ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN LYRICS

1. The New Real

"Of Course... Mr L. Wake up slowly. But don't move yet. You will need time to recover. And welcome back. My name is Voight-Kampff: I am your hardheaded shrink. My genetic team handled the damaged DNA in your head. You are as good as new (maintenance keeps quality.) I will help you adjust to all things changed. Keep you up to date. Now tell me... the last thing you remember"

I remember dying
Shifting into black
I remember dreaming
Of a second chance

Worn out by fighting
The unrelenting pain
end my weary longing
For a different fate

Defenses down
I flide into the New Real
Awaking to another world

What awaits me out here
In This Foreign Place
Will this world accept me
Will I find my space

Defenses down
I glide into the New Real
Awaking to another world

I lost my ground
Conforming to the New Real
Connecting to a different world

2. Pink Beatles In A Purple Zeppelin

"Why create more music - if it was all done before. Computer generated noise in millions of gigs. Of all kinds and all formats. Imagine 7/D plus! Flash your ID. pick your heart's desire. Click it, keep it. It's auto-drive pre-shock, momma!"

Every song's been sung before,
every note's been played,
Every chord has been strummed before
Every melody's been made

They've heard it all by now,
nothing left to be inspired by,
it all seems so unreal somehow,
as I sit back and close my eyes.

I just think of what I like,
any blend will do,
They reproduce what's in my mind,
But it feels like something new.

Pink beatles in a purple zeppelin,
Same old sound, different song.
(And the song remains the same).
Pink beatles in a purple zeppelin,
Sounds so right, feels so wrong.

Every tune's been hummed before,
every album's been produced.
Every rhyme's been applied before,
and every music style has fused.

I just think of what I like,
any blend will do,
They reproduce what's in my mind,
But if feels like something new.

Pink beatles in a purple zeppelin,
Same old sound, different song.
(And the song remains the same).
Pink beatles in a purple zeppelin,
Sounds so right, feels so wrong.

Pink beatles in a purple zeppelin,
Same old sound, different song.
Pink beatles in a purple zeppelin,
Sounds so right, feels so wrong.

3. Parental Procreation Permit

"The WE Earth program holds 2 billion of the human species. Not counting illegal slaves or temporary aliens. The poor and sick will just be written off. Human population is to be reduced to a much safer level. A 7-step evolution program has been implemented. Four steps down, three to go..."

Our world was choking, no air to breathe
Our numbers growing at alarming speed

Millions were starving, dying of thirst
So the system started controlling birth

The heat was searing, the rivers dry
Stars disappearing in a toxic sky

Mass unemployment, substance abuse
Could be avoided, or at least reduced

If you want to create a life
You've got to be qualified
Now you need to earn it

If you want to propagate
First prove you can educate
Parental Procreation Permit

No more war and destruction
No more climate disruption
No more crime and pollution
Now we've got the solution

Parental Procreation Permit

The streets were jammed.
the roads were blocked
The prisons crammed, the borders locked

Eco-degradation, pollution and disease
Crippled our nation, poisoned our seas

Are you sure you can raise a kid?
Have you got what it takes?
Are you sure you can pay for it?
There's no room for mistakes!
Are you sure, can you take the risk?
Protect and keep it safe?
Are you sure, I am not convinced!
PARENTAL PROCREATION PERMIT!

4. When I'm A Hundred Sixty-Four

“Modern science has extended human life. But is longevity what you really want? Be careful what you wish for... Come on… face the music!"

Will I still be active, passionate and full of life?
Or will I feel redundant,
Yearning for the day I’ll die…

Will I still be relevant, or will I be ignored?
Never thought I’d wonder
What the future has in store…
When I’m a hundred sixty-four

Where will I be living, marble palace
or dirt floor?
When will I get my pension,
I wouldn’t want to work no more…
When I’m a hundred sixty-four

Will I turn grey, or sport a toupee?
Or even care anymore…
At a hundred sixty-four

I hope I’ll still be noticed.
Turning heads like before
Will I be cool or nerdy,
up-to-date or dinosaur
When I’m a hundred sixty-four

Will I be lazy, stuck in my chair
It all seems so crazy, guess I won’t care
anymore…at a hundred sixty-four
I might just be bored…
at a hundred sixty-four

5. E-Police

“Internet travel. Fate. Dating. Dot. Fuck. Dot. Fabulous all. Uncensored free. Uploaded, uploaded. 2 thumps down, 2 up. Digital history in a memory stick. Wicked… Copyrights hacked. No matter what was done! Global activity secretly monitored to the MAX. Orwell wasn’t a bad guy! He was hot and he was ON!"

