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I’m gazing at the platforms
and the melting rails
the sunlight hurts my eyes
and blurs all the details,
the station, like a hive,
buzzes, and its fat Queen Bee
stands behind the counter
in the bar where you left me,
after you’d just arrived
from your latest roam,
declaring: you need time,
before we go back home.
You don’t have the stomach to face
things you left here undone,
and now upon your return
you expect a warm welcome,
but Mom won’t understand
the rules of engagement
so I’ll end up watching you
like a wounded non-combatant
in a war, allegedly,
without casualties,
still it eats us alive
like an incurable disease.
But I don’t blame you.
I don’t blame you at all.
We’re still sitting in the bar
you drink in front of me,
I’m playing with toy spaceships
that you bought so hastily.
I have a hunch that your smile
soon turns into a frown,
so I pull on the spacesuit
and wait for the countdown,
cause “Nothing can be done”
you say with some remorse,
I put on the space helmet
we’re now on collision course.
But I don’t blame you.
I don’t blame you at all.
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One winter morning in the woodshed
grandma lost it, no doubt
she found mice trapped in
an old bucket,
they just couldn’t get out.
She started to strangle them,
one-by-one with her bare hands;
why was she later so different?
well, no one understands.
The same week grandpa passed away
and I heard at the funeral
that he saw Jesus in a labor camp
at the foot of the Urals
still never was religious,
grandma had to go to church
without him to praise the name
they would often besmirch.
You might think that I went astray
and I’m talking backwards.
You might think that I went astray
and I’m talking backwards.
About these things
Daddy put forward
his own theory,
‘cause he was eager to decipher
what others could not see
he only failed to see the signs
when he was to grasp them well,
ever since he keeps trying
to break the nameless spell.
You might think that I went astray
and I’m talking backwards.
You might think that I went astray
and I’m talking backwards.
Wake up Daddy
for your children’s sake
and please try to stay awake
Keep trying
even if they say
that your demons dragged you away
Wake up Daddy.
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Balaam
04:56
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Sitting on the edge,
the scouts behind my back,
I find them too loud,
but hopefully soon they’ll be gone
so I’ll be completely alone.
Maybe that old man was right in this respect:
this place suits me fine.
In the far distance the sea
is just as alive as me.
But then again it strikes my mind:
there’s no way going back,
just inside my head.
I wonder why it took so long to find me here
where I’ve been hiding
from that angel with drawn sword
whom I so often implored
I’ve been told to forget all the past
and redeem myself
but the blessing came so hard
‘cause the curse stuck in my heart.
And then again it strikes my mind:
there’s no way going back,
just inside my head.
There, you now I reached the bottom
of the things you’ve long forgotten
when I faced the tempting depths
There, you now I reached the bottom
of the things I’ve long forgotten
when I faced the fearsome depths
There, you now I reached the bottom
of the things we’ve long forgotten
when I faced the dazzling depths
There, you now I reached the bottom
of the things you’ve long forgotten
when I faced the loathsome depths.
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As they say: “only the good die young”
so what am I? Do you think I am that bad?
The anger, like dust, it fills my lungs,
my running thoughts cut deep wounds on my forehead
Once I’m free I turn into a coward,
when I may speak, I don’t have a single word,
I pursue the pleasure of regret
‘cause it’s all I can get
it’s all I can get.
For so long I’ve been haunted by a fear:
no traces, only void what I leave here
I’m drawing scratches with unfolded wings,
knocking on doors without the hope of getting in.
Help me out, in the mirror I can’t see
nowadays, that certain divine part of me,
let me down, here I stand with bleeding nose,
tired of my woes,
tired of my woes.
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INCLUDE ME OUT Hungary
Include Me Out is a Hungarian indie-rock band, based in Budapest. The nucleus of the band can be traced back to the decade-
long cooperation of the main songwriters, Doki (Doc) and Petó.
The current line-up consists of Zoltán Csige (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Zoltán Petrovics (guitar, vocals).
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