B i o g r a p h y (by Steve Huey)
The atmospheric, melancholy, somewhat medieval soundscapes of Bel Canto (Italian for "beautiful song") mix an essentially synth-based chamber rock sound with a wide range of orchestral and folk instruments and have been compared to the Cocteau Twins. The group hails from Norway and began as a trio consisting of ethereal vocalist Anneli Marian Drecker plus Nils Johansen and Geir Jenssen. The group has claimed to draw its inspiration from powerful energy fields, including those of the female and the Earth's gravitational pull; additionally, Bel Canto compositions sometimes draw on world music and the ambient experiments of Brian Eno. Bel Canto released their first album, White-Out Conditions, in 1987. After 1989's Birds of Passage, Jenssen left the group to embark upon a solo career (as Biosphere) prior to the recording of 1992's Shimmering, Warm & Bright, and the duo of Drecker and Johansen continued on to record 1996's Magic Box and 1998's Rush. At the turn of the millennium Drecker issued her own solo album, Tundra, but subsequently reunited with Johansen on a new Bel Canto studio effort, Dorothy's Victory, released in 2002. Throughout the remainder of the 2000s, Drecker and Johansen kept the Bel Canto flame alive by writing new music and performing together, while also pursuing individual projects.
White-out conditions
Blank Sheets When we're discovering lies Our pride will be in vain Now, recirculate your thoughts Make them new again Well, do you know where to start And do you see the end You're swallowing books This is just like the last And you're wasting your time In searching for your past Well, do you know where to start And do you see the end And when we return We are all ashamed Because the promises of life We'll never forget And all that you say Discloses what we are We know our sheets will always Maintain blank When do you hide in your dreams Do you look behind Play around with the truth Constructed in your mind Well, do you know where to start And do you see the end And when we return We are all ashamed Because the promises of life We'll never forget And all that you say Discloses what we are We know our sheets will always Maintain blank Dreaming Girl I am such a peculiar girl Have my dreams and thoughts in another world But I live my life So lost in time, so lost in space I belong to an unknown human race But I live my life Perhaps, I will come back again But I, I don't bother how or when See all my dreams don't belong to you They have nothing with your world to do They just live my life So who are you, o' so wise Who can tell what is wrong or right And I'll just stay right where I am My dreams belong to dreaming land I'm not coming back again, my dreams Belonging to dreaming land, that's why I'll stay right where I am, see I I don't need a helping hand I am such a peculiar girl Keep my secret thoughts in a secret world That's how I live my life So don't tell me how one's supposed to live 'Cause your eyes don't shine, they have done their time You have lived your life That's why, I'll stay right where I am 'Cause I, I don't want to die my friend No I, I don't want those withered eyes 'Cause I, I want to live my life No I, don't want those withered eyes See, I want to live to live my life
Without You You showed me heaven and hell You said you loved me Then you said you could do well Without me O' I've got that, I've got that pain Something inside me A kind of pain In some time maybe I'll wonder how it was I can't imagine I'll never wonder how it was I just remember too well You showed me heaven and hell You said you loved me Then you said you could do well Without me Capio Capio Sera' la candidez Sera' la nina La historia pasa Well. I'll love my life Until the very hour When I'll be broken Into the cold Sera' la candidez, la historia pasa And another fall Y en el jardin, yeah It will be told Someone who'll end it all Someone who'll fall Someone who'll end it all Somebody's fault Y en jardin, yeah White-Out Conditions In the light of my fire I see footsteps in snow In white-out conditions My eyes have no view In the light of my fire I see grey sticks in snow In white-out conditions There's no trace of the track at all A peak is blazed wiith the light from the moon And there is no view in darkness I search for the moonlight In the light of my fire I see cornice on stones In white-out conditions There's no further view In the light of my fire I see grey flakes of snow There is no sign of life here at all A peak is blazed wiith the light from the moon And there is no view in darkness I search for the moonlight Upland Lyse netter Tindrende og klar Vide landskap Åpne landskap Bright nights Twinkling and clear Vast landscapes Open landscapes Elv og daler Fjord og fossefall Åpne sletter Sol der står i brann Rivers and valleys Fjord and waterfall Open tracts Where the sun is afire Baltic Ice-breaker Winter: a season of death You hear a distant sound Screaming, whining Along with the cracking of the ice You can hear someone shouting out your name The scratching, the screaming, the whining You're frozen to death Or is it just the sounds of ice Under your keel And you know, you know you're trapped Now you're trapped Corpses are floating up in your wake Floating up A voice disappears with the wind Blows away Along with the cracking of the ice The track will be frozen over in a while The scratching, the screaming, the whining You're frozen to death And soon there will be Only the ice and the snow Only the ice and the snow
Birds of passage
