Semblance of Liberty Lyrics
Band | |
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Album | Design Your Universe(2009) |
Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
Genres | Symphonic Metal |
Labels | Nuclear Blast |
Ranked | #3 for 2009 , #220 all-time |
Album rating : 91.1 / 100
Votes : 52
Votes : 52
11. Semblance of Liberty (5:42)
Born to fight, and we're born to flee
Doomed to live on ecstasy
Born to lie, and we're born to cheat
Look in the mirror, who do you see?
Born to flee, and we're born to fight
Without your mask, you're terrified
Don't hide your personality
That's who you are, your identity
If the virtues of tomorrow
Cause the greed of today
We won't have a future
Nor liberty
Born to breathe, and we're born to pursue
That's all we are supposed to do
The semblance of our liberty
Is nothing more than slavery
Born to flee, and we're born to fight
Is it failure that's our delight?
Born to cheat, and we're born to lie
Look at yourself, have you lost your mind?
If the virtues of tomorrow
Cause the greed of today
We won't have a future
And no more liberty
If the virtues of tomorrow
Set the need on the way
We won't have a future nor liberty
Private vice leads to public virtue
[Laughs!]
Raised to think that we are free
Living in our caves
Being slaves
We lost control of our lives
At the mercy of the waves
Massive waves
Blind to see what's going on
Conditioned as we are
And we are
We lost control of our greed
But now we face it all
Face our fall
Keeping all that we've created
And consuming all that's possible
Reaching deep into temptation
Nothing can stop us
Guarantee our hard-earned profits
Multiplied ten-fold if possible
Reaching out for new redemption
Nothing avails our needs
My opponent won't rule out raising taxes.
But I will, and The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no.
And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say to them:
Read my lips
[George H. W. Bush]
If the virtues of tomorrow
Set the need on the way
We never had a future anyway
We had no future 'till today
Time and tide
Will not wait for anyone
Doomed to live on ecstasy
Born to lie, and we're born to cheat
Look in the mirror, who do you see?
Born to flee, and we're born to fight
Without your mask, you're terrified
Don't hide your personality
That's who you are, your identity
If the virtues of tomorrow
Cause the greed of today
We won't have a future
Nor liberty
Born to breathe, and we're born to pursue
That's all we are supposed to do
The semblance of our liberty
Is nothing more than slavery
Born to flee, and we're born to fight
Is it failure that's our delight?
Born to cheat, and we're born to lie
Look at yourself, have you lost your mind?
If the virtues of tomorrow
Cause the greed of today
We won't have a future
And no more liberty
If the virtues of tomorrow
Set the need on the way
We won't have a future nor liberty
Private vice leads to public virtue
[Laughs!]
Raised to think that we are free
Living in our caves
Being slaves
We lost control of our lives
At the mercy of the waves
Massive waves
Blind to see what's going on
Conditioned as we are
And we are
We lost control of our greed
But now we face it all
Face our fall
Keeping all that we've created
And consuming all that's possible
Reaching deep into temptation
Nothing can stop us
Guarantee our hard-earned profits
Multiplied ten-fold if possible
Reaching out for new redemption
Nothing avails our needs
My opponent won't rule out raising taxes.
But I will, and The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no.
And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say to them:
Read my lips
[George H. W. Bush]
If the virtues of tomorrow
Set the need on the way
We never had a future anyway
We had no future 'till today
Time and tide
Will not wait for anyone
Design Your Universe - Lyrics
Design Your Universe - Album Credits
Members
- Simone Simons : Vocals
- Mark Jansen : Guitars, Harsh Vocals
- Isaac Delahaye : Guitars
- Coen Jansen : Keyboards
- Yves Huts : Bass
- Ariën Van Weesenbeek : Drums, Grunts, Spoken Word
Additional musicians
- Tony Kakko : Vocals (track 12)
- Simon Oberender : Additional Vocals
- Amanda Somerville : Vocals (choirs, backing)
- Olaf Reitmeier : Additional Vocals
- Sascha Paeth : Backing Vocals
- Previn Moore : Choirs
- Bridget Fogle : Choirs
- Melvin Edmondsen : Choirs
- Linda van Summeren : Choirs
- Cloudy Yang : Choirs
Other staff
- Sascha Paeth : Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Simon Oberender : Engineer
- Amanda Somerville : Engineer
- Olaf Reitmeier : Engineer
- Miro Rodenberg : Mastering Engineer
- Isaac Delahaye : Engineer (guitars)
- Yves Huts : Engineer (bass)
- Joost van den Broek : Engineer (piano)
- Stefan Heilemann : Artwork, Cover Artwork, Art Direction, Design
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