Present's Future's Past

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1.	IntroVert-X 01:40	lyrics	buy track
I live, so I am, I give, so I am, I take, so I am, mistake who I am I was, so I am, I‘ll be, so I am, I present future's past, future's past is where I am I am not as bad ass as i'm supposed to be I am more critical, my own public enemy Like KRS-one, but without faithful restraint Not like Mike Shinoda, that's way to faint I Puke rhymes like Corey Taylor - spit it out Dont ask why I rhyme in English silly kraut My intention’s internationally sociocritical like the one of Rage's Zac And though I'm less dedicated, I wont turn my back. Back in the game after more than ten years Nothing has changed as if nothing appears To be repairable, blood, sweat and tears Don’t make a difference in a world full of fears. In these times of darkness and full of alerts Rely at least on us introverts! Oh, we like the smoothness of full dynamic range to tease out all emotions Oh, we use the calm before the storm to cover the emotionalism We drive our style to no limits and no more compromise We strive, no denial, but we trim its bad shoots to atomise The hive of bile into slim bits, so hard to recognize We’re alive, just vile or splendid, it’s just us who emphasize People told us our music's so full of negativity But with realizing mistakes comes an opportunity So we will try again to tickle your mind like a munity To all that you know, let us use our creativity.
2.	Oversimplified 02:53	lyrics	buy track
What you see is what you wanna see, you're polluted with a tendency for catastrophe. Bound to the insights shown on TV you believe in every foolish tinfoil hat theory. Everybody plays the same record of a life, self-fulfillment by distrust in others becomes rife, you care just about number one in this strife backstabbing the ones that weren't aware of your knife Told to consume, told to possess we often forget the people struggling for less Ignorance fuels the expansion of this mess social competence is in the sequel in regress. I think we must hurry up identifying the lie planted to our brains like some maggots of a fly stupefied by morals that do consciously deny we are mature enough to modify Our lives depend on our reason but do occur without cause Ideals may change like the season This is how life goes by. Our lives depend on emotions but are surrounded by cold breeding those preconceived notions oversimplified Life's already crabbed by design, there's no need for further confinin'. Disengage now, build up your spine, this is your being, this is our time. Life's already crabbed by design, there's no need for further confinin'. Disengage now, build up your spine, Nullify! Our lives depend on our reason but do occur without cause Ideals may change like the season This is how life goes by. Our lives depend on emotions but are surrounded by cold breeding those preconceived notions oversimplified What you see is what you wanna see, you're polluted with a tendency for brutality. Clustered by the scenes you played on your PC you can't distinguish between real life and virtuality. We must hurry up to self-awarely defy distractions from the simple system that is live and die. be aware that no matter how high you'd ever fly, reality can turn your truth into a lie Into a lie, into a lie, into a lie Into a lie, into a lie, into a lie and this is just oversimplified.
3.	Still Shortfall 03:46	lyrics	buy track
I would have helped you, if you had the time to show me the reason for your shortfall. I would have helped you, if you had the time to show me the reason for your shortfall.. Show me the reason! Come smell the fear with your high-raised nose Strong, tough, straight to the rule, I know your pose. So idiotic, hypnotic, all in all supposed Disability to deal with opinions far away from those Beaten to your brain since the day you’ve lost your repose! Your ideals make you way to proud: you will break by overdose! You will break by overdose! I would have helped you if you had the time To show Me The Reason For (Shortfall in effect) Your Shortfall Without Saying No! (Shortfall in effect) You're full of hate! I just see a growing shortfall! Heartless! You don't wanna see... So full of hate! I just see a growing shortfall! You don’t see anything at all! Yeah! Emotion what a strange phrase But in your life there was a phase Full of real feelings before you were raised To absolute rationality behind your face Cuz your business doesn’t need your heart and grace, Nevertheless your sensation should be retraced! You’re afraid of reactions that can’t be left undone. Although the danger exists you should never shun The society preventing that you are no one. (Shortfall in effect) Although the danger exists you should never shun someone. (Shortfall in effect) You're full of hate! I just see a growing shortfall! Heartless! You don't wanna see... So full of hate! I just see a growing shortfall! You don’t see anything at all! I would have helped you if you had the time to show Me the reason for your shortfall Without saying no! I would have helped you if you had the time to show Me the reason for your shortfall Without saying no! If hate is what consumes you, why don't you turn your back on the way you treat your crew and leave the needles in the haystack? Some reposition would be nice, too, so what's your special attack (in terms of love)? If your growth was colours one could only see black, are these blinkers still part of your identity rack? Protect your neck by simply check the white flag you wave is seen from all around your mental wreck. Old men on knees are too wise for your pleas. Stop fearing life, time for you to release the communication skills for all the peace you want to achieve as an inner wish. WISH! You're full of hate! I just see a growing shortfall! Heartless! You don't wanna see... So full of hate! I just see a growing shortfall! You don’t see anything at all!