Look 3 No kindness When there's lack of dignity Politeness Was to join simplicity No caution Without pure sincerity Compliance Has to join with bravery No mildness Without some solidity No power Without simple honesty No courage Without justice joined within Good nature And discretion makes a team
Dewy Fields Come Go to seek and find What you're hoping for Come The treasure is yours You're running out of time When morning comes Your dreams are real In dewy fields Your trace is left behind So very little time So very little hope But you're looking for someone While the rain is falling down Looking, seeking, you're searching for someone You're crossing dewy fields You're walking in the woods There's someone catching up There's someone watching over you Keeping secrets my precious thing Your treasure is Your enemy
Continuum Embrujo, bajo el sol, Cuando llueve y sube el calor Mojando la piel Ven aqui, junto a mi, Mueve el aire y empuja el aqua Apaga ese rumor Alli no te detienes, Giras y siempre te mueves Una maldicion? Y te obliga a bailar Ay ay y no puedes parar Es un ritmo oculto, magico Continuum Embrujo, bajo el sol Cuando llueve y aprieta el calor Mojando mi piel Ven aqui ( ven aqui ) Junto a mi ( junto a mi ) Mueve el aire y empuja el agua Apaga ese rumor Alli no te detienes Corres I siempre te mueves Una maldicion ? Mama, ma, mama, mama Ay, ay, y no puedes parar En un ritmo oculto, magico Continuum Si... Es un ritmo oculto, magico Continuum Si... Continuum, continuum, continuum ... Ritmo oculto, ritmo. The suffering My grief is deep, my days are dim Give me a knock on my door Say that you will be mine And stay with me forever As nothing can refresh my soul I would have been happy to know Cause I felt so safe when I looked into your eyes I was mistaken but now I'm sure I love you still But silently inside I know my feelings won't change your mind So what am I gonna do I gave away everything to you I suffer from painful blows Will it last forever It's allright, I won't cry Tears won't help me find the reason Why you suddenly disappeared out of my sight I was mistaken, but now I'm sure I love you still But silently inside I know my feelings won't change your mind Picnic on the moon Have I ever told you what I feel? About what's to come and why we live Ever since I was a little kid I've been cautious and I've sealed my lips But then I found this the book inside a drawer A girl treasuring thoughts Here's what I wrote: That one day, we will fly Together in a baron's balloon Straight up into the air And when er have arrived We'll take a little picnic on the moon And watch the earth below I'm lost again Needing a friend Cause I'm so alone For the last time the sun is rising I have a feeling It's time we talk about it Cause I'm still on my own I'm so alone Intravenous Send me a message, Escort me through the passage Into the dark side of life, Let me slip into the eternity I sense a light, a cave so bright Oh, what a trauma, Release me from this coma Why won't they let me escape? Drip, drip, intravenous emergency, And so in vain The heal the stains and wounds on my body So torn apart and bloody, I do not wish to return I don't wanna be one of the crippled ones Do hear my prayer, Don't fade away Send me a message, Escort me through the passage All I need is a sign Skip over this emergency Forgive my sins, don't force me in To live like a phantom Still, this is nothing random I'm meant to suffer and wait But one minute more and it might be too late So give a sign, I'm losing time Oyster The key to your box, it is out of my reach I've been searching for it so long If I could live in the open sea I would surely have found the one And I'd open the lid, Look in , See stones Here by the shore, it's so quiet And no pebbles for miles around It's getting dark, and I wonder If I ever will find my love So please open the lid and bring the stones 'cause the answer must come, from you , alone See I need some very few of You blue pebbles No real love; no aquamarines Equitime points Should I stay or go? Tell me why do you hide inside the deep With your jewellery box, the stones, the key In the wave-clutter I can see your hair Why won't you come near? Why don't you dare? See I need some very few of You blue pebbles No real love; no aquamarines Equitime points Should I stay or go? I need a truehearted lover Mermaid, bring me those stones
Birds of passage Feel the winds on the ridges, see the whirls in the meadows. The ice-capped reed announce that the air is colder. I feel the strength of my heart quiver inside me, But I have no cure for the lunger in your eyes. So don't ask that question 'cause i don't know the reason why it must be just like this. No don't ask that question, believe me, i don't know why it has to end this way. The wind will carry me away. The wind that would have killed us both, it saves my life. Your wish I'll keep in my mind, And if it won't come true our dream will dream. I don't know why it must be like this so please don't ask that question 'cause i don't have the answer. I don't know why it has to end this way so please don't ask that question 'cause i, i don't know why. So don't ask that question 'cause i don't know why it must be like this. No don't ask that question 'cause i, i don't know why it has to end this way.
