Authentic Songtext
von Dead Man Ray

We′ll never walk in dead of night
Or a bribe, or a hype, or a limelight
We'll always be there right in time
We′re so cool that we don't mind
We'll never speak in triple tongues
Of the wrong, or the ones we can′t get to
We′ll never envy anyone
With a god, having fun in a fast car

'Cause we′re so human, so common, so we found
We're always charming, disarming the clue
Always authentic, romantic, electric
Never eccentric, theandric, bombastic
In love with silly answers
And candy-coated bubble
We′re proud of our potential
And silent 'bout our youth


Don′t ever try to wake us up
From the dream I admit we ain't dreaming
Don't give in to a single doubt
In a crowd they ain′t like you
Don′t ever have a second thought
Or a parent, or a fifth, or a sixteenth
And always try to break the ice
In a gaslit room or a party

Always authentic, the bright stars, the right cards
Always for rentals, the gentles, the true ones
Always authentic, fantastic, so drastic
We're so intriguing, fatiguing ourselves
We pile up our credentials
Our CV-gated smiles
We jump over your fences
Decided just like you

The systematic breakdowns
Are easy to explain
These daily deviations
Mislead us from the game
We′re climbing up a rotten tree
And forget that we cut all the branches
We hide in artificial bush
And we joyride around it


We'll always make a better deal
Never steal, never break, never whisper
We′ll always try to please your dad
Not the youngest of your sisters
'Cause we′re so human, so common, the greatest
We're always charming, disarming the clue
Always authentic, the bright stars, the right cards
Always for rentals, the gentles, the true ones

Let's make a scandal, dementor our fractals
That show the world we′re authentically cruel

With every flight that′s cancelled
The calmer we remain
While waiting by the wrong gate
Authentic's still our game