[Verse 1] When someone's gone, we feel the pain Mourning helps us heal again Working through what we have lost Time will help us pay the cost But melancholia holds us tight Stuck in shadows, no morning light The lost object lives inside Where love and hatred both collide [Chorus] Mourning moves, melancholy stays Repetition marks our days Left behind in yesterday When the future slips away Communist dreams that couldn't be Lost objects of our fantasy Death drive pulling politics down When tomorrow can't be found [Verse 2] Wiederholungszwang takes control Repetition traps the soul Acting out the same old scene Living in what might have been We return to painful ground Where our losses can be found Compulsion drives us back in time To replay the paradigm [Chorus] Mourning moves, melancholy stays Repetition marks our days Left behind in yesterday When the future slips away Communist dreams that couldn't be Lost objects of our fantasy Death drive pulling politics down When tomorrow can't be found [Bridge] Left melancholy grips the mind Progress dreams we left behind Revolution's promised land Slipping through our empty hands Death drive in the public sphere Makes the future disappear Turning inward, turning back On a self-destructive track [Verse 3] Communist desire burns so bright For a world of equal rights But when that dream begins to fade We're haunted by the plans we made The lost object of our hope Becomes the chain, becomes the rope That binds us to what used to be Instead of possibility [Final Chorus] Mourning moves, melancholy stays Repetition marks our days Left behind in yesterday When the future slips away Break the cycle, find the way To tomorrow, to today Death drive doesn't have to win Let the future back again [Outro] The future waits beyond the past If we can make this moment last Move through mourning, break the spell Tomorrow has a tale to tell
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