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FIREBRANDS FIRST THE FLASH THEN THEPULSE

outlandish I brandish and you're laughing and dancing and laughing and dancing a torch over sand desert of the real mort pour rien I watch em burn the man hey you in the tower you can laugh yeah only a scarecrow while the wool stays where it belongs charade of presence to tame hey you in the banlieues you can laugh last now the wings of fire bring you cause after this they can't last for long hell and brimstone in flames all the city's rumbling and armored feet are marchin' REBELLION INTELLIGENT THE CHASE and all the cars are burning alright HELLO SCARECROW all the phones are ringing and all resolve is crumblin' all the people rebel defectors, hey quitters, anarchists, you traitors and heroes will be made tonight HELLO GASOLINE but be careful so stand up, and be brave, and escape, this malice I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU a smoldering rage, an invisible cage cause freedom is a word this robbery of all that makes you whole the tender indifference of the world misused all the time I'd rather run now and die trying, to get free YOU SHOULD BE AFRAID OF ME be cautious than let it all slip away from me suburban intifada you cannot snuff the fires with repression cause freedom is more [In Russian] You should be afraid we meet it with aggression than just a state of mind RUN fear no more an ally cause freedom from something's NOW GET READY TO RUN the right divide your riches AND YOU'RE LAUGHING AND DANCING always freedom for something this is reverse of days when better know what you're fighting for RUN AND PARIS IS BURNING you used to burn witches cause freedom for nothing's ARE YOU READY TO RUN A RING WITHIN A RING WITHIN always freedom from nothing guess what you forgot better know before RUN let the breeze now bring you back A RING A RING A RING you break down the door to the anti-culture shock NOW GET READY TO RUN smell of smoke on attack now the cocktails go up and the fire comes down now this is war ALL THE PEOPLE REBEL RUN I'm not afraid of you and the cocktails go up and the fire comes down ALL THE PEOPLE REBEL GUN IT UP TO THE SUN you're afraid of me now this is war ALL THE PEOPLE REBEL reflectors, and stayers, conformists, non thinkers [In French] Excuse me sir, may I remind you to indicate your ALL THE PEOPLE REBEL ethnic group on the form, it is necessary for our complete and if you don't want to be subdued and go through processing of your application. Please sign at the bottom to the system upon you certify that all information is correct. you don't have to I'm sorry sir, you do not qualify

and you're laughing and dancing and laughing and dancing mort pour rien and Paris is burning a ring within a ring within a ring a ring a ring mort pour rien

FIREBRANDS

there's a bus rollin' down the road a tatal attraction SUNFIRE IGNITE kickin' up dust as it goes to dangerous action it stops at the tattered mailbox signs a smile in the dark driving like a dragster picks up babies, mamas crying a bullet in your heart thousand miles an hour NATION OF BONES bat out of an erupting hell cause power ain't found in gun and badge mooning at security it can't be found in drugs or cash precaution is stupidity just a superstition just as soon as you fly the black flag with your hands gun it even faster believe a lie your heart knows ain't true another addiction Zapatistas listen close to zarathustra and firebrands verging on disaster dead end life boy, the power's got you copper on my tongue close to blazing em clean let escape a crazy yell downcast murmuring sigh is now a murdering scream WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU MARCHING FOR, SOLDIER ALIVE ALIVE streak across the sky in a dark horses of sam flying low over mexico heroic blaze they die IN THE JUNGLE WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS, SOLDIER HAVE YOU EVER FELT SO ALIVE take a hit in the rib down in the ring at the rodeo corning home from the stars one face in a crowd and I can pick out the fighters IN THE END ITS NOT YOUR WAR, SOLDIER ALIVE ALIVE pot shots at the clouds try and take out the pilots Columbia was sadness SO WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU MARCHING FOR, SOLDIER JUST LIKE BEFORE A SUICIDE burning edge of madness more, that's the slogan of sam so close to love yet so far danger danger! will to power drives the train just to have and to grab time to open your eyes soldier indiscriminate thieves, start by bulldozing homes time to take cm by surprise soldier when you're ready to take one step life is an adventure out from under my feet, leave a nation of bones time to know who to despise soldier forward leave everything behind take back your life, you gotta take back your life ain't no safety in nature just as soon as you get here pity. The bell of taco is closed danger appears in the blink of an eye and the lie is exposed JUST SCREAM they're coming to take you away look back down seven towns are controlled they're coming to take you away melt back to the darkness in a jungle of bones IGNITE THE H-BOMB INSIDE they're coming to take you away we're the only boasters today building rollercoasters SCREAM danger is like sunshine WE KNOW OUR HISTORY ELECTRIFY YOUR CRAZY MIND [the creed] yeah to the brave AND HERE WE ARE JUST SCREAM my feet are heavy but I'm still kickin' dancing in a minefield LOOKING FOR A MIRACLE soldier songs take away my breathin' is like the way your body feels speed is elation I know the truth but I'm not free waiting for that siren IN THE CITY OF GOD near disintegration before we run tonight adrenaline bomblast loud my heart is heavy but it's still tickin' but the crudest joke of all is while they're cheering them on soldier songs take away my feelin' the beast eats off their plates and is killing their sons spontaneous combustion mama's tears are all I see ironic, that's the Firebrand tone unnatural destruction ratde and roll in the nation of bones riders of the lightning cloud

