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erika cecchini
lyrics of
"in god mode"
NO SHOW by Erika Cecchini
so you have tried to buy me
but I cast you off
I won't let you dry me up
because no money
can buy you a soul
you can't suckle at my heart
you wanted too much
no show is what you got
today you're crying about me
'cause you're feeling lost
and you cannot find me
I don't mind you suffering
you just pay a price
for givin'me such hard times
you wanted too much
no show is what you got
by a decree of fate
look at all you've never become,
now look at what you're not
and for a twist of fate
loneliness is all you deserved
you're drowning in your alibies
a decree of fate
look at all you've never become,
now look at what you're not
and for a twist of fate
loneliness is all you deserved
you're drowning in your alibies
so you have tried to buy me
but I cast you off
I won't let you dry me up
because no money
can buy you a soul
you can't suckle at my heart
you wanted too much
no show is what you got
watch out! I can see the vultures
I see them spiral in the sky
watch out! I can hear the wolves
I hear them howling in the night
they're outta get you
they're outta get you
BROKEN TOYS by Erika Cecchini
I've tried
to drag you back up to the light
to the sun
but the sun I showed you was
pale and stale
it gave no warmth
I've tried
to let you know it was too late, we'd gone too far
but my words sounded empty, powerless and you
were so numb
I've tried
You look like broken toys
why can't I hear your voice?
some kind of rust devoured your soul
I watch you dance then watch you fall
watch you dance then watch you fall
I've tried
oh, maybe I could love these people all around!
I'll hug you all, I'll kiss you all
and my heat will burn down your club
I've tried but here I am now I know I
must give up
I'll use you I'll dispose of you
I'll always smile
I'll always lie
I've tried
You look like broken toys
why can't I hear your voice?
some kind of rust devoured your soul
I watch you dance then watch you fall
watch you dance then watch you fall
MUSE by Erika Cecchini
I was like blind
Crossed the line
Witnessed you
Felt so good
I got sucked into
A strange ecstatic mood
Oh what a perfect mistake
'Cause I used you as my muse
Did I have the right to take you as you were not?
How wise of you to refuse
I could not love you, I could only
Adore you
Which is not the same
I spoiled everything
Right from within
Overdone the dose
Poisoned the rose
Gave you a thorny crown
Then I let you down
Oh what a perfect mistake
(CHORUS)
So I just had to stop
And wonder what
Love's all about
Mine was just a lie
It made me feel inspired
But now I feel so fake
It was a perfect mistake
COMEBACK by Erika Cecchini
There's something vicious in the way I drag myself about
Hoping I can be re-introduced at any time
Meanwhile I keep on wasting my life
In search of excuses and alibies to hide behind
I ran out of patience
Now I need to get myself out
I'll break the cage, I'll find the nerve, I'll get all that I deserve
I ran out of patience
Now I need to shout it out loud:
"I'm not like this, I can't resist, I need to feel proud!"
Make room for me
I'm back into the mood
I'm done here I've got nothing left to do
Make room for me
Got back into the mood
I Know that there's just nothing I can lose
I know it
I know it
there's nothing left to do
I know it
I know it
There's nothing I can lose
It sounds ridiculous when I say I have no doubt
Hoping I can be content with what I've got
It's human nature to always want more
To be unsatisfied unless you get what you longed for
I ran out of patience
Now I need to get myself out
I'll break the cage, I'll find the nerve,
I'll go get all that I deserve
I ran out of patience
Now I need to shout it out loud:
"I'm not like this, I can't resist, I need to feel proud!"
(CHORUS)
The fucked-up prodigal daughter is back
You thought she'd gone to heaven
Or you thought she'd gone to hell?
Oh, well she was in Limbo instead
So don't you put it off
oh, never ever put it off
no way no way no way no way
Hey!
