The Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority of the Roman State. The framework for Imperial cult was formulated during the early Principate of Augustus, and was rapidly established throughout the Empire and its provinces, with marked local variations in its reception and expression.
Augustus' reforms transformed Rome's Republican system of government to a de facto monarchy, couched in traditional Roman practices and Republican values. The princeps (later known as Emperor) was expected to balance the interests of the Roman military, senate and people, and to maintain peace, security and prosperity throughout an ethnically diverse empire. The official offer of cultus to a living emperor acknowledged his office and rule as divinely approved and constitutional: his Principate should therefore demonstrate pious respect for traditional Republican deities and mores.
A deceased Emperor held worthy of the honour could be voted a state divinity (divus, plural divi) by the Senate and elevated as such in an act of apotheosis. The granting of apotheosis served religious, political and moral judgment on Imperial rulers and allowed living Emperors to associate themselves with a well-regarded lineage of Imperial divi from which unpopular or unworthy predecessors were excluded. This proved a useful instrument to Vespasian in his establishment of the Flavian imperial dynasty following the death of Nero and civil war, and to Septimius in his consolidation of the Severan dynasty after the assassination of Commodus. In the development of Imperial rule from Principate to Dominate, the role of the senate was increasingly marginalised and military loyalty became the key to Imperial authority.
Rome (/ˈroʊm/; Italian: Roma pronounced [ˈroːma] ( listen); Latin: Rōma) is a city and special comune ("Roma Capitale") in Italy. Rome is the capital of Italy and the capital of Lazio (Latin: Latium). With 2.8 million residents in 1,285.3 km2 (496.3 sq mi), it is also the country's largest and most populated comune and fourth-most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. Between 3.2 and 3.7 million people live in the Rome metropolitan area. The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.
Rome's history spans two and a half thousand years. It was the capital city of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, which was the dominant power in Western Europe and the lands bordering the Mediterranean for over seven hundred years from the 1st century BC until the 7th century AD and the city is regarded as one of the birthplaces of western civilization. Since the 1st century AD Rome has been the seat of the Papacy and, after the end of Byzantine domination, in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. In 1871 Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, and in 1946 that of the Italian Republic.
An imperial cult is a form of state religion in which an emperor, or a dynasty of emperors (or rulers of another title), are worshipped as messiahs, demigods or deities. "Cult" here is used to mean "worship", not in the modern pejorative sense. The cult may be one of personality in the case of a newly arisen Euhemerus figure or one of national identity (e.g., Egyptian Pharaoh, Ethiopian Empire or Empire of Japan) or supranational identity in the case of a multi-ethnic state (e.g., Imperial Era China, Roman Empire). A divine king is a monarch who is held in a special religious significance by his subjects, and serves as both head of state and a deity or head religious figure. This system of government combines theocracy with an absolute monarchy.[citation needed]
The Ancient Egyptian male Pharaohs were believed[clarification needed] to be incarnations of the god Horus, derived by being the son of the sun deity, Hathor (or later, Isis), or the sky deity, Nut.
In ancient China,[clarification needed] an emperor was considered the Son of Heaven. The scion and representative of heaven on earth, he was the ruler of all under heaven, the bearer of the Mandate of Heaven, his commands considered sacred edicts. A number of legendary figures preceding the proper imperial era of China also hold the honorific title of emperor, such as the Yellow Emperor and the Jade Emperor.
The city burns along the hillside
Only our minds will now remain
Beyond the walls is no salvation
Inside the walls our strength contains
The holy lives in isolation
Grabbing far more than they need
The sun beats down on desolation
Honour will rise, reclaim and bleed
No mercy
No mercy
Rome, Rome
All roads lead to…
Crosses melt on the horizon
The sleeping soldier wakes with glee
Christian fool falls to the wayside
Resume the empire grand and free
Rome, Rome
We're in a great deal of trouble
for just a wee bit of fun.
Upon kissing the princess
she turned into a stun gun.
The young ones wait in the fields,
hoping that their Detroit will heal.
It's amazing how sentimental they get
when they realize
We're taking it away.
God knows who build Rome today.
Seating Ceaser in the mezzanine,
his cloak is soaked in methylene blue-
plate special in the red light district.
I went from post-modern protégé
to post modern passé.
Wretched from the get go
passion's so retro.
Big spenders stand down,
The fashion of forgo has taken the town.
We're in a great deal of trouble
for just a we bit of fun.
Upon taking to the skies
we burnt up in the sun.
The standards at the office have been
changed;
A sneaky pack has been arranged.
If you prefer insurance to the plague
then take it out. Put it away
Born in a bang in a house up in flames.
The dead snake system remains.
We pulled into Rome
With blood in our eyes
After days of travelin'
Months of lies
Taking our various
Turns at the wheel
Taking booze
And pot and cigarettes
Anything not to feel
No one had slept
No one had eaten
Our bodies were bad
Our spirits were beaten
Together we dragged
All of us down
As we staggered through Rome
Blaming the town
Blaming the students
For worship of others
Blaming the cops
And blaming their brothers
And never quite looking
Ourselves in the heart
And minute by minute
Growing further apart
Julia, Julia
Where have you gone?
Why have you vanished
Off of my lawn?
Julia, Julia
Where is your truck?
Where have you driven
With all of my luck?
But even old bull fighters
Their grave stones in sight
Must search 'till they unearth
One last bull to fight
And so it was with us
So near to the end
One last story to tell
One last hill to defend
One glance to avoid
One guitar to strum
One untruth to be told
One last song to be sung
And you, the most brilliant
Most driven, most keen
Jewel of a bastard
I ever have seen
And you and your turn
A good bitch of the nile
So real to the end
Nothing left to defile
And me in the middle
Along for the ride
The unwilling distraction
From familiocide
And knowing our weaknesses
No one refrained
From picking
And prodding
'Till nothing remained
Julia, Julia
Where have you gone?
Why have you vanished
Off of my lawn?
Julia, Julia
Where is your truck?
Where have you driven
With all of my luck?
And now in this kitchen
Miles from home
Miles from anything
Miles from Rome
Rome was a bust
Rome was a scream
Rome was the final
Rapid eye movement
To this dream
We scattered like leaves
Like pieces of dust
Warriors watching
Their swords and shields rust
And now as we descend
To couches and clocks
To closets and appointments
Let us drink to the rocks
Let us drink to the sand
To the winds which have blowed us
Let us drink to the rivers
Let us drink to the road
And if you travel this far
From either conscience or greed
Have one piece of advice
That I think you should heed
If ever your travels
Take you this far from home
Consult your map carefully
Stear clear of Rome
Julia, Julia
Where have you gone?
Why have you vanished
Off of my lawn?
Julia, Julia
Where is your truck?
Where have you driven
of all the faces that I see
there isn't one that stays with me
we may be dead but you're not gone
forever here inside of me
don't get me wrong I feel so free
I feel so free in here
of all the places that I've been
there isn't one that stays with me
I simply like to be alone
I simply like to feel this need
don't get me wrong I still hold on
I still hold on in here
along the way you grow on me
and it feels so great
it frees me you free me
of all the voices that I hear
there isn't one that speaks to me
we may be dead but you're not gone
forever here inside of me
don't get me wrong I still hold on
I still hold on in here
along the way you grow on me
and it feels so great
it frees me you free me
I feel so free I feel so free
So close and yet so far
A black craving's call
From distant worlds
From a time remote
This too shall pass
Absent or mystery
We hold the key to uncertainty
(Sometimes art should be nothing but violence!
