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Democracy Of Spreading Poverty

by Straightaway

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1.
Anywhere anytime it lightens up my faith it brings me back strength when it’s fading and when life looks like such a wreck like a helping hand it leads me the way Penciled words on a few chords heal me from these scars and sores Through question marks and the lack of answers it’s my safer shelter It brings me back to light when the dawn of a brighter day seems too far away It turns shades of grey into colours it makes all my pain so lighter When the deepest disarray stands on my way Penciled words on a few chords heal me from these scars and sores Through question marks and the lack of answers it’s my safer shelter When motivation’s gone and all I have left is a blank stare It won’t ever let me surrender Penciled words on a few chords heal me from these scars and sores Through question marks and the lacks of answers it’s my safer shelter
2.
You had your chance you didn’t seize it I’m sorry that you’re taking it that way I hope someday you’ll get to realize how I was right and not take it too hard You’re feeling like your time and feelings were wasted Not analyzing the reasons why we’ve given in You can ignore the facts the whole truth and reality I’ll take the blame on me while you deny responsibility Will you dare to look right at yourself at your face in the mirror ? Unrewarded sacrifices is what you got left at the anticipated end of the story and it takes much more than what you’ve got despite the countless efforts we knew it all right from the start but couldn’t not give it a try You can ignore the facts the whole truth and reality I’ll take the blame on me while you deny responsibility Will you dare to look right at yourself at your face in the mirror ?
3.
Down on his knees he’s praying religiously Not god his faith was buried a long time ago By the neverending hopeless days He’s praying for a bit of money a short instant of charity Just a few dimes in his fight for humanity Capitalism is the game darwinism is the rule And your life is at stake we pretend not to see This is a case of emergency He’s sleeping on the floor He’s already given up on this lost battle Out on the street peace of mind is something that she’ll never find If only she had one more chance to make things different Capitalism is the game darwinism is the rule And your life is at stake we pretend not to see This is a case of emergency Just a few dimes in his fight for humanity Capitalism is the game darwinism is the rule And your life is at stake we pretend not to see This is a case of emergency
4.
Another Day 03:07
Another day a different time the situation’s the same the feeling remains again and again every victory holds the fear of the next fall and defeat in every lost struggle lies doubts of another failure hopes to overcome and rise again And I’ve set my mind to this one and only choice I’ve made Even though it doesn’t make sense And I know what I’m standing for and up against I’ve been falling down but I’m not losing sight Someday freedom will be mine Jaded of running around in circle caught in this neverending cycle I’m patiently waiting for a sign a long awaited call from destiny Will it ever come or turn its back on me ? And I’ve set my mind to this one and only choice I’ve made Even though it doesn’t make sense And I know what I’m standing for and up against I’ve been falling down but I’m not losing sight Someday freedom will be mine And I’ve set my mind to this one and only choice I’ve made Even though it doesn’t make sense And I know what I’m standing for and up against I’ve been falling down but I’m not losing sight
5.
Carefree times are gone Innocence is no longer Never ask yourself out Never question the truth you’re given never give it a second thought believe compromising lies Keep your eyes shut and you’ll never know how deep the cut can be it makes it all so easy You’re like a dead woodstuck floating on water Inanimate losing control on your fate Nothing’s ever really as it seems to be Ignorant bliss will ensure your peace of mind Why pretend that you’re blind and you can’t read between the lines How bright does light have to shine before you can see clearly You’re like a dead woodstuck floating on water Inanimate losing control on your fate Nothing’s ever really as it seems to be So why pretend that you’re blind and you can’t read between the lines
6.
So sick of this word where value’s defined by the balance of your bank account Your purchasing power what you possess and what you can afford Is it all our reason to live our reason to be ? The powers that be everything in which we believe Welcome to this goldrush of modern times A quest to money that they think in the end will make them feel so happy So sick of this world where existence doesn’t make much sense even with goodwill and strength And there’s no choice but to be left ignored when you’re not in the run for gain Is it all our reason to live our reason to be ? The powers that be everything in which we believe Welcome to this goldrush of modern times A quest to money that they think in the end will make them feel so happy The system’s changed and so have the principle and means but the scheme remains all the same Is it all our reason to live ? Is it all our reason to be ? The powers that be everything in which we believe Welcome to this goldrush of modern times A quest to money that they think in the end will make them feel so happy
7.
