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Start It
06:07
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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
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2. |
Timecode
07:40
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It was a time of innocence
When I was twelve
safe and sound
Inside my shell
I didn’t plan, I didn’t move
It was a time the dreams began
When I was thirteen
Kiss of Life
So cautiously
And I felt, and I touched
You can try if you want to
Said the clown, tumbling over
You can hide for a minute now
Said the turtle and rushed away
It was a time the shadows fell
When I was sixteen
Reflection and pain
A rebel in vain
And I moaned, and I cried
It is a time of eternity
Because I am
Circling round
Starting again
And we dance, sometimes we dance
You can try if you want to
Said the clown, tumbling over
You can hide for a minute now
Said the turtle and rushed away
You can face the world
And wonder with big eyes
You can catch a star
And then you realize
You will ask for asking’s sake
Like communicats bouncing today
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3. |
Wash & Go
07:40
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See a world lies behind
The lines, the screen
Open your window and find
A most imaginary scene
Down the street a spaceship lands
Carrying the burden of a beast in chains
Its captain seems right out of place
The crew is dead, the gunman at least remains...
Crowds pass by
Without a glance
Empty boots appear
Crosses in their hands
Won't you come and say: Now!
Won't you come and say how
Won't you come and....
Out in the park on a sunday
Leaving no mark in the barks
Nowhere to go - just the horizon
So many ways with one end
See, a lie returns for a while
Escaping from a pile
Gathering wood in a fire
If only the flames will never reach higher
See, a why returns from behind
Leaving me so blind
A hail-storm, a thoundercloud
Wash away the frail new born plants of peace
Wet and breathless I recall
The days I used to menace with my fist to resist
The shower's on
The shampoo's gone
A hundred million bottles
If only I had one
Won't you come and say: Now!
Won't you come and say how
Won't you come and...
And all that I can say today
Searching for gold
Digging in the mud out in the cold
And all that I can hide tonight
Twisting by the pool
Slaves to serve the poisoned drinks so cool
And all that I can feel today
Was felt long before
Hear it now
The toll-free toll
Crack dealers advertise
Rock'n'Roll
Won't you come and say: Now!
Won't you come and say how
Won't you come and feel
The turning of the tide
The slipping of the real
Wash & Go
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4. |
Call For Life
04:50
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He hates the desk, that is grotesque
With all its documents and lists and the screen
Outside the sun, he wants to run away
To face the day without destroying his way
Hurry up! Don't dare to stop!
Something inside him screams
It's creeping in, it's sweating out
The fear of flying, the fear of dying,
a roundabout
It's time to decide,
to choose the question mark or to hide
from the fire still burning inside
On the radio, 'though the level's low,
he hears The Stones
See how I'm flying it's the call for life
Just pretend your wings are stronger
than all the things that put you down
and start your crying
She's through the door of the seventh floor
Her naked body lies dead on the ground
Tears in his eyes asking for the wherefores and the why's
And searching for the pure or at least the nice
Not only on the radio, don't keep the level low,
we receive the call
See how I'm sailing in the eye of the storm
Leave your fears behind or soon you'll be blind
For the miracle called life
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5. |
Half Empty Half Fool
10:51
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Captured in the whirling pools
No escape - the spiral rules
And draws like a magnet, draws
We have to obey
Born into the shifting sands
Wriggling, blood upon my hands
And it pours like a waterfall it pours
And I disappear
All I say fades away
All I say won’t remain
And sail away, away, away…
On water so near, water so clear
The moon controls the tide
Waves of life keep rolling to the shore
To stop once more
Before they must return
Time, time, time
The moon controls the light
A fire leading lovers through the night
Tender glances at the shore
Before they must return
Words I say
Words I hear
Words between the lines
Words of love
Words of truth
Won’t be remembered by time
If I stay here to face the day
Would the waves stop to return?
If I stay here to cry for help
Would the tide start to learn?
Words I say
Words I hear
Words of no respect
If I told myself to get out of your way
There’s nothing more to say
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6. |
Stay
04:31
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Out of a dream cloud
a white eagle lands on Lisa's lifeless hands
"Here comes the big surprise"
He says with twinkling eyes
Down from the rainbow
A golden swine starts licking her spine
Reviving with his tongue
That forms their holy song
Stay, stay, stay, stay alive
More than you lie
More than you sigh
Stay, stay, stay, stay wild
Beyond the cold
We're dancing bold
Save in her dream shell
sleeping peacefully
inside their symphony
The empty bottles outside
Don't penetrate her flickering light
Awaking from the delirium
Lisa begins to hum
Their perfect melody
That demands to be
And she tries to find
Tries to find out the breeding place
Of her magical pets
"Brothers, have you seen the golden swine
or the snow white eagle?"
But the brothers are stunned
And the brothers don't care
I can't promise you anything, but you
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7. |
All My Ways
05:04
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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?
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8. |
Glimpse of Home/Jericha
12:32
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GLIMPSE OF HOME (excerpt)
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
JERICHA (excerpt)
There's life to tell from present days
The choir went away
For the smile was on my face
Suddenly my home was in reach
Seven times I marched inside her
And her walls began to fall
Eternity won't satisfy
future has been great
Our life's a flash
in the universal rain
You stopped my heart from loosing blood
You kissed my soul alive
And the dreams we’re celebrating
Jericha, all of me is for you
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9. |
Cuckoo
07:31
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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
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10. |
Mountain High
10:00
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Ships without a sail
Snakes without a tail
Senses start to fail
Plans have gone away
Aims have gone astray
Fragments on my way
Unable to keep the light
To face the fight and see
Unable to force my fate
To communicate with me
When you dive you can’t run
When you bleed there’s a gun
Buildings of pain
Mountain high, oversized
You don’t dare to stare too
At the top
Hoarding your lies
Falling from skies
And still your heart is true
Crack the shell
Ride the waves
Of confidence and laughter
The race is on
On we
Go ahead
Headless foe
Cross the line
Line up smiles
Smile within
In different styles
Let your features just win
Let your creatures begin
Chase your dreams
Dreams of life
Life to steal
Steely knife
Words to trust
Trusts of gold
Golden hearts
Hearts so cold
Let your hunted soul shine
Let your senses feel fine
Catch the train
Train your mind
Mind the step
Step behind
Melt the ice
Eyes of hope
Hope to smash
Smash the dope
Let your vipers release
Let your snipers now cease fire
When you hide you can’t show
When you’re cramped it can’t flow
Canyons to cross
Turn the page, start again
Watch out for the splendor
Of your life
Use every stair
When there’s blues everywhere
And still your heard is true
Crack the shell, join the waves
Of confidence and laughter
I’m able to hold the light
To start the fight and win
I’m able to call my fate
To communicate with me
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Chandelier Neuss, Germany
CHANDELIER is a German progressive rock band. Originally active from 1986 to 1998, the band reunited in 2019.
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