Sometimes art should be nothing but cruelty!
Certains s'en inquiètent, c'est vrai.
Certains s'en inquiètent.)
So kiss me cold
when they chain me down
To have and to hold
This twisted crown
So kiss me cold when they chain me down
To have and to hold
This twisted crown
Ever distant
Ever silent
These chains of glass
Order and instinct
This too shall pass
(Certains s'en inquiètent, c'est vrai.
Certains s'en inquiètent.)
So kiss me cold
When they chain me down
To have and to hold
This twisted crown
So kiss me cold
When they chain me down
To have and to hold
This twisted crown
So kiss me cold
When they pull me down
To have and to hold
This twisted crown
(Sometimes art should be nothing but violence!)
Sometimes art should be nothing but cruelty!)
So kiss me cold
When they drag me down
To have and to hold
This twisted crown
(Sometimes art should be nothing but violence!)
keep us silent
and diverted
drug me, corporate gods
we were eager
to forget
now we hail the blade unmasked
toward death
toward the sun
this needle poised in flesh
drink from this lunacy
and bite the hand that made you man
and when springtime comes
with awkward little steps
to the land that mourns for me
do not rush
do not fear
the silent frequency (of lust)
toward death
toward the sun
this needle poised in flesh
drink from this lunacy
and bite the hand that made you man
and the sun goes down
and death is all around
and the secret son lies down
and death is here to drown
and everything's falling down
Is this some kind of confession?
Am I obliged to let you speak?
Are you still wondering whether
Our actions are ever
Completely pure?
How could I be sure
When all thieves lose their composure
When starvation os forcing its way through
the trees
All the way down to the beach
Mourn for me
As the sounds fall asleep
Smother me
With your mad charity
With your poisonous mercy
Smother me with charity
So we seek out the lonely roads
To rush towards the useless
And leave this riot of blossoms
To the simple minds
If you decide to accept my offer
To understand this sacrifice
Think of me as inanimate matter
To hide me from their lies
So let me yearn for you
As you have yearned for me
This storm has left us stranded
But there's method to this madness
Torture me with their ugliness
And their ugly dreams
Hidden from the eyes of men
What courage
What foolishness
When we lie white in our mourning slumber
When our skin smells of sun
The filthy mass that moves and talks
Is swept into the sea, is gone
When we are naked, when we're on fire
When we render secret tribute to
This pain we fake, this blue desire
Love is still our craving and our shame
When they come to me
Laughing and howling
When they thrust their anguish into me
And lick the blood as it runs down
They don't give place to youthful bloom
Not then, not now
In the leaves of blood, in the life of the tribe
I am dead to all the world
Why should we disguise in order to conceal?
Why then try to hide a wound that shall not heal?
They swore to take us to their lands
Where milk-white blossoms float
And then they swore to always die in splendour
So let us hear the wild songs they sing
And let us feel the wild joys they bring
And we shall than disguise in order to reveal
And we shall swear tonight to never yield
To never give in, to never falter
To never yield or cry for quarter
When old men dream up wars for us to fight in
When old men dream up wars for us to die in
We toss and turn
We need a new man
There is nothing left but fear here
Into the sea
Into this life
Contemplate
Treading water
All is sacred
All is green
Under the belltower
Under my skin
We have reached a new line
We have come to an end
Now tell me this wasn't fun
"Niemand zwingt mich in die Knie"
Each and every face is cut to match
So we all fall into sweet silence
This life's reversion
This summer's plague
Don't you ever try to warm my mind
Would you heed my words?
Would you slay for me?
Real Love
real love.. real love.. that`s been all i need
i found someone to h0ld.. to love..
never thought, i would find someone
who would give me joy beyond.. the plain
you`ve changed my life completely
made me feel brand new
ohh.. what a feeling.. to h0ld.. someone
[ chorus: ]
real love.. real love.. that`s been all i need
i found someone to l0ve.. to h0ld..
real love.. real l0ve.. that`s been all i need
i found someone to h0ld.. to l0ve..
real love.. you`ve given to me
you`ve opened my eyes, and now i truely see
i`ll sh0ut it out for the world to hear, what you`ve
d0ne for me
ohh what a feeling.. to l0ve someone.. yeeeah..
[ chorus ]
you came along and touched me
made me whole again
you`ve given sweet love to my.. real l0ve
you know baby..
no one else have ever made me feel the way you do
i hope that you`ll always stay in my heart.. my
thoughts.. my soul..
"So? Dann muss ich jetzt wohl etwas autoritär werden!"
Rape blossoms
We strangle baby birds
Retrace our steps within your heart
A little ruse in early spring
The neglected riddle of corrosion
A breast afire
Comeradeship
The sweet rigor of life in the ranks
This restlessness we share
An uneasy feast
We are shameless, uninvited guests
All passion spent
We stay deaf to everything
All lost shame
All words of peace have died away
Both on our lips and in our hearts
All passion spent...now.
["Das Gegenteil von Kunst...
Das Gegenteil von Kultur...
Das Gegenteil von Stolz...
Das Gegenteil von Liebe...
...ist die Gleichgültigkeit."] 2
So go on and fail me
Come on and break me for good
'Cause sometimes we feel alive
Why don't you fail me?
Go on and break me once more
Let's combine in the dance of war
Either left to rot in indifference
Or left to drown in despair
You shall turn 'round
And you shall die from this life
And be reborn to mine...now.
So go on and fail me
Come on and break me for good
'Cause sometimes we feel alive
Why don't you fail me?
Go on and break me once more
Let's combine in the dance of war
["Sono l'oblio e il ricordo
sono il pugnale e la lama
sono il midollo
sono nero
sono bianco
sono l'indifferenza
sono il lutto
sono il velo
sono la nebbia
...e io sono la morte."] 1
Go on and fail me
Come on and break me once more
'Cause sometimes we come alive
To be more than uninvolved
And all so cold and cruel
But most of all so ugly and imprecise
Oh, I felt like I was going to dive
Into a cruel sea of lust when
She said: "Saviours, they come and go."
Oh, I felt like I was going to dive
Into a cruel sea of lust when
She said: "Saviours, they come and go."
So why don't you fail me?
Come on and break me for good
'Cause sometimes we feel alive
Why don't you fail me?
Go on and break me once more
IT IS BUT A DATED FLOWER I BRING TO YOU
IT IS BUT A VIOLET GLISTENING WITH DEW
FOR IN OUR HEARTS OUR LOVE FOR YOU LIES UNREVEALED
A STALE ROMANCE AND THE SOLITUDE WE SHARE
HAVE DRAGGED YOU TO THE BEACH TO FIND ME THERE
EVERY PROMISE UNDONE GLITTERING IN THE SUN
IN THE GOLDEN SWAY OF VIOLENCE
THAT MORNING YOU CAME AND YOU STOOD IN DISBELIEF
IN LONGING AND SHAME - THE PRESENTIMENT OF GRIEF
TO FORGIVE AND TO DEFINE THIS TREACHERY OF MINE
YOU TOOK OFF YOUR CLOTHES IN SILENCE
THIS SWEET BLUE SECRECY, THE DEMANDS OF DESTINY
NOW WHO WILL SERVE YOUR PLEASURE, WHO WILL SERVE YOUR
GREED?
