Your smile told me the truth.
You cannot hide your real mood.
Don’t pretend everything’s all right.
I saw your doubt at the first sight.

So tell me, what’s striking you so hard?
Is your faith just breaking apart?
I see emotions left over in disregard.
You should stop thinking so much
Before you get stuck in a dead end street. 

Your words are so directionless.
Since when have you been coming off the track?
What you believe and what becomes true
May unsettle you.

Good has never been good enough.
Why don’t you stop worrying about missing something? 


Dead End

Hey friends, an announcement, courage is dead.
Feel the embracing benefit of the curbstone -
Suburban romance of breaking bones.
Let him lie, let him creep.
Pass by, reject the heed.
Fist meets man and man kisses concrete.
One being less should be no matter of interest.

You can’t believe it! 
You shake your head. 
The window reflects you.
Feel how the shame arises - look into your own eyes!
 
Listen up, an announcement, ignorance’s alive.
Nobody’s responsible for the strife.
Blind witnesses. Lethargic rescue.
Haven’t I told you - Empathy’s a virtue?
What’s the excuse for your apathy?
We’re cowards asking for, begging for more sympathy. 
Can’t you see, you’re not the only one 
who’s scared to the bone.

You turn around.
Birds are singing on a tree.
Perfect harmony.
You don’t care as long as the planets don’t collide.
Feel how the shame arises.

I hope that you will never get into such a situation, 
my esteemed friends.
Because when you feel menaced, defenseless and alone,
Be sure that everybody will turn around,
Hearing no sound, no cry for help.
Now recognize: 
EVERYBODY ONLY TAKES CARE OF THEMSELVES!



Courage Is Dead

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Roundabout (Demo Cut Mix)

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Lyrics:

CHOCOLATE FACTORY

VERSE I
Truth be told
Misery. Who’s helping me?
Those gees get everything for free
Golden tickets for the chocolate factory 

I tell you more about my problems
Open buffet - nobody wanna fall short
Deport those gees to where they belong
Good lord, we cannot help everyone

Lights out in the chocolate factory
Who gives a shit about me? 

Pre-Chorus
When the lights are out, all rats be grey
They're gonna rush downtown to enter the frey

CHORUS
The rat catcher
Listen how he’s playin the magic pipe
On Monday nights
When you and your friends stand side by side

The rat catcher
Sweet melody, you feel so alive
On Monday nights
When you and your friends stand side by side

VERSE 2
Truth be told
Dark Sea, men, women, kids overboard
Drown all hopes, Passage ain’t safe.
No hard feelings, ain’t got enough space

I tell you more about my problems 
The occident needs to build a new wall 
We better step in, otherwise we fall
All those brown people on a prowl

Lights out in the chocolate factory
Who gives a shit about me? 

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

CODA
Hey, stop right there
You better save your breath 
We breathe the same air
In the valley of the clueless
I keep standing here
Stronger with no sign of fear
It should be widely known
This is also my home

Chocolate Factory (Demo Mix)

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Lyrics:

Verse I
Hey, can’t you see what you doin’ to me?
I've gone head over heels
But I'm tryna play it cool
I swear I’m not even thinking of you!
No - because it ain’t my style
No - I can play this game for while 
I can play this game for while 

Pre-Chorus
Stretch out my hand, you disappear around the bend 
Can neither run nor stand
Stretch out my hand, you disappear around the bend 
Reality and fiction start to blend 

Refrain
Fata Morgana 
Remains an image from afar

Verse II
Hey, I can see what you doing to me
I won’t fall for your tricks 
Femme fatale, look for another prey
I outsmart you in any way
No - won’t give way first 
No - Even if I might die of thirst 
Even if I might die of thirst

BRIDGE
You say gimme some slack
I guess I’m cool with that
You say You’re gonna call me back
Don’t rush baby, let’s take it step by step
But you never called nor text me back
I guess, I’m cool with that.

I guess, I’m cool with that...