*** Thanx a lot to Klukkan for this one *** A shoulder to the wheel You're conquered and your blood is pounding In your ears But you're doing fine Find the broken pieces and then start anew You make yourself believe that you did Something right You're denying your only wish By forgetting your promises Once and for all And for ever more If you finally reach your aim You will never be able to Gain back the time you lost between You're trying hard to reconstruct your image And you're doing right But I think that you will always stay like this When you put your idle shoulder to the wheel Time without end Hope measuring time without end You could be just like the sun Beautiful like a dream Innocent like a child Heroic and brave Like the kings and the warriors in the legends Behold the depths of your innermost soul A minotaur walking in endless despair Mythical like a dream Invisible like a soft breath of wind But still in your fantasy This will always be real I'll show you who you are I'll furnish you with a burning desire I'll show you who you are I'll furnish you with a burning desire
Shimmering, Warm and Bright
Unicorn
There is a chapel in the woods Where from the farthest-seeing senses rule There is a scroll inside a casket... Clear blue eyes have worn this outfit Yes I knew it was no moonshine, it is real I feel much better Now I know this spiral shaft Can possess the brightness of the light Oh, I sayeth, thou art mine true companion And I wish Thou wilt enter my kingdom Oh, mesmerising unicorn When if danger it will glow A glimmer can foresee all threats to come Gone are disbeliefs and doubts It would be nice, so nice... Oh, I sayeth, thou art mine true companion And I hope, thou wilt enter my kingdom Oh yes, I wish, I really wish Summer
The place they were stranded The traces that they made All got washed away The people before us The fires that they burned Somehow all want out Let's make a decision Alone I cannot judge The tide is coming in It's all for the better Come with me if you want 'Cause I am heading home But I feel no guilt I'm doing all the things that I want to do Do we all believe in contemplation Do we all believe it? I put my boat right on the water I hear the voices calling, but is it you? Do we all believe in endless summers Do we all believe in summer? So do you remember Or is it what you're told Who am I to know? It's all for the better Come with me if you want 'Cause I am heading home I am putting my boat on the water... Die Geschichte Einer Mutter
Sie hatte ein Kindlein So schwach, wie ein Keim unter'm Schnee. Dann klopfte jemand an die Tür Kam herein, nahm den Kleiner und fuhr ...Es war der Tod Sagt mir, Nacht und Wasser Wo'st mein Kind? Geh mal durch die Wälder Und du findest's. Die Mutter, sie weinte Und sie lief durch die Wälder so tief. Sie sah ein Treibhaus dort fern Ging dahin, sie spürte ihr Kind war da. Sag mir, weiser Gärtner Wo'st mein Kind? Such mal unter'n Blumen Und du findest's. Sie fand ihr Kindlein Kleiner Keim, mit dem Puls so schwach. Dann kam der Tod in das Treibhaus, Es blieb kalt, ihre Hände kalt wie Eis. Hör mal, arme Mutter Dein Liebling Hätte nie gesund und froh gelebt. Reich mir dieses Keimchen, bitte dich Und sein Herzchen sende ruh. Waking will
The reptiles escaped, who said 'booh'? Was it me, but who then was I?, what made them fear? It's dark and it's cold, and I feel so old I'm going down I'm going down to chase some reptiles So autonomic, and you interupt my dream You interrupt me, my old brainstem is talking And you interrupt my dream, you interrupt me The kites fly up high, I'm free, I run But from heaven fall the bluebirds, they hit the ground The sun warms my face, and I feel It ain't the end for all the living, It ain't no end for the living, no! My intuition, and you interrupt my dream You interrupt me, deep in here it is hidden And you interrupt my dream, you interrupt me You woke me up, I'm forgetting, and you interfere You interrupt my dream It's so autonomic... Shimmering, Warm and Bright
There's an old, old giant Sneaking around inside this house Help move the cupboard Make a huge barricade So he won't enter Draw some life from the sun and the day We heard a noise, and it took shape I mean cold, cold blood Running right through deep inside our veins What is he gonna tell us? Shimmering, warm and bright Shimmering warm on the opposite side Isn't he gonna tempt us? Shimmering, warm and bright We need a helping hand We have lost our touch If his shadow appears We're going to fall apart I mean we got addicted long time ago But that spooky, old giant won't withdraw Give me a sign, oh good omen Give me a sign, oh good omen What if he does resent us? Shimmering, warm and bright Shimmering warm on the opposite side Isn't he gonna tempt us? Shimmering, warm and bright Sleep in deep
While the cold wind blows, the heroes return Left are troubled souls, that nothing but yearn For a better day, for some rightfulness Will their wounds get healed? Rest body and mind, let them sleep in peace Their minds demand a release From the dread they hold, oh Do I need to see, what eyes can not bear? Do I need to hear, that nobody cares? For the things I have done And the things I've learnt Are now scars in me Rest body and mind Let me sleep in deep And disembody the fear And the fright I hide But until then I will pray That I'll hold on to... Le temps dégagé
A présent, oui, juste à l'instant Le temps dégagé Mes yeux las sont fermés En regardant les tout petits points Je m'assoupis, m'assoupis Ca, c'est la folie; ne pas dormir de la nuit Tu me dis: peut-être qu'il faut Retrouver les sens Discerner les nuances Mais comme tu vois; le coup des points C'est la pleine lune, la pleine lune Qui m'a faite comme ça et oh-la-la Ca fait du bien Embrasse-moi! Si bien Tu me donnes la chair de poule Ca fait du bien Rien n'est comme la lune qui saoule Ca fait du bien A présent, oui, juste à l'instant Le temps dégagé Mes oreilles ont bougé Et donc bientôt mes rêves se seront Accomplis, accomplis Oui, on aurait dit qu'elle est la source De mon plaisir Faisons l'amour! Si bien Tu me donnes la chair de poule Ca fait du bien Rien n'est comme la lune qui saoule Ca fait du bien Si bien Des illusions d'optique Ca fait rien! Rien n'est comme ces heures magiques Ca fait du bien