NOW THAT THE MEN YOU TREASURED BELONG TO THE FLEET
AND WATCH THE MORROW’S TIDE, THAT FRAIL AND BEAUTIFUL
BRIDE
WHAT A VERY STRANGE SEASON THIS IS
FROM THE TENDER AX OF SPRINGTIME, DEFYING THE SNOWS
TO THE STREAMING SUMMER’S HATCHET SHE ROSE
NOW ALL COVERED WITH LIME UNDER AN INDIFFERENT SKY
WE SMOTHER EVERYTHING IN KISSES
WILL WE KNOW ETERNITY? WILL WE FORGE A WAY TO SEE?
WHO WILL SERVE YOUR PLEASURE, WHO WILL SERVE YOUR
GREED?
NOW THAT THE MEN YOU TREASURED BELONG TO THE FLEET
AND WATCH THE MORROW’S TIDE, THAT FRAIL AND BEAUTIFUL
BRIDE
WHAT A VERY STRANGE SEASON THIS IS
FROM THE TENDER AX OF SPRINGTIME, DEFYING THE SNOWS
TO THE STREAMING SUMMER’S HATCHET SHE ROSE
NOW ALL COVERED WITH LIME UNDER AN INDIFFERENT SKY
WE SMOTHER EVERYTHING IN KISSES
"…and we're all going around not being quite who we
would want to be and so one of the most important
things of making space for somebody is to make the
space that they can step into and be the person they
would like to be. Because what we're dealing with is
transformation. Of ourselves. And every single person
we meet."
Now everything just seems about to break
Because people don't need proof when they have faith
We surrender when we crawl, when we doubt
If we stop, if we stay quiet, we die
"…it's today. The most valuable, precious thing you
have in your life is this second. Nothing is better
later."
Now instinct has left its warm lair
And courage is back on the wings of prayer
Within our joyous drunkeness
Solitude is accepted
Let it come from within
In each instant of time
With each crumbling
"…alle Sorgen, alle kleinlichen Dinge des Lebens, alle
Unklarheit und Schwäche fällt ab von uns…"
We are all dead
But dancing
In black waves of sleep
All covered with flowers
Seared from within
We stood guard on the ramparts
Shedding our leaves
In beautiful completeness
While they insulted our gried
"…er ist bezwungen, er ist unser…"
So go ahead and free me -Allem voran die Tat
Better dead than kneeling -Allem voran die Tat
Our lives deprived of meaning -Allem voran die Tat
sugar pie.. could i tell you what`s on my mind (ohh
yess)
i miss the way.. we use to walk and talk
and h0ld.. h0ld hands.. my baby..
they say in time.. it`ll all work out
but girl.. i`m so afraid..
the thought of losing you this time
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love.. ever like mine
like.. like mine..
girl.. there`ll never be..
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love.. ever like mine
like.. like mine..
truely girl
they say a man ain`t suppose to cry
but.. who likes.. who loves my baby
i give my all to you.. and all my loving only to you
babe..
baby.. whoaa..
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love.. ever like mine
ohh.. don't ya know
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love.. ever like mine
cause i`m s0o.. i`m s0o into you
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love.. ever like mine
all i wanna do girl.. is spend my life with you
and only you
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love
there`ll never be a love.. ever like mine
Once we learned to speak we learned to fail
We turned white and cold
Like lovers
A frozen heart, a flaming sword, a thousand fathers dead
In solitude we bathe
Like lovers
Compromise!
Compromise! (Dies ist keine richtung)
Compromise!
Compromise is not possible
In the hour of the wolf we learned to falter
In a tired dance
Like lovers (...)
And hidden gods wait and watch
The daughters of the land
In the purple fields of war
Like lovers
Compromise!
Compromise! (Dies ist keine richtung)
Compromise!
Compromise is not possible
Dies ist keine richtung
Now I know
Just what you need babe
Come on over here
Let me hold you
Theres a few things
You just might not know sugar
I'm so into you
and i love to see you smile
so when it's good love
coming down baby
I've got to make you feel just right baby
I love to hear you moan
I love to feel you groan
my baby, oh
just once, once more, three times baby
now take one moment
baby let's take our time
we got all night
we can drink the finest of wine
just take my rhythm
take it in stride babe
i love to feel your body all over mine
so when it's good love
coming down baby
I've got to make you feel just right baby
I love to hear you moan
I love to feel you groan
my baby, oh
just once, once more, three times baby
i've got to make you
feel just what it is
i love i love i love
i gotta make you call my name
I've got to make you feel just right baby
I love to hear you moan
I love to feel you groan
my baby, oh
[Intro:]
Everytime I see your face
It makes me wanna sing
And everytime I think about your love
It drives me crazy
Everytime I see your face
It makes me wanna sing
And everytime I think about your love
It drives me crazy
[Verse:]
Say my lady
Tell me what's wrong
With your boyfriend
Aaah, Come on
He holds the key
To your heart
But he don't love you, baby
Baby, like I do
Only wanna be with you
Girl you are the love of my life, baby
And I give it to you, baby
You belong to me and only me, baby
[Chorus:]
I belong to you (I belong)
I give all my love to you (I give all my love, baby, I wanna give you all my love)
I belong to you (I belong)
I give all my love to you (All that love, oh baby, baby oh)
[Verse:]
Say my lady
You are so fine
I wake up in the mornin' to see a smile on your face, baby
You are a queen of my heart, baby
I belong to you
And you belong to me, yeah
Girl you are the love of my life, baby
All those cloudy days
They fade away when you come my way, baby
[Chorus:]
I belong to you (I belong)
I give all my love to you (Girl if you were mine, I'd never do you wrong baby cause I give all my love)
I belong to you (I belong)
I give all my love to you (Ooooh, listen up here baby)
I belong to you (Say my lady)
I give all my love to you (I belong, I belong, I belong to you baby)
[Outro:]
Everytime I see your face (I belong)
It makes me wanna sing
And everytime I think about your love
It drives me crazy (Ooo, All my life live long, I belong baby)
Everytime I see your face (I belong)
It makes me wanna sing (Oh)
And everytime I think about your love (Ah, oh)
It drives me crazy (Oh, higher baby, wanna get higher with your love, cause I belong)
I belong to you (Ooh)
I give all my love to you
Everytime I see your face (Oo) h
It makes me wanna sing (I belong to you baby)
And everytime I think about your love
It drives me crazy
I belong to you (I belong)
I give all my love to you
Everytime I see your face
Time the great deadener
Returning hard kisses at last
A love etched in blood
A love has come to pass
O glued the letter to your mouth
As treason climbed all over your face
Like a kitten, yet not so playfully
Do not play with me
I glued the letter to your hand
To consecrate the moment
This too shall end in fire
This too shall end
She wore mourning like a graceless flower
Blind to each sign of fear
So insecure
So unaware of me
I glued the letter to your heart
Crimson flowered redemption
November washed away the smoke
November washed it all away
All the guilty and all the glory
All the stories overheard
Forever entwined, yet forever enthroned
I remember way back when
we fell in love
playing hide and seek in the garden
romancing in the breeze
take me where i wanna be
in your arms
in ecstacy
you mean the world to me
and you make me whole
I never felt this way
feels like heaven
Heaven
Heaven, i wanna stay in your arms
Heaven, feels so good inside
Heaven
say you're gonna stay a while
holding me loving me
through the midnight hours
a quiet storm for two
paradise in your eyes
let go, relax your mind,let go baby
you mean the world to me
and you make me whole
I never felt this way
feels like heaven
owww
Heaven
Heaven, it feels so good to be here baby
Heaven, so sweet so sweet
Heaven, the way you love me baby
heaven, i don't wanna go nowhere
heaven, i wanna stay right here in your arms
heaven, girl you make me feel so good
heaven, i made her fall in love
Heaven, taste your sweet love oh your sweet love
Come Here
Lower Your Eyes And Surrender
To The Blossoms Spring Has Brought
To Adorn Our Grief
With The Memory Of You
Love Stole Away To Another Body
To Another Thief
To A World You Are Withering
You Are Starving, Draining Its Blood
Come Here
We Know Nothing Of Hatreds
Nor Their Jealousies
Nor Their Enmities
We Laugh And Dance In Perfect Composure
This Is Our Beauty
Of Simplicity And Severety Of Discipline
Be Free Of Whatever They Teach
Of Whatever They Preach
Free Yourself Of Their Entrapments
Of Their Weapons Of Mass Distraction
Free Yourself From The Bondage Of Time And Place And
Status
For What Peace Do They Give?
