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We got the System,
to fuck the System! *
We got the System, to fuck the System!
Oehhhhhh….
* It\’s obviously ironic, as you cannot \”fuck\” a system by another system!
Those lyrics were inspired by Abbie Hoffmann\’s manifesto \”Fuck the System\”.
Irony and sarcasm, are the two keys to understand this peculiar \”666\”.
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Babylon lyrics
Fallen fallen fallen
is Babylon the great!
Space is getting bounded,
time is getting late!
Masters fall and wonder,
people rise and wait
Fallen fallen fallen
is Babylon the great!
You don\’t need a coin,
I don\’t have to shine
We don\’t know the reason
But I need you madly
but you need me too
and we need each other…
and we need each other…
and we need each other… Fallen fallen fallen
is Babylon the great!
Space is getting bounded,
time is getting late!
Masters fall and wonder,
people rise and wait
Fallen fallen fallen
is Babylon the great!
You don\’t have a coin,
I don\’t have to shine
We don\’t know the reason
But I need you madly
but you need me too
and we need each other…
and we need each other…
and we need each other…
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Loud, loud, loud lyrics*
The day the walls of the cities will crumble away
uncovering our naked souls,
we\’ll all start singing,
shouting, screaming
loud, loud, loud, loud
The day the circus horses will stop turning around,
running fast through the green valleys,
we\’ll sing and cry and shout
loud, loud, loud, loud
The day the cars will lay in heaps
their wheels turning in vain,
we\’ll run along the empty highways
shouting, screaming, singing
loud, loud, loud, loud
The day young boys will stop becoming soldiers,
and soldiers will stop playing war games,
we\’ll sing and cry and shout
loud, loud, loud, loud
The day will come up
that we\’ll all wake up
hearing and shouting of joy
and shouting together with the freaks
loud, loud, loud, loud
The day the world will turn upside down
we\’ll run together round and round
screaming, shouting, signing
loud, loud, loud, loud
loud, loud, loud, loud
loud, loud, loud, loud
*The boy who recites the lyrics is called Daniel Koplowitz
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The four horsemen lyrics
And when the lamb opened the
first seal,
I saw the first Horse.
The Horseman held a bow
Now when the lamb opened the
second seal,
I saw the second Horse
The Horseman held his sword
The leading horse is white
the second horse is red
the third one is a black,
the last one is a green
The leading horse is white
the second horse is red
the third one is a black,
the last one is a green
And when the lamb opened the
third seal,
I saw the third Horse.
The Horseman had a balance Now when the lamb opened the fourth seal,
I saw the fourth Horse.
The Horseman was the Pest
The leading horse is white
the second horse is red
the third one is a black,
the last one is a green
The leading horse is white
the second horse is red
the third one is a black,
the last one is a green
The leading horse is white
the second horse is red
the third one is a black,
the last one is a green
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The seventh seal lyrics
And when the lamb opened the
next two seals,
We saw the souls,
We saw the martyrs,
we heared them crying,
We heared them shouting,
They were dressed in white,
They\’d been told to wait
The sun was black,
the moon was red,
the stars were falling,
the earth was trembling
And then the crowed
impossible to number
carrying flowers,
shouted amid the hotless sun
the lightless moon
the windless earth
the colourless sky:
\”How much longer will we suffer
from hunger?
How much longer will we suffer
from thirst?\”
And when the lamb opened the seventh seal,
silence covered the sky
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Aegian sea lyrics*
I saw the souls
I saw the martyrs
I heared them crying
I heard them shouting
They were dressed in white
they\’ve been told to wait
The sun was black
the moon was red
the stars were falling
the earth has trembling
And then a crowd impossible to number
Dressed in white
carrying palms shouted amid
the hotless sun
the lightless moon
the windless earth
the colourless sky …
They\’ll no more suffer from hunger
they\’ll no more suffer from thirst
They\’ll no more suffer from hunger
they\’ll no more suffer from thirst
They\’ll no more suffer from hunger
they\’ll no more suffer from thirst
* The voice is John Forst, slowed down.
