Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Midnight Oil - Sleep

 
So you've got the blues
The evening wore out your shoes
To a shuffling beat
It's a colourful crowd
Spraycan information
Cover the lonely station
Checkpoint for the state of the nation

On the missionbeat beat
The radio drug
Wayward destinations
Secondhand sensation
In the back of the cell
The plug and the cord
Shoulder dislocation
Bruised in isolation

In the eye of the storm
Writing on walls
Cross my heart confusion
Looking for a new solution

It's the heat of the land
Swallowing sweat
Say those dreams can shake me
Dawn come down and save me

Take this heart
Break this heart
Wrap it up and let me sleep 

 

From Ashes To New - Light Up The Sky

 
I'll be there to see your face
As you choke on the smoke you made

(Burn)

This day has finally happened
You're getting back what you gave away
I'll watch you turn to ashes
Then I'll let you suffocate

Impatiently waiting
Basically, I've been debating
Should I be making the flames that you went and created?
The way I imagined the blazing fire would ravage you
It's sad but true
I didn't even have to get back at you

Light up the sky

And I'll be there to see your face
As you choke on the smoke you've made
Yeah, I wanna watch the sky turn gray
You're up in flames
I'll be there to see your face
While you light up the sky and burn
While you light up the sky and burn

I've suffered long enough from
Every lie that you swore was true
You've played with fire for too long
Now it's all coming back to you

You're instantly thinking and wishing things would be different admit it
You live in a script only you could've written you dimwit
You took a ticket ripped and then committed
You did it
Broke up the sticks poured out the gas and then lit it

And I'll be there to see your face
As you choke on the smoke you've made
Yeah, I wanna watch the sky turn gray
You're up in flames
I'll be there to see your face
While you light up the sky and burn

I thought that you would've learned
You're getting what you deserve
I thought that you would've learned
You're getting what you deserve
Just burn
I thought that you would've learned
Just burn
You're getting what you deserve
Just burn
I thought that you would've learned
Just burn

And I'll be there to see your face
As you choke on the smoke you've made
Yeah, I wanna watch the sky turn gray
You're up in flames
I'll be there to see your face
While you light up the sky and burn

And I'll be there to see your face
As you choke on the smoke you've made
Yeah, I wanna watch the sky turn gray
You're up in flames
I'll be there to see your face
While you light up the sky and burn 

 

Gryffin & Jason Ross ft. Calle Lehmann - After You

 
Had so many dreams
Baby, you and me
Said forever and I believed it
Now it's 4 am
I'm wide-awake again
Going over our memories and

Fools go rushing out
I just don't know how
I'm supposed to be alright
When you're not around

'Cause now it's like
Nobody gets me like you do
I'm not the same, not after you
So many things that we've been through
I'm not the same
Not after all that's been said and done
I don't even feel like I'm back at one, no
Nobody gets me like you do
I'm not the same, not after you

I'm not the same, not after you
I'm not the same, not after you

I've been broke and lost
Took you running off
Need you now like the air I'm breathing
You're still on my mind
And when I close my eyes
You're the only thing I see and

Fools go rushing out
I just don't know how
I'm supposed to be alright
When you're not around

'Cause now it's like
Nobody gets me like you do
I'm not the same, not after you
So many things that we've been through
I'm not the same
Not after all that's been said and done
I don't even feel like I'm back at one, no
Nobody gets me like you do
I'm not the same, not after you

I'm not the same, not after you
I'm not the same, not after you
I'm not the same, not after you
I'm not the same

Fools go rushing out
I just don't know how
I'm supposed to be alright
When you're not around

'Cause now it's like
Nobody gets me like you do
I'm not the same, not after you
So many things that we've been through
I'm not the same
Not after all that's been said and done
I don't even feel like I'm back at one, no
Nobody gets me like you do
I'm not the same, not after you

I'm not the same, not after you
I'm not the same
Not after all that's been said and done
I don't even feel like I'm back at one, no
Nobody gets me like you do
I'm not the same, not after you

 

Station République, ligne 9, direction Créteil (Paris)


 

Axel Bauer - Laisse Venir

 
Les yeux fermés depuis si longtemps endormi
Ne rien changer je sais que c'est bien mieux ainsi
Je ne me laisserai pas prendre
A tous tes jeux tes artifices
Qu'importe la chaleur au bout de mes doigts engourdis
Oh tout explose ces désirs oubliés au fond de moi
Me désarment à tout jamais

Laisse venir laisse venir
Nous aurons tout le temps
Laisse venir laisse venir
Nous sommes faits pour nous découvrir
Nous aurons tout le temps
Laisse venir dans l'instant