Spiderdust
She lived in limbo Time showed no mercy Until a man in grey gave her Doses of a sweet poision She got hoodooed, voodooed She finally got released She stirred huge cauldrons With toads and henbane and... Spiderdust, spiderdust! Hotchpotch for haunted lusts Spiderdust, spiderdust! Hotchpotch for the evil-eyed Spiderdust, spiderdust! Hotchpotch for spellbound lusts Spiderdust, spiderdust! Hotchpotch for the demonized... She got voodooed, hoodooed She got finally redeemed She stirred huge cauldrons With toads and henbane and... She bred toads She got burnt Mornixuur Between the longest days I search and wonder You might come inside my world To escape the doubts, there ain't no other Reason nor a purpose Show me the way When all is ready, set and done If our dreams and hopes Will fall asunder... We are here for a purpose When our love is alive We are descendants of love Alive and awake We are descendants of love Free your mind The early dawn, the early dawn Way, oh we are, I say we are... Way... We are, We are descendants of love
Magic box
The magic box I Clink, clink, clatter, rattle The penny dropped Iconized, though slightly slouched he Raised both his arms, Raised his head Outside the cabinet there stood a little girl, goggle-eyed and quite atounded Gazed at the wizard, Gazed at the crystal-ball Dear Mr. Sage, what do you see? Is it my dream? - It was here with me Now it is lost Where can it be? In Zenith Oh, surely love will come my way Oh, surely, in time I'm being in my zenith The vital youth The clouds glide by, baby, baby The clouds and I Stirred it up into a thunder Still craving? I know It'll get better eventually In zenith, in zenith Quiet sleep In zenith, in zenith Oh, it is my remedy: Sunshine - a balcony Mind and matter Soil and seed The birds pass by, baby, baby The birds up high Whirled it up into a thunder Still craving? I know Mind you baby, it's mutual Still craving for love? Guess you'll find it eventually In zenith, in zenith Quiet sleep In zenith, in zenith Quiet sleep Quiet sleep Still craving? I know Mind you baby, it's mutual Still craving for us? Guess we'll meet up eventually Quiet, quiet sleep Quiet, quiet sleep Yeah, quiet sleep Freelunch in the jungle I know I'm alive And I do love lovely dos, do you? Oh yeah, I guess you do I love being alive And I hope that love will see me through In all the things I do I like the spice in me, I like the spice in you I've seen it twice in me and I've seen it twice in you I know I'm alive Until all my dreams are all come true And some things are blue I know I'm alive, I know I am 'Cause if I was not, I would be damned And, so I guess, would you Yeah I like the spice in me, I like the spice in you So throw a dice for me and I'll throw a dice for you Oh, we all cling on tight to pine-tree tops Oh, we are the lucky stars, lucky stars Oh, we all cling on tight to pine-tree tops Oh, we're just a little bit too excited Little bit too excited for me X2 Je vis avec baloo là-bas Je vis bien là-bas Oui on mange ... ... Understand? I know I'm alive 'cause I do love lovely dos, do you? Oh yeah, I know you do Bien sur Yo! I'm in love with life, I know I am and I'll try to keep it spick and span To let my love shine through I like the spice in me, I like the spice in you He put the eyes in me, a little bit the eyes in you Oh, there's a crocodile beneath the mud It wants a little snack, a little snack There's a crocodile beneath the mud It is a little bit too excited Little bit too excited for me X2 Je vis avec baloo là-bas Je vis bien là-bas Little bit too excited for me This is too excited for me Oui on mange ... Bien sûr pas loin de moi Oh, when you cling on tight to pine-tree tops I'd say shake and bend, shake and bend Oh, when you cling on tight to pine-tree tops You'll feel a little bit too excited Little bit too excited for me X2 Ecoute, j'ai deja dit tout ça Je vis bien là-bas Little bit too excited for me This is too excited for me Oui on mange ... Pourquoi pas loin de moi ? Little bit too excited for me This is too excited for me Ecoute, j'ai deja dit tout ça Je vais bien là-bas Little bit too excited for me This is too excited for me Je vis avec baloo là-bas, bas, bas ... ** Thanx a lot to Juha & Liadan who help me with this one ** Rumour This is the morning When our feelings rise together with the sun There are the feelings that are yet to be awoken How many wishes fade to nothing Once they face reality? How many wishes turn to grief? How many wishes going on and on and on and on. Yeah, yeah, yeah Ouh, hey, hey I bless the sunshine With my love-disease and all my knees and more I bless the sunshine and no shadows haunt my walls Blue is a state of mind Blue makes you colourblind Beware of it, beware of it You talk about a rumour You talk about dead-end streets About this rumour Its not the way to think Talk about a rumour Then talk about a higher love You know it won't It won't satisfy my needs It won't satisfy my needs Say ne, ne, ne, ne, ne, ne, ne Talk about a rumour No one expected this That I should falter in a maudlin sky No one expected this But I misjudged and aimed to high Blue is a sacred place Where shattered dreams find shelter, well Blue is a state of mind Blue makes you colour-blind You talk about a rumour You talk about dead-end streets About this rumour It's God in me So, if you talk about a rumour Then talk about a higher love You talk about a rumour When all it takes is simple love And love and love and love and love Simple love And love and love and love and love You're too high Blue makes you colour-blind, yeah Yeah hehe, love ....
