B i o g r a p h y (by Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Vladimir Bogdanov)
Dead Can Dance combine elements of European folk music — particularly music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance — with ambient pop and worldbeat flourishes. Their songs are of lost beauty, regret and sorrow, inspiration and nobility, and of the everlasting human goal of attaining a meaningful existence. Over the course of their career, Dead Can Dance has featured a multitude of members, but two musicians have remained at the core of the band — guitarist Brendan Perry and vocalist Lisa Gerrard. Perry had previously been the lead vocalist and bassist for the Australian-based punk band the Scavengers, a group who were never able to land a recording contract. In 1979, the band changed their name to the Marching Girls, but they still weren't able to sign a contract. The following year, Perry left the group and began experimenting with electronic music, particularly tape loops and rhythms. In 1981, Perry formed Dead Can Dance with Lisa Gerrard, Paul Erikson, and Simon Monroe. By 1982, Perry and Gerrard decided to relocate to London; Erikson and Monroe decided to stay in Australia. Within a year, Dead Can Dance had signed a record deal with 4AD. In the spring of 1984, they released their eponymous debut album, comprised of songs the pair had written in the previous four years. By the end of the year, the group had contributed two tracks to It'll End in Tears, the first album by This Mortal Coil, and had released an EP called Garden of the Arcane Delights. In 1985, Dead Can Dance released their second album, Spleen and Ideal. The album helped build their European cult following, peaking at number two on the U.K. indie charts.
For the next two years, Dead Can Dance were relatively quiet, releasing only two new songs in 1986, both which appeared on the 4AD compilation Lonely Is an Eyesore. Within the Realm of a Dying Sun, the group's third album, appeared in 1986. In 1988, the band released their fourth album, The Serpent's Egg, and wrote the score for the Agustin Villarongas film El Nino de la Luna, which also featured Lisa Gerrard in her acting debut. Aion, Dead Can Dance's fifth album, was released in 1990. Also in 1990, the group toured America for the first time, earning rave reviews. The following year, the group was involved in various festivals and theatrical productions. In 1991, the compilation A Passage in Time was released on Rykodisc, making it the first American release of Dead Can Dance music. Early in 1993, the group provided the score to Baraka and contributed songs to Sahara Blue. In the fall of 1993, the group released Into the Labyrinth, which became their first proper studio album to receive an American release. Into the Labyrinth was a cult success throughout the U.S. and Europe. It was followed by another American and European tour, which was documented on the 1994 album and film, Toward the Within. In 1995, Lisa Gerrard released her debut solo album, The Mirror Pool. In the summer of 1996, Dead Can Dance released Spiritchaser and embarked on an international tour.
*** Thanx a lot to Luke who helped me with all these lyrics ***
Dead Can Dance The Trial All my senses rebel Under the scrutiny of their persistent gaze. It took a lifetime to get here, A journey I'll never make again. For those who have accepted the burden of shame, For the innocent only guilt will remain And our lives will be forced to accomodate The perpetrators of our own bastard race. All my senses rebel Under the scrutiny of their persistent gaze. It took a lifetime to get here, A journey I'll never make again. I stand accused of a thousand and one crimes, A witness to events that led to this present time. These traditions which bind our hands and keep us tied Will never survive the greatest test of time. Deliver me from those feverish eyes That threaten to unbalance my state of mind, For I must confess only to the smallest of crimes. A sense of guilt, a sense of guilt A sense of guilt, a sense of guilt
*** Thanx a lot to Ashley for this one *** Frontier
Please go after him 'Cause he delayed them there I see the proud man He delayed to see them all All have stayed The bloodstains on the floor He's left, he's left He's gone today He's gone back He's gone back I just want to make him understand Teach another lesson Make them go and see the proud man
Fortune From ancient times to the present day There have been those who have claimed her as a lover. So driven by the will to move up Have pursued her to the very ends of the earth She enters into it enters into us, As the wheel spins and turns The fortunate ones are seen to emerge. She enters into it enters into us. Fortune smiles upon our heads. Mistakenly we cling to her warm embrace. How easily we seem to forgive and forget, Lost within the security of our new found wealth. There are those of you amongst us Bearing vacant faces and empty smiles. Their fates have already been decided upon. They will leave behind them only victims of their misplaced trust. Fortune smiles upon our heads. Mistakenly we cling to her warm embrace. How easily we seem to forgive and forget, When lost within the security of our new found wealth. Fortune smiles upon our heads Fortune smiles upon our heads
*** Thanx a lot to Ashley for this one *** Ocean
Isabella...