Wht Truth Do They Reveal?
What Lie Do They Live?
Whose Blood Weeps From These Wounds?
Detach Yourself!
Detach Yourself!
For There Is A War
Deep In Our Hearts
And That’s Where All Battles Ought To Be Fought
Come Here
Lower Your Eyes
Master, I Praise You
I’ve Come Here To Tame
The Demands Of The Flesh
I’ve Come To Forget My Name
We All Thought That The Moon
Should Be Turned To Blood
And That It’s The Worst Thing
To Want For One Who Comes Not
But There’s Nothing Left Than To Obey
All Of Their Laws Of Wealth
Always Fighting On Both Sides
No Denial, No Denial
Master, I Serve You
And I Serve The Language
Of Failure And Doubt
I’ve Come To Sell You My Anguish
We All Thought That The Moon
Should Be Turned To Blood
And That It’s The Worst Thing
To Try To Please And Please Not
But There’s Nothing Left Than To Obey
All Of Their Laws Of Wealth
Always Fighting On Both Sides
No Denial, No Denial
Yes, There’s Nothing Left Than To Obey
All Of Their Laws Of Wealth
Master, Are You Taking Sides?
No Denial, No Denial
And It Feels Like Spring Again
We’ve Sealed This Feel Again
Though You Tried To Blind Me
I Still Saw You Blush
It Feels Like Spring Again
We’ve Sealed This Feel Again
Though You Tried To Blind Me
Though You Tried To Blind Me
We Do Not Pause, We Do Not Rest
So Do Not Speak, Please Do Not Test
My Nerve Like This, In A Season Like This
We Do Not Pause, We Do Not Rest
So Do Not Speak, Please Do Not Test
My Nerve Like This, In A Season Like This
You Tried To Blind Me
Do we reject - Do we embrace - Do we detest
The deceitful nature of battleless victories?
In this blank age of protest
Of form enfolding strenght
Are we guards, henchmen, defenders?
Defeat, Defeat, Defeat
A time for precision and beauty
A time for seperateness
From blackness to nothingness
From a waste of words to nothing less than...
Defeat, Defeat, Defeat
The ethos of action
The ethos of pain
Juxtaposed displeasures
The ethos of action
The ehtos of pain
This futile life
And its treasures
Oooooooooooh
Yes you are
Tell me the truth baby
Tell me the truth now baby
Have you found another lover
Someone who cares
And holds you tight
I won't cry
I won't shed a tear
Cause when your well runs dry
You gonna miss my loving baby
The way I hold and touch and kiss
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
Now one day
You'll see it'll be reality
And all pain will come
You search for me
High and low
But all remains
Is a memory
Of how I used to hold and touch and squeeze you baby iiiiiiii
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do you like this, do you like that
The way I do you like this and do you like that
Do me right all night
Baby I'm waitin', anticipatin'
Do me right all night
Baby I'm waitin', anticipatin'
Now I can't wait to feel your heartbeat
Taking control of me, baby
And I can't wait to feel your good love
'Cause you know what I need, baby, do me right
Do me right all night
Baby I'm waitin', anticipatin'
Do me right all night
Baby I'm waitin', anticipatin'
A woman like you knows what she likes
And a man like me who loves to satisfy
If you want it come and get it
Let me love you all through the night, babe
Do me right all night
Baby I'm waitin', anticipatin'
Do me right all night
Baby I'm waitin', anticipatin'
Do me right all night
Baby I'm waitin', anticipatin'
Do me right all night
Baby I'm waitin', anticipatin'
Do me right all night
Baby I'm waitin', anticipatin'
Do me right all night
Baby I'm waitin', anticipatin'
I can taste the gin and oxy on your lips
I'll divide the world and fall between your hips
There's no way that I can save your life
When you can't even open your eyes
And I tried to right your wrongs
But I just end up with all of your lies
Whoa oh oh oh...
Such a pretty face but such an ugly mess
You got everyone but choose the loneliness
Yeah we crash and burn
And we argue to the point of no return
Yeah I'm finally done
And this song's been sung
So this I dedicate to you
Whoa oh oh oh...
Oh baby it's a dedication, a dedication
This is dedicated to you
Baby it's a dedication, a dedication
This is dedicated to you
For the times we had
For the good and bad
This is dedicated to you
Such a pretty face that I must erase
This is dedicated to you
Oh baby it's a dedication, a dedication
This is dedicated to you
Baby it's a dedication, a dedication
This is dedicated to you
clocks
brown clocks hanging from an autumn sky
will they grant me one more hour?
white wings they shimmer and shine
she has brought me gifts
a string of pearls
roses of red
emeralds from the black waters
of the southern sea
knives of silver
knives of gold
the grey skies of today
the iron mist of tomorrow
worlds unravel
The tap-tapping of your fingers
Encrusted with blood
We shall never be apart
The pitchfork and the cloven hoof
The fiddler's dancing on the roof
Oh, my soul and all that is within me
Send your prayers
Recite the rosary
Tell the birds and the beasts of prey
How to seduce
How to betray
The flowers, the serpents
The gods of the netherworld
The mad biter, the pied piper
The pale priest of the mute people
Let me awake to life immortal
After all that was
Has ceased to be
Has ceased to breathe
Tell the birds and the beasts of prey
How to seduce
Das ist (...) doch (...)
