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Time To Be Alive

by Empathy Test

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derKlaus Very good soundquality. I recommend this Live recording Favorite track: Empty Handed (Live at Backstage, Munich 2022).
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surrender-to-the-darkness Isaac's voice is truly magical. :)
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Josi The whole album is an absolute banger! It brings me back to the very small and sweaty club in Hannover. Love every second of the record and am looking forward to when it arrives. Favorite track: Bare My Soul (Live at Privatclub, Berlin 2022).
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andy1887 I ❤️ Empathy Test!!!
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maff74 WOW! Great sound quality! I love Demons so unbelievable…💖🥰 Favorite track: Demons (Live at Liliom Kino, Augsburg 2022).
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    Empathy Test's first ever live album, recorded on their 2022 headline tour of Germany on limited edition (1,000) slimline Digipak CD with 12 page booklet featuring all the lyrics and photography by Dagmar Urlbaur, Donna Coombs and Dajana Golke.

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1.
Monsters (Live at Liliom Kino, Augsburg 2022) 04:47
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When all's been said and done And another day's begun. When the lines go on and on And all you've got is gone. You've doused yourself in sin And the daylight's creeping in. When the shadows start to grow - oh! Maybe it's time to go Maybe it's time to go Maybe it's time to go. When all's been said and done No distance left to run. When the emptiness arrives And there's nowhere left to hide. When it's stacking up inside From the corners of your mind. When the teardrops start to flow - oh! Maybe it's time to go Maybe it's time to go Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Again. Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Again. Maybe it's time to go Maybe it's time to go Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Again. Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Baby I've got the monsters Again. They're creeping up Again. They're creeping up Again. They're creeping up Again. They're creeping up Again.
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Empty Handed (Live at Backstage, Munich 2022) 04:04
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My heart is an empty vessel Drifting out to sea I try my best to be What you want me to be. You can try and help me You could drown me gently You could tell me all of the things that I want you to say And you You could walk away Empty handed. I hear running water Hear you knocking on the door. I spent an hour or more Just lying on the bathroom floor. You can try and help me You could drown me gently You could tell me all of the things that I want you to say ​ And you You could walk away Empty handed The wave that came has broken And the void has swallowed me A door before me stands ajar I thought I'd run but I'm not free. ​ You can try and help me You could drown me gently You could tell me all of the things that I want you to say ​ And you You could walk away Empty handed
3.
Making Worlds (Live at Backstage, Munich 2022) 03:52
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What darkened pathway brought us here? Our primal instincts drove our fear. Released, we were lost in an instant. Love made us blind despite our resistance. Do we go back in time again? See who was wrong and who's to blame? ​ We fell into routine and madness Overly burdened with all of our sadness. Release these strings I feel Let, go this unrelenting wheel of fate. Drowning in these moods So well-defined but ​ I cannot be without, you Making worlds in my head Aching, still chasing Dreams that you made for me. ​ What motion sickness grows inside? Overexposed and still denied. Reprieve made us colder and distant Lost in our thoughts despite your insistence. Do we go back in time again? See who was wrong and who's to blame? ​ We fell into routine and madness Overly burdened with all of our sadness. Release these strings I feel Let go this unrelenting wheel of fate. Drowning in these moods So well defined but ​ I cannot be without, you Making worlds in my head Aching, still chasing Dreams that you made for me. ​ I cannot be without, you Making worlds in my head Aching, still chasing Dreams that you made for me.
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Skin (Live at Liliom Kino, Augsburg 2022) 03:45
