We Stroke The Flames - The Best (1997)
THE GREAT COMMANDMENT
Some people suppress youthey parch you and reap a disaster
Reeducation for the infants
who demanded for an innocent instance
The great commandment
shows the contempt
between the world and their
embarrassing pavement
Believe the scholars
read the readings
realize the man who says anything.
The great commandment
shows the contempt
between the world and their
embarrassing pavement
The needies believe you
they treat you
like survivors of a disaster
Reeducation for the infants
who demanded for an innocent instance
The great commandment
shows the contempt
between the world and their
embarrassing pavement
JEALOUSY
Jealousy's provoking feelings,inner fears will make you sweat,
advice in your ears,
marm and helping hands,
all these good ideas are moving
round and round and around your head.
Fantasy let it grow,
the truth is playing somewhere else.
Advice strokes your fears,
warm and helping hands,
all of these good ideas are moving
round and round and around your head.
SOONER THAN WE THINK
Take off your shoes,walk with me
on the mossy forest ground
to those places out of bounds.
Taste my skin,
explore me,
under the shadowy forest's roof,
making moves.
Sooner than we think
an endless day goes by.
Sooner than we think
these moments we'll deny.
So now we walk on thorns
and in the end we're torn
apart by all this loneliness.
The wind blows through your hair,
drifts you away.
In the dying forest's light
you disappear from sight.
HANDSOME
He's a dream,see the manly way he moves,
see the trendy kind he suits
and his toothpaste-smile
doesn't need to be proved.
He's so smooth,
with the slimy things he tells,
and his parfume everywhere,
he will tell you all,
you want to hear.
He's handsome,
like a piece of wood,
just a smile to be understood.
He's handsome,
like a piece of wood
and the more that you see,
the more you will be amused.
He's alone
and he can't believe in you,
he is further from the truth,
what's best for him,
won't be good for you.
He's a fake
and the only things you see,
is a play for you and me,
but his simple mind,
is mostly mean.
He's handsome,
like a piece of wood,
just a simle to be understood.
He's handsome,
like a piece of wood
and the more that you see,
the more you will be amused.
ONE FINE DAY
I hear your spirit calling,I hold your hand
and see you falling
into the debris of it all.
We're making love
and living in dreams,
we crash through walls,
but no one wants to
hear the screams,
and no one knows the way
or where it ends.
Anytime, any day, we may find a way
One fine day.
NEIGHBOURS
Black men leaders cried for freedomwhite policemen shot them dead
The survivors were sent to prison
based on laws which no one understands
White man yawning, in his armchair
smiled while watching white TV.
Hundreds of people dead or injured
he never understands this hysteria.
What can we do? What can we say?
Can it be law to kill your neighbor?
What can we do? What can we say?
Can it be wrong to end it all?
Snipers sitting in police cars
cautiously stroking machine guns
Never thought of black supression,
they were paid for every hit they have.
What can we do? What can we say?
SUSPICIOUS LOVE
Try to tell me something,try to tell me how it feels,
build it up to beat it down again,
all the things you're hiding,
all the games you play with me,
build it up to beat it down again.
Suspicious love,
froze my natural laugh,
and I need to change,
but something keeps me here.
I feel I know,
I won't let it grow,
and I need to change,
but something keeps me here,
I refuse to crawl.
Got to tell you something,
got to tell you how it feels,
once built up and beaten down again.
Promises once spoken,
all the warmth you gave to me
Leave me always somehow inbetween.
Suspicious love,
froze my natural laugh,
and I need to change,
but something keeps me here.
I feel I know,
I won't let it grow,
and I need to change,
but something keeps me here,
I refuse to crawl.
I'd like to see you crawling.
A PICTURE OF LIFE
A fine young man,a picture of life,
dislikes himself
in the mirror.
We saw him off,
we talked of love,
we talked of sin
and forgot him.
A fine young man,
a picture of life,
died alone
in the gutter.
We drank the wine,
we felt the pain,
but no one felt
like his mother.
Father's not there,
a coward's choice,
he scorned his son,
so inhuman!
We shook our heads
and turned away,
we also denied
that we knew him.
LOVE IS A SHIELD
Love is a shield,to hide behind,
love is a field
to grow inside,
and when I sometimes close my eyes
my mind starts spinning round.
Love is a baby
in a mother's arms,
love is your breath
which makes me warm,
and when I sometimes close my eyes,
my mind starts spinning round.
There is a feeling
that flows through me,
when you are near
you make it real
and we could live for this ideal.
And all the pictures we run through,
seem to be perfect,
seem to be true.
