
i want it to be now, now, now, now, now, now
i want you to be here, here, here, here, here, here
i want it to be now, now, now, now, nowi remember the day that you walked away from me, from me
i hate to remember the day you walked away from me, from me
what you said to me the other day
was enough to make me feel okay
but i just want to reach you now
and i don’t know how
You’re gonna take what you can get A hammered styrofoam Beat into the west Live the highway in your home You’re gonna get what you deserve And not a penny less Concrete the natural absurd Only killers call killing progress
Fall on me Black helicopter They’re all I see Black helicopters
You’re gonna take what you can get Food, aid, rock and roll Absolution for your head For XBOX, COINTELPRO You’re gonna get what you deserve And not a bullet less Hey, Sammy, ain’t ya heard Only killers call killing progress
Siempre te amé y te dije la verdad,
no te importó tratarme así,
no te importó utilizarme
pudiste evitar jugar con mi ilusión,
pero te fuiste y me rompiste el corazón.
Sé que me esperan días tristes,
días buscando explicación,
de por qué te burlaste y te reíste de mi,
y ahora quiero buscarte y poderte decir…
Siempre te amé, y te dije la verdad,
no te importó tratarme así,
no te importó utilizarme
pudiste evitar jugar con mi ilusión,
pero te fuiste y me rompiste el corazón,
pero me usaste y eso sí que me dolió,
no me avisaste y me rompiste el corazón
Quisiera ser esa fe
que te bendice la vida
quisiera ser tu café, tu despertar
y una mañana llegar a tu puerta
para decirte que ya no te amo
para decirte que ya te he olvidado
para vengarme de todo tu engaño
y ahí jurarte que ya no te extrañoY te diría que ya no me duele
y sentirme culpable de tu llanto
quisiera que me amaras locamente
para que sepas como me has dejado
Estar en tu lugar y tu en el mío
para que sepas cómo quema el frío
que el sentimiento de esta triste letra
fuera de tu dolor y no de el mío
cual dolor si ya tú no me quieres
cual amor si ya tú no me amas
pero yo te amaré y voy a extrañarte
Quisiera hallar un amor
que me enamore de nuevo
y renovar la ilusión que se murió
esa mañana que fuiste a mi cuarto
y me dijiste que habías olvidado
y me dijiste amor, ya no te amo
y me alejaste de tus sentimientos
y me lanzaste hasta este sufrimiento
Y desde entonces no cae la lluvia
y desde entonces ya no tengo alma
a cambio de que mi alma ha sido tuya
de tu presencia ya no tengo nada
Lluis Llach – Canción sin nombre (Dónde vas) (1973)
(Cançó sense nom (on vas))
¿Dónde vas con las banderas y aviones
y todo el círculo de cañones
que apuntas a mi pueblo?
¿Dónde vas con la vergüenza por galón
y en el fusil llevas el miedo
que apuntas a mi pueblo?
¿Dónde vas cuando ya el niño
no quiere jugar
porque la calle
rebosa de sangre
y eres tú quien la llena?
¿Dónde vas cuando
ya el niño no puede mirar
ni el azul del mar,
ni este cielo claro
y eres tú quien lo roba?
¿Dónde vas con las banderas?
¿dónde vas con los aviones?
¿dónde vas, dónde vas?
¿Dónde vas con los fusiles?
¿donde vas con los cañones?
¿Dónde vas, dónde vas…?
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CANÇÓ SENSE NOM (ON VAS)
On vas amb les banderes i avions
i tot el cercle de canons
que apuntes al meu poble?
On vas amb la vergonya per galó,
i en el fusell, hi duus la por,
que apuntes al meu poble?
On vas quan ja l’infant
no vol jugar
perquè el carrer
vessa de sang
i ets tu qui l’omples?
On vas quan ja l’infant
no pot mirar
ni el blau del mar
ni aquell cel clar
i ets tu qui el borres?
En honor a todos esos Palestinos masacrados por Israel