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Life Under Restraint
03:22
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Life under restraint
I’m not scared but they don’t know what it’s like to be dead
I’m afraid cause I don’t know what it’s like to be loved
Who’s gonna ride my bike (when I’m dead)
When my stars will be grey and my mind an ashtray
I will try to be brave if life’s under restraint
I’m not strange cause I don’t know what it’s like to be gay
I want more cause I don’t know what it’s like to behave
Who’s gonna ride my bike (when I’m dead)
When my stars will be grey and my mind an ashtray
I will try to be brave if life’s under restraint
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2. |
Drama Seeker
04:05
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When I found myself in this weird tunnel of love
I was only looking for someone to adore
Along this road of tenderness my resentment has grown
cause you were still expecting for something we've just sold
You said
Hold me protect me
Time's a lovely whore
Save me believe me
Since when do you play god?
Hold me protect me
I think it's safe at home
Fuck me destroy me
I hate that kind of love
Our misunderstanding was fed for intercourse
but serendipity wasn't waiting at our door
Jews are all expecting to be chosen again
but you're an ugly bitch and I do care about pain
I cannot make any sense of all these thoughts
I cannot pretend to pray if I'm agnostic
When I fought myself out of this temple of hope
I've almost died like other ones trying to change your soul
craziness will swallow you into this black hole
guys will fall inside cause they keep getting too close
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3. |
Situations
03:05
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How many are waiting just like me in line?
How many are waiting for you to compromise?
You won't answer my confessions you won't murder my desire
You won't fill this incomplete and sudden need for love
Maybe I'm just crazy and there's nothing to expect from you now
Maybe I'm just silly but this silliness never felt so right
Kiss me please in spirit honey kiss me with the green of your eyes
Kiss me please Melanie cause he really doesn't know what you're at
He's in a fifth dimension he's just a mirage
He doesn't really want you the way I want you to be mine
You don't need his presence all day or all of the night
I can't cut off my senses I've tried enough to try
You say "we' re on a break now"
think he's on a break with his mind
now I can see in small things
why you've always believed in god
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4. |
Wasting Time
04:42
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With your streetcar vision of love you can't find
how to feel these emotions protecting your pride
Tell me how many years have you wasted wasting time
I'm lonely and sad and I long to get back
to you when they tell me how you've suffered inside
Tell me how many dreams have you wasted wasting mine
I keep wondering why I'm stuck and fighting demons, neurosis, shame and fortune
childhood humiliations looming
strings attached to my four headed parents
There's a trick of the brain that got lost in chained reactions created by the choice that we've made
Tell me how many fears have we wasted waiting for nothing
No one heals me understands me
There's a wish that we made that each time we forget
we don't live our lives cause we're already dead
Tell me how many beers have we wasted drinking wine
There's a hole in the ground waiting for your smile
the one that you've built to protect all your lies
Tell me how many lies have we wasted faking smiles
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5. |
Trigger
03:22
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Despite ugly people in magazines
I can't give a push to my self-esteem
I'm choking of patience while I'm waiting
for you when you try to walk on high heels
Pull the fucking trigger and then your eyes are gonna see him
Danger shows you a way to fear
Anger shows you a way to heal
you lose your potential with crazy dreams
you ship has been sinking in Fanta seas
Pull the fucking trigger and then your eyes are gonna see him
It's got too late for fussing around again (x2)
you got it you got it it's time to move one
there's something inside you that had to be broken
the weight is off your shoulder if you want to drop
these lies that you've bought just before you were born
Pull the fucking trigger and then your eyes are gonna see him
It's got too late for fussing around again (x4)
you're good when you suffer it's all in your load
act cool when it seems that you've fallen on your jaw
there's only one sin that's more tender than dogs
and only one proof of the existence of god
the shimmering stars won't tell who you are
until you've decided what to give up for love
you've done it you've done it you're greater than Kong
you're stunning so enjoy it before you get old
Pull the fucking trigger and then your eyes are gonna see him
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6. |
Be Cruel To Be Fair
02:37
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Be cruel to be fair
All my friends seem to be addicted to the chains of love
Wonder if I could ever erase this technical divide
You and I aren't one
when no war can be won
Be cruel to be fair
Getting bitten by a little crocodile
Oh my girlfriend feels neglected
wants to get me once and for all
I act like a kid self-centered
chased and insecure
You get on with my hands
You'll get over my haze
Fears pass me by with the tears of a crocodile
Be cruel to be fair
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7. |
No Time For Love
03:47
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No Time For Love
I should have known then
There's no answer for your hate
Every time I read these words
It feels like someone took your shape
I could have lied
Could have thrown myself away
But there's nothing more to save
Than the trials of my bed
There's no time for love anymore
I shook a hand
And it felt like I was dead
I was colder than the vision
Of this life that you expect
Do I want you to notice
what's the one that you create?
Better squeeze my head for emotions
to make a juice that has no taste
There's no time for love anymore
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8. |
Trainer
03:05
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Trainer
I've been looking for parents they've been looking for their kid
A narcissistic pervert is pushing me to compete
Wounds are shown now to be licked
But sometimes they are too deep
I take my chance try not to think
I join the dance then I just freeze
cause I never know how to grow up
I've been looking for a trainer
someone to shake up my team
Rules of this game are boring
there's only one way to win
I take my chance try not to think
I join the dance then I just freeze
I've taken my time to act and not think
does he expect this thing from me
will I ever stop disappoint him?
I take my chance try not to think
I join the dance then I just freeze
I've taken my time to act and not think
I join the dance then I just freeze
cause I never know how to grow up
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9. |
Rules Of Life
05:14
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Rules of life can change what you think of
the toys they've handed you to play with
It's not complete it's a novel unwritten
but you can't finish this work you've started
bruises of life can change what you think of
the rules you try so hard to live with
We all succeed to act like grown ups
but we're still dismantling bombs in playgrounds
We love to breath in destroy to breath out
nothing true lasts longer than lies
I can't compete with the one you think of
I can't compete with the one you love
I was late so I couldn't bring my shotgun to the fiesta
I've molested her just to try her resistance
Rules of life can change with what you think of
the toys they've handed you to play with
All insects don't say it's a small world
Cause they've hardly been around an apple
And I'm done with all things that I always have to simulate
It's a trap that I'm used to but it kills my brain only kills my brain
bruises of life can change what you think of
the rules you try so hard to live with
I can't compete with the one you think of
I can't compete with the one you love
(Pause)
I delay death but can't run my own existence
I'm a waste I'm a wasteland
I'm searching for what you've asked for
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10. |
If I Could
05:21
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I wonder where you are in this city where lovers lie
I cast my shaded life into the walls where I’m trapped
I don’t know if I can do it but would you like it if I could
I’m looking for your smile songs in my dreams have died
Chasing out this guy who used to be what I was
I don’t know if I can do it but would you like it if I could
his undoing is the only thing that breaks my heart
things are moving but I’m waiting for my tears to dry out
I don’t know if I can do it but would you like it if I could
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The Downtown Lights Paris, France
Indie/alternative band from Paris, France, formed by singer/songwriter Briag Maruani.
Dev Gupta: Guitar
David Menegaux: Bass
Antoine Souché: Drums
All songs were recorded in Pigalle (Paris) and produced by Briag Maruani
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