East of Eden I was told this in a distant land Where tortured souls have to fight together in anguish And the scenes of the show are of a cruel and violent nature Scenes of pain and cruelty are there to be seen The arena, the town, the place was set for all to watch and see I was told this in a distant land Where the oppressor ruled with an iron hand And a mission of saddened complacency Left cold and emotionless by history Scenes of pain and cruelty are there to be seen All the while i should have known it was you killing me Somewhere is the leader The designs will never change Vented through other's fear The world stops at the end of the hall We watch the life force fade away And that's the price we shall have to pay Threshold
Come in here where it's nice If you want, if you want, if you want A Passage In Time These silent chances pass one by Who never knew of them at all Resigned to the hands of fate we await her impending beck and call Until we return, paradise interred Spread your golden wings, let the sails unfurl Until we return, paradise interred Spread your golden wings, let the fires burn These silent chances pass one by Who never knew of them at all Resigned to the hands of fate We await her impending beck and call Until we return, paradise interred Spread your golden wings, let the sails unfurl Until we return, paradise interred Spread your golden wings, let the sails unfurl Well, opportunity's doors did not open wide Tthe answers remain locked away inside Locked away inside Locked away inside Locked away inside Locked away inside So forced into labour, we till the earth To sow the seeds of our own rebirth As the days turned into years Our faith overcame any doubts or fears Any doubts or fears Are there any doubts or fears Any doubts or fears Are there any doubts or fears In truth we had found the key Its application would unravel this myster This mystery This mystery This mystery
*** Thanx a lot to Ashley for this one *** Wild In The Woods Wild in the woods of love We harm those whom we adore And contrary to all good intentions We suffocate them in an alarming embrace. Listen child, try to understand, All is not what it appears to be in the world at hand. Here dreams are bought and sold for a price. The truth a burden to keep for the rest of your life. These paths that we have chosen Can only lead to fear and despair So we learn from and experience the corporeal, All is hidden in hidden meanings. All can be learned from within. We are all brothers and sisters in spirit. Wild in the woods of love We harm those whom we adore And contrary to all good intentions We suffocate them in an alarming embrace.
*** Thanx a lot to Ashley for this one *** In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated Sail on silver wings Through this storm What fortune love may bring Back to my arms again The love of a former golden age I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take For now that wheels are turning I find my faith deserting me This night is filled with cries Of dispossesed children in search of paradise A sign of a sign of unresolved ambition Drives the pinwheel on and on I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take When memory bears witness to the innocence Consumed in dying rage The way lies through our love There can be no other means to the end Or keys to my heart You will never find You will never find The Arcane Here in the garden of the arcane delights, Dark shadows overwhelm us and we become blind. Blind to the needs of those who would be free From the grip of fear and the prisons of the mind. Amidst the throes of perplexity Phobia moves amongst us, in her hand is held the seed. Extermination angel stood beside the road In violent retribution for the seeds we have sown.
*** Thanx a lot to Ashley for this one ***
Spleen and Ideal De profundis
Embrace the love, so fair Embrace the love, so fair Circumradiant dawn
La panacea, la panacea La panacea, la panacea
The Cardinal Sin Sail to the stars on your shining desires. "Reasons? There are none" cried the whisky laden brain. "When all is said and done it amounts to just the same". There in your starry eyes lie hopes that have been betrayed. The cause of your desire Can also lead to your demise. When all is said and done It will be you who pays the price As countless fools are often loathe to testify "It's an illusion of life, the whole cause of our demise". Sail to the stars on your shining desires. Lucretia waits in vain for the child of her dreams. Within her aching womb there burns a funeral pyre. There in your starry eyes lie hopes that have been betrayed. The prize that you claim can never be yours to take Like castles in Spain,hope is all that will remain. Abstain from the fools paradise, it's an illusion of life,the whole cause of our demise. Fools are often loathe to testify "it's an illusion of life, the whole cause of our demise". Contemplate the world and it's traitors to the soul. The forces of derision and their legions manifold. Usurpers of the crown,all pretenders to the throne, Your world is linked in chains "All in one, One in all" (x9) Fools are often loathe to testify It's an illusion of life The whole cause of our demise It's an illusion of life (x4) Mesmerism Frail of heart Renounce your fears Locked away inside All these years Remain in light Renounce your fears For you have been mesmerized Break this spell of silence Enigma of the Absolute Saloman hung down her head, laid bare her heart For the world to see, she craved for intimacy Through darkened doors her aspect veiled with indecision Gazed out to sea, she craved lucidity Cast adrift from past relationships in her life Hoisted up the ideal, this was her saving grace Sea's of rage that once assailed her concern for the truth Had passed her by and left her high and dry In her saviour's arms...