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Too long in the same place
I'm sinking into this town.
I've charmed the same old snakes
I think we gotta get out
Before I break away from me
Cuz this place is my lobotomy.
Imagine we were dead
Counting all the things we never did.
I remember when you told me
I should live like I'm dying
And not to close my eyes
While everything burns.
What are we waiting for?
These years are dying slowly,
Today is still in front of us
And we're breaking out
Cuz today is now or never.
I can't contemplate the earth
All while my heads in the sand
Cuz I've been buried alive
So take my bleeding hands
And breathe life into me
Cuz right now I'm suffocating.
So imagine we were dead
Counting all the things we never did.
I remember when you told me
I should live like I'm dying
And not to close my eyes while
Everything burns.
What are we waiting for?
These years are dying slowly,
Today is still in front of us
And we're breaking out
Cuz today is now or never.
I don't want a life of agony
I wont be another tragedy
And close my eyes while everything burns.
And I won't pretend I don't exist
Invisible until I turn to dust,
Open your eyes we're still alive.
Standing still is criminal
And never lasts forever.
The safest place in life is now,
Today's the day we're breaking out..
I remember when you told me
I should live like I'm dying
And not to close my eyes
While everything burns.
What are we waiting for?
These years are dying slowly,
Today is still in front of us
And we're breaking out
Cuz today is now or never.
About MADINA_LAKE
Location: Chicago, IL United States
Formed: January 2004
Influences: Refused, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, & More
Madina Lake is about more than music for the members of the band. Throughout Madina Lake’s music is a running social commentary, a mirror to a homogenized society; an emotional reaction to artifice and superficiality embedded within brilliant, shimmering pop songs and drive to affect a change with that sound.
The band’s identity is rooted in the common appreciation of a variety of musical genres and a growing discomfort with the American cultural erosion – more specifically the media’s obsession with celebrity and general lack of values. While other bands seek to broach these topics by addressing them lyrically, Madina Lake elects to confront these issues in a more spirited manner. Rather than complain ad-nauseum, the friends set out to center their music and overall theme around a parable created by bassist Matthew Leone.
“The music comes first, but we wanted to create an all-encompassing piece of art,” he says. “I wrote a story that complements the record. It’s about a mythological town called Madina Lake. Madina Lake is a microcosm of what’s happening in America today. Everything that we feel is wrong with our culture is addressed in the story. I wrote the story and the songs just followed its concept and vibe.”
Formed: January 2004
Influences: Refused, NIN, Smashing Pumpkins, & More
Madina Lake is about more than music for the members of the band. Throughout Madina Lake’s music is a running social commentary, a mirror to a homogenized society; an emotional reaction to artifice and superficiality embedded within brilliant, shimmering pop songs and drive to affect a change with that sound.
The band’s identity is rooted in the common appreciation of a variety of musical genres and a growing discomfort with the American cultural erosion – more specifically the media’s obsession with celebrity and general lack of values. While other bands seek to broach these topics by addressing them lyrically, Madina Lake elects to confront these issues in a more spirited manner. Rather than complain ad-nauseum, the friends set out to center their music and overall theme around a parable created by bassist Matthew Leone.
“The music comes first, but we wanted to create an all-encompassing piece of art,” he says. “I wrote a story that complements the record. It’s about a mythological town called Madina Lake. Madina Lake is a microcosm of what’s happening in America today. Everything that we feel is wrong with our culture is addressed in the story. I wrote the story and the songs just followed its concept and vibe.”