To prepare you,
To prepare you,
To prepare your minds... for this great war.
To each dream its fragrance
To life its dread
To each angst its pain
To each truth its rumour
We have lost our cause
We have drained this fear
With burning glass
With another cheap thrill
Its trust regained
Its strife remote
So be unkind or be sedated
Did tomorrow swear not to spare itself
Nor anyone else?
Anyone else?
…to prepare you, to prepare your mind for the part you
watching from a distance
the strangeness of their fate
their deaths put my life to shame
but we? do we feel ashamed?
are we ugly with grief?
honour me
savagely
a dead youth
a sacred fever
a chest still swollen with hope
feed these lands with dead men
we serve their cult in secret
our hearts are heavy
our sense of sin
from a distant impossible past
we sing the love of danger
of unconditional loyalty
of blind devotion?
Uh, it's like that, y'all, it's like this, y'all
Uh, it's like that, y'all, it's like this, y'all
It's like that, y'all, it's like this, y'all
It's the R-to the O-to the M-to the E
Baby, don't you know I really like the way
We're makin' sweet love, baby
I don't care what they say, you're the one
The lover in my life, whoa...
I belong to you, babe
You belong to me
And I'm the one who serves you right
Each and ever day 'cause
Uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
I wanna love you up and down, I wanna kiss your pretty
toes
I wanna make you lose control
I wanna love you in time-out, I wanna love you all
night
I wanna make you scream
I got your back (Don't worry)
Don't worry about the slack (Oh, no)
No one's gonna hurt my queen
'Cause you're my Boo
Uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there ('Cause I'll do it)
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there ('Cause I got what you need,
babe)
Uh-uh, do it right there (Mmm, yeah, baby)
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there (Oh...oh...oh...whoa...)
Uh-uh, do it right there
{Do it, do it}
{Go}
You're the diggity-diggity bomb
And every day and night I gotta get some
Can I rub your back, can I hold you tight
Can we do those things
Just wanna hold you, just wanna squeeze you
Just wanna do those things
Ooh, lady, it feels so good
What you do
Feel the groove
And I love
Love the way you're kissin' me, love the way you're
holdin' me
Love the way you're feelin' me, baby
Uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Love the way you're lovin' me, love the way you're
holdin' me
Love the what you do, lady
Uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh {Yeah}
I love the way we move
I love the way we groove
I love the way we do those things
Baby
I got your back (Don't worry)
Don't worry about the slack (Oh, no)
No one's gonna hurt my queen
'Cause you're my Boo
Uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there (Mmm, love the ay you love
me, babe)
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there
Uh-uh, do it right there (My lady)
Uh-uh, do it right there (You're the bomb)
Uh-uh, do it right there (And you're special)
We're clubbing traitors
In green summer fields
Reality is changing colour
All the nation's sad sweetness
Is flowing form their eyes
And kneaded into time
The sun in our eyes
And the rain on our boots
As black as our gift to the world
In this warm bath of black blood
We would give our skin for a beautiful drum
We're chasing traitors
Through green summer fields
All the way back across the waters
And we would do just about anything
Just to translate this void into substance
Wanting to daub time over
With thick colours
In this sultry heat
This stifling fever heat
We are tender young gods
Love and despair locked in an embrace
Two wilted flowers black and green
Love and despair locked in an embrace
Truth changed its smell as it aged
In the sweat of the august days
In the blue dawns of summer
We revoked silence and its claws
On the day they swore not to betray their men
In the blue dawns of summer
Black writing on wet walls
Lets us float in a stupor of blood
Bewegung entsteht durch haltung
So we are left to wander
Through hollow ropes of sand
We who came here for gold
We who brought the sword
Wine milk and secret wars
Into the orchards we slide
A call to worship a blind king reborn
Bewegung entsteht durch haltung
Through streets and fields
Crowded with lovers
Again
In tombs, in forrests
beneath the pitiless gaze of things
we interlock in tight coils
the outbreak of plague a little while before
scorched flowers
beautifully died with blood
the relics of our yesterday
a young beast
quietly waiting
and then with stealthy footsteps
imposing its presence more and more
it disappears when you doubt
the tiredness of the days of indecision
has left us stranded
wrapped in the folds of the rainy season
it disappears when you doubt
i shall ask you for forgiveness
for all the things that i have done
i should have known better
but i won't ask for love nor shelter
think of me as the one to remain unknown
for more than i you have been a face to hide
you have become a name to forget
would you ever surrender?
we stay far from you who wait petrified
inside your countries fortified
your dread of the deep
so unlike our dread of sleep
you won't quench this glow
you won't stem this tide
for your conventions are ruin
your tools are death to me
so how dare you molest the seas
you masters of deceit
are you still surprised
at how our pain dissolves into sound
into one voice
at this our loneliness more verdict than choice
more than i you have been a face to hide
you have become a stain to forget
a shame to reject
so nevermind
all our fears, all our tears
oh, no, nevermind
rückkehr in die fremde
zum abend der zeit
fern dem zorn der städte
wir wollen das wort nicht brechen
auch jetzt nicht
stehen wir auch dem herbst zum raub
schwerter zu rost herzen zu staub
ohne hass, ohne fahne
beware of words and their power to charm
those greedy little men
their filthy souls
before all else be armed
...möcht' auch noch die ganze welt uns hören...
remember you're unique
just like anybody else
so don't grow wishbones
where the backbone ought to be
before all else be armed
beware of words and their power to disarm
like a blind mob
eyes like cattle
i remembered you wrong
i remembered you strong
i have severed all links, all attachments
to study your gestures
you shephard, you merchant
you cold-hearted deserter
death is not a trivial matter
death is no trivial matter
and jealousy appeared
among a crowd of well-wishers
and carried these mournful lanterns
all gossip, all slander
my sweet black childhood
a secret son of europe
in stern ordeals
our great refusal to fear
einmal vor unermässlichem stehen
einmal vor unaussprechlichem stehen
einmal vor unbestechlichem stehen
einmal vor unverdächtigem stehen
einmal vor unvergesslichem stehen
einmal vor unzerbrechlichem stehen
einmal vor unerbittlichem stehen
einmal vor unermässlichem stehen
einmal vor unaussprechlichem stehen
einmal vor unbestechlichem stehen
einmal vor unverdächtigem stehen
einmal vor...
i remembered you strong
but i remembered you wrong
everything is forgiven
everything we've done
my sweet black childhood
a secret son of europe
in stern ordeals
our great refusal to fear
our great refusal to fear
our great refusal to fear
Rome
herbstzeitlose
there is no peace
no truce
no pause
no end
there will always be
guilt
impurity
despair
we are afraid (why are we afraid?)
we are not what was intended
we do not know
what was intended (why are we here?)
we shiver
shudder
tremble
(would you have been brave?)
would you have been just?
would you have beenů
(would you have been just?)
(would you have beenů just?)
