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Perspective

by LIONLION

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1.
What Remains 04:36
Will I travel my whole life? Oh oh god help me now Seek and you will find Oh oh When two and two makes five Oh oh god help me now Living is a science - I don't know Short-sighted, do I carry my own weight? Wake up now, is it more than just ok? Fore-sighted, every heart wants to be seen Soldier on at the end of the day You will know what is left Will you travel your whole life Oh oh god help me now Love is blind Oh oh Your shadow proves the light Oh oh god help me now Feelings are a science - I don't know Long sighted, do you carry your own weight? Wakе up now, is it more than just ok? Fore-sighted, еvery heart wants to be free Soldier on at the end of the day The unknown fades away Soldier on at the end of the day And we will know what is left What remains What remains What remains What remains Oh what remains What remains – will I travel my whole live oh oh What remains – seek and you will find oh oh What remains – when two and two makes five oh oh And what remains – living is a science oh oh, oh oh, oh oh What remains What remains Yeah what remains
2.
Oceans Rise 04:46
oceans rise and fall I am trapped in a maze of melodies, straying round in my head deja vu, I'm lost with barriers bending over I hear walls of sound in hi-fi, leaving me brain dead there's no way out of my mind I am adrift in a sea of memories, swimming round in my head deja vu, I daydream and the ocean’s roaring I feel towering waves of water, killing me stone dead over board, out of control dead or alive? when the oceans rise, never compromise your life release my mind Still in the midst of melodies, lo-fi, flying round in my heart deja vu, I daydream, and the seas are swelling I see the oceans break down, sci-fi, let me restart I wanna wake up, regain control and come alive when the oceans rise, never compromise your life release my mind you free my mind I realise you make me thrive I come alive you clear my sight and shine a light when the oceans rise, never compromise your life and when the barriers rise, never compromise your life release my mind
3.
Everyone's gotta face a choice d’you count on me? For all I never wanted was to get lost so take a second vote, don’t go away you’ ll see we are both meant to be in the same boat for all I know Once again, we play the game much ado about nothing we go against, we're all the same the no's have it but don't you know I will never let you go Every once in a while you’re not sure what you are fighting for you only get doubts for free – constantly so on second thought, as far as I'm concerned, we are meant to be in the same boat for all I know Once again, you play the game much ado about nothing you go against, we're all the same the no's have it but don't you know I will never let you go Won’t let you go ... Once again, we play the game much ado about nothing don't go against, we're all the same the no's have it but don't you know I will never let you go
4.
Come Home 05:46
my heart goes fast it reminds me of nothing at all I'd like to turn you and I we're ment to fade away today my mind goes blind and reminds me of nothing at all I'd like you to turn you and I we're ment to fade away today we change it all we are still alive on the inside are you ready to shine a light on the outside, are you ready to come on home? My heart restarts it rewinds and there's nothing and all I want is you to learn our fate: we're meant to fade away, but hey we're alive on the inside are you ready to shine a light on the outside are you ready to come alive on the inside are you ready to shine your light on the outside are you ready to come on home? Are you ready to come, are you ready to come on home? alive on the inside are you ready to shine your light on the outside are you ready to come on home?
5.
Boudewijn 04:22
my oh my Boudewijn you say love and stuff steals your time you're living like you don’t want a heart of stone but you carry on alone you're so far from home when you reach out for love oh my oh Boudewijn take that load off your mind you're living like you don’t want a heart of stone but you carry on and on you're all skin and bone when you reach out for love living like we don't want a heart of stone but we carry on alone we're so far from home when we reach out for love a rising light – that comes out of nowhere – shines on you a rising light – that comes out of nowhere – will shine on you a rising light – that comes out of nowhere – shines on you abundant love will shine
6.
Opponent 03:23
I belong to you & vice versa I belong to you & vice versa My choreography was meant to be perfectly synchronised with yours, but turned out to be incomplete D' you know that I'm the opponent that keeps a low pro file? Are you afraid? What shows that I'm truly on your side is: You come and go, and you never know To you & vice versa I belong to you & vice versa Deep sympathy - accept it or reject it please The clock strikes the hours, but time seems to be on repeat Who knows that I'm the opponent that keeps a low pro file? Are you afraid? What shows that I am truly on your side is: You rise & you fall but you never Know that I'm the opponent that keeps a low pro file - are you afraid? what shows that I'm truly on your side is: You come and go And you never know what's right or wrong But I belong to you & vice versa I belong to you & vice versa I belong
7.
Perspective 00:52
sidewalk
8.
Sidewalk 04:40
