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Intro 9000
01:38
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People will change
and what they leave behind
is just a miserable pile
of fake memories
and I regret that I was blind
They disappear
but way too close
at the same time
so here’s to those who
won’t make it through the night
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Signals Southwest
03:46
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Slow down your dreams for me
As I will always be a little late and I guess
It’s due to the damage, that everyone’s been through
who is past the age of 25
and that means you and me
we’re in the same club
work each day, and worry every night
Had our backs against the wall
when every weekend took its toll
With our backs against the wall
Give me a sign, send me a signal once in an while
to make me sure again that this is right and not denial
Sometimes I wish I’d never lived through this but then
I caught myself dreaming for better times ahead
It’s been a long year, not longing for you
with voices in my head, in my head
You said it’s strange that all these things have changed
well I carry the same thoughts in my head
And in my sleep, you died so sweet
When I woke up finally you were dead to me
We chose to ignore it
We have never changed
We chose to ignore that every story has its end
We chose to ignore it
We chose to ignore it
We have never changed
We have never changed
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I’ve seen happiness through the window
stop fucking with my mind, will you?
As my head is stuck in Harvard,
while my heart’s still California dreaming and I
was out of my mind when I met you, dear Kristina,
it’s good to see you.
Congratulations on something you’ve achieved
you’ve got a ton of good people around you,
you’re at the center but you’re not happy and you said
the worst part was to celebrate this mess.
you didn’t expect to find something special in this bitterness
Dear Kristina can’t you see
what an anchor, what a blessing you are to me
yes I’m alright as you bring words like forever to my mind.
Darling dear, I was wondering what you’d like for dinner tonight?
I won’t be late and we’ll be fine
I’ll keep those pages, all covered with the words you’ve told me
through all those crazy moments that we’ve shared and
that went straight to heart, to yours and mine
You’ve made me feel like I was 17
again with the wildest hearts and bright future dreams
at the right time, when self-destruction got out of hand
well I am no believer but darling you feel heaven-sent.
And I promise I won’t be afraid of making mistakes,
I won’t be afraid of making mistakes as long as you’re with me
oh my dear Kristina it’s so easy to see
that even Adele’s songs won’t feel like heart-breaking music to me.
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OKLand
03:11
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I know you have your expectations of anything around
well there’s nothing wrong with having some
but with the way they make you frown at me
and the words I tend to say, at decisions that I make
about those people I relate to
And I wonder, is this still healthy paranoia,
or just another way to say that we’re lost
I don’t know, I don’t know
See I’ve always had a heart,
but with my moderate talent it’s hard to act like
this special someone that I’ve never learned to become
Some carry their dreams on their sleeve
you’ve carried despair through every single year
some carry their dreams, some carry their dreams
but you, but you, but you
You might call me old-fashioned but I still love those days
when everything seems to be falling in place
when the good turns to great, pooling in a stream
that I wanna be sinking in
Where did all this go, I’ve always felt this comfort
when they were playing our song
on the radio
still remember the first one
on the radio
celebrating those moments we had
on the radio
all those words that we used to hear
on the radio
they were playing this song still stuck in my head
Some carry their dreams
some carry their dreams
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Call Me, Demons!
03:11
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I found a way out of this stagnation, take my hand
I’ll guide the way
And I am feeling like a shell
and I am so tired of postponing, year after year after year
we’ve kept this fire burning inside, so tonight
we’ll resurrect those nights
Here’s the good news
You’ve missed the last chance to turn your back on me and I’ve
already told all of our friends so there’s no need
no need to argue or to tell me you’ve grown too old for this
as I’m sure you never will and
Don’t blame it on progress
because that doesn’t work for me
So take those moments to cure this desperation
that’s been blackening your mind
Tonight we’ll reignite the fires that kept our demons quiet
shout those songs that kept us going
into the night
Sometimes it’s just a phone call
a trip to the old places
I’ve been waiting for so long
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6. |
Stay Warm pt. II
03:52
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Way too much time since we’ve last met
different cities, different lives and a different set of goals
all damaged what we’ve had before
and you can’t fall in love once a year, of course
so I’m looking forward to the minute I catch sight of you
Those rare occasions when we meet to talk
it’s like you’ve never left, but I can not come home
I tell myself to be strong and stay warm, stay warm, stay warm
With a beating heart I drop you off where the bus stops
to take you out of town.
