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We Care
03:27
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Why do we care?
I’ve seen it in your eyes
You don’t want to be a part of this
But you are, we all are
So they say
But let me ask you this:
Shouldn’t it be up to us?
Mankind
I don’t know what that means
Is it something I can touch?
Is it something I can see?
Is it something I should care about?
Why do we care?
I’ve seen it in your eyes
As you read the news
Your eyes are open books
It’s too much, they say
And it’s too far
How can all this effect me?
Why does my life depend on it?
Why do we care?
Maybe I’ll give it a try and stop caring
I’d be a free man
No worries but my own
No fears but my own
Just what I want to care about
Would that be wrong?
Would I be happy?
Is it even possible?
You’re switching on the TV
And you’re seeing all this stuff happening in the world
And you just blend it out?
Not a single thought on what you just saw?
Not even a little sympathy?
No worries but your own?
No fears but your own?
No!
Why do we care?
Because we are human!
WE CARE!
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2. |
Viral
04:23
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The oldest dreams of humankind
Most came true with the passage of time
Who would ever suggest to step back
Just a little, take account of the signs
Crying shame, boon and bane
The ball is rolling faster
Down the drain, words in vain
Who’s to blame? Who’s insane?
Nothing to look after
Down the drain, words in vain
We all knew it would come to this
A society of opportunists
No opportunity that we missed
To invest in duplication of our fortune
Still we look away
Still we preach and pray
We’ve learned nothing from each other
Nothing from history
A thousand lives per day
Don’t matter anyway
As long as markets have the power
We won’t see no change
Crying shame, boon and bane
The ball is rolling faster
Down the drain, words in vain
Who’s to blame? Who’s insane?
Nothing to look after
Down the drain, words in vain
We all knew it would come to this
Austerity measures; hit-or-miss
No money to calculate the risks
It’s all invested in the growth of our fortune
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3. |
Limit Exceeded
01:16
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(instrumental)
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4. |
More_data
03:49
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Some of them where telling the truth
But we unlearned to tell apart what is wrong, what is right
What’s real or fake
How should the youth of today find their way
Through all this data that’s made
To keep us busy and to lead us astray?
I’m afraid time is up
We’re in too deep, it’s too much
And I can barely grasp the whole extent of what’s just made up
We can’t rely on our knowledge
It is all infiltrated
Starting from De Bello Gallico
To modern food science
We’re irritated
‘Cause that’s the way they want us to be
Who are they?
Do I need to explain?
It is me
It is you
It is us
We all are cogs in machines
And we feed them, we feed
‘Cause we need to, we need
Yeah, we need more
More
Yeah, we need more
Something bad has to happen otherwise nothing will ever change
Go buy another weapon
Do you need a wider range?
Death is a politician
He’s on a long time mission
And we are all taking part in his prestidigitation
Do you even know what you’ve been elected for?
You just play your role in making profit from war
Didn’t meant it but you said it?
Just a quick apology
In the end what really matters is that what you’ve done can not be seen
But we are all to blame
Because we all play the game
Yeah, we are all to blame
What do we need?
More
Yeah, we need more
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5. |
The Switch
03:54
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There’s a switch in your mind and it makes you want me
I’m the drug you can’t see but you can’t deny me
Switch
I got full control about you
No chance for you to undo
Switch
One more has been caught in my web
Now someone else can react
Typewrite your thoughts, get upset
Your wasted time is my diet
There’s a switch in your mind and it makes you want me
I want to turn it all the time
I’m the drug you can’t see but you can’t deny me
Come take me in, I’ll make your mine
You paved the way for my regency
This is my time, my century
I am electric opium
I’m everywhere
I’m odium
There’s a switch in your mind and it makes you want me
I want to turn it all the time
I’m the drug you can’t see but you can’t deny me
Come take me in, I’ll make your mine
There’s a switch in your mind and it makes you want me
I want to turn it all the time
I’m the drug you can’t see but you can’t deny me
Come take me in and turn the …
Switch
There’s a switch in your mind and it makes you want me
I want to turn it all the time
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6. |
The Conclusion
03:10
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While I read the news about the mass shooting on October the first in Las Vegas
I was listening to one of my favourite tunes in that time
The song deals with personal feelings and problems
In the face of this horrible, horrible crime
It felt so ignorant and decadent and immoral
To actually feel the lyrics of the song
While I should – and wanted – to feel the shock and the sorrow
For the victims and their families
You know, it felt so wrong listening to it
Of course it is easier to stick to my own little problems
Than facing the world’s worst tragedies
And it’s natural, I think
That’s self-protection
Because we are a highly sympathetic life form
And by today’s lines of communication
We are getting flooded with bad news from all over the globe
All the time
If we would feel for every wrong that is happening worldwide
We would destroy ourselves
But which conclusion can we draw from this?
Should we care less?
I mean, isn’t it one of the great achievements of our time
Of technology and globalization
That we can be part of the big picture?
That we are connected
And able to help people everywhere on this planet?
And doesn’t it imposes an obligation on us to do so?
Well, that’s a question everyone has to answer for themselves
Of course we are all selfish to a certain point
And we always try to find the easiest way
But we are human
And we will always feel the need to help
To be part of something
And to contribute
To the human welfare
WE CARE
From up here everything looks so irrelevant in a way
But then again, nothing else is important
I hope you’re all doing well down there
Good night
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ZAPIENS Hamburg, Germany
ZAPIENS is combining electronic music with epic orchestral elements and sociocritical lyrics. The songs are dealing with today’s crises and what it means to be human.
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