Stardust Rehearsal

Melanie Manchot

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Patty Ann - The Master and Marionette (Original Lyrics):

The marionette absolutely obeys the puppeteers will and intention;
it symbolizes the reality of somebody else,
trying to establish an equilibrium
between its master and the real world.

Marionettes jointed dolls, lay figures and automatons,
acting as a fixing picture, recorded picture
between reality and forced artificiality,
are results, artistic creations of the Modern Age

He doesn't fit in his world, he acts like a marionette

He is traded as an object, reacts as the subject,
where is the world, which respects him?

A new one
with more chances to stay alive,
don't be idealistic it doesn't help,
it doesn't help

Bridge:
Search for identity in modern age,
in modern time with modern aims
in modern age, in modern time,
with modern aims

Refrain:
He has the chance,
he wants to change,
he has the chance to change, to change

he wantsto change, to change, to change

He wants to stay
he has to stay today
just trust in future there's another place

Today, today he has to stay, he wants to stay today
just trust in future there's another place
stay today, stay today,
he has the chance to stay,
today, today

Harthof - Endstation Zukunft/Last Exit Future (Translated Lyrics):

We go on and on
Slowly our time is running out
Everything's becoming digital
Loss of taste, emotionally neutral

Once there is nothing left
nothing will be as it was
I'm thinking it through
and slowly I am becoming aware

refrain:
The world will bring me nothing good
If you bring nothing good to the world
Ugly things can be beautiful
Close your eyes
And let it in

I'm waiting for the future
while the past
passes me by
I'm feeling so alone

I'm afraid of you, of her
That I might lose my mind
No land in sight, much too far
I'm searching for light in darkness

That moves you and only hinders me
Inspires you and fights against me
I'm holding on to illusions
Which you won't allow to become real

refrain

The sky is red
Here, it is grey
I am thinking
Can't make sense of it

Micpropaganda - Meine Vision/My Vision (Translated lyrics):

1.
In these times
many stones block our path
but we leap over them
and show you what's possible
everything's turning
like a roundabout, impossible to see the way
to find the exit
and many fail dismally
how do I know which opportunity is right for me
what's more important for me
but many don't realise this
why is your expression is so grim
because you are ambitious
and your conscience supports you
We get it, you are savvy and young
Keep fighting it out and build on your vision

refrain:
everyone has a vision
a mission
Come on
First small like microbes
it grows with fascination
Come on

2.
You are young, inexperienced
looking for a direction in this chaos
pumped full by the media
hoping you'll figure it out
like Mowgli
getting lost in this big jungle
but you see a light
in this all surrounding darkness
music defused you as if you were a ticking time bomb
gave you a goal, a heart and a reason to learn

There is more I have to forego
go forward with full strength
but nobody tells me how this works
and that's pretty extreme
I therapy myself with texts
when worries torture me
as a way to avoid
them stealing my good morning
rap is my passion
and maybe it will grow into more
Had I only managed one rhyme
my textbook would look empty
my daily motivation is
to put down a new verse
that's how I develop further
and become real clever
but what will the others say
will they marvel or ask questions
and if they complain
will I be able to take the criticism???

refrain
everyone has a vision
a mission
come on
first, small, like microbes
it grows with fascination
Come on

3.
take the criticism
and decide what's right for you
follow your path
and only take along what's important for you
useful
carry on being prolific
protect yourself
from danger and don't take flight

I know this sounds easy
unfortunately it isn't
maybe my sweat will drive me
to a high level
I am high off my rhymes
not from doping and coke
hence my consciousness
grows even without cheating

absolutely, that's clear
no pain, no gain
everyday
is destined just for that

I am training my voice
Making huge progress
many cheer loudly
without me asking for it

success is beautiful
but it can turn your head
the fall may be painful
like hitting the curb

the dream is the beginning
of a design for the future
you are and clever
you can achieve everything

refrain:
everyone has a vision
a mission
come on

first, small, like microbes
it grows with fascination
Come on

Totally Stressed - Army of one (Original Lyrics):

Warfare stays the same just the people change their face
Dreams of bombs and bullets dominate nights and days
We don't know any borders, but we know we belong
To a lifeless army, to an army of one

A haze lies upon our heads
It's made of dirt and corps and blood
We get caught within the net
We awake and drop dead
And awful noise of heavy footsteps
Echoes through the night
There will be hell to pays
Utopia dies

I heard the dying bird singing his last tune of hope
But in the mist of morning he lost his harmony
It resembles the crashing sound of a death's melody
We know that we belong to an army of one

A haze lies upon our heads
It's made of dirt and corps and blood
We get caught within the net
We awake and drop dead
And awful noise of heavy footsteps
Echoes through the night
There will be hell to pays
Utopia dies

What we hope doesn't matter
What we wish has no importance at all
We fight a losing battle please call 1 9 8 4
We're a lifeless army
We're an army of one