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The Journey

by Versus My Phobia

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1.
Aron 00:59
2.
Mass Effect 02:47
Break the silence. Twenty years of memories fade away in the light of the sun. The black flames of despair rise within me, consuming fear, revulsion and pity. Only hate remains. Every cell in my body cries out for vengeance, for the blood of the men who poisoned me with truth and tore me from the womb of innocence. This cursed feeling of powerlessness that comes with knowing hidden truths . Those who have tasted it once shall be beaten down by it again and again, until the day they die. After all, all secrets are connected. Once you've glimpsed even the tiniest fraction of the world’s true face, you have no choice but to watch in horror as the veil rolls itself back inch by inch. All that remains is waiting for the day insanity will crush your reason under its ever-mounting weight. This rotten world shall meet its demise. I've been laying my hands for too long into burning ashes, whilst being held in place by the roots of possibility. With every aching step I take I'm just one step closer to hell. Silence.
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A storm sweeps across the lands of tired folk Nature unleashed the strongest earth quake And her fury makes you fear Everything lays in ashes Since she had to endure too much No one heard her warning You can pray as much as you want You will be buried in your shelters today And we dig on and on Cutting scars into earth's surface With nothing but the date of payment in mind We are passengers without a ticket On a train that has got no brake No destination, just following a circular path We take it over, throw out any ballast to gain more speed Until we are on pace with the beams of light And run off the tracks out of the vicious circle, smiling We fuck over the planet, now tell me How does it taste, the blood on your hands? Mother nature as hostage But instead of being loved she gets tortured We are linked in the system However, if the picture turns We will be exposed as insanity's host Since we've cut the thread in twain We drown in selfishness And slowly starve to death since we cannot sate the hunger for power We chop down forests of family trees We tear out the roots of our origin Just to replace rotten teeth with gold And the earth exterminates A storm sweeps across the lands of tired folk Nature unleashed the strongest earth quake Her fury makes you fear And Everything lays in ashes Since she had to endure too much No one heard her warning You can pray as much as you want You will be buried in your shelters today
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Prophecies 00:44
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Disgrace 06:03
You walk this condemned earth like you created it. Yet you claim some god made and sent us. If that holds any truth what is our mission? Blightening the earth, disrupting the balance and rot out every species until we're the last one breathing? We scoop out the earth like it's a bowl of soup. Starvation is inexorable and dust will gather on your golden spoons. Just keep making great promises with beautiful lies. YOU GOD DAMN DISGRACE The greed of a few buried all. You built a wall around yourself with so-called morals, so tall, you can't see the suffering outside. For every building stone another living creature meets its death. But every castle will eventually be conquered. And so the reign of agony will end. Liberty is kept in chains tied to people carrying money in both of their hands. It's nothing but a fairy-tale, told with the sweetest of all voices, putting us to sleep so we keep dreaming and wishing.. but never doubting.
