B i o g r a p h y (by Richie Unterberger)
One of the most fascinating figures of rock's fringes, Nico hobnobbed, worked, and was romantically linked with an incredible assortment of the most legendary entertainers of the '60s. The paradox of her career was that she herself never attained the fame of her peers, pursuing a distinctly individualistic and uncompromising musical career that was uncommercial, but wholly admirable and influential. Nico first rose to fame as a European supermodel, also landing a bit part in Fellini's La Dolce Vita film and giving birth to a son by Alain Delon. In 1965, she attracted the attention of Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who gave her a chance to record for his Immediate label, though the resulting single, which also featured Brian Jones and Jimmy Page on guitars, flopped. Shortly afterward, she moved to New York, where Andy Warhol installed her as a vestigial presence and occasional lead singer for the Velvet Underground. The band never really accepted her as a bona fide member and she departed in 1967, but not before contributing unforgettable deadpan vocals to three of the songs on their classic 1967 debut album. Nico embarked on a solo career, recording folk-rock-flavored songs for her debut Chelsea Girl album with assistance from Jackson Browne, Lou Reed, and John Cale. Her 1969 follow-up, The Marble Index, was a dramatic departure that unveiled her doom-laden, gothic persona, produced by Cale and prominently featuring her deep vocals, impenetrable lyrics, and ghostly harmonium. Her subsequent '70s albums explored much the same territory, with assistance from Cale and influential art rockers like Eno and Phil Manzanera. Her career fell into disarray during the rest of the '70s and the '80s as she struggled with a massive drug habit and tangled personal life. She released several live albums on various labels, but the ill-planned Drama of Exile and the more successful Camera Obscura were her only coherent studio efforts until she died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Ibiza in 1988. The original goth rocker, Nico's albums are demanding and bleak, but map a unique and starkly powerful vision that has become more influential with age. An intimate of Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, the Velvet Underground, the Stones, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop, and others, her fascinating story is recounted in the biography Nico: The Life & Lies of an Icon by Richard Witts, published in Great Britain by Virgin books; The End by James Young is a seedy look at her drug-addled final years by a member of her touring band.
The Fairest of the Seasons These Days Little Sister Winter Song It Was a Pleasure Thing Chelsea Girl I'll Keep It With Mine Somewhere There's a Feather Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams Eulogy to Lenny Bruce
Prelude (Instrumental) Lawns of Dawns No One Is There Ari's Song Facing the Wind Julius Caesar (Memento Hodié) Frozen Warnings Evening of Light Roses in the Snow (Bonus track) Nibelungen (Bonus track)
Janitor of Lunacy The Falconer My Only Child Le Petit Chevalier Abschied Afraid Mütterlein All that Is My Own
Janitor of Lunacy All Tomorrow's Parties Sãeta Sãeta Vegas No One Is There Innocent and Vain Secret Side Procession Heroes Femme Fatale All Tomorrow's Parties I'm Waiting For the Man The End
Genghis Khan Purple Lips One More Chance Henry Hudson I'm Waiting For the Man Sixty/Forty The Sphinx Orly Flight Heroes
Hanging Gardens The Sound You Forget to Answer Vegas I'm Waiting for the Man Your Voice All Saints Night (Instrumental) (a.k.a Your Word Against Mine) I Will Be Seven Sãeta (a.k.a The Line)
Ari Sleepy Too I'm Not Sayin' Irreversible Neural Damage Reich der Träume Rêve Réveiller Sagen die Gelehrten The Last Mile Vuelo Químico Your Kisses Burn
Chelsea girl
The Fairest of the Seasons
Now that it's time Now that the hour hand has landed at the end Now that it's real Now that the dreams have given all they had to lend I want to know do I stay or do I go And maybe try another time And do I really have a hand in my forgetting ? Now that I've tried Now that I've finally found that this is not the way, Now that I turn Now that I feel it's time to spend the night away I want to know do I stay or do I go And maybe finally split the rhyme And do I really understand the undernetting ? Yes and the morning has me Looking in your eyes And seeing mine warning me To read the signs carefully. Now that it's light Now that the candle's falling smaller in my mind Now that it's here Now that I'm almost not so very far behind I want to know do I stay or do I go And maybe follow another sign And do I really have a song that I can ride on ? Now that I can Now that it's easy, ever easy all around. Now that I'm here Now that I'm falling to the sunlights and a song I want to know do I stay or do I go And do I have to do just one And can I choose again if I should lose the reason ? Yes, and the morning Has me looking in your eyes And seeing mine warning me To read the signs more carefully. Now that I smile, Now that I'm laughing even deeper inside. Now that I see, Now that I finally found the one thing I denied It's now I know do I stay or do I go And it is finally I decide That I'll be leaving In the fairest of the seasons.
These Days I've been out walking I don't do too much talking These days, these days. These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do And all the times I had the chance to. I've stopped my rambling, I don't do too much gambling These days, these days. These days I seem to think about How all the changes came about my ways And I wonder if I'll see another highway. I had a lover, I don't think I'll risk another These days, these days. And if I seem to be afraid To live the life that I have made in song It's just that I've been losing so long. La la la la la, la la. I've stopped my dreaming, I won't do too much scheming These days, these days. These days I sit on corner stones And count the time in quarter tones to ten. Please don't confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them.
Little Sister Don't call me home, little sister Before the night is done My love and I are fleeing Running into the sun. Turn to fly, go away Little bird, please don't stay Fare thee well. Take up all your jewels and gold, Bury them away in the earth. Let your memory reduce them to dust But don't forget the knife that was thrust. Turn to fly, go away Little bird, please don't stay Fare thee well. Frozen kiss by the fountain Running into the sea Where shadows choose their horrors Designed for music. Turn to fly, go away, Little bird, please don't stay, Fare thee well.
Winter Song The snow on your eyelids that curtsy with age Is freezing the stares on tyranny's wings. The bitter is hard and the warmth of your skin Is diseased with familiar caresses. Withdrawing from splendor and royal decay Among all the triumphs and jaded awards The angry and blazing circus of sun Blasphemes as the crown prince arises. You cannot beget all the sins that you owe To the people of paradise magic Pretend to answer passion and form With foreign rationalizations. Primroses are the jewels that lurk Among masks of pleasure that flicker with doubt Embraces of fame that's simultaneously fear To advance and demand to be recognized. The river shall flow through hollow green faces Of caricature's resentment etched out of the tongues. Both reluctant princess asleep before birth The classical sensitive failures. The worshipping wicked cling to the dark of your heart Lying there and wait with your angels Moan and ravish from dawn to dusk The avaricious young lovers.
