핀란드, 헬싱키에서 결성된 4인조 펑크 리바이벌 밴드 Disco Ensemble의 데뷰앨범 [First Aid Kit]!!! 록 전문지 "Kerrang"과 "Drowned In Sound"에서 대서특필하며 펑크록 매니아들의 지지를 한몸에 받고 있는 이들은 지난 2000년부터 6장의 싱글반과 2장의 EP앨범으로 자국인 핀란드를 중심으로 유럽지역에서 스포트라이트를 받기 시작했다. 2006년에 발표된 인터네셔널 릴리즈반 [First Aid Kit]는 2005년에 발표된 동명타이틀 앨범을 다시 다듬어 오버그라운드 펑크록의 색깔을 더욱 강렬하게 표출하고 있다. Miikka Koivisto의 일렉트릭키보드로 시작하는 미니멀한 펑크싱글 "We Might Fall Apart"를 비롯 포스트-하드코어풍의 강력한 사운드를 자랑하는 "This Is My Head Exploding" 네오펑크풍의 대중성을 겸비한 "Black Euro"등 다양한 스타일로 자신들의 실력을 유감없이 발휘하고 있다.
I've been trying to shape up Shape up and raise hell But it's so hard to wake up 'Cause baby, I ain't well
This is my head exploding from the weight of the thoughts inside These are my thoughts escaping through the ventilation-shaft Though my words weight a ton they can hardly ever come out right This is an emergency call 'cause my head explodes tonight
Chorus: I'm trying to shout But no sound comes out This is my voice signing off I'm trying to shout But no sound comes out This is my heart signing off
I've been trying to catch up Catch up with the fuzz But it's so hard to wake up And even catch the buss
Well this is my concentration leaking out into the drain These are my lungs breaking down from too many cigarettes And though my words could save the world, they never come out right This is an emergency call 'cause I haven't seen the light
Chorus I'm trying to shout But no sound comes out This is my voice signing off I'm trying to shout But no sound comes out This is my heart signing off
Only cowards need help to get by Only cowards need friends to survive 2x
This is my head exploding from the weight of the thoughts inside These are my thoughts escaping through the ventilation-shaft Though my words weight a ton they can hardly ever come out right This is an emergency call 'cause my head explodes tonight
Chorus I'm trying to shout But no sound comes out This is my voice signing off I'm trying to shout But no sound comes out This is my heart signing off
There's something strange about the way the tap-water tastes Making speeches for the walls gets harder with every phrase I woke up and everyone had gone I woke up when the sun was setting I woke up and you were gone away
On any given day We might fall apart, We might fall apart On any minute now We might fall apart, Just like a house of cards
There's something strange about the way the horizon glows We'll lie down on the road and the cars drive inches from our toes I woke up and everyone had gone I woke up when the sun was setting I woke up and you were gone away
Maybe it's the chloroform kicking in, the chloroform is kicking in or maybe we've given in
On any given day We might fall apart, We might fall apart On any minute now We might fall apart, Just like a house of cards
I can not sleep, while you hide in the skins of saints and virgins Cunningly, you've again betrayed us all
Oh I know, my time is wasted by this hatred Oh I know, this grudge will suck me dry But maybe you'll come and put me out of my misery One graceful day you'll set me free
Won't you drop dead? You won't fool me with your same old lies Won't you drop dead? ‘Cause I have seen what's behind those eyes Oh Casanova Won't you drop dead? Oh Casanova
I can not wait for you people to bring down your statues Liberate me and please come clean But maybe you'll come and put me out of my misery One graceful day you'll set me free
You've again betrayed us all Now you're bound to fall
But maybe I'll come and put you out of your misery One graceful day I'll set you free
Spitting teeth you know you've won Just another punch and you'll be detonated You never learned to back up and run Just another push and you'll be dislocated
Mastering the art of self-deceit Planting the apple seeds
For you we own this song The saddest of them all My own Human Cannonball For you we own this song Cause we know where you fall My own Human Cannonball
Blessed are the silent and the meek Another sound and they will knock you over Don't ever show that you are weak Just another round so they don't know you're broken
With the rope around your neck You're dancing trough the air With the ropes around your feet As proud as you could ever be
Dead beat, shoving stuff into our shopping carts But we don't know the credit-card's corner's cut Empty our pockets down the same drain the paper-bills originally came from Save me from basements and rooftops Oh help me, I was buried under parking lots
Take a look into my eyes now Take a look into the eyes of a ghost Reach out for my hands now Reach out for the hands of a ghost
Dead meat, we're a shareholder's dream of little babies with price tags on their foreheads Gently hold my wrist and feel my pulse slowly fading to the background music Save me from basements and rooftops Oh help me, I was buried under parking lots
