The Gathering
How to Measure a Planet?
FRAIL
You lead me
I do need redemption
Whenever I don't know
I feed you balance
We will not rest
Until the search ends
I bleed for you
I voluntarily give myself
I need my fraility
Oh so soon
I will unfold
I bleed for you
I voluntarily give myself
GREAT OCEAN ROAD
It is all there
The earth and the ocean
They contain the power of our lives
This beautiful city that surrenders to the nightfall
Carving the grounds we walk upon
And the air
We all dare to ride it somehow
Blue and black is the sky
While tumbling down
Trapped into the freedom of an aeroplane
Deprived of sleep
we jump into the deep
With no knowledge whatsoever
There is no place on the face of this earth
Only silence is the sound of an angel
RESCUE ME
All I want is to be where you are
Wisdom will nurse you
Pass your sense on to me
Weigh my hands and help me
I gasp for air
what is the wear
That shows on my face
Pass your sense on to me
Weigh my hands
Rescue me
I rinse my face in water
My breath runs out in the waves
MY ELECTRICITY
I send your name up into the sky
And the wind blows it back into my face
You see, even nature reacts on me
And all my electricity will make it across your sea
With every wave the sea makes
My body gets weaker and weaker.... and weaker..
You see, even nature reacts on me
And all my electricity will make it across your sea
And provides you with my love
LIBERTY BELL
No brainwaves or activity while the craft is in the air
It's getting dark, it's getting light
we are sitting in a chair
We have fastened every belt
we cannot float out of our seats
It's so enormously frightening
When our tail reaches superheat
Another timezone
a change of season
it is turning dark again
We're getting ready for yet
another orbit around our planet
It is time for the galactic cruise
To come to an end
One last view on the world
and the time we have spend
RED IS A SLOW COLOUR
The black house in in my street looks too dark just to go inside
But when I do
I cannot move because of the mess in the hallway
The picture on the wall is chaotic
I don't want to look at it
But when I do
I cannot speak because of the confusion in my head
I am unfit and I want to leap away
But when I do
The red colour comes after me
It is fierce and it moves slow
The picture on the wall is chaotic
I don't want to look at it
But when I do
I cannot speak because of the confusion in my head
I am unfit and I want to leap away
But when I do
The red colour comes after me
It is fierce and it moves slow
THE BIG SLEEP
Deprivation of my sleep is so bad
I need to weep myself into a coma
And drift far far away from reality
sing me a lullaby
"Summertime"
I'm dreaming
I'm dreaming
Temporary failure to close my eyes
leeds to a final
loss of sanity
I need to slip into a deep sunken sleep
And drift far, far away from reality
I'm dreaming
I'm dreaming.....
MAROONED
I know from a lesser tribe
I suppose the range of my intelligence is way too wide
And you don't see me
'cause I don't have much to say
My emotional outlet is consuming the better part of me
And apart from the wrong words a tortured cry is making me see
That you don't see me
'cause I don't have much to say
hours and hours of jealousy are passing me by
Although hollow silence is the only wave going through your brain
And you don't see me
'cause I don't have much to say
TRAVEL
Melodic stanzas are symphonizing their way through your weary head
To feed your distrust
And fill it's mouth with the desire
to soulfully be one with your creation
Not a subject to control
you call upon a higer power
for help and inspiration
The crowd waits
and turns their faces
towards you expectantly
you give them what they need
But their useless criticism makes you die a bit more inside
Not a subject to control
you call upon a higer power
for help and inspiration
Oh, I swoon
while loudspeakers play soft music
Leaning over your fourtieth masterpiece
You must have loved the colour of these violins
I wish I knew you
Your fit of insanity makes me sad
I wish you knew your music was to stay forever
And I hope....
I have no clue
if you know how much it matters
And i hope....
SOUTH AMERICAN GHOST RIDE
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ILLUMINATING
Illuminating is what we are
When we will be on the stars
I will feel great
Without my weight
that I would feel while on the ground
Who would have thought that we could overcome
such a thing as protruding the ozone layer
To find new species on the stars
I will feel great
Without my weight
pulling me down
Would I still feel myself
when I hit the ground
LOCKED AWAY
No sense at all
do what you want
for I will hunt you
Untill you will be
Locked away
just so what you'll be scred of me
Behind my power
I will hide all my fears
Right now you are punished
for absolutely nothing
And I feel so good
Because once more
I don't have to be honest
With myself
While you're locked away
Just so you'll be scared of me
behind my power I will hide all my fears
It is fierce and it moves slow
PROBABLY BUILT IN THE FIFTIES
I might be moving to the east to part my ways
And I will try to get something I don't have yet
If I do, I will look at it for days and days
Untill I will never forget
I have heard this mental search has made them all
take a look along the border
Having the urge
For their minds
to be lifted
to something new
I'm running to meet my higher self
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need to run anymore
Miles and miles I run
I hear my feet
And I hear myself breathe
heavily
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
To run anymore
Miles and miles I run
HOW TO MEASURE A PLANET
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