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I'm too afraid to put down in words All the thoughts I've been keeping On the tip of my tongue for too long. ​ And you're too scared of being alone To be by yourself Long enough to feel fine In your own skin. ​ But I see you've moved on A little too fast For me to believe You've left the past behind. I'm just another boy With a bruised ego Who can never let go Of something he didn't know He had at the time. Isn't it always the same? ​ I'm too afraid to put down in words All the thoughts I've been hiding In the back of my mind for so long. ​ You say a year is plenty of time To be by myself Long enough to feel fine. In my own skin. ​ But I see you've moved on A little too fast For me to believe You've left the past behind. I'm just another boy With a bruised ego Who can never let go Of something he didn't know He had at the time. Isn't it always the same? But I see you've moved on A little too fast For me to believe You've left the past behind. I'm just another boy With a bruised ego Who can never let go Of something he didn't know He had at the time. Isn't it always the same?
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Bare My Soul (Live at Privatclub, Berlin 2022) 04:47
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Stephen said why not write something That’s not so deep and meaningful? But the truth can be so, Tragic and beautiful. Blythe said she could never Tell anyone just how she feels. How will anyone know when, She caves in and it all gets real? I want to bare my soul - In a way that no one can. In the hope that some of you might understand How it feels To be so alone. To be so alone. To be so alone. Cassandra said she’d lost the plot When she stopped the car to drop me off. I watched her disappear Her face reflected in the rear-view mirror. Sophie woke me in the dead of night To tell me how her dad had died. I lie here in the dark but, Now there’s nowhere left to hide. I want to bare my soul In a way that no one can. In the hope that, Some of you might understand How it feels To be so alone. I want to bare my soul In a way that no one can. In the hope that, Some of you might understand How it feels To be so alone.
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Vampire Town (Live at Liliom Kino, Augsburg 2022) 03:12
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I need a break from this vampire town It sucks my blood and leaves me to drown In a lover’s bed I might rest my head But don’t go thinking I’ve left you for dead. The wind blows around these tired feet That push me always down a one way street You know I love you all I need is time What’s yours is yours and what’s mine is mine ​ And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends I wrote you a letter there’s no need to reply I’ll be the one who always swallows his pride. I believe in destiny, I believe in fate I believe it’s never going to be too late And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends And I know that we, will always be friends
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Holy Rivers (Live at Backstage, Munich 2022) 04:08
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Please don’t tell me, you think it’s too late. I’m not ready, to accept this fate. The seas will rise, to reclaim the land And we’ll realise, we are still so small. Peace be with you, when the lights go out. Hearts are heavy, overcome by doubt. Seas will rise, to reclaim the land And we’ll realise, we are still so small. Ooh, we run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. We run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. Please don’t tell me, we can not prevail. Heaven help me, if we are to fail. Seas will rise, to reclaim the land And we’ll realise, we are still so small. Ooh, we run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. We run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. We run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. We run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. We run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. We run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. We run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers. We run like tears through the flood of Holy rivers.
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Incubation Song (Live at Backstage, Munich 2022) 04:38
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Take me Contain me in your womb Don't give me room to breathe. Suffocate me Reinstate me in you. I am falling apart, I am Falling apart tonight. Just imprison me and Shower me with light. ​ Choke me Envelope me inside I know you see through each disguise. Swallow me I cannot cope with life. You said there's too many people On this earth anyway. And we're not going to get Very, far if we run away. ​ Consume me Consume me with your love. Rejuvenate me Come and take me away. Consume me Consume me with your love. Rejuvenate me Come and take me away. ​ Break me Rebuild me your own way I have been this shape too long. Disintegrate me Invigorate me anew. You said there's too many people On this earth anyway. And we're not going to get Very, far if we run away. ​ Consume me Consume me with your love. Rejuvenate me Come and take me away. Consume me Consume me with your love. Rejuvenate me Come and take me away. ​ Consume me Consume me Consume me Consume me Consume me Consume me Consume me Consume me
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Fear of Disappearing (Live at Markthalle, Hamburg 2022) 04:22
