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Strange, Strange Times
05:27
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"Black clouds in the sky
I think I see another storm on the horizon
Adding fuel to the fire
It’s a flammable situation
What is this nightmare in my eyes?
What are the thoughts that keep me up at night?
I’ve disconnected my mind
From the stories on the television
Maybe I forgot to breathe
In this world of calamity
What a pretty little pantomime
And we’re running out of time
I don’t know where this all leads
But it’s spinning at a faster speed
Hold your breath and close your eyes
Everything’s alright in these strange, strange times
It’s a strange, strange time
Beware the evil of the eye
Watching closely while I step away from Eden
As I pretend to be blind
The ordinary was absurd from the beginning
This is the nightmare in my eyes?
These are the thoughts that keep me up at night?
Now I am looking for a sign
In this apocalyptic knowledge cemetery
Maybe I forgot to breathe
In this world of calamity
What a pretty little pantomime
And we’re running out of time
I don’t know where this all leads
But it’s spinning at a faster speed
Hold your breath and close your eyes
Everything’s alright in these strange, strange times
It’s a strange, strange time
In these strange, strange times
It’s a strange, strange time
It’s a strange, strange time
In these strange, strange times
It’s a strange, strange time
In these strange, strange times
It’s a strange, strange time
In these strange, strange times
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2. |
Technodrone
03:52
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"Midnight glow of a cigarette
Bad news taking up space in your head
Take a hit of dopamine
You know that we play with a plastic screen
Can you tell me how am I supposed to feel
I’m losing sight of everything that’s real
When you're hypnotised left standing like a stone
Like a disillusioned technicolour drone
You’re the star attraction
In a zoo to chase a reaction
Behind walls of vanity
You know that greener grass is all you see
Can you tell me how am I supposed to feel
I’m losing sight of everything that’s real
When you're hypnotised left standing like a stone
Like a disillusioned technicolour drone
There’s no love cause he won’t stay
Put your validation on display
When midnight comes, he will arrive
To fill that void for another night
Oh loneliness is a small price to pay
Can you tell me how am I supposed to feel
I’m losing sight of everything that’s real
When you're hypnotised left standing like a stone
Like a disillusioned technicolour drone
Techno Drone, Techno Drone
Like a disillusioned technicolour drone
Techno Drone, Techno Drone
Like a disillusioned technicolour drone
Like a disillusioned technicolour drone
Like a disillusioned technicolour drone
Like a disillusioned technicolour drone
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"Satellites inside my head
Lost in existential dread
Now the man has got control of me
I’m a truther born and bred
Don't believe a word you've said
You should know that my speech is for free
Or do you see the pattern
Hidden in the make believe
You’re running on a wheel
Scared of everything you see
Chemicals beneath my skin
Now the walls are closing in
It’s my right don’t question my belief
Mind control and lizard men
Think fast, my head spins
Disagree you are my enemy
Or do you see the pattern
Hidden in the make believe
You’re running on a wheel
Scared of everything you see
Do you feel like you're paranoid
Lord knows you’re paranoid
Do you feel like you're paranoid
Lord knows you’re paranoid
Paranoid
Paranoid
Paranoid
Paranoid
Hey man, don’t you know the truth
Big brother with eyes on you
Cameras catching everything you see
From the keyboard I’m a sleuth
Bring them down I got the proof
Save them from their own humanity
Or do you see the pattern
Hidden in the make believe
You’re running on a wheel
Scared of everything you see
Do you feel like you're paranoid
Lord knows you’re paranoid
Do you feel like you're paranoid
Lord knows you’re paranoid
Do you feel like you're paranoid
Lord knows you’re paranoid
Do you feel like you're paranoid
Lord knows you’re paranoid
Paranoid
Paranoid
Lord knows you’re paranoid
Paranoid
Paranoid
Do you feel like you’re paranoid
Paranoid
Paranoid
Do you feel like you’re paranoid
Paranoid
Paranoid
Do you feel like you’re paranoid
Paranoid
Paranoid
Do you feel like you’re paranoid
Paranoid
Paranoid
Do you feel like you’re paranoid
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4. |
In the Shadows
03:27
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"As I awake from my final breath
A beast inside me rises from the dead
White velvet skin
You’re on my mind
When the sun goes down in the shadows I become the night
In the shadows I become the night
Under the stars in the pale moonlight
My teeth are sharp and my eyes are wide
Oh my sweet thing
Give me a sign
When the sun goes down, in the shadows I become the night
In the shadows I become the night
You can join me in the fire