Take the road and leave your troubles on the sidewalk It’s a load off your mind when everything is alright Take the road and leave your problems on the sidewalk It’s gonna be a load off your mind when everything is fine Leave it on the sidewalk It is easier to forgive than forget my friend Go on – don’t let me keep you Walk on, go on – and remain true to yourself Go on – don’t let me keep you Move on, go on – leave your trouble On the sidewalk – leave your chaos On the sidewalk – leave your sorrow On the sidewalk – leave your trouble Take the road and leave your trouble on the sidewalk It’s a load off your mind - everything is alright Take the road and leave your anger on the sidewalk It’s a load off your mind and everything is alright Take the road and leave your sorrows on the sidewalk It’s gonna be a load off your mind when everything is fine Leave it all behind, you know it’s so easy to be wise after the event Go on – don’t let me keep you Walk on, go on – and cut your own path Go on and on – don’t let me keep you Move on, go on – leave your trouble On the sidewalk – leave your chaos On the sidewalk – and leave your sorrows On the sidewalk – leave your trouble On the sidewalk – and leave your chaos On the sidewalk – oh leave your sorrows On the sidewalk – leave your troubles On the sidewalk – leave your chaos On the sidewalk – troubles On the sidewalk
9.
Language 03:12
a late call is better than none, you turned off your phone I don't know the cloud you're on, but it's far from home give it a try don't you pass me by now that all has not been said and done this heart of mine is losing time are you scared to find this heart of mine? what I say is not your language another word will cause you anguish what I know is not your wisdom another thought will beat your system you grab your parachute when more is said than done free fall, you break away, liberty at once give me a try don't you pass me by now that all we share is hard won this heart of mine is losing time are you scared to find this heart of mine? what I say is not your language another word will cause you anguish what I know is not your wisdom another thought will beat your system will beat your system ...
10.
Parachute 01:14
language is not your language
11.
100 05:03
A first-class heart still beats in hell you try out, but it wouldn't go well Your second hand world doesn't renew what’s been said and heard, but that is up to you a thousand feet – ocean’s deep as you are a hundred tries – it is all lies As you are far … one hundred miles away one hundred tries away away from me An empty soul inhales cocaine you dry your tears with red champagne a thousand feet – ocean’s deep as you are a hundred tries – it is all lies As you are far… one hundred miles away one hundred tries away away from me And you can’t forgive no you can’t no you can’t forget no you can’t far … one hundred miles away one hundred tries away
12.
Another Go 08:18
find me for another, find me for another go actions speak louder than words how can I change your mind? and she came back, I don’t know why for all I could afford was a slice of bread, a sip of wine and holidays at home she got a pair of wings to fly you know it’s hard to stay on even ground if there’s a sky she came into her own oh no the bird has flown she came back as before there is high and there is low oceans rise and oceans fall, oh find me for another go find me for another, find me for another go actions speak louder than words how can I change your mind? and she came back I don’t know why but actions speak louder than words how should I read her mind she told her ego to fly isn't it hard to stay on even ground if there's a sky? be that as it may let's wipe the tears away as I told you before there is high and there is low oceans rise and oceans fall, oh find me for another ... she came back as before it's goodbye and it's hello oceans rise and oceans fall, oh find me for another go find me for, find me for another go ... she came back as before first goodbye, then hello oceans rise and oceans fall, oh find me for another as I told you before there is high and there is low oceans rise and oceans fall, oh find me for another as I told you before there is high and there is low oceans rise and oceans fall, oh find me for another she came back as before first goodbye then hello oceans rise and oceans fall, oh find me for another go find me for another, find me for another go actions speak louder than words how can I change your mind?
13.
waiting for a mademoiselle the more I lose her the less I await and hope for – then you come around learning for life the more I've tried to know you the less I had in summary – you came around that shows me if you just believe - hold on, hold on best comes last, and beats your past hold on, please hold on to me waiting for the sun to come the cold keeps me paralyzed our dawn has broken when you came around that proves to me: if you just believe - hold on, hold on best comes last, and beats your past hold on, please hold on that shows me if you just believe - hold on, hold on best comes last, and beats your past hold on as I hold on to you misunderstanding, it's in your head but instead, let sunlight go ahead hail cloud, and lightning shout out loud, let sunlight come around misunderstanding, it's in your head but instead, let sunlight go ahead hail cloud, and lightning shout out loud, red sunshine come around! it's in our head but instead, red sunshine go ahead every cloud has a silver lining shout out loud that sunlight comes around and sunlight comes around let sunlight come around that sunlight comes around