I wipe one last streak of hair out of your pretty face
And I’m counting days, until the next year
And it’s a Sunday usually, one of the coldest nights in February
And with the cold that’s been knocking on my window comes
the old familiar ache. I’ve got visions of you.
I can’t see what’s real, and even with the TV off
this world feels weird enough
Who am I to wait for someone to twist my head
Again and again and again
Those rare occasions when we meet to talk
it’s like we’ve never left, but we can not come home
I tell myself to be strong and stay warm, stay warm, stay warm
With a beating heart I drop you off where the bus stops
to take you out of town.
I wipe one last streak of hair out of your pretty face
And I’m counting days
for years, for years and years and years
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Homecoming
04:45
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We’ve all grown older now
but I’ll be the last one to admit
that I’m afraid of anything we’re struggling with
From the moment I walked in
with this ballroom came a feeling that
I just can’t shake, you just can’t shake
Who took those years
and left us wondering if
we can still make sense of anything?
Waiting can be such a nice thing
but now I put my dancing shoes on
as I was told that’s what you love and only
days before I felt so secure
while I can’t ignore that there’s a part of you that’s died
But it’s not something we fix over a drink or two
It’s all gone, like we have never met
A little handshake while I smile
and you make guesses about my name
well, some things stay the same
These talks they’re boring me to death
well, time has passed and the past is something
I just can’t change
So I was watching you, from the corner of my eye
and from the corner of the room, so I see trouble
as it comes its way to find me, too
One last handshake and a smile
and regret that I was right
So glad we’ve made it out alive
Once I reach home, I’ll fall asleep
I feel there’s something that makes me proud I came here
And even if the years, they’ve burned down to ashes who we were
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Somewhere between you and me
and my double shift on a Sunday
I have lost my will to stay
Now the waves come crushing in
life feels less frightening
and I can’t be the one to take the blame, can I?
See this island as my backyard
[make it a home]
before exile captures my heart
There’s not a thing that I remember from those nights
when the signals fail and interrupt like satellites
that are forced to float for days
before they can be saved
It’s a brand new day in this life that’s still so unknown
without the driftwood of the past
my smile will last.
I watch the waves crush into shorelines,
their sound gave me a sober mind
but I can’t be dreaming of escape, can I?
I feel angry and sad about the things that I did
this cheating on myself must come to an end
I can’t lay myself back in anyone’s arms
don’t miss society’s ugly face
but I do miss your warmth
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9. |
Heartcuffs
03:16
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We drove this car into the wall
let’s face it, it’s a fact now after all
But no offense, giving hugs is hard
with your handcuffs on
There was this time I can’t forget
When you would come to visit me
those moments when I felt incomplete
You came to see the good side of the city
but you left me with a smile of pity
for what I have become
Maybe you were right
I might have forged you chains
to keep this all together
So you’ve turned the page
but brought us back to the start
with a plot twist like this
you may consider it art
but I’ve got some pens
in my drawer as well
and I won’t sleep tonight
Well I don’t stick to past events
I don’t care if there is someone else
For once, there’s a world outside my door
And if you fail now, if you break
whatever since you’ve pulled away
It’s a lesson to be learned
but there’re lessons that
you couldn’t learn from me
You were the first to know
this will end in disaster, won’t it?
You want it
What could I say?
Fuck no, you weren’t right
I might have forged you chains
to keep this all together
But I saved you from yourself
Bit by bit, for a thousand days
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TIDES! Saarbrücken, Germany
Four-piece punk rock combo from Saarbrücken, Germany.
Elmar - Drums
Thomas - Guitar, Vox
Robin- Bass
Bernd - Guitar
Since May 2016
TIDES! recommends:
Split with PERFECT YOUTH
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