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TANKARD LYRICS
"The Tankard" (1995)
1. Grave New World
2. Minds On The Moon
3. The Story Of Mr. Cruel
4. Close Encounter
5. Poshor Golovar
6. Mess In The West
7. Atomic Twilight
8. Fuck Christmas
9. Positive
10. Hope?
1. Grave New World
Melt to the beat of the drum
Melt to be one, to be one
What thou wer'st, what thou be
Creature of the hatchery
Not a man reeling free
Bear this mark of destiny
Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta
Is the song that society sings
Soma coma, fucking by numbers
And consume as much as you can
Free from love, free from hate
Sterile and stable
Urge and instinct channeling
Feeling disabled
Pour the genes into the mould
Of what is needed
Engineer conformity
The pool is weeded
Chorus:
No more devils, no more heaven
Grave new world
Free and killing or bound and willing
Slave or savage
Dear the calm weighed in souls
But the matter goes untold
What was one man's alone
Multiplies in wretched clones
Endless columns,
mother of sameness
Breeding life in a clinical way
Fear of flowers, learning and playing
For the ones
that are meant to be slaves
Factoried, standardized
Humans conditioned
Play the part
that they're ascribed
No free decision
No More doubt, no more quest
Nothing but answers
Whispered twenty million times
Til all believe them
Chorus
We are clay in the hands
Of those who make us
In a vision not our own
Blindfolded robots
God is dead, man is god
Above his fellow
Nothing here's an accident
But you will not know
Chorus
2. Minds On The Moon
Nowherebound and without a care
Livin' our lives in a way of "no fear"
Floatin' around in a storm
that blows us away from today
Step on it, baby don't let go
Follow the stupid,
enlighten your soul
See the light,
like an everlasting flame,
burning bright
Every day the same,
madness is the game
It's time for us to hit the road
Money more or less,
sometimes it's a mess
But on and on confusion grows
Chorus:
Time keeps spinning in the afternoon
Our minds are up on the moon
In a state of permanent confusion
Life is just an illusion
Nowherebound and without a care
Livin' our lives in a way of "no fear"
Floatin' around in a storm
that blows us away from today
Step on it, baby don't let go
Follow the stupid,
enlighten your soul
See the light,
like an everlasting flame,
burning bright
Every day the same,
loosing our brain
Reality's out of control
Women more or less,
sometimes it's a mess
But on and on confusion grows
Chorus
3. The Story Of Mr. Cruel
You have a vision of bloodshed,
my friend
Just go ahead
At the end of the night
No one's gonna ask you why
Eagerly spreading fear
with your hands
Fever in the head
What a gruesome delight
Watching all the people die
Come on, come on
Choose a bomb, there ain't no
No time to lose
It's your private freak show
"Take my hand,
I'll show you the way
To the land of hatred and insanity
Better pray,
"Cruel" is the name they gave me"
Chorus:
Sit tight, see it in his face
This game ain't got no rules
Out of the darkest place
This is the story of Mr.Cruel
Sit tight, see it in his face
This game ain't got no rules
Out of the darkest place
This is the story of Mr.Cruel
Burning down schools,
blowing up airplanes
In the name of war
You're a natural born
Loser on a hellish run
Thousand miles away,
justice in the back
Mass murderer
Politicians don't cry
Money always saves the day
Come on, come on
Choose a bomb, there ain't no
No time to lose
It's your private freak show
"Take my hand...
Chorus
You have a vision of bloodshed,
my friend
Just go ahead
At the end of the night
No one's gonna ask you why
"Take my hand...
4. Close Encounter
Picture this: light in the sky
I'm standing on a hill
Not a star, strange kind of glow
Coming down not a mile away
Has it happened? Can it be real?
No reason to fear
Keep it secret, nobody knows
It's our U.F.O.
I see lights, down by the woods
Debris and molten steel
Uniforms barking commands
Tried to run,
but they saw me first
Chorus:
Turn away, turn away
Nothing but fear and hate
Is waiting here for you
Turn away, turn away
This is no place to stay
Dissection is your fate
Turn away, turn away
Nothing but fear and hate
Is waiting here for you
I was seized, locked in a truck
And in there, bless my soul
Saw two guys,
wounded, it seemed
Visitors from another world
Has it happened...
Took us to underground labs
In chains like prisoners
They looked with questioning eyes
Did they know we were facing death
Chorus
Just like rats they tested them
Subjected them to pain
Wanted their technology
Didn't care for their desperate pleas
They were murdered,
just like the rest:
"Security risk"
I will follow, I only hope
This story will blow
5. Poshor Golovar
Fire in his head
world was turning all red
This wall of emotion
crashing down to him
Soul crushed and drowning
Deeper than a wound,
louder than his own scream
Foreign thoughts rushing in
upon his open mind
No way to stop them
The gift of feeling what others feel
The curse that haunts his family
All pain and pleasure unceasingly
Sucked into his identity
(Head of fire -- Poshor golovar)
(Head of fire -- Poshor golovar)
Feelings not of me are eating me
Prisoner of my sensitivity
(Head of fire -- Poshor golovar)
I can never be alone with me
Alcohol, it's my lone relief
Chorus:
I will be all of you,
I will drink your souls
I'll be your goodness
and your honesty
I'll be your happiness
and your excessiveness
I'll be your sadness
and your darkest fear
I will be all of you,
I will drink your souls
I'll be your evil and insanity
Your insanity
Your insanity
Hated by the kids,
tasting their rejection
Confused by the power
raging in his mind
No help from outside
Then a bigger shock
when he felt the psych-ward
Madness overwhelming any sanity
Close to the breakdown
The gift of feeling what others feel
The curse that haunts his family
All pain and pleasure unceasingly
Sucked into his identity
(Head of fire...
