blinded.

by Alex Laddie

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1.
What do you know about things in life not being so easy? What do you know about feeling down or feeling crazy? What do you know? Life's not a TV show What do you know about depression and how to endure it? What do you know about pills that have nothing to do with what doctors say you have and they'll make it go away? Why do you have to be intoxicated to supress your crazy thoughts? Just let them out Speak out loud and be proud Fuck being scared all the time What d'you think, man? What's on your mind? I'm sure you know about which movies are top ten on Netflix Who famous person did some shit and has been called a sexist Class war outside? Fuck it, don't forget to share and subscribe What do you know about media controlling thousands? What do you know about cops beating students by the dozens? Is sleep mode on? Cause this movie is 1000 hours long Why do you have to be intoxicated to supress your crazy thoughts? Just let them out Speak out loud and be proud Fuck being scared all the time What d'you think, girl? What's on your mind? What do you know about freedom, slavery and compromising? What do you know about fascist numbers in Europe rising? Haven't you heard? Well maybe you're just a part of the herd Wikipedia knowledge No money? No college Click, click, information Fake news education These pills will make you dumber Drinks will make smarter Junk will make harder Relax and have some fun These shoes will make you faster Help you avoid disaster New virus, new infection Fuck communication Why risk being hated? Talking's overrated You don't need to worry Haha, I'm just kidding Just run
2.
Crazy 02:41
I forgot to smile once in a while with all these things People going crazy cause they can't stand the world we live And everything seems weird, I don't know why When all your friends have gone insane maybe you are next in line Everyone lives with the lie that their life is a movie and they're the stars Waiting to sign autographs My session therapy is a bar, a beer or scotch And people willing to talk without trying to show off We're all going crazy, welcome to the flight Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night I forgot to smile once in a while with all these things People going crazy cause they can't stand the world we live The fog is thick Doctors and their pills are waiting for you to go and pay them for sanity We're all going crazy, welcome to the flight Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night I don't know what exactly is my state of mind I forgot to smile once in a while with all these things People going crazy cause they can't stand the world we live And everything seems weird, I don't know why When all my friends have gone insane maybe I am next in line
3.
Hey girl do you have some time? Cause I've got the blues tonight I wanna go out for a ride and drive under the moonlight Let's get some beers and gin Can you find and bring a tampourine? I'll bring my friend with the six strings and a can of gasoline Drive me, drive me to an empty street Drive me, drive me while the world's asleep Drive me, drive me to insanity Drive me, drive me I went out for a ride today We can't go outside they say All the roads are empty, all the kids are safe Our government saved the day Everyone is playing a role they don't know how to play well Amateur actors trying to become professional directors of their lives Drive me, drive me to an empty street Drive me, drive me while the world's asleep Drive me, drive me to insanity Drive me, drive me I've never been to a psychiatrist Cause I think I would be trying to preach About how those who sell salvation just want to get rich Maybe we saw too much, too soon While roses were in bloom But those who seek salvation are the ones who think they're doomed Drive me, drive me to an empty street Drive me, drive me, all the world's asleep Drive me, drive me to insanity Drive me, drive me Let's just go for a fucking ride, come on
4.
Welcome to our carnival, relax and have a seat The show's about to begin Here you will hear darkness blended with strange melodies You'll see things you've never seen We've got clowns, card games and a lot of freaks Some jesters running around You can be a part of it if you're in for drugs and drinks Cause I'm sick of it Almost all I see is people going down When I was growing up punk rock was all I had But I got sick of the crowds Overhearing of the term just made me mad Still rocking to "...All Them Clowns" Yeah, I've evolved but I haven't changed so much I just got out of the sea Some people walk on water, others running in the sand It's up to you who you wanna be But, yeah, nothing's ok Yeah, there's so much to say Yeah, I'm angry all day Jokers killed the jacks, all the queens and kings I can't stop laughing when I watch you all giving away your lives In recycled thoughts dressed up with a name You left your brains in the streets where idiots rise And your bodies are walking strange Going from place to place But there's no place to hide Time's always showing the truth Some people compromise, some would rather die We'll always be the wasted youth Yeah, nothing's okay Yeah, still angry everyday Yeah, just apply your CV In this carnival there are clowns and freaks Some do magic, some tricks Acrobats with no feet Who you wanna be? Fuck this carnival, I'll just stay away Jacks, queens and kings are dead but aces hang around Jokers may have won the fight but they will go down Just do what you wanna do, stop searching for some rules There's so much more to this life than listening to fools Away...