Sleepwalker Grandpa gor trapped in the walls of mist He tried to flee and measure out the view from his braincloud But the higher he climbed, the more they dragged him down He loved to sing He didn't dare to talk He loved to sing but he didn't dare to talk A woman got injected with the poison from a man Struggled for a lifetime to wake up and understand Steady on, sleepwalker Steady on, sleepwalker There's so much more than this I swear There's so much more than this Would you care? Know that someone like this could have been spared Life's worth more than this, I swear The longer you let it wait it'll catch you up, you up Whenever you walk away, it'll catch you up, you up If you do ignore their fates, it'll catch you up, you up The consequenses of foul play is that it'll catch you up, see? Boy, it's got to stop, to stop! Boy, it's got to stop, to stop! S.T.O.P Steady on, sleepwalker Steady on, sleepwalker Sleepwalker There's so much more than this I swear Life's worth more than this Would you care? No, that someone like this should have been there Know there's more love to life than this The longer you hesitate, it'll catch you up, you up Whenever you look away, it'll catch you up, you up Don't watch their lives drift away It'll catch you up, you up No, the consequences of foul play is that it'll catch you up, see? Steady on Steady on S.T.O.P Bombay I've been to Bombay I've seen what a man can do He climbs up a straight rope Right up to the clear full-moon And "boom", he is gone Yeah, heaven is not that far And limbs from a body are falling down on the ground Gee! It must be hard to do Yes, it is true, yes, it is true I think the limbs belonged to an orang-outang, Orang-outang, orang-outang I've been to Bombay I've seen what a man can do He climbs up a straight rope A monkey is with him too And "boom", he's gone to heaven He's mighty daring, mighty, Right he must be some kind'a guru He's out of orbit, out of orb... It seems as if the rope was held by one of the Gods, One of the Gods So tight! Not like elephants' trunks They wobbly-wob, wobbly-wob, wobbly-wob I've been to Bombay I've been to Bombay In my youth I've been to Bombay I've been to Bombay In my youth YaYaeeaoouth! And "boom", he's gone to heaven He's mighty daring, mighty right He must be some kind'a guru He's out of orbit, out of orbit The crowd went hurly-hurly ( No, I would never lie to you ) He never came downn, never came down (Yes, it is true ) He must have gone to heaven (yes, it is true ) And out of orbit, out of orbit Paradise Only for this moment, let me be the one to hold you tight I'll hush the anguish and the fear with a lullaby If the stormy waters seize you in your restless sleep, I will safely pull you out of the deep Don't ask me why, don't ask me if Can't you see, you're my blood? Say you'll put your trust in me although it aches We'll make the demons go without a trace Mary, don't go We'll find paradise in the end Maybe Hol on to paradise baby In a whisper I once heard you vaguely "I'm in a boat alone in the raging sea" We could calm those waves, you and I We could row the other side Mary Hold on Mary, don't go We'll find paradise in the end Maybe Hold on It will be paradise one day Mary, my blood I will be your side till the end Marry me my blood And I will be your side till the end, till the end We could row the other side Mary Didn't you know it Hey, sibling souls, are you out there? Children of the earth, where are we going from here? 'Cause it hurts the young to live in the open with so much love to give But too little to spare Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make We stumble and we hesitate Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make She said I was not to worry Hadn't seen her since, but was totally convinced 'Till I heard them say; "Didn't you know it? Mary, poor child, was alone When she died" Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make The promises we disengage Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make Time for the unfree Time to rejuvenate the elderly Time for the unfree Time to lend a hand Time to lend a hand Time to make a stand So many things I don't want to know Told a freind one day but he says I'm o.k 'Cause we're born within the x-geberation Virtually real with a planet to heal Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make We fumble and we hesitate Yeah, yeah, yeah, the moves we make, the moves we make Time for the unseen Time to eliminate tomorrow's fears Time for the unseen Time to make a stand Do you follow me? No? Well, it's time to move on and to set our wills free Fantasy, it's here in me Big belly butterflies I want to give you love but it takes some guts to have and hold with empathy To coil around you tenderly feels like windows open wide, feels cold, fresh breeze So, then why do tears roll down my cheeks, flow and flood the temple of my body's flesh and bones? My body's flesh and bones My body's flesh and bones I want to give you more than I ever have Somehow this is not my curse The air, too thin, too many times recycled feels my big belly butterflies, feeds, grows too, wild Do you want to see me cry? Yeah, head bent, on my knees? No! You know I have to let you know that I have to let you go Sixteen rifts inside of me, inside this solid tube, inside is solitude, inside this solid tube... Oh hopefully truth will make me free Fly, you big belly butter, big jelly-belly butterflies Is solitude Inside they do Inside too My body's flesh and bones My body's flesh and bones Free Kiss of spring We set our sails and the sorrows passed us by like cherry-trees With their blossoms all floating through the air We made a wish while the angels boogalooed around the trees With the blossoms encircling their hair My first kiss - joy and bliss Yes, we should Touch the flame - Is it sane? Yes, we should We set our sails and the shadows stuck ashore like wooden piers But the blossoms were floating through the air We kissed the lake while the angels waved and cheered And so it seemed that the blossoms made garlands in their hair Oh, my baby - two makes three Yes, we should Is it true? - Is it me you woo? Yes, we should Yes, we should, should Oh, tickle, little, tickle, little, tickle, little sire Hottentotts and motmots will guide 'ya to the dragon and his sapphires Oh, tickle, little, tickle, little, tickle, little winner All of us have been a champion swimmer 5, 6, 7 ate 9 for dinner Oh, my baby - two makes three Yes, we should Is it true? - Is it me you woo? Yes, we should Yes, we should, should Into the air... And the blossoms were floating through the air The magic box II Fly, fly fly with the gale to where the four winds blow Rise and rise until you've found it If man got no hopes, then man got no love Please Mr. Sage, keeper of dreams Is it somewhere beyond the last sea? Say it is so and bring it to me Iconized, though slightly slouched he.