When the sky is burning bright
But when the sun goes down you better learn how to
Run run run far away girl, shadows take your soul
Run run run far away girl, shadows take your soul
As my body starts to writhe and sweat
I feel a hunger cause I’m on your scent
Come with me
To the divine
When the sun goes down, in the shadows I become the night
In the shadows I become the night
You can join me in the fire
When the sky is burning bright
But when the darkness falls
Lock up all your doors
Close up all your windows
And don’t pray for me no more
Because the beast in me
When the time is right
Will be creeping through the shadows in the middle of the night
Run run run far away girl, shadows take your soul
Run run run far away girl, shadows take your soul
Run run run far away girl, shadows take your soul
Run run run far away girl, shadows take your soul
Run run run far away girl, shadows take your soul
Run run run far away girl, shadows take your soul
Run run run far away girl, shadows take your soul
Run run run far away girl, shadows take your soul
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5. |
Last Man Left Alive
04:20
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"Six months in the void
In an eternal tin can asteroid
I watched the world destroyed
Now I’m a passenger
From the motherland to the creator
No past and no future
Stuck inside my satellite
When the darkness took the light
Now I’m the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
There’s no space and time
Only love that I have left behind
God knows what I will find
Is this where I belong?
Just a sacrifice to the great beyond
In exile I go on
Stuck inside my satellite
When the darkness took the light
Now I’m the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
Oh stuck inside my satellite
When the darkness took the light
Now I’m the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
Can anybody hear me?
A ray of light on the galaxy
I am the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
Lost in the midnight sea
This is my final odyssey
Like dust to infinity
Stuck inside my satellite
When the darkness took the light
Now I’m the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
Oh stuck inside my satellite
When the darkness took the light
Now I’m the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
I am the last man left alive
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6. |
Lawman
04:43
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"Mr lawman can you help me
I’ve been standing here all day
I got three directions, a gun in my hand and nothing left to say
Mr lawman please convict me
See I shot the woman I love
When you lock me away you won’t need a key to send me to the clouds above
As I stand at the crossroads
I know I am condemned
Don’t be kind to a man with
Nothing left for him
I was born in the dirt and
That’s where I will end
I won’t pray for redemption
Life is but a sin
Mr lawman don’t forgive me
I hope you can understand
She was the finest woman a man could love now the bloods upon my hands
Mr lawman when you hang me
I won’t need no final words
When I close my eyes I will see her face as I slip into the universe
As I stand at the crossroads
I know I am condemned
Don’t be kind to a man with
Nothing left for him
I was born in the dirt and
That’s where I will end
I won’t pray for redemption
Life is but a sin
As I stand at the crossroads
I know I am condemned
Don’t be kind to a man with
Nothing left for him
I was born in the dirt and
That’s where I will end
I won’t pray for redemption
Life is but a sin
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"Oh darling
Will you be everything I need
Bionic blue eyes like a laser beam
Won’t you be my girl
Oh darling
I’m a sucker for a plastic face
I’m your master if you’ll be my slave
Won’t you be my girl
Electric lady won’t you be my kryptonite
A latex kinda love that feels so right
We’re raging through the day, morning till night
Electric lady won’t you be my kryptonite
My kryptonite
Oh darling
Skin so soft with a heart so cold
You'll stay the same as I’m growing old
Won’t you be my girl
Oh darling
Won’t you hold me in your rigid embrace
Never lonely when I see your face
Won’t you be my girl
Electric lady won’t you be my kryptonite
A latex kinda love that feels so right
We’re raging through the day, morning till night
Electric Lady
When we move together in synthetic delight
You know my heart flutters and I feel alive
This pulsing, plastic love you know it feels so right
Electric, lady lover won’t you be
My Kryptonite
(Electric lady won’t you be my kryptonite)
My Kryptonite
(A latex kinda love that feels so right)
My Kryptonite
(We’re raging through the day from morning till night)
My Kryptonite
(Electric lady won’t you be my kryptonite)
Electric lady won’t you be my kryptonite
A latex kinda love that feels so right
We’re raging through the day from morning till night
Electric lady won’t you be my kryptonite
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"I met a man he was dressed in black
He drove around in a Cadillac