It Was a Pleasure Then It was a pleasure then Could you just be here again To know what there was to see When all the Sunday people Were so quiet in the dark Afraid to be better the next day La la la la la la la La la la la la la la. It was a pleasure then When we could sit and stare again Until the stars fell through The cloudy trees onto the grass Stars to smile with us Until they too had tears in their eyes You tell us this one tale Of how much we must not agree. It was a pleasure then To see the dying days again In horror of the nights Never never never Never be too bright We've got no secret Heart to hide somewhere at last As long as we could see The sky confess this crime 0f bitter tasting hatefulness Above our shattered minds. It was a pleasure It was a pleasure La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la la la.
Chelsea Girl Here's Room 506 It's enough to make you sick Bridget's all wrapped up in foil You wonder if she can uncoil. Here they come now See them run now Here they come now Chelsea Girls Here's Room 115 Filled with S & M queens Magic marker row You wonder just high they go. Here they come now See them run now Here they come now Chelsea Girls Here's Pope dear Ondine Rona's treated him so mean She wants another scene She wants to be a human being. Here they come now See them run now Here they come now Chelsea Girls Pepper she's having fun She thinks she's some man's son Her perfect love's don't last Her future died in someone's past. Here they come now See them run now Here they come now Chelsea Girls Dear Ingrid's found her lick She's turned another trick Her treats and times revolve She's got problems to be solved Here they come now See them run now Here they come now Chelsea Girls Poor Mary, she's uptight She can't turn out her light She rolled Susan in a ball And now she can't see her at all Here they come now See them run now Here they come now Chelsea Girls Dropout, she's in a fix, Amphetamine has made her sick White powder in the air She's got no bones and can't be scared Here they come now See them run now Here they come now Chelsea Girls Here comes Johnny Bore, He collapsed on the floor They shot him up with milk And when he died sold him for silk Here they come now See them run now Here they come now Chelsea Girls Here they come now See them run now Here they come now Chelsea Girls
I'll Keep it with Mine You will search, babe, at any cost, But how long, babe, can you search for what's not lost ? Everybody will help you, Some people are very kind. But if I can save you any time, Come on, give it to me, I'll keep it with mine. I can't help it if you might think I am odd If I say I'm not loving you for what you are But for what you're not. Everybody will help you, Discover what you set out to find But if I can save you any time, Come on, give it to me, I'll keep it with mine. The train leaves at half past ten But it'll be back tomorrow same time again. The conductor, he's weary, Still stuck on the line. But if I can save you any time, Come on, give it to me, I'll keep it with mine.
Somewhere There's a Feather Love and learn Take your turn Somewhere there's a feather Falling slowly from the sky You need not know the reason why. Stand apart Hear your heart Someday there will be Another lover till the end You need not hold your breath till then. Don't ask me to explain to you There's nothing to remain but what we see. Fall and climb Take your time Somehow you must live up To the precedents you've set You need not hope for answers yet. Don't ask me how I know it now The future does not show itself to me. So love and learn Take your turn Somewhere there's a feather Falling slowly from the sky You need not know the reason why.
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams Wrap your troubles in dreams Send them all away Put them in a bottle and Across the seas they'll stay Speak not of misfortunes Speak not of your woes Just steal yourself a holiday Crouching by the door Ride and sway to music's pain Searing with the sides Caress it with a lover's touch For it shall be your bride Wrap your troubles in dreams Send them all away Put them in a bottle And across the seas they'll stay Slash the golden whip, it slaps Across the lover's sides The earth trembles without remorse Preparing for to die Salty ocean waves and sprays Come crashing to the shore Bullies kick and kill young loves Down on barroom floors Wrap your troubles in dreams Send them all away Put them in a bottle And across the seas they'll stay Violence echoes through the land In heart of every man The knife stabs existent wounds Pulse runs through matted hair The gleaming knife cuts early Through the midnight air Cutting entrails in its path Blood runs without care Excrement filters through the brain Hatred bends the spine Filth covers the body pores To be cleansed by dying time Wrap your troubles in dreams Send them all away Put them in a bottle And across the seas they'll stay
Eulogy to Lenny Bruce I've lost a friend And I don't know why But never again Will we get together to die. And why after every last shot Was there always another ? Why after all you hadn't got Did you leave your life to your mother ? And Honey Harlow The singer burlesque queen How did she know You needed morphine ? Why didn't you listen To the warning words of your friends While they told you so ? I know you couldn't listen To people talk about What they didn't know. I've lost a friend And I don't know why But never again Will we get together to die. And why after every last shot Was there always another ? Why after all you hadn't got Did you leave your life to your mother ?
The Marble Index
Lawns of Dawns Can you follow me Can you follow my distresses My caresses Fiery guesses Swim and sink into Early morning mercies He blesses you He blesses me The day the night caresses Caresses you, caresses me Can you follow me Dawn your guise has filled my nights with fear At each closing of my eyes You never see these pictures in my mind Can you follow me Aside from leaving overdrawn caresses Aside from having thrown a joke on you and me Can you follow me I cannot understand the way I feel Until I rest on lawns of dawns Can you follow me
No One Is There Across from behind my window screen Demon is dancing down the scene In a crucial parody Demon is dancing down the scene He is calling and throwing His arms up in the air And no one is there All of them are missing as the game Comes to a start No one is there Some are calling, some are sad Some are calling him mad No one is there Across from behind your window screen Demon is dancing down the scene In a crucial parody Demon is dancing down the scene He is calling and throwing His arms up in the air No one is there All of them are missing As the game comes to a start No one is there And no sound has them Declared To be missing To be missing To be missing
Ari's Song Sail away, sail away my little boy Let the wind fill your heart with light and joy Sail away my little boy Let the rain wash away your cloudy days Sail away into a dream Let the wind send you a fantasy Of the ancient silver sea Now you see that only dreams Can send you where you want to be Now you find those faces Are not holding places Where you thought they'd be And later as you go again You will agree That it was all a dream Sail away, sail away my little boy Let the wind fill your heart with light and joy Sail away my little boy
Facing the Wind It's holding me against my will And doesn't leave me still Amazons are riding out To find a meaning for The name, my name In the rain My spinning on my Name In the rain, in the rain When did it begin ? When did it begin ? Why am I not facing the wind ? My mother and my brother Are facing the wind. Why are they facing the wind ? Why are they facing the wind ? There's nothing more to sing about Not now or when they carry me away In the rain My spinning on my name in the rain My spinning on my name in the rain In the rain. When did it begin ? When did it begin ? Why are they facing the wind ?
