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RUN
06:20
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So that's the way it goes
Disaster
Ferocious at its core
So you go faster
Time won't wait
Don't hesitate
It's not too late
To escape your fate
LEFT RIGHT START again
Imagine how your story ends
Lifeline caving in
All the smiles are wearing thin
Breakpoint step by step
Who's your friend? Who's your friend
Touch feel START again
Imagine you can beat it down
Left right start anew
Push it harder see it through
Power raise the bar
Tie them up and you'll go far
A B UP DOWN
Uptown downtown
END and START again
It's all in your hands
Run for your life
This is it
You can't hide
Do what is right
Go out with a fight
Try to rely on your will to survive
You have to run or you'll run out of time
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LOVE IS EVERYWHERE
06:08
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NIGHTLINE
04:27
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I'm unsure of something
I want to know
Is this your touch I'm sensing?
It's getting strong
Forgetting what I know
Don't say I told you so
Maybe I'm just too human
To let it go
Let me lead you to the future
I'll be yours and you'll be futile
Never had this much power in my hands
Is it because of the street lights
(There's just no way of knowing)
Hidden behind the skyline
(There's just no way of knowing)
Million colors wrapped around
Stars are falling to the ground
Am I still full of potential
(There's just one way to find out)
With all my life in suspension
(There's just one way to find out)
Wake me up before it ends
I can't believe it's all we have
Perfectly unironic
The lights will fade
Correctly inadvertent
Our beds are made
Tucked away cause they say we should plan it better
Rest assured it's obscure just enough to fit in
Melodies played with ease are the ones we follow
Not too fast, we should test if the water's shallow
Is it because of the street lights
Hidden behind the skyline
Million colors wrapped around
Stars are falling to the ground
Am I still full of potential
With all my life in suspension
Wake me up before it ends
I can't believe it's all we have
Is it because of the street lights
(There's just no way of knowing)
Hidden behind the skyline
(There's just no way of knowing)
Million colors wrapped around
Stars are falling to the ground
Am I still full of potential
(There's just one way to find out)
With all my life in suspension
(There's just one way to find out)
Wake me up before it ends
I can't believe it's all we have
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VISIONARY
05:43
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Even in a time known for its extremes
People achieving things through any means
Made of fear and insecurities
We understand but we're confused
A pale-faced girl on the social scene
Weird-looking teenager with impossible dreams
Limelight living, lots of giving
A tender touch on a body bruised
A visionary you are not
Absent-minded, you forgot
Rolled up, screwed up, torn apart
To fit inside a melting pot
An hourglass turned upside down
Empty heart turned inside out
Pick a story, make it yours to tell
And on the screen you tell so very well
All your feeling we're receiving
Break the spell, a change will come
A visionary you are not
Absent-minded, you forgot
Rolled up, screwed up, torn apart
To fit inside a melting pot
An hourglass turned upside down
Empty heart turned inside out
Hands, they break as they bind you
You create while we define you
Desperate to leave something behind you
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MERCURY
04:50
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A FUTURE DREAM
04:09
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RESOLVE
06:38
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I used to think I talk too much to keep you company
I didn't think I've done enough to have your sympathy
But now I find we didn't have the time to laugh the night away
Perhaps I'm blind
I’ll leave it all behind to start again and see the light of day
I used to have so many doubts, I could've gone astray
There ain't enough good words in the world to make it all OK
But now you say we never had the time to sing the song of love
And so tonight I'm leaving you behind
To start again and find my own resolve
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Hey Karen Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hey Karen is an alias for Bartek Urban, who creates electronica, synthpop, and industrial - the stuff that both melts your
heart and your brain.
Home recordings and lo-fi aesthetic aren't necessarily a bad thing, since he believes the feeling is more important. A full scope of that feeling can be seen in his audiovisual live shows, which he regularly performs since 2011.
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