19 - digital booklet_ the human contradiction
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HERE COME HEVULURES
I once had an understanding that everything would go myway /But now weve come too far along for me to hold on
to my own beliefs /Im not in it for the fun of it but for the
pain /Im not at all interested in your temporary fame
I just want to see you stare /As I lay my soul bare for you
to crush upon with heavy feet /Im in it for the beat //
Stranger the faces /Stranger the places /Teyre becoming
us /Here come the vultures /Here come the vultures /
Heading over us //
Its just a black murder of crows /Across the sky /Te moon announces that it will soon be night /Te light
dies down /Te spot goes on /As loveless lips /Break into
song //
I once had an understanding that everything would go my
way /But now weve come too far along for me to hold on
to my own beliefs /Im not in it for the fun of it but for the
pain /Im not at all interested in your temporary fame /
And the same old song we sing //
Heres to the ghost /We still seem to host /How hesbecoming us /Here come the vultures /Here come the
vultures /Screaming down at us //
Tey said you can not sing the blues /When youre pretty
and young /Let me show you a face that fits to neither one
/Tis heart is black /like blood that has dried /Tis song is
blue /Like bruises bright //
I once had an understanding that everything would go my
way /But now weve come too far along for me to hold on
to my own beliefs /Im not in it for the fun of it but for the
pain /Im not at all interested in your temporary fame /
And the same old song we sing //
Murder of crows across the sky /Te moon announces that
it will soon be night /Fog closes in /And all I see
All empty eyes /Trough silent screams //
I once had an understanding that everything would go my
way /But now weve come to far along for me to hold on to
my own beliefs /Im in it for the beat //
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SARDUS
Dreamscape in a blanket silver-gray /Homesick for a
memory washed away /All light in our hollow eyes is
stardust, stardust /Once you learn there is no return to liesHeaven cried as we left the earth to die /Homesick for a
memory /In silent sleep /Eternally //
Bring me to life /Bring me the starlight /Bring me the sun
and moon /Release the stars tonight //
Far away in a distant memory /Tere is lush, there is green
theres you and me /Now all blood in our hollow hearts is
stardust, stardust /Washed away like a face drawn in the
sand /At the edge of the sea is how we end /Painful is the
memory /We did it to ourselves //
Awaken me /Bring back my heartbeat /Bring back the
warmth of skin /Te world we were living in //
Bring me to life [Dreamscape, in silver-gray] /Bring me the
starlight [Homesick, all washed away] /Bring me the sun
and moon /Release the stars tonight //
YOUR BODY IS ABALEGROUND
Any infection [Imperfection!] /Any affliction
[Imperfection!] /Each imperfection [Dont you settle!] /
Spread the addiction! [ake some action!] /Any disorder
[Imperfection] /Bi-or tri-polar [Imperfection!] /For your
protection [Dont you settle!] /Just an injection! [akesome action!] //
One bitter pill /Hard to take /And one more each day just
to feel the same /And kill the pain
Any disorder? /No concentration? /oo hard to handle?
No hesitation! /For your protection /Just an injection
Well write you a letter /Te younger the better! //
One for your heart /For your head /One for the monsters
under your bed //
Your body is a battleground /And chemicals are scattered
around /Your body is a battleground /But dont think you
can do without /Your body is an industry /Your pain
nothing but gain to me /Your body is an industry
You cant break free //
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MY MASQUERADE
Your face, my face /You breathe, I breathe /You fail, I fake
/I pray, I pray... /You lose, I lose, /You bruise, I bruise /I
hunt, you stay /My prey, My prey //
My Masquerade /If youre not afraid /o take a step into
my world //
A ball, tonight /Cover your eyes /By touch and taste /
Well find our way /Your secrets deep /Yes I will keep /I
hunt, you stay /My prey, my prey //
My Masquerade /If youre not afraid /o take a step into
my world //
ake of your mask /And you will see /Te freak in you /
Te freak in me /onight we hide /From judging eyes /
Well dance until the sunrise //
ELL ME, MECHANIS
ell me, Mechanist, is it true? /Does none of it bother you?
