Ghost Army (2011)

Everything's a Game

come back – go down

take your time to feel at home

don't stop – just walk

nobody can make you

 

wait now, what you see

will move away in time wait now

everything's a game now

funded by the same hands

making all its rules

in the end it's all we need

 

same day – sad fate

talk to someone you don't like

don't move – take notes

nobody will make you

wait now, what you see

will move away in time

 

like today

nobody can change it all alone

you will see that you are on your own

nobody can change the course of time

 

I haven't seen you in a while

I've never seen you ever smile

I cannot wait any longer now

 

 

Play Along

another headline

on the screen before your eyes

chosen by someone

to be saved inside your head

and when to turn around

there will be another one

try to get away

and read between the lines

 

what do you say when

all you know is out of hand

you could just play along now,

close your eyes,

pretend

 

 

and what have we learned

the past is there to teach

it's easy to forget

we have been here before

when you read those lines

in chapter number one

there is nothing wrong

to live up to those calla

 

 

maybe I'm the one to blame

many more like me

I'm the one to blame

many more like me

 

my friend is my foe now

you tell me, I follow

the noises - it's deafening

and then it's everywhere

 

I tell you what I'll do: nothing at all!

 

what can we say when

all we know is out of hand

we could just play along now,

close our eyes,

pretend

 

we are all to blame

we are just like you

we are all to blame

so what can we do?

 

 

Start Over, Again

come home

for another day

step down

what is there to lose

 

and numbers rate you from 1 to 5

and all you had it was all on us

 

and all you files are locked away

as you edge your way through the day

and all your shares, they have been sold

whenever there was paper to be turned into gold

 

 

your wealth goes up, my health goes down

and all your friends tell me not to frown

and then someday, maybe someday

 

start over again

 

calm down – find another way

keep low – what is there to gain

you do remember the day you came

all your cronies and you devastate

 

the day won't come

you will do as you have always done

 

over (again)

We Hunt You Down

do you see me now?

I would say I'm sober

Do you hear the sound?

calling you

 

when you come around again

it is over as we speak

there is no one in this town

 

we are the line that separates

the voice inside your head

the lies that you have sold

the hunt you down

 

another meeting here

paralyzed in fear

to bring you to your fall

and now your fame is gone

another one is trying to run

echoes in this hall

 

 

we had it all inside your head

you had it in your eyes again

 

 

Overbored

what have I bought what have I done today
I have seen the people run away
maybe I'm the one who sees them all

 

I haven't seen it all I do not stare
every once in a while I feel unaware
missing out on you

 

she said

standing alone don't waste your time
I'll always be your man

 

all the people they don't have a name
everyone here feels about the same
I am not the one who needs them all

 

no one talks and no one hears a word
every once in a while I'm feeling hurt
maybe it's just me

is this the day
to see the light

I'm overboard I'm overbored
I'm overboard I'm over

 

I love the days when I am on my own
I try to be the best I can alone
so many times I failed outside my room
I love the days when I am on my own

 

 

break the machine

fear the game

before you know it's in your head

maybe there is room for you

play your role, assimilate

 

here and there

before you know it's everywhere

there is nothing you could gain

keep it all, separate

 

break the machine now would you
just break the machine (what do you want?)
I want to celebrate and fulfill all of my dreams

 

build a home

before you know it's in their hand

what is all this talk about

see their moves, concentrate

 

young and old

before you know they have been sold

there is nothing left we like

and we all, suffocate

 

conceited autocrats

high-handed dynasties

are missed opportunities

all because of you

 

 

The Noise Before the Fall

what do you want?

smile at me again

what do you need?

leave now while you can

what do you see?

the one to lose it all

and who are you?

the noise before the fall

 

oh, take just a moment and breathe

I don't want any answers from you

I want to come over and leave

I don't want any answers from you

 

we fail everyday as

our freedom now drifts away

as we wait for salvation

all we get is domination

we know the secrets that you need

now I see the ghost army

we're in the secrets that you keep

now I see the ghost army

 

(I can not… sleep)

 

what do you want?

and what do you need

what do you see?

and who are you?

smile at me again

and who are you?

the noise before the fall

 

we know the secrets that you need

don't deny the way

we're in the secrets that you keep

(it comes all round again)

Limousines

another day and they say

it matters the most

walk and smile, take a while

and shatter the host

 

shatter the host

like today

dancing out of limousines

 

 

those machines now it seems

will be killing us all

good or bad now it's a cash cow

what is your call?

 

is it talk or action

like a shotgun wedding

the fake but we follow you

you're one of the invited few

 

 

some tycoons paying goons

want to bring us to fall

all our dreams stored in machines bored

once and for all

 

there is no balance here

won't you just shatter the host

 

 

we are the enemy that keeps you going up to

into our very own direction

we are the enemy that keeps you going up to

into our very own direction

 

if you witness my injustice so take it

if you feel the same distraction so fake it

 

 

Then You Faint

we tell you a secret

we need you afraid

we're running this show

can't afford to be late

 

you are the sheep

we keep you on a leash

hold your breath

blacken out

then you faint

(will you try to save this land?)

 

another day is over now

try to understand

who we are

 

all that you have done to go your way

there is something beautiful to stay

the answer in your hand

you are just afraid of what I say

 

we are in a hurry

we have to move now

controlling your fate

we're failing somehow

 

tell us what you need

we will make you feel

really good

overfed

so you faint

(will you try to save this land?)

 

with everyone frozen in fear

it's easier to navigate

with everyone frozen in fear

it's possible to navigate

(we thank you now it's far too late)

 

the easiest way

identify their weakness and their strength

and what have we done to save the day

he is just a man who goes his way

the end was in his hands

(he) postponed the end of the world

 

and when you find out who we are

it's easy to collaborate

when you find out who we are

 

and when you try to fight who we are

we tell you how elections go

we give you games and magazines

 

all you gotta do

stay

sane

 

 

And So I Run

I'm going home!
someday

 

all green

all gold

all in order

to take it all

on this day

 

don't follow me

you look around

what do you see

a wall in the street

a meeting to meet

all that is wrong

the men in control

spinning along

who is the mole?

the voice of the voiceless

it will be heard

 

someday

you got to keep the secret to yourself

just keep quiet and tell no one else

no one will believe you

no one ever will

 

today is the day

and now is the time

today is the day

and now we may find

another man down

hands over the crown

(enabling things that no one else can)

 

when you're going down

I will be around to watch you fall

no one would believe you

no one ever will

and so I run…