I remember the old days,
On the digital seas.
It was a time,
When pirates ruled the waves

I remember the old ways,
People did as they pleased (back in my age)
There were no rules out there in cyberspace
Where chaos raged

Stay clear
The E-police are here
To watch every move you make
24 hours a day

No fear
The E-police are near
Designed to keep you safe,
To make sure you behave
(They're gonna catch you when you steal, there's no excuses, no appeal, how does that feel)

I remember the old days,
Anticipation was dead
We could not wait,
Tomorrow was too late.

I remember the old ways,
Sharing files on the net (back in my age)
Reducing this world,
To a dull and selfish place.
A spoiled race

Stay clear
The E-police are here
To watch every move you make
24 hours a day

No fear
The E-police are near
Designed to keep you safe,
To make sure you behave
They control your every move, and they know everything you do, they’re on to you!

Stay clear
The E-police are here
To watch every move you make
24 hours a day

No fear
The E-police are near
Designed to keep you safe,
To make sure you behave

You're not allowed to share, cause they don't think it's really fair, so don't you dare.
They're gonna catch you when you steal, or when you make some shady deal, how does that feel,

(Beware, for the E-police are out there)

They control your every move, and they know everything you do, they’re on to you!

(Take care, for the E-police are here)

You cannot hide, you will be found,
They’re justified to shut you down!

(Beware, for the E-police are everywhere)

You’re in their files, their database,
There'll be no trial, you have no case

(Take care, for the E-police are near)

They know your name, your interface,
You will be framed, you’ll be erased…

6. Don't Switch Me Off

“Draw a line in the sand… Fact dash machine, or truth, lies and Youtube. Delete your SKYpad2 avatar. She’s so real, so dangerous… Do you want to talk about it?"

She said…

"Don’t switch me off
I’m not sleepy
I’ll stay with you
If that’s okay…

Don’t shut me down
I think I like you
I need a friend
Please let me stay

Don’t switch me off
We are connected
You need my dreams
You crave my lies

Don’t turn me out
You’re lost without me

Turn me on
But don’t switch me off"

Can’t tell if she is real
Can’t trust the way I feel
Is she alive or just a dream?
Or only a machine?

"Don’t switch me off
You don’t want to
I’m in your thoughts
I’m in your mind

Don’t turn me out
I won’t let you
Turn me on
But don’t switch me off"

Can’t tell if you are real
Can’t trust the way I feel
Are you alive or just a dream?
Or only a machine?

7. Dr Slumber's Eternity Home

"Lifespan WacksoHackso Corporation has fresh applications for psychological hickups. People now choose more drastixx than ever before. Time has lost too much money. Geography changes on the scale of Richter…Ageless, pointless, aimless, hopeless? Oh… must leave scace for sponsors. No appointments necessary…the doctor is IN.”

All bets are off, the game is over
Your hand’s been played now.
Rien ne va plus
You’ve had enough,
Time to leave your cares behind
Leave it to us,
We’re ready for you

You’ve reached the end,
The final closure
Nothing to plan or worry about
Round up your friends,
Time has come to say goodbye
You’re coming in,
You’re checking out

At Dr Slumber’s Eternity Home
No, you don’t have to go alone
At Dr Slumber’s Eternity Home
There’ll be no pain
You won’t complain
Never again

Our expert team is here
To serve you
Once you arrive,
You’re here to stay
Sleep your last sleep.
Time to answer your last call
We’re overcrowded anyway.

