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CADAVEROUS CONDITION LYRICS
"The Past Is Another Country" (2004 Best of/Compilation)
1. The Once And Future King
2. Now We Make The Past Undone
3. The Moon And The Scars
4. YoungBlood
5. And I Wait
6. Your And My Dead Stars
7. Underneath Stars Without A Sky
8. The Lonely Have No Right To Share The Summer Sun
9. The Lesser Travelled Seas
10. Time
11. What The Moon Brings
12. Wings But No Body
13. Nostalgia
14. To The Distant Gray
15. To Be
16. Tryst
17. Tesco Girl
18. Shine
19. Lead Me
20. A Dream Within A Dream
1. The Once And Future King
it beckons to us all
sometimes we cannot hide
it beckons us inside
open the door, a knock so pure
in comes the seraphim
teach me things, I already know
filled with adrenalin
cut him down, yet he grows back
and makes my blood sing
it beckons to us all
sometimes we cannot hide
the most unusual thing
the once and future king
wide open the door, a knock for sure?
in comes the seraphim
leave me things I don't need
like a life to begin
cuts me down, cut, cut
in comes the new king
it beckons to us all
sometimes we cannot hide
the most familiar thing
the once and future king
2. Now We Make The Past Undone
coming late but here we are
on our forehead the fallen star
so here I am, here I stand
await the moment time will bend
coming back out of the dark
on my forehead I wear the mark
feel the day when it's all gone
now we make the past undone
now we make the past undone
arriving late yet here we run
in our heart a secret sun
here I am, here I stand
and my world will never end
now we make the past undone
come come
now we make the past undone
go go
to the place where we all must go
away away
listen, "remember the day"
you say
all those years get washed away
now we make the past undone
3. The Moon And The Scars
don´t follow me now
the realms of the past make the future look small
divided we stand together we fall
one question left so I travel back
don´t follow me now
don´t follow me now
always the same the moon and the scars
forever remain the moon and the scars
again and again the moon and the scars
my flight started in the palm of your hand
a holiday, a summer, a lifetime to spend
out of the black into the night
I just never tried
places once known are hidden to me now
make yourself seen, nightmares know how
hidden like your grave I never seem to find
don´t follow me now
asleep but never dead
always the same the moon and the scars
forever remain the moon and the scars
again and again the moon and my scars
and do not follow me now
and I will never change
and I just never tried
and I go back in time (again)
- excerpt from "May Fragments Not Dissolve" -
don´t follow me now
I just never tried
don´t follow me now
4. YoungBlood
you´re close to me, close as the end
I love the past, I must not forget it
I do remember "Dialogue", "Sunrise"
and searching for Liebenfels
bloodyoungblood
you´re far from me, (why are you) so far from me
I call up the past and I regret it
outside I stand looking in
and revel in the chill of nihil
bloodyoungblood
not dead in beds of white
not dead a body wired
not dead
he is not dead
he is not dead in beds of white
he is not dead a body wired
he did not die he did not die
he did not die
may the past arise
and change the future
bloodyoungblood
5. And I Wait
pass the fields of white
leave the dead behind
so many impressions that night
everything surrounded by tears
and you in the north/south
this place and eyes, my life
may it never fade
the memory and the photograph
waiting a train
waiting a hill
waiting again
waiting still
and I wait
waiting past
waiting
and I wait
I come back
memories by my hand
angels by my side
to watch over this lights
6. Your And My Dead Stars
I suffer under your and my dead stars
everything I'd give you, all behind my eyes
just call my name and I'll be with you
I call your name and there's not much
you would do
I suffer under your and my dead stars
memories are wounds, they kill me every day
all the stars shine bright tonight
one reason to live and one to die
and never forget, the pain felt
your and my stars are dead dead dead
again I'm waiting, once more I'm falling
down, left behind, I'm passing time
oh it's killing me and
I listen to the radio as I try to sleep
I suffer under your and my dead stars
I fall under your and my dead stars
call my name and I'll be with you
I die under your and my dead stars
I'll never forget the pain felt
7. Underneath Stars Without A Sky
look, the birds are falling down
