Kaskade - No One Knows Who We Are lyrics

We are shouting we are whispering
We give it all we have nothing

Built our houses on our hands
We are confident in our own plans
Here we sleep and here we stand
We are right now

Oh woah oh no one knows who we are
Oh woah oh no one gave us a mark

Oh woah oh no one knows who we are
Oh woah oh no one gave us a mark

We have held back we have pushed on
We can control we can look on

We're not searching for a name
Or looking back the way we came
We're not lost we're not ashamed
We are right now

Oh woah oh no one knows who we are
Oh woah oh no one gave us a mark
Please i’m all for looking hard at
Things that need to change
But first the fiction has to
Be knocked out of the discussion let me set
A few things straight

First off, this article is irrelevant and
Outdated perhaps if
These journalists had written this
Twenty years ago
When the truth was a little more ragged
They could have made an argument
That wasn’t so laughable
Back when warehouses were being broken
Into, fire codes were ignored
Dodgy generators were powering a
Massive sound system and
Restrooms were non-existant
This was a time that
Safety probably wasn’t exactly job one
Things were smaller then
Though there weren’t tens
Of thousands of people looking to
Gather in one place, not like now
This scene has grown, and in response
To the people it serves, it has grown up

Today, massive events are being
Held on terms that have been scrutinized by
Engineers, civil servants, fire
Chiefs, policemen
And all manner of bureaucratic safety
Hoops as EDM’s numbers have become larger
We’ve become
More accountable no longer hiding
In an abandoned
Warehouse, we’re paying taxes, paying dues
And stimulating the
Hell out of each cities’ economy that hosts
An event before the doors ever open
There is a string of green lights
That have to be run through
By people whose business it is to
Keep these events safe the
Same codes put into place for every
Other genre of music applies to
EDM to say otherwise is untruthful
And adheres to dangerous stereotyping

I wouldn’t dare say we ignore the
Tragic accidents that happen i
Wouldn’t dare say they don’t happen
But it takes a
Rudimentary understanding of the Basic Laws
Of Probability to guess that
The more people that show
Up to these festivals
The larger the risk is
That something goes awry
This isn’t unique to this music this
Is a universal principle can we hope to
Avoid it? Absolutely can we take every
Precaution and security measure to
Hedge the odds?
Definitely but can the promoter be held
Responsible for the actions of
The individuals at his events? No he can not

What it comes down to is
This: The responsibility to address
Substance abuse and addiction cannot
Come down to people
Who are event promoters not only
Is it unrealistic to
Expect them to tackle such a huge problem
It’s an enormous insult to
Those who have made
It their life’s work to do so clearly
If the uS Government hasn’t come up with
The magic bullet to
Quell the problem of drugs in this country
It is not reasonable to expect
An event promoter to pull
This kind of trick out of his hat either

I am dug in so deep
That articles like this one
Smacking of uninformed bigotry fire me up
In a pretty passionate way
To assign responsibility of
Regulating drug use to concert
Promoters is ludicrous
In the extreme to paint a picture
(bordering on hysteria) of a
Community of people as
Capricious and reckless drug
Users is irresponsible

This is a conversation that has
Been going on for decades
I don’t expect it to end here but know this:
As far as a music culture goes, EDM is the
One who will accept the kids on the outliers
The ones who get bullied
The ones who feel like they
May not quite fit in
This community is exceptional in
It's ability to bond all types together
And I am not exaggerating when I say
It saves lives our audience
Is intelligent and kind
Discriminating only in regards to which sound
They like best our audience
Is unprecedented in their drive to
Proactively support each other

There’s your story, LA Times do the world a
Favor and dig into that for a change, punks