The Gathering - Mandylion lyrics
Tracks 01. Strange Machines
02. Eléanor 03. In Motion #1 04. Leaves 05. Fear The Sea 06. Mandylion 07. Sand And Mercury 08. In Motion #2 01. Strange Machines Music by The Gathering Lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
It has always been in the back of my mind
Dreaming about going to the corners of time I always wanted to fly in strange machines I wanna do centuries in a lifetime And feel it with my hands Touch the world war II and Cleopatra Flying... Could it be that my dream would come true Building a machine that would actually do What I want it to do Russian revolution, let's do that in one day Beethoven and Gershwin I think that would be o.k. More than anything I wanna fly in strange machines I wanna do centuries in a lifetime And see it with my eyes Watch Jesus rise, if he ever did Flying... I wanna do centuries in a lifetime And feel it with my hands Touch renaissance and Chaka Khan Flying... 02. Eléanor Music by The Gathering Lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
Underneath the mask you've buried yourself into
It's coal-black I am tired of the gulping that you do Every day a new face What if I unscrew Your own identity Wouldn't you guess there's nothing left of you? The quicksand of life drags us Down into the circle One day. we might not catch you I feel sorry for what you try to do Breaking others down. to try and to pursue Your own selfish interests I am starting to get sick of you Whatever happened ever since you left You make yourself and me look like fools 03. In Motion #1 Music by The Gathering Lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
Kill me with your thoughts
Use your mind Hand me over to this world Into death... Make me cry in vain Leave one tear Touch my face with your sigh Leave me against the stream One hundred worlds will see me Passing by... 04. Leaves Music by The Gathering Lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
I close your eyes with my mouth
Now you don't see anything But you feel my breath all over I can feel you too Although I don't really know you I don't really care Cry with me, make my day Tomorrow all will be gone All the sweetness and all the fun No, I don't wanna know... Although I don't really know you I don't really care Now that you're gone i don't know How to really feel inside Baring the hope to see you again I guess I never will Now that I do really know you Yes, I really care! 05. Fear The Sea Music by The Gathering Lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
Water travels by itself
Inspires us to fear the sea When it affects our state of mind We drown in our make believe Those little drops that cover two thirds Eventually there will be nothing left But water, this water It rules but even so It tears apart around us Throws itself high up in the sky Never will be able to tame 06. Mandylion Music by The Gathering
<i>[Instrumental]</i>
<i>In rememberance of Harold Gloudemans</i> 07. Sand And Mercury Music by The Gathering Lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
My dear, don't leave me now
Close at the edge of my end All this time you have been my friend Don't go, stay for a while My dear, you're losing me now This will be my last hour Hear my voice, see my face See how sick I am How I long for your embrace 08. In Motion #2 Music by The Gathering Lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
I see him turn away
Although my eyes are shut with emptiness And again the rain falls down Together with me This blood in my body runs for you Drink my tears as I cry My heart and my mind crave for you Drink my tears as I cry It is sad how the rain falls down I see you walk away Falling down I cry and sream your name And again the rain falls down Together with me My ache is yours as I am Drink my tears as I cry |