(x4) Across the sea lies the fountain of renewal Where you will see the whole cause of your lonliness Can be measured in dreams that transcend all these lies And I wish and I pray that there may come a day For a saviour's arms...(x4) Advent In the hour of darkness Our worlds collide Assailed by madness That has plagued our lives At the point of departure On the eve of despair Your recourse to reason Seems to make no sense at all The light of hope Shines in your eyes Dementia has gone Purged from inside Throughout our wand'rings In a land of lies We fell from God's grace Into a sea of storms In the self-relevation Celebration of love These both are virtues We seem to have left behind The light of hope Shines in your eyes Dementia has gone Purged from inside The light of hope Shines in your eyes Dementia has gone Purged from inside Lay bare your heart Induce the will of love To restore what little faith That you may have lost As morning brings re-birth A new day will dawn To ease our troubled minds Turn away on your side And dream of days to come... Indoctrination - A Design for Living In times of great vexation When one must choose between what's right and wrong Freedom, so they say, Amounts to the choices you have made Through all the arbitrary rationale concerning liberty Freedom, I must say, Exists within unconditioned minds Reason has come of age How can you be satisfied with things the way they are When all that surrounds us now and so much more Remains inside the keeper's dark embrace? The insatiable thirst for power has made Idols out of mortals, gods into clay Soldiers into heros, children into slaves All damned Desires Their hopes betrayed Who will suffer the laws That State can decide your child's education Unless you pay the price? Who will suffer their laws? Who will suffer their minds? Who will suffer their words? Who will suffer their designs? Who will suffer their laws? Who will suffer their minds? Who will suffer their words? Who will suffer their designs?
Within the realm of a dying sun Anywhere out of the World We scaled the face of reason To find at least one sign That could reveal the true dimensions Of life lest we forget And maybe it's easier to withdraw from life With all of it's misery and wretched lies Away from harm We lay by cool still waters And gazed into the sun And like the moth's great imperfection Succumbed to her fatal charm And maybe it's me who dreams unrequited love The victim of fools who watch and stand in line Away from harm In our vain pursuit of life for one's own end Will this crooked path ever cease to end In the Wake of Adversity Hey Patrice don't cry they've no reason to harm you at all They don't realise that the angels surround you with light They don't understand their narrow ways defeat them where they stand They don't realise you hide your sadness beneath a painted smile Ignorance, that light of fools steers a wayward path And sets the course upon which we sail into the night of uncertainty Following the stars that make their way across the sky Valuing the love that lends grace to our hearts We sail Xavier Fair Roseanna your vagrancy's a familiar tale Fraught with danger the lives you led were judged profane Hatred enfolds us Inculcates the minds with it's heresy Laymen enfold us Clemency arrives to set you free Faith Although Xavier has prayed That life-giving waters may rain Down on the souls of man To cure them of their ways These were the sins of Xavier's past Hung like jewels in the forest of veils Deep in the heart where the mysteries emerge Eve bears the stigma of original sin Freedom so hard when we are all bound by laws Etched in the seam of nature's own hand Unseen by all those who fail in their pursuit of faith Although Xavier has prayed That life-giving waters may rain Down on the souls of man To cure them of their ways And as the night turns into day Will the sun illuminate your way Or will the nightmares come home to stay Xavier's love lies in chains These were the sins of Xavier's past Hung like jewels in the forest of veils
Serpent's egg Severance The birds of leaving call to us Yet here we stand Endowed with the fear of flight Over land, the winds of change consume the land While we remain in the shadow of summers now past When all the leaves have fallen and turned to dust will we remain entrenched within our ways Indifference The plague that moves throughout this land Omen signs in the shapes of things to come Tomorrow's child is the only child Tomorrow's child is the only child In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed are Kings If it were within, within our power Beyond the reach of slavish pride To no longer harbour grievances Behind the mask's opportunist's facade We could welcome the responsibility Like a long lost friend And re-establish the kingdom of laughter In the dolls house once again For time has imprisoned us in the order of our years In the discipline of our ways And in the passing of momentary stillness We can see our chaos in motion, our chaos in motion We can see our chaos in motion View our chaos in motion And the subsequent collisions of fools Well versed in the subtle art of slavery Song of Sophia With one wish we wake the will within wisdom With