Rush
Images It took some time before it entered my mind, Before it did, I was fine, I was o.k. It took some time but when it did cross my mind, I thought my head was about to detonate. Images of baby turtles in a commotion Cracking their eggs and shuffling around in the sand. Trying desperately to find their way to the ocean In time before the big birds catch them. It took some time before it entered my mind, before, I kind of was blind, I didn't see. It took some time but when it did cross my mind, It felt like something inside me was set free. Images of levitating frogs in motion high up above in enormous magnetic fields. Images of fishes hopping up from the ocean. Images of... In time, in time, in time, it will most surely be time. Images of psychedelic rats in a fountain which I just passed about two hours ago. Some of them with different luminous starmaps on, one was transparent and indigo. Images of army snails down under the ocean fighting their way by eating up monstergrass. Wonder if they do or do not take any notion? Images of... In time...in time, in time, in time, in time, in time, in time, In time, in time, in time, in time, in time, it will surely be time... All I want to do Who said that one must treasure well good memories When good memories are those to bring me down. And it's all because of you for after all this time still being on my mind. 'Cause all I want to do is being close to you. To hold you by the hand and make you understand. So another winter's here again... Frosty windows are blocking my view. I have refurnished for the umpteenth time. Oh, but all I want to do is being close to you. To hold you by the hand and make you understand. Oh, we're losing so much time... You're always on my mind. No, I cannot see this through. I long so much for you. My heart gets broken every little now and then... Why, tell me why, wonder why, tell me why I, you and I, you and I said goodbye. 'Cause all I want to do is being close to you. To hold you by the hand and make you understand. We're losing so much time... You're always on my mind. Oh, my days are pretty blue. I need to be with you... that's all I want to do... Spacejunk Hey, are you ready? We're leaving now, we're checking out. Hey, are you coming? We're ready for departure. This ship is moving. Well, the engine is just warming up. Feels like we're moving. Son run, run aim and jump. We're looking for spacejunk. Yeah, chips & bits. We've been up north before, so now we're heading east. East is where it started. Yeah, east is where is all began. East is the rising sun, the starting point where all things join. Diddeli-didn't, didn't I surf across the open sky over hills And high above rivers deep out on the countryside? Diddeli-didn't, didn't I feel the ultraviolet vibe high and low and all, all over me? Ooh, di-da-di-da it is a spiral sky. It circles up so high. Up to the point where i'm radiating from the UV's, I'm radiating from the UV's. We're looking for spacejunk. Yeah, chips & bits. We've been up north before, so now we're heading east. East is where it started. Yeah, east is where is all began. East is the rising sun, the starting point where all things join. Diddeli-didn't, didn't I surf across the open sky over hills And high above valleys low out to the urban sites? Diddeli-didn't, didn't I steer the mighty Dragon Fly? Got my pockets plenty with wicked spacejunk, yeah. Diddeli-didn't, didn't I surf across the open sky over hills And high above rivers deep out on the countryside? Diddeli-didn't, didn't I feel the ultraviolet vibe high and low and all, all over me? Oh, mighty, mighty Dragon Fly. Got my pockets plenty with wicked spacejunk, yeah.
Idly I de-ice Behind a misty garden gate, A place not drawn on any map, Where barefeet angels dare not tread, I have found myself sometimes. You were the one to guide me out of there. As you held my hand a thorny bush scratched your face. The night was old and we were running fast. I was only feeling so odd and very uptight (in deepest emotions of...). Someone glued a tear in the corner of my eye (I cried, I cried). Oh, who took a part in 99% of me? I lost my will, it drowned inside a pool of dark and bitter miseries. Inside the garden I kneeled down and prayed (in deepest emotions of...). Inside the garden I bowed to fate (I bowed, I bowed). Love for life is simply the only thing I live for (in deepest emotions of...). Being left without it, I could no more endure(I tried, I tried). I was only feeling so odd and very uptight (in deepest emotions of...). Now the days are shifting and idly I de-ice (idly de-ice). Idly... Rush Through the night the dark blue men came far across the starry sea, From Foreverland to Eternity. Rushed, rushed, rushed to the hill. There they would engrave the Oracle up on the hill that "Oh, we are the resurrected and how we are, we are". We are... Rush, rush, rush to the hill. Bring the children. Bring their mothers. Bring the cattle. Bring the water. Rush, hurry now, hurry now up the hill. Now! Far-descending guests, Let us wander, wander up on the blue mountain. Bring the babies. Bring the homeless. Bring your treasures. Bring your lovers. Rush and see it written there that "how we are, we are". We are... Rush, rush, rush to the hill. Rush, rush, rush to the hill. Do you understand me? Do you understand me now? Rush! The dinosaur-Slipper-Man The dinosaur-slipper-man does the very best he can To make a living out if what he does. He's selling dinosaur-slippers and dinosaur-ties. Well, then it happened one night, the stars shone bright. He knew exactly what he had to do. And then nobody has seen him Since he walked through that door and disappeared out in the blue. Did he go now to see them again? Did he go now to be with them, and if he did, will he come back again? If he won't, will we know where he went? Did he go now to see them again? Did he go now to be with them, and if he did, will he come back again? If he won't, do you know where he went? The dinosaur-slipper-man has concealed his masterplan inside a Power PC CPU. It has something to do with that he's met someone else on a cyberspace rendez-vous. And so it happened that night, the stars shone bright. He knew exactly when to flee. He must have said to his baby; stationary baby: "You must cover up for me". Did he go now to see them again? Did he go now to be with them, and if he did, will he come back again? If he won't, will we know where he went? Did he go now to see them again? Did he go now to be with them, and if he did, will he come back again? If he won't, do you know where he went? Hearts Unite You rule my dreams. You rule my world. You rule my every thought. But for a lifetime's savings I still can not buy your love. I just want everything. I just want everyone to see me happy and safe in your arms. Instead I guess I have to wait. Guess I have to wait until our hearts unite, until you redecide. I'll live my life, I'll do my best. The very best I can. And no one has the right to tell me where on how or when. Be my delight tonight. Step out into the light. Don't make me wander about in distress. Tonight is the night when the stars are gonna give you my caress. They'll make our hearts unite. They'll make you redecide. That's when you hearts unite. That's when we syncronize. Until our hearts unite, until you redecide. Until out heats unite, ooh, until we syncronize. Sun Even if I am tempted I won't apologize to you. Those torn-out pages in my agenda are a few too many. I've started to count backwards and now I'm almost halfway through, but I fear that I never will get to zero. So, now I say "Oh, won't the sun rise over me". All I say is; "Oh, won't the sun...". Even if I am tempted, I won't apologize to you. You've got some tender arms to enfold you and still you're spiteful. My soul is far from redemption, I must submit to what I've done and it's to late for me now to beg for mercy. In that moment when I die, long before my heart decides to, Will I be whiped-out, erased? No, you will never see me surrender, I'm gonna keep my head held high and I know now in whom I can trust; nobody. So, now I say; "Oh, won't the sun rise over me". All I say is; "Oh, won't the sun..." All i'm saying is; "Oh, won't the sun rise just for me". All I'm begging is... It got visual, didn't it? It gets visible, well doesn't it? It gets much too much, doesn't it? And, so it has to end. Here, in shadow I drift away
Heaven So inaccessable. Who blew the torch out? Who blew the torch out? The young man cast adrift across the lit ocean to see the one he loved. And so it was that heaven raged. He crashed against the reckless waves as the thunder cracked... Oh, who blew? Now she stands there on the shore in quiet torment. She knows... "You...my endless horizon. For it must bee that heaven will join us. " "Oh angel, won't you rescue him? It's way to dark for him to swim. Won't you take him to me, won't you?" Now she stands there all alone. Her eyes stare way out into the blue. "You...my endless horizon. So let it be that heaven will join us one day".
