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Facing Gravity

by Chandelier

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Brian White just discovered this band. a lot of the reviews I have read only give 3 stars, but one gives 4 and I totally agree it deserves 4 stars. they say that they sound like Marrilion or IQ. I would suggest Pendragon as well. but they are not a copy of any of them but their music is in the same vein of prog rock. the vocalst has a very unique voice, which adds to the overall sound. there are some great guitar passages as well as good keyboard and drums. they have their own sound. very good album.
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1.
Start It 05:38
Screaming women, kerchiefs on Fierce looking beards with a gun TV pictures on our mind Their eyes alone see the sun Politics of centuries ago Deriding today All in all the same as here Just two different paths of one way Now we have to start it Open-hearted all the time Now we have to dance to get higher Now we have to start it Or we won't find the time Together in a line Believing in a war so fair So sweet, so intimate they pray Our prejudice our fear to share Of course they wanna stop to pay
2.
Cuckoo 07:21
Cuckoo: You turn around You turn around again He'll touch the ground And won't return again Your son will die again You exert yourself You exert yourself again - in vain I'll rise up to the sky To see the corpse below Enjoy the sunny days He'll be cold as a stone Try to rest till next time Your heart beats now Your heart beats now again At the final blow One last breath to grow One last push to go Little Bird: Ooh-ba-ooh Sayway - sail away The start is the end of my lifetime Mother Bird: Hungry all the time I try so hard to feed their beaks I can't afford to sigh Gotta hurry up I can't stand their squeakes Ooh - I need more time I need so much more time now I'm a true-hearted mother - somehow Flying cross the aisles I'm chasing the worm on the grass In the fern I'm far away I fly Back on my way to see if they are okay Ooh - I need more time I need so much more time now I'm a true-hearted mother - somehow Somehow
3.
Itai 05:04
[Translated: There's a cat on the moon Hungry - licking her slashed paw While the memory of a hopeful tune Prowls around her Deaf for her call There's a ship on the ocean Loaded with confidence and trusts Dividing the waters titanicly Laughter on the icebergs And from the moon] The sun shines harsh on a withered scene A mother rocks her bale of bones Her dying tears overflow my TV screen But my remote control wipes it clean The race is on to face its end of time Just the fate of species once in a while But when I turn around And look into their eyes You smile You can we smile? Chairmen chat and parsons pray Singers soil our souls with grease Investigators invest in real estate Down at the bay And the children They fall silent to their knees
4.
Safe 06:33
I don't know no prophecy I don't know no heresy I don't know anything at all but you I can't tell no right from wrong I'm neither wise nor strong But I know your secret - therefore I am Ooh, the night is long and I'll be sailing Sailing home to your heart Never be apart Ooh, the night is warm and we'll be cooling Cooling the wounds of our fight And everything's all right I don't believe in the government Or in anything heaven sent The traps lurking everywhere Are paralyzed by you I don't trust the things I see I don't trust hypocrisy There's nothing but your sweetest That I rely on Ooh, the night is long and we'll be dancing close - skin to skin Knowing we will win Ooh, the night is dark and we'll be shining Shining like stars in the sky Sparkling so high - again And so we're safe Embracing all the world There's a war outside Here's a place to hide And we're each other's key And so we're safe Opposing time There's a peaceful isle In a stormy sea And we agree There's nothing else at all I don't care if the market relaxes I don't care for the income taxes Diamonds are a feeble gleam Compared to your eyes Perhaps future runs fast Perhaps they learn from the past The only time I understand Is the presence of your soul Ooh, the night is long and we'll be charming Charming away all the pain And the stupid, and the rain Ooh, the night the deep and we'll be flying Flying on waves in the air A life to share
5.
