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Almost I
06:37
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2. |
Almost II
03:12
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Clouds moving West
swollen and grey
with gloomy grace
like a solemn swan
Slow muffled throbs
pulse deep in my bones
under the skin
in the frozen wind
Evening falls down
Evening falls down
Evening falls
You're trapped
just close your eyes
stuck in your dream
without end
Last lights
through faceless trees
soon the white will
cover this land
Evening falls down
just close your eyes
trapped in your dream
without end
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3. |
Not a Good Sign
07:54
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silent
in their metal plate
bubbles in a row
at the traffic lights
light blade
moving with the moon
you seethe
waiting for the crash
now they listen just to
sad and dull lullabies
they want just hear
their breathless growl
it’s not a good sign
better
shutting oneself in
than blowing up
and killing someone
they plead
«leave me in peace»
hiding in
strangely sweet sounds
on the rooftops
by a lakeside
believe what I’m saying
let me take a look into the void
it’s not a good sign
they plead
«leave me in peace»
hiding in
strangely sweet
and boring sounds
you seethe
waiting for the crash
walking for long
into this twilight
of a winter sunday
it’s not a good sign
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4. |
Making Stills
06:43
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Witchcraft by a Picture
07:37
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I fix mine eye on thine, and there
pity my picture burning in thine eye;
my picture drown’d in a transparent tear,
when I look lower I espy;
hadst thou the wicked skill
by pictures made and marr’d, to kill,
how many ways mightst thou perform thy will?
but now I’ve drunk thy sweet salt tears,
and though thou pour more, I’ll depart;
my picture vanished, vanish all fears
that I can be endamaged by that art;
though thou retain of me
one picture more, yet that will be,
being in thine own heart, from all malice free.
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6. |
Coming Back Home
05:52
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coming back home
on this september
finally
summer lights
go down
distant sounds
beyond the window
long shadows
on my table
sitting silent
gently shouting
always waiting
I re-emerge from
my summer sleep
pure dark
doesn’t make sense
as much as pure light
however
on the border
of shades
you can’t get out of your own deserts
once you simply set foot in them
time flows back outside my window
empty days before me
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7. |
Flow On
06:07
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nerves wracking
low rumbles
hands seeking for
relief and rain
don’t stare too much
through the water
you could choke
flow on the journey
sprouting wings
from nightfire
a bone-white sun
on a black clear sky
as herded shades
crossing borders
without hope
to get back
from hollow lands
we watched
the moon
hiding down
on the sleeping hills
come with me
we won’t say anything
please come with me
flow on the journey
sprouting wings
from nightfire
flow on flow on
don’t stare too much
through the water
you could choke
flow on flow on
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«I come and go
the Demon tags along»
this unexpected guest
is like a beast inside
I simply can’t resist
nor beg for its power
I’m a blind flesh-puppet
in its crafty hands
you always miss the words
when you’re searching for them
but as you chance upon them
they’re never enough
too easy to say
«it was just a dream»
it’s so strange walking in
the last room on the left
knowing it will be
the last time of your life
my hushed steps on the floor
blood pushing on the walls
the defeaning sound of moon
is burning out my ears
your worst enemy
has not a face nor a name
it will hound you
as a stroke sipping your shadow
in this subtle prison
I’m lost over against
«the bloody devices of Destruction».
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9. |
Afraid to Ask
03:08
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Not a Good Sign Milan, Italy
Resonant vocal melodies and lyrics, gloomy but colourful music.
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Endless Way From You
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This album demonstrates great skill and is enriched by many perfectly harmonized themes; the dreamy keyboard, guitar work, flute, driving rhythm, and a long instrumental coda assembled with clarity and knowledge. It can be said that here we have very jazzy themes that present a fairly relaxed and very flowing rhythmic vein, which is repeatedly interrupted by quite eclectic and heavy moments.
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