FIBEBRANDS

I've got the power I've got the power like the crack of the whip I snap attack RAINWORLD BUCK STRIPES front to back in this thing called rap dig it like a shovel rhyme devil beaming over empty earth this is the front line on a heavenly level in the pale and milky stratosphere this is the high wire bang the bass turn up the treble no one hears the rolling sound these are the live rounds radical mind day and night all the time GLIMMER of ocean waves of tears this is the lost fire seven to fourteen wise divine maniac brainiac winning the game showers of fire rain down from above able was I ere I saw this is one for the children born todav I'm the lyrical Jesse James burn the fields where the children play echoes shifting powder sand all the bloody screaming glory entering the fray down in the dark is a lead-singed dove deserts of an Elba world the battlefield of life all the saints are made of stone quality I possess something I'm fresh diamonds just won't save the day restless as the exiled man black stripes flying over the drearv we call home when my voice goes through the rest of the microphone that I am holdin' copy-written lyrics so they can't be stolen THE SHADOW OF POWER IS CORRUPTION 00H... WE LIVE IN THE RAINWORM) THIS IS THE NEW BREED if they are snap don't need the police to trv and save them THE SHADOW OF JEALOUSY IS GREED 00H... WE LIVE IN THE RAIN THIS IS THE NEW SOUND your voice will sink THE SHADOW OF LOVE IS REBELLION OOH...WE LIVE IN THE RAINWORLD THIS IS THE NEW FEEL so please stay off my back or I will attack and vou don't want that THE SHADOW OF HUNGER IS NEED 00H...WE LIVE THIS IS THE NEW GROUND

baby used to hold a rattle now he holds a grenade up above the whirling seas this is irony in motion picture style I'VE GOT THE POWER in a senseless battle daddy holds a spade a window in a darkened sky renegades unafraid plead guilty with a smile I'VE GOT THE POWER down a black hole as black as the day watch horizons disappear firebrands on the stake the only way to die hacking out the sparkling drops like dying notes of lullabies caught up in a whirlwind fiery chariots to the sky YOU'VE GOT THE POWER hacking out the sparkling drops of precious cursed suns to feed those cursed guns the earth it turns as slow as time WHO'S GOT THE POWER for the price of everyone the works of man they pass away THIS IS THE FRONT LINE for the hope of everyone a lonely final pantomime THIS IS THE HIGH WIRE only one remains THESE ARE THE LIVE ROUNDS THIS IS THE LOST FIRE

black stripes scorching metal in my mind black stripes torching switches to the grind black stripes rippling in the wind black stripes burning under skin

All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore FIREBRANDS is: To our fans: eXe : vocals Roman : guitars THIS ALBUM IS FOR YOU, YOUNG DREAMER.SEIZ EI T WITH BOTH Ghost: bass HANDS! THIS IS AN ALBUMABOU TA JOURNEY. THE JOURNEY THE Jachin : drums ADVENTURE. BRING ME THAT HORIZON! AND AT EACH HORIZON, doctormix : turntables & sfx AT EACH STEP IN HIE JOURNEY, THE WORLD SEEMS TO DOUBLE

