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Fear
03:15
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Fear mustn’t stop our rights
Even when they arrive in uniform in the streets
We are told: « In other countries it’s much worse. »
Since when do we have to refer to what’s wrong in the world?
Inside your factory
I sweep all the floors
I ask for real changes but
You just show me the door
Outside your business sphere
You don’t care and much more
I beg you for real changes
Cause’ I can’t take anymore
Never forget…
Fear doesn’t fall from heaven.
It has been injected since youth into our blood.
Speeches lie to us, they float in the air
Love’s the only thing we ever meet without cares
…
Cause’ I still have the right to enjoy the sun
What I want is to go away
To change life, get rid of the grey
With you at my side
Against the tide
What I want is to stop your tears
Cause’ we’re living in the age of fear
I wanted to spend the time with mine
Instead I committed a crime
A terrifying crime
Lyrics - Manuel ETIENNE
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2. |
Ocean Tears
03:48
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Everything is broken here
It’s like it will last forever
See you run along the beach
It’s like it will take forever
Like a stone you can hardly move
Sometimes I’m at the end of my tether
One day
You will dance, you will dance, you will dance Louie!
You will dance, you will dance, you will dance Louie!
Like a triton from mythology
I love to see your colors in the water
Your life in a wheelchair spares you nothing
It’s like it will last forever
So when will lightning strike the bad ?
I’m betting sometime never
Can’t you see my little boy?
All these new landscapes
Sometimes the eyes fill the void
The ocean weeps already
When it remembers your voice
You will dance Louie !
Lyrics by Manuel ETIENNE
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3. |
Strange Lee
03:44
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There’s a window which looks onto the yard
A different boy walks in the city
Hands in his pockets
And his pockets are deep
He keeps an eye on everything
Things that nobody sees
Strange Lee
What’s new in your head?
Here comes the summer,
Your girlfriend looks like the rain
Strange Lee
The rain calls her name
Imagine stories in which you are the knight
It’s time to go home my little Strange Lee
People are insane
People are insane
In the neighborhood they don’t like different boys
I see big talk but small minds
Strange Lee
What’s new in your head?
Here comes the summer,
Your girlfriend looks like a ghost
Strange Lee
The ghost calls your name
Imagine stories in which you are the knight
Lyrics by Manuel ETIENNE
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High Plains
03:42
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All day long
We see parading
Many faces
Some people take the road
To run away from everyday life
Children mess around in the back
We work on a highway
We live on a highway
We work on a highway
If only we walked in the high plains
All night long
We see parading
Many profiles
Some people are tired
They run away from the everyday light
Children sleep in the back
We spend all our time
In this fucking tollbooth
Wondering where cars and motorbikes go?
We bet on people, we make up life stories
Maybe they’re going
Touch the ocean
See the end of our world
Do something hard
Bury a loved one
Drink an earl grey with grandma
Lyrics by Manuel ETIENNE
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Sparks
03:54
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The faraway stars
Are in touch with her mind
It's very necessary
To find out where else there's life
Some might say she's lonesome
But so are the stars
The galaxy's much smaller
Than inside her heart
Very small sparks fizz from her head
The speed of light
She hears the Big Bang crying
At this life
At this stupid world
We must depart
This stupid world
Must become art
Extreme sensitivity
Doesn't help much in life
It gives mesmerising interludes
If you open your eyes
She swears like a fucking trooper
With a soft Spanish smile
There's interstellar white noise
Crackling down the wire
Lyrics by Richard Dickinson
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6. |
My Girl
04:05
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Every day I ask you if you can show me your house
But strangely you never want to
Your family is in dire need and maybe you’re ashamed
but baby you know I’m no better
I remember, she listened to « My Girl »
I remember, she listened to « My Girl »
It get stuck in my head
I wish I could touch your face just once
But you give me the cold shoulder
My name is « Deeny Burn » babe, you break matches in two
One day it’s me you will break
I remember, she listened to « My Girl »
I remember, she listened to « My Girl »
And it changed my life
I start to dance in the street
Danny Zuko is not dead
Looks like a crazy rocker rooster
That’s all right!
She’s waiting for me on the other side
Show me, show me your world before I go mad
No balcony, no more windows
She’s too shy
She weaves a spider’s web
Like a sweet trap to be rocked by the waves
She’s waiting for me on the other side
Lyrics by Manuel ETIENNE
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Like a fox I was born
In a carefree meadow
Nobody gets in my way
Like an overnight train
Horrors existed
But only in the stories
Then nightmares became real
And the monsters live again
I think you’ve got something that belongs to me
Everything has changed
Unfortunately
Any god above
Looks like a murderer
At death’s door I see
My family who’ll pay until the end
With a banker behind them
He looks like a liar
I should have been more wary
Lyrics - Manuel ETIENNE
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8. |
Like A Bad Seed
03:14
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Oh I remember when you spared me a smile
Today I’m back walking the wicked mile
Sometimes I wonder if you really love me
My words are just smoke that gets in your eyes
You know – ‘cause of you
I’m dead scared of every cloud
I’m hardened to it when you treat me
Like a bad seed
Just after midnight when the city is so tired
It really scares me, all I see is your dark eyes
The few times you’re sober, you confide in me
The wind of october brings a bitter tear
Why don’t you listen for once?
Why do you drink so much?
I think you’re afraid of the world
Until the day that this world will be afraid of you
I like watching sparrows
It kills my sorrow
There’s a taste of my childhood
And our walks in the wood
Lyrics - Manuel ETIENNE
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9. |
Rain
02:54
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She sits inside with her head on fire, so pretty
Oh yeah - The summer time, big city
The people outside wearing smiles in the bright sunshine
Oh yeah - She's just waiting for the rain
So the mood might change
If you don't expect that much to happen
Rain might be a surprise for the better
That girl's paying attention
Rain won't wash bad things out of her mind
But it makes the street smell fresher
That girl's paying attention
The flowers smelt much sweeter and brighter
In the garden by her sadness
That sadness
Just leave it
That perfume
It changes your mood
She waited for the rain
So the mood might change
Lyrics by Richard DICKINSON
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10. |
In The Same Factory
03:28
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For more than 40 years
You worked hard, and never stopped
In the same factory
Too many people looked down on you
With the grease, you had dirty hands
Nobody could read your dirty palms
Sometimes I know you’re like a clown
You can be both funny and sad
When the past reappears
It’s true a lot of things have happened
Your teenage life went from bad to worse
Still you grew without the sun
When the night fell
I waited for you
Your overalls
And your jokes stopped my tears
You say: never fear!
Nothing can happen here
So I want to tell you
I love you my dad
Sorry for not sayin’ it before
Now you love to spend time fishing
And looking after your grandchildren
You think of everyone before yourself
There’s just the eyes that speak, or songs
We both don’t show our feelings much
There are things no-one mentions here
Lyrics by Manuel ETIENNE
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Toxic Kiss France
Toxic Kiss are a French rock band. The quartet incorporates a wide range of rock genres, including punk rock, indie pop, 1960s garage rock and new wave. "Fear" is their fifth album. For fans of Pixies, Gun Club, The Jam, Violent Femmes or still Talking Heads. ... more
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