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For the band, perspective is a matter of viewpoint that starts in the head: how do I perceive my life and does it match my feelings? How congruent is the dream I am living with my reality?
While virologists have become our society's orientation guides, in the opener (What Remains) the guys winkingly set out as dimensionality researchers in search of what holds their world together at its core. It's all about angles, changes of perspective, reduction and focus. Bauhaus and modernist architecture serves as their inspiration and visual metaphor. The music videos were shot in the "Bauhaushotel" (Language), in the "Eiermannbau" and in a Mid-Century Modernism villa by star architect Richard Neutra (Oceans Rise), among others. The latter's holistic architecture represents the interplay between inside and outside.

While the ceiling literally falls on our heads in the quarantine at home, the Shakespeare homage "Much Ado About Nothing" deals in a bittersweet way with the issue and points out communicative abysses in all their facets. With "Sidewalk", the thematic centerpiece of the album, the band succeeds in creating a multi-layered song about progress, with an inherent repetitive simplicity. While everything stands still in times of lockdown, the work is about looking ahead and choosing your own path. In times of collective confusion and existential ups and downs, LIONLION play the confidence card. This emotional discrepancy builds up on the LP like a threatening thunderstorm. Driven by the grand piano, waves of sound from electronic effects and classical orchestra pile up to collapse again at the peak of their beauty (100). Thematically, the band sings about their own emotional ups and downs and gets with "Silver Lining" the musical turn towards hope at the right moment.
LIONLION impressively show with "Perspective" that it is worthwhile to go the common way despite all resistances and opposites (Opponent), to dare new perspectives (Oceans Rise) and to hold on to good things (Another Go), with the focus on reconciliation (Language). At the end of the day, happiness might well be a matter of perspective.

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released June 11, 2021

LIONLION are:
Michael Rückert
Matthias Rückert
David Laplant
André Bayer

www.lionlionmusic.com

Label: Listen Records / LIONLION Records
EAN: 4250137202297
Written by LIONLION: Michael Rückert, Matthias Rückert, David Laplant, André Bayer
Lyrics: Michael Rückert. Matthias Rückert
Production: Michael Rückert, Andreas Heinen, LIONLION

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LIONLION is a four-piece indie rock band based out of the south of Germany, centred around the Rückert twins. After the release of their critically acclaimed debut album 'The Atlas Idea', the follow-up EP ‘Rise & Fall’ gave a foretaste of their new album ‘Perspective’, with which LIONLION have found the sweet spot between poetry and objectivity, motion & rest, grand gestures and quiet nuances. ... more

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