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Something's Rotten In The State

by Mind Departure

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1.
Prologue 01:04
“I’m not cut out for apostle, Nor I’m cut out of messiah, I have no martyr conditions, I’m a social activist Who carries out a task, the task that people gave me. But understand it! Without being cut out for martyr I will not step back! So they know it! Only by riddling me with bullets Will they be able to prevent my will That is to fulfill the people’s program.”
2.
Can you see the sun behind those clouds, Am I the only one with vision? Are you aware of this conviction, What are those bars behind the crowd? Can you hear the sound of poverty, Or are you slaves of ignorance? Do we live inside a dynasty, Or do we need some kind of guidance? I am one of you but You’re not one of me, Hear my scream I beg you, Who’s with me? Some can feel the wind as just a breeze, And the stars as very bright. Some decide to become a storm And some decide to absorb some light. Are we really just one single kind?, What’s my color, what is yours?, I can feel that I’ve outgrown that Is it my duty to become their core? I am one of you but You’re not one of me, Hear my scream I beg you, Who’s with me? Let me see your face, are you the superior race? Let me hear you roar, are you dust or are you more? Make them hear us roar, they are dust but we are more, Make them see our face, there is no superior race...
3.
We have to serve the needs of them, We have to be polite, decide as one. We could give them rights, but they wouldn’t know What to do with that kind of power. So now it’s time, we choose for them... We’re the ones to rule, We’re the ones to rule, We’re the ones to rule the Land... We have to give them justice, they can’t refuse. They have to live as equal, as we do among our kind. So now it’s time, we choose for them... We’re the ones to rule, We’re the ones to rule, We’re the ones to rule the Land...
4.
Believe what we say, just believe it. You think it’s War, don’t believe it. What newspapers say, just believe it. The world will change, just believe it. Your saviors way, just believe it. We own the truth, just believe it. We have to change, just believe it. Work and pray, just believe it. We slay the dark, we are the light We are the warriors. We’ll teach you all, to work and pray Not asking any questions You think it’s war but where’s your guns You’re in denial I spread my love, just call me lord I’ll call you loyal Just believe what we say, Just believe it We will save you anyway, We will do it Don’t you fear of what we say, don’t you fear it. You can’t beat it anyway, you can’t beat it. Lord, lord, lord, lord
5.
Behind the curtains, All lights off. we hide in darkness The room is filled with rage. The sounds are frightening, My mind spins around, around, around... Inside my cradle All my toys are broken. But I still wonder If I am a ghost The show is over, I am lost in white noise If I don’t act now, My mind will leave my brain. You walk right into the fire, You serve a wrong desire, You crawl right into the fire, You spit a wrong desire ... React, play, run, fear Act, sing, don’t disappear. Win, lose, try, climb Rise, seek, don’t get blind. Erase, forget, abuse, rise, hope, shout, bleed, lies regret, admit, respect, care, panic, save, doubt, dare It’s your decision, your decision your decision, your decision You walk right into the fire, You serve a wrong desire, You move right into the fire, You feed a wrong desire, You crawl right into the fire, You spit a wrong desire ... Your decision, your decision your decision, your decision
6.
Alone 01:27
All alone in this desert of my mind, I feel the pain of my soul’s extraction, Violent extraction. I hate them or I hate my self, The questions are real and I’m not. I am the only one to answer them, All by my self..
7.
Rise Up 03:38
No commands, no rules They provoke so disobey. Not obliged to blind-serve to buy our souls we’ll have to die Don’t let go, don’t surrender It won’t stop the fall... Follow me, forget Slavery and misery, be the one to break the chains that hold you back and run. Don’t rely, on your virtues time to hold a gun... Follow me, forget Slavery and misery, Not obliged to sell your Souls, you have to raise the price Time to Rise Up.... Meet me on the shattered road, Meet me on the shattered road Free to go, free to fly, Join the cause and reach the sky. Time to Rise Up.... Rise...
8.
You can’t kill an idea You can’t make it disappear Once the seed is planted inside their minds You can break the vessel You can smash the walls down When you see my pieces I will be free I will be free, I will be free, I will be free... You can’t kill an idea You can’t make it disappear Once the seed is planted inside their heads You can tear my body You can burn my body I’ll become the earth where my roots will spread Brains Out Voice Loud Rotting bodies on your ground Rotting Bodies on your ground Blind eyes truth, lies strange kinds new minds Burn your eyes, with my light you'll melt like ice blind men, blind men, blind men hanging from your ties You can’t kill an idea You can’t make it disappear Once the seed is planted inside their heads You can tear my body You can burn my body I’ll become the earth where my roots will spread