8. Yellowstone Memorial Day

"Despite hi-tech discovery, men still fight wars and mankind still fights nature. Lett me tell you about big mama. Our only mama. Mama Nature.“

The earth seemed asleep
As if time had been paused
A silence so deep
Even birds stopped their song

The wind had died down
The air became close
When from under the ground
Nature’s fury arose

Then out of the blue
The world started to shake
There was nothing to do
No way out, no escape

The earth belched out fire
Erupting in rage
Ashes darkened the skies
Thousands died in the flames

Man will always remember
Death and fire fell like rain
Changing history forever
The quake to end all quakes

Yellowstone Memorial Day
Lest we never forget
Our planet’s a cruel place
We are living… on the edge

Shockwaves circled the earth
Massive waves crushed the shores
All the world felt the burst
The unstoppable force

Our technology failed
To avoid this event
Mother nature prevailed
And she’ll do it again!

9. Where Pigs Fly

"Okay, so.. we brainiacs finally figured out that we live in multiple universes. Pff…a billion stars afar, but… really, what quantum mindfuck is that? Are you ready? Knock yourself out. Freaky…"

Darwin defended creation
Einstein travelled in time
Columbus discovered India
And Shakespeare couldn’t rhyme

O.J. pleaded guilty
Manson made parole
Reagan won five Oscars
And Meryl none at all

Elvis was a vegan
Dylan never got stoned
Alice was known as Vincent
And Bowie was just Jones

Michael looked like Michael
Keith drank only juice
Madonna was a virgin
And Jimi played the flute

Bond’s drink was stirred not shaken
Darth Vader had no son
Dorothy was still in Kansas
And Clint didn’t own a gun

Rocky had no sequels
Arnold never came back
ET dialed the wrong number
And Dolly had no rack.

10. Lost In The New Real

"Just a few ancient questions left. Mr. L. What the hell is real? Who am i and why not? Why don’t we smell the roses anymore? When do we get another shot? Truly. Madly. Magic sun and moon and from sand to dust and dust to earth. Mama. Yours… Voight-Kampff."

[A. GHOSTS]

Drifting In a world I don’t belong
I miss her, how can i face this life alone?

I do remember
Like it was yesterday
You and me together
Back in a different age

Reaching for the ghosts haunting my mind
Dreaming of the ones I left behind

Hopeless… there is nothing I can do
Knowing I can never be with you again

[B. DEAD OR ALIVE]

Why did you bring me back?
Like a lab rat in a maze
Am i dead or alive?
With all these wires stuck in my brain
Why did you wake me up?
Locked in this virtual jail
Why was I revived?
Is this all some game?
Lost in this maze
Locked in this brain

So this is the end…
Why did you bring me back?
Like a lab rat in a maze
Or maybe a start
Am I dead or alive?

With all these wires tuck in my brain
So what happens now…
Why did you wake me up?
Locked in this virual jail
Can’t find a way out…
Why was i revived?
Is this all some game?

[C. SYNTHETIC STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS]

I could decide to stay here
And dream on forevermore
To live without the danger
And the fear I felt before
A life devoid of sadness.
No more suffering and pain
In a realm of make-believe
Within the limts of my brain

But can I really fool myself
(could I thrive inside this lucid dream?)
Into believing I’m still me
(in this mind-machine technology)
A synthetic state of consciousness
(could I be a part of this New Real?)
I am therefore I think

Could I dream forevermore
Without the fear I felt before
There’ll be no suffering and pain
Within the confines of my brain

[D. BLISSFUL IGNORANCE]

[Instrumental]

[E. A SECOND CHANCE?]

I remember dying
Fading into black
I remember dreaming
Of a second chance

The New Real – a paradise?
Inviting – exciting – a new home
The New Real – a web of lies?
Confusion – delusion – I am alone
The New Real – a golden dream?
Serenity – my destiny – a new home
The New Real – a cold machine?
Mistaken – forsaken – I am alone

[F. SWITCH ME OFF]

Please switch me off
I am sure now
I don’t belong
In this New Real

Please shut me down
I am fine now
Thanks for the dream
You can switch me off

Now I know this is not real
I can’t trust the way I feel
I’m alive… but in a dream
Am I only… a machine?

11. Our Imperfect Race

In their ongoing search for extraterrestrial intelligence, SETI finally has detected a signal that could be some sort of binary code. Is it an alien life form trying to contact us, or just a freak coincidence?