Produced by doctormix and eXe IN BREADTH THE SKY SEEMS TWICE AS HIGH, THE ROAD TWICE AS (www.intelligcntkingpins.com) DANGEROUS ANDFULL OF PITFALLS, AND THE SEA TWICE AS FULL OF Engineered by Leonard Soosay Mixed by Leonard Soosay / doctormix and eXe MONSTERS. YET WE ARE TWICE AS BRAVE AND TWICE AS STRONG Recorded and Mixed at Snakeweed Studios EVERY TIME. Mastered byUE Nastasi at Sterling Sound, NY Art Direction and Design : FIREBRANDS / groovyrecords International Business Affairs: groovyrecords International TO FIRST THE FLASH OF REVELATION, THENTHE PULS E OF THE HUMAN HEART IN THE PURSUIT OF TRUTH FREEDOM, AND BEAUTY! All songs 2006 groovyrecords International All rights reserved. Used by permission. All songs written, arranged and performed by FIREBRANDS except*. All songs published by OP: EMI Music Publishing Hong Kong, SP: EMI Music Publishing Singapore (a div of EMI Group Singapore Pte Ltd) except *The Power (composer/author : BENITEZ, BENITO/GARRETT, JOHN III. OP: HANSEATIC MUSIKVERLAG/HOUSE OF FUN MUSIC/Warner/Chappell Music Germany. SP: Warner/Chappell Music Singapore Pte. Ltd. Also performing on this album: track 2: Zoe Buree / track 12 : Richard Hunter, Yu-Ann Wang, Elena Lim, Lau Wee Kiat, Wilson Goh, Chong Tze Lip, Peter Kellett.

Thanks: doctormix for the passion, pure energy and the "spaceship" he brought to FIREBRANDS, his record label groovyrecords International for the opportunity and the guidance along with Carol the "NANNY" & Greg "The WOLF".

Special thanks to Mohan, Pearl, Kevin, Lih Fen, Johnny and the EMI family for their faith and believe in the FIREBRANDS sound, Joey at EMI Publishing. Radio stations around the world for infecting the airwaves with our music, UE Nastasi for the kick-ass mastering, Leonard "Smell your Fart" Soosay for his TAS rising wisdom. Mrs Irina Tarasova for her expertise, Zoe Buree for the French connection, Richard Hunter, Yu-Ann Wang, Elena Lim, Lau Wee Kiat, Wilson Goh, Chong Tze Lip, Peter Kellett... for the angelic harmonies, our Cuban renegades Valentina Soldevila and Gabrielle Pendas for their timely translations. Roman eXe doctormix Ghost Jachin Special thanks to our families and friends for their support and love. doctormix would like to thank the ever Almighty GOD for making this happen, my Mum & Dad Mr. & Mrs John Pereira for their support and undving love to me. This album is dedicated to both of you. Dad, you are my Mentor. Would also like to thank my band and... right hand renegade master. eXe. Jachin, thanks for the vision. Guys, you are true musicians and brothers. I am really glad we got together for this journev and forged....to spread our message through a universal language. All the passion, persistence & pressure was worth it with all the blood, sweat and tears creating this album. Sweet symphony. All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore THIS IS ONE FOR THE CHILDREN BORN TODAY.

All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore 0094 6 37670 2 0094 6 37610 2 FIREBRANDS SCARECROW AND THE FIRE FIREBRANDS MORT POUR RIEN REBELLION INTELLIGENT FIRST THE CHASE FIRST THE THE NATION OF BONES FLASH THEN SUNFIRE IGNITE FLASH THEN SOLDIER SONG DANGER THE THE PULSE PULSE THE POWER GLIMMER RAIMWORLD BLACK STRIPES Musi c fro m Musi c fro m WWW.FIREBRANDSROCK.COM 2006 groovyrecords International. All Rights of the Owners and of the Producers of the Recorded Work Reserved. Unauthorized Copying, Reproduction, Hiring, Lending, Public Performance and Broadcasting Prohibited. Manufactured and Printed in Singapore. Distributed bv EMI Music Singapore. Music from EMI All Rightsi musi Reserved,c groovyrecordNational Librarys Board, Singapore