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Seven bowls lyrics
The first bowl on the earth
the second bowl on the sea
the third bowl on the rivers
the fourth bowl on the sun
the fifth bowl on the Beast
the sixth bowl on the stars
the seventh bowl on the air And the earth turned grey
the sea turned black
the rivers turned red
the sun turned cold
the Beast turned pale
the stars turned fast
the air turned to poison
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Lament lyrics
Alas alas
for the human race
alas
for the kings, the kings of separa.., separation
alas
alas
[Amane]
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Do it lyrics *
Do it
[interlude]
Do it [interlude]
Do it
* Do it! is a reference to the book Do it! Scenarios of the Revolution by Jerry Rubin. The voice is from John Forst.
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The beast lyrics
Who can find the Beast?
She\’s big,
she\’s bad,
she\’s wicked,
she\’s sad
Who can fight the Beast?
She comes,
she goes,
who ever knows …
Who can fight the Beast?
She\’s big,
she\’s bad,
she\’s wicked,
she\’s sad
Who can find the Beast?
She comes,
she goes,
who ever knows …
Who can fight the Beast?
[interlude]
Who can fight the Beast?
She\’s big,
she\’s bad,
she\’s wicked,
she\’s sad
Who can find the Beast?
She comes,
she goes,
who ever knows …
Who can fight the Beast?
She\’s big,
she\’s bad,
she\’s wicked,
she\’s sad
Who can find the Beast?
She comes,
she goes,
who ever knows …
Who can find the Beast?
[interlude]
sad [tikki pah, toh pah]**
[taing, tikki paing, tikke tikke]** goes [tikki pah, tah]
[bom, tikki bom, tikke tikke]** sad [tikki pah, dah]
[tikki bom, tikki bom, tikki tikki tikki bom]** goes
[tikki da, jom…]**
Pame!! *
she\’s big
she\’s bad
she\’s wicked,
she\’s sad
she\’s big
[pah, dikki dah, doh deh deh] sad [tikki dah dah, wop!]** sad
she come\’s
she goes
who ever knows
[tikki ah dah, wop!]
[dah, tikki dah, tikki dey] sad [tikki dah dah, oh!]** sad
Telionoume edho pera etsi? ***
[Doin, ki doin, ki dah-dah, ki doh!]**
* (In Greek) let\’s go – go for the climax
** Scat singing: As all of this transcription is phonetical, \”Doin\” at the end is to be pronunced as written, not \”dùin\” (Special thanks to Ugo Coppola and Mauro).
*** Shall/Do we end here like this?
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Ofis lyrics
Exelthe ofi katiramene, *
dhioti an dhen exelthe essy,
tha se exelthe ego!
Ou! Ou! Ou! English translation:
O you cursed serpent, come out,
because if you didn\’t come out yourself,
I would make you come out! Oh! Oh! Oh!
* This is a famous line from the Greek shadow theatre, specifically from a play called \”Karagiozis, Alexander the Great and the Cursed Serpent\”. As this is from theatre and not prose, the language is richer and more poetical than everyday Greek, even if it is not verse. So, while the literal translation of tha se exelthe ego is I would come-out you, this does not make sense in English. It is much better to say I would make you come out.
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Seven trumpets lyrics
Ladies and gentlemen
Seven trumpets
the sound of thunder!
Seven trumpets
the threatening anger!
Seven trumpets
the trembling voice! Seven trumpets
You got no choice!
Seven trumpets
the seven angels!
the seven trumpets
the music changes!
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Altamont lyrics*
This is the sight we had one day
on the High Mountain
We saw a lamb with seven eyes
We saw a beast with seven horns
and a book with seven seals
Seven angels with seven trumpets
and seven bowls filed with anger
Those are the pictures
of what was
of what is
of what has to come We are the people
the rolling people
the why people
the waiting people
the wanting people
the tambourine people
the alternative people
the angel people
* Loukas (Lucas) is the singer, John Forst recites the lyrics.
