1. |
Innocent
03:13
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I've seen the chains around their wrists
as they were left to starve and die
in a dark filthy crowded cell
I was with them and that was
not something an innocent could bear
There came the day when I escaped
just running breathless 'till I dropped
My only hope: to get as far
away as I could, so goodbye
homeland, set your innocent son free
I left some grains of myself
on the ground in my own land
Lying in the sand I thought I was safe
Outside the desert I came to a town,
then I was pushed into the sea
with other dozens wet and scared
and those who reached the land
will never be called innocent again
I left some drops of myself
on the shores of a foreign land
my family left behind, my future blank.
Thanks God, I'm alive
No more need to hide
All is said and done and yet
I'm thankful of being innocent so far
I felt no friendly welcome
Stranger in their strange land
Little money and a lot of troubles
and just endure a life of work
Twelve hours a day is not enough,
but I can't tell nobody I'm here
'cause they could rip my beggar's dream
and send me back home
I left pieces of myself
anywhere I sowed a seed
to grow a better life and nothing more
Oh, beloved home,
however far I go
I always end up finding out that
there's no place for an innocent to call home
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2. |
Well aware
04:17
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Well aware of being with
you, you're such a sunshine
saying that I'm well aware
of something I should have heard now
Well, it's hard to realize
anything when I see you
Well aware I love you
The only thing I'm well aware of
Well aware I'm happy
sunshine babe, I'm well aware
It's up to me
You're waiting for my saying
that I am well aware
Don't be surprised now
if I'm smiling still
I really must have missed
something a while ago
You now look quite annoyed
Should I reconsider
how well I'm aware?
Well aware of being a dumb
My smile is freezing
as I get quite well aware
of that nuance in your voice
I thought it was just
nothing I should ever care
Well aware I've been so
stuck and badly unaware
Well aware apart from
how you're looking well aware
It's up to me
you're waiting for my leaving
now I'm well aware
I'm so surprised
and yet I'm smiling still
I really must have missed
the moment you realized
we shouldn't get that close
You're kissing me goodbye
I'm getting well aware
And as I'm leaving
I can hardly
realize my walking
I just forgot
to beg your pardon
as I was just not aware
of your talking
of your feeling
of your crying
of your leaving
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3. |
The secret
04:22
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I never wanted you to know this
and was about to forget it myself
Being counting the days since it happened
I found it hard to cope with past
And that is me at last
I've never meant to be a coward
but I can't face the man I've been
You think you've realized who I am now
but I can't recognize myself
And that's not who I am
I'd better give up all the dreams I made
I'd better not let anybody in
What took me a lifetime digging
to bury deep
has suddenly reappeared
So please don't change your mind about me
and keep it on what what we've been through
Just look at me: what did you see then?
Don't open up old wounds again
You're causing me much pain
I'd better give up all the dreams I made
I'd better not let anybody in
What took me a lifetime digging
to bury deep
has suddenly reappeared
Come here and hug who you're afraid of
as you used to do when you were in love
I'm going to hold you as tight as I can
to shut my secret deep inside
Deep inside of you
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4. |
Little Fairy Girl
04:02
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Tiny little girl, Fairy,
put your blue dress on, stars and glitter
Turn away and laugh, did you
enjoy your silly joke?
I can't stand your
beauty, I'm amazed, I can't
even speak a phrase
You won't listen, anyway
You're as savage as a cat
Claws and purring
Playing hide-and-seek
Laughing in the trees
I know one day I'll turn
and find myself alone
So drop some grains for me
to follow or to feed
the birds the way we did
Carving in the sand your promise
Stolen by the wind, the sea will keep it
Daisies for advice, I wonder
what you really think
or what I expect from
silly little girl, you fairy
Always speak the truth, the sharpest
razor in my heart, but truth is
changing in a while, as soon as you'll be
playing hide-and-seek
Laughing in the trees
I know one day I'll turn
and find myself alone
So drop some grains for me
to follow or to feed
the birds the way we did
Going home alone tonight
I didn't say goodbye, you didn't notice
Nothing wrong with you, the same laugh
that I used to hear, but far away now
Nothing to regret, I know
that's the way you are and I love
Little fairy girl, you're free to
run after the clouds, but I shall miss your
playing hide-and-seek
Laughing in the trees
suddenly I've turned
and found out that you're gone
But I would like to think
you'll spare a thought for me
to miss the things we did
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5. |
Safe
04:26
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Walking under sleepy trees,
you've never felt like this
Change your mind 'bout what is good
and not so bad to get into
Lips are dry and muscles stiff
Flies trapped in deadly blooms
Lost your consciousness in time
to miss those jaws closing on you
If I were wearing gloves
could touch your world
without feeling involved
Cover my eyes
I'd die for more
Shimmering bright
as if to squeeze my life away
The light is out
Sliding endlessly towards
the dull twilight of life
You've got to find the hope
to grab my hand, but I'm sliding, too
If I were wearing gloves
could touch your world
without feeling involved
Cover my eyes
I'd die for more
Shimmering bright
as if to squeeze my life away
Wondering why
the last word you said was “safe”
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6. |
Statement of Intent
03:06
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And still I'm wondering:
what did you expect from me?