Julius Caesar (Memento Hodié) Amidst water lily fields white and green Grows a tree And from the tree hang apples Not for you to eat. In a way it matters more Than it did before To see the East voyaging through True hearts of dunes Mirth Birth Reverie There in harmony Somersault caravans of fools As he passes for reply To sing his songs again. He sways to kiss the horizontal ground And from the ground a dove rises And as a mark of honor A mask is left behind Mirth Birth Reverie There in harmony To gentle form and noble force Calm and vast his voice cascades From this gentle stage Calm and vast the city lies On a horizontal ground Kind and calm Julius lies For Octavian to prevail Mirth Birth Reverie In harmony Traverses the peninsula Aeolus with his whisperwinds to strike With his gentle kisses the righteous And wise and doom ambitious praise With his will his will and order Mirth Birth Reverie Amidst water lily fields white and green Grows a tree And from the tree hang apples Not for you to eat Beneath the heaving sea Where statues and pillars and stone altars rest for all these Aching bones to guide us far from energy Mirth Birth Reverie
Frozen Warnings Friar hermit stumbles over The cloudy borderline Frozen warnings close to mine Close to the frozen borderline Frozen warnings close to mine Close to the frozen borderline Into numberless reflections Rises a smile from your eyes into mine Frozen warnings close to mine Close to the frozen borderline Frozen warnings close to mine Close to the frozen borderline Over railroad station tracks Faintly flickers a modest cry From without a thousand cycles A thousand cycles to come A thousand times to win A thousand ways to run the world In a similar reply Friar hermit stumbles over The cloudy borderline Frozen warnings close to mine Close to the frozen borderline Frozen warnings close to mine Close to the frozen borderline Close to the frozen borderline Close to the frozen borderline Close to the frozen borderline
Evening of Light Midnight winds are landing at the end of time Midnight winds are landing at the end of time A true story wants to be mine A true story wants to be mine The story is telling a true lie The story is telling a true lie Mandolins are ringing to his viol singing Mandolins are ringing to his viol singing Midnight winds are landing at the end of time Midnight winds are landing at the end of time Dungeon's sinking to a slumber to the end of time Dungeon's sinking to a slumber to the end of time Petrel sings the domebells pound into the unended end of time Petrel sings the domebells pound into the unended end of time Midnight winds are landing at the end of time Midnight winds are landing at the end of time In the morning of my winter When my eyes are still asleep In the morning of my winter When my eyes are still asleep A dragonfly laying in a coat of snow I'll send to kiss your heart for me A dragonfly laying in a coat of snow I'll send to kiss your heart for me Midnight winds are landing at the end of time Midnight winds are landing at the end of time The children are jumping in the evening of light The children are jumping in the evening of light A thousand sins are heavy in the evening of light A thousand sins are heavy in the evening of light Midnight winds are landing at the end of time Midnight winds are landing at the end of time
Roses in the Snow He came your way And when he had to go There were roses growing in the snow Silently you'll go to the shadow of your soul And you know that it was like this before we had to go You will never see these lights Glowing in your nights Until you feel this way With every moon it is as though you're getting closer to your soul And then you go alone and with no fear Then you will know That it was like this before we had to go And you will find that you were blind Until you saw these lights glowing in your nights He came your way And when he had to go There were roses growing in the snow Silently you'll go to the shadow of your soul But you know it was like this before we had to go You will never see these lights Glowing in your nights If you don't know And there are roses growing in the snow
Nibelungen Since the first of you and me asleep In a Nibelungen land Titanic curses trap me in A banishment of stay Symbols vanish from my senses Stem and stave the view appears Symbols captured in a trance Vanish from my glance For the various defenses I enforce a strike the alarm For the various defences That choose to be here and there And lose the direction everywhere Since the first of you and me asleep In a Nibelungen land where we cannot be Almond trees grow along the mountain trail From their tongues the words are spelling The telling numb I cannot hear it anymore I cannot hear it anymore Since the first of you and me here and there We lose the direction everywhere Shrieking city sun shiver in my veins In flames I run In flames I run Waiting for the sign to come Will you spell the words for me Will you spell the words for me to hear Nibelungen Nibelungen Nibelungen land
Desertshore
Janitor of Lunacy Janitor of lunacy Paralyze my infancy Petrify the empty cradle Bring hope to them and me Janitor of tyranny Testify my vanity Mortalize my memory Deceive the Devil's deed Tolerate my jealousy Recognize the desperate need Janitor of lunacy Identify my destiny Revive the living dream Forgive their begging scream Seal the giving of their seed Disease the breathing grief
The Falconer The falconer is sitting on His summersand at dawn Unlocking flooded silvercages And with a silverdin arise All the lovely faces And the lovely silvertraces erase My empty pages The falconer is sitting on His summersand at dawn Beside his singing silverwaves And his dancing rebelrace That compose ahead of timeless time A sound inside my candle light Father child Angels of the night Silverframe my candlelight Father child Angels of the night Silverframe my candlelight The falconer is sitting on His summersand at dawn Unlocking flooded silvercages And with a silverdin arise All the lovely faces And the lovely silvertraces erase My empty pages
My Only Child My only child be not so blind See what you hold There are no words no ears no eyes To show them what you know Their hands are old Their faces cold Their bodies close to freezing Their feelings find The morning small Too small to fill their ways with breathing The evening tall My only child remember well The words that you are told For some of them it is only easy to survive Their hands are old Their faces cold Their bodies close to freezing Their feelings find The morning small The evening tall Man and wife are feasting the time The time that lies behind At home in sweetness and delight Drinking the bitter wine Their hands are old Their faces cold Their bodies close to freezing Their feelings find The morning small The evening tall
Le Petit Chevalier
Je suis le petit chevalier Avec le ciel dessus mes yeux Je ne peux pas me effroyer Je suis le petit chevalier Avec la terre dessous mes pieds J'irai te visiter J'irai te visiter
Abschied Seinem Geiste bekenne Ich Mich Ein Sehnen verzehret sein schönes Gesicht Das ermattet von Güte beschattet allmächtig ist Sein Körper bewegt sich nicht Im Traume sich endlich sein Zwingen vergißt Den heulenden Jubel erkenne Ich nicht Der Mir den heiligen Frieden zerbricht Sein schweigender Mund, seine schlafende Brust Harren zärtlich der süßen Lust Sein Körper bewegt sich nicht Im Traume sich endlich sein Zwingen vergißt
