Music and Lyrics by Raam. Drums Sina Khorrami. Bass Kyle Texeira. Mixed/Recorded by Mike Schlosser. Mastered by Ali Kamali. www.kingraam.com



Kiss and Tell

Music by Raam. Lyrics by Sanaz Zaresani. Drums Sina Khorrami. Bass Kyle Texeira. Mixed/Recorded by Mike Schlosser. Mastered by Ali Kamali. www.kingraam.com

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باز یه روایتی ، از اون پینوکیو
که هیچ وقت آدم نمیشه
 
 لباس روباه ُ می پوشه قر میده
هی میدره گربه رو
 
با یه کت پشمی، که ده تا جیب داره
گول میزنه پری رو
 
دماغ عملی، لنزهای عسلی
خیال کرده آدم!
 
حالا پدر ژپتو
پشیمونه مثل خر
رفته تا ژنتیک بخونه
 
دنبال راه تازه است
از چوب آدم بسازه
یا چوپونی  برای چوبا
 
درخت ِ سکه تو باغش درو کرده
یه قصر قسطی داره
 
چوپونای دروغگو ، وزیر دربارن
چه خوابهایی که ندیدن
 
نی های چوپوناش ،از چوب بینیشه
اتوماتیک دروغ  میگه
 
توشهر بازی و ، تو شهرمسکونی
آدمی زنده نیست دیگه.
 
 
حالا پدر ژپتو
پشیمونه مثل خر
 رفته تا ژنتیک بخونه
 
دنبال راه تازه است
از چوب آدم بسازه
یا چوب بونی  برای چوبا


Pinocchio - پینوکیو

Music and Lyrics by Raam. Mixed/Recorded by Mike Schlosser. Drums Sina Khorrami. Bass Kyle Texeira. Mastered by Ali Kamali. www.kingraam.com

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By April I noticed the lack of attention
Attention
The tensions are rising between us

Once I believed in the stories that we are
Destined
To carry the burden it’s hurting

But we both knew that you would run
While I was reaching for the gun
You left me with no choice but to
Put it down
Down
Down
down

By august I noticed the lack of affection
Attention
The rumors are crawling through my fingers

Lovers I’m told have to live by a code
Oh what nonsense
This story is getting too boring

If you don’t mind I'd like to leave
Just promise me you’ll never breathe again
This poisoned air will only
Bring you down
Down
Down
Down

Young man look at yourself
I said young man look at what you have done
Young man look at yourself
I said young man look at what you have become


ADHD

Music and Lyrics by Raam. Mixed/Recorded by Mike Schlosser. Mastered by Ali Kamali. www.kingraam.com

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This is not a test I am warning
This is not a test I am warning
Kingdoms fall before it is morning
No one's spared and mothers are mourning

Death to superstitious ideals
Sacred books and ancient chameleons
We are born under the same sky
And we shall rise just like the last tribe
Robespierre stop with the terror
The midnight flow of blood into the river

This is not the way it has to end for you and me
Too many heads have rolled at the bottom of the guillotine
No longer shall we drown in an ocean full of tears
Our children will be born with eyes bright and clear 

This is not a test I am warning
This is not a test I am warning
Kingdoms fall before it is morning
No one's spared and mothers are mourning
Burn the crown enough with the royals	
Spread the wealth and drown in the spoils

This is not the way it has to end for you and me
Too many heads have rolled at the bottom of the guillotine
No longer shall we beg to a cruel and bitter king
Reckless and devoid of love and sympathy

Show my signs of redemption
Show me we change


This is not a Test

Music and Lyrics by Raam. Mixed/Recorded by Mike Schlosser. Mastered by Ali Kamali. Drums by Andy Shoniker (Written by Sina Khorrami). Bass Kyle Texeira. www.kingraam.com

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When he wakes up from his sleep
They realize he’s gone too deep
There’s nothing left but empty seats
And hollow skulls with no teeth

Every now and then I see a sign of hope
And I try to keep it all together
Losing just a little bit of rope
That’s tied to the end of rotting dream

The tide is high and the moon is red
The best of us are left for dead
Well the bridges burn in the amber fire
And there’s no way back and no desire

The buildings have all collapsed
And all the saints are dressed as rats
The nomads have nowhere to go 
When the darkness starts to take control

Every now and then I see a sign of hope
And I try to keep it all together
Losing just a little bit of rope
That’s tied to the end of rotting dream
But everybody knows that the only way to go 
Is south of the border into places unknown
Where the stars meet the sands and the man 
Is burning bright

Every now and then I see a spark of light
That flickers in the shadows of the tainted minds 
While they’re slipping through the fingers 
Of the man in the silver suit
But everybody knows that the price was pretty low
As we sold what was left of our occupied homes
In exchange for a grave on a mountain full of gold

You can run you can hide
But in the end its all one ride
So we take and we maim
While we beg for another day 
This is all that we are 
This is all that we are 
This is all that we are 
This is all that we are


Best of Us

Music by Raam. Lyrics by Sanaz Zaresani. Mixed/Recorded by Mike Schlosser. Mastered by Ali Kamali. www.kingraam.com

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این یه ترانه ای مرده است
تعبیر قهوه ای تلخ
توی تفاله های یک کابوس

