1. Time And Again
Again, here waiting
again, here freezing
again, here hoping
time and again...
2. Paraiso
again on a road to nowhere
spinning in circles
so many circles never?ending
it's just another shot at
catching the starlight
catching the colors in the heart
it is some kind of monomania
no matter how far I go
I keep running into myself
every day a solemn prayer
spoken to the god of light
to make me on my lonely quest divine
I'm the world in which I walk
I am the compass to my own Paraiso
weight of mountains on my back
but nothing stops me, an impulse to rely on
the wind is old, so is my heart
so young the dreams that stir my faint bravado
somewhere sometime, someplace else
a distant promise lights my lost Paraiso
will I find my peace of mind
will I ever learn to grow
will I ever learn to let it go
underneath the Southern Cross
searching for the gilded one
buried in the cradle of my heart
I'm the world in which I walk
I am the compass to my own Paraiso
weight of mountains on my back
but nothing stops me, an impulse to rely on
the wind is old, so is my heart
so young the dreams that stir my faint bravado
somewhere, sometime, someplace else
a distant promise lights my lost Paraiso
under a sky of rust I stand alone
I'm still counting all hope
don't let this lucid dream end here
like an object in the rear?view mirror
always closer than it appears
this chimera keeps me going
just like a painting in my head
too good to be true
too complete to endure and last
no, no, I've been here before
and I've never reached it
cause it's somewhere that I cannot go
3. A New Reliance
long ago
for a second we felt there was spring in our lives
even time was slow
winter came
and the ice did not melt nor the fortress would hold
we were razed to the ground
we held the secret
to our wildest bit of dreaming
in a safe we left it all, oblivion began
and now, all the signs inverted
olden days deserted
we will have to find ourselves a new reliance
right now, all the words are hidden
senses gone, but
we will find a new beginning
we will find a new beginning here
we kept it in a sacred but
a silent and hidden room
buried deep inside the waters
in a fiery bloom
worn out of the endless gloom
we wanted and we earned it but you have it now
we were saving all these years what we needed now
we want it now – take it now
let it loose – let it go
before you lose it instead somehow
we held the secret
to our wildest bit of dreaming
in a safe we held it all, oblivion began
once the shores of promise were awaiting
the sound of fortune rose and sorrow was abating
the road was an open space
we took a chance
to seize the run of life,
life
and now, all the signs inverted
olden days deserted
we will have to find ourselves a new reliance
right now, all the words are hidden
senses gone but
we will find a new beginning
we will find a new beginning here
4. A Heartbeat Away
the tide is slow
he walks the shore
dreams and is singing
for the wicked a lullaby
in every moment giving
in every second living
just a heartbeat away
just a heartbeat away
in every word he's spoken
kept every vow unbroken
just a heartbeat away
just a heartbeat away
for the sleepless a lullaby
soothing voices
calling, awaken
teardrops, laughter
I'm blessed, forsaken
tie me, guide me
free me, encage me
sing me, softly,
lead me,
unfrighten
what I can't see
we follow the piper's dawning
a star in a cloudless morning
just a heartbeat away
just a heartbeat away
whenever we're prone to give in
whenever we're far from living
a heartbeat's step each day
from the chosen path we stray
for the restless a lullaby
soothing voices
calling, awaken
teardrops, laughter
I'm blessed, forsaken
tie me, guide me
free me, encage me
sing me, softly,
lead me,
unfrighten
what I can't see
wastelands – we are scattered without a trace
we are stranded (we are stranded)
quicksand – slowly spiraling out of life
we're falling deep (we're feeling deep)
confined– we are wretched and all we seek
understanding (understanding)
we'll find – our heart is a promised land
awaiting us, awaiting us
soothing voices
calling, awaken
teardrops, laughter
I'm blessed, forsaken
tie me, guide me
free me, encage me
sing me, softly,
lead me,
unfrighten
what I can't see
5. A Long Way Since The Earth Crashed
we came a long way since the earth crashed
a long way since the one flash
a long way yet we have to go
we placed a startling fire
we breathe a new desire
we long to yearn,
but we yearn too long
we can walk those curious traces
fall in love with a hundred places
we are the home of coming grace
we can dream by the stars we're chasing
we can feel the earth embracing
we are the storm of coming days
reaching the sun place, our own peak
a sunlit passion we seek
a fleeting moment in the glow
we place our contemplation
exceed imagination
yet we have some weary miles to go
we can walk those curious traces
fall in love with a hundred places
we are the home of coming grace
we can dream by the stars we're chasing
we can feel the earth embracing
we are the storm of coming days
we can't see that
we can be
all but drops
in one sea
in one sea
6. A Giant Leap Of Faith
it is more than the sum of its parts
it is more than all the amazement and delight
there you are in a pouring of light
while I hide and freeze in the corners of dark oblivion
but I'm more than the sum of my fears
so much more than pain, so much more than my failing
here we are in the beauty of rain
still we're holding out, so imperfect and so intrigued
you're the eyes when I can't look down
you're the lungs when I cannot breath
joy and pain, where do we go now?