9.
I’ve got a feeling someone’s gonna break me, I’ve got a feeling that a shadow’s watching. I’ve got a feeling a toxic rain will burn me, I‘ve got a feeling of a feeling fading. I’ve got a feeling that my songs are hollow I’ve got the feeling that I’ll drown in sorrow Why does it have to be this way I want to live another day Don’t want to flee, don’t want to be another martyr I’ve got a feeling I’m not worthy of this task, I’ve got a feeling that the dark will drown me. I’ve got a feeling there is no one I can trust, I’ve got the feeling that with thorns they’ll crown me. Why does it have to be this way I want to live another day Don’t want to flee, don’t want to be another martyr They smile all day, but howl at nights I see a dream but it’s not mine I break the cages, jump the fences, break the boundaries I’ve got a feeling that I live inside a lie, And for that feeling I am going to die
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Ego 05:25
With a soothing voice, You crawled into my head All I see is nothing, and you pretend to care Like a special creature, you hold me in your arms Where there’s clearly fire You tell me it doesn’t harm. You want me to die Like a fairy tale that has to end in pain You tell me it’s not over until I go insane You tell me that the problem is that I am so vain I have to soak the earth with the poison of my veins You want me to die You still can’t see it, still can’t see it It’s not important who I am, It is important what I stand for, Four the number of your sins, the lies, The deaths of your device, your brain, what brain, It’s mine to mine and give the world the gold, to hold, You think an act of god is lie, deny, But you cannot deny, you’re gonna have to DIE
12.
Communion 04:51
This is the time That I was born for, Like an oar that turns the boat, A locked door, without a key It’s time to slay, kill me anyway... Give me a kiss, try not to miss, It’s time to plant me in the ground. And like a seed I will proceed, To spread my spirit all around It’s time to slay, kill me anyway... I give my life, A one way ride, I’ll be your guide... to salvation... Eat my flesh and drink my blood Devour me to think straight control your fate and make me your god I will have my place in space a piece of me will be inside you I will be like an eternal state of mind
13.
Ι float there waiting Wondering Why I suddenly feel alive My body is aching Wondering When it'll finally die Let me fly away into the sky Let me fly away into the sky Let me fly away into the sky Let me fly away... Stab me harder Cut the Strings that strain my soul Paint my number With my blood upon the wall Let me fly away into the sky Let me fly away into the sky Let me fly away into the sky Let me fly away... People, walking, flashes Taking pictures of my corpse Instant glory, I am finally a god
14.
As a boy I was gazing the sky And I wanted to touch it There a yellow star mocked me and said that I could never catch it So I stepped on a chair and I reached but my hands were so tiny And I promised myself that one day That the star is going to be mine So I found a big tree and I climbed And I knew I was closer But the sky was still so far away And I thought it was over But one day I climbed on a mountain And a cloud whispered into my ear That if I could hear what it said I could not have no limits and fears So I got on a plane and I flied But its walls and its windows contained me So I hopped on an air balloon But the atmosphere framed me Then I closed my eyes and I flied with my wings To the middle of nowhere With a boat that could roam through the stars found the one That invited me over So I asked for a bit of its light Gave me some and it smiled And since then I appear every night waiting for my special child

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The 2nd Album of Mind Departure, called "Something’s Rotten in the State", is a concept album. Fourteen individual tracks, completely independent, that reveal the story of a very "special" man, when placed in the right order.

A simple and very familiar story to all of us. It’s the journal of a man with a vision to change the world that dares to take action. We follow the journey of a man that overcame social inertia.

We observe his rise and how he deals with power and corruption. We overhear his inner conflicts. We witness his fall by his followers’ betrayal that leads to his final chapter, his sacrifice.

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released November 19, 2018

Music: Mind Departure

Lyrics: Dimitris Makris, Chris Tsekourloukis

Recorded at Zero Gravity Studios (Athens, GR)

Engineered by Dimitris Dimitriades.
Production and Mix by Dimitris Dimitriades

Mastered by Anestis Psaradakos at Athens Mastering

Album Artwork by Aris Labos

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Mind Departure is a four-member alternative – indie rock band from Athens, formed in 2011 by Chris (Guitar), Christian (Bass), Dimitris (Vocals) and Vangelis (Drums).

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