Afraid Cease to know or to tell Or to see or to be your own Cease to know or to tell Or to see or to be your own Have someone else's will as your own Have someone else's will as your own You are beautiful and you are alone You are beautiful and you are alone Often the ardorless and plain Reward your grace Often the ardorless and plain Reward your grace Confuse your hunger capture the fake Confuse your hunger capture the fake Banish the faceless reward your grace Banish the faceless reward your grace
*** Thanx a lot to Snee who corrected this one ***
Mütterlein Liebes kleines Mütterlein Nun darf ich endlich bei Dir Sein Die Sehnsucht und die Einsamkeit Erlösen sich in Seligkeit Liebes kleines Mütterlein Nun darf ich endlich bei Dir Sein Die Sehnsucht und die Einsamkeit Erlösen sich in Seligkeit Die Wiege ist Dein Heimatkleid Ein Schweben Deine Herrlichkeit In Wonne wandelt Dein Herzeleid Und greift in die siegende Flut hinein Die Wiege ist Dein Heimatkleid Ein Schweben Deiner Herrlichkeit In Wonne wandelt Dein Herzeleid Und greift in die siegende Flut hinein
All That Is My Own Your winding winds stood so All that is my own Where land and water meet Where on my soul I sit upon my bed Your ways have led me to bleed Every child will be able to weep Every wise man spoke of him Every keeper will be sleeper And a guide to ways unsure Your winding winds did sow All that is my own Where land and water meet Where on my soul I sit upon my bed Your ways have led me to bleed He who knows may pass on The word unknown And meet me on the desertshore Meet me on the desertshore Your winding winds did sow All that is my own Where land and water meet Where on my soul I sit upon my bed Your ways have led me to bleed He who knows may pass on The word unknown And meet me on the desertshore Meet me on the desertshore Meet me on the desertshore Your winding winds stood so All that is my own Where land and water meet Where on my soul I sit upon my bed Your ways have led me to bleed He who knows may pass on the word I know And meet me on the desertshore Meet me on the desertshore Your winding winds did sow All that is my own Where land and water meet Where on my soul I sit upon my bed Your ways have led me to bleed
The End
It Has Not Taken Long
It has not taken long It has not taken long The hunters they are hiding from me A wooden hand A golden reed A waiting end for them to bleed La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la It has not taken long It has not taken long To feast our naked eye upon The open blade The hungry beast have found her calling Calling help me please La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la Secret Side
Without a guide, without a hand Unwed virgins in the land Unwed virgins in the land Tied up on the sand When there come ships into the land They'll be awaiting reverence They'll be awaiting reverence At their children's hands Are you not loyal to your pride Are you not on the secret side ? It's not a crime, a gain to you, Do you not understand ? Without a guide, without a hand Unwed virgins in the land Unwed virgins in the land Tied up on the sand When there come ships into the land They'll be awaiting reverence They'll be awaiting reverence At their children's hands Are you not loyal to your pride Are you not on the secret side ? It's not a crime, a gain to you, Do you not understand ? You Forget to Answer
When I remember what to say When I remember what to say You will know me again And you forget to answer When I remember what to say When I remember what to say You will know me again And you forget to answer You seem not to be listening You seem not to be listening The high tide is taking everything And you forget to answer When I remember what to say When I remember what to say You will know me again And you forget to answer Innocent and Vain
The secrets that I do not know I cannot understand them A wanted series printed over Words are his defences The battle bracelets do not fit My favourite gladiator A fanatic hero piously Has to be a faker He is a dangerous creator A master in his mortal cave I am a savage violator A valet innocent and vain Valley of the Kings
The bandits be my weaknesses His fault shall be my knife His weapon be His weapon be my innocence The killer must not die Is there a charge against my fate, Can't I betray my hate ? Will I regain my father's gait, Must the killer die ? The testament lies hidden from me Underneath my sins A carriage A carriage will take me to The valley of the Kings We've Got the Gold
We've got the gold, we do not seem too old We've got the gold, we do not seem too old A pity does not bear a single flower A pity does not bear a single flower Very proud and very poor You're walking on your prison floor A pity does not bear a single flower A pity does not bear a single flower Very proud and very poor I'm waiting at your prison floor A pity does not bear a single flower A pity does not bear a single flower We've got the gold, we do not seem too old We've got the gold, we do not seem too old We've got the gold, we do not seem too old The End
This is the end, beautiful friend, This is the end, my only friend. The end of our elaborate plans, The end of everything that stands, The end, no safety no surprise, The end, I'll never look into your eyes again. Can you picture what we'll be So limitless and free Desperately in need of some stranger's hand In a desperate land ? Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain And all the children are insane, All the children are insane Waiting for the summer rain. There's danger on the edge of town, Ride the King's highway, baby. Weird scenes inside the gold mine, Ride the highway West. Ride the snake, Ride the snake to the lake, The ancient lake. The snake is long, seven miles, Ride the snake. He's old and his skin is cold. The West is the best The West is the best Get here and we'll do the rest The blue bus is calling us The blue bus is calling us Driver, where're you taking us ? The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on. He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall. He went to the room where his sister lived And then he paid a visit to his brother. And then he, he walked on down the hall And he came to a door and he looked inside. "Father ?" "Yes, son ?" "I want to kill you. Mother, I want to ..." Come on, baby, take a chance with us, Come on, baby, take a chance with us, Come on, baby, take a chance with us And meet me at the back of the blue bus. This is the end, beautiful friend, This is the end, my only friend. The end, it hurts to set you free, But you'll never follow me. The end of laughter and soft lies, The end of nights we tried to die, This is the end. Das Lied der Deutschen
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, Über alles in der Welt, Wenn es stets zum Schutz und Trutze Brüderlich zusammenhält; Von der Maas bis an die Memel, Von der Etsch bis an den Belt: Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, Über alles in der Welt! Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, Über alles in der Welt. Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue, Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang Sollen in der Welt behalten Ihren alten, schönen Klang, Uns zu edler Tat begeistern Unser ganzes Leben lang: Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue, Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang! Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue, Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang! Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Für das deutsche Vaterland! Danach laßt uns alle streben Brüderlich mit Herz und Hand! Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit Sind des Glückes Unterpfand: Blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes, Blühe, deutsches Vaterland! Blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes, Blühe, deutsches Vaterland!