Laughing
Tears of joy (real joy) yeah
Real joy (real joy)
Tears of joy
Real joy (real joy)
Well things have changed
I'm not alone now
And all my pain
is gone
The lord has blessed me since you left me
Now all my love for you is gone
She's wiped away all my tears
I've found a home
She's given me (real joy) joy
{Real joy deep in my soul real joy}
Oh
so much joy deep down
inside
(Real joy)
{Real joy deep in my soul}
Deep down
(Real joy)
Now that's over don't cry
No, no, no
Lift your head be strong
There's a joy deep down inside
I can't hide; I can't hide this feeling no more
Let's say our last good bye
Suga
I'm on my way home
She's given me (real joy) joy
Yeah
{Real joy deep in my soul [Deep down] real joy}
So much joy I can't explain; I can't
.
(Real joy)
{Real joy deep in my soul real joy}
Real joy
(Real joy)
Do you know what I'm talken about, Yeah
Real joy
(Real joy)
{Real joy deep in my soul real joy}
Um
I can live on
honey
(Real joy)
Some nights I use to cry but now baby
(Real joy)
But now baby, but now, but now, but now
(Real joy)
{Real joy [Whoo.] deep in my soul}
Deep down, (real joy) deep down, deep down
In my soul
in my soul
(Real joy)
(Real joy)
Ahh.real deep, real joy, real joy, ahhh
(Real joy)
Old enough to know better, too young to care
Bent of self destruction no one aware
If I had a reason I could make it work for me
If I had an answer I wouldn't be so hard to see
Feelin' all just the same
Feelin' all like a pain
No I'm not down the drain
Make my own decisions just to go away
Take the consequences just not today
Got enough reasons still not workin' for me
Got all the answers still so hard to see
Somethin' is confusin' me
Somethin' is abusin' me
Somethin' is refusin' me, life
Let me live
(I'm gonna fight for)
I wanna give
(I feel to cry for)
I've been through hell and back so many times before
Take me there
(I've given a life for)
I don't care where
(Give me tight for)
And show me why there's nothin' to die for too
Old enough to know better too dead to change
Went in with a full deck goin' out deranged
I had all the reasons tried, it didn't work for me
I had all the answers I was too blind to see
Mirror man in my eye
Mirror man gonna cry
Mirror man make you die
Let me live
(I'm gonna fight for)
I wanna give
(I feel to cry for)
I've been through hell and back so many times before
Take me there
(I'm in a trap for)
I don't care where
(I'm in a tight war)
Rome
the joys of stealth
when we lie white in our mourning slumber
when our skin smells of sun
the filthy mass that moves and talks
is swept into the sea, is gone
when we are naked, when we're on fire
when we render secret tribute to
this pain we fake, this blue desire
love is still our craving and our shame
when they come to me
laughing and howling
when they thrust their anguish into me
and lick the blood as it runs down
they don't give place to youthful bloom
not then, not now
in the leaves of blood, in the life of the tribe
i am dead to all the world
Ar fi trebuit - sa fii aici cu mine
Am fost creati - antrenati - si conditionati sa disparem
Vom sta printre umbre - prin poienile arzande
gata de a deveni - hoti de inchiriat
Si vom ramane invizibili - vom calatori alene
dar nu ne vom grabi - pasul catre lumina...
Si vom dansa - daca putem - cu ochii inchisi
we shall let our songs drown
the rattle of the train
and the roaring of the crowd
we shall wet our throat with sticky dark wine
and toast this blood wedding so fine
to new horizons! to a new dawn!
to a new and reckless generosity!
for this our land of the free
we shall win, die or betray and turn
swords to rust - hearts to dust
in vain to write our name
in blood and in flowers of flame
swords to rust - hearts to dust
all blind and gone astray
our envy green as may
all smothered in wild flowers
we break the windows to breathe
that golden dawn is ours
for tonight hesitation is on leave
to wear god down
to flatten him out
to pray to no other
parley with death
to bury the crown
to silence all lovers
we shall turn
swords to rust - hearts to dust
in vain to write our name
in blood and in flowers of flame
swords to rust - hearts to dust
all blind and gone astray
our envy green as may
schwerter zu rost - herzen zu staub!
dennoch die schwerter halten
dennoch die herzen spalten
swords to rust - hearts to dust
in vain to write our name
in blood and in flowers of flame
swords to rust - hearts to dust
all blind and gone astray
I remember the first time we met
We laughed so hard our eyes turned red
Skipping school said fuck drivers ed
So we can jam to the Grateful Dead
when you' re around baby time slows down
roll up the windows and just drive around
you're always there when i need you the most
you light me up, light me up, let's go
Can I get an ounce of love
This weeks been a little rough
taste you once but its not enough
so come give me an ounce of love
like eh eh eh eh
whoa oh oh
ounce of love yeah
eh eh eh eh
whoa oh oh
ounce of love yeah
they tried to say you're no good for me
say what you want
cuz I wont believe
when you roll up you know you smell so sweet
you're on my lips everyday of the week
I'm never ever going to let you go
my inspiration in the studio
& when you're gone I can't sleep at night
but you're never gone so I sleep just fine yea
Can I get an ounce of love
this weeks been a little rough
taste you once but its not enough
so come give me an ounce of love
like eh eh eh eh
whoa oh oh
ounce of love yea
eh eh eh eh
whoa oh oh
ounce of love yea
aye oh
I wanna breathe you in
aye oh
so give me some lovin yea
aye oh
I wanna breathe you in
aye oh
so give me some lovin yea
aye oh
I wanna breathe you in
aye oh
so give me some lovin yea
aye oh
I wanna breathe you in
aye oh
so give me some lovin yea
Can I get an ounce of love
this weeks been a little rough
taste you once but its not enough
so come give me an ounce of love
like eh eh eh eh
whoa oh oh
ounce of love yea
eh eh eh eh
whoa oh oh
ounce of love yea
Come give me a ounce of love yeah
eh eh eh eh
whoa oh oh
ounce of love yea
eh eh eh eh
whoa oh oh
If I had my way, I would leave this all behind
If I had my way, I would get you out my mind
It seems every where I look and turn, I'm running into this girl
No matter how far I fly, there's no escaping her
I've had enough, every damn song that comes on
Had enough, of pawning of that necklace that you wore
Had enough, bout to let my shit and hit the road
It's the same old story told, that was smarter than before
Cause I think of you, when that song comes on
I still think of you, when I first wake up
I still think of you, in the worst kinds of ways
And I wouldn't really mind, if I didn't today
Wooah, you know I hate you
Wooah, cause I still love you
Millions of girls all over the world and I'm hung up on this one
Wooah, yeah and I'm hung up on this one
If I had my way, I'd erase you from the past
If I had my way, you know I'd put you last
Never thought that we'd be here, acting like we don't give a damn
Everything that we've been through, pretending like I wasn't your man
Ive had enough, hearing about you dating dudes
Had enough, of running into your whole crew
Had enough, you got me sing singing the blues
Had enough of what you put me through
Cause I think of you, when that song comes on
I still think of you, when I first wake up
I still think of you, in the worst kinds of ways
And I wouldn't really mind, if I didn't today
Wooah, you know I hate you
Wooah, cause I still love you
Millions of girls all over the world and I'm hung up on this one
Wooah, yeah and I'm hung up on this one
We are, always afraid to, lose our creation, for me and for you
Wooah, you know I hate you
Wooah, cause I still love you
Millions of girls all over the world and I'm hung up on this one
Wooah, yeah and I'm hung up on this one
Wooah, yeah and I'm hung up on this one
Millions of girls all over the world and I'm hung up on this one
These days lovers change like the seasons
Come and go, hot to cold for no reason
I don't want to be stuck here while our summer starts to fade
Baby cause it's bad for me
You know that you're bad for me
Let's go!
