2009 | © Visions by Dreamcatcher

Lucretia My Reflection

I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down
I hear empire down
I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Love lost, fire at will
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill, I hear
Dive, bombers, and
Empire down

I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
Get down, get undressed
Get pretty but you and me,
We got the kingdom, we got the key
We got the empire, now as then,
We don't doubt, we don't take direction,
Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me
We look hard
We look through
We look hard to see for real
Such things I hear, they don't make sense
I don't see much evidence
I don't feel

A long train held up by page on page
A hard reign held up by rage
Once a railroad
Now it's done...
I hear the roar of a big machine
Two worlds and in between
Hot metal and methedrine
I hear empire down...
We got the empire, now as then,
We don't doubt, we don't take reflection,
Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me...

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Lucretia My Reflection
performed by Sisters Of Mercy

Big Bang

This isn't another new fashion, or a new wave plastic trend.
Everybody's searching for something but in the meantime let's all just pretend.
I've got this feeling and I don't know what it is.
This room is overcrowded, man, and I need air to breathe, yeah.
Big bang, big crunch, you know there's no free lunch.
Kneel down and pray, here comes your judgment day.
Big crunch, you know, it's gonna be quite a show.
What goes around always comes around, yeah.
A million hopeless faces dwell within protected walls,
All waiting for a moment in life when they can heed the clarion call.
And it's all so oppressive my mind feels like a sieve.
This city's overcrowded, man, and I need room to live.
Big bang, big crunch, you know there's no free lunch.
Kneel down and pray, here comes your judgment day.
Big crunch, you know, it's gonna be quite a show.
What goes around always comes around, yeah.
I think of the countless shadows that have all come and gone,
All suffering in the notion of better things to come.
If you share these beliefs you know I wish you well,
'cause there's no room left in heaven and there's sure no room in hell, yeah.
Big bang, big crunch, you know there's no free lunch.
Kneel down and pray, here comes your judgment day.
Big crunch, you know, it's gonna be quite a show.
What goes around always comes around.

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Big Bang
Performed by Bad Religion

Autumn Leaves

The falling leaves drift by my window
The falling leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

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Autumn Leaves
Performes by Eva Cassidy

Stepping Stone

I remember way back, way back when
I said I never wanna see your face again
Cause you were loving, yes, you're loving somebody else
And I knew, oh yes, I knew I couldn't control myself
And now they bring you back into my life again
And so I put on a face just like your friend's
But I think you know, oh yes, you know what's going on
Cause the feelings in me, oh yes, in me are burning strong

But I will never be your stepping stone
Take it all or leave me alone
I will never be your stepping stone
I'm standing upright on my own

You used to call me up from time to time
And it would be so hard for me not to cross the line
The words of love layed on my lips just like a curse
And I knew, oh yes, I knew they'd only make it worse
And now you have the nerve to play along
Just like the maestro beats in a song
You got your kicks you get your kicks from playing me
And the less you give the more I want so foolishly

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Stepping Stone
performed by Duffy

...Through My Eyes

There are things in life you'll learn and
In time you'll see
Cause out there somewhere
It's all waiting
If you keep believing
So don't run, don't hide
It will be all right
You'll see, trust me
I'll be there watching over you

Just take a look through my eyes
There's a better place
somewhere out there
Just take a look through my eyes
Everything changes
You'll be amazed what you'll find
If you look through my eyes

There will be times on this journey
All you'll see is darkness
Out there somewhere daylight finds you
If you keep believing

All the things that you can change
There's a meaning in everything
And you will find all you need
There's so much to understand

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Look Through My Eyes
performed by Phil Collins

Ivan

Ivan
(Nafplio, July 2009)

Night Cloud Dreaming

In a better - or at least different - world,
I would capture clouds to ride and glide upon,
Letting their manes carry me through to other lands,
Taming their skittish and sometimes umbrageous moods
And disappear into an ever renewed sunrise.

In a better - or at least different - world,
I would gather shreds of clouds left on the bushes
In the midnight garden after darkness has been,
Full of dew beads and tears shed in one’s sleep,
And make a coat of dreams to fly away.

In a better - or at least different - world,
I would wander into the misty garden
Feeling multiple breaths from other dimensions
Reach for my skin, for my soul, lick existence away
And disappear without a trace.

