THE GATHERING
(HOW TO MEASURE A PLANET)


Frail (you might as well be me)
Great Ocean Road
Rescue Me
My Electricity
Liberty Bell
Red is a Slow Color
The Big Sleep
Marooned
Travel
Probably Built in the Fifties
Illuminating
Locked Away

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Frail

You lead me 
I do need redemption 
Whenever I don't know 
I feed you balance 
We will not rest 
Until the search ends 

I bleed for you 
I voluntarily give myself 

I need my frailty 
Oh so soon 
I will unfold 

I bleed for you 
I voluntarily give myself 

repeat 1, 2, 3 
I do need redemption

Great ocean road

It is all there 
The earth and the ocean 
They contain the power of our lives 
This beautiful city 
that surrenders to the nightfall 
Carving the grounds we walk upon 

And the air 
We all dare 
to ride it somehow 

Blue and black is the sky 
While tumbling down 
Trapped into the freedom of an aeroplane 

Deprived of sleep 
we jump into the deep 
With no knowledge whatsoever 

And the air 
We all dare 
to ride it somehow 

There is no place on the face of this earth 
Only silence is the sound of an angel 

Rescue me

All I want is to be where you are 
Wisdom will nurse you 
Pass your sense on to me 
Weigh my hands and help me 

I gasp for air 
What is the wear 
That shows on my face 

Pass your sense on to me 
Weigh my hands 
Rescue me 

I rinse my face in water 
My breath runs out in the waves 

All I want is to be where you are 
Wisdom will nurse you 

Pass your sense on to me 
Weigh my hands and help me 

I rinse my face in water 
My breath runs out in the waves

My electricity

I send your name up into the sky 
And the wind blows it back into my face 
You see, even nature reacts on me 
And all my electricity will make it across your sea 

With every wave the sea makes 
My body gets weaker and weaker... and weaker... 

You see, even nature reacts on me 
And all my electricity will make it across your sea 

And provides you with my love... my love... 

I send your name up into the sky 
And the wind blows it back into my face

Liberty bell

No brain waves or activity 
while the craft is in the air 
It's getting dark, it's getting light 
we are sitting in a chair 
x2 
We have fastened every belt 
we cannot float out of our seats 
It's so enormously frightening 
When our tail reaches superheat 

Another timezone a change of season 
it is turning dark again 
We're getting ready for yet 
another orbit around our planet 

We have fastened every belt 
we cannot float out of our seats 
It's so enormously frightening 
When our tail reaches superheat 

It is time for the galactic cruise 
To come to an end 
One last view on the world 
and the time we have spend 

No brain waves or activity 
while the craft is in the air 
It's getting dark, it's getting light 
we are sitting in a chair

Red is a slow color

The black house in my street 
looks too dark just to go inside 
But when I do 
I cannot move because 
of the mess in the hallway 
The picture on the wall is chaotic 
I don't want to look at it 
But when I do I cannot speak because of 
the confusion in my head 

I am unfit and I want to leap away 
But when I do 
The red colour comes after me 
It is fierce and it moves slow 

The picture on the wall is chaotic 
I don't want to look at it 
But when I do 
I cannot speak because of 
the confusion in my head 

I am unfit and I want to leap away 
But when I do 
The red colour comes after me 
It is fierce and it moves slow

The big sleep

Deprivation of my sleep 
is so bad 
I need to weep 
myself into a coma 
And drift far, far away 
from reality 

Sing me a lullaby 
"summertime" 

I'm dreaming 
I'm dreaming 

Temporary failure to close my eyes 
Leeds to a final 
loss of sanity 
I need to slip 
into a deep sunken sleep 

And I drift far, far away 
from reality 

I'm dreaming 
I'm dreaming.....

Marooned

I know from a lesser tribe 
I suppose the range of my intelligence 
is way too wide 
You don't see me 
'cause I don't have much to say 

My emotional outlet 
is consuming the better part of me 
And apart from the wrong words 
a tortured cry is making me see 

You don't see me 
'cause I don't have much to say 

hours and hours of jealousy 
are passing me by 
Although hollow silence 
is the only wave 
going through your brain 

And you don't see me 
'cause I don't have much to say 
x3

Travel

Melodic stanzas 
are symphonizing their way 
through your weary head 
To feed your distrust 
And fill it's mouth with the desire 
to soulfully be one with your creation 

Not a subject to control 
you call upon a higher power 
for help and inspiration 

The crowd waits 
and turns their faces 
towards you expectantly 
you give them what they need 
But their useless criticism 
makes you die 
a bit more inside 

Not a subject to control 
you call upon a higher power 
for help and inspiration 

Oh, I swoon 
while loudspeakers play soft music 

Leaning 
over your fortieth masterpiece 
You must have loved 
the color of these violins 

I wish I knew you 
Your fit of insanity makes me sad 

I wish you knew 
your music was to stay forever 
And I hope... 

I have no clue 
if you know how much it matters 
And I hope..... 

I wish you knew 
your music was to stay forever 
And I hope... 
I wish you knew........... 

Probably built in the fifties

I might be moving to the east 
to part my ways 
And I will try to get something 
I don't have yet 
If I do, I will look at it 
for days and days 
Until I will never forget 
I have heard this mental search 
has made them all 
take a look along the border 
Having the urge 
For their minds 
to be lifted 
to something new 
I'm running to meet 
my higher self 

I trust the speed 
Untill I have no need 
to run anymore 

Miles and miles I run 

I hear my feet 
And I hear myself breathe 
heavily 

I trust the speed 
Untill I have no need 
To run anymore 

Miles and miles I run

Illuminated

Illuminating is what we are 
When we will be 
on the stars 
I will feel great 
without my weight 
that I would feel 
while on the ground 

Who would have thought 
that we could overcome 
such a thing as 
protruding the ozone layer 
To find new species 
on the stars 

I will feel great 
Without my weight 
pulling me down 
Would I still feel myself 
when I hit the ground

Locked away

No sense at all 
do what you want 
You will obey 
for I will hunt you 
Until you will be 
Locked away 

Just so what you'll 
be scared of me 
Behind my power 
I will hide all my fears 

Right now you are punished 
for absolutely nothing 
And I feel so good 
Because once more 
I don't have to be honest 

With myself 
While you're locked away 

Just so that you'll 
be scared of me 
behind my powerI will hide all my fears 

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