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Hey kids, let's talk about fairy tales. There was once a woman full of purity. So wise even the minds of all elders summarized could not match her witness. She was the most beautiful thing, but never has a man set eyes on her. Even so, mankind worshipped this faceless beauty. They adored her, praised her. And no one asked for the truth. They just accepted it blindly. This ignorance made them sick. It devoured them from the inside. One by one perished mysteriously. However, they still brought sacrifical offerings day after day. [Close the book] Alright kiddos, go to sleep, it's bed time I assure you'll have bad times if you caught up my bad tongue 'Cuz dis story ain't no fairytale at all, any man would know it all With some brain to spend in thoughts And it hurts to say that most humans are brain dead Wanna go by trainwreck to meet their creator? What is that.. bullshit? How can someone be so exorbitantly blinded that he won't even see the vacuousness in a fucking fairy tale story? It's okay to believe, I believe too. I believe in logic and reason. But worshipping something pseudo-excogitated and ill-founded is neither logical, nor reasonable. Mankind has greater problems than sucking on someones imaginary god-cock. You want some? Global Warming, heart diseases, poverty, drought, diabetes, air and water pollution, cancers, the effects of deforestation, rising sea levels, dying breed, coral bleaching, ass bleaching, women's rights (just kidding)
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Ego Proxy 03:56
Hey you! Take a look in the mirror Do you recognize the face that keeps staring back? No? [Because] Day in day out Your wired life is a perfect mess Stop leeching off other peoples personality Stop pretent to share the same dreams While nightmares hunt you down in your sleep The world around me is disgusting It hides beneath piles of euphemism Tables turn when your facade starts to crumble And so-called friends just wait for their chance to backstab you Turning our backs form the truth It's so much easier to take than to give Fuck your lies and all you've done To enter this narcissistic elysium Colleteral damage is the price you pay for your proxied ego Have you never felt the taste of guilt on your tongue? This is ignorance in its purest form (oh gosh, i'm so sick of this world) The sparkle in your eyes is fading The world around me is disgusting It hides beneath piles of euphemism Stop leeching off other peoples personality Stop pretent to share the same dreams Hey you! Take a look in the mirror Do you recognize the face that keeps staring back? No? [Because] Day in day out Your wired life is a perfect mess Just keep your fake smile, pretend to care Until the mask breaks, you realise there's no one there You shall suffer alone
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We stray through this forlorn place We stay, gazing at the aftermath We pray that our lives will be saved Until the next war unfolds There's no hope, no justice Just this agonizing fear The fear of death It's always the same It's one war after another And the hunger of men Versus the craving for power While we seek to conquer land We fall into traps we laid ourselves Enduring the pain Just to realise there's nothing to gain We stray through this forlorn place Counting our failures in hindsight We never aimed to ruin this Never aimed to ruin us We persued our goals blindly Ignoring what lies beneath Temporary fortune outweighed consequences Always on collision course [With what didn't seem inevitable] We stay, gazing at the aftermath The things we can't change Or didn't try changing Now we pray that our lives will be saved Until we get another chance Until we fuck up again We stray through this forlorn place We stay, gazing at the aftermath We pray that our lives will be saved Until the next war unfolds Where is the place that I belong to? Where is the place that we call home? We stray through this forlorn place Counting our failures in hindsight We never aimed to ruin this Never aimed to ruin us But we lost
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Changes 06:08
The world is in constant change. Technology, opinions and values change at everydays rate, but WE REFUSE TO CHANGE, TOO. Our greed for technology, wealth and other objects of abstract value, including mankind’s reckless behavior towards our natural environment, has created a human ecosystem that cannot remain stable without continued technological progress. With every wasted drop of water we're one step closer to our nemesis - not utopia. We bite off more than we can chew. We buy-out more than we consume. False idols lead our youth. All are at fault, not just me and you. And with every wasted drop of water we are one step closer to our nemesis - not utopia. Because rejection became a foreign word. The technology we like to think saves us controls us, destroys us. Our insatiable greed for more technology has allowed humans to surpass earth's carrying capacity without limitations. I have seen starving kids, while some fat fuck drowning in luxury devours mass produced toxic. I have not heard a true word for a long time now. All I see is hate in friendly faces. But it would be a disgrace, if we did not say a word. We need to refuse and reject. Lay down the crown of coziness. No excuses, no more dodging and mankind will see better days. We have the ships to cross the sea, but we are sailing on the wrong course.
