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Painsong
03:10
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PAINSONG
The wish is gone
And I sleep in silence…
As the hours dance around me…
My life is wasted
Whatever you want is far away
I weep again and again and again…
The last seconds of beauty tick in my head
Before it’s over, let’s go to bed
I think of me
As I lose it all
No-one loves me
It’s “solemn truth”
The last seconds of beauty tick in my head
‘cause it’s all over, even good things seem bad
This bed of tears and these dreams
Drown me
You’re purblind
All of you
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2. |
Out Of This World
07:57
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OUT OF THIS WORLD
Desolation and gloom of solitude
Make me want to get out of this world
Too many jeers
Too many frowns
Nothing but make-belief
Too many lies to stay in this whirl
All that I ever want
All that I ever gaze at in love
Make me feel like I’ve never got enough
We’ll both die
But this stillness will always survive
Birds woun’t ever fly
There is no world, no time
If there’s neither me nor you
Desolation and thoughts that seem so mute
Make me want to get out of this world
Too many tears
Too many scowls
No sign of relief
Too many cries to stay in this whirl
All that I ever lust for
All that I ever touch in love
Make me feel like I’ve got things that are so duff
We’ll both die
But this stillness will always survive
Birds won’t ever fly
There is no world, no time
If there’s neither me nor you
Neither me, nor you!!!!
…the birds have just stopped singing. And they woun’t ever start again. There’s tears, sadness, gloom of solitude… a haze of memories…the worst time ever… (Come back for I need you) …YOU!
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Beautiful Vision
04:30
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BEAUTIFUL VISION
I’m sitting by the window of the cadaveric room
And looking into the falling rain
What a beautiful vision
There’s a picture sliding down the sacred wall
The raindrops make this picture clear
What a beautiful vision
I turn my head and I see that’s my bed you’re lying on
Suddenly I realize that’s my bed you’re dying on
And I’m gonna start to talk to our unborn child
Whose face seems to be glorious
Oh, what a beautiful vision
I’ll send my bible along with you
‘cause I don’t need it anymore
I’m gonna burn down the bethel
Oh Dear, what a beautiful vision
Dear Barbra, let’s say “hello” to our never born child
There’s nothing more to say right now
What a beautiful vision
Dear Barbra, may I write a little woeful poem for you?
I miss you the same way as our unborn child
What a beautiful vision
Now you’ve left me and I’m talking to the judge
He says our unborn child can be adjudged as alive
And I’m gonna inscribe a little woeful poem for you
In the lower side of the lid of your black casket
I’ll send my bible along with you
‘Because I don’t need it anymore
I’m gonna burn down the bethel
Oh Dear, what a beautiful vision
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4. |
Still
02:32
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STILL
Another pie in the sky
Breeds other hopes I can’t tame
But still you can’t say goodbye
To things that never came
My head falls below fibs deposit
Do I still have grit?
But As you make your bed…
I repeat things
That everyone laughs at
As your hand clings
To this cute purring cat…
Now it’s my turn!!!!
I know I can’t be that cuddly…
But am I that ugly?
But As you make your bed…
Hang-over sweat
I detach myself from being distressed
Empty conjugal bed
That’s the place I rest…
My head falls below words…
My head falls below lights…
Do you refuse taking sweet bribes???
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GIVE ME YOUR GRUEL WITH KISSES
To love a bit what you hate
To hate a bit what you love
To hear questions that irritate
From the girl you’re able to fall in love with
“Are you a real bloke?
Or a quitter?” she asked
My answer is choked back
Can I manage this task?
“There’s the only thing everyone wants
Real love lingers just for few months…
So is it really worth it?”, she sighed
Should I have agreed with it or denied?
The only thing I know is
We’ll finally regret the journeys
That we never took
So don’t look this way
And give me your gruel with kisses…
“There’s the only thing everyone wants
Real love lingers just for few months…
So is it really worth it?”, she sighed
Should I have agreed with it or denied?