(CHORUS)
AM I by
Erika Cecchini
when I was younger I was a hungry reader
searching for the answers in the books
they said I only needed to believe in
all their teachings meant for my own good
they used to call them "truth"
I used to call them "rules"
Am I an angel? no, it can't be
a public danger? the enemy?
why do they seem to blame it all on me
and always try to make me feel so mean?
am I an angel? no, so fuck it all
when we were kids we used to be dreamers
wishing our nightmare ended soon
they trapped our energy, chained up our spirit
killed our fantasy, stole our youth
you're like a rotten fruit
you're like a tree with mouldered roots
Am I an angel? no, it can't be
a public danger? the enemy?
why do they seem to blame it all on me
and always try to make me feel so mean?
am I an angel? no, so fuck it all
EVELYN by Erika Cecchini
Evelyn, I think they hate you 'cause you are poetic
a tragic personage the pretty people find pathetic
I am fascinated by rebels who dare bite the feeding hand
you're on top of my list, the one I like the most, but in the end
Evelyn, I like you 'cause you're obscene
I mean, shamelessly sincere
but you won't undermine this society
revolution starts within
Evelyn, you think what I think but you think that I am (am am am)
much too diplomatic, not enough dramatic and warlike
should I show my mistrust, should I let my disgust blow up?
I have realized I am better in disguise just like a spy
Evelyn, I like you 'cause you're obscene
I mean, shamelessly sincere
but you won't undermine this society
revolution starts within
Evelyn, you're tiltin' at windmills, oh yeah baby
Evelyn, I like you
Evelyn, I like you
Evelyn, I like you 'cause you're obscene
REPLACE by
Erika Cecchini
Replace
That's all I've ever done
I had it, but it's gone
So now I'm here with you
Forgive me if I do
Replace
A substitute, you know
Until something new comes along
So easy to rewind and reset
It's not my fault
If nothing's lasting
Not my fault
I's all ephemeral and so are you
So we'll replace it all
Just believe
It's not my fault
If we are passing
Not my fault
It's all contextual and so are you
So we'll replace it all
'Til we're replaced too.
Replace
I'll choose oblivion
My brain is modifiable
So easy to rewind and delete
(CHORUS)
Dust you are, to dust you'll return
Although the flame is off
soon a new ligh will burn
Dust you are, to dust you'll return
Although the flame is off
soon a new ligh will burn
It's not my fault
Not my fault
WHYWHYWHY by Erika Cecchini
why should you try
to look just like all the others, a poser
beggin'for acceptance?
why do you cry
when you become a victim to some kind of stupid arrogance?
somebody's always going to hate on you
for something you are
no matter what you do
why should you lie
so that they won't get to know you and judje you
by your differences
why do you hide
and if you can't then you struggle to save the appearances?
somebody's always going to hate on you
for something you are
no matter what you do
why do you try
hard to be somebody else in the hope you will fit in?
why don't you fight
why do you follow the herd to wherever it's heading?
it won't take you far
so get ready
why should you try
to look just like all the others, a poser
beggin'for acceptance?
somebody's always going to hate on you
for something you are
no matter what you do
why do you try
hard to be somebody else in the hope you will fit in?
why don't you fight
why do you follow the herd to wherever it's heading?
it won't take you far
so get ready
and be who you are
why do you try, why do you lie, why do you hide, why don't you fight?
why don't you fight
why do you follow the herd to wherever it's heading?
it won't take you far
so get ready
and be who you are
ONE REASON
by Erika Cecchini
Who am I to criticize your victimism?
Who am I to say you ain't right?
You were just a little girl who needed good advice
Noone helped you then so you ruined your life
It takes a wrong step to fall
Into an abyss that swallows you whole
I can't give you one reason
give you one reason to hold on
It only takes a hero to be that strong
Can't give you one reason
give you one reason to go on
It only takes a martyr to bear that cross, oh no
I can't give you one reason
Can't give you one
Should I apologize for my nihilism
For not pushin'you to fight
You try hard to hide the prayer in your eyes
But it shows, it goes "please, save me"
And yet you're bound to fall
Nobody will be there when you call
I can't give you one reason
give you one reason to hold on
It only takes a hero to be that strong
Can't give you one reason
give you one reason to go on
It only takes a martyr to bear that cross, oh no
I can't give you one reason
Can't give you one
I can't give you one...