one will we wish the wisdom within waking Woken, wishing, willing Ullyses John francis dooley Wipe the sleep from your eyes And embrace the light. You have slept now For a thousand years Beneath starless nights. And now its time for you To renounce the old ways And see a new dawn rise. In former days The masks were raised When the god came down From off the mountain, And a sacrifice was made For they knew the day of wrath Was fast apporaching. Just like yesterday, before the war John francis dooley The scapegoat has run All our sins are disowned, And now it's time for you To take off thy mask And cross the rubicon. If you and i were one Within the eyes of our designs It would still not change The fact of our leaving. For tonight we must leave With the first gentle breeze For the isles of ken we are assailing Just like ullyses, on an open sea. On an oddysey of self discovery
Aion
The Song of the Sibyl
( Original Catalan version ) Al jorn del judici Parrá qui haurá fet servici Un rei vendrá perpetual Vestit de nostra carn mortal Del cel vindrá tot certament Per fer del segle jutjament Ans que el judici no será Un gran senyal se mostrará Lo sol perdrá lo resplendor La terra tremirá de por Aprés se badará molt fort Amostrant-se de greu conhort Mostrar-se han ab crits i trons Les infernals confusions Del cel gran foc davallará Com a sofre molt pudirá La terra cremará ab furor La gent haurá molt gran terror Aprés será un fort senyal D'un terratrémol general Les pedres per mig se rompran I les muntanyes se fondran Llavors ningù tindrá talent D'or, riqueses ni argent Esperant tots quina será La senténcia que es dará De morir seran tots sos talents Esclafir-los han totes les dents No hi haurá home que no plor Tot lo mo'n será en tristor Los puigs i plans seran iguals Alli seran los bons i mals Reis, ducs, comtes i barons Que de llurs fets retran raons Aprés vindrá terriblement Lo fill de de'u omnipotent De morts i vius judicará Qui be' haurá fet alli es parrá Los infants qui nats no seran Dintre ses mares cridaran I diran tots plorosament "Ajuda'ns, de'u omnipotent" Mare de de'u, pregau per no's. Puix so'u mare de pecadors Que bona senténcia hajam I paradis possejam Vosaltres tots qui escoltau Devotament a de'u pregau De cor ab gran devocio' Que us porte a salvacio *** Thanx a lot to Northern for this one ***
( English translation of original Catalan version ) On the day of judgement The good will go to heaven for their service An eternal king will come Dressed in our mortal flesh: He will come from heaven certainly To pass judgement on the century. Before judgement is passed A great sign will show itself: The sun will lose its shine The earth will tremble with fear. After will come mighty thunder A sign of great wrath: In an infernal confusion Lightning and cries will resound. A great fire will come down from heaven In a stink of sulphur And the earth will burn furiously And great terror will afflict people. After will come the terrible signal Of a great earthquake As rocks shatter And mountains collapse. Then no-one will have pieces of gold Silver or riches, And everyone will await The sentence. Death will leave them without a penny, And will crush them all: There will remain only men in tears, And sadness will cover the world. The plains and peaks will be all the same, Good and evil will reach them both, Kings, dukes, counts and barons Will have to account for their actions. And then will come impressively The Son of God omnipotent, He will judge the dead and the living, The good will go to Heaven. Children not yet born Will cry from their mother's wombs, And with the crying say: "Help us, God, omnipotent". Mother of God, pray for us, You, the Mother of sinners, May the sentence be merciful, May Paradise be open to us. You, who listen to everything, Pray God with all devotion, With all your heart and fervour, That we should be saved.
Fortune Presents Gifts not According to the Book Fortune presents gifts not according to the book Fortune presents gifts not according to the book When you expect whistles it's flutes When you expect flutes it's whistles What various paths are followed in distributing honours and possesions She gives awards to some and penitent's cloaks to others When you expect whistles it's flutes When you expect flutes it's whistles Sometimes she robs the chief goatherd of his cottage and and goatpen And to whomever she fancies the lamest goat has born two kids When you expect whistles it's flutes When you expect flutes it's whistles Because in a village a poor lad has stolen one egg He swings in the sun and another gets away with a thousand crimes When you expect whistles it's flutes When you expect flutes it's whistles Black Sun Murderer! Man of fire. Murderer! I've seen the eyes of living dead. It's the same game - survival. The great mass play a waiting game. Embalmed, crippled, dying in fear of pain. All sense of freedom gone. Black sun in a white world. Like having a black sun in a white world. I have a son, His name is Eden. It's his birthright, Beyond estranged time. Give me sixty-nine years, Another season in this hell. It's all sex and death as far as I can tell. Like Prometheus we are bound, Chained to this rock of a brave new world, Our godforsaken lot. And I feel that's all we've ever needed to know, 'Til worlds end and the seas run cold. Give me sixty-nine years, Another season in this hell. There is sex and death In mother nature's plans. Like Prometheus we are bound, Chained to this rock of a brave new world, Our godforsaken lot.
