They spread their jealousy but never do anything

You Covetous, I'm On A Roll

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The Timemaster
one eye on the clock, just one turn to lock
the door of your day, the door to your way
Can't look over his shoulders. He runs, he's the oldest
Look at him covered in dust. He won't let you be the first
(chorus)
He's too fast for you. Too far from you
Like you've been carved out of plastic
He's the Timemaster
He doesn't wait for you, doesn't care for you
He doesn't look back. You can't steal his clock
No time to lose, no time to waste
No time for drugs, just time for sex
I have to hold on and save time because...
Don't tell me not to fly. Please let me earn my time
Look how hyperactive I am. You're the only reason why

Drop Dead Entertainer

The Timemaster

15. The Timemaster

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Female Vocals  by "The Balance"

Room 42
I was still waiting for it. I was still working on it’. I wanted it intense.
Did it make any sense ? Why was it taking so long ?
Because I stumbled down the road like a drunk that didn't mean this way was totally sunk
one day I was partying with Liph Moansel When the world finally saw me
When the world finally looked at me I didn't expect it anymore
Then I understood
Room 42. Room For Two
Don't need anything else, a room for two is enough
I understood I've already had for a long time the most important fan ever around
Admiration of this one is enough. Any glory I was searching for can't count more
So now you can stop here. Everything has been done for her
Sincerity with which I shared my life allow me to truly look through her eyes

Room 42

14. Room 42

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Dread
I woke just before dawn. Everyone else was asleep
I could barely stand, I saw it with perfect clarity
I was thirsty, scared, not sure if it was real
During that night my ideas were nasty
I felt a shadow in my bac,k, a lost soul which was black
It seems rock star fashion only fits rock stars
There can't be black souls Where there is blue sky
Hangovers pissed me off. I ran and I ran to get better
I preferred to clear my head, to run forward while i discovered...
I was seeking out glory and recognition
I sought those things to the exclusion of all else
I covered our objectives with my time
We got paid well then begun to buy a taste of their lives
(chorus)
This is a story I was telling myself about who I was
A collection of lies that would disappear in the first light
My madness has to stop, madness can go somewhere else
Admitting your weakness make you the strongest. Tenderness
I walked out the door and never went back
Come, let's go and see what happened to you

Dread

13. Dread

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Pretentious & Insolent
Everything I do, I do it to reach the top
Everywhere I go, I go and you can't stop
Anybody around me, use for my goal
I'm not waiting for your feedback or for you to follow
(chorus)
Critics and people think I have no right even to try
But I'm very happy to claim things I didn't have the right to
Very happy to have tried being someone else
I turn “pretentious & insolent” into a compliment
Anything I can swap, any gap I can jump
I will cross the whole map to join this year's crop
I build my own pitfalls, create my own tumbles
I will leave when I'm bored and keep going toward

Pretentious & Insolent

12. Pretentious & Insolent

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Down The Stairs
Have you ever been walking down the stairs ?
Have you ever thought you can't make any repair ?
Have you ever been walking into this strange world ?
Have you ever wanted your face to be in this picture ?
one day you wonder how to get away with life
Down the stairs, in which direction to drive
It's real, no dream, take what you need but no more
Follow your stream, (live) like your own operator
You never came here before. Your world is behind the door
As any broken, lost or weirdo you don't belong here, no
(chorus)
Down the stairs : a world you don't care, a world that scares
Down the stairs survivors are rares, follow the only flare
You are now an outlaw. They will burn your own floor
Down the stairs you are now an outlaw
Follow your stream, they have burned your floor
And then you watch the world through your own eyes
Watch out, watch out, be ready to kill their spy
Down the stairs, play by your own rules
Reach happiness by your own tools
The broken and the lost, forgotten and weirdos
Down the stairs we are all outlaw
Avoid electro waves, don't be their techno slave