I don't care, I don't mind
Cause I know another birdie will fly by
So I sit back and I get high
And pour me some Jack to clear my mind
Is it that bad, I don't feel bad
Cause I found a hotter bitch that makes her own cash
And when she goes and you know
I'll find another chica who can top that
Don't blame me when it changes for no reason
Don't blame me when we have to start again.
Let s go!
These days lovers change like the seasons
Come and go, hot to cold for no reason
I don't wanna be stuck here while our summer starts to fade
Baby cause it's bad for me
You know that you're bad for me.
Cause in my mind it was July but she's so cold,
She's so cold like December
All you are to me is just an x on my calendar baby
All you are to me another x on my calendar baby.
These days lovers change like the seasons
Come and go, hot to cold for no reason
I don't wanna be stuck here while our summer starts to fade
Baby cause it's bad for me
You know that you're bad for me
Lovers change like the seasons.
These days lovers change like the seasons
Come and go, hot to cold for no reason
I don t wanna be stuck here while our summer starts to fade
Baby cause it's bad for me
You know that you're bad for me.
Lovers change like the seasons.
These days lovers change like the seasons.
Come and go, hot to cold for no reason
I don't wanna be stuck here while our summer starts to fade
Baby cause it's bad for me
Rome
le carillon
Ich bin das Vergessen
Ich bin die Erinnerung
Ich bin der Dolch
Ich bin die Klinge
Ich bin das Mark
Ich bin schwarz
Ich bin weiss
Ich bin die Gleichgültigkeit
Ich bin die Trauer
Ich bin der Schleier
Ich bin der Nebel
i shall retrace my steps
to cover up my tracks
to conceal my taste for treason
to detach you from me
and the hatred offered by a fathers heart
will always keep brothers apart
we are tranquil and benevolent
we don't like noisy surprises
we stay on the move
for stillness brings death
and slowness brings fear
we men of cold politeness
shall never melt into that kindness of yours
no matter how we try
you say why weep over what?
we say weep until the weepings done
and we shall weep for another day
for what binds us to our grief
binds the sculptor to his clay
for what binds us to our grief
binds the sculptor to his clay
we are the most alive
the most rootless
with whips and chains we cross
the ruins of Europe
and from time to time
trapped in reflections
we feel there's no place
no home for us but this land
this land is mine
this land is yours
you only suffer as long as you want to
men like us do not let each other drown
we share the sweetest black bread
that delicate grain of scorn
no god, no master, no master slave
i no longer serve you, nor your palace of flesh
when loneliness spreads out between our sheets
our sacrifice is a knife at the throat of time
but we shall cut it up some other day
for what binds us to our grief
binds the sculptor to his clay
for what binds us to our grief
binds the sculptor to his clay
in life, in love, in longing
i know
i deserted like you
without wealth, without property
you were wrong
you let hell invade you and you let me go
love wants to be both gentle and cruel
you were a fool, you should have known
and would you wear berries in your hair
for this battalion of lovers?
and would you share this table
set among the stones of your brothers?
i thought i had no wish to protect you, to conquer you
but now i have turned to you
so leave death and come to me
you will see, i will leave no scar on you
for you were meant to be with me, here
for we are built, trained, conditioned to disappear
we shall stay in the shadows, in the meadows afire
as thieves for hire
and we shall remain invisible, for we travel light
for we do not rush toward the light
for we dance if we can with our eyes closed
all along the borders, all along the road
and we shall make our movements lighter
like the boys on the wire
to regain the joy and fierceness
of the essential man
cool out here, beside me
cool out in the sands of Spain
cool out and wash yourself in milk again
and now you shall moan and you shall weep
and you shall loathe the other cheek
my friend you cant pretend to know life in every breath
to wound my pride, to envy death
you didn't come up with this cure and rest assured
your longings never seemed pure
and each time i will come
each time i will be another
a sinner, a saint, your enemy brother
i shall make you say please
i shall have you on your knees
wir haben unsere welt verloren
was übrig bleibt schleppen wir jetzt in koffern
durch halb europa
an alle welt uns ausgeschenkt!
vom leben unbesiegt
was uns eint ist der verzicht!
you were meant to be with me, here
for we are built, trained, conditioned to disappear
we shall stay in the shadows, in the meadows afire
as thieves for hire
and we shall remain invisible, for we travel light
for we do not rush toward the light
and we dance if we can with our eyes closed
all along the borders, all along the road
and we shall make our movements lighter
like the boys on the wire
Who's the boy you like the most?
Is he teasing you with underage?
Could he be waving from a tropical sunset?
Static silhouette somehow
Single in this bed someday
Quiet till it fall, fall, falls!
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Focus looking forward the Colosseum
Oh no, what did I say? What can I say?
Rome, Rome, many tears have fallen here
I'll be driving, you look the other way
That ain't easy to ignore
When shutters open all the way
When it's candlelight I see I go insane
Distant silhouette somehow
We shared a cigarette somewhere
Addict till it fall, fall, falls!
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Focus looking forward the Colosseum
Oh no, what did I say? What can I say?
Rome, Rome, many tears have fallen here
I'll be driving, you look the other way
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Always and forevermore
I call to say I'm on the way
2000 years remain in a trash can
Let burn the cigarette somewhere
Ashes till it fall, fall, falls!
I stand outside under broken leaves
I know I can't do without, the future's trying to wait
I've never loved you and if I loved you
I wouldn't say that I'm sorry, oh no
I stand outside under broken leaves
Always and forevermore
We're together dead and lonely
I thought I couldn't do this without you
Single in this bed somewhere
Ashes till it fall, fall, falls!