*** Thanx a lot to Alex who corrected some mistakes ***
Into the labyrinth The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove I thought that you knew it all Well you've seen it ten times before. I thought that you had it down With both your feet on the ground. I love slow...slow but deep. Feigned affections wash over me. Dream on my dear And renounce temporal obligations. Dream on my dear It's a sleep from which you may not awaken. You build me up then you knock me down. You play the fool while I play the clown. We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum. You raise my hopes then you raise the odds You tell me that I dream too much Now I'm serving time in disillusionment. I don't believe you anymore...I don't believe you. I thought that I knew it all I'd seen all the signs before. I thought that you were the one In darkness my heart was won. You build me up then you knock me down. You play the fool while I play the clown. We keep time to the beat of an old slave drum. You raise my hopes then you raise the odds You tell me that I dream too much Now I'm serving time in a domestic graveyard. I don't believe you anymore...I don't believe you. Never let it be said I was untrue I never found a home inside of you. Never let it be said I was untrue I gave you all my time. The Wind that Shakes the Barley I sat within the valley green I sat me with my true love. My sad heart strove the two between The old love and the new love. The old for her the new That made me think on Ireland dearly. While the soft wind blew down the glade and shook the golden barley. T'was hard the woeful words to frame To break the ties that bound us. But harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around us. And so I said the mountain glen I'll meet at morning early. And I'll join the bold united men While soft winds shook the barley. T'was sad I kissed away her tears My fond arm round her flinging. When a foe, man's shot burst on our ears From out the wild woods ringing. A bullet pierced my true love's side In life's young spring so early. And on my breast in blood she died While soft winds shook the barley. But blood for blood without remorse I've ta'en at oulart hollow. I've lain my true love's clay like corpse Where I full soon must follow. Around her grave I've wandered drear Noon, night, and morning early. With breaking heart when e'er I hear The wind that shakes the barley. The Carnival is Over Outside The storm clouds gathering, Moved silently along the dusty boulevard. Where flowers turning crane their fragile necks So they can in turn Reach up and kiss the sky. They are driven by a strange desire Unseen by the human eye Someone is calling. I remember when you held my hand In the park we would play when the circus came to town. Look! Over here. Outside The circus gathering Moved silently along the rainswept boulevard. The procession moved on the shouting is over The fabulous freaks are leaving town. They are driven by a strange desire Unseen by the human eye. The carinval is over. We sat and watched As the moon rose again For the very first time. Tell me about the Forest - You once called home Farewell now my sister Up ahead there lies your road And your conscience walks beside you It's the best friend you will ever know And the past is now your future It bears witness to your soul Make sure that the love you offer up Does not fall on barren soil. For the wind cries of late In the whispering grass. Our way of life is held In the spinning wheels of chance. I believe in the ways of an older law When we used to dance to a different drum And we are changing are ways Yes we are taking on different roads Tell me more about the forest That you once called home. For the wind cries of late In the whispering leaves And the sun will turn to waste The heavens we build above. Father teach your children To treat our mother well If we give her back her diamonds She will offer up her pearl. But I'm not bitter no I'm surviving To face the world, to raise the future. So why don't you tell me, come on and tell me About the world you left behind. Come on and tell me.
Emmeleia Sota mono tratao no trateja mon Uto traja satija totaja tom Ima toja satao no trateja mon Uto traja satija tom, satija tom Sadom sadom Sadom sadom Una torti sadom Una parki sadom Suta mono tratao na trateja ton Uto traja satija totaja ton Ima toja satao uno trateja ton Uto traja satija tom, satija tom Sadom sadom Sadom, sadom Una torti sadom Una parki sadom Sota mono tratao no trateja mon Uto traja satija totaja tom Ima toja satao no trateja mon Uto traja satija tom, satija tom Sadom sadom Sadom sadom Una torti sadom Una parki sadom How Fortunate the Man with None You saw sagacious Solomon You know what came of him, To him complexities seemed plain. He cursed the hour that gave birth to him And saw that everything was vain. How great and wise was Solomon. The world however did not wait But soon observed what followed on. It's wisdom that had brought him to this state. How fortunate the man with none. You saw courageous Caesar next You know what he became. They deified him in his life Then had him murdered just the same. And as they raised the fatal knife How loud he cried: you too my son! The world however did not wait But soon observed what followed on. It's courage that had brought him to that state. How fortunate the man with none. You heard of honest Socrates The man who never lied: They weren't so grateful as you'd think Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried And handed him the poisoned drink. How honest was the people's noble son. The world however did not wait But soon observed what followed on. It's honesty that brought him to that state. How fortunate the man with none. Here you can see respectable folk Keeping to God's own laws. So far he hasn't taken heed. You who sit safe and warm indoors Help to relieve out bitter need. How virtuously we had begun. The world however did not wait But soon observed what followed on. It's fear of god that brought us to that state. How fortunate the man with none.