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Stay close to your television tonight Wrap your arms around its cold, dull light. ‘Cause it’s a low, lonely time to be alive. It’s a low, lonely time to be alive. ​ Tell me how many people do you really know? How long will it be before they go? I don’t know... It’s a low, lonely time to be alive. It’s a low, lonely time to be alive. ​ Everything you do will be erased. The moment that you leave, you’ll be replaced And you won’t know. It’s a low, lonely time to be alive. It’s a low, lonely time to be alive. ​ I’ve been waiting for something That never comes. And everything of any worth’s been done. And I’ve been living in here With mediocrity, surrounding me. And I’ve been living in fear of disappearing No one hearing me. ​ It’s a low, lonely time to be alive. It’s a low, lonely time to be alive. It’s a low, lonely time to be alive. It’s a low, lonely time to be alive.
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Doubts (Live at Liliom Kino, Augsburg 2022) 04:03
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For all your doubts I will be strong. The more you put me through The more, I will belong to you. And I long to be free from this apathy. I'm sick of playing mind games In your basement flat in Chelsea. So tell me what you want from me And I promise I will be More than you need. At the end of Hollywood Road you fell apart. You could blame the cocaine, You could, blame an empty heart. But I long to be, long to belong. I long to be, long to belong. So tell me what you want from me And I promise I will be More than you need. There is no substitute for love No feeling Tell me when you’ve had enough. There is no substitute for love No feeling Tell me when you’ve had enough. There is no substitute for love No feeling Tell me when you’ve had enough. There is no substitute for love No feeling Tell me when you’ve had enough. There is no substitute for love No feeling Tell me when you’ve had enough. There is no substitute for love No feeling Tell me when you’ve had enough. There is no substitute for love No feeling Tell me when you’ve had enough. There is no substitute for love No feeling Tell me when you’ve had enough.
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Demons (Live at Liliom Kino, Augsburg 2022) 03:37
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All of my dreams have flown away All of my ambition with the wind Now you’re here. I never thought I would be satisfied With anything I had Now I’m not so sure. I waited so long for you Now you’re here I don’t know what to do With you. I went hunting for love When I thought I’d lose. I meant to shoot down a dove Shot an angel instead. And now she wakes up every day and she invites All of my demons to play. Fade in fade out like a musical Rhythm and rhyme in time Our heart beats sing Just to remind you we’re still alive in here. I waited so long for you Now you’re here I don’t know what to do With you. I went hunting for love When I thought I’d lose. I meant to shoot down a dove Shot an angel instead. And now she wakes up every day and she invites All of my demons to play. Well I love her, I hate her I abhor her, I adore her Just the same, just the same Just the same, just the same. Well I love her, I hate her I abhor her, I adore her Just the same, just the same Just the same, just the same.
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Losing Touch (Live at Liliom Kino, Augsburg 2022) 03:50
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Scared of losing touch If I really mean that much Why pretend that you love him? Don't call me out the blue When it's clear that I still do And you know he knows it too. Going home alone The only love I've known It's always been you. It’s always been you. Tell me it's not real Tell me he doesn't make you feel The way I made you feel. If you care for me at all You'll hang up when I call You'll clear me space to fall. If you give I will receive And despite what they believe It's always been you. It's always been you. It’s always been you. When you're feeling alone And you're colder than stone Call me you know... It's always been you.

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Empathy Test's first live album, recorded live, on their 2022 headline tour of Germany. No overdubs, no autotune or pitch correction, just the raw recordings mixed and mastered by non-performing producer member, Adam Relf.

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released September 23, 2022

All songs written by Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf except Monsters (Howlett, Relf, Marson, Lopez) and Skin and Making Worlds (Howlett, Relf, Marson). Live keyboards by Oliver Marson. Live drums by Christina Lopez (tracks 1,4,6,10,11,12) and David Leisser (tracks 2,3,5,7,8,9). Recorded by Philip Frech (Augsburg and Munich), Juan Felipe Rehm (Berlin) and Henning Thurow (Hamburg). Mixed and mastered by Adam Relf. Front cover photograph by Dagmar Urlbauer.

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