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01. Ripped Off

Music & lyrics by Alessio Gori
Thinking ‘bout gaining more than you deserve
You put your money on the stock exchange
All you have to do is to wait and believe
Your swag will increase

The graphs go down and rise again
This roller coaster makes you feel seasick
Yelling and crying and praying in vain
Won’t help you save the day

Mind the gap, you’ll fall into disgrace
Take the rest of your pride and

Run away from the evil master plan
You’re going to be another ripped off man

It’s a virtual world war
Where mine becomes yours
But they don’t have the right to steal your dreams
If you want to change your life
Aiming always higher
Be sure you’ll scrape the bottom of your soul

It’s business and it’s fake, it’s out of control
Castles built in the air taking your blood toll

See the rich are getting richer
The poor are getting poorer
The middle class won’t grow
And so the story goes

Don’t fool yourself again
You might end up homeless
Remember this wise rule:
Enjoy your

Stay in this fragile vice den called Earth,
It could be Heaven, it could be Hell.
Don’t give up the fight to stay alive,
Or you will be meat for these vulturous men

It’s a virtual world war
Where mine becomes yours
But they don’t have the right to steal your dreams
If you want to change your life
Aiming always higher
Be sure you’ll scrape the bottom of your soul

Kicked out from home ‘cause you lost your control
You gamble your last cents on a slot machine.
You win a fortune but you cannot stop
You’re a breeding ground for this senseless greed

Money won is a lot sweeter
Than money earned with your sweat
But remember this wise rule,
Or you will

Be another puppet at their command,
And you will be another ripped off man

It’s a virtual world war
Where mine becomes yours
But they don’t have the right to steal your dreams
If you want to change your life
Aiming always higher
Be sure you’ll scrape the bottom of your soul

02. Numbers

Music by Alessio Gori, Francesco Caccamo
Lyrics by Alessio Gori
It’s a mess
I just realized that
I’m not a man
For the society
I am a code
A f***ing number has control
Of everything I see

War victims
Are just numbers
Casualties
Other numbers
For the live feed
But very soon some commercials will make you
Completely forget them

I don’t want to see
Bloody news today
Night, embrace me
make me feel like a child again

Come
take me to the place where no one cry
and all fears become laughing tears
save me now

Like the ants,
We move in fixed lines
Everywhere
How long should we wait for
Chip implants?
The few will use us like
Marionettes in their hands

My bank account
Marked as invalid
My Credit Card
Has expired
My ID number
Non-existent, very soon they will
Completely forget me

So, in the end it seems
That I’m free today
Night, cover my escape
From a fate worse than death

Come
take me to the place where no one cry
and all fears become laughing tears
make me disappear

Numb
The anger with your gentle moonlight
Spread
Carefreeness on this condemned man
Save me now

Let all memories fade away
Let me fall astray
Give a chance for my rebirth
Make me child again

In this restful sleep
Night, set me free
You know what I mean
Take me to the unseen

I don’t want to see
Bloody news today
Night, embrace me
make me feel like a child again

Come
take me to the place where no one cry
and all fears become laughing tears
make me disappear

Numb
The anger with your gentle moonlight
Spread
Carefreeness on this condemned man
Save me now

03. Loaded Guns In Guitar Cases

Music by Alessio Gori, Francesco Caccamo
Lyrics by Alberto Amadori
A messenger has travelled through time
He has come to warn about their next strike
Armed and dangerous fanatics are attacking
Let us greet these guys as they deserve

As Paris lights go out
The show is taking place tonight
Bring a loaded gun in guitar case
The concert's just begun
We'll be waiting
Just behind the scene of Bataclan

Be there, stick to your guns
Fight for your freedom now
Save your people from the slaughter
We will be ready
To waste them all
We'll clean the whole place up
And end their holy war

Don't be late, tonight is the night
We need everyone to fight these fools back
A couple spring rolls and a couple beers, then a glass of rum
Hey there f***ing bastards, here we come

Be there, stick to your guns
Fight for your freedom now
Save your people from the slaughter
We will be ready
To waste them all
We'll clean the whole place up
And end their holy war

As Paris lights shine bright
The show will soon begin tonight
While our gun lays in our guitar case
The party's just begun
We are waiting
Standing here outside the Carillon