5.
Living like shit, life quarantined But keeping your job and your brain is not guaranteed Consipiracy theories all over the place You all got your safe space and you still can't agree But what about me? I'm doing just fine Maybe a little closed up in my mind But that is okay as long as you know how to open the door on the floor of your life What do I mean? Think of the floor as the worst situation you've witnessed before Thoughts that are pain to your core Then go deeper inside and maybe you will find some more There is no bottom to this Are you still looking for eternal bliss? Eternal boredom it seems is what is keeping us going and always exploring new things Like if I got the girl of my dreams Coming to me with a crate full of beers Saying she'd like to go lay on a beach Light up a fire and chill under the trees Something would happen Even if I didn't do anything bad She'd probably be the devil or something Then my father would say I think that I told you boy "woman, fire and sea" I think that I told you son Be careful with these three I remember myself since when I was a kid I've always hated rules and everything that had to do with it All I wanted was my family and friends to be okay And getting drunk all the time by the lake Girls are mysterious so I wanted to crack the code I fell into their tricks sometimes, I got on the floor But I found a girl who seemed like a lie She liked all the things I did and getting high Sometimes maybe too much, but I didn't care All I just wanted was to be there When she was feeling down, or when her crazy thoughts were spinning around I had to pick her up from the ground But you know, yeah, it didn't end too well Complicated thoughts made the train go off the rail We were young, we didn't know How to act and to pretend We couldn't tell the difference of a lover and a friend I've always liked fire and play with it When somethings burning I can see right through the heat But I've burned myself a lot And all the burns still feel so new Now she wants to talk again Fuck, what do I do? Living like shit, life quarantined But keeping your job and your brain is not guaranteed Consipiracy theories all over the place You all got your safe space and you still can't agree But what about me? I'm doing just fine Doing circles in my mind But that is okay as long as you know how to open the door on the floor of your life What do I mean? Think of the floor as the worst shit you've witnessed before Thoughts that are pain to your core Then go deeper inside and maybe you will find some more There is no bottom to this Are you still looking for eternal bliss? Eternal boredom it seems is what is keeping us going and always exploring new things Like if I got the girl of my dreams Coming to me with a crate full of beers Saying she'd like to go lay on a beach Light up a fire and chill under the trees Something would happen She would probably be the devil or something
6.
Blinded 05:55
All the poets have died in vain Thousands of dreams down the drain Is it worth achieving fame? In exchange for hope it won't be filled with pain All the change took years to come Thousands of threats left undone Is it worth being alone? In exchange for freedom to be and do what you want Playful words led by fragile lives That's what sells now All the clowns will have their say But make ups are fading away Is it worth faking all day? But at night feeling useful cause everyone likes the performance you play Playful words led by fragile lives That's what sells now, that's what thrives All the junkies will have their fix Giving up is getting harder for all to resist When nobody sees through the mist If the puppets could cut their strings Would they know how to use their own feet? Is it worth living a dream? In exchange for losing the ability to be awake and wake up from your sleep Playful words led by fragile lives That's what sells now, that's what thrives All the junkies will have their fix Giving up is getting harder for all to resist The clouds have taken over the sky I can't find the sun to be my guide It's getting dark and there's no light When I can't see the stars I'm blind
7.
Paradox 02:02
Evil comes out again I can't control these angry feelings Sedation doesn't do any good I know I'm heading to the slaughter house And I can't stand that There's really nothing else that's left to do And if the shepherd's gonna die tomorrow His dogs will now lead the herd And all the sheep won't hesitate to follow The wolf's old friend It's like we're trapped in a paradox of death and morals But if they give us food we're good Even the black sheep are busy trying to find the morons Does it all this seems like we're free to you?