Un autre détail tache de couleur sans importance
Minuscule faille dans mon univers d'un calme intense
Tout a l'air si simple
Que je pourrais facilement en perdre la tête
J'ai si peur d'avoir mal
Mais je ne veux pas que tout cela s'arrête
Oh tu imploses en désirs oubliés au fond de moi
Tu m'obsèdes à tout jamais

Laisse venir laisse venir
Nous aurons tout le temps
Laisse venir laisse venir
Nous sommes fait pour nous découvrir
Nous aurons tout le temps
Laisse venir dans l'instant 

 

Stéphane - Douleur Je Fuis

 
Tu m'as dit avec assurance
C'était ta dernière chance
J'ai pensé aux aspects pratiques
Les vacances à Dubrovnik

De jour et nuit, j'avais toujours pas saisi
On peut pas me quitter, donc ça veut pas rentrer
Joueur je suis, douleur je fuis
Je fus, j'étais, si tu revenais

Joueur j'étais, douleur j'essuie
Je fuis, j'étais
Je ne réponds plus

Quand tes affaires tu as repris, petit placard est devenu grand
La chambre et le quartier, je fuis et je m'oublie dans le petit écran
J'ai une boule au ventre à chaque fois que je rentre par l'arrière de la maison
Se souvient-elle de ton nom?

C'est qu'après la fin que j'ai ouvert ma garde
Faut-il ce genre de destin pour qu'on se regarde?
C'est qu'après la fin que j'ai ouvert ma garde
Faut-il ce genre de destin pour qu'on se regarde?

Joueur je suis, douleur j'essuie
Je fus, j'étais
Si tu revenais

Joueur j'étais, douleur j'essuie
Je fuis, j'étais
Je ne réponds plus

Joueur je suis
Douleur je fuis
Joueur je fus
Douleur au mur

L'autre fois j'étais mal préparée, à la gare je suis restée sur le quai
Sifflet de ton train qui part, frissons inexpliqués
Si j'avais un message à remettre entre tes mains ouvertes
Ça dirait, j'ai changé cet été mais tu pourras pas en profiter

C'est qu'après la fin que j'ai ouvert ma garde
Faut-il ce genre de destin pour qu'on se regarde?
C'est qu'après la fin que j'ai ouvert ma garde
Faut-il ce genre de destin pour qu'on se regarde?

Joueur je suis, douleur je fuis
Je fus, j'étais
Ce passé n'est plus

Joueur je fus, douleur au mur
Envie d'un puis
Tout ce que je fuis

Joueur je suis
Douleur je fuis
Joueur je fus
Douleur au mur

C'est qu'après la fin que j'ai ouvert ma garde
Faut-il ce genre de destin pour qu'on se regarde?
C'est qu'après la fin que j'ai ouvert ma garde
Faut-il ce genre de destin... 

 

School bus (Dutch Side, Sint Maarten)


 

Within Temptation - Faster

 
I can't sleep 'cause it's burning deep inside
Like gasoline on fire running wild
No more fear 'cause I'm getting closer now
So unreal but I like it anyhow

I go faster and faster and faster and faster
And faster and faster and faster

And I can't live in a fairytale of lies
And I can't hide from the feeling 'cause it's right
And I go faster and faster and faster and faster for life
I can't live in a fairytale of lies

I can feel that you mesmerize my heart
I feel so free, I'm alive, I'm breaking out
I won't give in, 'cause I'm proud of all my scars
And I can see I've been wasting too much time

I go faster and faster and faster and faster
And faster and faster and faster

And I can't live in a fairytale of lies
And I can't hide from the feeling 'cause it's right
And I go faster and faster and faster and faster for life
I can't live in a fairytale of lies

And I can't live in a fairytale of lies
And I can't hide from the feeling 'cause it's right
And I go faster and faster and faster and faster for life
I can't live in a fairytale of lies
A fairytale of lies! 

 

M83 - Midnight City

 
Waiting in the car
Waiting for a ride in the dark
At night the night city grows
Look at the horizon glow

Waiting in the car
Waiting for a ride in the dark
Drinking in the lights
Following the neon signs

Waiting for a word
Looking at the milky skyline
The city is my church (city is my church)
It wraps me in its blinding twilight

Waiting in a car
Waiting for a ride in the dark
Waiting in a car
Waiting for the right time
Waiting in a car
Waiting for the right time
Waiting in a car
Waiting for the right time
Waiting in a car
Waiting for the right time
Waiting in a car
Waiting for the right time
Waiting in a car
Waiting for the right time

 

Phil Collins - Strangers Like Me

 
Whatever you do, I'll do it too
Show me everything and tell me how
It all means something
And yet nothing to me