Be there, stick to your guns
Fight for your freedom now
Save your people from the slaughter
We will be ready
To waste them all
We'll clean the whole place up
And end their holy war

04. Band Of Brothers

Music by Alessio Gori
Lyrics by Alberto Amadori
Through good times and through bad times we have lived
They'd hit my face but you would bleed for me
All for one and one for all: it's always been the way
And those who dared mess with us would never get away with it

Remember that time your girl broke out and swore
At two a.m. some knocks on my door
An hour later the four of us were hanging at my place
Drinking shouting, laughs to tears
We'd wait for dawn, heading for the beach

Until the very end
A band of brothers shall remain
Until the very end
Until the sky falls on our heads

John's a top model while Jack's lost his teeth
Jay is CEO of a tall company

I went from hell to stars and back so many times, I won't count
But with every string I break I know for sure you'll be here by me

Until the very end
A band of brothers shall remain
Until the very end
Always will be
Through the years
We will stand together as one

Luck comes and goes but friendship lasts
Strong as a rock when a storm comes
Most things in life are bound to change
Spare me this one to remain same

All for one and one for all : the only rule we know
Don't you mess up with my bros or else I will come after you

Until the very end
A band of brothers we shall remain
Until the very end
Forever and a day
Until the very end
A band of brothers we shall remain
Until the very end
Until the sky falls on our heads
Always together we will stand

05. Holdout

Music & lyrics by Alessio Gori
Back to the World War II in the far East
Sent to an island of the Philippines
With just one assignment
Never surrender, guard this place
With your own life, if it’s the case
For the Great Empire of the Rising Sun

I will not surrender
I’ll be strong
Your leaflets are cheating me
My doom and my destiny
Belong only to a victory

Hidden in the mountains for almost 30 years
Companions died soon, but I shed no tears
Leaflets announcing that the war is over
But I, mistrust you all
Keep on fighting alone

I will not surrender
I’ll be strong
Your leaflets are cheating me.
My doom and my destiny
Belong only to a victory

I will be loyal to my Great Empire
I will fight until I’m dead
Yes, this is my destiny
Hold out for the last victory

My memories forgotten
Survive without fun
Live day by day
Half human and half beast

My life compromised
Just wait for the end
Wake me from this nightmare
‘cause there ain’t no peace for this freak

I, mistrust you all
Keep on fighting alone

I will not surrender
I’ll be strong
Your leaflets are cheating me.
My doom and my destiny
Belong only to a victory

I will be loyal to my Great Empire
I will fight until I’m dead
Yes, this is my destiny
Hold out for the last victory

06. Edge Of Dreams

Music by Alessio Gori, Francesco Caccamo
Lyrics by Alessio Gori
I have found the way
To travel through time and space
I have seen technology
Make mankind disappear
Set free this world from fear

Our morbid thirst
for knowledge turned
Upon us. Our descendants will destroy
The world as we know it and human being
Are destined to a relentless extinction

Oh, there’s no appeal, no second chance,
Emptiness surrounds us

Fly with your mind beyond the edge of dreams
‘cause everything is so damn real
It’s the failure of rationality
Let fantasy prevail over it

Wars, exodus,
Culture walls,
Can’t avoid the end
We are condemned
So don’t run waiting for your doom

Fly with your mind beyond the edge of dreams
‘cause everything is so damn real
It’s the failure of rationality
Let fantasy prevail over it

Better find a way to stop this before
We lose everything we care ‘bout.
Better break the spell that surrounds this Earth,
But when you feel lost don’t stop to,

Fly with your mind beyond the edge of dreams
‘cause everything is so damn real
It’s the failure of rationality
Let fantasy prevail over it

Stop this endless quest for immortality
‘cause future is so damn unclear.
Remember you create your own destiny
So plan ahead, don’t live in fear

07. Dawn Of Life

Music & lyrics by Alessio Gori
I can’t stop gazing at your mother
Can’t stop dreaming of you
Grow inside that sweet cradle
Sleep safe and sound

I’m here for you
And always will be
What am I supposed to feel?
I still don’t know
But I will always love you

Caressing your mother’s belly
I can feel you move
Listening to your feeble heartbeat
I can steal the groove

