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Innocence! Ignorance! It's all the same!
Arrogance, with no sense! We play the game!
And if a force should wipe us out
I don't think I would care
Our kind is a dying breed
With a cross it cannot bear
*And in this moment I confide
I give you flowers, watch them die
Is there any hope for peace at all?
And in this moment I confide
You give me flowers, watch me die
Is there any hope for our kind?
Watch me die!
Consolation! Fall of nation! It's all the same!
Bureaucracy! Hypocrisy! We play the game!
And if the stars fall from the sky
My heart won't miss a beat
Enduring terror from ourselves
This life is no great feat
Enduring terror from ourselves
Flowers...
Give me flowers for mankind... so I could die...
Give me flowers for mankind... so I could die!
*And in this moment I confide
I give you flowers, watch them die
Is there any hope for peace at all?
And in this moment I confide
You give me flowers, watch me die
Is there any hope for our kind?
Flowers for mankind
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I'm standing here alone
The snow is falling all around
I try to reach for you
As I collapse onto the ground
My world is full of darkness
It's like the sun has left the sky
I hear no sound at all
Save for all the tears I cry
*Even though you're far away
I feel you, January Love
Emerged from cold December
In my mind, you never died
Will you return to light the way?
I need you, January Love
And if we never meet again
I'll still dream your smile
I'm going blind again
Everything fades out to black
I cannot find my path
And my resolve begins to crack
Just for a last time
I want to feel you touching me
Your touch could bring me back
From this prison, set me free!
*Even though you're far away
I feel you, January Love
Emerged from cold December
In my mind, you never died
Will you return to light the way?
I need you, January Love
And if we never meet again
I'll still dream your smile
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Regression
The act of letting go
When the quality of your life fades away
Regression
I've done this many times
It's the old familiar crutch on which I lay
*Loneliness never felt so right before
Self inflicting, dismantling
Exposing my core
It's so cathartic, living solitary life
It's given me the time I need
Away from sadness
Sadness and strife
Regression
The time of my despair
But sometimes I want pain to set me free
Regression
No one will understand
But their opinions matter not to me
Not to me...
*Loneliness never felt so right before
Self inflicting, dismantling
Exposing my core
It's so cathartic, living solitary life
It's given me the time I need
Away from sadness and strife
*Loneliness never felt so right before
Self inflicting, dismantling
Exposing my core
It's so cathartic, living solitary life
It's given me the time I need
Away from sadness
Sadness and strife
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From birth until we all will die
We never find the reason why
We all live alone
We go through partners, loves, and friends
And still we cannot comprehend
Do we live alone?
Souls without a home?
Hearts as cold as stone?
*Faith loss
No cost
What is the reason we were placed
Upon this vast, green planet's face?
Was it just to be alone?
Or do we share the universe
With others that have lived here first
Or are we still alone?
Souls without a home?
Hearts as cold as stone?
*Faith loss
No cost
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Innocence! Ignorance! It's all the same!
Arrogance, with no sense! We play the game!
And if a force should wipe us out
I don't think I would care
Our kind is a dying breed
With a cross it cannot bear
*And in this moment I confide
I give you flowers, watch them die
Is there any hope for peace at all?
And in this moment I confide
You give me flowers, watch me die
Is there any hope for our kind?
Consolation! Fall of nation! It's all the same!
Bureaucracy! Hypocrisy! We play the game!
And if the stars fall from the sky
My heart won't miss a beat
Enduring terror from ourselves
This life is no great feat
Give me flowers for mankind... so I could die...
Give me flowers for mankind...
*And in this moment I confide
I give you flowers, watch them die
Is there any hope for peace at all?
And in this moment I confide
You give me flowers, watch me die
Is there any hope for our kind?
Flowers for mankind
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6. |
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Regression
The act of letting go
When the quality of your life fades away
Regression
I've done this many times
It's the old familiar crutch on which I lay
*Loneliness never felt so right before
Self inflicting, dismantling
Exposing my core
It's so cathartic, living solitary life
It's given me the time I need
Away from sadness
Sadness and strife
Regression
The time of my despair
But sometimes I want pain to set me free
Regression
No one will understand
But their opinions matter not to me
Not to me...
*Loneliness never felt so right before
Self inflicting, dismantling
Exposing my core
It's so cathartic, living solitary life
It's given me the time I need
Away from sadness and strife
*Loneliness never felt so right before
Self inflicting, dismantling
Exposing my core
It's so cathartic, living solitary life
It's given me the time I need
Away from sadness
Sadness and strife
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I'm standing here alone
The snow is falling all around
I try to reach for you
As I collapse onto the ground
My world is full of darkness
It's like the sun has left the sky
I hear no sound at all
Save for all the tears I cry
I'm going blind again
Everything fades out to black
I cannot find my path
And my resolve begins to crack
Just for a last time
I want to feel you touching me
Your touch could bring me back
From this prison, set me free!
*Even though you're far away
I feel you, January Love
Emerged from cold December
In my mind, you never died
Will you return to light the way?
I need you, January Love
And if we never meet again
I'll still dream your smile
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8. |
Through the Ice
05:00
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(instrumental)
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Pulse State Detroit, Michigan
Pulse State (active from 1997 until 2018) was a dark alternative music project from the Detroit area, consisting of
producer/vocalist/songwriter Mike Phipps. Recent works are balanced between darkwave, Gothic rock, melodic EBM, synthpop, and new wave influences.
All Pulse State releases from 2012 and later can be found here.
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