just like rain they reach the ground
and all the fools keep bleating
oh look, the White Ship, over there
come here, but dog damned days are near
I think someone tears my heart apart
I revisit a place I found with you
with the memory all the pain comes, too
now the stars have no sky
imperfection and you lie
the cosmic chaos of life and of lights
oh I think I loved you at first sight
now all fell down and fell dead
and left me here with nothing
8. The Lonely Have No Right To Share The Summer Sun
gone gone with the summer
gone gone like the summer
our king so beautiful in deep sleep
precious, immaculate dreams encoded in our blood
pure and deep like our love for him
like an angel like an angel with crippled wings
gone gone with the summer
gone gone like the summer
oh my wintertime arriving with the loss of memory
oh my wintertime a streak of black against the grey
oh my wintertime and a longing for the sea
Emily Valentine together we mourn yesterday
you have gone
like the summer
gone away
like the sun
oh younger eyes you have tears sweet as death
at the sight of blood I faint at the sight of my blood
I pass out
you may never know that I could love you, too
you will never know that I sacrifice for you
wake on another shore
wake and summer comes no more
9. The Lesser Travelled Seas
I am the flame I am the dream
I am deep within
I drink beauty with my eyes
yet nothing but dreams in my fist
I am the path I take lead
I never forget I never forgive
I carry the torch and leave you behind
yet nothing but dreams in my fist
wait wait wait
the sad sound of trains
wait wait wait
a fist filled with illusions
wait wait wait
don´t smash the silence
wait wait wait
all or nothing at all
the chance of a lifetime
in a lifetime of chance
the wild things in my head
come as close as the end (2x)
beautiful one are you dead or just drunk
while you still sleep I fly through the night
beautiful one are you dying or dead
waiting forever was the life that I´ve lead
wait wait wait
beautiful one are you dead or just drunk
while you still sleep I fly through the night
sinister one are you dying or already dead
waiting forever was the life that I´ve lead
wait wait wait
I never forget I never forgive
all or nothing at all
I am the flame I am the dream
I am deep within
all or nothing at all (2x)
10. Time
and now our time comes
and now our time comes
there will come a time
we said
but time only goes
the fading of the rainbow
the closing of a rose
we´ll make the time
we vowed
but times already made
impatient as the twilight
elusive as the shade
and now our time comes
and now our time comes
we´ll take the time
we both agreed
but time is only lived
the clock unwinds
and autumn leaves
run riot in the wind
and time just slips away
they say
like golden grains of sand
and the days and nights
we held so tight
escape from out our hands
and now our time comes
and now our time comes
and now our time comes
and now our time comes
and now it has gone
and now it has gone
11. What The Moon Brings
now you don't see me
I have closed my eyes
but now I am lost
you closed your eyes
despair dancing in my heart
as I ran to escape my tears
I, I am alone, there is no God where I am
rise, the memories
now, I'm far away
feel, it's all so useless
I, I blame life for all this
I'm jealous, coming to grief
sometimes I'm not afraid
sometimes I wish you my pain
and sometimes I hate
and if I was a cat
I would stare all the time
with depth in my eyes
right into your stars
time flashes in your eyes
something bigger than life
12. Wings But No Body
I take you to the playground near the station
we'll burn down the WatchTower house
and get drunk in the pub near the highway
I'd like to drive on now
wings but no body
a yesterday curse has a hold on me
an ever present herd has a hold on me
I will be happy, as happy as can be
wings but no body
wings but no body
a yesterday curse has a grip on me
an ever present herd has a grip on me
I will be happy, as happy as can be
wings but no body
13. Nostalgia
I see old spirits rise, in brown eyes
a violet smile, a lack of control
we failed to take the chance
long ago, for a day like this, I would have given
all my lifes future bliss
in the past I longed for futile days like this
I see old spirits rise, in your eyes
a violet smile, a lack of control
now we know what we have lost
short ago, for a day like this, I would have given
all my lifes future bliss
I still long for fertile days like this
14. To The Distant Gray
I remember the dreamwind