8.
A walking consuming machine Wandering the streets with no reason to live Manipulated by beliefs Human kind fell in love with being on a leash What the fuck is going on? I hate myself for things that I really haven't done Waiting in the line for slay I hate myself today Cause I'm falling with parachute but I'm not really flying Trying to be reasonable but fail every time Living in agony, living in disgrace How can you see through your eyes when you're stuck in a haze? I feel so angry all day long It seems that we've forgotten where we used to belong Majority or minority? Fuck it, it's all the same It depends which side you're on when the cool thing becomes lame Why put a label on yourself? It's like being the next promoted product waiting on the shelf Problems will never fade away Stop fooling yourself today Falling with parachute doesn't mean you're flying Trying to be reasonable will fail every time Living in apathy, living in disgrace Can't you really see that they're laughing in your face? Hedge your bets on this living horse race Falling with parachute doesn't mean you're flying You'll reach the ground eventually, so why bother trying? Put on your punk rock clothes, yeah, put on your sad face Go join your fashion army and march at a steady pace Falling with parachute doesn't mean we're flying Fuck being reasonable, our world is dying Equality in decency, equality in hate Nothing will ever come to you if you just accept your fate Hedge your bets on this living horse race
9.
Sitting alone among a crowded place I forgot about my pain now it's all melodies to me Picked up my guitar and went out to watch the race Shadows running in the night After all we're all just trying to survive You have to die once to feel alive I'm trying to think about things that need no thinking When I'm dreaming I'm awake I can't love if I don't hate I'm feeling sober if everybody's drinking I don't run to catch my life Already found all I need to feel alive And just survive in the cities of defeat With many aces up my sleeve And adjust few wins But I know some tricks that will help me to survive You have to die to feel alive Why I'm in this place don't really know Why I feel like this don't really know Why I feel so free don't really know Well, I guess I don't care much afterall I am just trying to survive I feel alive Just to survive in the cities of defeat With many aces up my sleeve And adjust few wins But I know some tricks that will help me to survive You have to die to feel alive
10.
Sometimes I close my eyes for hours just to feel, just to hear and not to see Yesterday I did it on the way home and for a moment I felt there is no "me" Sometimes I like to talk to myself while I'm walking And usually I end up in a song Well, who cares anyway? Maybe I've just gone crazy I'm just another lunatic who talks to himself on the road home I catch myself thinking with a smile on my face about this beatiful mess All I hear lately are stories of evolution or nights of self abuse from my friends Shattered hearts and broken bones going around in circles to find their truthful meaning I'm wondering if nothing really matters anymore What are all these things I'm feeling? I'm feeling blessed to live this life But I feel cursed sometimes I feel angry when I see familiar faces becoming things they once hated But I feel peaceful when I tell myself I never lied I try to figure out what the brain is capable of doing and learn about everything around us Sometimes my cynical self won't let me go to adventure all these areas above us Sometimes I feel that dead old souls try to communicate things Through melodies or whispers in the cold If it's all inside my head I'm glad that I've gone crazy I'm just another lunatic who talks to himself on the road home I'm feeling blessed to live this life But I feel cursed sometimes I feel angry when I see familiar faces becoming things they once hated But I feel peaceful when I tell myself I never lied I feel scared when I doubt the path I've chosen But I feel strong when I come across beauty which elsewhere I can't find I feel anxious when I have to deal with all the conversations running through my mind Maybe I'm just another lunatic who talks to himself all the time
11.
I'm roaming on the dirty roads Forgotten trash around me and a million thoughts How am I gonna do the things I want my way? A drawn land may be ahead But I will travel as far as my feet can get There are no vultures above my head today And I feel my soul's already free Sometimes I just like to disagree With all the lies some people tell me to believe You don't need a griffon's eye to clearly see That dead souls in dying bodies are blocking the way The sun's already burned my skin But when nightfall comes my wounds start to heal And the stars will help me to find my way Illusions in the desert thrive Some wanderers get fooled and they lose their minds I've already lost and found mine so I'm not afraid
12.