This dawn of life enlightens me
And like a fire consumes my dreams
‘cause reality is now transcending my fantasies

I’ll learn to embrace every moment with you
Love you to the depths of my soul
Every time you’ll fall down I will teach you
How to get up stronger than before

You, reset my whole existence
You, the shining star that brightens my darkest hour
You, will fill every silence
And you, will be the sweetest music I’ve ever heard

I can’t stop gazing at your mother
Can’t stop dreaming of you
Grow inside that sweet cradle
Sleep safe and sound

Caressing your mother’s belly
I can feel you move
Listening to your feeble heartbeat
I can steal the groove

I’ll learn to embrace every moment with you
Love you to the depths of my soul.
Every time you’ll fall down I will teach you
How to get up stronger than before

You, reset my whole existence
You, the shining star that brightens my darkest hour
You, will fill every silence
‘cause you, will be the sweetest music

You, the greatest gift of my life
You, the living miracle that reminds me to rejoice
And I’ll be lost in your eyes
Wishing to lose myself in you forever and a day

08. Tropical Paradise

Music by Alessio Gori
Lyrics by Alberto Amadori
I'm leaving it all behind
Say farewell to you all
I found the ultimate place to carry on

I have been climbing up the ladders of business, of success
Only to find them leaning on wrong walls

Now I'll tear down these walls, no more disguise
To my true Eden I'm gonna fly

It's a place where the sun always shines
Check this out: tropical paradise!

Wild as a caveman
On a desert island
Fresh fruits and raw fish
Are My only worries

Slave to the sweet caress of the trade winds I'll be
I will dive headlong into the seas
Spend the rest of my days
Gazing at horizons blaze

White-sand visions, neverending waves
Ripple crystal clear onto the sand
Glistening beach where a cooling shade awaits
To carry away all trace of this old pain

Where the tranquil waters draw the eye
Changing colours with the dazzling light

Come and check this out it ain't no lie
Join me in tropical paradise
We will count sand grains as daylight dies
Blowing conches like "Lord of the flies" !

09. Lonely Road

Music & lyrics by Alessio Gori
Walking down this lonely road all alone
Emptiness please, fill my dark thoughts

Listen to my prayer, I’m here to atone
Whispers of leaves, how I can get through

I can’t live with this weight on my shoulders
I’m a lost soul in search for forgiveness

I shed all my tears since you passed away
Now I’m going astray again

And when I walk this lonely road I feel the wind
I know you are there embracing me forever

But we will meet again in heaven
I will wait the final day with you in my heart
Watch over me from the blue sky
Please restore in me, the lost taste of life

Walking down this lonely road now I see
Mindfulness is setting me free

And when I walk this lonely road I feel the wind
I know you are there embracing me forever

But we will meet again in heaven
I will wait the final day with you in my heart
Watch over me from the blue sky
Please restore in me, the lost taste of life

10. Marvels Of The World

Music by Alessio Gori, Francesco Caccamo
Lyrics by Alessio Gori
I’ll tell you a story of liberty
Dear cellmate hear begin
The memories of a venetian merchant in the far east
Through the lands, then back from the sea
15 thousand miles, more than 20 years far from home
Learning that mysterious world.

Just fifteen, raised by an uncle and aunt
Then my father returned and a new journey began
Heading for Cathay, to the Kublai Khan

Spices, gems, treasures unfold
My thirst for knowledge
Spread across those lands unknown
And I’ll disclose them all

Marco Polo, his travels changed forever history
He inspired future travellers
To unveil the marvels of the world

We started that journey to fulfil Kublai Khan’s requests,
The oil of the lamp in Jerusalem.
At his court he wanted also a hundred Christians to learn all the Seven Arts
Hard to survive, but we reached Dadu

Spices, gems, treasures unfold
My thirst for knowledge
Spread across those lands unknown
And I’ll disclose them all

Marco Polo, his travels changed forever history
He inspired future travellers
To unveil the marvels of the world

Spices, gems, treasures unfold
My thirst for knowledge
Spread across those lands unknown
And I’ll disclose them all

Marco Polo, hai cambiato il corso della storia
Ispirazione per l’umanità
A raggiungere ogni meta