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Away
02:11
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AWAY
Please, breathe, breathe with your kiss on my face
Don’t sneer in this love maze
Let’s go, go up to the sky
Let’s grow, grow high to the sky
Let’s fly to the moon and be there soon
Let’s fly to the moon and be there soon
Away, away from the Earth
Away, away from this Earth
With you
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7. |
Inside
03:56
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INSIDE (A KISS FOR ROMY SCHNEIDER)
A deep out cry picking my hands up to move
Just drowned the words inside my thoughts
A faint smile crawling on her face swept down the dust
Which I ever pulled forever into my mind
And there’s a grave of memories
That held me together
Only when you die
You can miss it forever
Even the most gorgeous smiles die for sorrow of us
But only when you die
You can kiss Romy Schneider
Only when you die
You can stroke her eyes
She could be so close to touches
She just sleeps alone with tears
So fill your life with something…
Hug her lips and say goodbye
Hug her eyes, just say goodbye
Only when you die
You can kiss Romy Schneider
Only when you die
You can hug all her lips
Only when you die
You can wish whatever you want
Only when you die
You can grasp it all
…and I see her face so next to me…
…it all seems to be dreamt…
Only when you die
You can kiss Romy Schneider
Only when you die
You can see an unknown world inside…
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THINGS I SHOULD NEVER MISS
We stand as silent as a stone
And smile
With our beams so softly thrown
...but conditions so hostile...
Shivering throughout my body
Hoping for something more
Remembering disappointments
That pressed me down to the floor
It makes me realize
That nothing has ever enlightened me on anything at all
I can’t get rid of your haunting face
And smiles
Wishing them to come to my place
To show me I’m not futile
Shivering throughout my body
Hungry for something more
Remembering disillusions
That let me down with big sores
It makes me realize
That nothing has ever enlightened me on anything at all
Is it for the last time?
Or will it always be like this?
Or is it for the first time
When I get a dreamt-of kiss
From the girl I should never miss...
Skipping along on a cloud of joy, this is what love should feel like
So I stand as quiet as a stone
And think of your smile
I wish you were here
To show me I’m not futile
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9. |
A Faint Smile
04:38
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A FAINT SMILE
Cheek to cheek we both smile
And tear our lies apart
Because they are too sly
And fill our glittering eyes
Your words rape me and sap me at night,
But I’m smitten, smitten, smitten with them
I’m inept, smug, my remarks so snide
Getting on your nerves over and over again
But there’s no reason to be angry
Your eyes will swallow me
They’re much too bright, much too hungry
I’m not able to disappear
I’m afraid…
These lifeless eyes are mine
As cold as eyes of ice
You should have warmed them up
You should warm them up…
I can’t stand sleeping with open eyes
I hate weeping wide-eyed with gloomy sights
The kiss-shaped looks you should pull into your heart
I’m quite desolate, aren’t I?
Cheek to cheek we both doze
And tear our hearts apart
Because they were too sad, I suppose
And those nights were too dark
…I still don’t know what I’m always looking for
Even Boozing is not what it used to be…
It all makes me weaker and I try to forget it all
But I know it’s impossible just to sleep around…
Cheek to cheek and side by side
We will be no more
My plans are all destroyed
Walled up in imagination once and for all
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10. |
Before We Go
02:44
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BEFORE WE GO
Trying to leave it all behind
I can’t forget those nights
Unspoken words and memories
It all tortures and bites
There must be something left to say
Before we go
There must be nothing left to pay
Before we go
I want it all to come back
As bleeding years go by
But I can’t help
Kissing it all goodbye
There must be something left to ask
Before we go
There must be nothing left to mask
Before we go
(ALL THE FRIENDS SINK WITHOUT TRACE)
I’m lost in a maze...
For how long?
When there’s no-one left to rely upon
Besides the unknown…
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The Faint Smile Czech Republic
Alternative rock band from Prague
Formed in 2005.
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