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome
Instrumental
[Promoe]
When in Rome
The city never sleeps, cause everybody's sniffing coke
Entertainment's slipping up and down on the strippers
pole
The city's far from cheap, so get the fuck out if
you're broke
They ain't fighting poverty, they declared a war on the
poor
And, who's coming out up on top, you reckon
When gentrification's such a powerful weapon
Get to stepping and get those burning eyes
Taken away twenty for a day, a hundred lives a second
They got people competitive, running a race
I see the people afraid to live, what a disgrace
They put a literal and figurative gun in your face
When singing something gotta give me more money to
waste
They cock, load, aim it steadily
Rock, road, the game is deadly
Somebody please tell the world, the race is lost all
ready
Put it in reverse and break north already
Let's go, now
When in Rome, we don't do as the Romans
Ain't no love, and I'm through with the romance
See the blood on my hand and my shoulders
Can't stop now, I'm reloaded
Men in Rome, don't have no homes
The beat is pure evil, for our evillest deeds
When in Rome, we burn down Rome
Sign and sealed the DVSG
When in Rome, burn down Rome
[Supreme]
Yo, my nose i numb in vice city
We're hungry for more pretty, little
Fun, with their titties out
Some of us figured out
Once an inconvenient truth
We're you can get a Cadillac hoof
With a six pack on the stoop
Husky connection and the white line fever
Sneaker collection, look at my Adidas
We don't worry much, man, we like that reaper
Don't matter much if our lives is dictated by Ceasar
I got the game on the big screen
Accompanied by Jack or Jim Bean
Unless I finish up my sixteen
You call it ignorant, I call it distracting
Yeah, put out my cigarette and throw out the ashes
Hate that I learned to love this sickness, since I was
born
That's what my teacher called the Stockholm Syndrome
But I'm addicted, and I'm heading out the door
Man, you get the picture, can't stand being bored
I want more, I want more
[Promoe]
When in Rome, we don't do as the Romans
Ain't no love, and I'm through with the romance
See the blood on my hand and my shoulders
Can't stop now, I'm reloaded
Men in Rome, don't have no homes
The beat is pure evil, for our evillest deeds
When in Rome, we burn down Rome
Sign and sealed the DVSG
Burn down Rome, burn down Rome
[Promoe]
A symphony of cars keep playing their horns
To accompany the never-ending roar outside my door
Where the long arm of the law
Banging its drumsticks to young kids who in a uproar
[Supreme]
Ha, now, that's the rhythm of the inner city
Gun shot out loud, screaming of the victim of no pity
And we can split the profit fifty-fifty
Ain't no way to go against the flow, it's better
getting with it
[Promoe]
But the artery is congested in Metropolis
We're the zombie's peeking out through the cracks of
the Zykafages
And corporate vandals invade public space
If you want to contribute, better cover your face
[Supreme]
Cause they got you on camera, but no one care any more
We got to give them our rights to fight this unholy war
on terror
So we all humming along
That of key, melody, that the millionth song
Like,
[Promoe]
When in Rome, we don't do as the Romans
Ain't no love, and I'm through with the romance
See the blood on my hand and my shoulders
Can't stop now, I'm reloaded
Men in Rome, don't have no homes
The beat is pure evil, for our evillest deeds
When in Rome, we burn down Rome
Sign and sealed the DVSG
Burn down Rome, Looptroop Rockers, burn down Rome
Now, that's the rhythm of the inner city
It’s an honour and wonderful to live
Don’t praise this
Breath the air, it’s sick
Don’t praise this
This is the end
Glory, power, eternity, Rome
No mistake
This empire can’t exist
Breath the air, it’s sick
This is the end
All forever, splendor and wine
You follow the illusions
You will fall and your blood trickles into the ground
I am the master, the blood
In this land
Ignorance, arrogance
Breath the air it’s sick
Drink your last drop
Because this is the end
You will see, this is the fall of Rome
Yeah, yeah, yeah
When you see me
Better make a phone call
'Cause I'm a bad brained gravel gone fiend with no time at all
But just know that I'll drive so
When I deposit your body in the gulf coast, darlin, tomorrow
There's no mistaking that
Rome is gonna be mine
It's just a matter of
It's just a matter of
It's just a matter of time
There's no mistaking that
Rome is gonna be mine
It's just a matter of
It's just a matter of
It's just a matter of time
Through the legend of the river can he beg for it
Up in a basement
But I'm wearin' bubble
I'm glad it high heel don't give fuel to the bubble
Take, take, take, take
I better go play into metal
Heat it up, melt it down into a soup and help you to swallow
There's no mistaking that
Rome is gonna be mine
It's just a matter of
It's just a matter of
It's just a matter of time
There's no mistaking that
Rome is gonna be mine
It's just a matter of
It's just a matter of
It's just a matter of time
Through the legend of the river can he beg for it
Rome is gonna be mine
It's just a matter of,
It's just a matter of,
It's just a matter of time
There's no mistaking that
Rome is gonna be mine
It's just a matter of,
It's just a matter of,
It's just a matter of time
There's no mistaking that
Rome is gonna be mine
It's just a matter of,
It's just a matter of,
It's just a matter of time
There's no mistaking that
Rome is gonna be mine
It's just a matter of,
It's just a matter of,
It's just a matter of time
There's no mistaking that
Rome is gonna be mine
It's just a matter of,
It's just a matter of,
It's just a matter of time
There's no mistaking that
Rome is gonna be mine
It's just a matter of,
Burn your wings in my flame
Flying too close to the sun?
Raise your hand and bow to me
Feel your lust, while I'm bleeding
Watching the world
Whole world in my arms
One minute away
You can't see me hiding
Taking my place
In my war
I tell you arise
No time for dying now
People gathering around me
No fate is left for my cause
I choose not to fear you
It's a start
And if there's nothing I can say to make it stop
Then give it your all
Give it all that you've got
Tie me tie me tie me to the bed posts
And you will take it from the top
Hold me by a thread, hold me to my word
Put me to the test, put me to the test, hold me to my word
And despite what they say
It can wait, it can wait, it can wait, it can wait
Only Rome didn't, Rome didn't sink in a day
Hold me by a thread, hold me to my word
Put me to the test, put me to the test, hold me to my word
It can wait, it can wait, it can wait, it can wait, it can wait
And to think that we found beauty in deceit
Will you take the head and I'll take the feet
And we can carry her, carry her bones to the ends of the earth
Til our last dice is thrown
We can bury them deep
Hold me by a thread, hold me to my word
Put me to the test, put me to the test, hold me to my word
And despite what they say
It can wait, it can wait, it can wait, it can wait
Only Rome didn't, Rome didn't sink in a day
Hold me by a thread, hold me to my word
Put me to the test, put me to the test, hold me to my word
It can wait, it can wait, it can wait, it can wait, it can wait
Hold me by a thread, hold me to my word
Put me to the test, put me to the test, hold me to my word
It can wait, it can wait, it can wait, it can wait
Only Rome didn't, Rome didn't sink in a day
Hold me by a thread, hold me to my word
Put me to the test, put me to the test, hold me to my word
It can wait, it can wait, it can wait, it can wait
Only Rome didn't, Rome didn't sink in a day
Hold me by a thread, hold me to my word
Put me to the test, put me to the test, hold me to my word
It can wait, it can wait, it can wait, it can wait
Only Rome didn't, Rome didn't sink in a day
Hold me by a thread, hold me to my word
Put me to the test, put me to the test, hold me to my word
It can wait, it can wait, it can wait, it can wait
Oh Great City of the Veil
Statues that hide the face
That never leaves a trace
For history wrong to tell
From the foundation I have run
And climbed the highest walls
Just to uncover that sweetest love
Of the one who lives inside me
Oh, Oh, Rome
This love will shine on
Oh, Rome
This love will shine on
Oh great woman of the veil
Temptations that hide the face
That never took the bait
That never ever fell
Never believed there were two
Where there's only ever been one
Shines as brightly in the night
As she does in the blazin' sun
Traffic jam!
I can't believe we got stuck here again
Outside St. John's
We gotta move on
To the temple not made with hands
Where you're never late
But just in time