Released: May 14, 2012
Songwriter: Adam WarRock
Producer: Dicepticon
[Verse 1]
I see the future and no it's not pretty
Buildings turn to rubble in a flash of light
The flesh decays and soon the city's nothing
Just howls from the past; those who passed on
To the next ones, science keeps us
Waitin' for the answer
In the year of 2019 there's civil unrest
Where gangs patrol the streets and the students resist
Where the government's torn to pieces
In the wake of the third world war and martial law
Controls the people once more
Where the press is muscle so we never know the truth
Where the black ops military experiments
Sit beneath the city; cryogenically frozen
He had a name but now he's just collections
Of memories and test patterns
And we crawl the sewers hoping and wishing
Waiting and praying that there's an answer
And we load our guns killing and we fight for territory
That's the life that we know
When you live in neo-tokyo it's about to explode
[Chorus] X 16
It's about to explode
It's about to explode
[Verse 2]
All I wanted was the open road
A place to drink and friends who kept me honest
Whoever; who would've been thinking
That we'd live through armageddon twice
But you only die once; I'm a send him
I got his bike back to meet him
Rest in peace
Cause they told me I was a punk
Who roamed the streets
Just a no good gangster and I admit I made mistakes
So I'ma fight until my last breath leaves
I'll do it for him
Cause he's my friend, I still gotta try and save him
Yes, Tetsuo, think back on your memories
Tetsuo, think of Neo-tokyo
Tetsuo, think of all the good times and your memories
Tetsuo, lean into the curbs like it's suicide
Tetsuo
In a dying city we can find a reason to live
We can find love, we can find friendship
We can find the universe, Tetsuo
This is the end and the beginning
Tetsuo is that you? Tetsuo
And they whisper "Akira" beneath their breaths
And I don't understand why they say it (Akira)
And they whisper "Akira" beneath their breaths
And I don't understand (Akira)
[Chorus] X 16
It's about to explode
I see the future and no it's not pretty
Buildings turn to rubble in a flash of light
The flesh decays and soon the city's nothing
Just howls from the past; those who passed on
To the next ones, science keeps us
Waitin' for the answer
In the year of 2019 there's civil unrest
Where gangs patrol the streets and the students resist
Where the government's torn to pieces
In the wake of the third world war and martial law
Controls the people once more
Where the press is muscle so we never know the truth
Where the black ops military experiments
Sit beneath the city; cryogenically frozen
He had a name but now he's just collections
Of memories and test patterns
And we crawl the sewers hoping and wishing
Waiting and praying that there's an answer
And we load our guns killing and we fight for territory
That's the life that we know
When you live in neo-tokyo it's about to explode
[Chorus] X 16
It's about to explode
It's about to explode
[Verse 2]
All I wanted was the open road
A place to drink and friends who kept me honest
Whoever; who would've been thinking
That we'd live through armageddon twice
But you only die once; I'm a send him
I got his bike back to meet him
Rest in peace
Cause they told me I was a punk
Who roamed the streets
Just a no good gangster and I admit I made mistakes
So I'ma fight until my last breath leaves
I'll do it for him
Cause he's my friend, I still gotta try and save him
Yes, Tetsuo, think back on your memories
Tetsuo, think of Neo-tokyo
Tetsuo, think of all the good times and your memories
Tetsuo, lean into the curbs like it's suicide
Tetsuo
In a dying city we can find a reason to live
We can find love, we can find friendship
We can find the universe, Tetsuo
This is the end and the beginning
Tetsuo is that you? Tetsuo
And they whisper "Akira" beneath their breaths
And I don't understand why they say it (Akira)
And they whisper "Akira" beneath their breaths
And I don't understand (Akira)
[Chorus] X 16
It's about to explode
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