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Of Life And Death

by TESTIMONY

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Fear, pleasure, pain, thinking and violence are linked together But most of us find pleasure in violence, in disgust to people in hate to some race or social community in hostile feelings to others. There’s a happiness in mind, where this is stopped which is total different from pleasure of violence and its perversity, fear and hate. Would it be possible to get into a single root of violence and get rid of it. 
Otherwise we’ll be in mutual war. But if you want to live this way and it seems that most people do than let’s go. And if your opinion is that violence is never gonna stop, than there’s no way to come to an agreements, you’re already obstructed. But if your answer sounds that if may be is possible to live different, than perhaps we’ll find a common ground.
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People have separated life from death And space between them is fear That space, that time is created by fear Our life is everyday worry Everyday degradation troubles and mess With time to time visions to magic waters And this is what we call life. At the same time we’re afraid of death Which ends this poverty Rather than facing the unknown Is moving to what is well known That’s our home, furniture, family Our character, work, knowledge Our silly littleness, moving around We suppose that life is now And death is waiting somewhere far away But we haven’t questioned ourselves Whether this everyday struggle is really life We never ask how to live every day with joy Magic and beauty We’ve accepted pain and suffering And death become something to avoid But death is great as life When you know how to live
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This society forces you to be a part of big army This society doesn’t like a man, who carries his own way This society want’s you to be a part of some crowd be a hinduist, be a christian, be a jew, be an american, be an Indian but be a part of some crowd whatever crowd, but be a part Don’t be yourself, never ! And those, who want to be themselves … …they’re the salt of the earth Those people, who want to be themselves They’re the most precious people … And ‘cos of them earth got a bit of fragrance & dignity
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Cold of your look, your inviolable laugh Your joy and satisfaction, nonuments celebrating victory of yours, inviolable cold, pride and arrogance These are the qualities related inseparable with you But I’m not happy from what you call’ the joy“ Deatened by society not to hear the voice of your loneliness Worried ‘bout staying alone for a while That’s why you feed yourself with familiar love But I don’t understand why are you so scared Try to stop for a moment Stop thinking bout possessing so many things, so called necessary for you Stop running for “The unreal things” Try to listen what’s real Try to enjoy the sunny day Listen the silence and free your mind Forget what you’ve got to do And don’t let hot advertisement arouses you Try to interest in things not menacing piece & harmony of nature Stop running for “The unreal things”
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Follow the sense of this ! You don’t have to agree or not with the truth The truth is necessary to be heard totally with integrity, that’s all an integrity decides. Look, now you feel closest to the truth in single feeling you’ve got into the truth It’s not abou to agree or not It’s not about to be convinced by me, converted to some religion I’m not converting anybody, truth does and truth is not a religion, is not an arguments. Truth is presence. If you’re absent, you won’t feel it
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Teachers, priests, leaders They all still emphasize That you have to become somebody Otherwise you’re wasting your lives but reality is different You’re beings You don’t need to become other That’s the sence of simplicity To stay in harmony with your being and don’t follow endless tracks of becoming If you know how to taste a wine of existence just for a while Don’t care about sense and the god Don’t bother with heaven or hell Not confused by any messiah or prophets whole existence is in your hands and that’s beautiful
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You’ve been swimming as a free fish Seen only a crystalline seas Been flying careless within the blue sky Than you’ve been caught to thrown net Somebody’ve cut your wings You’re not able to disentangle, not able to take off, but your wings aren’t cut and you’ve entangled yourself, you’re to blame analyze that moment from beginning Little lection of your nosy It’s out of control, isn’t it ? That bomb is gonna blow in your head Trust me, you need that more and more and I have to take care of you a lot more What if you rob me, what if you kill me You won’t plead guilty That was your fault You don’t understand it at all I will take care of you !
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Checkmate 01:50
So we’ve borned into a nice fuckin’ times Big city bustle, money competitions Who earns more-survives You have a modern computer, car Everything the newest advertisement offers You can get what you want But on who’s bill ? Businessman or how do they call you ? How many people work hard for you ? How many people do you restrain on life minimums ? Sure, you don’t like it just leave Known phrase from your mouth You know that people have no choice Got family, children, loan & lot of debts Actually, they could be happy, you gave them work But watch out, exception confirms the rule Sometimes even in chess Man can give a checkmate If not, suffocate yourself with these papers Which rule the world Your world
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There comes the last moment That will last for all your life Breakthrough situation Turn on your brain Think about substance of your life High time The last straw to realize who you really are What if it’s really the last chance Coded instincts gifted by nature Until now brought up by parents School and surround But now it depends on you What you’ll succumb What you’ll adapt to What you’ll deny Elder and elder you are You loose 24 hours a day Or Fuck it up, you live like the others You’re hidden among them Realize your poorness And have a nice time You’re only growing older Don’t by surprised that all’s like a shit By watching you won’t SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM !!!
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Let's Go! 02:42
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Skin 03:09
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Puzzle 05:34

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6 x bonus tracks from "The world stops to be the seat of real life" `95
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Recorded & Mixed at Studio Barbarella / august 97
Mastered by Sonnica
Production & Lyrics by Testimony

TESTIMONY are:
Tibor "Cibi"- drums
Marek "Trotel" - guitars, vocal
Peter "Lochy" - guitars
Roman "Bom-par Hulo" - bass

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© 1997 Father & Saturday Records
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All rights of the produced and of the owner of the work reproduced reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording prohibited. Recorded at Studio Barbarella - Czech Republic, august 1997.

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released March 28, 2021

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Fuck all what is in the name of religion and belief. We need no religions, organisations and movements. We don’t need this fuckin’ PHANATISM !

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