Take a look into my eyes now Take a look into the eyes of a ghost Reach out for my hands now Reach out for the hands of a ghost
Slept on the sidewalk I've never felt so cold Slept on the sidewalk I've never felt so cold
I'll come back for what I've left I pay back a lifetime theft I'll come back for what is mine This life was just one out of nine
Take a look into my eyes now Take a look into the eyes of a ghost Reach out for my hands now Reach out for the hands of a ghost The eyes of a ghost I'll come back for what is mine This life was just one out of nine
We need a screaming headline We need a hook for the storyline, Honey I never thought it could go so wrong But I was young and I needed the money
I didn't recognize you with your clothes on Honey, put your clothes on 1,2,3,4,
Can you hear the seductive sirens? Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo Can you hear the atonal anthem? Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo Turn up your radio Hear the call of black euro Can you hear the atonal anthem? Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo
They're sketching a monster In the back of the limousine Another cross for us to bear Light it up with kerosene
I didn't recognize you with your mask off Oh, take your mask off 1,2,3,4,
Oh holy labour, hold me close You give me everything I'm on my knees every time I hear your voice You give me everything Everything
A time to raid A time to conquer The busses without passengers
Push it in, Pin-cushion queen Bleed red like no-one's ever seen Now give it every single drop
This one goes for the fresh new blood, yeah This one's not for the faint at heart, yeah Another day, another new found lost soul Another day, the fresh new blood still runs strong
Steer the wheel blindfolded Following the compass nail This road goes where you want it to go This is the time you're in control Now give it everything you've got
Sew up the seams Stitches made with stable hands Hold up and let you sleep Sew up the seams Stitches made with shaky hands Hold up until they bleed
A time to raid A time to conquer The trains without passengers
Push it in, Pin-cushion queen Bleed red like no-one's ever seen Give it everything you've got Give it every single drop
I forgot to call The matches need to dry We need batteries for flashlights We're waiting by the phone Sharpening the knives Make sure you lit the fuse right
Don't wait up, don't waste your time Don't hold up on a dead phone line Just make sure you lit the fuse right
Blow up the world See if I care Leave us to burn See if I care Blow up the world, leave us to burn Make it a mess, I couldn't care less Blow up the world See if I care
I forgot to say The world might end today We can go and kick the streetlights I'm all out of faith A reason to sleep late Make sure you lit the fuse right
Don't wait up, don't waste your breath Don't make up, there's no time left Just make sure you lit the fuse right
Don't waste the wine When the sparks turn into flames We all be passed out We pass out We pass out Don't waste your time When the coffin's sealed with nails We'll all be passed out We pass out We pass out
I want to take you to my hotel-room And show you my collection of stolen silver-spoons I want explosions every single day Just give me a minute and I'll be already on my way
I'm going to shake the dust off my shoes I'm going to shake off the dust of this town
So long, my sisters We'll never see again We'll never kiss again So long my brothers We'll never see again We'll never meet again
I want to shove you into my suitcase Put you in to the back of my car with no license plates I want to take you where the wind only goes Say goodbye to the strangling ties and cardboard souls
I'm going to shake the dust off my shoes I'm going to shake off the dust of this town
So long, my sisters We'll never see again We'll never kiss again So long my brothers We'll never see again We'll never meet again
So long, my sisters, So long my brothers Au revoir, all sons and daughters So long, my sisters, So long my brothers Au revoir, all sons and daughters We are going to shake the dust off our shoes We're going to shake off the dust of this town
They took our bodies Now we gave our souls They bought our minds And now we're broke The air makes my skin turn pale But I can feel you on the Richter-scale
The revolution, Well it makes me yawn There's only the darkness When you are gone
Don't ever go You'll have to promise me You're the only thing that's ever meant something for me Don't ever go You are the dawn for me I'm a mess but at least I'm yours to keep You are the dawn
The economists rant and drool But all fortune I really need is you
All the dress codes really make me yawn There's only the darkness When you are gone
The city always sleeps Light has abandoned these pitch black streets The city always sleeps You have abandoned these pitch black streets