Toward the within Rakim Favoured son Turn in the garden Shades of one Sins forgotten Favoured signs to find hope In the rounds of life Favoured rhymes to find hope In the sands of life Favoured son Fence in your heart Savoured son Sins forgotten
Persian Love Song [Original title: The Silver-stock Gun]
English Translation : They say your charger is your pal on the day of battle I say even better is the gun A cavalryman without a gun is without vigour A cavalryman is one when he has got a gun I sold my silver-stock gun Sewed a Termeh frock for my love She returned it to me when I sent her the frock Oh alas my silver-stock gun [Termeh is a Persian textile]
*** Big Thanx to Hass for this one ***
Desert song
Favoured one, fade on, see them run Journey 'round, heave ho all night long You've been afraid for far too long I've been enraged in my song I've been a rose in my rage I've been a rose I've been a rose I've been a rose Canaan ran, since her desert song Canaan ran, rides on the bird song You've been afraid for far too long I've been enraged in my songs I've been a rose I've been a rage I've been a rose I've been a rage I've been a rose
The Wind that Shakes the Barley I sat within the valley green I sat me with my true love. My sad heart strove the two between The old love and the new love. The old for her the new That made me think on Ireland dearly. While the soft wind blew down the glade and shook the golden barley. T'was hard the woeful words to frame To break the ties that bound us. But harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around us. And so I said the mountain glen I'll meet at morning early. And I'll join the bold united men While soft winds shook the barley. T'was sad I kissed away her tears My fond arm round her flinging. When a foe, man's shot burst on our ears From out the wild woods ringing. A bullet pierced my true love's side In life's young spring so early. And on my breast in blood she died While soft winds shook the barley. But blood for blood without remorse I've ta'en at oulart hollow. I've lain my true love's clay like corpse Where I full soon must follow. Around her grave I've wandered drear Noon, night, and morning early. With breaking heart when e'er I hear The wind that shakes the barley.
*** Thanx a lot to Iria for this one ***
I Am Stretched On Your Grave I am stretched on your grave And will lie there forever With your hands held in mine I'd be sure we'd not sever My apple tree my brightness 'Tis time we were together For I smell of the earth And am stained by the weather When my family thinks That I'm safe in my bed From night until morning I am stretched at your head Calling out to the air With tears both hot and wild Oh I grieve for the girl That I loved as a child The priests and the friars Behold me in dread Because I still love you My love and you're dead I would still be your shelter From rain and from storm And with you in your cold grave I cannot sleep warm I Can See Now Ever loved a woman who made you feel tall? Ever loved a man who made you feel small? If you were a sailor I'd raise the anchor To sail the sea In search of you and me And god Conjures currents to break our fragile boats And both the innocent and the damned Are swallowed up in his wake If you were a huntress I'd be your bow For your silver arrows To seek out his heart Ever loved a woman who made you feel tall? Ever loved a man who made you feel small? Who are you to complain For lack of understanding? We are all created equal In just one thing alone Alone in your thoughts that consume you through your life They'll take you outwards to the dark edge of time And there's nothing more dangerous Than a man with nothing to lose Nothing to live for And nothing to prove American Dreaming I need my conscience to keep watch over me To protect me from myself So i can wear honesty like a crown on my head When i walk into the promised land We've been too long american dreaming And i think we all lost the way Forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark I'm in love with an american girl Well, she's my best friend I love her surreptitious smile That hides the pain within her And we'll go dancing in the rings of laughter And leave alone by the shores Feel alone in the brands of rapture And leave alone for the loss Faith, on the lea the rising wind blows Faith, on the lea the rising wind blows How long? how long? Here alone on the grounds of allegiances we've left behind Turned back by the foot of the doorway Never lost and found We've been too long american dreaming I think we've lost the heart Forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark Faith, on the lea the rising wind blows Faith, on the lea the rising wind blows How long? how long?
*** Thanx a lot to Nelson for this one *** Oman From the body to the soul Where our hearts lead we must go Wherever love may flow
Tristan
Don't Fade Away Don't fade away, my brown-eyed girl Come walk with me, i'll fill your heart with joy And we'll dance through our isolation. Seeking solace in the wisdom we bestow Turning thoughts to the here and ever after Consuming fears in our fiery halos Say what you mean, mean what you say I've heard that innocence has led us all astray But don't let them make you and break you The world is filled with their broken empty dreams Silence is their only virtue Locked away inside their silent screams But for now, let us dance away this starry night Filled with the glow of fiery stars And with the dawn our sun will rise Bringing a symphony of bird cries Don't bring me down now, let me stay here for awhile You know life's too short, let me bathe here in your smile I'm transcending the fall from the garden Goodnight.
