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Turbulent
03:37
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Trapped inside
Didn't have a clue I was once controlled inside of my mind
They held on to my hands and throat
Used a bandana to cover my eyes
My name's Janet
I was blinded for years so I couldn't see the stamp on my back
But one day I finally broke away and the truth and lies were perfectly clear
It's sick
Is this really how you want to live?
They just let it be but I have no choice
Standing still
Standing my ground
I want to leave a print not a mark
Judging from all standing points cause their shallow brains just can't comprehend
They target you
Material desires
Those are the things that we should set fire
They're all driven by a production of shit that's just a waste of my time
It's sick
Is this really how you want to live?
They just let it be but I have no choice
They can't see, not like me, that freedom's not what they've really got
Convinced that they can make a choice when the decision's already been made
And when they're time has come they'll think they had a blast
Their life was a trip
But in the end, what's over soon?
A life they lived by somebody's way
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Depression
Disease with many phases
I can't help it, it's in my blood
Veteran of all phases
Give me the title
I know I've earned it
Happiness; a temporary state
It's no question, for once I'm not wrong
All of my stories end the same
Cursed with strange-type misfortunes
Destined for disappointments
What is this crawling towards me?
Faceless and yet familiar
The dark shadow lures me in
It's not right but it feels just like home
And when it's over, what comes next?
It's just my nature
Then, comes like a storm, frustration
Don't even get me started
It makes me feel psychotic
Continuous stabs in my brain
Sometimes I feel so hopeless and I resort in self harm
I'm afraid there's no other way
Have I really gone mad?
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Dreaming
04:23
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I've traveled far but I don't know where
The scent of failure is in the air
They all have drowned in their hopes and dreams
And in return they all laugh at me
A fighting spirit may never win
Reality slowly creeping in
Once again I will lay to rest
I've traveled far but I go nowhere
And I'm wondering when the day will come
My eyes have opened
Who do I see?
Wide-eyed romantic is still at play
In my ambitions I'll suffocate
I'd rather die by no other way
And I'm wondering when the day will come
Nowhere
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Danger
03:26
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Everywhere around the world there's danger in the streets
Kick, knock, and kill all of the browns and their allies
And I don't wanna live this life if I've gotta watch every step I take
Innocently walking down the street, they're calling me
Innocently walking down the street, they follow me
And I don't want to leave my home if I've gotta watch every turn I take
This is what we know
This is how we live
The purest to exist yet they don't value me
Well, you don't look alike
Give purpose to your name
And I don't wanna live a life where my body is anyone's but mine
This is what we know
This is how we live
We have the right
They have no right
We have the right
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Runaway [Album version]
03:51
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Promise me and I'll trust every word
Ask me and I'll prove that I'm absurd
Believe me when I say it's my demise
A hint of fear and I am on the run
Hand in hand go misery and desire
Humor me or else you don't exist
Impressive what I am inclined to do
Alive but hardly living day and night
Talk to me
Are you real?
Never saw this coming out of me
I can hardly breathe yet still I run
Afraid of learning what I might just do
Cause loneliness is taking over me
I can't stand to stay behind these walls
Out there I feel much closer to you
I don't care what trouble comes my way
Gladly, I'd put my life on the line
Talk to me
Are you real?
Promise me and I'll trust every word
Tell me something that I've never heard
I'm the lucky cat that got away
There was only one thing on my mind
Runaway
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Bullshit
01:59
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I stay away from all the bullshit
Because your worries are a nuisance
Who are you?
What are we?
That's a lie
Never mind
I'm unimpressed by your achievements
I could care less for your opinions
Who are you to tell me I should die?
Life's a lie
I've tried to be like them, one and all
I don't trust anyone else but me
A short circuit fuse ready to explode
I don't trust anyone else
No one else but me
Your strategy is not a secret
You're sheltered in your daily outfit
Look at you
Can't you see you're not me
Guarantee
Contained within your situation
Accepted in your silly standards
You owe me for your life
Time to die one more time
I've tried to be like them, one and all
I don't trust anyone else but me
A short circuit fuse ready to explode
I don't trust anyone else
No one else but me
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Know Where?
02:59
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What's happening?
I don't wanna stay but I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go
Call out for me and I'll begin a game of hide-and-seek
Will you prove you're worthy?
A loner in a social world
It isn't every day I wish to carry on
Know where?
A talent for what is not
Was shared among the eyes with that untainted gleam
Unbound and that's all it takes
A freedom surely missed when it withers away
Like stars on a given night
Embedded in ourselves
Inside is where it dwells
Know where?
Why so quiet?
What is wrong?
A razor in pate a choux
If I were set aflame I wouldn't tell you so
Sing out another masterpiece
The one where you know all about me but my name
For dinner you should serve your tongue
And yet you ask me why I am the way I am
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Twisted
03:16
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...And I don't understand these thoughts that come into my head when I'm alone at night
I do not understand these thoughts that come into my head when I'm alone
Everyone's taunting me
They do not understand the disaster that is my head
Help
They think it's funny but they do not understand what goes on in my head
She tells me, "Ssshhh, they will hear you if you make a sound"
They can hear me
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Adamant
04:50
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Born a child of innocence
The only chance I'll ever get
Appreciate these gentle moments cause soon it will be time to learn
You're told what's right and told what's wrong
And kindness seemed an easy thing
And like all kids I hoped for better
But even so I wasn't dumb
The many things I haven't seen and all the things already seen
The child I was is gone forever
With knowledge, there's no turning back
And no one like me I knew then
Perverted kids would break my head
The acted, practiced, fucked the same
Well, not I so I was ridiculed
I'll never understand the human race
Why do people live their lives so bland?
And what if that's not my idea of life?
I may be weird but I know more than you
Back at home, it ain't so fair when mom and dad won't get along
Detachment from the man called father
A bond that has no will to heal
A small, strong woman's all I have and really she is all I need
She's been through things I can't imagine
I only wish that I could help
And me, well I'm not even close
I've relearned things I should've known
I've picked up a few deadly habits
Don't let a friendly face fool you
I may at times be on the line
I know I can be difficult
But I still hold respect for myself
There's no one else I'd rather be
I'll never understand the human race
Why do people live their lives so bland?
And what if that's not my idea of life?
I may be weird but I'm better than you
Like Ant once said
Ridicule's not to be feared
Ridicule is not a thing to fear
No
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I Want It All
02:09
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I want all good things in life
I want to be satisfied
I want to make memories but I do not want to age
I want justice of my own and equality for all
I want to abolish hate but I'd also love a fry
I want it all
I want to prove people wrong
I want more than to survive
Doing things the way I please
Living all of my wild dreams
Inspirational and smart
I want to bring something new
I want to appreciate
I want to love and be loved
I want it all
I want to go far and wide
Overseas and in my mind
I want to see everything
I want colors and a view
I want to play rock and roll
I want to be comfortable
I want to be understood but also misunderstood
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So What?
05:22
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Nobody likes you
Nobody told you
Everybody hates you and I'm the one that told you
You twist and shout
You run
There's no pleasing when you run
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The Paradoks Los Angeles, California
Singer-songwriter from Los Angeles, C.A.
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