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Cairns (2000 - Remastered in 2013)

by CYANHIDE

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1.
Prologue 01:17
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2.
Imrinn 03:38
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Here she found, the ruins of her camp, And lifts up the cranium of a man, Swearing revenge, For her friends. Imrinn you're sick - disgusted - You scream out, with pain Now War is your life, now Crime is law, You bury the remains, in Rage. "I'll track them, till the last one, I'll burn, their eyes". Imrinn rebuilds her life, slowly, Imrinn seems quiet, but only waits... __________________________ Imrinn has walked, The shame will turn to pain, On a hill, The flag, And a crowd, All around, Here she came, Then they died... I knew, this time. I was, by her side. That night, on the hill, close to them, She opened arms, and prayed... The ground suddenly rose Then opened, took fire. Men were howling, indisbelief, I saw them melting, I felt pain...
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For Ever 04:04
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Yellow and pale, It's hardly light. Cars in haze, Close the night. Breakfast, shower, Make up or razor, Skirt or trousers, The door opens. Walk ... in the crowd Not ... a doubt I don't play, I don't see why, You waste your time On a game you should hate So ? From break to break, From smile to hand-shake Between gossips, Between lies Again ... the crowd Not ... a 'why' And once again, An other day, You fall asleep On the things you forgot. You used to fight, But now you're quiet. Between walls of slackness, You lay down... Again... The TV set Not to get bored Nothing to say Nothing to watch Not ... too late, Not ... too tired I see no jail, I see no gate, And if there's one, You've built it, all alone. Wake ... But you like this It's easier Not a problem, not a question, no answer. You're clean, You're great, Why should you change if you're right ? So follow, Don't tire your brain, Some are paid to think for you. All continues, You live for nothing. And your child, And the child of your child... Forever...
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High & Short 03:44
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In this jail, it's my last night, My will is gone, I won't survive... As the hours go by, On a hill they build the gallows, They joke, and they laugh, They'll work all night long. … Inside my cell, I hear their songs, Inside my cell, They're all around At the first light of dawn, They'll un-lock the door, They'll take me to this place, They'll bring me to death. Inside my cell, I can't close my eyes, Inside my cell, Alone and tied. Walls of stone have seen more That a man could ever hear, The wood of heavy doors, Oozes with blood and tears. Light... lies... Distorts... strangles... Lights... lie... Reheat... the mads... 2 x All turns, and dance and dance, So fast, and faster, All burns, and dance and dance, So high, and higher, Seconds, minutes, hours Through the fingers, in a rage, Seconds, minutes, hours Of a man, in a cage. Last hour Through the fingers, in a rage, Last hour Of a man, in a cage. Last minute Through the fingers, in a rage, Last minute Of a man, in a cage. Last second Through the fingers, in a rage, Last second Of a man, in a cage. Lost, lost, lost, The fingers and the rage, Lost, lost, lost, The man and the cage... Lost, lost, lost....
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An Old Man 04:40
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An old man walks in the street, Looks at the youth around him, Doesn't understand why they're so rough, Doesn't understand what makes them laugh. He lives alone in another place, That does not exist anymore, Nothing fits with his tastes, And wonders what's God's waiting for. __________________________ The dreams he lived for, The mistakes that made him grow, The causes he fought for, All the letters he wrote This father who taught him all, All these things he can't share... This mother he loved so... This brother he'll never know... The girls he courted to, Lay down in their graves With his regrets and his youth, Is there any god, any break ?
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Escape 05:10
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Found a job, he had no choice, Need to work, what counts a voice ? Push the door, there's no way back, Jammed in his collar, he joins the staff, It's not his place, feels unwelcome, Air has a taste, he's never known... Now chained up, to a desk, Now chained up, to a pay, Then looks outside, watch the sky, And dreams to fly, away... Here everything seems wide and quiet, Everything is colors and clouds, But you're locked, into the system, You're locked, into the golden cage, Here there's no limit, no up, no down, There's no limit cause there's no-one Just the wind, sweeping the walls, Just the wind, tearing everything... | You're chained up, but you're wild, Chorus | You're eaten, but you're alive, | You cannot move, you breathe, | You don't speak, but don't forget... Here everything seems wide and quiet, Everything is colors and clouds, But you're locked, into the system, You're locked, into the golden cage, Here there's no limit, no up, no down, There's no limit cause there's no-one Just the wind, sweeping the walls, Just the wind, tearing everything... < Chorus> Chained up, to your desk, Chained up, to your pay, But still outside, and watch the sky, Dreams to fly, away...
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Sidhe 02:52
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Under Bombs 05:29