Spiritchaser Song of the Stars We are the stars which sing We sing with our light We are the birds of fire We fly over the sky Our light is a voice We make a road for the spirit to pass over {algonquian indian}
{vodun invocation-haiti} Song of the Dispossessed The river is deep and the road is long Daylight comes and I want to go home Awoke this morning To find my people's tongues were tied And in my dreams They were given books to poison their minds The river is deep and the mountain high How long before the other side We are their mortar Their building bricks and their clay Their gold teeth mirror Both our joys and our pain The river is deep and the ocean wide Who will show us how to read the signs The earth is our mother She taught us to embrace the light Now the lord is master She suffers an eternal night You blocked up my ears You plucked out my eyes You cut out my tongue You fed me with lies Oh lord Oh lord Oh lord Oh lord
Anastasis
Children Of The Sun We are ancient As ancient as the sun We came from the ocean Once our ancestral home So that one day We could all return To our birthright The great celestial dome We are the children of the sun Our journey's just begun Sunflowers in our hair We are the children of the sun There is room for everyone Sunflowers in our hair Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Throughout the ages Of iron, bronze, and stone We marvelled at the night sky And what may lie beyond We burned offerings To the elemental ones Made sacrifices For beauty, peace and love We are the children of the sun Our kingdom will come Sunflowers in our hair We are the children of the sun Our carnival's began Our songs will fill the air And you know it's time To look for reasons why Just reach up and touch the sky To the heavens we'll ascend We are the children of the sun Our journey has begun All the older children Come out at night Anaemic, soulless Great hunger in their eyes Unaware of the beauty That sleeps tonight And all the queen's horses And all the king's men Will never put these children back Together again Faith, hope, our charities Greed, sloth, our enemies We are the children of the sun We are the children of the sun
Amnesia Saw the demonstration On Remembrance Day Lest we forget the lesson Enshrined in funeral clay History is never written By those who've lost The defeated must bear witness to Our collective memory loss With every generation comes Another memory lapse See the demonstrations of Failing to learn from our past We live in the dreamtime Nothing seems to last Can you really plan a future When you no longer have a past Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Memories fall from the trees Amnesia Memories like autumn leaves If we are subject to Empirical minds I wonder what lies beyond Our memories confines If memory is the true Sum of who we are May your children know the truth And shine like the brightest star Memory, help me see Amnesia Memory, set me free All my love and all my kisses Sweet Mnemosyne All my love and all my kisses Sweet Mnemosyne Sweet Mnemosyne
Opium Sometimes I feel like I wanna live Far from the metropolis Just walk through that door Sometimes I feel like I want to fly Reach out to the painted sky A prisoner to the wind A bird on the wing Sometimes I feel the ocean in my blood See rain from the sky above Her salt brined tears And now Those tears leave a taste on my tongue Like the warm rush you get from Black opium Black opium Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Sometimes I feel like I wanna leave Behind all these memories And walk through that door Outside The black night calls my name But all roads look the same They lead nowhere They lead nowhere
All In Good Time All your ships Have left their moorings Cast adrift On the Sargasso Sea Waiting for the wind To set your sails free When you reach The end of your rainbow Chasing shadows And down on your luck Look for the sign Look for a sign Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin As you rise to the very top Of your mountain Just remember those Poor lost souls On their way down You taught me patience Was a virtue So I took my time Let Nature take her course All was revealed All in good time Turn back your clocks Open up your memories Beneath the veil Where time stands still You showed me a sign You showed me the sign
Non albums tracks Abwoon
( Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy - Immortal memory - 2004 )
Black Stream
(Sahara Blue / Hector Zazou) Where the stars sleep in the calm black stream, Like some great lily, pale Ophelia floats, Slowly floats, wound in her veils like a dream. Half heard in the woods, halloos from distant throats. A thousand years has sad Ophelia gone Glimmering on the water, a phantom fair: A thousand years her soft distracted song Has waked the answering evening air.
