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OVERSOUL LYRICS
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"Me[n]tal Medication" (2004)
1. Better Man
2. Courage, Serenity and Wisdom
3. Death, live on TV
4. He lives it
5. Walking Away
6. Born of Sorrow
7. The Power
8. Keeping the Power
9. Living For Nothing
10. Rude And Free
11. Scars Inside
12. Pretend
13. Sublime
1. Better Man
Faced with the consequences,
how easy it is to send behind bars all the delinquency
Faced with the consequences, striking the pose of self-defense,
of the person in charge, charging guilt with a price
Only one thing left to say and be it as it may - Rise!
So many reasons for such consequences,
Causes we'd rather ignore,
Outcomes that we hate,
The one who throws a stone up in the air,
How can he be surprised when it falls back on his head?
Only one thing left to say and be it as it may - Rise!
My life was given back to me!
A better man, now walking free!
When the tree grows crooked
How can the gardener be proud,
Who hasn't be able to trim and water plants!
Behind closed doors, I have long understood it's when
we lock ourselves up,
That emptiness is so hard!
Only one thing left to say and be it as it may - Rise!
My life was given back to me!
A better man, now walking free!
Faced with the consequences, how easy it is to send behind bars all the delinquency
Faced with the consequences, a new energy's arisen,
been down so goddamn long, but now I sing a new song!
My life was given back to me!
A better man, now walking free!
2. Courage, Serenity and Wisdom
Get back your integrity, relearn to be free
But always frustrated cos you are forever sick
Amnesic, aphasic, broken body in a pitiful state
Psychological/mental shame,
physical suffering, neurological self-destruction
Locked up by your own free will,
locked up for everyone's good,
Safe from your own lunacy and your fury,
blinded by Your slow suicide,
alone against yourself,
Weaning is a sort of mixture of hope and disgust
Give him the serenity
to accept things he cannot change,
Courage to change things he can and the wisdom
to know the difference
Give him the serenity
to accept things he cannot change,
Don't tell him what he needs,
don't tell him what he wants!
Unable to express yourself,
dragged down by others,
A few hope or believe they can help,
A few will just point the finger at you!
But you must concentrate on yourself!
On a drip, medicated, examined,
Days, whole nights to relearn who you were,
A little victory over
This slow suicide, alone against yourself
Weaning is a sort of mixture of hope and disgust
You must radically change your life,
Knowing it will be a never-ending battle!
But now, the weaning time comes to an end,
Forget the past and prepare for the future with hope,
But always with this fear of getting hooked again,
Of ending this nightmare only to fall back off the wagon again
Give him the serenity
to accept things he cannot change,
Courage to change things he can and the wisdom
to know the difference
Give him the serenity
to accept things he cannot change,
Give him the serenity
to accept things he cannot change,
Courage to change things he can and the wisdom
to know the difference
Give him the serenity
to accept things he cannot change.
3. Death, live on TV
In the TV news, it's going to swing,
a horror film to distract you
Bombs explode on the other side,
kings of the world need cash, the ozone layer will suffer
But it's the nation that decides,
while they'll be reassuring you,
telling you they were forced to,
You will be able to forget the poor guys that are killed
War is a powerless man's game,
a game of old, boring men
And when they feel caught,
never lack reasons even if it means lying
Fuck all the world leaders, the flags, the greed,
the colourful carnage and wars it's Death, Live on TV (x2)
Ordinary suffering can't be showed in music
because the violent flood of cynical pictures has its relay station:
the magic small screen
Is horror softer when it goes through the cathode ray tube
And atrocity more decent between two adverts
destroy, but consume
Human barbarity, at least that's what I think,
isn't bearable when it's wrapped in nuances
Fuck all the world leaders, the flags, the greed,
the colourful carnage and wars it's Death, Live on TV (x2)
Are white gloves put on to talk about distress
Are we handled with white gloves to talk about distress
Do cameras film with delicacy what the world throws at my face,
no words of love nor roses,
do you really think this streams of mud incite me to whisper torrents of soft words,
I will croon when the world will be better or
I will stop singing because others do it better
Since the world lives on,
men kill each other and for a few patches of earth,
For their faith in god,
To build up borders all around them, they fill cities with graves
Fuck all the world leaders, the flags, the greed,
the colourful carnage andwars it's Death, Live on TV (x2)
4. He lives it
He lives it better alone,
The slightest noise,
the slightest gesture makes him shake,
Legs so tense that they hurt,
arms shivering, spasmodic hands,
Each minute his thoughts drift away,
The sweat's dripping his pain
Get real and wake up,
don't fuck around, it's Hell to pay!