Down The Stairs

11. Down The Stairs

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Don’t Let Them Stack The Deck
Have you ever felt like you've been pulverised into ground meat by a brutal machine ?
Talking about things in an extreme way does not represent anything.
Real life is not extreme so I am not. I represent the boredom of life
In search of the untouched beauty of nature I left my demons overthere
But your vision of the world is filtered by the prism of your bulky references
Don't let them stack the deck
Do you strongly agree with me ? Don't you feel out of the masses ?
I don't expect you to change your way of life. Human nature is what it is
Control the time : forward, rewind. Critical Mind is not a crime
It's just a gift. Any ideas drift seems to be sniffed, seems to be crushed
You were walking blind alone on this road at the right place, at the right time
Education from the ones who care (about you) builds your out-of-the-box spirit
Religion you've never chosen has to be thrown away, it's implicit
To be smart is to hide that you're smart
For me it just didn't seem as appealing to get back in this arena
Make the most of what you have in you and comfort yourself as much as you can

Don't Let Them Stack The Deck

10. Don't Let Them Stack The Deck

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Your Turn Now
Everything crumbles into an eyesore. I don't look at my life anymore
I always think while looking forward. forward, forward, never backward
I hate all I see on the news. I hate all their points of view
I hate the message on your shirt. I want them all to be hurt
Who do think you are to talk to me without knowing my name ?
While you were provoking people around the only solution I have found
While you set yourself up as a rebel, the one who can help stood as the devil
Wearing their colours, singing their lyrics, you are only spreading their spirit
Stupid people told you to have a kid but there're already enough mouths to feed
(chorus)
Who do you think you are to talk to me without knowing my name ?
People are looking for songs that already express what they have in them
Music will never change opinions on anything, no it will never change
Nobody cares about them that's why, you know, we'll never be the same
I've fresh ideas and tortillas, with a knapsack full of speeches
No souse in my house down South. I'm serious and ready to grouse
I had fresh ideas and tortillas. Let's go back to the present now
Listen, I don't care if you don't follow. I've already told you all I know
Take my words, build your world, mine is done, I have fun
I don't care anymore about what I see. I just turn off the screen and feel free

Your Turn Now

9. Your Turn Now

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Female Voice  by "The Balance"

Nightly Trance
She said : “good night, sleep tight” but...
I feel like my pupills are rolling inside their eye-balls
one eye tries to look inside myself then nibbles
The other one keeps focusing on the alarm clock light
And sometimes i have to tell myself to focus, to stop this flight
I have to tell myself to look outside me, I need relaxation
I have to look through the holes of my skull
with no trepanation, don't need trepanation
My mind talks and follows its flow
My body moves by itself and I only noticed later I was holding my foot with my hand
My mind talks and follows its flow
Feeling tired and completely outside reality I return to me and ask myself
where my mind has gone again, where it's gone again, I don't know, I don't fucking know
Nightly trance, daily tiredness
I dig a trench all through the night
Nightly Trance, if you wanna try I give you the shirt off my back
Asleep, can't sleep, awake, can't wake, can't wait for the day
I don't know if it's kind of like time-travelling
I don't know if it's an astral thing

Nightly Trance

5. Nightly Trance

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All You Need Now
In need of...
following codes, being approved by people, belonging to the majority
being told what to love, earning money, consuming to feel you're alive
having friends, having always something to say
Sorry I love to leave some blanks in my tales
In need of...
being told what to do, following the masses, being told what to love
being like anybody you like, following codes to fill a need of belonging
earning money to fill a need of consuming. You're not in need of needing everything
All you need now is me
In need of...
showing you're not following codes, showing you don't need people's approval
showing mainstream is only different when it suits you, showing you don't belong to my crew
having a goal in your life, showing all that you can buy, hiding you fear loneliness
hiding that you don't know anything, feeling reassured, showing you're a leader of that mass
being told what to do
In need of...
showing you don't follow what you've been told to do, showing you're different from your idol

All You Need Now

4. All You Need Now

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The Entertainer's Sermon

1. The Entertainer's Sermon

Broken Down formed in 2014 and has been exploring music outside native, classic and narrow music genres with an extreme amount of freedom. 

In December 2018, Broken Down releases its third full-length album Drop Dead Entertainer. This is an adventurous effort with heavy beats, elaborate collages, crammed voice loops. Broken Down's music is a fusion of heavy metal guitars, heavy EBM or groove beats, industrial ambiences and noises. Its goal is to get something off your chest before you dance again. 

Broken Down's music is challenging, and it rewards closer scrutiny on headphones, but it is also a honed vision that you can still party on.

Broken Down

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