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Hook: VMP ist da, man sieht Rivalen beim Versteckspiel Denn auf einmal hat niemand mehr was zu sagen wie Charlie Chaplin Du willst mich schlagen, denn ich paare mich mit deiner Dame auf dem Esstisch Doch du traust dich nicht wie ein Paar dessen Hochzeit gecrasht wird Verse: Latschst in deinen Fairtrade Sandalen Durch den englischen Garten Meiner Ferienanlage Mit deinem Fernglas Bespannst du wie ich mit sehr vielen Damen Im persischen Whirlpool entspanne Bewunderst dann die sehr dicken Arme Für die ich mehr als nur Fernseh' getankt hab Und du kannst deine Tränen nicht halten Ich kann meine Fresse, du deine Schwester nicht halten Wenn sie zu mir rennt und sie später auf meinem Teppich geknallt wird Welch ein lächerliches Antlitz Ich spuck auf deine Fans, warte nicht auf bessere Zeiten Nur auf etwas Konkurrenz, hab alle Zweifel beseitigt Lieber zweitausend Feinde, anstatt leise zu bleiben Und weiter zu biten ohne aus Reihen zu tanzen Denn mit deinen Rhymes wirst du Faggot Selbst von Weibern gehänselt Ich bin weiterhin fame Und die einzige Schelle Die du peinliches Hemd je verteilst hast Ist ähhh.. ein Klingelstreich Denn ich hab nichts für euch übrig wie wenn man vier durch zwei teilt Kauft ruhig weiter mit Mamis Taschengeld Facebook Likes ein Ey; leg ich Sluts übers Knie sind sie nicht mehr Herr der Sinne Du legst dir ne Schachtel Chips aufs Knie und gibst dir Herr der Ringe Denn Fakt ist: du hast keine Frau anbei Ist für dein Image ausschlaggebend so wie Hautkrankheiten Ich hab nen Lastwagen voll Geld Du sammelst Pfandflaschen du Held Sitzt im Sandkasten und flennst Weil ich dir deine Sand Castle zerschelle Hook: VMP ist da, man sieht Rivalen beim Versteckspiel Denn auf einmal hat niemand mehr was zu sagen wie Charlie Chaplin Du willst mich schlagen, denn ich paare mich mit deiner Dame auf dem Esstisch Doch du traust dich nicht wie ein Paar dessen Hochzeit gecrasht wird
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Everybody is the target in this motherfucking club We're going hard and everybody goes absolutely nuts Everybody is the target in this motherfucking club Broken bones, blood on merch, you ain't partying like us Es ist Zeit für neue Regeln in Deutschland Denn die Szene besteht nur aus kleinen Mädchen, wie furchtbar Ist so todsicher wie Aids, dass ihr mit Musik keinen Erfolg habt Für den Shit, den ihr bringt, würde man euch früher ans Kreuz nageln Es ist VMP, jetzt wird der Moshpit zum Tatort Und deine Scheinwelt liegt in Trümmern Meine Lines sind Rufmord, deine Smalltalk für mich Während deine Whore von mir bis(s) zum Morgengrauen gefickt wird Sitzt du allein daheim und wichst auf Pornos, sonst nichts Was für Morddrohungen? Ich box dich sofort um, du Wicht Hatest im Internetforum, bist für die "Fans" ganz tight Es gibt Natursekt fürs Ego und deinen Facebookhype Und du Fotze stehst im Mosh Hoodie am Rand der Crowd Bittest um Akzeptanz, doch jeder lacht dich aus Es ist VMP Der Rest ist bloß fake Check mal dein Babe Sie tanzt unseren Namen Du willst wissen wer wir sind? Schau direkt ins Gesicht Deiner hässlichen Snitch Bukkake all night long Jetzt wird der Moshpit zum Tatort Ob ich dir 'ne Kopfnuss verpasse, entscheidet Kopf oder Zahl Ach, Scheiß drauf, du bekommst 'ne Platzwunde gratis Ich schlag dein Kopf durch die Wand und du lässt den Kopf hängen Wie der fast kopflose Nick aus Harry Potter Denn das zwischen uns ist kein Kopf-an-Kopf Rennen Wie bei siamesischen Zwillingen, bei denen Kopf an Kopf hängt Du bist angepisst, willst Beef und sagst ich soll zu Gott beten Das ist wie Kopfschüsse, das lässt man sich nur ein Mal durch den Kopf gehen LOVE US; HATE US YOU CAN'T BREAK US BECAUSE PASSION IS OUR ANCHOR THIS IS MY FAMILY ICH FICK EUCH FOTZEN BIS IHR BLUT SPUCKT