filling my sails then blowing me off course
I remember the blue sky
the follies of youth and a wish to die
I remember things held close
thrown away and forgotten
I foresee that it will come true
this my wind now blows for you
calling calling
across the blue
I remember the black heart
the knowledge of age and the falling apart
I remember the feelings I lack
and the friendships that were a stab in the back
calling calling
across the blue
I will burn this page today
I will throw my life away
I just do not want to stay
I give it all to the beautiful sea
calling calling
across the blue
calling calling
across the blue
to the distant grey
15. To Be
did you ever know
you, so far away
waiting for an answer
waiting for another time
some kind of heaven
let your depths shine
the heartland may be flooded
the spire never drowns
just like the place
I always long for
to know I'll never reach
never reach you
thoughts and memories
are remedies to get a glimpse
of this light
I raise my arms toward
once more lights
everywhere anytime with you or you
oh do I dare
in the narrow next time
oh do I get
a next time at all
just take me out
I will try again
16. Tryst
today I feel great, finally I've found it
we get drunk on Martini at the Peach Pit
and tomorrow we crush the pigeons on the place
your spirit smiles away my melancholy face
every morning I will say:
"I love you till my heart dies"
and "most beautiful
are your eyes"
today I feel so great in all I do
a time supreme, runes I read in the yew
we lie in the grass interpreting the clouds
we indulge in misanthropy, laugh away the doubts
every morning I will say...
but hoping is futile
and wishing in vain
to you all the best
PS: "all the stars are dead now"
17. Tesco Girl
oh my Tesco girl
pretty foreign you are to me
would you like to know yet more
about our fate or the ONT
how is your life?
run away with me tonight
the crops may fail but you'd always be true
(I know) a beautiful Tesco girl
are you happy now?
with all the things that I never gave to you
is it all just a come and go?
and a lost Tesco girl
farewell (my) Tesco girl
for I will never see you again
another dream brings another face
and I will never know you
18. Shine
there could be a future, I see it bright, I don't see it clear
there is a place, I'm part of it with you
there is joy and all the pleasure
and there is also something I longed for
I'd give it all up, I'd throw it all away
but all that's left is me here in despair
hear the serenade
this serenade of my soul
my tearful words for you to shine
maybe you are present right now
and maybe I point at you right now
and if you are not
I wish it would be
that you would listen to my wail
I want to wave farewell to my lament
forget all my pain, my waking hours
I'll wake you in the morning
in a time when luck is mine
I await a time for me to shine
19. Lead Me
strange things there hanging in the sky
Slovenia in the rain
in search for luck I feel my voice
not different, not the same
someone remember me and what only I did see
Lead Me
old things in alcoholic logic
Garma I hope one day
in search for luck I ruin my choice
I consider to stay
someone remember me and what only I did see
Lead Me
old things in alcoholic logic
Abraxas I call thy name
in search for luck I ruin my choice
I consider to stay
Lead Me
Lead Me you´ve changed me
Lead Me
Lead Me you´ve changed me
strange things there hanging in the sky
Utopia in the rain
in search for luck I feel my voice
not different, not the same
20. A Dream Within A Dream
if it´s good to live then it´s better to be asleep dreaming
has it all gone or will I fall awake
will I never return to be the same again
droplets of memory are all that remain
strange faces promising new life
does the reward justify the loss
all beauty burned
burned like bridges I once crossed
7 years ago often more
has it all gone or will I fall awake
will I never return to be young again
since it does not matter when
why could I not die then
if it´s good to live then it´s better to be asleep dreaming
if it´s good to live then it´s better to be asleep dreaming
I came to leave I start to bleed
a dream within a dream
another wave breaks on a foreign shore
a dream within a dream
all the pain that comes down on me
a dream within a dream
the second side of My Boy
a dream within a dream
nothing nothing nothing nothing
a dream within a dream
a hideaway unseen
a dream within a dream
why could I not die then
why could I not die then
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