Instrumental
It's coming out from the shadows of my fears
A struggle going on in between my ears
Should I stand up here and try to entertain you all?
Or try to say something no one has ever said before?
I just wanna learn to fly
Tell me should I try?
Ambivalence has set in from the very beginning
Why should I try to say something that you can understand?
Rational common sense is fading away
When you're afraid to face the light of day
It's inside the words you use in your own way
Even if you don't believe
What's going on inside my head
I am so confused by what I'm saying
Everything seems so unreal
Even though you've seen it all
I know you can't deny
This recycling must be real
'Cause it's here
Once you told me not to live inside my little world
But you can never tell me how should I live in this world
So I just keep going on as I did before
Time will tell if I was wrong
Then I'll open up the door
What's going on inside my head
I am so confused by what I'm saying
Everything seems so unreal
Even though you've seen it all
I know you can't deny
This recycling must be real
'Cause it's here
If its true that life's a bitch
And then you die
Then tell me why is it that I
I want to live, I want to live
Until the day I die
Instrumental
I stood beside the river bed
That's where I met a fallen angel
He seemed unable to fly
I couldn't see the reason why
That's when I saw his face was lined with tears
I stared, he looked away
I couldn't see the reason why,
I couldn't see the reason why,
I couldn't see the reason why,
He couldn't join the others
And fly to the moon
Was he afraid that strangers
might take his soul away?
In presence of others
By his fear he felt betrayed
He was afraid
He stood again but now his pride
Had been washed away by the tide
He had no chance as you can see,
To reach towards his destiny
I couldn't see the reason why,
I couldn't see the reason why,
I couldn't see the reason why,
He couldn't join the others
And fly to the moon
Was he afraid that strangers
Might take his soul away,
In presence of others
By his fear he felt betrayed
Then once again, he was surrounded by shadows
By some creepy creatures in the night
He turned to me, then I saw his face was shining bright
He told me:
Can you see the light?
Can you see the light?
Can you see the light?
Then suddenly he kneels
beside the river
Inside his head
Who could tell what is happening?
A face to face, the river as a mirror
Will he drown or will he rise to the moon?
No more afraid that strangers
Might lead him astray
No more afraid of strangers
I dreamt he fled away
Instrumental
Je pourrais bien dire que tu m'as piégé
Avec ton regard,
Était-ce un mirroir?
Ou le reflet de ton âme?
J'ai voulu vivre une autre fois
Parce que j'ai cru
En ce que j'ai vu
Au fond de ton regard
Et je pense au jour
Où l'on se verra
Sous un autre ciel
Par un beau soir d'été
Et si ce n'est pas toi
Mais un autre mirage
L'immensité du ciel me laisse espérer
Des jours meilleurs
Des jours meilleurs
Si je te demandais crois-tu au destin?
Je sais que tu ne répondrais rien
Car ton silence entretient mon illusion
Si je te disais que tu fais sortir le meilleur de moi-même
Me laisserais-tu approcher de ton chemin?
Parce que j'ai cru
En ce que j'ai vu
J'ai voulu vivre une autre fois
Mais faut-il le faire sans toi?
Seul l'avenir
Pourra le dire
J'aurais beau te dire ma façon de penser
Mais je ne pourrais que me briser
Contre cette machine dont nous sommes les rouages
Si j'avais la force de briser nos chaînes
Afin que nous puissions enfin nous rejoindre
Est-ce que tu voudrais de moi?
Parce que j'ai cru
En ce que j'ai vu
J'ai voulu vivre une autre fois
Même s'il faut le faire sans toi
Seul l'avenir
Pourra me dire
Si mon destin a hérité
D'un rendez-vous manqué
II) Patriarcal lament
You appeared to me
I find it hard to accept that
I'll never have you near
How could I decide
To renounce an ideal
That sustained me all through my life?
How can you say
That it's me not you
That has been wrong for all these years?