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There is no cure for our greed we never needed. Having kissed the devils cheeks in hope for some minor treats that feed us with false sincerity we cheated our way down to the sea of hell, where nothing but nothingness greets us. Thieves disguised as priests now reach out to god with blood stained hands, begging to plant seeds of feelings other than grief into us. We polished our precious gold until it shone like a second sun. And in the end we went blind from staring into something that never gave us any warmth at all. YOU DISGUST ME You claim that all life is equal while sticking price tags defining objective worth on every fucking individual being. I don't feel proud using someone elses invention. I won't be happy with someone elses memories. The same way I can't appreciate my own life by eating someone elses corpse. WE'RE NOT THE SAME You probably think you're something worth thinking of WE'RE NOT THE SAME Maybe you believe someone believes in you WE'RE NOT You thought every word coming from your mouth was sweet THE FUCKING SAME Now the only thing coming from your mouth is blood
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Another day Another cold morning without you A soaking wet pillow summarizes last night's dream Every single moment we lived through Dances in smooth motions in front of me Laughing and challenging Your body so warm in the cold light of dawn And our clothes scattered on the floor Your face in your sleep is all I have left to remind me Oh, the memories Oh, the memories You are just a phonecall away, but I am sitting in a dead spot Just a phonecall away.. There is no "us" in "me" and "you" anymore We are just two different life forms On the same crumbling road We have lost us in the crowd of empty faces And after years of searching I abandon this quest I will find my way Whatever it takes Wherever it takes me Your body so warm in the cold light of dawn And our clothes scattered on the floor Your face in your sleep is all I have left to remind me Oh, the memories Oh, the memories I keep running and walking and crawling on my journey to something other than regret. But every day I stray from the initial path, because the emptiness in me is like a black hole that eats away all the light and hope I had in my sleep. So everyday I see this world with new eyes and every day I wonder who I am. But there is something that never changes - I keep falling in love with the woman on the worn-out picture in my pocket. And while the face on the photo is slowly fading, it is steadily anchoring in my mind. This love is like envy on walls of a long lost ruin. It grows wildly in this seemingly barren place and watching it sprawl seems so beautiful. But before I know it the envy's poison flows through my heart. And I am still forgetting. In retrospective I hurts not knowing you do not search for the happiness that keeps your hope alive, but for a cure that keeps you away from death. But then again.. where is the difference? This love is envy My heart keeps breaking All hope is fading But I keep chasing Just a phonecall away..
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There is a time in life where all thoughts leave your head, all strenght leaves your bones and all emotion leaves your so-called soul. It's like you're back to the first moment of your birth - you just cry until you fall exhausted into sleep; except there'd be no waking up this time. But it's not the hole in me that brings me closer to death, it's the hope that keeps me alive. So after all the struggle I went through in the past, trying to solve the puzzle of my shattered heart. After all these steps my feet couldn't take anymore - just to end up in a dead end again. Here I am, lying unconscious in the renmants of the last war I fought with myself. Questioning the very purpose of my journey, wondering where it begun. But at least I know now my feelings for you are real. Because why would my heart ache with every beat it doesn't feel the warmth of your hand on my chest? And I just won't eat anything for days so the butterflies in my stomach can have their space. If these are no symptoms of love, then there is no love in this world.
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Nora 01:28

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The Journey is DIY recorded. Mixed & mastered by vocalist Dennis Dressler with almost exclusively free plugins. It culminates over 4 years of songwriting and musical exploration.

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released July 2, 2017

All songs and lyrics are written by Dennis Dressler, with occasional help from the Versus My Phobia members Steffen Worch, Stefan Bauregger, Philipp Will, Torsten Schmidt and friends Simon Kleinert, Marius Brauner & Robin Schmid.

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