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City of Dead Lights

by Toxic Rabbits

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1.
Prisons 04:20
I don’t want to pretend to live in a pretty world I see convicts down to a city of monuments but as the lights get turning off, beasts start howling terrible crimes in luxury homes I don’t want to pretend to live in a real world people seem like puppets smiley and fake And when they hush they frozen my heart which sets out castles on the sea shore I don’t want to pretend to be really free diamonds biting- toxic cages of rubies landmines of dreams dripping on impersonal cells I try to escape but puppets don’t care In the whirl of cells that are made of gold I am looking for a way out towards the substances lie But how to get away from here, it 's all fake and strange Only to find the way even with blood
2.
Underpass 04:01
Every evening dawns, her thoughts acquire voice Overpressed desires and passions dancing right in front of her Erupting in the brain paths Killing the guards of duties that prey on the unconscious When the sun comes out she’s getting numb trying to breath submerged in the depths of an organized crime, that comes out in the light. Dazed, she stumbles seeking something She’s gonna wait for the night to come Suffering, desperate laughing Prudent and proud are bending Snakes of life are shouting Keep awake at night
3.
Vertigo 03:58
I feel the air luring the leaves of my body I try to listen to my mind You let it go, I scream to you You don’t wake up Listen to your body The contraction of the soul leads us to madness Listen to the leaves and dance Live freedom for a life The contraction of the soul Release yourself from fear Get to the rhythm of your heart Give freedom a chance
4.
The Well 04:56
Looking into this black hole traces of memories suspicions of real life not idols of guiltiness, debris of an era Traces of memories consumed I’ll dive into well even if i get lost to emptiness's dizziness, I’ll look for you lost words, signs of the soul even if with scaring shades they adorn our life Fire of despair may come up for love and affections abandoned deep down here, memories of ruins Ruins and desperation that will be there forever Shadows are scaring me Deprived of respect Lost in the source of fear The risk of dear No one ever knows if the well will be shut Perhaps if our life will really be lived and the fairies shine bright in the maelstrom that was made in the measures of an elit
5.
A stray crazy girl teasing terrified boys Trying to reach home, safe and calm Without ruthless women’s poking Sorry, baby but it’s so funny Nuns driving rally Setting fire to the asphalt Spreading magic dizziness Wanted by the state But they always flee Amazed, staring at the glorious rallies Watching the boys run in panic I’m screaming to the nuns to take me with them To their magic world of freedom and love Jesus boys! You’re so funny You seem like rabbits, cute and honey Nuns won’t bite you They’re just driving rally passionate by nature Run run run run Can’t wait till tomorrow I wanna join them now Come and release me from this urban chaos This is my nature, wilder than ever Take me to the rally and let’s go to heaven
6.
Mr.Judge 03:32
Hey Mr Judge, judge me if you like Judge me for my life I don’t care I don’t mind Cause you die every day, cause you are a ghost of life Sell your life buy a jaguar Condemn me to incarceration Send me to exile I don’t care I don’t mind Cause you die every day, cause you are a ghost of life Suck up to your boss Take the bonus, betray your friends Burn yourself I don’t care I don’t mind Cause you die every day, cause you are a ghost of life Live your silly life Sell your soul sell your values Sell it all, judge me for all I don’t care I don’t mind Cause you die every day, cause you are a ghost of life
7.
Nebula 04:12
I’m afraid of your breath, your relentless touch I’m dying I wanna kill you but I want you, You are a sound an underground wound I’m getting numb my mind is freezing In front of the permeated waves I bend and get lost, a note exhaling You are a sound an underground wound An excitement enchanting me My eyelids are trembling here My soul explodes but I don’t mind You’re sound an underground wound I’m standing next to you I sink into your breath I’m screaming The sirens of my drunkenness laughing You are a sound an underground wound I wanna kill you but I want you You are a sound but I don’t care My body is sagging without control You are a sound an underground wound
8.
Letters 03:58
Every morning the same case Desks and notebooks with no pen Teachers melted from the hell Spitting bullshit like poisonous snakes Don’t give a fuck for all this bullshit a stream of emptiness and silly spiels guidelines for lifeless robots to lead our lives to the path of a sick survival Throw the notebooks out of the window To find the meaning of real life Get rid of sterile learning of how to become Mr. Fantastic of a deadlock life
9.
Sleepwalkers 04:23
City’s lights muzzle the cries, reminding (of) guards in fortified gates hiding the wounds of imperious eagles looking for a new source The cries of war covered by dazzlers of moving idols fading out among the endless paths of a labyrinth made up by attractive stages Strong Sleepwalkers rise up through the darkness holding their hands turning off the dead lights that plunge into the darkness… drowned phrases
10.
Even if you insist and if you resist everybody’s laughing, behind his memories You can try hard, you can be someone If you try hard love is everywhere People missing, cities burning Drones are flying, and you keep trying You’re optimistic, you keep on smiling But baby it’s all a nightmare Goodbye Syria, we left you alone We wake up far away you seem like a dream Goodbye Syria, send us your birds To sing us the spell, of your angels’ breath Boats are broken, rafts on fire Guards are shooting, masters deciding Screams and cries, for power and glory Imagine it’s all a nightmare

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Digital album out now on bandcamp.
LP Vinyl and CD (digipack) distributed by Sοund Effect Records www.soundeffect-records.gr/city-of-dead-lights

Danae - Vocals
Strange C - Guitars
Stelios Kravaritis - Bass
Nasos Mol - Drums

City of Dead Lights was recorded in May-June 2018
at Sca Studios, Athens.

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released May 3, 2019

All tracks written by Toxic Rabbits
Lyrics by Danae Kasimi
Piano on Goodbye Syria by Strange C
Produced, mixed and mastered
by Theodore Zefkilis at Sca Studios, Athens
Cover artwork by Apostolos Lagarias
Rabbit Shadow by Maria Karathanou
Released by Sound Effect Records
© 2019

special thanks to:
Sound Effect Records for believing in us and releasing this album
Stelios Kravaritis, for being with us for the two first years that led to this album.
Dim Pap Man, who took up the bass since September 2018 and gave us his ideas on how to finish this album.
Giorgos Chloros, for banging the drums during the first months of our band.
Maria Karathanou, who gave life to our "Rabbit" with her drawings.
Grego Dimopoulos and Dionissis Stefanopoulos for listening to our pre-production stuff and giving us important hints.
Giorgos Skordilis plus all the people (and the dog!) from Sound Machine Studios, who provided space for our rehearsals.

And of course to all of our friends for giving us the energy and being with us through all this time.

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Toxic Rabbits Athens, Greece

Toxic Rabbits is a post-punk / alternative punk band based in Athens. Starting in 2016, the band has made many appearances at concert venues and festivals. The lyrics of the songs form what the band likes to call "urban poems", with a strong sociopolitical dimension criticizing the contemporary way of life. ... more

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