BELIEVE IT
OR NOT by Erika Cecchini
you say I've killed you in my mind
though you weren't guilty
I understand you feel sore
but me, I got bored
I needed to move on
some people think that I
have just played with their lives
they think I'm as cold as ice
I left them all behind
but I keep memories inside
we are like orbiting stars
we draw near then drift apart
to forces we can't deny
life is a path paved with good-bye's
breathe you in then spit you out
you should have known:
nothing lasts for ever
I don't need another head to cut
believe it or not
you say I've killed you in my mind
though you weren't guilty
I understand you feel sore
but me, I got bored
I needed to move on
breathe you in then spit you out
you should have known:
nothing lasts for ever
I don't need another head to cut
believe it or not
believe it or not
believe it or not
believe it or not
IN GOD MODE, by Erika Cecchini
to hell with blood and sweat and tears
I'm made of pure energy
I'm like light I'm like air
a simple thought can take me there
your paradise
your paradise was lost but my own was found
to hell with blood and sweat and tears
I'm made of pure energy
I am like light I am like air
a simple thought can take me there
your paradise
your paradise was lost but my own was found
ooh ooh ooh ooh...
ah but this game we're playing, you know
I play it in god mode
ah but this game we're playing, you know
I play it in god mode
well, my believer just watch out
'cause you'll be bitten by a doubt
you say that I don't play it fair
'cause I don't mind the who and when and where
your paradise
your paradise was lost but my own was found
ooh ooh ooh ooh...
ah but this game we're playing, you know
I play it in god mode
ah but this game we're playing, you know
I play it in god mode
I play it in god mode...
THESE DAYS
by Erika Cecchini
power of my mind:
a hermafroditic breeze
blowing up springs
scattering the seeds
from my lustful plants
which fertilize each other
my sisters and brothers
I could bring you back to life indeed
I am not generous though
I'll give only
to the deserving
tonight
you'll stay with me
ah these days without a line
ah these hours with not a ripplin'
ah these days, these days of mine
ah these years with not a wrinklin'!
ah these days without a line
ah these hours with not a ripplin'
ah these days, these days of mine
ah these years with not a wrinklin'!
(health is silent, illness is a dirge!)
power of my mind:
pollens and ferormons
inhaling this
shall attract you in
the temple of perfection
where eloquence is silence
and stillness is action
have a sit and listen while I sing
my lullaby which goes
"health is silent, illness is a dirge!"
then I'll kiss you goodbye
ah these days without a line
ah these hours with not a ripplin'
ah these days, these days of mine
ah these years with not a wrinklin'!
ah these days without a line
ah these hours with not a ripplin'
ah these days, these days of mine
ah these years with not a wrinklin'!
take these days without a line
have my hours with not a ripplin'
take these days, these days of mine
have my years with not a wrinklin'
ah these days without a line
ah these hours with not a ripplin'!
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ALL SONGS BY ERIKA CECCHINI 2007
All rights reserved, 2007 ©
www.erikacecchini.com
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Erika Cecchini
lyrics of
"in an alien world"
IN AN ALIEN WORLD by
Erika Cecchini
is it a dream or is it real
I find myself in this strange atmosphere
and the night is alive
with lights and noises so mad
is this a city? is this hell?
I am unable to breathe because of the smell
and I want to yell
ah but my voice won't come out
there's people standing all around
tell me why tell me why they don't look at each other
there's people standing all around
tell me why tell me why they don't care for each other, uh?
Is it a dream or is it real?
I can no longer feel anything
until I hear
a weird voice sing
in a language I don't understand
there's people standing all around
tell me why tell me why they don't look at each other
there's people standing all around
tell me why tell me why they don't care for each other, uh?
is it a dream or is it real?
I find myself
in an alien world
in an alien world
in an alien
in an alien
an alien world
CYBERDATING A
HOLOGRAM byErika Cecchini
you say you love her
you are just cyberdating
you say you love her
you are so alienated
you say you love her
how can you
say you love her
she's just a hologram
you don't know her
one day you
might discover
that you are not in her program
you say you love her
although it's so complicated
you say you love her
although it's self-abnegating
CHORUS
you're in love with a hologram
you see each other via webcam
if you want to express your love
you text her on her cell-phone
or, in more detail
you write about it in an e-mail
but when you ask her out on a date
she always tells you that you must...
WAIT!
HELLENIC SMILE by
Erika Cecchini
when I look back at my past I feel ashamed to have known you
I have lowered myself so much
all through the years I have learned to avoid people like you
now I am out of touch
emotional abusers
and moral parasites
I leave you far behind
look at my hellenic smile
means you are out of my life
here with nothing but my pride
can you hear me say goodbye,
wasters of my time?
it wasn't my lucky day when I came across you
how ingenuous I was
nobody is truly generous and nobody is good
they want something in reward
emotional abusers
and moral parasites
I leave you far behind...