Fata Morgana (Live Sessions at Hansen's Hütte)

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LYRICS:

Verse 1
This is the end of silence, this is the end of discontent.
You won’t plant that seed in my neighborhood for good
This soil’s protected by Aryan brotherhood
Watch me reclaim the streets – it’s called self help 
If politics don’t do it, I’ll just do it myself 
From Dresden to Cologne – people will follow
Y'all realize – we the people will unite 

RUN RUN RUN
Run or stay out, 
My castle, I’m king
BOOM BOOM BOOM
This is all about - Street politics 

This is the end of silence. This is the end of discontent
An oak tree can only carry oak leaves 
Damn right, I wear my pride on my sleeve
I dare to say it loud, I have the guts 
Proud of where I’m from - my borders shut
Bring it on, ethics committee – situation’s gritty
You better run ‘cause I’m running this city 

CHORUS

CODA
Sky turns dark
Sun goes down in the occident 
Guppies in a tank of sharks
Make it look like an accident

Street Politics. (Pre-production mix)

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ATLAS AHEAD Interview INDIcado 99.3 Radio Mittweida | 22.04.2017

Acoustic Version of Not Born To Impress
Special Guest: David Jeremy of Afro Buffet
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Filmed & cut by Danny Golebiewski
Recorded at Aaltra Chemnitz 06/24/2012

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Not Born To Impress Acoustic (ATLAS AHEAD feat. David Jeremy)

Acoustic Version of Courage Is Dead
Special Guest: David Jeremy of Afro Buffet
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Filmed & cut by Danny Golebiewski
Recorded at Aaltra Chemnitz 06/24/2012

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Courage Is Dead Acoustic (ATLAS AHEAD feat. David Jeremy)

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Music: ATLAS AHEAD
Words: Manfred Von Koreander 
Recorded November 2012 at Picturesound Studios, Leipzig, Germany
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He waited days for her call
No interest in unchaining him
He embraced the phone for days
The silence kept shouting straight into his face:
"Pal, go with your guts
Otherwise, you’ll go nuts
She’s been weeks away
Thousands of miles apart
It’s like they used to say..."
Fuck off - He held on to his heart!

From dusk till dawn
The sky’s tinted in midnight blue
Leaves’re collecting pearls of dews

Time stretched – the clock ticked backwards
The needle kept chanting favorite records
The nights were so incomplete 
He could still scent her flavor in his sheets
Days gone by, one night broke that routine
Looking in the eye – through computer screens
He could see that she’d cried
Wet cheeks shimmered in pale blue light

From dusk till dawn
The sky’s tinted in midnight blue
Leaves're collecting pearls of dews
Salute the fool 	

Have a heart and tell him to back away
Have a heart and tell him there’s no maybe, no maybe
Have a heart and tell him to back away
Have a heart and tell him there's no maybe

Her wobbly voice stuttered a “Hey”
He initially felt how words can carry weight
He could swear this was the beginning of the end
He should be proved right as
She started to defend herself
She wasn’t even really trying hard - 
That’s what he felt
Being weeks away
Miles apart
It’s like they used to say...
Fuck off - He held on to his heart

From dusk till dawn
The sky’s tinted in midnight blue
Leaves're collecting pearls of dews
Salute the fool 	

Have a heart and tell him to back away
Have a heart and tell him there’s no maybe, no maybe
Have a heart and tell him to back away
Have a heart and tell him there's no maybe


Dusk Till Dawn

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Fourth song of ATLAS AHEAD's new EP 'Outside In'
Instrumental

Music: ATLAS AHEAD
Recorded November 2012 at Picturesound Studios, Leipzig, Germany

Bleached Skin

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Second song of ATLAS AHEAD's new upcoming EP 'Outside In'

Music: ATLAS AHEAD
Words: Manfred Von Koreander
Recorded November 2012 at Picturesound Studios, Leipzig, Germany
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Pass me a parachute - I quit
There must be more to life than just
Running in a hamster wheel
Haunted by deadlines - gimme time to heal
All-out efficiency - that’s part of the deal

Pick a door - stick to your decision
Hop on the train - know your destination
We don’t accept fragility
That’s it and that’s how it should be