You say the world doesn't turn round today
Well they used to say the same thing yesterday
You just pretend there is something we should fear
To keep us captive of your rotten schemes
We've been through so many changes
Again and again
That I don't know what to love,
I don't know what to think anymore
You made me believe that I could land on the moon
Although you knew it was a century too soon
Now the only thing that's left for me to find
Is hiding somewhere inside my mind
We've been through so many changes
Again and again
That I don't know what to love,
I don't know what to think anymore
Now I am conditioned to respond to the impulse of the marketplace
Some had a chance to get lost in space
I just have the feeling that I'm lost in my head
Tell me right away
Do you think this pace of life is here to stay
I want to know right away
'Cause then I might as well leave this place
Come with me
Let's leave this crazy place
We will chase the clouds
Up to the limits of the sky
There is nothing holding us back here
Then let's leave on a nowhere
Come with me
Join my soul
Come with me
Join my soul
Speeding down the freeway
Heading for nowhere
Now you may have some regrets
For wanting to be there
'Cause he'll drive up to the sky
Just to prove that he can fly
Away, away, away
No matter what she say
There's no need to be scared
'Cause I am in control
I guess now I'm your nightmare
Just hold on to your soul
He's blindly facing danger
Bursting in casual laughter
Knowing that his goal
Might take a heavy toll
Just pretend you're with me
Aboard a flying carpet
Just let your mind go free
Then you will feel no threat
Will this crazy race
End up in a crash?
Their bodies torn apart
And then burned down to ash?
All alone, I've been left for dead on the roadside
Exposed to the desert sun, I can only pray for redemption
While I silently watch your spinning wheels pass me by
I know the countdown has begun
Flashes of my past goes through my mind
Sporadic visions of another lifetime
My aimless journey had to come to an end
Now I know this time has arrived
And I've got nothing left to hide
Nothing left to hide
I wanted to be real
I wanted to live this life that I've been given
But now I know time has come to leave it all
Just look inside, you'll see there's nothing left to hide
Instrumental
I) Camel Ride Dream (Instrumental)
II) A Bubble Burst
Sometimes you awake from a dream at night
Only to find that you're still in the same old place
Each second brings you back the memories of what your life really is
Oh how I hope to find the time to meet you on the moon
But I see the days
Aligned in chain
And one more going down the drain
III) Prisonnier du temps
I wish I had the time to show you I care
I wish I had the time to prove you wrong
I wish I had the time to travel the world
I wish I had the time to finish this song
I wish
You know how I feel?
As a prisoner sent inside forever
Mais s'il n'y a pas de barreaux à ma prison
C'est que j'ai appris à bien tourner en rond
How can I break free?
It remains a mystery, a mystery, a mystery
IV) The Preacher In The Desert Quicksand
You have traded your dreams
To become part of this machine
And it denied you the right
To be who you are
Tired and insecure
You have become one more
Who will be put to sleep
And all that remains
Are days aligned in chain
'Till the one you return to the soil
Hide away the memories
That hurt you deep down inside
All the times you did your best
But it was never enough
Each time you get knocked down
If you get back in the race
You'll be stronger than ever before
Fight the fight with nerves of steel
And maybe someday you'll be real
There is no guarantees
You just got to believe
Each time you get knocked down
If you get back in the race
You'll be stronger than ever before
V) The Mad Tryst
To mend my soul
When I am feeling cold
I sing this song of old
As I walk through the fields
To meet you for this rendez-vous
VI) A New Reality
Now I'm taking all my time
I'm holding on the life line
What else could I do anyway
For the rest of my days
We have nothing else to prove
Other that we can groove
We need to break free from the chains
That bound us like slaves
And for the love we put in our dreams
A new reality will be born
As the sun comes down and rises up again
VII) So Divine
When I saw you for the first time
I was unprepared
But now I see you inside my mind
And you'll always be there
You were so divine
When I saw your light shine
Close the door and say goodbye
Close the door and say goodbye
It wasn't easy for me
To renounce to have you by my side
But I see so clearly now
That you are everywhere
You were so divine
When I saw your light shine
Close the door and say goodbye
Close the door and say goodbye
You were so divine
When I saw your light shine
Close the door and say goodbye
Close the door and say goodbye
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