4.	Angst Remover 03:56	lyrics	buy track
I defy that lie your lie I wanna let you know that I am sure there is no need to dei- fy possessions, it's a money Lie 1-2-3-4 Born and raised to walk down all shopping streets led by this abject taste triggering our heart beats You want to follow that path up to the next career level I want to follow my way out of the hands of the devil let's go Bow how much you can, but what you're gonna do when you finally realize that you're caught in a human zoo Hahahaha, you are caught in this station terrified, consumed by inflation. Bow down, bow down to no one Bow down to nothing So that you know your thoughts are clarifying So that you know you're free when you're not lying to yourself – yourself! Status quo: still walking down shopping streets I see we paid the foe, it's not the system that bleeds. While you are eager to gain, you're so afraid of a loss that you don't realize cupidity's your personal boss let's go Show how much you have, but what you're gonna say when you finally realize your chosen path is an one-way more & more & more there ain't no satisfaction driven by angst you lack of conscious reaction. And so you think, that all you know, is you've to swink for more cash flow, but did you guess, that you lose more in gaining stress as workhorse - whore At least I know and I can say don't be afraid to run away from money demons, from false ideals, from false deals. This angst remover is a hard to swallow pill, but better do it now to escape this uncompromising thrill, so: No, don't be a believer in this mo-mo-money Lie, you're not an achiever when you're a slave to your self inflicting rush for the peak of glory that destroys your life, you are a victim to your monetary standards inner strife. Feels better bonding to real persons than to virtual moneybags, tracks not to complex lead out of this misery – just do it!
5.	Another Throw of (Para-)Dice 03:11	lyrics	buy track
Again Why? I still know you and your paradise I still see through all you televised. You still don't know me from your paradise I still slit throats of fashion lies. Consumption of everything is killing our freedom. Rise, Rise, Rise, Rise, Rise, Rise, Rise Rise up! We call from outta cognition your senses feel the opposition the aim is slowly demolition of the media malnutrition. Wanna tie the bosses of this falling age and then sink them to escape the golden cage we are caught in, dazed is our honest rage. Courage to the truth is our whitest blank page. Believe the hype created for your brain to stop being the core and your heart's seen only as eyesore deaf, dumb, blind, so whatchu said before? Whatchu wanna say, I cannot see the the point. Whatchu gonna do, you sleep with open eyes. Whatchu wanna say, I cannot see the the point. What I gonna do: encountering demise. Your paradise is quaking I throw the dice for waking My paradise from breaking I become the snake King. Rise! Rise, Rise, Rise, Rise Rise up! We call from outta cognition your senses feel the opposition the aim is slowly demolition of the media malnutrition. Wake up! Applepie! Snake attack! Paradise ends now!
6.	Left The Youniverse 04:47	lyrics	buy track
In recent news there was the story about a man who unawarely lived unhappily in a yearslong relationship with a woman who constantly cheated on him. And oh yeah, he was unaware. But one may ask why he wasn't eager enough to reflect and question uncertainties. Why in the name of whoever did you not act? It's all a matter of self knowledge and to have heart. One disposition‘s enough for a break Two deep incisions are too much to take One fool's indecision's enough to prove fake To a relation for bogeyman's sake. How can you deny that your emotions were not real And how can you defy trust as most fundamental deal And how can you imply still our love was under seal When secretly you tied a rope around my neck for me to feel GO! Breathless, shocked, numb and messed up Detained to act as adult No more sense for a blessed hub My wounds full of salt My suffering seemed to bring you satisfaction, oh come on There was no whole left of me just some fractions of some fractions of some fractions of some... I'm a fool, I see it in your face, I'll leave the youniverse you've built up in my head in pure disgrace, I feel fear and shivers coldly crawling up my shoulder, I can see it, I can smell it, I can sense it, cannot get no colder Never So I'm gone into the stars My scars will then prevent me from this mess: false