//
Once upon a time /Upon a time behind us /Te
mechanist inclined /Clockworks of time define us /Who
you are, who you are; /Merely springs that tick /Te time
of things away //
Te cry from the beast is just the noise /Of a spring that
you have touched /Not a human: not a voice //
If only we could go back to the start [ell me, mechanist, is
it true?] /We would see were not that far apart [Does none
of it bother you?] /Realize the likeness of our hearts /If we
could go back to the start //
One and the same /Likely to one another /But the
mechanist inclined /Merely our kind can suffer /Who you
are, who you are /Does it justify /Pleasing your palate /
With the others blood? //
ell me why, have the writings on the wall /Nor the dawn
of DNA, /Changed a single thing at all? //
If only we could go back to the start [ell me, mechanist, isit true?] /We would see were not that far apart [Does none
of it bother you?] /Realize the likeness of our hearts /If we
could go back to the start //
Closing Collision: /Te end of our divide /Savor the flavor
Of our ancestry rites /Closing Collision: /Well realize in
time /No opposition /Were genetically entwined //
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ARMY OF DOLLS
How do you look into the mirror /When youre too tired
to fake a smile /Your misery wont make you look thinner /
Reality is bitter /Its your hand and yours alone tha t has
opened /the door to let their voices in /Into your head,
under your skin /Fix your face or you will never fit in //
Do you want me, do you want me /o burst your bubble
now? /Do you want me, I will break it /Make it loud /Do
you want me, do you want me /o break the paradigm /
Tese rules were made by us /Tey break you up inside //
Army of dolls stole your reflection /Army of dolls stole all
your perfect imperfections /Just shut them out, dont let
them in /Into our head /Do you really think /Misery
tastes so much sweeter /Served with a perfect smile //
Do you want me, do you want me /o burst your bubble
now? /Do you want me, I will break it /Make it loud /Do
you want me, do you want me /o break the paradigm /
Tese rules were made by us /Tey break you up inside //
Dont you look into the mirror /Army of dolls made you
so bitter /Make-up magpul follow the leader /Never have
seen a face much sweeter //
SING O ME
Happy tears fade fast /Sad tears tend to last /Youve got
your blood-stained heart /In your nicotine-stained hands /
And your twenty-nine years /Did not help you pass /Oh,
the roadkill, cheap thrill /Obstacle filled path //
White lies, black dress /Brightest of darkness /You close
your tearstained eyes /o your silver lined madness /After
twenty-nine years /You might want to confess /Tat we
have made /A fucked-up place /Tat I can not erase //
Sing to me //
White lies, black heart /tearing us apart /You breathe the
frost-filled air /From my lungs to your lungs /After
twenty-nine years /How much more to come? /Now, we
have made /A fucked-up place /Tat I can not erase //
Sing to me //
Happy tears fade fast /sad tears tend to last /Youve got a
sad, sad song /And its stuck in your aching head /And
your twenty-nine years /Did not teach you that /
Changing melodies /will change your destiny at last /Now,
we have made /A fucked-up place /Were trying to erase /
Erase //
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LULLABY
We are sinking this ship now /By midnight hour /How
long can you hold your breath? /o the sirens who sing to /
the broken hearts /We are humming the same tune //
Goodbye my lullaby //
Under water reflected /flashes of life /Floating up from
your lungs, your lips /When you decided to sail to /Te
other side /You decided to sink too //
Goodbye my lullaby //
I will miss you //
We are one, and one is all /Trough self-destruction we
fall /Close your eyes, to darkened skies /Our ignorant
demise //
o another obsession /Over another possession /Anotherdeal well made /Well I raise my glass /And to the blissful
ignoring /Tat the unclaimable objects /Decide our pitfall
or prospect //
I know at least I thought, at least I fight /At least I know at
least I tried /I know I thought, I know Ill fight /onight I
kiss the world goodbye //
We are one, as one we fall /Our self-destruction of all /
Close your eyes, to darkened skies /Our ignorance in
demise //
Tis will lead to personal gain /But I wont feel any
personal pain /All the global implications in vain /Yes the
price is high but so are the stakes /Tis belongs to all of us
so /really this belongs to no one at all /When it comes to
owning up to our fall /Better brace yourself for the end of
it all //
HE RAGEDY OFHE COMMONS
o another commotion /o another disruption /o
another explosion /I raise my glass /o another investment
/Into the future of wasteland /Well heres to pulling the
waistband //
But I know at least I thought, at least I fight /At least I
know at least I tried /I know I thought, I know Ill fight /
onight I kiss the world goodbye //
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GUESS:ALISSA WHIEGLUZ/ MARCO HIEALA/ GEORGE OOSHOEK
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CREDIS
Vocals:Charlotte Wessels
Guitars:imo Somers
Bass Guitars:Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije
Keys:Martijn Westerholt
Drums:Sander Zoer
Marco Hietala: Vocals on Your Body Is A Battleground
and Sing o Me
Alissa White-Gluz: Grunts and backing vocals on Te
ragedy Of Te Commons
George Oosthoek: Grunts on ell Me, Mechanist
Choirs on Te ragedy Of Te Commons by Charlotte
Wessels, Georg Neuhauser, Oliver Philipps, Shouts on
Here Come Te Vultures by pop choir Peppersweet, Male
vocals on My Masquerade by Oliver Philipps
Additional Guitars: Guus Eikens, Oliver Philipps
Additional Drums: Mike Coolen, Ruben Israel //
Produced by Martijn Westerholt /Mixed at Studio
Fredman by Fredrik Nordstrm and Henrik Udd /
Mastered at Sterling Sound by ed Jensen /Drums
recorded at Wisseloord Studios and Graveland Studio by
Arno Krabman /Rhythm guitars recorded by Ad Sluijter,
Christian Moos at Spacelab, Guus Eikens Headquarters /
Vocal recordings by Oliver Philipps /Key arrangements by
Martijn Westerholt and Oliver Philipps /Orchestra by
Mikko P. Mustonen //
All music written by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels
and Martijn Westerholt /All lyrics written by Charlotte
Wessels //
Bonus tracks:
Vocals:Charlotte Wessels
Guitars:imo Somers
Bass Guitars:Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije
Keys:Martijn WesterholtDrums:Sander Zoer
Mixed at Spacelab Studio by Christian Moos /Mastered at
Eroc Mastering Ranch /Scarlet and Dont Let Go:
Music by Guus Eikens, Charlotte Wessels and Martijn
Westerholt. Lyrics by Charlotte Wessels. /Live recordings
performed by Delain at the My Masquerade concert,
2013, recorded by Andr Zoer. /Live Intro My
Masquerade by Oliver Philipps /Orchestra by Mikko P.
Mustonen //
Photos by Sandra Ludewig /Artwork design by Das Buro //
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Delain thanks:Tomas Caser & Max Riedler at NapalmRecords, Henrik & Fredrik atStudio Fredman, Oliver
Philipps, Mikko Mustonen, Arno Krabman at Graveland
Studio, Moschus at Spacelab studio, Ad Sluijter, Mike
Coolen, Ruben Israel, Georg Neuhauser, the enitre Eikens
family. Our guests on this album: Alissa White-Gluz, Marco
Hietala & George Oosthoek. Leon & Dennis at DasBuro,
Sandra Ludewig. Robert, Willem, Ans Korstanje &
Fortarock. Octavia E. Butler, Michiel Steenhuis, ibor Kuijs.
Our entire live crew of the past two years: Rik, Laurens, Nick,
Evert, Freek, Maarten, Joyce, Matthijs, Britt, Pim. Robert
Westerholt, Barend Courbois & Florentijn Bruning, Aristides
crew, Nico & AudioBizz Benelux, Kenny & Merchandise For
Life, Elisa Flehmer, Philip & Kemper Profiler, Roos & Hair
oday, Pupa Milano, Wendy van den Bogert-Elberse, Dwars
Producties, Eckhard Doll & Steinberg, John Finnberg and
FooKing Entertainment, Tomas Kreidner at ICS. Tomas
Youngblood, Andre Zoer. //
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Charlotte thanks:Tijs, my parents and my family for their
unconditional love and support. Te entire Delain family for
sharing these adventures. Te Eikens family for welcoming
the uesday/Tursday night writers their regular invasions.
Te Gender Studies department at Utrecht University for
challenging and inspiring me. Oli, Sandra, all people who
have contributed to Te Human Contradiction, physically,
or in spirit; most notably Octavia E. Butler. And finally, you,
for picking up this record and making it possible for us to do
what we do. //
imo thanks:Jan Somers, Karin Somers, Roos de Laat.
Somers & Zwaans family. imo, Willem & Alex. BarendCourbois & Florentijn Bruning. Pascal Langenaar, Aristides
Poort & the Aristides crew. Everyone at Curt Mangan, Palmer
Germany, Spectraflex, aurus, Box of Doom and Latchlake.
Hennie Lathouwers. Ruben Israel, Ad Sluijter, Guus Eikens,
Evert Matthijsen. Vengeance, Arrow Haze, Atma Anur, Jan
van Geerenstein, Guido Aalbers. Delain family. onnie the
bulldog. //
Otto thanks:Sandra (love of my life!), my parents & family
for their love and support, Mike, Koen, Matthieu &Detonation, Martijn Kalksma, Sander van de Ven, Evert,
Laurens, Nick, Maasje, Ruben, George, Guus, Rik, Maarten,
Ernst & Janneke and the rest of the ub crew, S.I.. strings,
InuneGP, Radial Eng., Annemieke & Feedback Rotterdam,
and the whole Delain family! //
Martijn thanks:Everybody who supported me. My family,
My sponsors/Endorsers, and last but not least my bandmates.
Tnx everybody! //
Sander thanks:Nathan Zoer, Danil Zoer, Linda Aarts, my
family and friends, my band mates and the crew. Christian
Wenzel & Paiste Cymbals, Tomas Barth & Sonor Drums,
Promark Drumsticks, Papen & Bongaerts, Johan Hartman,
Arie Bokkema, all my friends and all fans! //
Guus thanks:Rosan, Jorg, Luuk & Merijn: for putting up
with the spandex man pursuing his musical dreams. Martijn
& Charlotte: for the struggle, all the hard work and thecontinuously rising learning curve. Delain: for the chances,
ambitions and Eternal Fame & Glory. I&S Application
Management; Bouke and all my other colleagues: for the
blessing of having a job that not only takes, but also gives
energy. //
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