Chorus
Found a higher love,
couldn't get enough of
inside melting into one another now
Deepest fulfillment
Always needing more,
he was like a vampire
Restless,
feeding on the feelings coming on
Lost in the other
The gift of feeling what others feel
The curse that haunts his family
All pain and pleasure unceasingly
Sucked into his identity
(Head on fire...
(Head on fire -- Poshor golovar)
Feelings not of me are eating me
Prisoner of my sensitivity
Chorus
6. Mess In The West
Out in the west, where the coyotes rest
Lives Ed on a dusty little ranch
400 miles from anything that smiles
Just snakes, tumbleweed,
and countro tapes
Barrels in an old mine,
waiting for the right time
Seepage into waterways and wells
"Cactus got a red head
and my chicken all dead,
I got green spots itchin' me like hell"
Chorus:
High life in the desert wasteland
There's a big mess in the west
Dioxin or heavy metal
It's a big mess in the west
Dump now you'll be payin' later
For the big mess in the west
"FUCK Inc., preaches ecology"
Boss smiles, holding up recycled cup
But in the night, when evil's out of site
His waste goes on west and disappears
Meanwhile in the distance,
Ed is kinda' pissed and
All his cows are growing funny horns
Ed is losing his hair,
and he's full of despair
"Christ Almighty, everything is wrong!"
Chorus
Out in the west, where the coyotes rest
Lived Ed on a dusty little ranch
400 miles from anything that smiles
Just snakes, tumbleweed,
and country tapes
Ed was taken east
and noone ever missed him
Had no kids, no relatives, no wife
Then he was dissected,
data were corrected
But they won't be published on hour life
Chorus
7. Atomic Twilight
Today it is quiet and peaceful
Year 2045, life in the domes is easy
Hermetically sealed,
keeping mankind alive
The outer regions are poisoned
The radiation's high
Ashes and dust are falling
Deadly heat, the planet is dry
Chorus:
Hellish days, toxic and infectious times
Atomic twilight outside
Nuclear gods, you brought us here
Dragging our would into fear
Hellish days, atomic twilight outside
It started just by testing
Some new technologies
Providing peace and balance
Back in those years
it did sound good to me
Now with the memories fading
I can't remember too well
But jealousy in our hearts
Wiped out reason, security failed
Chorus
I went out again this evening
To watch the violet night
But my blind eyes don't see anything
Time is up, I feel the cancer inside
8. Fuck Christmas
Christmas time is here again
Time to give your cash to them
At the cross is where we'll meet
Leaving presents at his feet
Buy your gifts in harmony
Feed the Christian industry
Chorus:
Fuck Christmas! All the time
Now I've got my yuletide pride!
Fuck Christmas! All the time
I've got Jesus on my side!
Fuck Christmas! Fuck Christmas!
Fuck Christmas! All the time!
Jesus came and Jesus went
Look at all the cash we spent
Mother Mary you will see
Never bought a Christmas tree
Christmas is for me and me
I give only to receive
Chorus
Christmas time is here again ...
Chorus
He was fuckin' born in August anyway ...
9. Positive
Deep in the gut, deep inside of me
There it is, everywhere
Look at me go, watch it grow
Into my place
Couldn't find myself in the mirror today
Who's that fading face? Oh, no!
Waiting for the one that'll blow me away
Rollercoaster rides, oh, no!
Chorus
Tell me what you see when you look at me
Is it more than my HIV?
Tell me what you see when you look at me
Is it more?
Dying weaves quilts of sympathy
Cover me, cover me!
Feeble and blind, weak and dazed
Lover hold me tight
Couldn't see a thing in the mirror today
Tell me that's your name? Oh yeah!
Waiting for the one that'll blow me away
Full blown all the way, oh no!
Chorus
Blood and tears shed for years and years
Will it end, will it end?
This is a war, hope, despair
Battle every day
Can you see yourself in the mirror today?
Tell me, what's your name? Oh yeah!
I can see my face and I know this is me
I'm not giving up myself
Chorus
10. Hope?
Even Then I try to look the problem in the eyes
There's no hope for me in sight
Stagnant though I am there's a spark
which keeps me moving on
Yet - there's no hope for me in sight
It's alright - 'cos I know I will win this fight
Me decline
this is what I've come to
Wasted time
Living day by day
My decline
Lost my zeal and inner strength
Wasted time
Now it's time to pay
Never set my goals
and my gears are all stuck in reverse
There's no hope for me in sight
Life has passed me by
and the dreams seem unattainable
There's no hope for me in sight
It's alright - 'cos I know I will win this fight
My decline ...
Even Then I try to look the problem in the eyes
There's no hope for me in sight
There's no hope for me in sight
There's no hope for me in sight
My decline ...
There's no hope for me in sight
There's no hope for me in sight
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