decisions for wrong reasons. I felt so betrayed but now my mind is free again. Bound by the habit to “follow and hush”, caught in the act, but unable to flush, since the occasion was pictured too lush, you skipped the farewell in self-righteous rush. How could you forget how life was when you had been free And how couldn't you regret to miss the opportunity And how could you be upset 'bout letting flow your destiny When you let yourself be ruled by alien force intentionally? GO! Breathless, shocked, numb and messed up Detained to act as adult No more sense for a blessed hub My wounds full of salt But by the time I untangled my life with simple action All I can tell you is that By now you only give my middlefinger an erection. I ain't no fool, I saw it in your face, I left that youniverse you've built up in my head in pure disgrace, I felt fear and shivers coldly crawling up my shoulder, I could see it, I could smell it, I could sense it, couldn't get no colder Never So I'm gone into the stars My scars will now prevent me from this mess Live for today Cuz now's not yesterday I wanna breathe again, I learned from my blunder Now i can take over the reins of my own destiny and lift myself up from down under. You're the fool in my eyes Your tragic flaw - your demise But I am sure now that at least the beast inside me found myself But I am sure now that at least the beast inside me found myself
7.	Goodbye Logic 03:41	lyrics	buy track
Hell no, what’s that noise? Sounds like my brain splits from multiple choice. I got problems to decide Whether the world may just collide Rather from dumbness - Speciecide. One mo’ living in shame Realizing I am just part of the game. When the door snaps shut And my finger gets cut I’ma bleed ya Loyal blood. Although lesson got learned It doesn’t mean that the tables have turned. Being one-eyed among the blind Can make it easier to find An escape from your Daily grind. I’m falling, sleep time is near, reason sheds no more tear I’m falling, Sand in the gear, treason beds with a peer sleep time is near, reason sheds no more tear Sand in the gear, treason beds with a peer No more reason. Hell yeah, what’s that deal? This book of life got a broken seal. Gonna sip from that bowl But avoid alcohol By aware choice, That’s my role. Don’t care, who’s in charge, My mind is free or at least at large. I'll have some blast to be the last who was as fast back in the past as it was needed let's recast. No flare, lights my path, Here in the dark I don’t need no math. Accept to decide what is right from deep inside's a kinda wide undertaking Seamy side. I’m falling, sleep time is near, reason sheds no more tear I’m falling, Sand in the gear, treason beds with a peer I’m falling, Wonder what time and the space in between is about Sleep’s calling, Want to resist, but my mind’s getting weaker, no doubt I’m walling All that is worth to be said once awake very loud Sweep’s galling, Focus dismissed. What is expected of me, Is nothing I wanna be, When my spirit’s falling free low low low The consequence of to be Up all night eternally introspecting mind of me go go go What sounds good in theory Did never work out for me Always saw my reason flee Goodbye logic Goodbye logic Procrastinate, alienate, I never freed me Fly from debate, commiserate, I always heed me Accentuate I’m always late, no chance to speed me Self-hibernate and fully jade me, I can’t proceed What is expected of me, Is nothing I wanna be, When my spirit’s falling free low low low What sounds good in theory Did never work out for me Always saw my reason flee Goodbye logic
8.	Menaced By Delusion 03:39	lyrics	buy track
Man on the run hunting for fun a mother's son Menaced by delusion Having a tail predicted to fail hate does prevail NO more Where's your mind been driven by spleen lack of esteem Menaced by delusion Time for a change wits rearrange stop to estrange Right now Why can't you see, that we're aware of the things you say and what you mean by expressing all those fears It's all so evident, so come around and fix your broken life before your thoughts are numbed and your mind plays tricks. It's hard to imagine the pain out of reach it takes a lil boy's corpse flooded on a tourists beach to start commiseration and stop listless confession and still most people mistake self-pity as compassion. But even in those moments when most hearts shower tears there are people spreading hate based on obsolete fears Unaware of the facts they believe what appears to be fact by the fact it was like that all the years. War! Man on the run this is no fun a mother's son NO MORE Having a tail predicted to fail hate does prevail Menaced by delusion Where's your mind been driven by spleen lack of esteem RIGHT NOW No time for change no wits rearranged completely estranged Menaced by delusion Men aced by delusion or menaced by delusion both cause confusion and later reclusion living under conditions made for constant profusion some people dislike to be part of this solution. Who wanna be alone and undercooled in the dark, who wanna get blown to pieces in a leisure park, who wanna see his home faced with turmoil to spark? So how can you deprive others the right to embark on Fort Europa, the Eurasian peak of safety and wealth, these are goals worth to seek. So please stop casting stones on the weak, act humanly, not like a yesterday's freak. The concept of so called reciprocity should be seen way more globally, cuz what we now give intentionally could equal the things we once took indirectly. If the people screaming “we're the people!” really are the people, I don't want to be part of that people anymore. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. We must learn our lesson You must learn your lesson We the people If you're afraid of the foreign better open your mind We the people being anti-foreign is like playing intentionally blind We the people instead of telling others how to behave with moral restraints We the people – try bettering yourself and perhaps this betters this world just before it faints. We the people try bettering yourself and perhaps this betters this world just before it faints.
9.	Till The Lights Appear Again 03:13	lyrics	buy track
You were so strong and I was weak, recalled it everyday Where I belong it was in the mud and no one crossed my way But then along came some new friends, who dare me just to ray What was among my thoughts and life, harassing me to sway. They came to cut trip wire. Time’s up, we’re here. They came to set the fire. Never gonna stop till the lights appear. Bleed me, speed me and force-feed me! Daunt me, haunt me, what’s the jaunt’s fee? Trying vying without prying! Step aside, you’re no more tying! You are not my friend, You don’t comprehend, You don’t condescend, You are not my friend. Now you’re so weak and I’m strong, you call me all those names Cuz you’re a freak who doesn’t see, he should go where he came From long ago our time is up, nothing’s left of your fame And I can show the world from now on who’s the one to blame. We gonna cut trip wire. Time’s up – we’re here. We gonna to set the fire. Never gonna stop till the lights appear. You were so nice from the first time that you’ve appeared, Then you gained power and dictated my fear. I took a big step and I started to debug My inner source code, uncovering that you are just a drug! Yeah! Save yourself from addiction! The force to do so’s in your head! Better to deal with some afflictions, Then living daily close to dead! Daily close to dead! You are not my friend, You don’t comprehend, You don’t condescend, You are not my friend.
10.	T. I. N. T. E. 04:42	lyrics	buy track
We lived a life A gift fast drive Next shift to thrive Was to lift just to dive Never thought it could end so fast Oh so hard looking back to past All we fought for not meant to last Fallen apart like a movie‘s cast Without a sequel, just loose fit, estranging Wit’s shout is equal to whose hit is changing The game and it’s obvious, the most re-arranging, Whose fame got obnoxious last year is this one thing Called the one to fear The threat is near Spare us Virus Damned All planned Descent Wanna stay free from the guilt of denying Damned – for what science has told us Damned – for yea-sayers‘ truth Damned – for how compliance can fold us Gainsaying is part of the abuse Damned – cuz defiance does mold us Damned – cuz naysayers lose Damned – cuz alliance can’t hold us Pain slaying is part of a weak fuse Nay Yea Well done, this ship is sinking! What you see’s what you get when you focus on fear. Dwell or run, just skip bethinking! That’s the fee that you‘ll pay when you shit on those near. This is the end, this is the end, this is the end my friend Come take my hand, soak the transplant, this is the end my friend This is the end, we are condemned, mental descent was long planned for all that just cant Come take my hand, this is the end, all you do is kindling for the damned. Die! Well done, this ship is sinking! Once more you‘ve lost the trail. Dwell or run, just skip bethinking! Cons for you are pro avail. Whatchu gonna do When the tinfoil hat fails Who you gonna sue When the coffin lacks nails Whatchu gonna do When science busts your fakes Who you gonna woo In a pit full of snakes This ain’t the end, this ain‘t the end, this ain‘t the end my friend Come take my hand, soak the transplant, this ain‘t the end my friend This ain‘t the end, we’re not condemned, mental descent was just the end for all that cant Come take my hand, this ain‘t the end, all they did was kindling for the damned. We just gonna do What’s needed to go through What we got put into This ain’t Waterloo This is not the end This is not the end This is not the end This is not the end

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Our second full-length album and the first in 11 years.

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released November 4, 2022

Instruments recorded by Hannes Weiße / I Prefer Pi, 2020
Vocals recorded by Nico Thiel @ Raum637/Turmzimmer, 2021
Mixed & mastered by Nico Thiel @ Raum637/Turmzimmer, 2022
Cover by Roberto Schuchow / Assasins Ink Dresden

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Mr. Cräbs Dresden, Germany

We are Mr. Cräbs, a 90ies Crossover, Rapcore, Alternative Metal, whatever-you-may-call-us band from Dresden, Germany. Founded in 2008 and still playing the songs we like to.

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