YIN & YANG by Erika
Cecchini
I'm so black and I'm so white
I've got a black stain on my heart
there's a little white hole on my black part
my opposites, they feel attracted
to each other and somehow they are connected
I'm a living contradiction
there's perfection, there is unity
in dichotomy
I won't let you split me up
so divided, I am one
we are, yes we are
like the forces in Yin and Yang
and I am weak, I am strong
I quit and I go on
we are, yes we are
like the symbol of Yin and Yang
the symbol of, the symbol of,
the symbol of Yin and Yang
the symbol of, the symbol of
the symbol of Yin and Yang
I'm the darkness, I'm the light
it doesn't make me wrong, doesn't make me right
I can be the brightest sunny day and I can be a moonless night
I'm such a paradoxical concept
the melting pot of adverse aspects
if my body was a temple
you could just get inside and pray
or you could profane it
VOYEURISTIC PLEASURE
by Erika Cecchini
(somebody said to me):
all that I want is to hear you sing for me
I built for you this aviary
I am mesmerized by your beauty
you are the flower I pick up
you're the wild honey that's
going to fill my cup
I get a voyeuristic pleasure
by watching you live
I'll do my best so that you believe
you are my precious hidden treasure
no one else will see
I'll give to you everything you need
(and someone said to me):
all that I want is to hear you sing for me
you'll be at ease in captivity
on my honor, I will do my duty
keep you out of trouble, far from pain
I'll give you food and confort
and shelter from the rain
CHORUS
treacherous waters, insidious woods
the wild can be so cruel
I'll keep you warm I'll keep you safe
I will treat you good
if love's a cage
I'll lock myself in too
with you
DECEMBER THE SEVENTH by Erika Cecchini
how do I keep from
hurting someone again?
if I close doors, bar my windows
will they live in lack of pain
wonder if you're reading
my goodbye e-mail
all I know is I am leaving
I have nothing left to say
time to go
time to go
December the seventh
December the seventh
I know where I'm going to
December the seventh
December the seventh
and I'm
homeward bound
and it's far from you
how do I keep from
killing someone again?
I have given you everything
and I've taken it away
I am done
I am done
-chorus-
feel the air that smells like condemnation
feel the wind that carries no redemption at all
feel the air that smells like condemnation and
feel the wind that carries no redemption today
December the seventh ...
homeward bound and that's far from you
but I won't forget, and will you?
MY PROPHECY by Erika
Cecchini
everybody is a junkie today
trying to kill boredom
everybody needs to be entertained
Internet sex food drugs gambling
trying so hard to fill the hole
cigarettes cell phone TV shopping
craziness just goes on and on
this is surviving, it's not living
far from philosophy, into deceit
this is surviving, it's not living
no ideology, no foresight
this is surviving, it's not living
empty of meaning and full of shit
this is surviving, it's not living
here is my prophecy:
you're never going to quit
everybody is addicted today
everyone's a slave
do you really want to fall down again?
REVENGE by Erika
Cecchini
you hear those people speaking ill of you
saying you are wicked, saying you're no good
they point their finger while all that you do
is try to live in peace and truth
and if you're different, they say you're wrong
in this whole world there's no place you belong
you let them talk
stand proud, stand tall and face the storm all
on your own
if you let them get inside your life
they will fake a smile then stab their knives
if you turn your back and lock your door
they will break it down
then wage a war on you
will they get their revenge on you
will they get their revenge.
you hear those people speaking ill of you
saying you are wicked, saying you're no good
they point their finger while all that you do
is try to live in peace and truth
now look who's talking shit of you
people who should better kiss your boots
untalented losers who think they are cool
with nothing to do
but hate on you
CHORUS
don't let their poison
crawl through your veins
don't let the damned woodworm
chew up your brain
CHORUS
if you let them get inside your life
they will fake a smile then stab their knives
if you turn your back and lock your door
they will plan attack
then wage a war
if you let them get inside your life
they will fake a smile then stab their knives
if you turn your back and lock your door
will they get their revenge on you
will they get their revenge on you
will they get their revenge on you
DIGNITY,
RESPONSABILITY AND PRIDE by Erika Cecchini
it's over
as many times before and
you're on your knees
again
things are so bad
you need sympathy
'cause you're sad
all you know is you're the victim
and life is so unfair
you don't even seem to listen
to what they say
you just complain
it's over
as many times before and
now you need
someone to blame
your mother your father your boss
your ex your friends...