Drama of Exile
Genghis Khan I have come to lie with you I have come to die with you On your padded shoulder And your golden chest In a wilderness of glass we rest And all the flowers they are our words And my chances follow dances Into a storm afraid A sweet and bitter rest he gets A sweet and bitter rest he gets I have come to lie with you I have come to die with you
Purple Lips He reminds all the laughter That has left me going down And my heart is falling silently Into the driving evening sound Sometimes we must keep from bringing Certain thoughts up to the light And a matter of the winning In a case of two lips lies I have been looking out for him From over this broken bridge The safest place it seems to be To ever reach his purple lips
One More Chance Give awareness and some light To the darkness outside A roof above my head might just be right For such a tender night Give awareness and some light To the darkness outside A roof above my head might just be right For such a tender night tender night The bridge will show you how to fall More than one good person you can call Stepping on the stairway Climbing up the wall Has the man I told you about Stopped in here or called ? Stepping on the stairway climbing up the wall Has the man I told you about Stopped in here or called ? Was it the right moment to lift his head And did he see that you are mad Seven daughters and one son And their father's on the run He is gone long past midnight From the Towers strikes the time. What will they do when morning dawns They may not be able to explain Are you ready for a good fight Are you ready for laughter It is you that we are after It is you You can give me one more chance Forget that it is me who must fight
Henry Hudson White light lays above The Henry Hudson riverbank And you will see a lady standing Stealing past a happy ending Staring at the happy landing Her heart beats loud and fast Her love looks like a broken glass White light lays above The riverbank A sinking ship has brought the light Upon the land And Henry Hudson knows not where The lady's standing A lonely shoulder must grow older Waiting on the riverbank
I'm Waiting For the Man
(Lou Reed)
I'm waiting for my man Twenty-six dollars in my hand Up to Lexington 125 Feeling sick and dirty, more dead than alive I'm waiting for my man Hey, white boy, what you doin' uptown ? Hey, white boy, you chasin' our women around ? Oh pardon me sir, it's furthest from my mind I'm just lookin' for a dear, dear friend of mine I'm waiting for my man Here he comes, he's all dressed in black High-heeled shoes and a big straw hat He's never early, he's always late First thing you learn is that you've always got to wait I'm waiting for my man Two brownstones, up three flights of stairs Looks like nobody's pinned you, but nobody cares He's got the works, gives you sweet taste Ah, then you've got to split because you've got no time to waste I'm waiting for my man Baby, don't you holler, darling don't you bawl and shout I'm feeling good, and I'm gonna work it all out I'm feeling good, I'm feeling so fine Until tomorrow, that's just some other time I'm waiting for my man
Sixty/Forty Will there be another time Will there be another time Another year, another wish to stay ? Will there be another time Will there be another time Another year, another wish to stay ? When the evening light wants to be so bright And the morning sound is out of sight Can there be another word to say Or do we have to give it all away ? Many moons have to be found At certain times you'll hear them pound You can hear the hell bells praying Many moons have to be found At certain times you'll hear them pound You can hear the hell bells praying It is for granted hear their saying We are all enchanted staying Focussing on running down the drain When those tears are carved inside your brain New York Lower East Side fame In a golden circle game New York Lower East Side frame New York Lower East Side fame In a golden circle game New York Lower East Side frame Standing everywhere around The fastest way to be found At least I've given it away To keep it only would have made me stay Will there be another time ? Will there be another time ?
The Sphinx The hours since I saw you last Have left me in an unknown past They do not seem to leave me They seem to join me on the road Or even when I take a boat A light Insanely bright is standing A fainting force My loneliness remains attending The hours since I saw you last Have left me in an unknown past They do not seem to leave me They seem to join me on the road Or even when I take a boat A light Insanely bright is standing A fainting force My loneliness remains attending
Orly Flight Orly flight Madrid tonight Close the door On the last floor Close the flight Prepare your sight As if you'd never Seen the light Understand The fortune spent This crazy crime Has no regret Orly flight Madrid tonight Close the door On the last floor Orly flight Madrid tonight Close the door On the last floor Close the flight Prepare your sight As if you'd never Seen the light Understand The fortune spent Conceal your pain Conceal your pride
Heroes
(David Bowie)
I I will be King And you You will be Queen Though nothing Will drive them away We can be heroes Just for one day We can be heroes Just for one day You You can be mean And I I'll drink all the time 'Cause we're lovers And that is a fact Yes, we're lovers And that is that Though nothing Will keep us together We could steal time Just for one day We can be heroes For ever and ever What d'you say ? I I wish you could swim Like the dolphins the dolphins can swim Though nothing Nothing will keep us together We can beat them Forever and ever Oh, we can be heroes Just for one day I I will be King And you You will be Queen Though nothing Will drive them away We can be heroes Just for one day We can be us Just for one day I I can remember Standing by the Wall The guns shot above our heads And we kissed As though nothing could fall And the shame was on the other side We can beat them Forever and ever We can be heroes Just for one day We can be heroes We can be heroes
Camera Obscura
Camera Obscura The last white man pulling the trigger on the last emotion Not if you care ... Her soft eyes like a splutter like the sun, a dancer So clear, dancing, dancing Are you smart ... Dancing Not if you care for me ... Dancing ... dancing ... dancing ... dancing ... dancing
Tananore When I dream in When I scream in When I wipe my Dirty hands clean Tananore Aye oh dey ney da Tananore Aye oh dey ney da Ah no sa ney When I dream in When I scream in When I wipe my Dirty hands clean Ah ha ha ha ... Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha When I dream in When I scream in When I wipe my Dirty hands clean Tananore Aye oh dey ney da Tananore Aye oh dey ney da Ah no sa ney Ah no sa ney
Win a Few They will give you what you need They will run your life They will get you where they want to On the cross you'll die Oh, what a game a fair frame Consumed into a single flame When you're blind When you're kind The future and the reasons Will they change the seasons ? The law has made it very clear Save your breath for the next try They will try you with fanatic threats To make you sigh Oh, what a game a fair frame Consumed into a single flame When you're blind When you're kind The future and the reasons Will they change the seasons ? They want your face for a magazine They want my voice for their fears I want the world's news to be A different truth in different ears What a game a fair frame Consumed into a single flame When you're blind When you're kind The future and the reasons They won't change the seasons
My Funny Valentine My funny valentine Sweet comic valentine You make me smile with my heart Your looks are laughable Unphotographable Yet you're my favourite work of art Is your figure less than Greek ? Is your mouth a little weak ? When you open it to speak, are you smart ? But don't change your hair for me Not if you care for me. Stay little valentine, stay! Each day is Valentine's Day. Is your figure less than Greek ? Is your mouth a little weak ? When you open it to speak, are you smart ? But don't change your hair for me Not if you care for me Stay little valentine, stay! Each day is Valentine's Day.
Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen
Sie herzte sanft ihr Spielzeug Bevor sie es zerbrach Und hatte eine Sehnsucht Und wußte nicht wonach Weil sie einsam war Und so blond ihr Haar Und ihr Mund so rot wie Wein Und wer von diesem Wein trank Konnt' nie mehr glücklich sein Doch einer sprach im Frühling: "Auch Du fühlst Lust und Schmerz" Und brach ihr tausend Rosen Doch sie brach nur sein Herz Weil sie einsam war Und so blond ihr Haar Und ihr Mund so rot wie Wein Ja, keine konnt' so küssen Und doch so einsam sein Was blieb von ihrem Leben Ein Lied, das niemand sang Sankt Peter ließ sie warten Zwei Ewigkeiten lang Weil sie einsam war Und so blond ihr Haar Und ihr Herz so tot wie Stein Dann rief er: "Armes Kind, komm, Sollst nie mehr einsam sein"
Fearfully in Danger On a dusty road you sit Fearfully in danger The intentions of my attitude Have mastered the adventure You'll be placed in harmony A degree of anger You have landed painfully, Fearfully in danger In a state of trance You may come and dance You may sing the void for me Constantly cold with fear I know that I do not need you here Does it fit your fears Does it suit your face No, you cannot grasp The phase Fearfully in danger Fearfully in danger
My Heart Is Empty "My heart is empty But the songs I sing Are filled with love for you" A man said that to me That's how I know Sometimes love it does not show Sometimes it does not even know There is no witness to my anger When it stabs until he dies I am looking for the strangler To help me, help me with my crime Show me the way to warning Warning for the morning light I will stab it with a knife The blinding sun The heartbeat for the time to come The honesty That lies to you My heart is empty But the songs I sing Are filled with love for you
Into the Arena Bring him into the arena And let the lion win again A triumph for the worst Or for the better Escaping remains uncertain Nemesis unloaded kiss A victim of his prophecies Butwe do much believe He may not wish all to see The dare May be surrender
König O König, laß Dich leiten Laß mich Dich begleiten König, laß dich leiten Laß mich dich begleiten Auf diesem weiten Strand Ergreife meine Hand Ich will Dir alles geben Das Dich am Leben hält Ein Hoffen und ein Streben Dein Blick bis in mein Zelt
Hanging Gardens
A hazy horizon is closing The curtain to our perfect stage How I stumbled twisted slightly Atrociously The world is landing at my feet Who all of the faces could it be Where all of the places should it be Laughing and coughing Coughing and laughing In the hanging gardens Of Semiramis A hazy horizon is closing The curtain to our perfect stage I stumbled twisted slightly Atrociously The world is landing at my feet Who all of the faces could it be Where all of the places should it be Laughing and coughing Coughing and laughing In the hanging gardens Of Semiramis
The Sound
As long as the sound will carry me Towards the sands that could swallow me La la la la As long as the sound will carry me Towards the sands that could swallow me As long as my shadow will die The next crossroad leaving me Gazing at the moon As long as my shadow will reach the next crossroad Leaving me gazing at the moon
You Forget To Answer
When I remember what to say When I remember what to say You will know me again And you forget to answer all When I remember what to say When I remember what to say You will know me again And you forget to answer all You seem not to be listening You seem not to be listening The high tide is taking everything And you forget to answer all Vegas The road that leads you to Vegas Remains so free Where men have lost a perfect set Within so much regret The turning wheel on every table Have they told you yet A formula, a winning scheme More than you can dream In a case of crime In a case of death Would you have to hold Have to hold your breath ? The charges of your sentence An answer to your key A switching argument Condemning Your damned To plea From the black screen of my eyelids Closing in on you The image showing me that It is oh so true The young man with a wild smile Like Bonaparte He's looking like a piece of Like a piece of art In a case of crime In a case of death Would you have to hold Have to hold your breath ? The charges of your sentence An answer to your key A switching argument Condemning Your damned To plea
I'm Waiting for the Man
Baby don't you holler, darling don't you ball and shout Baby don't you holler, darling don't you ball and shout I'm feeling good and I'm going to work it all out Baby don't you holler, darling don't you ball and shout I'm feeling good and I'm going to work it all out I'm feeling good and I'm feeling so fine Until tomorrow that is just another time I'm waiting for my man I'm waiting for my man I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm waiting for my man I'm waiting for my man I'm waiting for my man I'm waiting for my man I'm waiting for my man I'm waiting for my man Your Voice
Your voice will frighten my horse Your voice will frighten my horse Am I the target moving closer to your choice ? A certain familiarity lies in your tone of voice Oh no no no no no no no no Your voice will frighten my horse Your voice will frighten my horse My horse Am I the target moving closer to your choice ? A certain familiarity lies in your tone of voice Oh no no no no no no no no
I Will Be Seven
I I will be seven When we meet in Heaven Do do do do do do do do do do do... I I will be seven When we meet in Heaven Do do do do do do do do do do do...
Sãeta At a crossing of the line Everything you need is mine Everything is a big vision A decision must be signed A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint I would give them all they need Everything they know and read But they must cross the line The line A given voice A given choice Everything you need is mine A given voice A given choice Everything you need is mine At a crossing of the line Everything you need is mine Everything is a big vision A decision must be signed A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint I will give them all they need Everything they know and read But they must cross the line The line A given voice A given choice Everything you need is mine A given voice A given choice Everything you need is mine
Do or Die
Janitor of Lunacy
( Bologna Teatro Nuova Medica 1982/03/28 ) La tarantula. Janitor of lunacy Paralyze my infancy Petrify the empty cradle Bring hope to them and me Janitor of tyranny Testify my vanity Mortalize my memory Deceive the Devil's deed Tolerate my jealousy Recognize the desperate need Janitor of lunacy Identify my destiny Revive the living dream Forgive their begging scream Seal the giving of their seed Disease the breathing grief Thank you. All Tomorrow's Parties
( Bologna Teatro Nuova Medica 1982/03/28 )
And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties ? A hand-me-down dress from who knows where To all tomorrow's parties. And what shall she do and where will she go When midnight comes around ? She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door. And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties ? White silks and linens of yesterday's gowns To all tomorrow's parties. And what will she do with Thursday's rags When Monday comes around ? She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door. And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties ? For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown For whom none will go mourning. A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown Of rags and silks — a costume Fit for one who sits and cries For all tomorrow's parties. Sãeta
( Rotterdam 1982/03/07 )
At a crossing of the line Everything they need is mine Everything is a big vision A decision must be signed A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint I will give them all they need Everything they know and read But they must cross the line The line A given voice A given choice Everything they need is mine A given voice A given choice Everything they need is mine At a crossing of the line Everything they need is mine Everything is a big vision A decision must be signed A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint I will give them all they need Everything they know and read But they must cross the line The line A given voice A given choice Everything they need is mine A given voice A given choice Everything they need is mine Sãeta
( Piccadilly Radio session 1982/01/00 )
...A losing limit centerpoint A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint I will give them all they need Everything they know and read But they must cross the line The line A given voice A given choice Everything they need is mine A given voice A given choice Everything they need is mine At a crossing of the line Everything they need is mine Everything is a big vision A decision must be signed A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint A given voice A given choice A losing limit centerpoint I will give them all they need Everything they know and read But they must cross the line The line A given voice A given choice Everything they need is mine A given voice A given choice Everything they need is mine Vegas
