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The stage’s been set
The crowd’s assembled fast
Looking for a new sensation
The critics and the fans
Stand with drinks in hand
Joined in eager conversation
The present and the past
The rumors and the facts
The ever-changing expectations
This is not a test
A soundcheck or a sketch
This is punkrock education
We don’t pretend to have the answers
But we intend to find the truth
We stand here with a thousand questions
And not a single ounce of proof
The stage’s been set
The crowd’s assembled fast
Looking for a new sensation
The critics and the fans
Stand with drinks in hand
Joined in eager conversation
The present and the past
The rumors and the facts
The ever-changing expectations
This is not a test
A soundcheck or a sketch
This is careful preparation
Anything worth doing, is worth doing ride
Buy the ticket, take the ride
Anything worth doing, is worth doing ride
Buy the ticket, take the ride
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It's a Cookbook
03:02
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Why do we fear the ones that represent us
Why do we believe they have the right to keep us
Keep us down
And tell us only what they want to
We are to blind to see the smokescreens they deploy
We even let them shoot the messenger
We volunteered to be enslaved
In exchange for nothing more and nothing less
Than bread and games
Tell me how, in this age of information
We cannot even tell the truth apart from fiction
When in the end
It is all there for the taking
But so far we haven’t even scratched the surface
Is it ‘cause we are afraid of what we’ll find?
We volunteered to be enslaved
In exchange for nothing more and nothing less
Than bread and stupid games
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Generation Nothing
03:10
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Generation nothing
The ones that have it all
Except for something to believe in
Something to fight for
More money, no problems
Only wanting more
‘Cause image is everything
Is what we’ve been told
What were we thinking
What do we know
Peace, love and happiness
Can’t be bought in a store
Time to wake up now
Time to open our eyes
Time to open our hearts
And start using our minds
This is not a song
This is what we believe
The air that we breathe
The truth that we seek
This is not a song
It’s the life that we lead
The dream that we dream
Before we fall asleep
This is not a song
This is our gift to you
Time to wake up now
Time to open our eyes
Time to open our hearts
And start speaking our minds
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Death & Taxes
03:03
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Just look at me, I’m right here standing on the rooftop
I never thought my life would turn out quite this way
I lost my job because of a financial crisis, that I didn’t cause
And now I’m broke, with all these bills to pay
Just look at me, I’m right here standing on the rooftop
I can see exactly where I used to live
Without a job I could no longer pay the mortgage, bills were stacking up
And before long they took my house away
All my life I’ve worked from 9 to 5
To earn a dollar and some pride
Did everything society expects
But then some asshole had to go
And roll the dice at our expense
And we lost everything we ever had
So look at me, I’m right here standing on the rooftop
I never thought my life would end up quite this way
But then my wife, she left and took away our daughter, Something snapped inside of me
Guess that was more than I could take
All my life I’ve worked from 9 to 5
To earn a dollar and some pride
Did everything society expects
But then some asshole had to go
And roll the dice at our expense
And we lost everything we ever had
I’m not the kind of guy to flee
From my responsibilities
But I don’t see a way out of this mess
I’m pretty sure that when I die
There’ll be no taxes, no more crisis
Here I lay these tired bones to rest
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Question Everything
02:32
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The more you know the less you feel
So cynical ‘bout old ideals
Only a fool is certain of anything he has seen
I question everything
Fear not growing old
Fear complacency
Question everything
Question everything
Our anger keeps us going
Question everything
Our anger keeps on growing
Question everything
Our anger keeps us going
Question everything
Our anger keeps us sane
Question everything
Question everything
Question everything
Question everything
Question everything
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Wounds Will Heal
02:45
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The walls we build around ourselves
Are turning into prison cells
Our strength is now our weakest point
There’s only one way out
Everyone has their ghosts
Tonight I’m facing mine
There’s no way back, there’s no return
Wounds will heal in time
Only scars remain
Wear them all with pride
They tell the story of my life
Read between the lies
Drenched in guilt we try to hide
We scream our fears into the night
The star-lit sky that lights our fight
Sole witness to our cries
Everyone has their ghosts
Tonight I’m facing mine
There’s no way back, there’s no return
Wounds will heal in time
Only scars remain
Wear them all with pride
They tell the story of my life
Read between the lies
We have to risk it all
Before we take the fall
Find strength in letting go
Of the things you love the most
We have to risk it all
Before we take the fall
There’s strength in letting go
Of the things you love the most
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The time has come to take a chance
One giant step, a leap of faith
To do this just for me
And I don’t need approval for
The things I do or don’t in life
‘Cause it’s all mine
The time is now. Let’s do this right for once
Right from the start, start of the fight
I fight alone
And I don’t need protection
Because I know my demons well
‘Cause they’re all me
This is a declaration of
Personal independence, not
A celebration of the self
Just breaking free
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8. |
Atlas Shrugs
03:48
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You’re not a fallen idol, but
A hero who fights for a cause long lost
A poster boy for the downfall of
A system that blew itself up
So you want to be saved?
You’re on your own
Don’t count on us
We know who you are
You’ll try to take us down with you
You’ll get what you deserve
You thought you were the smart one
Though we tried to warn you years ago
We all pay the price for your arrogance
And you come back asking us for more
So you want to be saved?
You’re on your own
Don’t count on us
We know who you are
You’ll try to take us down with you
You’ll get what you deserve
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Watch The World
02:08
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Don’t say you never saw it coming
Don’t say you’re not the one to blame
Don’t say it wasn’t your decision
You chose to look the other way
You didn’t want to make the change
And now it’s probably too late
Watch the world go to waste
You didn’t want to lose your game
So now we lose what could’ve been saved
Watch the world go to waste
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In Debt & In Doubt
02:57
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With logic as king in science we trust
With money as god compassion is lost
Buying fake ideals we’ve sold ourselves out
All for some profit: in debt and in doubt
When cornerstones and common sense are replaced by numbers and graphs
Can no longer count on our government drones to do the math
With logic as king in science we trust
With money as god compassion is lost
Buying fake ideals we’ve sold ourselves out
All for some profit: in debt and in doubt
Now privacy and innocence are replaced by dollars and cents
Our lives have been sold to the corporate whores, you do the math
With logic as king in science we trust
With money as god compassion is lost
Buying fake ideals we’ve sold ourselves out
All for some profit: in debt and in doubt
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11. |
Put Up a Fight
03:48
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The Minority Netherlands
‘We will reclaim the airwaves of the world’
This line sums up what THE MINORITY
stands for. We are creating the music we love, and singing about issues we talk about over drinks late at night or over coffee in the morning. We try not to be that silent majority we all loathe.
With (ex-)members from: 1000 Miles Ahead, Progress, The Retreat, Ten Threats and The Indoor Park.
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