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Old Man

from Parallax by Conium

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lyrics

He gets out, walks straight to the coast
With hanging head and the ears almost
Hidden by the shoulders, stooping back
The feet, well, nigh too heavy to drag

He walks through the wind and he looks to the stars
Far away the next house, far away the next cars
The cliffs come closer and the sea beneath
Roars around the rocks and he clenches his teeth

You idiot!
Why’d you did it all as you did it
Fall pass into fall and you shitted
On the inner calls, which submitted
to change the way

A rage rises up and he can’t resist
It seizes him all, he clenches his fists
He knows this well, but not what to do
Against this shit and he blusters into

You idiot!
In the beginning your life was fitted
So well maybe it’s time to quit it
You messed it up anyway
To set it right it’s much too late

There were decisions to make and & he just did nothing
In fear of a mistake, in fear of something muffing
More and more he descended in lethargy
And while observing himself he got elderly

You idiot!
Now your body and soul is pitted
Why all this you have permitted
During your precious life flitted
Fast away

There were possibilities en masse
There were reasons enough to move the ass
Opportunities for himself to fight
Without considering long what’s wrong and right

And in the end he can can’t say
He didn’t know better, anyway
All the time he knew it
What kept him off to change all this shit?

You idiot!
In the beginning you you’re life was fitted
So well maybe it’s time to quit it
You messed it up, anyway
To set it right it’s much too late

What kind of a
Sadness-filled story
This old man will not ever happen to me

What kind of sad
Story is that
Than better instead, I - I’d like to be dead

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from Parallax, track released August 30, 2022
Written, performed, recorded & produced by Conium. Mixed & mastered by Hannes Leumann.

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Conium is a German progternative band from Potsdam, formed in 2011.

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