Bylar
(Live)
Oh bylar, bylar, bylar
Crescent
The stars you see in the night sky Have been dead for centuries And sunlight creates the illusion Of life for all these years Now i no longer trust these eyes of mine The heart must speak to me In tongues of forgotten voices In cosmic energy So that i can see The heavens are merely illusions When you build them high in the sky And hell is the final solution For man and his seed design And the chance of life And the more that i see The more life means to me In the chime of silence of your love Can't feel in my love And i need love in my life Can't feel it in you And i need love in my, i see life Can't feel it in you
Happy Time ( Tim Buckley cover sung by Brendan Perry on the 4AD "13 year itch" Compilation )
Ah, it's a happy time inside my mind When a melody does find a rhyme Says to me I'm comin' home to stay Oh, lord, home to stay I'm comin' home to stay Home to stay Ah, lord, it's just the same old story Something about love for glory A nickel and a dime a dozen Fame Ah, it's such a shame Ah, the way they use your name Ah, you know it's such a shame When it's only mine to sing a song Hoping that you'd cross along my way Before I have to move along Ah, now move along Ah, but I'll be back again Ooh back again Ah, it's a happy time inside my mind When a melody does find a rhyme Says to me I'm comin' home to stay Oh, lord, home to stay I'm comin' home to stay Home to stay Sleep late now mama Let the mornin' sun warm your bed While I'm away While I'm away
*** Thanx a lot to Jorge for this one ***
Hymn for the fallen My attends to you as a mother fears while her children sleep Now look, see how they're dreaming The black reciteries, while the children dream Don't go so deep in slumber Where you'll shy Know you'll wander in sleep Don't you fly too far away Some men die without crying Suffering so long and alone Softly, children, dry your eyes Gently, children, be wise My attends to you as a mother hears all her children's fears So don't cry, all will wash away when we pray Soon, soon, soon, soon, soon So if it's okay, i'll wait with you while the sun began to shine Oh look, your wings are broken But never a lie was spoken The murdered thing is love, you see Drifting on a lake of memory Now sleep, close your eyes and have no fear A wide blue sky is very near Soon, soon, soon, soon, soon Now sleep, close your eyes and have no fear A wide blue sky is very near
Labour of love (radio) Forced by necessity I arrive at your door These gifts i bring to you for your benefit alone In anticipation of things to come A labour, a labour of love The sacrifice is made to ensure our prosperity A small price to pay for the knowledge that we now own In anticipation of things to come A labour, a labour of love So until we meet again at some fixed point in time Have faith in our ability to realise the potential of our dreams In anticipation of things to come A labour, a labour of love Origin of my dreams Destiny so it seems Origin of my dreams Destiny so it seems
Largo (Handel)
(Lisa Gerrard / The Mirror Pool) Ombra mai fu, di vegetabile cara ed amabile, soave pi`u.
English Translation : No tree's shade ever was more serene, dear and lovely.
*** Thanx a lot to Rosemary & Laura for this one ***
Maranatha
Maranatha ( come lord )
Psallit in aure dei
Saffron
Spirit rise to greet the sun Takes my hand and beats the drum Tries to make me understand We're as one in a sea of sand I'm praying for rain To see desert flowers again The eagle flies up towards the sun High above the fields of babylon In one claw he holds an olive branch for peace In the other twelve arrows for his enemies I'm praying for rain To see desert flowers again Spirit rise to help us see The loving face of humanity Devoid of fear and free from greed Devoted to the greater need I'm praying for rain To see desert flowers again The locust is born upon the wing It's hunger seems as boundless as the great river plain Where the tigris weaves its way toward the sea Through a great desert in the heart of man I'm praying for rain To see desert flowers again
Spirit
(A passage in time) I thought I'd found a reason to live Just like before when I was a child Only to find dreams made of sand Would just fall apart and slip through my hands But the spirit of life keeps us strong And the spirit of life is the will to carry on Adversity what have I done to you To cause this reclusive silence That has come between me and you And the spirit of life remains in light And the spirit of life remains inside I never thought it would be quite like this Living outside of mutual bliss But as long as the veins in our arm still stand up The spirit of life will keep living on
Tempest
( Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke - Duality - 1998 )
In your fair descent How you shame How do you somewhere How low shin I found your age, your age shaman How to be a slave Out of your fears we'll drift away How. well, what is saturday How your wish begins Do you harken Happen where some winds To begin with you How the fire
The human game
Under the sun I call your name I revise your inner flame I who dare to come disguised In the night of the human eyes As we begin to unravel the veil Of our visions vivid and pale We recoil with invisible bliss Loosing there the claim to the comfort Of deaths pre-designed Questioned in vain The soul remains To tell its tale Vivid and pale Of broken dreams Out of the pool and into the flame We begin the human game That refers to rise above Clarity that calls you to Come out of your tears Lend me your fears And fly away Rest within arms That promise to come The pain away Some where I'll find you inside The answer when we Remember who we can really be And there we will arrive home With all the answers that fair To reason all within our love Out of the pool into the flame We do begin All of our love rises above The human game Out of your tears Lend me your fears And fly away Rest within arms That promise to come Your pain away
*** Thanx a lot to Xenia for this one ***
The song of amergin
Youth
(Sahara Blue / Hector Zazou) All calculations set to one side; The inevitable Descent from Heaven, A visitation of memories and a seance of rhythms Invades my house, my head, And the world to mind. A horse leaps forward on suburban turf, Past planted fields and streches of woods Misty with carbonic plague. A wretched theatrical woman, somewhere in the world, Sighs after an improbable indulgence. Desperadoes lie dreaming of storm, and of wounds and debauch. Along small streams the little children sit, Stifling their curses. Let us turn once more to our studies, To the noise of insatiable movement That forms and ferments in the masses.