Whatever tomorrow holds through thick and thin I’ll never fall On this road to the unknown I’ll never step back I’ll open closed doors I’ll walk the way until the end of the road I’m not gonna resign with that obsession stuck in my mind I’ll never let this future be my own failure As a promise to resist I’ll get by as a promise to persist i’ll rise And I’ll never make this sacred oath a lie As a reason to exist I’ll never give up On these precious dreams I’ve been chasing for so long Despite confusion and weakness Fears and darkness I’ll make it through Every single day I’m striving to write a brighter story in my life’s diary I won’t turn my eyes away I won’t let go I’ll carry on As a promise to resist I’ll get by as a promise to persist i’ll rise And I’ll never make this sacred oath a lie As a reason to exist I’ll never give up On these precious dreams I’ve been chasing for so long
8.
Interlude 00:23
9.
A brand new song another blank sheet of paper So many things left I need to write down and express About this loss that I can’t accept about these haunting thoughts that I can’t escape About this best friend I always had on my side And I never thought would commit suicide That decision you made to turn off the light And say goodnight in silence has left an undelible mark This pain would justify a hundred songs a thousand lines But still none could get the feelings right I am staring at those pictures that I’m holding tight in my hands today It’s such a hard thing to face to live these days that ever since have faded to the darkest grey our days of innocence have been stolen there’s no turning back on the way of our lifetime That decision you made to turn off the light And say goodnight in silence has left an undelible mark This pain would justify a hundred songs a thousand lines But still none could get the feelings right That decision you made to turn off the light And say goodnight in silence has left an undelible mark
10.
A few attempts later I’m left with the same stupid answer fed by anger I kept hoping for a better change And I gave it a shot and you ruined it again Every time I tried to find another lamer excuse The story keeps repeating itself holding our friendship in disgrace And this is just another sacrified ideal And the trust was always there in any circumstances It’s been shred to pieces I’m sick of giving second chances The moral to that story is never changing Gaining acceptance has turned you into That someone new so different and untrue If only I could take it all a few years back when it felt so right Staying up all night and making plans filled with confidence The story keeps repeating itself holding our friendship in disgrace And this is just another sacrified ideal And the trust was always there in any circumstances It’s been shred to pieces I’m sick of giving second chances The moral to that story is never changing
11.
I’m sitting here late at night somehow I can’t get any sleep I’ve got a thousand questions running through my head I’m switching on the computer to pass the time and free my mind But these thoughts won’t go will leave me restless I can’t pretend it’s not affecting me but I just can’t get a single tear And now your names are all engraved on these white stone graves Was it your sense of family to constantly keep ignoring me ? Anger and misunderstanding prevail on this pain You never wasted a few thoughts ink and a stamp on a letter Thousands miles away strangers for so many years a make believe of distance to justify your silence Not even a single pic as a reminder in my mind all I had Was blurry faces distant memories I could hardly remember You never wasted a few thoughts ink and a stamp on a letter I’m sorry that I’m not feeling guilty can anyone tell me why should I be ? You never wasted a few thoughts ink and a stamp on a letter
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13.
Victim is your name can you hear them screaming ? Stuck at you like leeches it sucks your most precious wishes To devour you at last ready to kill for what you’ve got Faithful servants of your death just waiting to seize your livid face You feel like the whole world has abandoned you With everything you wanted to show You think that there’s always inside your heart Something bad that needs to grow To devour you at last ready to kill for what you’ve got Honesty was your excuse like something made to abuse You stand sounding the revolt you aim targets with your big gun You shoot but your eyes have been burst now you’re blind The end is now closer than what you think You feel like the whole world has abandoned you With everything you wanted to show You think that there’s always inside your heart Something bad that needs to grow And your trying to remove the poison anchored inside your veins You feel like the whole world has abandoned you With everything you wanted to show You think that there’s always inside your heart Something bad that needs to grow
14.
I look for stability like I’ve always done I don’t wanna hide what they think I have learned Never read through someone’s mind never could Always blind why can’t you alley my troubled soul There’s a lot of pleasant dreams that I lived But also real things that I lived and that I care about So different feelings that make me what I am All these years from now I just can’t change the past I guess no one will never learn anything from me People just watching me trapped by myself Feeling deeper growing stronger it’s still the same But nothing has changed There’s a lot of pleasant dreams that I lived But also real things that I lived and that I care about I know I’ve got so much hate and anger to unload And my lifetime is gonna leave me sad Sometimes it is such a long hard lonely road Time is just passing me by running and treating me so bad There’s a lot of pleasant dreams that I lived But also real things that I lived and that I care about So different feelings that make me what I am All these years from now I just can’t change the past

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released April 21, 2007

Music and words by Straightaway

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