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Wait until the last bomb blasts, I'm lost again, I watch the sky, Ruins and ashes, all apart, Here nothing lives after a pass. Wrecked engines, of buses and cars, Buildings, trees, ... all carbonized ... In smoke I hide, and by my side, Two rats fight for the cranium of a child. Hopefully I'm still alive, Each day I write, I'm payed for that, I note all I see, invent what I don't, I distract the world, between TV ads. Journalists never interact, My rule: remain neutral, I make no change, I help no one, I'm not here for this, strictly professionnal. Never mind on who decides, The only thing is to survive, In this roman circus, on a world scale, The times changed, but not the men. All they say can't change the fact That they need blood, and sacrifice Curiosity, morbid, insane, Has no limit, in human race... ---------------- - Clean - Silence - Noise - girl - locked - doubt - shy - eyes - head - ask - spy - comes - meat - wait - force ... Shame ... ---------------- Here there’s no bridge, no church, no hole, To hide, to wait, die or pray Acid rains burn your hands, burn your face, Disorder your brain, disorder your senses. Strange disease has appeared, We know they use forbidden chemical weapons Some shapes move under rags, Some are lost, they're not human anymore. Here's hell, no hope, no rest, So many shadows, and you, alone It's our jail, no way to escape, The sky is a lie, in a coal mine. See me now, oh, see me now I have no chance, to survive today, Help me now, oh save me now, I don't want to end in their flames Wait until the last man dies, It's cold again, and there's no light, Ruins and ashes, all around, Nothing resists, to their bombs, All they say can't change the fact That they need blood, and sacrifice Curiosity, morbid, insane, Has no limit, in human race...
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Carnage 01:56
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Red Rose 05:07
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Morning, the cracking of the stairs, Morning, they opened the doors, Not the eyes, 'till the end, With the light, starts the fight... ---------------------------------- "Oh please now, don't you see All this goes too far, Will we end our lives Like children in war" 'doesn't speak very well, Feels stupid when she laughs, When he tries to explain, How sincere are his words He sits, He waits, And aches in vain, A rose in the heart, Turns, tears, bleeds. A hole in the heart, His two fists, could stand inside. A man under a tree, They talk about a child, That used to come, That used to laugh. A man under a tree, Talks about a child, That used to dream, That used to fly. 2nd time only: A man under a tree, They talk about the child, That used to come, That used to laugh. A man under a tree, Talks about the child, That used to dream, That used to fly. ---------------------------------- They can fight for a chair They can fight for a step, He surrenders, most of time, Feels alone in their house, Nothing's wrong, all is light, The logic of her heart, She wakes up, she's certain, In the silence of her mind, That she's right, and act well, That 'she'll win all the times, 'She's clever and so bright, So subtle, so fine I saw her when he died, So clean, not a cry, Not a tear, not a sign No whisper, not a sight...
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Witch-Hunt 03:57
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Watch the Haze, That floods the Hills, Rises Hatred, Over trees. Low we talk, Low we plan, Overrunning the land, Picking locks. This torch is a single corpse, There’s no-one, In sight, Who’ve seen us walk, We start our work, Breaking the panes, Breaking the signs. Night has come, We’re here to fight, | To join this place we marched for miles, 2x | We said this time, all went too far, | That nothing more could change our minds. Night is ours, So start the fight. With a scream, our arms bring hell, Who imagined there was a law, There's a cliff where a hangman, By the trees, read your soul, Sun has gone and sealed their fate, There's no one who dares to lie, His eyes are white, he has no face, And shows you, who you are.
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Celts 03:44
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"Ice is now melted, but still you shiver, What's rising up, makes you sick and sad. This wind of hate that all blows away, Blows even the cold of this end of winter. Rivers are swollen, mountains await, Horses in line, the war arrives... Our King, his army fought, they lost their lives Our Queen, sword in hand, died by his sides... For many years, we used to ride, We used to hunt, we used to laugh. For all, hand in hand, yes, we were friends, There was no lie, there was no clan. But now they're gone, we have to fight, No other way, to keep our lives, Buclers and axes, wait for the fray, Bows and spears, wait for the fate. Here are my thoughts, here are my thanks, For all the ones who crossed my path, For all the things, that built our past, For all the years, we stole from History. The fear grows, as the haze breaks up, The sun glows, on cairns and dust, The long silence ends in a war cry The ground rumbles, the horsemen attack..."
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Epilogue 01:54
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released July 1, 2000

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CYANHIDE Paris, France

CYANHIDE firstly released 3 albums : Early Projects (1998), Cairns (2000) et Dancefloor (2003)). We did everything alone (self-production), but because of this too huge work, we surrendered for some years, and stopped. Slowly, some new titles were designed until we decided to release them on a brand new album : Propaganda. Since 2018, we are preparing new concerts, and the story continues... ... more

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