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Dumb Bait
05:20
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It’s a grin it seems, all we see is kindness
It’s your thrill it seems to blind everybody’s faith
We complain you see and we ask for forgiveness
And all we do is try to make it right
And all you do is having it your own way
We complain you see and we ask for forgiveness
We don’t want to be white out, master
But to be remembered, yeah to be remembered
If it hurts a little bit I’m sure you’ve done a favor
We just want to make it right down here
And to talk it over, yeah to talk it over
If it’s too easy then let’s try harder
Behind the screen, manipulate
Let us debate our body weight
And become second class likeable whores
Behind the screen, domesticate
Let’s mutate into the dumb bait
You had such a heart-felt wait for
And all we do is try to make it right
And all you do is having it your own way
We complain you see and we ask for forgiveness
Behind the screen, manipulate
Let us debate our body weight
And become second class likeable whores
Behind the screen, domesticate
Let’s mutate into the dumb bait
You had such a heart-felt wait for
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Future Tense
05:05
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I’ve been around your town
You’ve been tracking me down
I have jumped over your fences
And you’ve been keeping on guessing
Where to find me next
But you’re out of context
Yeah you keep getting me vexed
See my accent circonflexe is way too hard a concept
For you to grasp
You’ve been a tad immoral
Letting me rest on my laurel
But I am no reason why
No I am no reason
You’re guilty for some reason
Why should I be the reason?
I’m still alive
Though you’ve been trying
Yeah I’m scared of you
No matter what I do
You’re bombing all the pictures
Blowing up all the structures of my happiness
And I’ve been saying grace
Running at a swift pace
Jumping straight to third base
Bible in my briefcase
Hoping to make some sense
What the fuck is time and space
Can I really use future tense?
But I am no reason why
No I am no reason
You’re guilty for some reason
Why should I be the reason?
I’m still alive
Though you’ve been trying
Organic, psychoactive
Wish there was something I could do
Got it, it’s retroactive
I got my brain checked too
I’m scared of tomorrow
What’s hidden in the shadows
That’s why I get high, hoe
Side effect of your cruel show
You take them one by one
You take them by the metric ton
Bon dieu mais qu’est-ce que t’es conne!
Wish I had a gun
But I am no reason why
No I am no reason
You’re guilty for some reason
Why should I be the reason?
I’m still alive
Though you’ve been trying
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Rio
04:44
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There is blood around the bloke
You can track me but I have lost the memory
I’m sure all the fun was worth the loss
And I am sure I took my shot at getting home with you
But tell me, did you?
Automatic is the key
Push my buttons I will see you
Through the door of my private club
I’m so ecstatic you believe
That all I got is « joie de vivre »
But through the door of my private club
There’s nothing more
It got so dull
I’m sailing out to Rio
There’s nothing left to blow
I’m sailing out to Rio
Enough with the ice show
Disillusion becomes the leisure of my lies
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4. |
Our Sun Is Danger
05:39
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Different kind of lovers
Different kind of lives
Can’t possibly be the problem
Your hypocrisy’s a crime
Waving the flag
When all you see’s the fabric
Living the oppression
And your bigotry is toxic
Always tripping
But I don’t know, I don’t know the final stop
As cruel as it can be
I am not , I am not waiting for heaven
Crawling in the corridors
Where we are, we are getting closer
I can feel the burn
Getting closer, getting closer to our sun
We’re an army of lovers
You’ll never have what we possess
Yet you maintain undercover
What you love to detest
Waving the flag
When all you see’s the fabric
Living the oppression
And your bigotry is toxic
Always tripping
But I don’t know, I don’t know the final stop
As cruel as it can be
I am not , I am not waiting for heaven
Crawling in the corridors
Where we are, we are getting closer
I can feel the burn
Getting closer, getting closer to our sun
Our sun is danger
Our sun is brighter
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5. |
Third Floor, Going Up
06:00
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It Ain't Midas Touch
05:30
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I will never go overboard over you over me all over again
Yeah you come and go and you left me licking my lump
Loving your lusty lies again
Don't leave me now
I just bought the chocolate you love so much
Trust me it's bitter now
You do know I do not have the midas touch
Why don't you sing to my song?
I wrote it just for us
And it ain't midas touch
It's absolutely wrong
I can sense your history crawling under your skin
Looking for a way out to finally teach me
That I will see your soul
I will see your purple flaws crawling all over me
But I won't be your king
'Cause I know stupid Jack dropped it in the ocean
Stop asking for the ring
Why don't you sing to my song?
I wrote it just for us
And it ain't midas touch
It's absolutely wrong
Yes I hope you try
Yeah I hope you try
Damn I hope you try
Why don't you sing to my song?
I wrote it just for us
And it ain't midas touch
It's absolutely wrong
Why can't you just sing to my song
I wrote it just for us
And it ain't midas touch
It's absolutely wrong
Yes it will hurt somehow but I beg you to sing my song
Sing it to me now
Sing it to me wild
Nothing can go wrong
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Crowned Fool
04:31
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It’s comfy here, it’s warm and
There’s music here and a bar
On the other side I know I’m wanted and I go
It’s foggy here, it’s tough
But what I hear is enough
And the sun’s now rising, I’m still lying down
What am I watching?
Why am I wearing a crown?
And the sun’s now rising, I’m still lying down
What am I watching?
Oh no, well alright
Keep me up all night
I got to know what I would miss
If I had to go, just one kiss
And the sun’s now rising, I’m still lying down
What am I watching?
Why am I wearing a crown?
And the sun’s now rising, I’m still lying down
What am I watching?
It’s dark in here, it’s warm and
There’s flesh in here
Where’s the bar?
I got to get out of here
I need to disappear
And the sun’s now rising, I’m still lying down
What am I watching?
Why am I wearing a crown?
And the sun’s now rising, I’m still lying down
What am I watching?
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8. |
It Gets Bitter
08:12
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With pride and love, we’re fighting
The freedom we’ve been dreaming of
It’s you and me in Berlin
Narcotic when you’re dancing
Curing your fears of hatred now
We took it for granted
Thought the world of you Billy
Nothing could happen to me
Your power all over me
Your ignorant remedy
Think it got the best of me
I got enough of your so-called life
I should know better
Yeah this one is mine
I’ve got enough of your damned cold lies
We’re still and quiet and the time flies by
We’re moving forward three steps back at a time
Thought the world of you Billy
Nothing could happen to me
Your power all over me
Your ignorant remedy
Think it got the best of me
I got enough of your so-called life
I should know better
Yeah this one is mine
I’ve got enough of your damned cold lies (It gets bitter)
We’re still and quiet and the time flies by
We’re moving forward
Three steps back at a time
It gets bitter...
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9. |
Silent Joe's Lullaby
07:11
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And I will read my horoscope
Thinking of you
And hope you won’t be the one
Getting hurt today
And I will gaze into all the crystals
Thinking of all
The wrongs to be righted today
Trust me when I say
I’m sorry
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aMinus Berlin, Germany
"Electro-pop Wunderkind" (Kaltblut Magazine)
Devoted to synth pop, electronica, 90s
rave and mutant R'n'B, aMinus is the solo electro-pop project of Berlin-based Valentin Plessy, founding member of dance-clash ensemble Plateau Repas.
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