I can see there's so much to learn
It's all so close and yet so far
I see myself as people see me
Oh, I just know there's something bigger out there

I wanna know, can you show me
I wanna know about these
strangers like me
Tell me more, please show me
Something's familiar about these strangers like me

Every gesture, every move that she makes
Makes me feel like never before
Why do I have
This growing need to be beside her

Ooo, these emotions I never knew
Of some other world far beyond this place
Beyond the trees, above the clouds
I see before me a new horizon

I wanna know, can you show me
I wanna know about these strangers like me
Tell me more, please show me
Something's familiar about these strangers like me

Come with me now to see my world
Where there's beauty beyond your dreams
Can you feel the things I feel
Right now, with you
Take my hand
There's a world I need to know

I wanna know, can you show me
I wanna know about these strangers like me
Tell me more, please show me
Something's familiar about these strangers like me

...I wanna know 

 

Enseigne de Bacqueville (Palais Royal, Paris)


 

Wintersun - Sons Of Winter And Stars

[Rain of Stars]

Behold the rain of stars – the awakening of darkened skies
Falling from the dark – the symphony of dying lights
Behold the rain of stars – the blazing fire came pouring down
Falling from the dark – and life and death became unbound

Sons of winter and stars! Rise!
Sons of winter and stars! Rise!
Sons of winter and stars! Rise! Rise!
Fly with us through the darkness
Sons of winter and stars! Rise! Rise!
And we shall embrace the stars
And we shall open the doors of time

[Surrounded by Darkness]

I have awakened the darkness
Taste the fear! Taste the pain!
I am the one who seeks vengeance

Into the darkness we fly
Into the shadows they hide
Into the darkness we fly
They will never survive, they'll die
Oh, they will die!

I sacrifice everything, just for one moment
I throw away everything that matters to me the most

I'm flying through the darkness
The fire casts a shadow on me
I tear a part of my heart for creation of dimensions
And we fly beyond the restless shadows
We fly beyond the stars
We fly beyond the birth of the worlds

So old I've become – thousand years staring into emptiness
But now I realize – that it was just an illusion
All this time I thought it was you that would save the sun
Oh, rain comes and washes the hate away
Now I am at the crossroads with questions
Somewhere, someday I will find what I am here for
Who am I

[Journey Inside a Dream]

I'm wondering now where will you take me
From the horizon the light comes alive
Into the mountains high we set our way
Will we find our way in this long winter night
I see the land of fading sun and rising mountains
And I finally feel that I've found my home
But oh, how it feels so cold when my dreams wither in fragments of time
Revealing that this land will die
Before the winds so cold
The world was shattered in the fragments of time
Before the autumn rains
The coldness will again awake
Falling snow, so soft and cold
Dying moon cast down so weak
Frozen lake, the dancing spirits
Calling me to join in the cosmic dream
The silence is tempting me now...

[Sons of Winter and Stars]

We are the Sons of Winter and Stars
We've come from a far beyond time
Forever the fire burns in our hearts
Our world shall never die
In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
We wander in the stars until we're gone
Our fate is sealed by eternal sun
We are the Sons of Winter and Stars
We've come from a far beyond time
Forever the fire burns in our hearts
Our world shall never die
In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
We wander in the stars until we're gone
Our fate is sealed by eternal sun

Until we fade away – fate will find it's way
Until we drift into the dark
It's not too late to find a way – fate will find it's way
And fly in cold embrace of stars
Mysteries of time
Unfolding in cosmic dreams
Leaving life and death meaningless
Before the revelation of infinity
Embrace the stars!

The energy flows in me like a river of stars
I'm surrounded by the circle of fire, but eternal ice has frozen my heart
I'm lost in the pathways of time
But now the time has come for us!

We are the Sons of Winter and Stars
We've come from a far beyond time
Forever the fire burns in our hearts
Our world shall never die
In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
We wander in the stars until we're gone
Our fate is sealed by eternal sun
We are the Sons of Winter and Stars
We've come from a far beyond time
Forever the fire burns in our hearts
Our world shall never die
In the arms of the wind we ride till dawn
As the waves of the ocean grind so strong
We wander in the stars until we're gone
Our fate is sealed by eternal sun

We are the Sons of Winter and Stars!
We are the Sons of Winter and Stars! 