Pitsiriki 03:04
13.
Junkies 03:00
We're all junkies, we're all addicts We all got stupid habits I'm addicted to chaos and living fast I'm good in destroying things Even my own dreams When someone says "don't do this" I can't help it, I have to go for it The sun is ready to come up, I'm not in the mood to sleep A nocturnal animal still I am as it seems The last cigarette of the night will burn as slowly as does my sight Hours ago, in an alley I saw a man shooting up I was fucked up, but anyway, I went and hit the bar There the barman has the drugs that are legal and not bad And I can't stand it, don't understand it They're feeding us with poisons and we're trying to have fun And I can't stand it, don't understand it Making money from addictions that they stuck into our minds The projectors of our brains are in complacency Walking dead down the streets looking for drugs to eat You can choose between a six pack, junk food or cellphones Then again, you can always blame society But you're just a victim of your immorality Searching for something on the web to make you feel you're not alone And I can't stand it, don't understand it They're feeding us with poisons and we're trying to have fun And I can't stand it, don't understand it Choose between addictions that they stuck into our minds Well, I'm a junkie I'm an addict Addicted to chaos and living fast Well, I've got this stupid habit I'm good in destroying things when everything is nice
14.
Late at night I'm thinking about a girl I've met She had already made her plan of what her future self was supposed to be We were so different but she insisted we're the same She thought it could change another man like the last one that she had and threw away And I forgot to say I forgot to say goodbye when I was leaving I was told that she was waiting for me But I just couldn't stay Cause I don't really make much plans for tommorow I'm just living for today We used to talk about what we really wanna be She knew exactly what to tell To me seems like living hell All your life being predictable I told her all I wanna be is just to be free Music is my heart and soul I like the unpredictable I'm just living for today She called me one day before I left She had a book and a T-Shirt I had given to her That she wanted to return I told her "see you around" and I walked away After some seconds I looked back She was still standing in the dark With two eyes glooming in the night And I forgot to say I forgot to say goodbye when I was leaving I was told that she was waiting for me But I just couldn't stay Cause I don't really make much plans for tommorow I'm just living for today Yeah, music is my heart and soul I like the unpredictable Melodies the only thing I love And all I wanna be is just to be free I'm just living for today
15.
I was the experiment they said That's why I am the way I am I was another one who made two people mom and dad But there's no recipe for that My sister and my brother have grown up They know some things that in their age I sure did not They know better what to do if they fuck up Mistakes of mine and my parents helped a lot And I know almost everyone is going through the same phase Mistakes are part of evolution and evolving is a necessary aspect of change I was the experiment they said A night that we were drinking until 3 AM They told some stories about strange things they did Before they became adult kids that had a kid My brother picked up his guitar We played a song we know by heart My father joined us 'till we stopped and laughed We were all drunk and chord progression started falling apart What's wrong with you they used to say But all I am is their DNA I'm sure sometimes feared the monster that they made Because some time they were the same And I know almost everyone is going through the same phase Mistakes are part of evolution and evolving is a necessary aspect of change Kids becoming parents and parents act like kids They're no instructions how to deal with this I was the experiment they said This is a song I wrote for them I owe them for being alive and all the things I've learned I owe them for their love, good humor and some rent Dear Mom and Dad, I'll pay you back whenever I can
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Nostalgia 02:41

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So this album is the last 2 years of my life and a mix of guitars, harmonica and bouzouki. Grab a drink or two and give it a listen. Hope you like it, cheers!

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released June 18, 2021

Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Alex Laddie.
All songs written by Alex Laddie except "Pitsiriki" written by Giorgos Rovertakis & Nikolesko Argyris.
Guest vocals on "Drive Me" by Leo from The Overjoyed and Leo from Raised Wrong.
Guest vocals on "Pitsiriki" by Silver.
Keyboards on "Forgot To Say Goodbye" by Andrew from Hoi-Poi.
Cover photo by Silver.

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