UPRIGHT CITIZENS
Open Eyes, Open Ears, Brains to Think & A Mouth to Speak Lyrics

FUTURE DREAMS
Hey, kids of the world, I've got something to say
Please, listen to me, right now!

O.K. you're right, things could be worse
But nevertheless I'm fed up with this world
I've got this feeling in me, so hard to explain
But I know there are millions who feel just the same
Humanitiy's dying with silent screams
Take a look at this world, perhaps you'll see what I mean
How long will it take till you know?

Chorus:
The revolution's inside you
Deep inside your brain
Why don't you joit the Upright Crew
And make another dream come true

O.K. as it seems, I've gotta face the fact
The perfect world's a dream, 'cos mankind's bad
But why should I give up all my hopes and dreams
As long as there are people, who try to break the schemes
So tell me how much longer will you follow a way
That step by step leads to the world's decay
When will you finally know?

Chorus

Can I count on you?
Together we can change things for the better
We can make it, don't laugh, we can!
Can I count on you?


HOLOCAUST
You've read it in a book
You've seen it on a T.V. screen
To you it's a nightmare
But to some it's a dream
They've hidden their swastika
Behind the national flag
You'd better watch out brothers
They're heading for a comeback
Remember Belsen, remember Auschwitz
They're trying to say they didn't exist
Don't let them put this country in chains
Don't let six million bie in vain
Belsen, Auschwitz, Dachau
No more holocaust


DEAD BLOOD
Can't ya use your fuckin' brains?
See it's all a con!

An unknown soldier
Standing on the bettlefield
Blind acceptance
Means a picture of death as far as you can see

Chorus:
Dead blood is all around ya
Blood is blood
But you're still fighting their wars
Dead blood - for what?

A human being
Filled up with propaganda hate
Slavish obedience has made him their killer
Who's rejoicing when the enemy goes to his fate

Chorus

Still not seeing?
Are you really so blind?
We're the unknown children
Brought up in systems of war
Taught to accept what can't be accepted
Who's to bee the next unknown soldier?

Chorus

Who's to blame?


THE DARK SIDE OF MY MIND
There's confusion in my head
It's another lonely day
When the sun stops to shine
It's a mental decay
A thousand useless feelings
So emotionless
And I wonder if this really is
A state of death

Chorus:
Oh, oh - when is it gonna end?
Oh, oh - I wonder when will it end?
Will it fucking end

I'm not the one I used to be
Just a minute ago
I wonder if this is insanity
Oh, I don't really know
I wish I could be happy again
So happy again
Don't wanna spend no minute longer
In this darkness of the damned

Chorus

There's frustration in my head
It's another empty day
And I feel so damn alone
In this mental decay
Depression's got a hold on me
And I really don't know why
Tell me what to do to escape
The dark side of my mind


NO TEARS FOR YESTERDAY
No tears for yesterday
It's all gone, so far away
Yesterday's just history
I don't waste my time with memories

Chorus:
No tears for yesterday
'Cos I live now and now's today
The past ain't my way
No tears for yesterday

Those good old days
They make you feel so sad
And now ain't yesterday
So what's the point in mourning for the past?


GOVERNMENT WINS!
General election, the choise is yours
You've got the right to vote
Democracy? No it's just a joke

Chorus:
Whoever you vote for, government wins!

Oh no, there's no chance for us to win
Left or right - you've got the choice
But we will lose, 'cos they ain't our voice

Chorus

General election, we ain't got no choice
We've to vote for hypocrisy
In the name of democracy


SWASTIKA RATSS
'45 is still alive
The masterrace wants a new 3rd Reich
Hitler's brain in a thousand heads
Nazi dreams are still not dead

Chorus:
So it's up to me, so it's up to you
Never, never, never let nazi dreams again come true

Nazi catchwords for a blinded youth
Old fascist heroes are revived
In different bodies
But with the same old minds

Chorus

Swastika Ratss are still alive
I think those pigs will never die
So it's up to me and up to you
Don't let 'em make a new holocaust come true

Never again!
CYCLONE
Ladies and Gentlemen, now the weatherforecast
I wish ya good luck

There are deep black clouds in a violent sky
So full of hate and ready to cry
There's a smell of death in the air
uncontrollable aggression's gonna take the chair
There are people who've got the power
To turn such lovely sunshine into so deadly showers
You'd better watch out, 'cos they're sending out a storm
Cyclone

The storm breaks out, an infernal scene
Thunder and lightning, the end of dreams
Where there ain't no sun, there'll just be tears
And the sun ain't gonna shine for 1000 cloudy years

There are people who've got the power
To turn such lovely sunshine into so deadly showers
You'd better seek shelter, 'cos the sunny days are gone
Cyclone

There are weatherloards on powerthrones
Breeding clouds of hate, building killer storms
And when the sky gets dark, you're gonna pay with blood
The weather is so bad, when death is coming up

There are people who've got the power
To turn such lovely sunshine into so deadly showers
You'd better take a look at what's going on
Cyclone

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, learned something today???
Well, here's the weatherforecast
If not, I wish ya good luck...
Cyclone - watch out!