 

Norsemen - Viking Fashion

 
Arvid, Frøya!...
- What are those?
Hmm???
- The horns on your helmet – are they simply decorative or are you gonna use them to impale the people, or what?...
Well, this happens to be the latest fashion.
- You can't walk around with horns on your helmet: it looks ridiculous!
'Cause you're such a fashionista?
- Yeah, or... Yeah, yeah.
Okay, so then you would probably know that fashion is about taking chances, experimenting, daring to be bold, while at the same time, of course, you had to wear something you feel comfortable in?
- Well, I sure wouldn't feel comfortable with those horns on my helmet!
- Me neither!
Okay! Frøya, I can see that you've tried, but Arvid, what is this?
- What do you mean?
This is no plan! It's an old man's clothing! You're so risk-averse that it's painful to watch! Take a chance!
- Right!
Okay! The helmet is a basic head-cover, right?
- Yeah, yeah...
But, when you add some other material, like horns, it becomes something else: it's no longer just a helmet – it is something bigger, it tells a story, and that is what fashion is all about.
Ah... I'll see you on the boat!...
- I can promise you that: horns on the helmet will never be popular!
- No – he doesn't look like a Viking!...
- No!...
- No... 

 

Esnèque normande après la pluie (Rúðuborg/Rouen)


 

The Pusher - Blinded By The Dark

 
For so long, I've been searching for things to come and
Save us now, but we have fallen and we can't get out

Love went wrong, it drove us far away from what we are and
Words or chords, cannot describe this is what we've become

Blinded by the dark, blinded by the dark
I've been trying to say this to you
That things can fall apart, and the end can start, now

Heart to heart, they might be pumping but the veins are dry and
Though we're not apart
I cannot seem to reach your open hand and
We're fighting fighting lying and lying

We keep running but we're standing still

Blinded by the dark, blinded by the dark
I've been trying to say this to you
That things can fall apart, and the end can start tonight, and we're

Fighting fighting
Lying and lying

All this running and running has got me shattered and lonely
Blinded by the dark, blinded by the dark tonight
Heart, oh, heart, you keep on pumping but the veins are dry

And we're blinded by the dark, blinded by the dark
I've been trying to say this to you
Things can fall apart, and the end can start, tonight, and we're

Fighting and we're lying

All this running and running has got me shattered and lonely
Blinded by the dark, blinded by the dark tonight

Heart, my sweet heart, you might be pumping but my veins are dry 

 

Sunday, August 20, 2023

Joris - Bis Ans Ende Der Welt

 
Und ich gehe weiter fort
Bis ans Ende der Welt
Seitdem es dich nicht mehr gibt
Gibt es nichts, was mich hält
Und auf den Bildern hier
Hab' ich die Augen von dir
Und deshalb sing ich dein Lied

Von Ost nach West
Bis der Schmerz nachlässt
Oh, bis ans Ende der Welt
Von Süd nach Nord
Bis an jeden Ort
Damit es dich weitergibt

Halt nicht fest an dem was war
Hast du immer gewollt
Und lächelnd tu ich wieder mal
Genau das Gegenteil von dem was du sagst
Es ist schon lange her
Manchmal reden sie von dir
Doch ich singe dein Lied
Damit es dich weitergibt

Von Ost nach West
Bis der Schmerz nachlässt
Oh, bis ans Ende der Welt
Von Süd nach Nord
Bis an jeden Ort
Damit es dich weitergibt
(Damit es dich weitergibt)

Ooooooh
Und ich singe dein Lied

Von Ost nach West
Bis der Schmerz nachlässt
Oh, bis ans Ende der Welt
Von Süd nach Nord
Bis an jeden Ort
Damit es dich weitergibt
Damit es dich weitergibt
Bis ans Ende der Welt 
R.I.P. Sky...

 

Hoffnungslose Liebe

 

Liebe kennt der allein, der ohne Hoffnung liebt.

Johann Friedrich von Schiller, Don Carlos II, 8

Flo Rida ft. Kelli-Leigh - I Cry

 
I know
Caught up in the middle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)
Oh no
Gave up on the riddle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)

I know you wanna get behind the wheel, but only one Rida
Eyes shut, still got me swimming like a diver
Can't let go, I got fans in Okinawa
My heart to Japan, quake losers and survivors
Norway, no, you didn't get my flowers
No way to say it better, but the killer was a Coward
Face just showered, the minute in a hour
Heard about the news, whole day went sour
Lil mama got me feeling like a lemon-head
Put you in the box just as poisonous as cigarettes
Give 'em my regards or regardless I get arrested
Ain't worried about the killers, just the young and restless
Getting mad cause the quarter million on my necklace
DUI never said I was driving reckless
You and I know that jealously is not impressive
Oh no, I can't stop, I was destined

I know
Caught up in the middle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)
Oh no
Gave up on the riddle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)
I know
Caught up in the middle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)
Oh no
Gave up on the riddle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)

