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Dreamers (feat. NINA)
05:00
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Wir waren die Kinder des Kalten Krieges
Mittendrin gefangen, we were the dreamers
Tyranny on our doorstep, baby
Wir waren jung und ahnungslos und unsere
Eltern mussten angst gehabt haben
Father, do you think they’ll drop the bomb?
Kommunismus und Kapitalismus ein Tauziehen
zwischen Supermächten
Fear of the Eastern sun though the day is done
Radioaktivität for me and you im all entsteht
Chernobyl made us fear the end was near
We never realized just how bad it was
Blissfully unaware of the game behind the scenes, ey, ey, ey
Riding around on our bikes in our safe suburbia
While the navy hunted Soviet subs in the archipelagos
Berlin war das Zentrum des Kalten Krieges
Mittendrin gefangen, we were the dreamers
Songs told stories about the world’s end
99 luftballons auf ihrem weg zum horizont
Anthems of our generation
Reagan, der Warschauer Pakt.
Peters Pop-Show hat uns glücklich gemacht.
We gathered in our basements, baby
Und Schweden war nicht neutral
Blickte immer nach Westen, ja
Fighter jets patrolling overhead
We never realized just how bad it was
Blissfully unaware of the game behind the scenes, ey, ey, ey
Riding around on our bikes in our safe suburbia
While the navy hunted Soviet subs in the archipelagos
It was a silent storm
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2. |
Generation X
03:35
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It was the age of CIA, the KGB and of the Red Machine.
A silent fight for supremacy
It was a golden age but a decade of decadence
things they had to change
We were kids, we’re Generation X
growing up we felt so free
We were raised on MTV
Wondering what life was like on the other side
Did they also dream of
world peace and democracy
We were just kids but still aware, we thought the world should be a better place
We saw the impact of Live Aid
people on barricades because they wanted change
and to be free again
We were kids, we’re Generation X
growing up we felt so free
We were raised on MTV
Wondering what life was like on the other side
Did they also dream of
world peace and democracy
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Oh Daniel, you left so suddenly
and we weren’t ready
You had been there all our lives
You took us on when we were adolescents
You gave us shelter from our growing pains
You were the one who led the way
A beacon of hope
In this dead end town
You gave us punks a place to stay
that nothing could replace
Oh Daniel, you couldn’t handle
the load life put on you, on your human frame
And I’m so sorry I never told you
how much you meant to me
You were like an older brother
You were the one who led the way
A beacon of hope
In this dead end town
You gave us punks a place to stay
That nothing could replace
You were gone too soon
You gave us punks a place to stay
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4. |
Checkpoint Charlie
04:07
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No one can pass this point
The wall that separates us all
The strip of death between East and West
No one shall pass again
so please just turn and walk away
Then you’ll live to see another day
Oh, can you hear me now?
I really need you by my side
It no longer matters if I live or die
I’m longing for a day
when the wall finally comes down
Glasses high, we will laugh and cry
‘cause freedom has arrived
We live two blocks apart
but it might as well be across the globe
I feel as though I’m losing hope
I’ve thought of an escape
I want to see your face again
to hear your voice and feel your skin
Oh, can you hear me now?
I really need you by my side
It no longer matters if I live or die
I’m longing for a day
when the wall finally comes down
Glasses high, we will laugh and cry
‘cause freedom has arrived
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5. |
Take Me Home Tonight
04:57
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The summer’s over and I still don’t know what to do
I’ve spent the last four years trying to forget about you
My friends saw you at the mall, they say that you’re
back in town
I’ve gone from MIT to work at Suncoast Video
My dad gave me the summer to figure things out but now
I’m even more lost than I was before
Are you coming to the party tonight?
I need to know ‘cause I’ve been waiting for you all my life
The night is warm and my feelings run wild
I want skin on skin, want you to take me home tonight
Tonight I’ll have my chance and we’re getting ready to move
I never asked you out back when we were in high school.