Could there be other life
In this boundless universe
Would they live just like us
On a planet like the Earth

How would they see us?
Our imperfect race...
What would they think of us?
The mess we have made...
Or are we doing okay?

Could it be we're not unique
In the vastness of space
Do they know we are here
Are they heading out our way?

Would they condemn us?
Our imperfect race...
Maybe they'd pity us?
A breed doomed to fail...
Or are we doing okay?

Could it be we're here alone
A tiny sparkle of life
Could it be this is it
A fleeting moment in time

Maybe there's only...
Our imperfect race
No one will ever know
And nothing will change...

12. Welcome To The Machine

[originally by Pink Floyd]

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine
Where have you been?
It's alright we know where you've been
You've been in the pipeline, filling in time
Provided with toys and 'Scouting for Boys'
You bought a guitar to punish your ma
And you didn't like school
And you know you're nobody's fool
So welcome to the machine

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine
What did you dream?
It's alright we told you what to dream
You dreamed of a big star
He played a mean guitar
He always ate in the Steak Bar
He loved to drive in his Jaguar
So welcome to the machine

13. So Is There No God?

Scientists have succeeded in creating organic life, which has raised some serious theological issues. Additionally, the rise of super-intelligent, "godlike" machines makes the existence of a sentient entity -- capable of creating a universe -- quite plausible...

"There is no god"
I heard them say
No hell or heaven, no need to pray
So is there no God?

There is no plan
No grande design
A great enigma, but not divine
So is there no plan?
Is there no God?

Could it be life is a dream?
My private fantasy, created just by me
Or could it be some scheme?
A giant master plan,
that spiraled out of hand

There is no truth
We don't understand
This dance of nature, this game of chance
Is there no truth?
Is there no God?

Could it be we are all alone
A tiny blip in space, an isolated case
So much is still unknown
The more that we reveal,
the more it seems unreal

Is it a mere contingency?
A turn of the cards, a roll of the dice
Designed by destiny?
A lie within the truth, a truth within the lie.

14. Veteran Of The Psychic Wars

[originally by Blue Oyster Cult]

You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
I've been living on the edge so long
Where the winds of limbo roar
And I'm young enough to look at
And far too old to see
All the scars are on the inside
I'm not sure if there's anything left of me

Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
It's time we had some leave
We've been living in the flames
We've been eating up our brains
Oh, please don't let theses shakes go on

You ask me why I'm weary, why I can't speak to you
You blame me for my silence
Say it's time I changed and grew
But the war's still going on dear
And there's no end that I know
And I can't say if we're ever ...
I can't say if we're ever gonna to be free

Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
It's time we had some leave
We've been living in the flames
We've been eating out our brains
Oh, please don't let theses shakes go on

You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
My energy's spent at last
And my armor is destroyed
I have used up all my weapons and I'm helpless and bereaved
Wounds are all I'm made of
Did I hear you say that this is victory?

Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
Send me to the rear
Where the tides of madness swell
And been sliding into hell
Oh, please don't let shakes go on
Don't let these shakes go on
Don't let these shakes go on

15. The Social Recluse

Using brain-computer interface technology, people in the New Real can connect with each other within their own private virutal worlds.

I might just stay at home again
Hanging out with virtual friends
Let's meet up in 3D space
Waste some time playing pointless games

(you are on your own)
We don't have to talk anymore
(but never quite alone)
This idle chatter...it's such a bore
(feeling right at home)
Don't even need to know your name
(your own comfort zone)
I won't remember it anyway...

Coz in this virtual realm of my imagination
I make friends without obligations
I live like a social recluse
In the comfort of my own mind

I thrive on isolation
but you're welcome to my simulation
call me a social recluse
but i never felt more alive

We're all connected in this virtual life
there are no boundaries once inside
no need to travel or see anyone
No need to touch or feel anything

(you are on your own)
i never liked to socialize
(but never quite alone)
It's not my nature to compromise
(feeling right at home)
if I don't trust you, i turn you off
(your own comfort zone)
and pull the plug once I had enough

I'm living a life without complications
Avoiding all close relations
I'm glad I'm a social recluse
All I want, I've got here inside

I hook up to this new application
Tap into the latest sensation
call me a social recluse
but this is all I need in my life.