So stuck with terror,
trembling harmless little kid.
I know you've never hit me
and yet I could hardly move.
You must have thought I was stupid:
I couldn't realize a thing of what you told me
What do you think I heard
besides your shouting?
What do you think I heard
of your teaching?
What do you think I heard?
Not my playing...
I was just thinking
that it would have come to an end,
counting he minutes left
to the tolling of the church bell
And then I could have run like hell
into her cosy arms.
I wonder how she's feeling now
thinking of those endless daily nightmares
What do you think I've learnt
from you shouting?
What do you think I've learnt
from your teaching?
What do you think I've learnt?
Was that music?
Still you can't blame yourself,
you say you were only trying
to make a star out of a child
if there had been something worth.
And in the words you're saying
I can't help understanding
your same bitter delusion
that I was so used to feel, but that's still hurting
How do you think I'm feeling
now that I'm shouting?
How do you think I'm feeling?
You know, I'm still playing...
How do you think I'm feeling?
And why am I doing it?
Why am I doing it?
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7. |
The man who wasn't there
04:25
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Joe enjoyed the TV show
in his prison cell
and thought a mafia psycho killer
should've told his own.
So he wrote a letter
to the address on the screen
just to hear the man on TV
speak his name.
But that never happened,
though he'd waited patiently
so he named the anchor man himself
together with his
ex-fellow criminals
the judges were
interested to.
The first piece of domino
was set to make him guilty,
just like when he blamed for bombs
that "anarchist queer dancer".
Oh, he had chances to repent
'cause newspaper's whispering campaign had begun
as other jailbirds
sang his name
instead of those
they would have had their throat cut for,
and after all they could've
joined Joe in the evening news...
Another piece of domino
was fit to make him guilty
while blood-hungry housewives
bit their nails in great excitement.
So he was condemned
though no trial had been set yet
and the judges
just agreed with the news.
Besides a name was found
in the diary of a gangster,
probably misspelled,
but of course it must have been his own.
This last piece of domino
made clear that he was guilty.
Should've been great fun for those
pretending to be informers.
So used to telling lies,
the Lord's grace must have hit them
and suddenly turned them
into champions of justice.
Yet no one could remember
they were filthy killers
or maybe those who sentenced
got their own from who
was to blame instead...
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8. |
Sir Complain & Mr Blame
01:12
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Sir Complain: “Life's not the same”
Mr Blame: “Get off my lane!”
We don't want to pay the price:
Our children with no hi-tech device
Sir Complain: “Our roots are gone”
Mr Blame: “Go and starve back home!”
Santa's ragged and stinky boot
sacked by our proud looting youth
Look outside your golden orchard
The world's not such a cosy place
So enjoy your supermarket heaven
built from exploitation and pain
Sir Complain: “For Jesus' sake”
Mr Blame: “White pride, awake!”
The multinational friends of ours
should have built their walls much higher
Sir Complain: “Can't stand no more”
Mr Blame: “Get ready for war!”
Dream the life your son could live
Give him guns, prepare your grieve
Look outside your golden orchard
The world's not such a cosy place
So enjoy your supermarket heaven
built from exploitation and pain
You only mind your filthy business
and pretend to have some kind of right
Under the yoke of Corporations
many millions starving die
Can you tell now who's to blame?
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