Champagne buckets still got two tears in it
And I put that on my tattoo of Jimi Hendrix
Get the pressed leather outfit all in it
'Cause the press tell it all get a meal ticket
Clean next, get a call, just a lil visit
Sacrifice just to make a hit still vivid
Reality stressed when you're blessed, just kill critics
Bugatti never meant I'm rich, just God-fearing
Look at me steering, got the bossing staring
Got a good feeling, Mr. Mike Caren
Tell his Billie Jeans, I'm on another planet
Thank E-Class, Big Chuck or Lee Prince Perries
Buy my momma chandeliers on my tears, dammit
Thirty years you had thought these emotions vanish
Tryna live, tryna figure how your sister vanish
No cheers, I know you wouldn't panic

I know
Caught up in the middle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)
Oh no
Gave up on the riddle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)
I know
Caught up in the middle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)
Oh no
Gave up on the riddle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)

When I need a healing, I just look up to the ceiling
I see the sun coming down, I know it's all better now
When I need a healing, I just look up to the ceiling
I see the sun coming down, I know it's all better now
When I need a healing, I just look up to the ceiling
I see the sun coming down I know it's all better now
When I need a healing, I just look up to the ceiling
I see the sun coming down, I know it's all better now

I know
I know
I know
I know
I, I, I, I
(I think of letting go, go, go)

I know
Caught up in the middle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)
Oh no
Gave up on the riddle
(I cry, just a little)
(When I think of letting go)
I know
Caught up in the middle
I cry, just a little
(When I think of letting go)
Oh no
Gave up on the riddle
I cry, just a little
When I think of letting go 

 

La prière

 

La grandeur de la prière réside d'abord en ce qu'il n'y est point répondu.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Citadelle

Sia & David Guetta - Floating Through Space

 
You made it through another day
You made it through another day
You did it, let's celebrate (Oh, oh)
Some days you feel you'll break
But you made it through another day
Yeah, you did it, let's celebrate (Oh)

24/7 and 365
You made another day, made it alive
Made another day, made it alive (Yeah)
24/7 and 365
You made another day, made it alive
Made another day, made it alive

So today, baby, remember it's okay
We're all floating through space (Floating through)
Today, baby, remember you're okay
We're all floating through space
Floating through, floating through, floating through
Floating through space (Floating through)
We're floating through space, we're floating through space
We're floating through space (Floating through)

We are like grains of sand, better to be holding hands
Better to be holding hands, oh
We are like grains of sand, better to be holding hands
Better to be holding hands, yeah

24/7 and 365
You made another day, made it alive
Made another day, made it alive (Yeah)
24/7 and 365
You made another day, made it alive
Made another day, made it alive (Yeah)

So today, baby, remember it's okay
We're all floating through space (Floating through)
Today, baby, remember you're okay
We're all floating through space

Woah, woah, woah

So today, baby, remember it's okay
We're all floating through space (Floating through)
Today, baby, remember you're okay
We're all floating through space
Floating through, floating through, floating through
Floating through space (Floating through) 

 

Les Îlets, Saint-Barth


 

Rita Ora ft. 6LACK - Only Want You

 
I don't want another night of tryna
Find another you, another rock bottom
I don't wanna wear another mini dress
To impress a potential problem
I don't wanna spend the night at someone's place
To fill the space that you used to walk in
I don't want another number in my phone
Someone to hold at three in the mornin'

I don't want somebody like you
I only want you, I only want you, yeah
Don't want somebody brand new
I only want you, I only want you, yeah
Guess I had to leave, had to leave, had to leave ya
Just to need, just to need ya, oh
I don't want somebody like you
I only want you, I only want you, yeah

I'm the one that went and ruined everything
And made you think that it was all your fault
And I know that sorry's only just a word
And when it hurts, it isn't that simple
But I know that if you look me in the eyes
I can't deny that we're somethin' different
And I know I'm probably lookin' for your kiss
On someone's lips to know that I miss ya

I don't want somebody like you
I only want you, I only want you, yeah
Don't want somebody brand new
I only want you, I only want you, yeah
Guess I had to leave, had to leave, had to leave ya
Just to need, just to need ya, oh
I don't want somebody like you
I only want you, I only want you, yeah

I don't want another night of tryna
Find another you, another rock bottom
I don't wanna wear another mini dress
To impress a potential problem

I don't want somebody like you
I only want you, I only want you, yeah
Don't want somebody brand new
I only want you, I only want you, yeah
Guess I had to leave, had to leave, had to leave ya
Just to need, just to need ya, oh
I don't want somebody like you
I only want you, I only want you, yeah