I’m sure there's more to life than running in a hamster wheel

Pass me a parachute - nothing fits
I'm a slave of compromises
Cowardice spread like a virus
Traded my 'Want to' for a 'Have to'
Afraid to fall through the crack - Next

Pick a door - stick to your decision
Hop on the train - know your destination
We don’t accept fragility
That’s it and that’s how it should be

I’m sure there's more to life than running in a hamster wheel

Pass me a parachute - I quit
Tomorrow I'll stop this chase
And back out of this rat race
I'm caught in between
Tomorrow I'll wipe this slate clean

I’m sure there's more to life than running in a hamster wheel

Go Ahead

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Song of ATLAS AHEAD's new upcoming EP 'Outside In'

Music: ATLAS AHEAD
Words: Manfred Von Koreander
Recorded November 2012 at Picturesound Studios, Leipzig, Germany
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It’s exactly one to one just like I read it in the gazette - Shit
Feeling like Bill Murray waking up in Groundhog Day
Yeah, everything’s moving in circles
Recycled, refurbished  
What do they tell ya, what do they tell ya, 
What do they tell ya, what do you tell ya
Turn on the radio, the TV, the internet, the gazette - Fuck that
See how the headlines shrill
They argue for a bill, a billion dollar bill
Oh, poker’s such a thrill
Take the paper back before you’ll hit the trap
Stop rack your head over military forces in Bagdad
Or how we got there - bizarre world affair!
It has never been about telling the truth
Now left to ask who has the power over you

They print it - you nod.
You’re echoing the mud
I must be talking to a jukebox

Sorry, what did you just said
I’m sorry, must’ve been losing your track.
You’re simplifying facts
The back of your medal’s gracing a fat crack
Ignorance has taken over
Your arguments are growing bolder
Look through the well-worded disguise
And detect their broken bits of lies 
Does the truth lie within the word?
Already Faust knew that’s just absurd.
We gotta observe and scrutinize
Information got the power to decide 
Or keep being spoon-fed we just hit the trap
Stop racking heads over military forces in Bagdad
Or how we got their - bizarre world affair!
It has never been about telling the truth
Now left to ask who has the power over you

They print it - you nod.
You’re echoing the mud
I must be talking with a jukebox


Jukebox

ATLAS AHEAD's 'Dusk Till Dawn' reduced to its bare necesseties: 
one man, one voice, one guitar. 
Recorded live at Radio T in January 2013.

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He waited days for her call
No interest in unchaining him
He embraced the phone for days
The silence kept shouting straight into his face:
"Pal, go with your guts
Otherwise, you’ll go nuts
She’s been weeks away
Thousands of miles apart
It’s like they used to say..."
Fuck off - He held on to his heart!

From dusk till dawn
The sky’s tinted in midnight blue
Leaves’re collecting pearls of dews

Time stretched – the clock ticked backwards
The needle kept chanting favorite records
The nights were so incomplete
He could still scent her flavor in his sheets
Days gone by, one night broke that routine
Looking in the eye – through computer screens
He could see that she’d cried
Wet cheeks shimmered in pale blue light

From dusk till dawn
The sky’s tinted in midnight blue
Leaves're collecting pearls of dews
Salute the fool

Have a heart and tell him to back away
Have a heart and tell him there’s no maybe, no maybe
Have a heart and tell him to back away
Have a heart and tell him there's no maybe

Her wobbly voice stuttered a “Hey”
He initially felt how words can carry weight
He could swear this was the beginning of the end
He should be proved right as
She started to defend herself
She wasn’t even really trying hard -
That’s what he felt
Being weeks away
Miles apart
It’s like they used to say...
Fuck off - He held on to his heart

From dusk till dawn
The sky’s tinted in midnight blue
Leaves're collecting pearls of dews
Salute the fool

Have a heart and tell him to back away
Have a heart and tell him there’s no maybe, no maybe
Have a heart and tell him to back away
Have a heart and tell him there's no maybe

Dusk Till Dawn (Radio T Live Acoustic Unplugged)

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