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by Nathalie Boisard-Beudin

Take My Hand

Touch my skin,and tell me what you're thinking
Take my hand and show me where we're going
Lie down next to me, look into my eyes and tell me,
tell me what you're seeing
So sit on top of the world and tell me how you're feeling
what you feel now is what I feel for you
Take my hand and if I'm lying to you
I'll always be alone
if I'm lying to you

See my eyes, they carry your reflection
Watch my lips and hear the words I'm telling you
Give your trust to me and look into my heart and show me,
show me what you're doing
So sit on top of the world and tell me how you're feeling
what you feel now is what I feel for you

Take my hand and if I'm lying to you
I'll always be alone
if I'm lying to you
Take your time, if I'm lying to you
I know you'll find that you believe me
you believe me

Feel the sun on your face and tell me what you're thinking
Catch the snow on your tongue and show me how it tastes
Take my hand and if I'm lying to you
I'll always be alone
if I'm lying to you
Take your time, if I'm lying to you
I know you'll find that you believe me
you believe me

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Take My Hand
Performed by Dido

Hold On Tight

Hold on tight to your dream

When you see your ship go sailing

When you feel your heart is breaking

Hold tight to your dream.

It's a long time to be gone

Time just rolls on and on

When you need a shoulder to cry on

When you get so sick of trying

Just hold tight to your dream

When you get so down that you can't get up

And you want so much but you're all out of luck

When you're so downhearted and misunderstood

Just over & over & over you could

Accroches-toi a ton reve

Quand tu vois ton bateau partir

Quand tu sents - ton coeur se briser

Accroches-toi a ton reve.

The Sea

Flocking to the sea
Crowds of people wait for me
Sea gulls scavenge
Steal ice cream
Worries vanish
Within my dream

I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control here
Living free

Fishing boats sail past the shore
No singing may-day any more
The sun is shining
The waters clear
Just you and I walk along the pier

A cool breeze flows but mind the wasp
Some get stung it's worth the cost
I'd love to stay
The city calls me home
More hassles fuss and lies on the phone

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The Sea
performed by Morcheeba

Bridge To Heaven

I don't know where to go

So I guess I have to fly

I'll have to dream of all good things before I die

So where to go?

I guess I'll have to fly

I'll have to dream of all good things before I die

And it's getting so much harder

to be one these days

So much harder to believe

So much harder to be one these days

So much harder to believe

And did they know that

they'd need a fence so high

Cause giving up is a total waste of time

I stop to breathe in air as I

Watch the ground beneath us

blend into the sky

I don't know where to go

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Leipzig 2009

Thanx to Vaggelis

Rain

Why am I here if you're there
So far away it's not fair
To be without you like this
I miss you more than you know
The nights are long
The days slow
Without the warmth of your kiss
Wish you were back here with me
Cause out my window
All is see is

Rain in the sky
Everywhere I look my eyes see
Rain fallin down
Crying as it hits the ground
Rain in my heart
Every day that were apart
Rain
Falling rain

The sun is strong when you're near
But when you're gone it disappears
Behind an ocean of blue
The telephones not good enough
It can't reach out it can't touch
Me like the way you do
Wish you would knock at my door
Cause only you can stop this pouring

Maybe I'll go outside
And walk beneath the clouds
Pretend it's you thats watching over me
This isn't the only thing that comes
Between us now
Baby soon we'll be together

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Performed by Cher
(Album: Living Proof)

Boat On The River

Take me back to my boat on the river
I need to go down, I need to come down
Take me back to my boat on the river
And I wont cry out any more
Time stands still as I gaze in her waters
She eases me down, touching me gently
With the waters that flow past my boat on the river
So I dont cry out anymore

Oh the river is wide
The river it touches my life like the waves on the sand
And all roads lead to tranquillity base
Where the frown on my face disappears
Take me down to my boat on the river
And I wont cry out anymore

Oh the river is deep
The river it touches my life like the waves on the sand
And all roads lead to tranquillity base
Where the frown on my face disappears
Take me down to my boat on the river
I need to go down, with you let me go down
Take me back to my boat on the river
And I wont cry out anymore

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Performed by Styx
(Album: Return To Paradise)

Nature

Ο κόσμος της φύσης υπακούει σε ρυθμούς,
πρότυπα και κύκλους.

