[Lyrics to «Escalator Shrine»]
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
We are escalator walkers
In the brand-new temple
Came to reshape identities, shed our skins
Be reborn and feel the same
Feel the same: «that no one here is real»
[Verse 2]
We are moving standees
In the shrine of choices
Incarcerated between floors
Of hope and disappointment
We feel the same, feel the same:
«That no one here is real»
We feel the same, feel the same:
«That nothing here is still» (oh)
[Verse 3]
We are stairway drifters, made of cyber paper
Google-boys and Wiki-girls, children of the self-care
We come to pray every single training day
Looking for a chance to survive
Buying reduced price illusions
Floating into another light
Melting into another lonely crowd (oh)
[Bridge]
We feel the same, feel the same:
«That no one here, is real» (oh)
We feel the same, feel the same:
«That nothing here is still (still, still, still...)»
[Instrumental Build-Up]
[Verse 4]
Used to have our love
And now — disposable needs
Used to have our souls
And now — refined new skins
(Take, use, throw away, forget)
[Instrumental Build-Up]
[Verse 5]
Dragging our feet, tired and deceived, slowly moving on
Bracing shaky legs against all those wasted years
We roll the boulders of sins, up a hill of new days
(Up, up, up) up a hill of new days
In the arms of the setting sun, our burdens cast shadows
Over fiery ground, catching final rays
We try to reach the journey’s end, before the sun will die
We sense we’re almost there (we sense we’re almost there)
But the night comes too soon (the night comes to soon)
And we crawl in the dark, (we crawl in the dark, crawl in the dark)
Not ready to face up (not ready to face up)
To unknowing lies (to unknowing lies)
We ache to go back (we ache to go back, ache to go back)
[Outro]
But we can’t stop, but we can't stop
So we walk ahead, so we walk ahead
But we can’t stop, but we can't stop
So we walk ahead, so we walk ahead
Walk ahead
[Instrumental Outro]
(La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la)
(La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la)
(La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la)