all you know is you're a victim
to everything else
and if you don't see the good things
you made your choice in the end
dignity, responsAbility
and pride
can be your guide
if you drop self-pity
but you
bask in negativity and cry
I wonder why
you seem to thrive
in sorrow
dignity responsAbility and pride
will be your guide if you just believe
if you bask in negativity and cry
all the time
there will be no tomorrow
tomorrow
it's over
as many times before and
all the times to come
it's like
people don't change
true, but strange!
you have always been a victim
that's what you say
you refuse to see the good things
you made your choice
in the end
SPEED OF THOUGHT by Erika Cecchini
(now let me tell you...)
now let me tell you what's the hardest thing for me
sometimes i wanna be there, I am stuck right here
meanwhile, I 'm a thousand people
one body's not enough
so what I really need is
to be ubiquitous
I hate choosing
(I don't want to renounce anything)
feels like losing
(we only have one life to live)
and I'm not used to
(we can be fulfilled, but we can
never be free)
I'm tellin'you
I hate choosing
(for each path we take)
feels like losing
(there's so much we leave behind)
and I refuse to
(I wish that I could be all that I am
in my mind)
now let me tell you what's the crazy thing in it
it's that I am too happy with my life to leave
but the world is oh so big and
it makes me feel so small
and it's full of men and women
I wanna know you all
I hate choosing
(I don't want to renounce anything)
feels like losing
(we only have one life to live)
and I'm not used to
(we can be fulfilled, but we can
never be free)
I'm tellin'you
I hate choosing
(for each path we take)
feels like losing
(there's so much we leave behind)
I refuse to
i hate choosing
(what simple, safe)
feels like loosing
(unencumbered fun we could have!)
and I'm not used to
(no responsibilities, no duties...)
I'm tellin you i hate choosing
(I want to live at the speed of thought!)
feels like losing
(I want to live at the speed of thought!)
its not amusing
(I want to live at the speed of thought!)
now let me tell you what's the crazy thing in it
it's that I am too happy with my life to leave
but the world is oh so big and
it makes me feel so small
and it's full of men and women
I wanna...fuck you all!
(ma la libertą č la stoica assenza di legami umani)
I hate choosing
feels like losing
and I'm not used to
I'm tellin'you
I hate choosing
feels like losing
it's not amusing, ooh
I hate choosing
feels like losing
and I refuse to
I hate choosing
(I want to live at the speed of thought!)
feels like losing
(I want to live at the speed of thought!)
and I'm not used to.
(I want to live at the speed of thought!)
SOLITUDE by Erika
Cecchini
solitude, you can restore
my mind and body
you give me refuge and more:
you're my sanctuary
those who are filled
with scary dreams
are frightened by you
I'm only thrilled when I
bathe in your streams
when I'm into you
when I am in the need I look for you
I know where to find you, solitude
and I can feel as simple and as good
as a fir tree in a mountain wood
this is where I rediscover
who I used to be
solitude is
creativity
my best company
those who are harassed
by emptiness
are afraid of you
that's why they call you the loneliness
they call you the blues
JUST ANOTHER DISCO
SONG by Erika Cecchini
this is just another disco song
about someone who just loves to club and
dance all night long
someone waiting patiently all over the week
'til Saturday
and when the magic day comes
they get ready to glow
and feel like kings and queens
this is just another disco song
in which someone feels like
daily life is not where they belong
cause it's there they are to face
emptiness disgrace and boredom
but when the deejay plays that song
it's then they feel so strong and powerful and free
gimme ecstasy
ease my mind relieve my pain and I plead
ease my mind relieve my pain and I scream
ease my mind relieve my pain and I bleed
ease my mind relieve my pain
it's crawling through my veins
it's crawling through my veins.
this is just another disco song
about people stolen of daytime for so long
8 hour slavery, maybe you should sleep
but all that you need
is to get back some of that time
of which you've been deprived
by this society
WHO ARE YOU? by
Erika Cecchini
I've reached ataraxy and indifference
between myself and the world, I've put distance
enlightened joy fills my existence
then I find you
who are you?
who are you?
I don't know you and I
don't know if I'd like to
if I like you or not
oh yes, right
you are hot
damn true but
who are you?
so if you try to crumble my resistance
as a result of your insistence
you'll get expression of my lower instincts
on you...
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ALL SONGS BY ERIKA CECCHINI 2008
All rights reserved, 2008 ©
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