The road that leads you to Vegas Remains so free Where men have lost a perfect set Within so much regret A turning wheel on every table Have they told you yet A formula a winning scheme more than you can dream In a case of crime In a case of death Would you have to hold Have to hold your breath ? The charges of your sentence An answer to your key The switching argument Condemningv Your damned To plea From the black screen of my eyelids Closing in on you The image showing me that But it is all so true A young man with a wild smile Like Bonaparte Is looking like a piece of Like a piece of art In a case of crime In a case of death Would you have to hold Have to hold your breath ? The charges of your sentence An answer to your key The switching argument Condemning Your damned To plea No One Is There
( København Saltlagertet 1982/02/14 )
This song, er, I wrote, er, for Richard Nixon on a Halloween. I want to dedicate it to Ronald Reagan. Across from behind my window screen Demon is dancing down the scene In a crucial parody Demon is dancing down the scene He is calling and throwing His arms up in the air And no one is there All of them are missing as the game Comes to a start No one is there Some are calling, some are sad Some are calling him mad No one is there Across from behind your window screen Demon is dancing down the scene In a crucial parody Demon is dancing down the scene He is calling and throwing His arms up in the air And no one is there All of them are missing as the game Comes to a start No one is there And no sound has them declared To be missing To be missing To be missing Innocent and Vain
( London 1982/01/18 )
The secrets that I do not know I cannot understand them A wanted series printed over Words are his defences The battle bracelets do not fit My favorite gladiator A fanatic hero piously Has to be a faker He is a dangerous creator A master in his mortal cave I am a savage violator A valet innocent and vain Secret Side
Without a guide, without a hand Unwed virgins in the land Unwed virgins in the land Tied up on the sand When there come ships into the land They'll be awaiting reverence They'll be awaiting reverence At their children's hands Are you not loyal to your pride ? Are you not on the secret side ? Is not a crime a gain to you, Do you not understand ? Without a guide, without a hand Unwed virgins in the land Unwed virgins in the land Tied up on the sand When there come ships into the land They'll be awaiting reverence They'll be awaiting reverence At their children's hands Are you not loyal to your pride ? Are you not on the secret side ? Is not a crime a gain to you, Do you not understand ? Procession
Distantly the chains are falling With an anchor pulling here The moments that are rolling Are rolling in my ear And we are sitting Nowhere here When you go you will be driven Must be given to the price With a number counting two You wear colors that are blue Or dare Take his advice Do you know a game to witness That is bound to hit you lame As a man of power Can you dare Can you dare to be insane ? Can you Dare to be insane ? Heroes
( Amsterdam 1982/03/06 )
I I will be King And you You will be Queen Though nothing Will drive them away We can beat them Just for one day We can be heroes Just for one day You You can be mean And I I'll drink all the time But we're lovers And that is a fact Yes, we're lovers And that is that Though nothing Nothing will keep us together We could steal time Just for one day We can be heroes For ever and ever What d'you say ? I I wish you could swim Like the dolphins The dolphins can swim Though nothing Nothing will keep us together We can beat them Forever and ever And we can be heroes Just for one day I I can remember Standing by the Wall The guns shot above our heads As we kissed As though nothing could fall And the shame was on the other side Oh, we can beat them Forever and ever And we can be heroes Just for one day I I will be King And you You will be Queen Though nothing Nothing will keep us together We can beat them forever and ever And we can be heroes Just for one day We can be heroes We can be heroes We can be heroes just for one da Oh, this is a Lou Reed song. Femme Fatale
Here she comes, You'd better watch your step, She's going to break your heart in two, It's true. It's not hard to realize, Just look into her false colored eyes, She'll build you up to just put you down, What a clown. 'Cause everybody knows She's a femme fatale The things she does to please She's a femme fatale She's just a little tease She's a femme fatale See the way she walks Hear the way she talks. You're written in her book, You're number thirty-seven, have a look. She's going to smile to make you frown, What a clown. Little boy, she's from the street. Before you start you're already beat. She's going to play you for a fool, Yes, it's true. 'Cause everybody knows She's a femme fatale The things she does to please She's a femme fatale She's just a little tease She's a femme fatale See the way she walks, Hear the way she talks. 'Cause everybody knows She's a femme fatale The things she does to please She's a femme fatale She's just a little tease She's a femme fatale Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh She's a femme fatale Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh She's a femme fatale Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh She's a femme fatale It's about a hundred years old that song ... All Tomorrow's Parties
I want to sing this just in my own. Another Lou Reed song And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties ? A hand-me-down dress from who knows where To all tomorrow's parties. And what shall she do and where will she go When midnight comes around ? She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door. And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties ? Why silks and linens of yesterday's gowns To all tomorrow's parties. And what will she do with Thursday's rags When Monday comes around ? She'll turn once more to Sunday's clown And cry behind the door. And what costume shall the poor girl wear To all tomorrow's parties ? For Thursday's child is Sunday's clown For whom none will go mourning. A blackened shroud, a hand-me-down gown Of rags and silks — a costume Fit for one who sits and cries For all tomorrow's parties. I'm Waiting For the Man
I'm waiting for my man Twenty-six dollars in my hand Up to Lexington 125 Feeling sick and dirty, more dead than alive I'm waiting for my man Hey, white boy, what you doin' uptown ? Hey, white boy, you chasin' our women around ? Oh pardon me sir, it's furthest from my mind I'm just lookin' for a dear, dear friend of mine I'm waiting for my man Here he comes, he's all dressed in black PR shoes and a big straw hat He's never early, he's always late First thing you learn is that you've always got to wait I'm waiting for my man I'm looking at it, two Brownstones, up three flights of stairs Looks like nobody's pinned you, but nobody cares He's got the works, gives you sweet taste Ah, then you've got to split because you've got no time to waste I'm waiting for my man Baby, don't you holler, darling don't you bawl and shout I'm feeling good, and I'm going to work it all out I'm feeling good, I'm feeling so fine Until tomorrow, that's just some other time I'm waiting for my man Walking home The End
I want to sing you a Jim Morrison song which was his favorite song. This is the end, beautiful friend, This is the end, my only friend. The end of our elaborate plans, The end of everything that stands, The end, no safety no surprise, The end, I'll never look into your eyes again. Can you picture what we'll be So limitless and free Desperately in need of some stranger's hand In a desperate land ? Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain And all the children are insane, All the children are insane Waiting for the summer rain. There's danger on the edge of town, Ride the King's highway, baby. Weird scenes inside the gold mine, Ride the highway West, baby. Ride the snake, Ride the snake to the lake, The ancient lake. The snake is long, seven miles, Ride the snake. He's old and his skin is cold. The West is the best The West is the best Get here and we'll do the rest The blue bus is calling us The blue bus is calling us Driver, where're you taking us ? The killer awoke before dawn, He put his boots on. He took a face from the ancient gallery And he walked on down the hall. He went to the room where his sister lived And then he paid a visit to his brother. And then he, he walked on down the hall And he came to a door and he looked inside. "Father ?" "Yes, son ?" "I want to kill you. Mother, I want to ..." Come on, baby, take a chance with us, Come on, baby, take a chance with us, Come on, baby, take a chance with us And meet me at the back of the blue bus. This is the end, beautiful friend, This is the end, my only friend. The end, it hurts to set you free, But you'll never follow me. The end of laughter and soft lies, The end of nights we tried to die, This is the end. Thank you. Er, Nigel, can I have some beer, please ?