Get real, wake up, it's Hell to pay!
Not much left to leave behind,
only his sad state of mind,
--------GET OUT OF THIS--------
Not much left to leave behind,
only his sad state of mind,
He knows what he'd surely find in his vicious circle of suicide
He lives it each day at home when he sees the razorblades or medication
He stares right at the sky,
he thinks he'd rather die,
He would like to sink into oblivion,
the hate for life's inside
Get real and wake up,
don't fuck around, it's Hell to pay!
Get real, wake up, it's Hell to pay!
Not much left to leave behind,
only his sad state of mind,
--------GET OUT OF THIS--------
Not much left to leave behind,
only his sad state of mind,
he sees all and he's not blind in this vicious circle of suicide
All in all, elite of the chosen of which he never wanted to be a part of,
He refuses this state of which he comes out a lot more stronger!
He lives it each times he smokes
or he gets a fix which gets him high,
He lives it each time he chokes back
or sheds a child's tear full of distress
Then, just for a moment,
He forgets he wants to die
5. Walking Away
And deafening silence divides us!
Little by little, words lose their meanings,
Only the force of habit controls our attitudes
Over time, our differences reinforce themselves
and your absences increase
It is now too late for us, and that's why I'm walking away,
I walk alone
Our regards for each other became rare and
we are both losing touch with our emotions,
Each day reduces the reasons that I need to maintain
the force of desire
We will both share the failure in what I wasn't able to give
you and the lack of meaning you gave to our union
Love has given away, to a rapture,
bitterness and wounds!
Can this all be true?
I will not forget all the past feelings and
won't take hostage secret times.
It is now too late for us, and that's why,
I'm walking away!
Emptiness is filling our minds
Loneliness is drowning our hearts
Will our sight be recovered?
We don't see any ray of light,
We are only blinded by fright,
Afraid of what the futur bring,
Proving our lack of self-confidence
I will not forget all the past feelings and
won't take hostage secret times
It is now too late for us, and that's why,
I'm walking away, I walk alone
I'm leaving alone
6. Born of Sorrow
I've got lots of kids and my absence makes their lives better
Women and children, sometimes, that's fine
But I come first second to none
Born of sorrow - dominate and erase
Born of sorrow - each day I get revenge
I don't have any friend, just co-workers,
They are my slaves!
And every day I delegate the work and chores I hate
When I can betray colleagues, I do backstabbing's fun
My gains their loss, I'm like my boss
Born of sorrow - dominate and erase
Born of sorrow - each day I get revenge
Born of sorrow - I hate my fellow man
Born of sorrow - come share my misery
All the money I got won't do no good when I'm dead
I'd rather be sent to burn in hell cos' way up there in paradise
You cannot steal, you cannot fight!
Born of sorrow - dominate and erase
Born of sorrow - each day I get revenge
Born of sorrow - I hate my fellow man
Born of sorrow - come share my misery
7. The Power
8. Keeping the Power
Keep the power
I saw a crying, one-legged man with
no tongue lying in a dungeon
There's big-bellied children who starve,
and they look in wonder at a new government that
only cares about
keeping the power
And the helpless mothers,
with the deepest wrinkles,
thinking about nothing
No sign of hope,
there will be twisted leaders that will only care about
Keeping the power
I heard the blessings of priests,
Saw the unknown soldier's touching glance,
and tears drop from his eyes
I saw through the promises,
found a world of violence,
Where is then the tenderness in dead fathers at the front
While people listen to the nation's chief,
this trustworthy president,
aware of his duty,
disguising the truth,
he will only cares about
Keeping the power
While children try surviving drought,
actors in a real movie,
what is the sitting drunk man pondering,
just thinking about
keeping the power - Keep the power!