Dorothy's Victory
Foolish ship The winter came too soon this year A white ship in the harbour Had suddenly sailed in one night without a soul to notice Once i would rest my blissful eyes upon a pale horizon Now i'm just lying hiding patiently Behind this ghostly monsterous ship Foolish me not to See we could Believe it would Know we could Know we should And when i dream i dream of you You smile my way you take my hand Ant then we walk into the blue And i can breathe again My sister's lent me her blue dress She says it looks good on me It's hard to give in to such tenderness When the darkness clouds your heart And so they say it's new years eve again The sky explodes with colours You are the only one i love I wonder who is kissing you tonight And when i dance i dance alone But i pretend you're by my side We dance the last waltz of the world And i can finally breathe again Thats how it feels when the tiger is loose That's how it feels again thats how it fells again To see we could Believe it would Know we could Know we should The winter came too soon this year A white ship in the harbour Had suddenly sailed in one night Without a soul to notice
*** Thanx a lot to Stine for this one *** Feels like i'm already flying Rosalind parked har lambretta down by the lake She waited for the others to come down and join the camp Cindy-mona, joshua and ethan saw her sitting there She smiled back at him and knew this was the day Ooh, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba feelings Ooh, ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba first summer kiss It feels like i'm already flying I'm summer hot honey i'm summer hot for your loving It feels like i'm already flying I'm summer hot honey i'm summer hot for your loving Their summer kiss took place under a tree thet night And feeverish finger were fumbling all around Then they hurried back to the others sitting by the fire She didn't know exactly what to do nor to say Ooh,ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba feelings Ooh,ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba honey it's you! It feels like i'm already flying I'm heavenbound honey i'm heavenbound honey hear me sighing It feels like i'm already flying I'm summer hot honey i'm sommer hot for your loving It feels like i'm oceans away now I'm heavenbound honey i'm heavenbound watch me sail now It feels like i'm already flying I'm summer hot honey i'm summerhot for your loving!
*** Thanx a lot to Stine for this one *** You rock my world tonight I couldn't get myself to sleep last night Oh, how much i longed to have you by my side I couldn't get myself to sleep Iwas wide awake dreaming Cause i had ssen you here the other day Ever since that moment i've been blown away I gotta get my lover back gotta reach out for my soul mate I see you i see you i see you babe I see you i see you i see you babe you rock my world tonight I see you babe, you rock my world all right Some people say love is a mystery Oh, and it for sure has played some games with me But if you only let me in i will love you forever Just like an early morning bingo show; You win and grab your coat and off you go And i have never in my life loved so entirely Oh oh i see you i seee you i see you babe You rock my world tonight I see you babe, you rock my world all right I couldn\t get myself to sleep last night Oh, how much i longed to have you by myt side I gotta get my lover back gotta reach out for my soulmate I see you babe you rock my world tonight I see you babe you rock my world all right Ooh ooh ohh ooh-ooh...
*** Thanx a lot to Stine for this one *** Disappear club 5 First thing i woke up and out my bare feet on the floor Shuffled away to the bathroom and opend the door Thenb checked my voice mail, got dressed and drove in to the day Remembering i was running away from a place thet i knew Remembering i was trying to remember why Honey i'ts not enough i've checked it out It's disappear club 5, or what? I peeped into your file of fackts i saw it in your book Workday as usual with meetings and conference calls An assistant of mine gave me looks i have not seen before I then took the elevator and out on the streets Cars cept on passing me Merging and blastering off into the night Noticed a sign saying disappear here once again Honey it's not enough i've checked it out It's disappear club 5 or what I peeped into your file of facts i saw it in your book Honey it's not enough i've checked it out The password's "gemini" or what? I paeeped it's true and that's a fackt Ìt as bad as it looks Remembering how it was to escape from a place thet i knew Remembering i was trying to remember why Hioney it's not enough i\ve checked it out It's disappear club 5, or what? I peeped into your file of facts i saw it in your book Honey it's not enough i checked it out It's fiveteen minutes down the block You could have told me, really shuld It's as bad as it looks As bad as bad as it looks As bad as it looks Remember why...
