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SIMULATED FREEDOM
02:08
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They said: Boy, you’ve got the world in your hands
Be careful when you choose one of these plans
You’re free, you’re footloose! They promised a lot
All doors stand open – No, they do not!
How could you know what it means to be free
When you were born into a cage holding you down on your knees
Where everyone is content with living a lie
No reflection, no worries, just passing the time
Classified by strangers who decide
The way you waste your life until the day you die
It’s so hard to step out of society’s shadows
No chance to break out when no one really knows
It’s just simulated freedom
And no one's bothered about it
I won’t wait until death sets me free
I want to live my life in unrestricted peace
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LEAVE IT BEHIND
01:47
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I turn my back once again and again
I’m losing direction, almost going insane
The world is blurring in front of my eyes
Try to find stability in the chaos of life
So many options, let’s give them a try
Don’t know where to stand until you reach for the sky
And fall down and stand up again and again
Strike a new path before you get lost in a dead end
There’s one thing I recognized
It takes time to find your purpose in life
Leave it behind
There’s nothing wrong with giving yourself a try
But be sure to be judged, you have to defy
It takes nothing to fit their damn expectations
But it takes courage to step beyond the line
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Chasing answers every single day
We clutch at idols and glorify their ideals
No trust, no faith, no glory, I just believe in myself
This is the dream that we wish would come true
Self-confident minds with a wide open view
Inspiration is meant for lighting the spark
But the foundation lies deep inside of your heart
A youth without leaders, a youth without rules
A youth with the aim to overpower these fools
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CHANGE DIRECTION
01:37
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I always wanted a place to feel
What life is like apart from square ideals
I thought I found it inside these walls
But what I found was all false
We’re falling into the same routine
Because everyone’s lacking self esteem
The same rules we tried to shake off
The tiring repetition that made us feel lost
Hiding under a new coat, it’s not gone yet
I know it’s hard but we have to change it inside our heads
I’m free, I’m free, I’m free
From monotony, from repetition of the same story
I’m free, I’m free, I’m free
To change direction and to change our ideals
Let’s strip off the laws that we have given ourselves
Recognize the potential of new ideas, make us well
Since everyone is afraid of standing out
Worn out patterns bringing us down
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DIFFERENT TRACKS
01:32
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I don’t claim the right to tell you what to do or what to say or how to act
I understand that you and I are following different tracks
Live and let live
All the things that you detest are just reflections of yourself
You found your own identity in disregarding liberty
Can’t you stand the difference between your fucking life and mine?
It’s not just black and white but you don’t think outside the lines
Live and let live
I don’t mind where you found your place
I know that everyone has got something to say
Your state of mind is the only thing I care about
No need for structures that won’t let us break out
All the things that you detest are just reflections of yourself
I want you to think outside the lines!
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FIND YOUR PLACE
02:15
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I won’t look back and I don’t care for tomorrow
Feel my feet on the ground and get rid of the sorrows
I’m no longer a leaf in the bitter wind
Found a place to stay, to feel and to think
And I turn inside out to let things go
No more holding back, nothing to hide
I face anxieties and speak my mind
Sick of failure, tired of giving in
Boiling anger underneath my skin
And I turn inside out to let things go
I am no longer a leaf in the wind
I turn the page and become the man I have never been
I promise I will let things go
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