------------------------------------------------------- On a wave / The Gathering (Almost a dance) And there is nothing I won't save today I have an injunction, don't look surprised Time to get even in this unproved life Questions all over the years I live Time for some answers, beware of my drift So on, be true, denial won't work And there is nothing you can't do A feast arises, be glad you're invited The future has no past, pass the wine All those worries about all those dreams All those nights when I screamed Captured in security, a babbeling brook Lets drop a bomb and act like fools But a true feast arises when you're done And you're done when prospects are gone Cause when you're down in the mud cause Dreams won't come, pleasure is gone What did you do wrong And you're trying to gain the fortune And fame of the ones you admire, don't Try to remain, security is just a game ------------------------------------------------------- The blue vessel / The Gathering (Almost a dance) Its quest around the sun Mankind on the run Overwhelming indifference Destruction fills my eyes Blue and full of life Wandering through time Being outer space It looks ya right in the face The vessel on it's way Saving the grace Bright gentle face A life saving case Propulsion a mystery Science, the missing link But damage they cause By inventing machinery Inventing my greatest fear There's so much to discover Blaming each other tomorrow Hurting each other today Fading away Denying the facts Turning the vessel into a wreck Blowing prospects away Not trying to save the day Tomorrow fading away Following time makes me afraid ------------------------------------------------------- Her last flight / The Gathering (Almost a dance) Can't do that, please forget The things I need, there's more than only to breath Twisted and dreams, crying and defeat Love and fear, burried beneath those facts Which controle, it's all there Sent me grief, sent me joy To become myself, trying to gather the truth Eternal faith, blame myself Pleasing the one, from inside Cause there is where it's at, take my breath Wet my eyes, turn me inside out and never lie And if you cry, I'll take the side That needs in the first place Be my guest, I will not push I will not try to take more than you want Cause what would you have done if the truth Was done wrong And please forget, we can't have those things And please forget, we'll act like we've just met And please forget, we can do it all over again Please forget we'll act like we've just met I don't wanna do it right Wonder about her last flight ------------------------------------------------------- The skypeople / The Gathering (Almost a dance) Confidence and hope I'm looking forward to future plans Not able to realize yet Makes me wanna take a rope Or swallow some pills any time But lets have a look In the distance I see light Gives me satisfaction Keeps me hangin' on When stability is gone I take my own life I make the descisions I have a goal That's worth living Confidence in what I do Realizing my hope That's the bright side I'm looking for But I know how to take it In times when my life looks shatered And I'm not feeling to well Confused when I think Which direction not for sure Dreams far away Time doesn't seem to go on ------------------------------------------------------- Like fountains / The Gathering (Almost a dance) A scar inside For such a long time I'll do it all over again Can't face the wounds Have to go on Stop remembering Time by time shades reach the surface A mental breakdown, they provide Accept, clear up, clean up, go on And soon I'll show some pride There's enough to go on further Don't force to forget Till the day I'm done with the shades The rage I create towards myself, the hate To claim the blame that I feel To damage the dreams I need Facing uncertainty Facing the truth Got to get on through Blaming myself Blame at last ... And please forget ------------------------------------------------------- Proof / The Gathering (Almost a dance) Denial The first ... Sweeter than honey The second time What's left No time A pleasant surprise All the time Proof Always answers Sharing feelings With me I would like to clear it up for once Please Proof Safety at last Gone And I think all the time About the dawn and the night All the answers The wrong and right When we kiss, when we fight And love in it's most natural way All the time All of my life Till the fire's burned down again Proof It's all gone, away ------------------------------------------------------- Heartbeat amplifier / The Gathering (Almost a dance) That poem is not funny You're just laughing about those words That descibe my feelings, when I am hurt But I just couldn't resist To show you those lines I just gave you a diamond And you act like that's a crime And I just got down in my soul Down on my knees Give me permission to bleed That look on your face makes it all clear That my fear is not worth the tears You have permission to go on and die on the streets where I find the words to ease my mind that bleeds I curse the damned who just laugh in your face Give me permission to rearrange Just laugh in your face Drawing blood from people People that are in pain I never tried to gain the soul from the frame ------------------------------------------------------- A passage to desire / The Gathering (Almost a dance) I feel like I am hurt Can't you see I try to express But I act like you're a stranger to me I want to share, but I don't know how My eyes can't speak And my mouth won't write it down And there's so much confusion As I want to clear it up Cause when I start, suddenly, The end has begun Maybe if I touch, you will feel What I mean but you're acting strange Cause my eyes look differently Caught by death, I do not hope That my release is described long ago I try to get out To jump at once in a place Where it's all right or wrong And I won't be afraid I open myself for you And all those others Who cared when times where rough for me ------------------------------------------------------- Strange machines / The Gathering (Mandylion) It has always been in the back of my mind Dreaming about going through the corners of time I always wanted to fly in strange machines I wanna do centuries in a lifetime And feel it with my hands Touch world war II and Cleopatra Flying . . . Could it be that my dream would come true Building a machine that would actually do What I want it to do Russian revolution, let's do that in one day Beethoven and Cershwin I think that would be o.k. More than anything I wanna fly in strange machines I wanna do centuries in a lifetime And see it with my eyes Watch Jesus rise. If he ever did Flying . . . I wanna do centuries in a lifetime And feel it with my hands Touch renaissance and Chaka Khan Flying . . . ------------------------------------------------------- Eleanor / The Gathering (Mandylion) Underneath the mask you've buried yourself into It's coal black I am tired of the gulping that you do Every day a new face What if I unscrew Your own identity Wouldn't you guess there's nothing left of you? The quicksand of life drags us Down into the circle One day, we might not catch you I feel sorry for what you try to do Breaking others down. To try and to pursue Your own selfish interests I am starting to get sick of you Whatever happened ever since you left You make yourself and me look like fools ------------------------------------------------------- In motion # 1 / The Gathering (Mandylion) Kill me with your thoughts Use your mind Hand me over to this world Into death . . . Make me try in vain Leave one tear Touch my face with your sigh Leave me against the stream One hundred worlds will see me Passing by . . . ------------------------------------------------------- Leaves / The Gathering (Mandylion) I close your eyes with my mouth Now you don't see anything But you feel my breath all over I can feel you too Although I don't really know you I don't really care Cry with me. Make my day Tomorrow all will be gone All the sweetness and all the fun No. I don't wanna know . . . Although I don't really know you I don't really care That you're gone I don't know How to really feel inside Baring the hope to see you again Guess I never will Now that I do really know you Yes. I really care! ------------------------------------------------------- Fear the sea / The Gathering (Mandylion) Water travels by itself Inspires us to fear the sea When it affects our state of mind We drown in our make believe Those little drops that cover two thirds Eventually there will be nothing left But water. This water It rules but even so It tears apart around us Throws itself high up in the sky Never will be able to tame ------------------------------------------------------- Sand and mercury / The Gathering (Mandylion) My dear. Don't leave me now Close at the edge of my end All this time you have been my friend Don't go. Stay for a while My dear. You're losing me now This will be my last hour Hear my voice. See my face See how sick I am How I long for your embrace ------------------------------------------------------- In motion # 2 / The Gathering (Mandylion) I see him turn away Although my eyes are shut with emptiness And again the rain falls down Together with me This blood in my body runs for you Drink my tears as I cry My heart and my mind crave for you Drink my tears as I cry It is sad how the rain falls down I see you walk away Falling down I cry and scream your name And again the rain falls down Together with me My ache is yours as I am Drink my tears as I cry