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Pure

by Chandelier

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1.
It's a natural fact, it's heredity Born in human originality It's a leading light, it's more and more It's increase and it is war It's supply and demand, it's competition It's the law and it's a fiscal mission It's the profit's song, a constant fight It is trade and it is right So get out of my day, you make me scream All you critics with your social dream We are the hope, we're heaven cent Don't be shy, take my hand All the other way's - a complete disaster We wipe them out, they fall ever faster Reason and cash All their coloured flags will soon be trash It's a dollar affection and a stellar attraction It's a trip to the stars, we'll land on Mars An eternal chase for a new market place We need land, Martian take my hand This story of glory will end, we'll be sorry The price is high for a slimy lie Take my hand, say good-buy
2.
I water the flowers, I caress the cats, perception cowers in icy nets, tears follow tears, a drift to the sea Imagine your smile - exploding That’s what I want to do the day after the day you’ll die My pores want your softness, my ears your pleasing sound I search for your light, blind on the ground Paralysis begins, my hands touch the grey energy escapes - exploding That’s what I want to do the day after the day you’ll die It’s all that’s left to do the day after the day you’ll die I surmise the last news I forgo my last grin a sudden stroke and I don’t know that I’ve been dreams start to burn and water is near the earth is so blue - exploding
3.
Stay 04:58
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
4.
Jericha 07:16
No tale to tell from ancient times It was only yesterday that I was out for rhymes Loitering down the streets without destination Kicking away the heavy weights with a smile on my feet No direction, no affection dazzled by the mighty blow Hit by the weird and beautiful choir That knew their song so well and they sang: "We laugh about your way, cripple! We feel your pain! " Going crazy, running blind Trying hate, tears behind It took me away. I took myself away And the moon, of course the moon 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
5.
Pure 02:02
Sweet, my love, like rain that strokes our window pane while inside your pure and smiling silence warms and brightens my life. Harsh, my love, like wheat that sighs in the summer heat may the earth stand still so still we are moving exposed to the sun and the wine. It’s prickling in my nose, it’s sweat upon my hands it’s the beauty of the rose deserted in the sands all around my head there’s a cloud full of snowmen, who sweep and smile once in a while When you dance in my kingdom, the nobels are shocked the chests of gold are already unlocked my minstrels and court-fools in harness and armour guard your way night and day on and on, on and on.
6.
Winterpause 04:07
7.
I remember yearnings so long ago hiding in your helping hands, feeling low every line I know every song I learned by heard your stopped the flow from my bleeding soul after lover’s grief had torn it apart Your comfort and your purity encouraged me to keep my dreams alive to stand up to the storm In your tenderness in your peacefulness you smiled you were so strong in your morality and so lovely like a child Heart of gold turned to stone, Heart so old stop to pray “Salman must die! The arrow’s on its way!” What has become of you, what devil burned you mind? I know in wintertime it’s hard to catch a leaf In your loneliness in your pain you saw no light you who healed so many wounds were killed in the fight Torturers must have robbed your corpse Torturers taught you to pray “Salman must die! The arrow’s on its way!” I can’t believe my ears It’s not true what you say. It’s not you, you pray The divine satanic verses revealed satanic minds a grey old man without a smile, the cheering mob behind inside their blinded hearts mercy rebels in vain and their hate destroys unrestrained It this a world you like? A heaven on earth, my friend? Teaser and firecat would have been tortured ’til the end. I hope your god is merciful, more merciful than you Sad Lisa won’t trust you no more. Heart of stone return to gold. Heart so old, stop to pray “Salman must die! The arrow’s on its way!” I can’t believe my ears, It’s not true what you say. It’s not you, you pray. Back in his hiding place, a poet tries to cry. Last lines on a yellowed sheet: So cold without you, love.
8.
Dictator 03:45
I’ve got a bomb-proof throne made from sculls and slaves coloured shells to praise the lord. and I’ve got six brown girls to shave my skin on the backseat of my sweet Concorde. between my ten swimming pools no chaos rules for I am divine, Never I’ll go back, don’t wanna go back I’ll never go back! It’s all mine, all mine! There are memorials of me - thousands of them - along the borders, in the cities, on the land. my people love my dignity I’m more famous than any Rock’n’roll band. And oh, how I love you, I just gotta say, how I love you so get me a child and a man in a wheelchair and call me “The Mild” while I stroke their hair. I’ve heard rumours about revolution aloud - no chance for that my soldiers are loyal for their wages are royal the rebels stay thin and I stay fat. I’ve got friends everywhere in high positions and they will always support my holy mission. Never I’ll go back don’t wanna go back, I’ll never go back, it’s all mine, all mine.
9.
This is the ultimate song I feel it won't be long After the very last tones come trickling out your phones Your wishes all will explode Take a walk to the bomby wood, listen to the siren's call Ignore the starving shades, convulsive in the glades close you eyes, otherwise, your eyeballs will vaporize In the presence of megadeath, you'll hold your breath Don't complain my hero, it's all agreed long since The devils, the gods, the managers, they all have dropped their hints Turn around, hush, make no sound Maybe you can escape with a bag over your head Duck under your bed This is the ultimate tune it will be over soon Make the most of the chance enjoy the last dance "Get it while you can" Stay away sweet children, your dreams will burn to screams We don't see your pure hearts, hate is our fate For million years the billions tears haven't changed anything Those who cannot cry know the reason why
10.
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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PURE is the debut album by German progressive rock band CHANDELIER. The album was originally released on the band's own label Sisyphus Records in 1990 and released by Inside Out Music in 1997. In 2018 a new remastered version was released by Chicadisc. The download files are from the remastered version.

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released September 9, 1990

Tobias Budnowski: keyboards, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Martin Eden: lead vocals
Udo Lang: electric & acoustic guitars
Herry Rubarth: drums
Christoph Tiber: bass

Guest: Christine Frenz: flute on track 5

Recorded July/August 1990 at TRO Studio, Dormagen. Engineered by Christoph Hammerl. Mixed by Christoph Hammerl and Rainer Assmann (tracks 2, 8, 9)

Track 5 recorded & mixed by Elmar Krick & Anselm Rössler at Robert-Schumann-Institute, Düsseldorf.

Original cover artwork by Andreas Franke & Thomas Jarzina.

Remastered December 2017 by EROC at Erocs Remastering Ranch, Spockhövel

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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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