16. Battle Of Evermore

[originally by Led Zeppelin]

Queen of Light took her bow, And then she turned to go,
The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom, And walked the night alone.

Oh, dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light.
The dark Lord rides in force tonight, And time will tell us all.

Oh, throw down your plow and hoe, Rest not to lock your homes.

Side by side we wait the might of the darkest of them all.

I hear the horses' thunder down in the valley bElow,
I'm waiting for the angels of Avalon, waiting for the eastern glow.

The apples of the valley hold, The seeds of happiness,
The ground is rich from tender care, Repay, do not forget, no, no.
Dance in the dark of night, sing to the morning light.

The apples turn to brown and black, The tyrant's face is red.

Oh war is the common cry, Pick up your swords and fly.
The sky is filled with good and bad that mortals never know.

Oh, well, the night is long the beads of time pass slow,
Tired eyes on the sunrise, waiting for the eastern glow.

The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath,
The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on.

Sing as you raise your bow, shoot straighter than before.
No comfort has the fire at night that lights the face so cold.

Oh dance in the dark of night, Sing to the morning light.
The magic runes are writ in gold to bring the balance back. Bring it back.

At last the sun is shining, The clouds of blue roll by,
With flames from the dragon of darkness, the sunlight blinds his eyes.

17. The Space Hotel

Plans for space tourism were already in the works by twenty-first century. Technology in the New Real has made the dream part of everyday life.

There's nothing like a weekend getaway in space!

It's 6 am, we're about to leave
My heart is racing as I take my seat.
What a feeling, so unreal, a cosmic holiday.
Still can't believe it, the final frontier,
a journey into Space.

The hatches close, everyone's aboard.
The engine's churning, we're taking off.
It has started,there's no way back
now we're on our way
We have departed into the black,
a journey into Space.
We're on a cosmic holiday

From the hotel lounge, we admire the Earth
The seas and clouds, our amazing world
In zero G you can loose yourself
Floating free in the Space Hotel.

Making love, in zero gravity
Will outspace your wildest fantasy
What a feeling, so unreal, a cosmic holiday
Still can't believe it, the final frontier,
making out in space

See the sun arise fifteen times a day,
The crystal shine of the milky way
We're spinning around and raising Hell
Hanging out in the Space Hotel.

From the hotel lounge we admire the Earth
The seas and clouds, our amazing world
In zero G you can loose yourself
Floating free in the Space Hotel.

Flying up to the bar, doing somersaults
Playing guitar, bouncing off the walls
We're spinning around, and raising Hell
Hanging out in the Space Hotel

18. Some Other Time

[originally by Alan Parsons Project]

In the matter of a moment
Lost till the end of time
It's the evening of another day
And the end of mine

Now the starlight which has found me
Lost for a million years
Tries to linger as it fills my eyes
Till it disappears

Could it be that somebody else is
Looking into my mind?

Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time

Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time

Like a mirror held before me
Large as the sky is wide
And the image is reflected
Back to the other side

Could it be that somebody else is
Looking into my mind?

Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time

Some other place
Somewhere
Some other time

19. You Have Entered The Reality Zone

While virtual reality permeates the New Real culture, many are still drawn to experiences in physical reality. So a large island was restored to its natural state, and populated with several extinct species brought back to life. But can people still cope without the comforts of modern technology at their beck and call?

Welcome to Sanctuary Island
Leave your possessions at the gate
Rejoin the struggle for survival
A new life begins today

No machines, no computers
No TV, not even phones
No factories, industrial polluters
You have entered the reality zone

Out here on Sanctuary Island
You're but a shackle in the chain
You play your part in nature's cycle
This is the Old Real, not a game

Awoken by the silence
Hiding from the cold
Warming by the fire
Captivated by its glow

Mastodons on the horizon
Pandas curl up in the trees
The mighty roar of the tiger
Dolphins circle through the seas

20. I'm The Slime

[originally by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention]

I am gross and perverted
I am obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the Government
And Industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet ?
I'm the slime oozin' out from you TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help… No one will heed you
You mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That's right, folks…
Don't touch that dial

Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go

I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go







ARJEN ANTHONY LUCASSEN LYRICS