Welcome to my world, where all your dreams come true
Look at how life brought you where you thought you had nothing to do
Dive deep in it and your problems will forever end,
Select my sweeter way out, make it your eternal way
Create an emergency and I'll help you the best I can,
I'll conjure away your worries like a magician
Forget your guilty conscience, I'll clean all its stains
On the kingdom of pretence, I shall forever reign
Tons and tons and tons of different coloured costumes and masks,
Hidden beneath you will find
The last resort for the desperate (powerless),
I'm your master disguised as your slave, (x2)
I'm the joker
a)Get out of my head, you're just a facade,
You can erase that smile
Is there anything left for me in my life?
b)Don't worry, I take care of everything, you're fine!
a)I'm so much more than what you can see, I won't be anymore in this life who I many times fought and yet used to be
b)How many times have you wished with a real intention to die?
I'm your mind, I serve your time and your thoughts are mine
You can do nothing, won't do anything, but still you think you will hide, but I'll be lying and waiting, just creeping up from behind
a)I'm in vacation of your opinion, your service is no longer required
Look at this clown mask in the mirror, I assure you it's not mine!
b)It's your reflection that you're seeing, you live in me,
you can't kill me, I'm within, will you dare get rid of me?
a)No more magic tricks and strategies, now I'll admit my mistakes
b)Follow me beyond your own limitations, a little faith is all it takes
You're safe only 'cause I'm still so close, I haunt you like a ghost, how can you forget what I've taught?
I am your enemies' threat, with me you can be everybody in front of everyone else
a)I've changed my name and my face in order to play your game,
My choices in life determine who the fuck I am!
Your time has past, I can't go back, what you did I can't deny
Thank you for caring enough 'bout me to be honest, I'm alive!
Back from the realm of the dead with my head held on high!
b)This 'I rejecting I' won't help you, it will strengthen me,
Is this all the gratitude that you can show me?
I bleed myself white for you, look at the things that I do
Now you behave as if for you my acts were something new
a)Your being is my nightmare, I just reap what I've sown,
You've not won, my ideal's not lost but your power is gone
b)I won't pay attention to, even mention, your insurrections,
I've got no time to lose, just counts the result of my options
If the end justifies my means, make yourself a part of my schemes,
where nothing's what it seems, but don't you feel complete?
I gave you the power of maintaining appearance of control,
preventing you from being once, twice, against the wall
When good ideas run through you, listen to my voice
Don't try to escape by yourself, just do always as I've told
a)Only I can stop what I did create, that's why I'm gonna disconnect, don't care for the way I'm portrayed
b)Let me replace your feelings of insecurity with jokes, tough guy acts and stupid things
I've been dealing with your chaos and I'll do it for eternity, take your time, don't be blind and give up your false new beliefs
Tons and tons and tons of different coloured costumes and masks,
Hidden beneath you will find
The last resort for the desperate (powerless),
I'm your master disguised as your slave,
I'm the joker!
(The Joker)
Nobody'd believe how much I hide,
If only they knew what's on my mind,
I make myself look perfect in every way,
So when it's not working my way, I'm not the one to blame,
I'm scared to let you know who I really am,
'Cause what would happen to me if I didn't stay the same
And to my imaginary shield that no-one gets through?
If only you'd see me like I do
Like an actor on stage I play a role,
I'm secure and safe behind my walls
I've stepped up hard to hide my personality,
I use gentle manners to make you wish to be with me
I've been caring and kind, easy-going and I've smiled throughout my life
To communicate with myself and others I have learnt to lie!
I'm afraid to be myself and shine, I'm even scared to try
Out of fear to be rejected, I carry that heavy mask!
Goodbye Mr Nice Guy!
