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Wait

by VNV Nation

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Shadows of the Sun, enraptured in the sound Hypernormal frequencies illuminating clouds We televise the noise to all that we can reach The broadcasts preach the word of better times and peace We automate the lies with images we fake Machines to grant our every wish when all we do is take! To Apathy we drink when dancing in the flames A chance for us to celebrate because all we do is wait! Who has the most is King Constructed to be served so that which is destroyed is cheered on while it burns With nothing left to lose and seconds ticking fast, though time is running out, all we do is laugh— and hide among the crowd, drowning in its noise, in envy of the beautiful facades of shallow grace The best would try and fail, feel helpless at the task but lead as if they rule in hell when all we do is wait! Our fortunes running out and our options running dry With no one else to turn to, still, we sit and cry We’re dancing in the flames to the sounds of our demise Drinking to our apathy because all we do is wait The King, the sacred Crown, the Chalice and the Mace who rule over these famine lands whose bounty goes to waste A power that corrupts, regaling this as fate The waters rising to our necks and all we do is wait
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Shadows of the Sun, enraptured in the sound Hypernormal frequencies illuminating clouds We televise the noise to all that we can reach The broadcasts preach the word of better times and peace We automate the lies with images we fake Machines to grant our every wish when all we do is take! To Apathy we drink when dancing in the flames A chance for us to celebrate because all we do is wait! Who has the most is King Constructed to be served so that which is destroyed is cheered on while it burns With nothing left to lose and seconds ticking fast, though time is running out, all we do is laugh— and hide among the crowd, drowning in its noise, in envy of the beautiful facades of shallow grace The best would try and fail, feel helpless at the task but lead as if they rule in hell when all we do is wait! Our fortunes running out and our options running dry With no one else to turn to, still, we sit and cry We’re dancing in the flames to the sounds of our demise Drinking to our apathy because all we do is wait The King, the sacred Crown, the Chalice and the Mace who rule over these famine lands whose bounty goes to waste A power that corrupts, regaling this as fate The waters rising to our necks and all we do is wait
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Flash backward to the time Your silhouette disguised the glow of night's reflection Your outline locked in phase like a vivid, liquid haze Lit up, the night Electric A moment staged for us until we turn to dust until time's evaporated But were we ever there enraptured, unaware? We were lovers only dreaming We dared eternity and won long before the rain had come We built a universe We held a cosmos in our hands Unstoppable force, the purest light to set the firmament alight We built a universe so we could hold the cosmos in our hands The switch turned to engage The power rushed and raged Lit up, your face Electric Lightspeed in a dream The static bursts, the stream the ultrasonic strains of music Revived in youth again with each step as we claim shattered mirrors in the rainfall But were we ever there enraptured, unaware? We were lovers only dreaming

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The second single from the album "Electric Sun" (out 28 Apr 2023)

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released April 18, 2023

Words and Music by Ronan Harris
Produced by Ronan Harris
Additional Mix Production by Andre Winter
Mixed by Benjamin Lawrenz and Ronan Harris
Mastered by Benjamin Lawrenz

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VNV Nation Hamburg, Germany

VNV Nation is a European based alternative electronic project led by Ronan Harris.

The music blends thought provoking lyrics with melodic dance beats, indie-electronic anthems, haunting ballads and post-classical pieces.

Live shows are legendary for the energy and positive emotion.

The last 3 albums charted top 10 in Germany, as well as top 5 Billboard Chart positions in the US.
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