تعبیر خط خطی های
شعرای زخمی ِ کهنه
که زوزه میکشن تو گلوم هرروز

من اون ته فنجون
مثل مترسکی
که بین یه گله  
کلاغ گوشتخواره
دارم تکه تکه
می میرم
 
هرچی که مونده از سایه ام
می ریزه اون ته فنجون
دارن صدامو آتیش میزنن

ته مونده ی چشمامو
روی نیزه ها کردن 
گل می کشن بومیای قبیله

خاکسترم رُ باد
مثل یه لنگه جوراب
انداخته  رو صورتِ
ساعت دالی
دارم ذره ذره
می میرم

ته این فنجون
یه مرده داره میخونه
تو تفاله

ته این فنجون
قبرِ یه آدمک زنده به گوره

ته این فنجون 


Black Coffee - قهوه سیاه

Music and Lyrics by Raam. Mixed/Recorded by Mike Schlosser. Mastered by Ali Kamali. www.kingraam.com

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There was a boy who had a dream
About a world he’d never seen
Where the buffalo they roam free
With the nuclear submarines
There was a boy who had a dream
About a man who’d lead the world
Into the darkest of the nights
Where the shadows meet the void
There was a boy who had a dream
About a ship that’s sinking near
And there ain't nothing he can do
And there ain't nothing he wants to do
There was a boy who had a dream
About a diamond chandelier
Falling from the sky
Falling into his arms

Tell me a story before you put me to sleep
I want to believe in heroes 
Tell me the sun will shine again
the garden is dying with us

And the numbers they’re all wrong
And the light is turning off
And voice is getting far
And his hands are feeling numb
and the patterns don’t make sense
And the walls are closing in
And the drugs are wearing out
A million mile from home
And his time is running out
And the doctor is amused
This place looks like a zoo
There’s nothing left to lose

Tell me a story before you put me to sleep
I want to believe in heroes 
Will we become what we have  always feared?
A plastic and broken record
Playing forever for no one to hear
The jukebox keeps floating…


Voyager

Music and Lyrics by Raam. Drums Sina Khorrami. Bass Kyle Texeira. Mixed/Recorded by Mike Schlosser. Mastered by Ali Kamali. www.kingraam.com

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The vultures ride the wind
They circle around the killing fields
Intoxicated by the smell of death
Waiting for man to fall...

The eagles soar up high
Guiding spirits who are lost
There is no escape from the fire
Beware the devil is not far...

On a desert highway I left my baby, she's lying, scorching, screaming the sun she says
Hold me, Touch me, Love me, Fuck me
In a chapel down in New Orleans she's on her knees and begging please to 
Hold me, Touch me, Love me, Fuck me
There's a man on the edge who's ready to jump, he's had enough but just can't stop
Hold me, Touch me, Love me, Fuck me
Give me pleasure or give me pain I'll believe anything you ever say, just 
Hold me, Touch me, Love me, Fuck me
On a desert highway, desert highway
I left my babe
On a desert highway, desert highway
I left my babe
Give me pleasure or give me pain I'll believe anything you ever say...

The Vulture (Explicit Lyrics)

Music and Lyrics by Raam. Mixed/Recorded by Mike Schlosser. Mastered by Ali Kamali.  Drums Andy Shoniker (Written by Sina Khorrami). Bass Kyle Texeira. www.kingraam.com.

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Fly
With me
To a better place
A distant land
A higher plain

Come
With me
Down the hole
Down the hole
Through the lens

Run
With me
Into the wall
Into the wall
until the end

I'm chasing the dragon
And burning in his flames

I'm sinking deeper
Deeper in this shame

Bleed
Your heart
Until it's dry
Until it's dry
Until it's dry

Rain
down
On this dirt
And wash away
What is left

Trust
In me
And I will let you down
Let you down
Let you down
Let you down
Let you down
Let you down…



The Chase

Music and Lyrics by Raam. Mixed/Recorded by Mike Schlosser. Mastered by Ali Kamali. www.kingraam.com

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In a box, in a box
How I wish, I could think
Outside of this box
There’s a fox
There’s a fox

In a box, in a box
I am one with the rocks
And I know just how
To rock you out of your socks

In a dream, in a dream
I was sitting by a tree
And I was counting all
The apples and the oranges
For me

By the sea, by the sea,
I was waiting for a wave
So I shouted and I cursed
But all I got was rain

And I am standing on the edge
My friend
I am standing on the edge of it all

In a box, in a box
There’s a man with a clock
And he’s counting all the seconds
til the curtains drop

Well the lions chase the bison
And glasses are all rising
And the guest are looking handsome
For this lovely soiree

On a chair with a bear
There’s a naked little hare
and they're reminiscing all about
The melancholic days

Now I know now in know
Just how this story goes
It’s a twisted little tale
That I’d rather not know

And I am standing on the edge
My friend
I am standing on the edge of it all


In a Box

A Day & A Year

Deja Vu (feat. Behzad Omrani)

Raam is an Iranian musician. He started his musical career as the singer/songwriter/founder of Hypernova. Between touring with his band and performing his solo theater piece "Departure," Raam has also started a podcast (in Persian) called Masty o Rasty.

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