Troim-Kryzl

Author: Old Mantra Machine

  • Happy Mortality

    We don't last long, we don't last long,
    Compared to trees, compared to trees.
    We are perishable, we are perishable,
    Turn into waste, turn into waste.

    What's our best before, what's our best before?
    Is it thirty, is it thirty?
    Is it forty, is it forty?
    Fifty even, fifty even?
    If we're old enough, if we're old enough,
    We know in retrospect, we know in restropect,
    When was peak us, when was peak us.

    What happens afterwards, what happens afterwards?
    Loss of stamina, loss of stamina,
    Less agility, less agility,
    Less flexibility, less flexibility,
    Slower to adapt, slower to adapt.
    That's what age does, that's what age does.

    It's ok though, it's ok though:
    Who'd wanna live forever, who'd wanna live forever?
    I sure do not, I sure do not.
    Danced a good life, danced a good life,
    Still do some stuff, still do some stuff,
    Happy mortality, happy mortality,
    Happy mortality, fading fine!

  • Karlsruhe, Lagos

    Karlsruhe, Lagos, Karlsruhe, Lagos,
    Nigeria and Germany, Nigeria and Germany,
    Sounds like worlds apart, sounds like worlds apart.
    Is it really, is it really?
    In some ways yes, in some ways yes,
    In many ways no, in many ways no.

    Look at us on our phones, look at us on our phones:
    Same apps, global brands, same apps, global brands,
    Same social media, same social media.
    By the way, talking of which, by the way, talking of which:
    We do English, we do English.
    Not like Cambridge, not like Cambridge,
    But it works for us, but it works for us.

    We get entertained, we get entertained:
    Bolly-, Holly-, Nollywood, Bolly-, Holly-, Nollywood,
    Action and romance, action and romance,
    Same plots everywhere, same plots everywhere.
    Music and football, music and football,
    Plenty global players, plenty global players.
    Business and politics, business and politics,
    Donald Musk and Elon Trump, Donald Musk and Elon Trump,
    Love them or hate them, love them or hate them,
    Some names we know, some names we know.

    So much so same, so much so same,
    And getting more so, and getting more so.
    We're not worlds apart, we're not worlds apart.
    We're in weird mix, we're in weird mix.
    We need a better mix, we need a better mix,
    And we're gonna make it, and we're gonna make it.
    Time for good mix, time for good mix, 
    Time for good mix, it is now.

  • Corpses and Coupons

    On all our screens, on all our screens,
    For fiction and real, for fiction and real,
    Often side by side, often side by side,
    We get death and deals, we get death and deals:

    Boom, boom, true crime, boom, boom, true crime,
    Bling, bling, kitchware, bling, bling, kitchenware.
    Boom, boom, aliens land, boom, boom, aliens land,
    Bling, bling, must have game, bling, bling, must have game.
    Boom, boom, goes the witch, boom, boom, goes the witch,
    Bling, bling, get a ticket, bling, bling, get a ticket.

    Boom, boom, war zone, boom, boom, war zone,
    Bling, bling, cruise liner, bling, bling, cruise liner.
    Boom, boom, fields of rubble, boom, boom, fields of rubble,
    Bling, bling, body lotion, bling, bling, body lotion.
    Boom, boom, houses burn, boom, boom, houses burn,
    Bling, bling, fancy ride, bling, bling, fancy ride.
    Boom, boom, body bags, boom, boom, body bags,
    Bling, bling, bigger burger, bling, bling, bigger burger.
    Boom, boom, parents weep, boom, boom, parent weep,
    Bling, bling, cheap streaming, bling, bling, cheap streaming.
    Boom, boom, children starve, boom, boom, children starve,
    Bling, bling, novel snack, bling, bling, novel snack.

    Boom, boom, bling, bling, boom, boom, bling, bling.
    Kill one, maim nine, kill one, maim nine,
    Pay two, get three, pay two, get three.
    Are you in boom, boom, are you in boom, boom?
    Is it your bling, bling, is it your bling, bling?

    Boom, boom, bling, bling, boom, boom, bling, bling,
    Corpses and coupons, corpses and coupons,
    Corpses and coupons, this is sick!

  • Nette Leute

    Bei uns im Quartier, bei uns im Quartier,
    Anderswo und hier, anderswo und hier,
    So viel nette Leute, so viel nette Leute:

    Kein Brüllen, kein Hauen, kein Brüllen, kein Hauen,
    Kein Treten, kein Stechen, kein Treten, kein Stechen,
    Keine Knarren, keine Morde, keine Knarren, keine Morde.
    Wir sind harmlos, wir sind harmlos.

    Wir schaffen, schuften, wir schaffen, schuften,
    Kümmern, kochen, putzen, kümmern, kochen putzen,
    So viel zu tun, so viel zu tun,
    So nen Haufen zu kaufen, so nen Haufen zu kaufen,
    Geld wird schnell knapp, Geld wird schnell knapp,
    Schon zu Friedenszeiten, schon zu Friedenszeiten.

    Und jetzt noch Krieg, und jetzt noch Krieg:
    So viel Tote, so viel Tote,
    So viel Trümmer, so viel Trümmer,
    Riesensummen, Riesensummen,
    Für Zerstörung, für Zerstörung.
    Krieg ist Wahnsinn, Krieg ist Wahnsinn.

    Wir machen nicht mit, wir machen nicht mit,
    Keinen Schuss, keinen Schritt, keinen Schuss, keinen Schritt.
    Wir sind harmlos, wir sind harmlos.
    Nette Leute, nette Leute,
    Nette Leute schießen nicht.

  • We kind people

    In my neighbourhood, in my neighbourhood,
    In many neighbourhoods, in many neighbourhoods,
    We are many many, we are many many,
    Who are harmless, who are harmless:

    No shout, no hit, no shout no hit,
    No stab, no kick, no stab, no kick,
    No shoot, no kill, no shoot, no kill.

    We are harmless, we are harmless:
    We build, repair, we build, repair,
    Cook, clean and care, cook, clean and care,
    To have it nice, to have it nice.
    So much to do, so much to do.
    Such a lot we need, such a lot we need.
    Cash often tight, cash often tight,
    Even at the best of times, even at the best of times.

    But now there's war, but now there's war:
    So much killing, so much killing,
    So much wrecking, so much wrecking,
    Such big spending, such big spending,
    On destruction, on destruction.
    Wars are madness, wars are madness.

    They can't be won, they can't be won.
    All sides do loose, all sides do loose,
    Just more or less, just more or less.
    If you dream of victory, if you dream of victory,
    Go to a cemetery, go to a cemetery,
    Ask the mourners, ask the mourners, 
    If they feel win, if they feel win.

    Wars are madness, wars are madness.
    We are harmless, we are harmless.
    Won't go, won't shoot.
    Stuff the propaganda, stuff the propaganda:
    We kind people, we kind people,
    We kind people don't do war.