I was so scared thinking I’d end up looking like a fool
Now here we are at this party tonight
Everyone wants you but I’ve been waiting for you all my life
The night is warm and my feelings run wild
‘cause I want skin on skin, want you to take me home tonight
Then you spot me waiting for you across the patio
The night is young but my feelings run wild
I want skin on skin, want you to take me home tonight
I can’t believe that I’m yours tonight
Now you know that I’ve been waiting for you all my life
The night is warm and my feelings run wild
I want skin on skin, want you to take me home tonight
You’re with me and I’m having the best night of my life
The night is young but my feelings run wild
I want skin on skin, want you to take me home tonight.
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6. |
Stanislav Petrov
03:15
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A long time ago
Our journey towards adolescence
Yeah, we were the cold war kids
wedged between East and West and
we watched the Iron Curtain fall
and the Berlin Wall
collapsing like a domino to pave way
for a new age
Now it’s happening again
Are we reaching the end?
People seem to want freedom from choice
No liberty
Like a flock of sheep
who think war is peace
If you want to be free, it’s time
to fight autocracy
History repeats itself
The sun’s zooming in
and the Doomsday Clock ticking
as the wheats growing thin
But in your eyes all that I see
is a warmth, a paradise
glowing in a world turning black
sisters, brothers under attack
But now it’s happening again
Are we reaching the end?
People seem to want freedom from choice
No liberty
Like a flock of sheep
who think war is peace
If you want to be free, it’s time
to fight autocracy
Like Winston and Julia
rebellion’s what we need
if we want to be free
The world is moving backwards
Love is not all we need
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8. |
Burn the Witch
03:57
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It’s just the way things are
The way it’s always been
It’s like with Joan of Arc
and Saint Lucia
And he will turn it into a witch hunt
if he can’t have his way with you
and it has been this way for thousands of years
and you’ll be forced to live in exile
He’ll have a following
and they will shout and scorn
Justice for Jack, and such
You’ll be the witch
And he will try to gaslight you
until everyone will question you
No matter what he puts you through they will always
shift the blame back to you
Oh Amber you went to fight
The mighty Goliath
Burn the witch, support the pirate
The sorceress must die by fire
Oh Amber couldn’t you tell
that this could never end well
Burn the witch and throw a tirade
The sorceress must die by fire
And the lynch mob will demand
that you’ll be burnt at the stake
But before they do they’ll try their best to take
to take your life away from you.
Oh Amber you went to fight
The mighty Goliath
Burn the witch, support the pirate
The sorceress must die by fire
Oh Amber couldn’t you tell
that this could never end well
Burn the witch and throw a tirade
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9. |
Polonia
04:13
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I want out. This is no life
There must be much more than this
A place where freedom reigns
Where liberty’s not in chains
Here shelves are gaping empty
People on strike, are getting jailed or killed
You can’t speak your mind
Look what they’ve done to our beloved Polonia
We won’t submit to the oppression no more
They will see - Solidarity
Our movement is spreading ripples across the country
We won’t rest until we’re free again
and democracy has prevailed
I’ve heard of a place where people live in freedom
It’s to the west
But there’s a wall between us
and our happiness
People are suffering from
lack of human rights
But something’s happening
People are starting to fight
Look what they’ve done to our beloved Polonia
We won’t submit to the oppression no more
They will see - Solidarity
Our movement is spreading ripples across the country
We won’t rest until we’re free again
and democracy has prevailed
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10. |
The Baltic Way
05:13
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We have been tied down for far too long
if we don’t act then this will all be gone
You will learn
We’re tired of standing in line for bread
We are so fed up with being oppressed
The tide will turn
There has got to be something better out there
Maybe collective action can take us there
You will learn
We will not let you destroy our land
We will not bury our heads in the sand
The tide will turn
And this is the Baltic Way
We won’t stay silent for another day
We’ll sing this song for everyone who’s gone
And this is how we will defy
A million voices to overthrow
the evil empire ‘cause it must go
We’re tired of being told what to do
We refuse to listen to the likes of you
You will learn
So many sisters and brothers dead to this day
We almost lost ourselves along the way
The tide will turn
And this is the Baltic Way
We won’t stay silent for another day
We’ll sing this song for everyone who’s gone
And this is how we will defy
A million voices to overthrow
the evil empire ‘cause it must go
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