SAILING IN THE DARK – LYRICS
Setting Sail (instrumental)
Breaking The Silence
Soul
Feel this persistent silence.
It’s time
To turn down the volume.
The waves are coming in
Higher than before,
The waves come in again
While we’re in the middle of myself.
And we, soul know why
It cannot be the same silence now,
Tide is changing.
And we, soul know why
It cannot be the same silence now,
‘Cos we are changing… tack.
If you’ve something to say,
Say it to me today,
‘Cos there’s only one way
That I know how to play.
If you’ve something to say,
Say it to me today,
‘Cos there’s only one way
If you want me to stay.
And we, soul know why
It cannot be the same silence now,
Tide is changing.
And we, soul know why
It cannot be the same silence now,
‘Cos we are at last… myself.
No O’Clock
Feelings in a glass,
Shattered in myriad pieces
In the dark.
Feelings in a glass,
Swallowing them will not
Soothe the pain.
What time is it now?
It’s no o’clock!
Looking in the glass,
Reflecting the deep abyss
Of myself.
Looking in the glass,
Reflecting just enough,
Not to much.
What time is it now?
What time is it now?
It’s no o’clock!
The right time to live, is not tomorrow…
It’s now, the present, it’s no o’clock!
Hours in the glass,
Grains of emotion falling through
Space and time.
What time is it now?
What time is it now?
It’s no o’clock!
Dear Moon
I pause here looking at you
Hiding behind the sinuous clouds
Painted on a blue sky.
Dear moon, you’re beautiful,
You make me feel good.
And something is moving,
The weather is changing,
Maybe a new storm…
For a while in the air
There’s been a really strange wind
Blowing the stars away.
But dear moon, you’re beautiful,
You make me feel good.
And something is moving,
The weather is changing,
Maybe a new storm,
Or just the time…
To dream again
We each revolve around the other
On two different orbits
But when our tracks cross each other
We come face to face.
And something is moving,
The weather is changing,
Maybe a new storm,
Or just the time
To dream again.
Captain Selfcontrol
Calm sea,
Stormy sea,
One only knows by sailing.
Aboard the seven seas, trip of a lifetime
Being ill equipped, only good intentions
Learning to survive, only through the doing
Balancing the whole, on the surging tide.
Calm sea,
Stormy sea,
One only knows by sailing.
Following the glow of the distant lighthouse
The aim, the goal, the hope, dreamt of redemption.
Peace ridden skies, waves of motivation
Ploughing through the scum, an ocean unknown.
Sail, sail
Captain Selfcontrol
Sail, sail
Keep your boat on course.
Persevere sailor, find the spot marked X
Truth is you don’t know, how the voyage ends.
But following the light, you don’t need to write
That last entry, in the journey’s log.
Calm sea,
Stormy sea,
One only knows by living.
Sail, sail,
Captain Selfcontrol.
Sail, sail,
Keep your boat on course.
Sail, sail,
Captain Selfcontrol.
Sail, sail,
Keep your life on course.
Thank You
Thoughts come,
Thoughts go,
And returning…
Reinforce
The delicate
Strokes
Of our image…
On my heart.
I didn’t believe
That you really existed
And I was wrong,
So just wanna
Thank you!
Moments come,
Moments go,
But remaining…
Paint in
Some other
Details
To our image…
On my heart.
I didn’t believe
That you really existed
And I was wrong,
So just wanna
Thank you!
Coloured Smoke
Surrounded by coloured smoke,
Surrounded by coloured…
Despite hardship and sacrifice,
At the end of my tether,
Here negativity condenses
Both inside and out.
My eyes mist up
And a tear rolls down.
So courage, patience and common sense
Can’t be plucked out of thin air,
They hold my salvation in their hands.
But I look around
And my eyes mist up,
My eyes mist up.
Surrounded by coloured smoke,
Surrounded by coloured smoke, I’m still
Surrounded by coloured smoke,
Surrounded by coloured smoke,
However much of my will power
I manage to summon up,
It never vanishes completely
But it thins out, so my eyes
Don’t mist up,
Don’t mist up.
Surrounded by coloured smoke,
Surrounded by coloured smoke, No longer
Surrounded by coloured smoke,
Surrounded by coloured smoke, No longer
Surrounded by coloured smoke,
Surrounded by…
Coloured smoke.
Coloured…
Say
Watch my watch,
See the hands blowing away
In the strange wind
That tells me what I have to do:
“Look before you leap,
nothing is what it seems.”
Touching the sound,
My hands can feel it.
Say what you know,
Say if you want.
Here to hear,
Now your words are on the breeze.
I can see your voice,
Ringing in my ears.
That strange wind
Whispers how to go ahead:
“Listen don’t just speak,
you might learn something”.
Say what you know,
Say if you want,
Say what you are,
Say say it all to me.
Believe me,
I’m listening to what you think.
Listening like love,
Gives the will to live.
Come on talk,
Open up your heart to me.
I would taste your soul,
I’m hungry for it.
Say what you know,
If you want,
What you are,
Say it all to me.
Say what you know,
Say if you want,
Say what you are,
Say say it all to me.
Autumn Cold
Drifting between
The real and the dream,
Where the real is a trip
And the dream is a song.
Imagine outside
Too cold and too fast,
Confusing, chaotic,
And people in billions
Are torrenting up and down.
Glancing behind,
My past in my mind,
I saw walls being built
Out of fear and of guilt.
Living to be
A pawn in the game
Played by somebody else.
“Leave that dream well alone
Don’t you know, you should feel…
Like a leaf falling on
A lonely street,
Never to rise up”
I knew in my heart of hearts
Something had to change,
Step by step to break the mould
Routine had to go.
Before I accept your rules,
I will use my head.
Blow by blow the wall must fall
In this autumn cold.
Like a leaf falling on
A lonely street,
Never to rise again.
Looking ahead:
A new point of view
Not just an ego trip,
I have found self belief.
And I know, I won’t feel
Like a leaf falling on
A lonely street.
And the fall, echoes still
But it doesn’t make me tremble
Anymore!
To Be Free
Come on, take the risk,
Unlock the door,
Throw caution
To the wind.
To my own liberty
I am the key,
Poised to take
A leap in the dark.
That’s what it means
To be free,
That’s what it means
To be me.
The gloomy unknown
Unmasks night lights.
Journey’s end
Or new starting point.
Escape was what I needed,
I chose to bare my soul.
Now if you let me
I’m singing you the key.
That’s what it means
To be free,
That’s what it means
To be me,
That’s what it means
To be free,
That’s what it means.
A Song
You are listening to a song.
Let yourself flow with the melody,
Like a boat on a wave
In a sea of emotions.
We’re giving you a song.
You should have all that you need.
Now it’s up to you,
Add it to your thoughts.
And let it live inside you…
Let it fly.
We give you blank paper
With paint, palette and a brush.
Now it’s up to you
To color in your thoughts
And let it live inside you,
And let it live inside you…
Let it fly,
Let it fly.
You have a wallet on you,
It’s been filled up with love.
Now it’s up to you,
Wisely spend your thoughts.
And let it live inside you,
And let it live inside you…
Let it fly,
Let it fly.
Lighthouse (instrumental)
Written by
Gabriele Magnanelli & Paul Mochrie
Lyrics form vinyl artwork:
