The yesterday we loved
Speaks of tomorrow
The burden of a man is that time never takes a pause
We live from Monday to Sunday
But forget what it means
Then our ghost comes to visit
And we tell stories with tabloids
Well call all your friends
Watch fake photos
From a made up vocation
Speaking in tongues about ancient artifacts
We steal from beggars
And ask for understanding
We lie, rape, steal and murder
To make tonight's headlines
Trust the system
Make your contributions
Smile, applaud, love, hail
The weaker you get, the stronger they become
Listen in silence
Hear her voice
How far are we ready to take this
Listen in silence
Hear her voice
Before it all crumbles
Lie, rape, steal and murder
Smile, applaud, love, hail
Gather in front of the TV
Exploding sympathy
For the weather man
Our trust, our punctual company
We steal from beggars
And ask for understanding
We lie, rape, steal and murder
To make tonight's headlines
Trust the system
Make your contributions
Smile, applaud, love, hail
The weaker you get, the stronger they become
Listen in silence
Hear her voice
How far are we ready to take this
Listen in silence
Hear her voice
Before it all crumbles
Lie, rape, steal and murder
Smile, applaud, love, hail
Listen in silence
Hear her voice
How far are we ready to take this
Listen in silence
Hear her voice
Before it all crumbles
Speaks of tomorrow
The burden of a man is that time never takes a pause
We live from Monday to Sunday
But forget what it means
Then our ghost comes to visit
And we tell stories with tabloids
Watch fake photos
From a made up vocation
Speaking in tongues about ancient artifacts
And ask for understanding
We lie, rape, steal and murder
To make tonight's headlines
Trust the system
Make your contributions
Smile, applaud, love, hail
The weaker you get, the stronger they become
Hear her voice
How far are we ready to take this
Listen in silence
Hear her voice
Before it all crumbles
Smile, applaud, love, hail
Exploding sympathy
For the weather man
Our trust, our punctual company
And ask for understanding
We lie, rape, steal and murder
To make tonight's headlines
Trust the system
Make your contributions
Smile, applaud, love, hail
The weaker you get, the stronger they become
Hear her voice
How far are we ready to take this
Listen in silence
Hear her voice
Before it all crumbles
Smile, applaud, love, hail
Hear her voice
How far are we ready to take this
Listen in silence
Hear her voice
Before it all crumbles
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Simply put, it's about the fact that we walk around in a big vacuum. You go to your job you get home and watch TV and then that's it. It's important working 9 to 5. It's important having acertain income. It's important to get wasted on the week ends and we keep doing it. "Listen in silence, hear our voice", that's directed to mother earth herself. How we are destroying this planet, exhausting the rainforest and whatnot.
Again this is more or less directly quoted from an interview with Anders from a while back.
This song is fucking amazing
i think it says "how far are we willing to take this"
These lyrics are horribly wrong. One major correction that I was able to make out is, in the third line, "The plight of man is that time never takes a pause." That sounds alot more like something In Flames would say, now doesn't it?
To me it seems like Anders says "Listen in silence, hear her voice", not "Sat in silence, hear a voice"
Also he says "We steal from beggars" not "We're still superiors"
to me it sounds like "you said in silence, here a voice" but i still don't have l33t death metal vocal understanding skillz...
**i meant to say "hear a voice" not "here a voice" whoops
The yesterday we loved. Speak of tomorrow The burden of man is that time never takes a pause. We live from Monday to Sunday, but forget what it means. Then a ghost comes to visit, and we tell stories from tabloids.
Call all your friends, Watch fake photos from a made up vacation. Speaking in tongues about ancient artifacts.
We steal from beggars and ask for understanding. We lie, rape, steal and murder to make tonights headlines. Trust the System, make your contribution. Smile, applaud, love, hail. The weaker you get, the stronger they become.
Listen in silence, hear her voice. How far are we ready to take this?
Listen in silence, hear her voice. Before it all crumbles.
Lie, rape, steal and murder. smile, applaud, love, hail.
Gather in front of the TV. Exploding sympathy. The weatherman our trust, our punctual Company
We steal from beggars and ask for understanding. We lie, rape, steal and murder to make tonights headlines. Trust the System, make your contribution. Smile, applaud, love, hail. The weaker you get, the stronger they become.
Listen in silence, hear her voice. How far are we ready to take this?
Listen in silence, hear her voice. Before it all crumbles.
Lie, rape, steal and murder. smile, applaud, love, hail.
Listen in silence, hear her voice. How far are we ready to take this?
Listen in silence, hear her voice. Before it all crumbles.
@Dreadnaught I know that this is THIRTEEEN YEEARS after you wrote this---but, I am glad you did. I know I am a dork, barely replying to this at 35 years old, but, this is an awesome song and GLAD you corrected it, because it DID NOT sound right "we still from beggars" sounded way diff than what these guys wrote. Stay rockin!!!! Pueblo, CO, USA
@Dreadnaught I know that this is THIRTEEEN YEEARS after you wrote this---but, I am glad you did. I know I am a dork, barely replying to this at 35 years old, but, this is an awesome song and GLAD you corrected it, because it DID NOT sound right "we still from beggars" sounded way diff than what these guys wrote. Stay rockin!!!! Pueblo, CO, USA
Amazing song, I luv the whole album!