Gathering beggars and rallying thieves
To make his final speech
He said look into my eyes
What do you seek
Salvation is in what I preach
Give me all your love
And your charity
And make a deal with me
The devil comes with a smile
The devil comes with a smile
The devil comes with a smile
The devil comes with a smile
I knew a man with a shadow so long
It blocked the sky where the sun had shone
And with his words they would speak in tongues
Then gather up their guns
He said look into my eyes
What do you seek
Salvation is in what I preach
Give me all your love
And your charity
And be mine for eternity
The devil comes with a smile
The devil comes with a smile
The devil comes with a smile
The devil comes with a smile
Oh look into to my eyes
Listen to every lesson that I teach
And will you still choose to believe
When you taste the poison from the burning tree
The devil comes with a smile
The devil comes with a smile
The devil comes with a smile
The devil comes with a smile
Oh look into to my eyes
Listen to every lesson that I teach
And will you still choose to believe
When you taste the poison from the burning tree
The devil comes with a smile
Don’t you know the devil comes
The devil comes with a smile
Don’t you know the devil comes
The devil comes with a smile
Don’t you know the devil comes
The devil comes with a smile
With a smile
With a smile
With a smile
With a smile
Oh look into to my eyes
Listen to every lesson that I teach
And will you still choose to believe
When you taste the poison from the burning tree
The devil comes with a smile
Don’t you know the devil comes
The devil comes with a smile
Don’t you know the devil comes
The devil comes with a smile
Don’t you know the devil comes
The devil comes with a smile
Don’t you know
With a smile
With a smile
With a smile
With a smile
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9. |
Mr. Hyde
03:59
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"Doctor, doctor do you have the cure
You see my thoughts are scattered and my mind’s impure
You know ya lie to me tell me it’s okay
In a long white coat like a wolf to prey
Are you seeking what you find
Oh are you Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde
Doctor, doctor, Jekyll or…
Mr. Hyde
Doctor, doctor, Jekyll or…
Mr. Hyde
Tie my feet and bound my hands
Just make me into a respectable man
If you promise me a brand new smile
Then I’ll close my eyes while you turn the dial
100 volts racing through my mind
Oh are you Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde
Doctor, doctor, Jekyll or…
Mr. Hyde
Doctor, doctor, Jekyll or…
Mr. Hyde
Doctor, doctor, Jekyll or…
Mr. Hyde
Doctor, doctor, Jekyll or…
Mr. Hyde
Doctor, doctor can you read my mind
Cause my head is heavy and my eyes are blind
And when you whisper softly that you have the cure
You know I don’t feel reassured
What's your plan, what's your design
Said are you Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde
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10. |
Another Fucking Day
05:27
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"Another fucking day
Another dirty dollar
Cubicle walls are closing in around you, again
Your compromised beliefs
Don’t save the air you breath
We lost the revolution now we’re paying back the fee
And as the world is burning to the ground
And everything that’s lost is never found
You can follow the road to oblivion
But you don’t have to fade away
Another fucking day
Your collar’s getting tighter
Losing at a game that you never chose to play
Every minute, every hour
That silence keeps getting louder
Tell me when you meet your maker what you gonna say
And as the world is burning to the ground
And everything that’s lost is never found
You can follow the road to oblivion
But you don’t have to fade away
Another fucking day
Another new disaster
Waiting for the news to tell you who you're meant to blame
There’s a king upon the hill
And he tells you how to feel
To sow the seeds of doubt to pass another bill
And as they make their speeches
Will you shake their greedy hands
To climb right up that ladder cause they told you that’s the plan
So when the flames get higher
Will you hold them in the sky
As they stand on all your dreams, as they whisper to you lies
And as the world is burning to the ground
And everything that’s lost is never found
You can follow the road to oblivion
But you don’t have to fade away
No you don’t have to fade away
No you don’t have to fade away
No you don’t have to fade away
No you don’t have to fade away
No you don’t have to fade away
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The Ugly Kings Melbourne, Australia
The Ugly Kings offer a stripped down but powerful injection of energy and emotion to the modern rock scene; formulating what
can only be described as ‘Power Blues’.
Memorable beats, thunderous bass lines and an electrifying barrage of bluesy ‘grit’ riffs tied with raw and emotive vocals.
For fans of QOTSA, The Doors, Jack White, Black Sabbath, Arctic Monkeys, Royal Blood, Rival Sons.
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