RIGHT WAY
I don't judge ya by your past
What you've said or what you've done
I don't care if you been
The worst of the bunch
I just see ya as what you're now
'Cos that's all for me tha counts

Chorus:
When you're on the right way now

Yeah, I've heard you had some black days
And I think you know it, too
But I don't care for your past
When that past ain't no more you
I wanna see ya as what you're now
'Cos that's fuckin' all for me that counts

Chorus

But there are people without mercy
Who never can forget
Who've banned ya on 'the wrong way'
'Cos they've labeled you as bad
Why can't they judge ya by what you're now
'Cos that's fuckin' all that counts

Chorus

When you're on the right way now
Let the past be past, you can't undo it anyhow
When you're on the right way now
Fuck the past and fight for what you're now
Right way - stay on the right way
Forgive, forget, men can change until they're dead
Right way - give 'em 'the right way'


STAND UP
We've said it once and we'll say it again
We'll repeat it till it sets in your brain
Yeah, we don't stop singing bout the same old shit
Till the same old lyrics make ya

Chorus:
Stand up - wake up - now!

You say you've heard it so many times before
But nothing's change, problems ain't solved
And that's the reason why we don't stop
Shouting to you


HATED
We're the damned of today
Outcasts of society
We're despised, 'cos we ain't like them
A subculture that has to be condemned

Chorus:
Hated - we're hated - join the hated

We're defamed, 'cos we ain't conformed
A generation out of norm
They call us scum, 'cos we don't wanna live ther way
A bloody disgrace that has to be put away

Chorus

Hated, 'cus we ain't dumb and blind
We use our brians to criticize
We're difficult, yeah, we're the snag
A rebellious youth that has to be gagged


YELLOW PRESS
Scandal, scandal
Another smear-campaign
Day by day
They tell you who's to blame

Chorus:
Yellow press, yellow press
Sensations mean a lot of cash
They make you think you're well-informed
But their yellow truth just misinforms

Murder, murder
Yeah, they love the death
'Cos blood-curdling stories
Mean a lot of cash

Chorus:
Distorted truth and dirty lies
Defamations are their special line
And you're the fool who supports that press
'Cos you still buy their yellow crap

Scandal, scandal
Oh, they really make me sick
Page by page
They are full of shit!


BOMBS OF PEACE
They talk of peace, but support war
A pretty bomb's delivered to your door
They'll never stop their rearmament
So it's up to us, the bomb must be banned
They say we have to rearm
We need more bombs in ourder to be armed
But ain't a million bombs enough?
They say it's just in defence
But nuclear bombs are bombs of offence
You ain't no better then your enemy

Chorus:
I'm fed up with East and West
They always just waste their breath
And we will die in atomic heat
When we don't stop what we don't need
Stop their bombs of peace

Grownd zero's just a question of time
When they don't stop their nuclear crime
Don't they remember Hiroshima?
U!S!A! U!S!S!R!
Don't wanna die in your atomic war
Your bombs of peace are just boms of war
So it's up to us to put an end to their bombs of peace
STOP THEIR 'BOMBS OF PEACE'!
JUST GIMMIE PEACE . . .


NOW OR NEVER
Right now!
Now's the time to rebel
It's the last chance for us
To break out of our freedom cell

Chorus:
You - try to be yourself
You - now or never

Cut your strings and be yourself
We've been too long their puppets
Fuck off! Society

Chorus

So don't waste time
It's your life
If you wanna be yourself
Lead your life your way!


WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NOW?
The past is gone and the future's near
Today's so grey, so full of fear
There's so much trouble, yeah, we're in a fix
Will we ever get out of this shit?

Is there a future for you and me?
Or are these hard times our destiny?
Time's getting short to change the course
So c'mon and make the future mine and yours

Chorus:
Wonder what are we gonna do now?

It's time we think it over
What are we gonna do now?
It's time to act
Let's make the future mine and yours



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