like a spell floating on the wind
that brings the sun and that brings the rain
love and loss, anything goes
a giant leap of faith
a giant leap of....
it is less than the things we expect
and project onto all the days and every sunset
it is more than the sum of our fears
others bleed and live, others will simply fade away
I'm the ground underneath your feet
I'm the air underneath your wings
joy and pain, what do we choose now?
like a spell floating on the wind
that brings the sun and that brings the rain
love and loss, anything goes...
you're the eyes when I can't look down
you're the lungs when I cannot breath
joy and pain, where do we go now?
like a spell floating on the wind
that brings the sun and that brings the rain
love and loss, anything goes...
what you wish for
what you dream of all the time
what you seek in someone else's face and hidden heart
is it maybe something that you someday hope to get
joy and pain, what do we choose, where will we go?
this stinging insight that the sum of you will never match
this incompleteness is nothing but a giant leap of faith
what you wish for
what you dream of every single time
is it maybe something that you someday hope to get
this stinging insight that the sum of you will never make a perfect match
you're the eyes when I am too terrified of looking down
you're the lungs when I am gasping for some air to breath
like a spell that brings the sun and brings the rain, anything goes...
a giant leap of faith
7. The Stillness Beneath The Snow
within every raindrop
worlds of noise and passionless sounds
in everything we hear and see
our naked eyes read the lie, we choke our sigh
and with every day we waste
we lose another part of ourselves
one day we will build up a city of gold
where we can protect our deepest craving
and nothing will reach all the dreams that we dream
in the stillness and warmth beneath a delicate snow
no man is an island
but nothing blooms in these heartless times
with all the horrid pictures
how can we keep singing our song?
a river flows into an ocean of gold
and we are the heroes in legends of old
in this very moment we are what we dream
in the stillness and warmth somewhere beneath the snow
my friend
untimely we are
daydreaming in vain
and still
we are what we are,
are what we feel
we
we remain
in darkness unseen
love
we thought love
love would remain
one day we will build up a city of gold
where we can protect our deepest craving
and nothing will reach all the dreams that we dream
in the stillness and warmth beneath a delicate snow
a river flows into an ocean of gold
and we are the heroes in legends of old
in this very moment we are what we dream
in the stillness and warmth somewhere beneath the snow
8. The Blueprint Of A Winter
sing you a song of long ago
hidden beneath the shoreless sands of time
sing you a song a lullaby
to let you know how the giant used to be
dancing snowflakes
celebrating a life
painting a blueprint
a monumental homage
you're not here
but I recall
every little word you said
and I remember you as you were then in summer's light
a watchful titan, so endurable yet so hard to reach
I made my peace with all the shades that weighed upon your soul
today I see ourselves like birds that have ended their flight
blindly grasping
what is not here anymore
the way I see you
is more than just a memory
you're not here
but I recall
every goddamn fight we fought
giant in the heart of winter
when you walked away from me
earth and time stood still as you were flying someplace else
once upon a time ago
it was so beautiful to live
time has wings made out of marble every now and then
dancing snowflakes
celebrating your life
painting a blueprint
a monumental homage
you're not here
but I recall
every little warm embrace
giant in the heart of winter
when you walked away from me
earth and time stood still as you were flying someplace else
once upon a time ago
it was so beautiful to live
time has wings made out of marble every now and then
9. The Colossus That Bestrode The World
thousands of years I was watching
over the plains and the sands
eternal smile on my lips
I was announcing peace
with unassuming grace
while people looked up to me
then came a faith
raping all signs
all in its way
you can erase a thing of worth
while you can't cast out its truth
you can negate and violate all over again
you can collapse an icon and wipe out its light
but you cannot erase the one eternal smile
hundreds of years on an old shelf
knowledge and culture preserved
in a word some won't ever conceive
then came a hidebound hand
raping the deathless page
it happens every day
you can erase a word of truth
while you can't cast out its worth
you can negate and violate all over again
you can collapse a bright star and wipe out its light
but you cannot erase the one eternal word
10. Swimming Home
it doesn't exist
but it will remain
a fervent mirage
it's just like a dream
in pursuit of light
raising its head
toward an unseen warmth
we were invisible
to all the days that passed
we would have looked so very beautiful in life
so wonderful in life, my dear
we were an unbreakable
blueprint in a frame
fragile as morning clouds
like dew on lotus leaves
like dew on lotus leaves, my dear
millions of stars
millions of suns
wake up without memories now
millions of stars
millions of suns
shed their salving light upon our secret world
the ghosts in the night
whisper our names
and we will live on in their dreams
we do not exist
but I will hold on
try to regain
we will set like the sun
and you don't even know my face
you and me, in hiding,
until we're swimming home
millions of stars
millions of suns
wake up without memories now
millions of stars
millions of suns
shed their salving light upon our secret world
the ghosts in the night
whisper our names
and we will live on in their jaded dreams