Η εναλλαγή των εποχών,
η κίνηση των άστρων,
η άμπωτη και η πλημμυρίδα
των παλιρροιών.

Οι εποχές δεν σπρώχνουν η μια την άλλη
ούτε βέβαια τα σύννεφα συναγωνίζονται
τον άνεμο στον ουρανό.

Όλα συμβαίνουν
στο δικό τους κατάλληλο καιρο.

Ανυψώνονται και πέφτουν και ξανά ανυψώνονται
σαν τα κύματα του ωκεανού
μέσα στους κύκλους του χρόνου.

**********
Dan Millman "The Laws Of Spirit"

Where The Wild Roses Grow

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name is Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name is Elisa Day

From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
As she stared in my eyes and smiled
For her lips were the colour of the roses
That grew down the river, all bloody and wild

When he knocked on my door and entered the room
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
He wiped at the tears that ran down my face

On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
So sweet and scarlet and free?"

On the second day he came with a single red rose
He said: "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?"
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
"If I show you the roses will you follow?"

On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
As he knelt above me with a rock in his fist

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
As I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die"
And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth

Path To Decay

Life brings nothing for the same
Keep searchin' new days on the horizon
While time just seems to slip away
I'm leaving no trace along the way

Seems like I'm falling deeper
Deeper inside myself
Feels like I'm growing weaker
Much weaker each day
Along the path to decay

The lights are fading day by day
No cure for the lost, there's no ascending
When life could not become more pale
A new dawn is here, another day

Seems like I'm falling deeper
Deeper inside myself
Feels like I'm growing weaker
Much weaker each day
Along the path to decay

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Path To Decay (Album: The 13th Floor)
Performed by Sirenia

Three Wishes

I wish I had a yellow cat
To sit before the fire.
If only I could have just that
That would be my heart's desire

I wish I had an open fire
To warm my yellow cat.
That would gratify my soul's desire
If only I had that.

I wish I had a little home
To hold my cat and fire,
And then I'm sure that I would have
My very heart's desire.

Vision Of Flow

I remember
Mid December
Soul reigning
Freedom gaining
On the road
Brave the cold
Calm and cool
No schedule
Destination none
Limitation gone
On the height
Awesome sight
Destined location
For observation
Natural hook
Stop and look
Nature musical
The air magical
Clouds spraying
I stood praying
Sun beams breaking through
Their arms fleeting, flew
Ocean far below
The winds gently blow
Behind, mountains high
Grand, silent lie
Tall ancient trees
Guarding the seas
Novice's attention
Master's inspiration
I stood there in awe
Mesmerized somehow.

Then for a timeless time
Musical nature did rhyme
Everything made sense
I dropped my defense
My guards I brought down
Nature gave me a crown
Meter or hour
Neither had power
Infinite, eternal
Strong, maternal
Felt the motion
Of the ocean
Wet breeze
From the seas
Sun's shining
Wind's dining
Winds blowing
Waves growing
Waves beating
Shore's greeting
Waters rising
Clouds sizing
Clouds spraying
Trees praying
Brooks flowing
Rivers growing
Rivers eroding
Shores foreboding
Was perfection
God's affection
Benefaction
Resurrection
I knew then
Eagle and wren
I knew life
Nurture and strife
All made sense
Light and dense
Now I know
All must flow.

Waves and seas
Clouds and breeze
Bright sun beams
Mountain streams
Rivers and rocks
Time and clocks
Wisdom and love
Beautiful dove
Inspiration
Dedication
Hurt and laughter
What we're after
Life only goes
If it flows
Even man made
Money and trade
Education
Information
All must flow
Fast and slow
Each other feed
One other's seed
Nature's mesh
Lively, fresh
One insistent
One resistant
All must flow
Change and grow
Young, then old
Hot, then cold
All must die
Else deny
Natural law
Pure, no flaw.

There I stood
Understood
Arms outstretched
Memory etched
Vision burning
Time returning
Tears flowing
Smile glowing
There I cried
Laughed untried
So revealing
What a feeling
Soul engaged
Forever changed
I, transformed
New vision formed
Deep meaning
Head teeming
Sense sensing
Eyes beaming
Heart beating
Life greeting
Now I know
All must flow.

© Shahriar Shahriari
Vancouver, Canada
March 11, 1997