(Inside Mr Nice Guy)
RAISED IN A FAMILY WHERE THE FIGURE OF AUTHORITY
ALWAYS USED TO COME DOWN ON ME,
I'VE BEEN A PRISONER OF MY ANGER, TRAPPED BY MY FEARS,
I THOUGHT I'D NEVER SEE FREEDOM FOR YEARS
NEVER AGAIN! (x3)
FOR IT DOES NO LONGER WORK FOR ME…
Raised in a family where the figure of authority
Always used to come down on me,
I've been a prisoner of my anger, trapped by my fears,
I thought I'd never see freedom for years
I'm the tinman, look like the tinman, live like the tinman – TINMAN!
I'm the tinman, act like the tinman, feel like the tinman
As I was shown, I used violence to express myself
And when I knew I had nothing to say
Now I'm trying to get my pride up off the ground,
My self-value's gone, my confidence cannot be found
I'm the tinman, look like the tinman, live like the tinman
I'm the tinman, act like the tinman, feel like the tinman
Okay, guys, you know what time it is?
It is said that our thoughts lead to our actions, our actions create our habits,
which create our character and our character creates our destiny.
So it's time for me to get a new insight, 'cause it doesn't work for me anymore!
I've opened up the part of me that I wanted to hide away
Instead of crying at what you did to me – WHAT YOU DID TO ME!
I've found myself a path I can easily follow,
There's not even myself to stop me now – OH NO!
I was the tinman, I looked like the tinman, I lived like the tinman
I was the tinman, I felt like the tinman, what happened to the tinman?
I do remember clearly when you used to say
"Life is hard, things will always be this way" – IT WON'T BE MY WAY!
I realize I was some kind of enemy to myself,
As now I know I'm my best friend – OH YEAH!
I was the tinman, I looked like the tinman, I lived like the tinman
I was the tinman, I felt like the tinman, I know I'll never be the same!
Welcome to my new life!
Never again!
(Tinman)
BIOGRAPHY
Seekers of the Truth hail from Lyon in France. From their beginning in 1988, the band is known as Shit Happens and releases two demos: Silence Sucks! in ’93 and The Stone Age in ’95, and a 7” as well ('We must learn to share the common ground that we stand… with any form of life') on the French label Holy Fury Records.
In 1996, the German records company Lost and Found contacts them and they change to the name Seekers of the Truth, paying homage to the Cro-Mags, which better fits the spirit of the band. They record an album ('Out of Ignorance', 11 tracks, 1996) and a mini CD ('Transcendence', 5 tracks, 1997).
In 1997, they record two new songs for the V/A cd 'The Nightmare Remains… in this Other Land' on the French label Overcome Records and a 7” ('Difference') with another band is released out on the Paris label Explicit Sounds Records.
Seekers of the Truth has always been delivering a positive message and encouraging a good state of mind, based on others’ respect and freedom. The lyrics are positive, putting the stress on consciousness and responsibility in our daily acts rather than simple critiques of the society. Their music, like their message is sincere and full of energy, not hesitating to mix old and new school hardcore influences.
During their tours, which lead them to Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, including the Dour festival 1997 in Belgium, they play with Agnostic Front, Comin’ Correct, 25 ta Life, Snapcase, Shelter, Backfire, Racial Abuse, Stormcore, Out for Blood, Right for Life, AWOL, Underground Society, D.S.B., Children, Drowning, Trapped in Life, Primal Age, Hang Up, Tribal Zone…
In January 1998, after their last show in Beauvais, France, they decide to put things on pause.
2005, after seven years of silence, the band is back to keep on taking pleasure in playing music. In the beginning of 2006, Eternalis Records (French label) releases a V/A cd ('Better at Making Enemies than Friends') with the current French hardcore scene, and the Seekers are there with a Bold cover (Always Try). In May, they record a cd single (Tinman, 3 tracks) released out on Eternalis Records. The band is now: JP – guitar (former MST and Madhouse), Clem – guitar (Aporia, Shall Remain, Dusteed), Franck – bass, Sylvain – drums and Xav – voice.
Seekers of the Truth actively work on their upcoming shows and on their next CD. Musically speaking, this new album will be more eclectic and innovative for the band, which doesn’t want to limit itself regarding influences and arrangements.