Non Albums Tracks
Ari Sleepy Too ( John Cale - Nico: Dance Music ) Please Come over here What is this supposed to be ? Oh, is that it ? It's that really Oh, really ? The beginning of the world About the empty pages why don't they remain that The rest of the world Because I think the rest of the world is us We're not really that sentimental
*** Thanx a lot to Corteo for this one ***
I'm Not Sayin'
(written by Gordon Lightfoot)
I'm not sayin' that I'll love you I'm not sayin' that I'll care If you love me. I'm not sayin' that I'll care I'm not sayin' that I'll be there When you want me. I can't give my heart to you Or tell you that I'll sing your name Up to the sky. I can't lay the promise down That I'll always be around When you need me. Now I may not be alone each time you see me Along the street or in a small café But still I won't deny or mistreat you Baby, if you'll let me have my way. I'm not sayin' I'll be sorry For the things that I might say That make you cry. I can't say I'll always do The things you want me to, I'm not sayin' I'll be true But I'll try. Now I may not be alone each time you see me Or show up when I promise that I would, But still I won't deny you or mistreat you Baby, if you loved me like you should. I'm not sayin' I'll be sorry For all the things that I might say That make you cry. I can't say I'll always do The things you want me to, I'm not sayin' I'll be true But I'll try. I can't say I'll always do The things you want me to, I'm not sayin' I'll be true But I'll try
*** Thanx a lot to Steve for this one ***
Irreversible Neural Damage ( Kevin Ayers - Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories LP ) Kevin Ayers : If you wear this silver bonnet I will sew my heart upon it For this bonnet makes you seem Like someone I met in a dream, a dream Nico : I won't wear your silver bonnet Not unless some gold's put on it You may take your dream back home I have plenty of my own, my own Kevin Ayers : Tell me something distant sister If I found my dream and kissed her Would this vision of perfection Turn into my own reflection Nico : Who or what I am escapes me Every changing minute shapes me What I have is what I yearn for Dreams are what I gladly burn for Kevin Ayers & Nico : In her cradle we have rocked her Tended by our dreaming doctor Now she waits in sleeping beauty For some prince to do his duty
Reich der Träume ( Lutz Ulbrich - Nico vs. Trance Groove ) Schlaf hol' mich ein trag' mich fort ganz allein In die Welt meiner endlosen Träume Schlaf wieg mich ein weh mich weg ganz allein In das Reich meiner endlosen Träume Weh' mich hinaus treib' mich fort und geschwind In die weite Welt milder Nächte Laß mich siegen, laß mich sterben Laß mich lieben, laß mich fliegen Laß mich siegen, laß mich sterben Laß mich lieben, laß mich fliegen Schlaf hol' mich ein trag' mich fort ganz allein In die Welt meiner endlosen Träume Schlaf wieg mich ein weh mich weg ganz allein In das Reich meiner endlosen Träume Weh' mich hinaus treib' mich fort und geschwind In die weite Welt milder Nächte Laß mich siegen, laß mich sterben Laß mich lieben, laß mich fliegen Laß mich siegen, laß mich sterben Laß mich lieben, laß mich fliegen La la la la la ...
*** Thanx a lot to Angel for this one ***
Rêve Réveiller ( The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 ) Dans des images rêvés Je suis la forêt enneigée qui traverse les champs Le temps printemps enfermé dans ta journée Et ma nuit Et dans les images réveillée Je suis la nuit le jour enfermée Dans ta joie éclairée Pour embrasser ton coeur Être seule dans les champs qui traversent Ton printemps Réveillé et son coeur enneigé Danser six ans Car depuis la naissance et la crampe de douleur le petit village N'est qu'un moment enneigé La petite fille était tombée Seulement un peu et elle avait tant pleuré Maintenant elle sait tomber Que dans ses rêves réveillés réveillés enneigés Pour les attraper en vitesse Sur les feuilles de ton printemps Enfermée dans les champs de couleur vives Et les faire chanter les faire chanter aux abeilles Dans tout les couleurs des fleurs réveillées
Sagen die Gelehrten Und plötzlich sieht der Himmel aus wie Blut Und plötzlich sieht die Sonne aus wie Glut Das lassen uns're Götter doch nicht zu Sagen die Gelehrten Sagen die Gelehrten Das hat es früher nicht gegeben Mit Macht der Menschheit ihres Sinnes zu berauben Das lassen uns're Götter doch nicht zu Sagen die Gelehrten Sagen die Gelehrten Die Strafe ist nicht hoch genug Die brauchen doch kein Licht zum Sterben Es sieht ihnen doch niemand dabei zu Und plötzlich sieht der Himmel aus wie Blut Und plötzlich sieht die Sonne aus wie Glut Mit Gewalt Mitleid zu erregen Das lassen uns're Göter doch nicht zu Sagen die Gelehrten Sagen die Gelehrten Und niemand lehnt sich dagegen auf Dem Teufel seine Spielchen zu verderben Wie lange kann es überweilen auf Erden
The Last Mile
(written by Andrew Loog Oldham, James Patrick Page)
Rivers were made for flowing So why not let them flow? People were made for showing So why not let them show? Show a little laughter Show a little smile 'Cause we've started on the last mile. Children's minds are crippled Black is what they see. Man's mind is murdered So why not let him see? Show a little laughter Show a little smile 'Cause we've started on the last mile. Children's minds are crippled Black is what they see. Man's mind is murdered, So why not let him see? Show a little laughter Show a little smile 'Cause we've started on the last mile
Vuelo Químico ( Edgar Allan Poe "Ulalume", Michel Huygen - Neuronium LP ) The skies they were ashen and sober; The leaves they were crisped and sere — The leaves they were withering in sere; It was night in the lonesome October Of my most immemorial year; It was hard by the dim lake of Auber, In the misty mid region of Weir — It was down by the dank tarn of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir. And we passed to the end of the vista, But we were stopped by the door of a tomb — By the door of a legended tomb; And I said: "What is written, sweet sister, On the door of this legended tomb ?" Etait-ce un mirage, Ou était-ce le visage de la mort ? Then my heart it grew ashen and sober As the leaves, that were crisped and sere — As the leaves that were withering and sere, And I cried: "It was surely October On this very night of last year That I brought a dread burden down here — That I journeyed — I journeyed down here — On this night of all nights in the year, Ah, what demon has tempted me here ? Well I know, now, this dim lake of Auber — This misty mid region of Weir — Well I know, now, this dank tarn of Auber, This ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir."
Your Kisses Burn ( Marc Almond - Stars We Are LP ) Him You make a fire Here in my heart Your kisses burn me Sending sparks Auras fade Charisma pales Your kisses burn They scorch my soul And world without end Through tempest and storm Your kisses my fire Keep my heart warm When your kisses burn Then why are my lips like ice ? Her I'll make a fire There in your heart Made not of love But only hate And for the fuel Will be your soul An inferno To consume you whole And world without end Through tempest and storm Him My soul be your fire Her To keep my heart warm With my touch I'll freeze your heart Him Your kisses burn The tides will turn You brand your promise On my tongue Her I'll kill you With this final fire And lead you to Your funeral pyre And world without end Through tempest and storm Him My soul be your fire Both To keep my/your heart warm Him Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Her I will take your very soul Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Her I will take your very soul Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Her I will take your very soul Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm Her I will take your very soul Your kisses my fire Your love keeps me warm