But nothing is quite forever,
especially staying together.
Love is a shield,
to hide behind,
love is a field
to grow inside,
and when I sometimes close my eyes
my mind starts spinning round.
Love is a baby
in a mother's arms,
love is your breath
which makes me warm,
and when I sometimes close my eyes,
my mind starts spinning round.
I don't care now
what comes along,
what counts is us,
no matter what will be,
just this naivety.
The changing words we're taking in,
seem to be perfect,
seem to win.
But nothing is quite forever,
especially staying together.
STRANGERS' THOUGHTS
In the last few hundered yearssome people lost their place on earth
they never had a chance
to stay just like they were
I can't understand why should this happen here
we should accept and learn
how to live together.
These are just some Strangers' Thoughts
These are just some Strangers' Thoughts
The reason for the pain
is always based on history
the madness in some minds
has started to do this all
I can't understand why should this happen here
we should accept and learn
how to live together.
These are just some Strangers' Thoughts...
CRIME
Little one,I'll blind you with charm,
I feed you with pleasing things,
you'll see, I'll make you believe,
before you life was boring.
For a while,
I meticulously try, to be the way you want me.
But you'll see, I always believe,
nothing in life's for free.
I can stand looking in your eyes,
to turn around and start smiling,
feel the pressure rise,
you may hide, but it's far too late
and you need to face the element of crime.
Time reveals the harm,
you awake, but it's far too late,
then you need to face the element of crime.
Little one,
I'm planted in your brain,
to guide you the way I like.
My plea, for total relief,
brought you to your kneew.
Now I'm through,
the things that you knew,
and all you could give to me.
Time has come for me to carry on,
cause there's someone new com'n for tea.
HEAVEN (I WANT YOU)
When I look into your eyes,then I know that life's worth living,
just without you,
more or less,
there's nothing left to tell.
All the years we shared our time,
all the things we had in common,
all the crisis,
more or less,
we've nothing left to tell.
All excuses, all your plights,
all your nice ideas,
effusions of your mind,
but I'll tell you for a thousand times:
I want you going down,
just for one time.
I want you going down,
going down to the place
where you belong to.
When I woke up in your arms
and I felt myself, I'm freezing
thats unusual,
more or less,
there's nothing left that's warm.
All the years we shared our dreams,
now I know it was a nightmare,
of your loving,
more or less,
there's nothing left to loose.
All excuses, all your plights,
all your nice ideas,
effusions of your mind
but I'll tell you for a thousand times:
I want you going down,
just for one time.
I want you going down
going down to the place
where you belong to.
WAITING
I want you down,on your knees,
but feel better waiting,
'cause I want you begging,
begging for all that you did
and I want you to keep,
the prmises you made.
And all the time I feel,
it's all unreal,
with nothing left to lose.
The time has come
and you're the one who's waiting.
I'll be around,
when you call,
'cause you know, you know I'm waiting.
All I want is to listen,
listen to all what you'll say
and I want you to keep all
the promises you made.
And all the time I feel,
it's all unreal,
with nothing left to loose.
The time has come
and you're the one who's waiting.
CLOSE (WE STROKE THE FLAMES)
They're creeping on,through your mind,
won't you think it over.
We know the scenes,
they're marching on with torches,
peeping from inside,
with evil's eyes.
the ferris wheel is turning,
the tale is told again.
And if we don't care,
we end up all the same.
We stroke the flames,
we never quenched all those years,
we should have learned
from things which may come close.
We need to talk,
time has come,
don't play it down,
it's over.
We know their themes,
it's creeping on with caution,
peeping from inside,
with evil's eyes.
I ONCE HAD A DREAM
I once had a dream in my headI worked on machines
and it made me upset
I felt so alone
She nearly had filled all my days
she let me forget all the things around me
she was all I wanted
You and me were approaching
hiding from everyone
I once had a dream in my head
but I know she had gone
She quietly moved by my side
I turned around and looked in her eyes
I felt so in love
I once had a dream in my hands
we laughed at each other
and started to dance
nothing seemed to be real
You and me were approaching
hiding from everyone
I once had a dream in my head
but I know she had gone.
WINTER
I'd like to sleep one hundred daysMy feeling has gone, flesh cold and numb
I'm staring in to the winter
All's slowing down, snow in the wheels
Frost on the ground, ice cuts seal
That opens up old wounds
That lets in the winter
Memories and hopes are all that I have
But are they all I need, will they see me
Through this winter?
I'd like to sleep one hundred days
My reason has gone, flesh cold and numb
At least let me sleep through the winter.