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Infinity lyrics
I was*
I am
I am to come
I was I am
I am to come I was
I am
[etc]
*[note: The words are: \”I am to come\” and \”I was to come\”
She begins to blend the two together as she gets into it (the song), and sometimes it sounds more like: \”I was, I am, I was, I was, I am to come I was.\”
It is the inversion of \”Who was, is, is to come\” of the Revelation, attributed to the Good.
Here, the \”Bad\”, (the Beast, 666) turns this phrase into Ego, (first person),
and tries to be born again, or to give birth to another Ego, or to \”make love\” to is own self and so on.
Vicious circle.]
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Hic and nunc lyrics
Here and now!
Here and now!
Fixing the ceiling
I got a feeling
– sing it again!
Here and now!
Here and now!
Show me the season,
give me the reason
– sing it again!
Here and now!
Here and now!
(We got the System,
to fuck the System!)
(We got the System,
to fuck the System!)
(We got the System,
to fuck the System!)
Oehhhhhh…. Whisper a meaning
nobody\’s leading
– sing it again!
sing it again!
Here and now!
Here and now!
I got a feeling
somebody\’s missing
– sing it again!
sing it again!
Here and now!
Here and now!
Here and now!
Here and now!
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All the seats were occupied lyrics
Ladies and gentlemen
Seven trumpets
the sound of thunder! (we got the system)
Seven trumpets (to fuck the system)
the trembling voice! (We got the system)
Seven trumpets (to fuck the system)
the threatening anger! (we got the system)
Seven trumpets (to fuck the system)
the trembling voice! (we got the system)
Seven trumpets (to fuck the system)
You got no choice! (we got the system)
Seven trumpets (The leading horse is white)
the seven angels! (the second horse is red)
the seven trumpets (the third one is a black,)
the music changes! (the last one is a green)
The leading horse is white
the second horse is red
the third one is a black,
the last one is a green
The leading horse is white
the second horse is red
the third one is a black,
the last one is a green
[interlude]
[Exelthe ofi katiramene,
dhioti an dhen exelthe essy,
tha se exelthe ego!
Ou! Ou! Ou!….]
I am
I am to come
I was
I am
I am to come I was
I am
And the earth turned grey
the sea turned black
the rivers turned red
the sun turned cold
the Beast turned pale
the stars turned fast
the air turned to poison
I am, I am to come, I was I am to come I was
[interlude]
I am, I am to come, I was
I am (The leading horse is white)
I am to come (the second horse is red)
I was (the third one is a black,)
I am (the last one is a green)
[interlude]
Seven trumpets (to fuck the system)
the trembling voice! (we got the system)
Seven trumpets (to fuck the system)
You got no choice! (we got the system)
Seven trumpets
the seven angels!
[interlude]
We are the people
the rolling people
the why people
the waiting people
the wanting people
the tambourine people
the alternative people
the angel people
We are the people
the rolling people
the why people
the waiting people
the wanting people
the tambourine people
the alternative people
the angel people
Exelthe ofi katiramene,
dhioti an dhen exelthe essy,
tha se exelthe ego!
Ou! Ou! Ou!….
[interlude]
I am, I am to come, I was
All the seats were occupied *
* Taken from the recording of a BBC English Teaching lesson.
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Break lyrics *
Bye bye, my friend, goodbye
With a lie
you forget and break it
You make it (Shtatle day ta)*
You make it (Shtatle day, da da da da)
You make it (Shtatle day, day ba)
You make it
Cry in my empty room
and we try
to forget and break it
Fly
high
and then (tee tee, teedle da)
you make it [interlude]
Bye bye, my friend, goodbye
With a lie
you forget and break it
You make it (Shtatle dee, ta)
You make it (Shtee tee tiki ta, ta, ta)
You make it (Speedle da, deedle da)
Oh you make it
Oh, ah. ah.
(Dee bee bait, bee-ee)
Do it!
*As about the syllables you hear, it is Vangelis\’ voice, \”answering\” to Lucas by the jazz doo-wap technique: \”stoobeedooobedoo…\” and so on. It was Vangelis way of making fun to the song.
These are transcribed phonetically, and although there are some actual words like \”day\” and \”bait\”, the whole thing is obviously not intented as real words. (Special thanks to Ugo Coppola).