LYRICS
All Lyrics by André Savetier, except "Against the Sun" and "Al di la del mare"
1000 Nights
You look tired
Don't give in
just close your eyes
enter my fantasy
time is running out
No chance to deceive me
I'll give you one more night
Tell me of lands far away
tell me of good old days
tell me everything you know
All these tales
intervene with my memories
deep down inside
to elude this cruel world
mesmerise me
just one more night
Wait until the 1001st night
Tell me of love and devotion
tell me who you are
I want to understand
I want to know
what made you
the greatest storyteller
of all time
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Against the Sun
"Being underground is the only way to be a real enemy of the sun" -- Lorenzo BrogiHelen Dudley - Against the Sun
A ghost against the sun,
A shiver in the grass,
Dead memories that drift,
And pass, and pass.
Helen Dudley - Reed-Song
A crescent moon
Behind the pines
The cry of a loon
Where the river winds
The blackened trees
On the long gray shore
A sob in the breeze
That the day is no more
Helen Dudley - Cootham Lane
Twilight has encircled
The flowers in the garden,
And the sky is dim and faint.
(The) flowers (are) as cold as alabaster,
And luminous like paint
Of an old Venetian master.
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Al di là del mare
Forse immaginiamo spesso i fariPer inondare di luce i nostri occhi chiari
Come cieli che hanno perso le stelle
La magia ed i sogni delle notti piu belle
Persi seguendo un desiderio d'amore
Per dimenticare il grigiore delle ore
E tutte le promesse diventate inganni
Che hanno rubato i nostri migliori anni
Cosa ci attende al di la del mare?
Solo un'illusione in cui sperare
O un sorriso che attende di rinascere
Prima della notte che sta per scendere
Forse brillera una lacrima di rimpianto
Per aver trovato cosa cercammo tanto
Solo per farcelo scippare dal tempo
Dal silenzio che giungera nottetempo
Lyrics by Lory Fayer
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Aphegesis
When you turn around
You see the shadow of your doubts
That follows you
Wherever you go
To make sense of this world
I collect narratives
People tell me their stories
I turn them into music, dreams,... poetry
But there is this one tale
I have never heard before
That I want to know more than anything
The one I am most of all afraid of
It is the story how you became you
that steals your sleep like a slick thief
concealed by the tears on the pillow
that you turn around before I would notice
We are in this together
Two hearts that beat like one
An open book for those
who are able to read between the lines
But there is this one page
I'm inept to decrypt
that makes no sense without context
the key to interpret your story
It is the story
that shaped and shook your world
that makes you whine
like a hurt wolf
Your eyes' silent scream
before you close them
Every kiss...
an inaudible sigh
As I retell my stories
I give them warmth and glory
now I'm telling yours
maybe one day you will read mine
Our stories are like daisies
which appealed on the field
moved with the wind
plucked, dried, flattened
forgotten in a book
you never read
to remind you of a moment
which chained you from within
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Distant Faces (The Storm)
Hear the leaves cry
they compete with the wind
Feel the rain
all over your skin
Fear the wrath
of the storm to come
You felt the same once
when I bruised you inside
Remember...
stormy days... neverending
Black clouds created
fear of tomorrow
Written on your face
your cold embrace
You hid under my wing
where we kissed
the skies away
Distant faces, confined to be buried
in wet hands, a tight embrace
Cold lips stumble
upon words left unsaid
Swallowed by rain
A thirst for dreams remains
The second time
you painted the horizon blue
you threw the sun
right into the sea
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The End of Everything
Look above in the sky wide and clear
you have fallen for the sunrise
Oh you! that has the burden to keep
try not to intervene in the cycle
Your word in honour
your world in order
They say you are the way
You are the ashes of everything
Brace yourself
Rise and shine
Bring down the stars for me
Oh you! Poisoner of hearts
polluter of the mind
Mark my futile words
You are the apogee
You are the empathy
you are the apology
You are the end of everything
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Fomalhaut
You took me by surprise
Almost like a thief
A source created
by your belief
Wherever I go
I walk in circles
Whenever you leave
you leave a crack in the mirror
Choose your destiny
Would you call out for more?
Develop a taste
for a certain dismay
to silence the echo
of words never said
Wherever you go
I fall in your footsteps
Whenever I see you - I see you
through a glass, darkly
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Forever or You
Forever or you
I can never be the stars
on your mind
How can I
share your view
that you wave about
like a blunted hatchet
on its way to the trunk
No need
to destroy one's heart
to see what's inside
"What I possess seems far away to me / and what is gone becomes reality" - from Goethe's Faust
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Forlorn
Looking back
to what feeds your anguish
with anger and remorse
What is done is gone
a source of forlorn hope
Where have you been
when I held my hand
into the fire?
There is still the pain
albeit to a lesser extent
a reminder to not be oblivious
to what remains
Take a rest from your scream
despite all the dreams you've wronged
Don't forget to feel the loss
of an eternal truth
that wasn't yours to give
(of a life that wasn't yours to live)
- Dass ich erkenne, was die Welt im Innersten zusammenhält
(engl: That I shall see what holds the world together in its innermost)
— Goethe's Faust
Whenever your world starts to crumble
Push your fears against the rubble
Whatever excels your mind
has a moment and a place in the past
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Heart-Beat Me
Eyes
Drill right into one's heart
Lips
To seal unbroken words
Years have passed
Wasted acting
Maybe you'll find the time
to heart-beat me
half a stranger
heart-beat me
before I'm gone
Move on!
Come!
Head on!
Have I been mistaken?