*** Thanx a lot to Stine for this one *** Night lady
This is mnemonic a tool to feel the past A tasty serum a way to make things last I have a flower i keep it safe whit me Under mu pillow it watches over me Night lady night lady Sipping myb xo pretending nightime's divine Neglecting something unmended whithin me So many orbits surround us in their own time Wondering how you are doing sweety You are so gorgeous i know you now so well You are the tesrdroaps they flood and fill my well I have a secret it is my golden core I keep it whith me so i won't hurt no more Night lady night lady Nobody saw us descending from the blue skies So many days spent in perfeckt harmony How come that nobody noticed, questioning why Now that my world is no longer you and me Sipping my xo predending nighttime's devine Negleckting something unmended whithin me So many orbits surround us in their own time Wondering how you are doing sweety Oh nobody saw us descending from the blue skies So many days spent in pesfect harmony How come that nobody noticed, questioning why Now that my world is no longer you and me Night lady night lady
*** Thanx a lot to Stine for this one ***
Dorothy's victory
Nine seconds before her victory Dotty fell and hurt her knee But she'd never noticed it would bleed Cause as it did se turned the key and she was free Discussing Dotty Galemore discussing Dotty Galemore Her reed velvet brush is lying there With her long silken stray of hairs God bless the child that's got its own With nothing broken, nothing taken nothing torn Discussing Dotty Galemore discussing Dotty Galemore They wonder now where Dotty's gone A zillion miles away from home ooh ooh ooh Discussing Dotty Galemore discoussing Dotty Galemore yeah yeah yeah Her mummy lost her pebblestone yeah yeah yeah They wonder now where Dotty's gone
Tree
Ici, les arbres vivent dans l'air de la nuit Et oui les branches vacillent Mystère des phigénies ici danse l'esprit Dans l'air de la nuit, cheri dis moi oui Sous les arbres de la nuit So did you ever wonder about the tree How it can hold such innocent mystery Well, did you ever wonder how it would be To be a holy moment, to be a tree Ici, danse l'espirit dans l'air de la nuit Et oui les branches vacillent Mystère des phigénies So did you ever wonder about the tree How it can hold such radiant mystery Well, did you ever wonder how it would be To be and hold the spirit of, the spirit of a tree
Happy times fly fast
Innocent polliwog That's the way the kitchen sinks and it's not funny no But that's the way the coockie crumbles so Chew chew now, oh, chew chew now polliwog Anno simase You're looking like a whale who seeks the shore But sugar pumkin in a few weeks down the track'you'll jump for joy So take my hand feel the soil See the sumbeams conjure the sea in my hand is my hand in the mirrored Sea in my hand is my hand filled with little polliwogs Innocent polliwog That's the way the pier walks pumkin Happy times fly fast In a few weeks down the track you'll be a boy So take my hand walk with me Watch the sunbeams conjure the sea in my hand Is my hand in the mirrored sea in my hand is my hand Filled with little ... Sea in my hand is my hand in the mirrored sea in my hand Is my hand filled with little polliwogs (Urashima Tàro told the little children not to tease the turtle)
Corals, jade and pearls
I have decided to let go I cannot change the things I know I have decided to give in like theat I cannot loose nor win I learnt my lesson well to speak but never tell About the things i know they know so well Consigned it to the grave hid it from the day It has a new deep sense to me just like a new technology It has a new deep sense everywhere I see And in the deepest of the night I saw a glimpse of paradise glimpse of paradise I learnt my lesson well to speak but never tell About the things I know you know so well Corals, jades and pearls are the treasures of this world Treasures of this world It has a new deep sense to me: my new delicious vacancy It has a new immense sensuality And in the deepest of the nights I looked into his angeleyes It has a new deep sense to me just like a new technology It has a new deep sense everywhere I see And when I looked into his eyes I saw a glimpse of paradise glimpse of paradise Oh, my heart
Ladonia Has not ever become so...? Has not been yet...? Now...? Du Ich träume nur von Dir Und Du bist hier bei mir Wir wohnen zusammen in Ladonia Die Welt mit Seelenruh' Und wo es keinen Weltschmerz gibt Jedoch... Ich weiss es ist ein Traum Has not ever become so...? Has not been yet...? Now...? Du Ich denke nur an Dich Du bist die Welt für mich Und ich bin die Königin Natalia In unserer Welt So weit von hier So riesengross und schön Jedoch... Ich weiss es ist ein Traum Die Welt mit Seelenruh' Und wo es keinen Weltschmerz gibt Jedoch... Ich weiss es ist ein Traum
*** Thanx a lot to Mike for this one ***
Unreleased Tracks Tierre Obeletz - Jacob's lullaby ( Part 2 ) Even the strong get humble at heart, Even so the wisdom we greet has sprung from the feeblest seed Dream of this spark in you I'd want you to Crush any doubt with a one last embrace If your world should crumble to sand, And the storms sweeps it out of your hands We brave, don't fall apart Ooh, it's here again Is this the moment, when... Sleep while the snow turns silvery blue Take a little sip from the moonlit water that twinkles in you Nothing in the world can harm Such radiant charm Navigate by means of the signs in the stars They will follow you back to the sea They will follow you back to me When I am dead and gone Ooh, it's here again This is the moment, when... Still there are words I have never said, Still there is so much unsaid Even the strong get humble at heart Even so the firmest belief has sprung from the feeblest seed Realize this spark in you, I'd want you to Navigate by means of the signs in the stars They will follow you back to the sea, They will follow you back to me To our heart These are the things I could never tell, Somehow he knew them too well Oskorei It was a game. Flashback from my unknown past. As this happened Will it happen Was it only in my dream? Wanting, Needing, Something that may be real Live my life 'Til I die, Although we may never meet Have I known you? Will I know you? Are you everything I seek? Needing, Wanting, Something I cannot reach Live my life 'Til I die, Although we may never meet. 'Cause there you are And here am I In my oskorei Flashback from my unknown past...
*** Thanx to Laila who corrected me for this one ***
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