Arrows of dew Arrows of dew fly silently in the night Arrows of dew first come warm And then no rhyme The quiver god quivered quite a lot When he aimed at our hearts He failed to tear them apart Arrows of steel stuck inside our fantasy Arrows of dew they had to melt away She didn't stay Tender journey Lilac lighting A flower on my way I got down on my knees To smell her bloom Inhale her scent She stirs me so Her eyes so shy Sparkles in our minds Colours in my pulse Being silent we spoke No word disturbed the air Smiling side by side A tune in my heart In the throat of the night What kind of storm is this I'm losing ground Round and around and around And around and around Only your smile No sleep at all Collapse of time Coughing my breath Thorns in my chest Almost insane Elevator The doors open wide As we entered the room to rise The springtime sun outside Showed so much fun and delight The buttons revealed So many heights that me might reach The flight so sweet In a pushing beat Hand in hand I declared that I love rainbows On the wall paper I wrote my love letter You mentioned the mountains That are so hard to climb And I thought maybe I can help you Higher we came And through the walls of glass I saw That famous bridge over troubled water We kissed our lives And with the setting sun behind I felt this might be home Tohuwabohu Instrumental How can I explain How can I explain How can I explain This block so dull My stomach rebels And these strange pell-mells How can I explain How can I explain The lasting change of her face Ugly to nice Beauty to ice How can I explain How can I explain The forces in me What makes me fall In love and life at all Fragments of the rainbow Now that the station's lost the train And all the clouds have lost the rain Now that the tumbler's all drunk out Horse powers have left the roundabout Fragments ache under my feet I rub them off to a frequented street The rainbow fell out of the blue I gather the colours that broke in two I try to mix them in my sand box-pail Till my nose knows it's the right trail Still so much love runs through my veins Still it's only me who waters my plains Home It's not a house, it's not a land It's not a people, it's not a band Not a theory, it's not an idea I fear My only home is where I sing
6.
All My Ways 04:42
The paths we go Sensations we show Are they shaped in a line Do we control With heart and soul? And my thoughts, are they mine? Are my decisions Just vivid visions? Is it true, am I alive? The bridles ends tight in my hands And the view crystal clear But the coachman's seat is wide And he sits by my side The horses in my back obey You're guarding all my ways Am I running free Or fulfilling my destiny? Are these questions worth the time? What's the meaning of a dream? Am I water in a stream? What's the source of a rhyme?
7.
This slope must be done Listen to your drum This challenge must be won No matter what will come Step by step On our track From down below to the top There are stairs to climb The rain may spoil our clothes It won't penetrate our skin The wind will teach your nose How to find the way within So build a boat To cross the sea Of the never wondering sleep There's a bonfire on the shore We're standing high high above This circling world And we can't get enough Of this circling world The trees will lose their leaves But only for some moons And hidden in your sleeves Is the ace to heel your wounds You've got legs to run Before the damage Is done And you can't force yourself to smile There's so much more to do This urge that we can feel The pulsation of our life The sensation's real There's more than 9 to 5 There's a tide to turn So go on and learn How to explore yourself You’ve got a heart to burn
8.
Wash & Go 07:59
9.
Autumn Song 04:19
And so we fail again Like a clock that's out of time The whispering lights have gone away Laughter circled round the glade A breeze danced in the grass Coloured chinese lanterns blew The light up to the stars Smiling stars And so we fail again Like a circus without a clown The smell of life has left the sky Burning before the afterglow Waves caressed the sand Humming nasty gnats they bite Escape my killing hands Anyhow Time to retire Tentacles seize Trying to drown me Under the ice Heart of the run Longing for sun To feel secure To return And so we fail again Like a tree that's lost its leaves My hemisphere turned towards the cold Swans pass by majesticly Fountains in the park A sweet scent lingers in the air The warmth lights the dark Once again

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Facing Gravity is CHANDELIER's second album, released in October 1992 on the band's own label Sisyphus Rec. The album was re-released by Inside Out Music in 1997 and again re-released in a remastered version in 2018 by Chicadisc. The download files are from the remastered version.

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released October 10, 1992

Tobias Budnowski: keyboards, vocals, acoustic guitar on track 9
Martin Eden: lead vocals, acoustic guitar on track 5
Udo Lang: electric guitar
Herry Rubarth: drums, programming on tracks 3 & 4
Christoph Tiber: bass guitar, 12 string guitar on track 9

Guests:
Toni Moff Mollo: lead vocals on track 6
Masaru Kikawa: voice on track 3

Recorded at TRO Studio, Dormagen August 1992.
Engineered by Chris Hammerl, mixed by René Förster.
Technical assistance: Stefan Braun
Produced by Chandelier & René Förster
Remastered by EROC at Erocs Mastering Ranch

Track 3 recorded April 1992 at Hillside Studio, Leverkusen

Original artwork by Andreas Franke (design, photography) & Thomas Jarzina (design,illustrations).

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CHANDELIER is a German progressive rock band. Originally active from 1986 to 1998, the band reunited in 2019.

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