I hoped that I'm your sinner
Lure me out, into the sun
Bear in mind, I won't wait forever...
Years have passed
Ruled by envy
Never seemed to find myself
Lost in a rhythm
of harmony
Lost in the rhythm
of your heartbeat
Lost in the rhythm...
Lost in the rhythm...
of your heartbeat
Heart-beat (hurt me)
Forget the past
I am none the wiser
All I ever wanted
Was to fall asleep
To your heartbeat
Love is desire
Love is Greek Fire
Let me die
for one second
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Hotspur
In silence we played
afraid of gazing eyes
we dragged your dream outside
to hide inside
Was I supposed to run away
or should I have followed you?
It appears that it won't go away
So don't stay in our way
When we are together in this
Unstoppable, unbreakble
Why hesitate to drink with us
from the cup of life?
How long will it take
till you realise
that it was empty
the drink in it a dream
and it wasn't yours?
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It Goes Away
I can't see what you see in me
I tried to be calm
You want to play
to play our time away
In the end it's just a game
a game of fading clarity
When we lose - oh, we will lose -
nothing but ourselves
Ask me tomorrow
what I believe in today
Don't make me masquerade
the reasons why
As time flies by
we unlearned to see blindly
You forcefully withdrew your hand
to cover up your eyes
If I had known better
I wouldn't have changed a thing
As time goes on/goes on/goes on
we unleashed the beast
of a past we never had
Fly/fly/fly/fly
fly in circles
swoop down on your dream
The lush prey is more than eager to remove
The dust from your skin
It goes away you said
open up your eyes
I wouldn't have changed a thing
until we unleashed the beast
of a past we never had
of a future that never stood still
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Missing Pieces
So young and almost reckless
You caught my eye
I got to taste
The bitter taste
Of eternity
The wounds were wrought
It is the songs that remain
The fog in my head
Prevents me
From stealing the sun
From falling again
Shattered memories
Tell me
Tell me!
A broken heart can't be broken
Vigorously was broken
what had to be broken
only to be reassembled
through the years
with tears
some pieces went missing
replaced by wishes, hope, and fear
The wish - to go on
The hope - that it lasts
The fear - that it won't
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Moonbathing
When the night is brightest
the cats sing and the bats are crying
Follow it and you may find
a society of a different kind
Come, join us
have some wine
while we are bathing
in the moonshine
Once a month we have this urge
to get together in the dark
a midnight piknik, enlightened by the moon
absinthe and wine, amongst other niceties
Come closer
have no fear
enjoy with us
another moonbath
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Rosegarden
Wear the mask from the other side
I think it suits you that way
Hide your face and seize
glistening dreams on a
summer's night
At first glance it was real
it had such an appeal
a rosegarden of everything... and nothing
it's not hard to retreat
from a belief in deceit
despite all the spells cast by a smile
It comes in phases, the stares, the gazes, the scent, getting lost
getting lost in a rosegarden of everything and nothing
Whatever the moon might reveal
It seems kind of surreal
It reflects and attracts midnight flowers
Is it even allowed
to throw rocks in this pond
to keep the circles moving?
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Saudade
Você tem saudade do quê?
Sinto saudades tuas.
Do que você tem medo?
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Telesto XIII
If you wash out with the tide
that's all right
maybe then
you'll never be alone
Forsaken thoughts
abandoned beliefs
when the system collapses
you'll see what you've had
For the first time
I feel this is something real
please show me that you are not
a slave to your own story
You're gonna tell it
you're gonna tell it all
You are going to judge me
I wonder what
you'd done in my place
Watch out from above
hit the thoughts, to push you
to find
what you were looking for so badly
But beware - be aware
that what is suggested
is no longer
the best choice to opt for
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Unscathed
This vision of circles
They have lost their way
I swear tomorrow
It becomes your name
Can I see you again
On a slow day
When my heart begins
To beat unscathed
All these contrite illusions
One cannot elude
Consummate your defection
With regrets abound
When I saw you again
On a lost day
My heart failed
To beat unscathed
No one gets away from you... unscathed
You say you are merely a serf
For the lesser evil
That loves to cut lifelines
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Vampyres Like Us
Vampyres like us
never here and always there
we have seen
what you cannot bear
divine and cursed alike
driven by your warm desire
come with us and fly
into a night that never ends
Vampyres like us
free from their dreams
your hot red cheeks
make our cold hearts beat
Blackened eyes
pale white skin
the fountain of youth
oh, be our sin tonight!
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Vertigo
Reality
Reality
Too much inside of me
Much too much
Too many thoughts in me
Vertigo!
Too much outside of me
Much too much
Too much
Blackout
Vertigo
Together apart
Ice-blue eyes
Set on fire
Thunderbolt
No cure at hand
But free at last
Didn't you say
please keep me warm
The torch I came with set our hearts aflame
Waiting for the rush ahead
Half alive, and half sad
Reality
Reality
Too much inside of me
Much too much
Too many thoughts in me
Vertigo!
Too much outside of me
Much too much
Too much
Back up!
Nausea
Fallen apart
A bird in flames
Scorched wings
Frozen cold
No dream at hand
Found and lost
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What I Saw
Turn your head
until our hearts collide
your concise emotions
errupt me to the core
Shake my mind
until my darkness goes
the sun in your eyes
makes my horizon glow
makes me burn
Blur my vision
until I see... clearly
Wake me up
estimate my purity
Open ym eyes
and paint a smile on me
Uncover my strength
squeeze my fermented heart
unlock my chest
where all my secrets lie
secrets lie
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