And the people disguise their distress under a pale grey sun,
The president is proud,
satisfying his mistress
Since he only thinks
about keeping the power- keep the power!
Slight
9. Living For Nothing
Depressive, impulsive, naive-
With no apparent reason
Lunatic, electric, spastic -
Your hate explodes suddenly
You lied to me,
you fooled me while we were still living together
You were already far away
You found dudes to get you off,
You wanted revenge, you got it
and also the instability you feared
I don't think you like yourself either
Think about me, like me, think about me,
Living for nothing
Be like me, think about me,
Living for nothing
True suffering lined with betrayal and humiliation!
Now,
I leave you in your own world with your problems of respect,
Of harmony with your body and soul!
A relationship full of fights!
We were not compatible,
you kept being narrow-minded,
It's my words against hers,
hearing just what you want to hear!
I'm just the story of nothing
And I'm really down in the dumps
Think about me, like me, think about me,
Living for nothing
Be like me, think about me,
Living for nothing
Depressive, impulsive, naive-
Lunatic, electric, spastic-
Try seeing things my way!
Think about me, like me, think about me,
Living for nothing
Be like me, think about me,
Living for nothing
10. Rude And Free
11. Scars Inside
Nobody understans me, not even you,
even though for more than thirty years
I've tried to grow up close to you,
the sun isn't enough for me to find life beautiful
Scars inside - Solitude creeps in
And nobody knows - Don't know how to think or feel!
Can't cure - Alone in the dark,
no light ever hits these walls,
no pure air seeps through, only the solitude creeps in!
Nobody understands me, not even me,
must I really pretend, fool myself,
To breathe from time to time and still suffocate,
choking on words in solitude!
Scars inside - Solitude creeps in
And nobody knows - Don't know how to think or feel!
Can't cure - Alone in the dark,
no light ever hits these walls,
no pure air seeps through, only the solitude creeps in!
I need something else inside me,
Not an overdose but a certain something!
In the morning, I open my eyes - my heart feels so cold- surrounded by desert!
I'm not alive, with no desire, waiting without respite for the night to come back!
Alone in the dark, no light ever hits these walls, no pure air seeps through, only the solitude creeps in! - Can't cure!
12. Pretend
Living a lie
Pretend!
An evasive look and tears to come,
I was watching my (best) memories go by!
Bits of pictures passing through and
flying by as fast as the wind and as fast as seasons change!
Sweaty hands of a sour man,
I was simply living and well aware,
was spending years and years suffering in dead
silence!
Pretend!
Pretending all is fine, smiling at all those who bore me.
Leaving it up to fate and then keep pretending!
Pretend!
Excessive loneliness, excess of doubts,
I exiled myself somewhere else sheltered from daylight,
in another universe with no bounds and frontiers!
Locked up in a tower with no-way out where doors were closed,
I was searching for a way to exorcise harm to let me soul come to rest!
Pretending all is fine, smiling at all those who bore me.
Leaving it up to fate and then keep pretending!
Pretend!
Living a lie
13. Sublime
Just once I would like to forget about
your eyes that remind me of him!
When your gaze wanders aimlessly your silence screams
and I hear your hopes and your
dreams!
I regret things I've done but I'll do
what I can to get through each day that I live, I give, I take!
We'll have to hide, to cheat with our time,
Secretly meeting,
all these times are sublime,
these moments are divine!
Just once I'd like to dare to say something,
but I let you dream of pretty places!
When modesty forbids the slightest burst of scream
or of lecture, I'm silently weeping!
I regret things I've done but I'll do
what I can to get through each day that I live!
We'll have to hide, to cheat with our time,
Secretly meeting, all these times are sublime,
these moments are divine!
Seeing my face in this violent mirror,
I forgive your trips towards burning shores!
Memories of you in your youth,
memories of myself feeling sweetly helpless!
Memories of you getting me drunk,
memories of myself, just thinking of you!
You've made yourself the dawn of my wisdom and I go,
your promise, buried with me!
I regret things I've done but I'll do
what I can to get through each day that I live, I give, I take!
We'll have to hide, to cheat with our time,
Secretly meeting, all these times are sublime!
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