Old and grey A man resumes A mirror, a book A story of disillusions At eight, I liked the dogs next door The barked at night, slept all day The things and persons I knew by name The Prophecies, the forest and the lake And at eight I knew for sure That they would ever stay the same I heard about the secrets Of Life and Death, the Mysteries They told me all about my destiny And closed the book Before I learned to read At eighteen I liked my isolation It helped me through the Storm The restless storm of changes I learned about transience Integrity and outcasts But I didn't learn to relativize I spelt the Words of Wisdom Written in the Scriptures They told me all about Sin and Remission But they haven't told me nothing yet About dissidents and tolerance The urge to fly No fear of dying (like) Hiding the truth Without lying A world has changed A truth transformed into a pool of submission A spiritual chaos Where love is a synonym for lies Deception for advice And flexibility for indecision I've seen the battles raging I've seen the leaders faking Haven't seen a prophecy come true I learned all about respect and charity Probity and confidence A world has changed The urge to fly remains the same (but) I can't hide the truth Without lying
So far away And I can't sleep another night I couldn't talk to you today You're so close And yet so far away now I feel so incomplete Please talk to me one day Do you really care Don't you feel the pain Will you ever cry with me Or will you if I leave Will I ever know Why you're loving me Will you ever dry my tears Oh, can't you really see ? Everyday the same old things Every day the same We never talk about each other We never talk anyway Can't you hear my cries When I'm begging for new words again This silence hurts me so much more Than all the words you say Do you really care Don't you feel the pain Will you ever cry with me Or will you if I leave Will I ever know Why you're loving me Will you ever dry my tears Oh, can't you really see ? So far away, but next to me Still sleeping there forever And I'll be sleeping well tonight For I'm tired of your empty smiles I'm leaving you...
Words: Bagheera Music: Bagheera & Joost den HertogI. Stubble Chin and Cynism Well, at least I don't have to think of home And the way they treat me now It's their way, not mine I don't care what they say I don't need their tenderness Just want to live my life Who and why Do they teach or learn Do I scream or cry Do they wonder why ? I've to repeat it on and on Because I don't want to drown In my bottomless lake of emotions Who and why Do they preach or yearn Do they scream or cry Do they wonder why ? A bridge of sarcasm Connects my sense of humour With the meaning of my existence A river of violence A sea of hope Between my dreams and nightmares Between my questions of fear and insanity II. Little Ann and the Love of Men Now they're after me I hear them call my name This must be the last time I play Oh, I don't like this game The end, the limit Everytime the same question Will they find me at last ? I can't hide in the past And now, here I'm sitting Hidden in this well It's getting cold and dark In this frozen hell I can hardly move Tears are freezing on my face I can hardly breathe Words whispered in my head I can hardly bear The pain inside that feeds my fear I can almost hear Their voices, their panting, their moaning I can hardly move III. Old Love lies deep So, you've had your dinner Now it's time to pay Don't you recognize me Can't you even remeber my skin ? Time to die I will teach and learn How to scream and cry How to wonder why I may be lost in your memories But my heart still beats the same You'll burn in my visions But I'll feel the flames Here in this small room My childhood burns A river of hope flows Into a sea of violence The sight of my father's face Between his burning friends Bridges the gulf Between fear and insanity
Words: Bagheera Music: BagheeraThe way you lead your life I've never understood Pretending pride Hiding your worst side Living in serenity No smiles No tears No cries No fears Suppressing all your feelings Drop your mask today and fly away Take a little time To show me how you feel inside Say goodbye to pride and turn the page Your eyes so big Your smile so red But in fact you're only acting Let them see your face Showing love and hate Your joy And pain Your sun And rain Expose your deepest feelings Drop your mask today and fly away Take a little time To show me how you feel inside Say goodbye to pride and turn the page Turn the page !
Words: William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Music: Bagheera & Joost den HertogI wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills When all at once I saw a crowd A host of golden daffodils I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'r vales and hills Beside the lake, beneath the trees Fluttering dancing in the breeze Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way They stretched in never-ending lines Along the margin of a bay Ten thousand I saw at a glance Tossing their heads, sprightly dance The waves beside them dancede; but they Outdid the sparkling waves in glee A poet could not but be gay In such a jocund company I gazed and gazed but little thought What wealth the show had to me brought Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way They stretched in never-ending lines Along the margin of a bay For oft, when on my couch I ly In vacant or in pensive mood They flah upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way They stretched in never-ending lines Along the margin of a bay Ten thousand I saw at a glance Tossing their heads and sprightly dance And then my heart with pleasure fills And dances with the daffodils My heart dances...
Words: Bagheera Music: BagheeraWhispering wind Alone this night Scared to move Chills are running down her spine A dream is returning Again and again Her mind is fading empty Slowly passing hours Slowly going mad How many times she's been there Standing face to face with a dying man Crying out his name a thousand times After laughing proudly Is this reality Or the truth, which became a haunting dream ? Darkness shows the only truth Awareness is her part And answers aren't for real When her mind is torn apart Every night she's dreaming The pain inside that won't go by Her nights will never be the same Heading for the end Her life will never be the same again In the dark she'll ride Searching for the light Hear the cries inside No this won't be true this time She's dying inside full of frozen reflections On the outside she's a queen And she's wearing a crown of hearts But her soul is full of arrows The target had been missed this time Her nights will never be the same again Heading for the end "Awake - his voice hits harder than in dreams His eyes spit fire instead of gleams Could he be the same The same I killed that night ? Feeld like a never-ending line Should I force the end Or will he push me too ? Shall I ever know why I threw him From the cliffs inside my mind ?"
Words: Bagheera Music: BagheeraI. The Resignation The sun is sinking and night is waiting To watch its Punch and Judy show The cast is causeless, the set unsettled And kings climb the mountain "I have come to see Where your world has gone wrong And I won't set you free Until my will is done I will be your King Ruler of a world In wich we can't afford Ideals straight from the heart The life you're leading now Oh, can't you even see It has to end somehow For you have chosen me !" The past shows perfect forms Of perfidy and fear Still kings climb the mountain To deal, to drown, to dole The sun has set and night has fallen Judy has been raped by Punchinello The theatre burns, the crowd's on fire And the Master of Misuse is making proselytes "I have come to see Where your world has gone wrong And I won't set you free Until my will is done I will be your King Ruler of a world In wich we can't afford Ideals straight from the heart The life you're leading now Oh, can't you even see It has to end somehow For you have chosen me ! I will know your thoughts I will read your words ! I will feed your minds And force you to believe I will live your lives Even in your sleep I will cause you grief I will hear your screams !" Driven insane they follow orders Watch the fatal saviour of mankind And see how history repeats itself Again a king climbed the mountain To fall, to freeze, to fail "And when you try to leave my kingdom Get prepared for your last trip You can't consider without my wisdom Without me you wouldn't exist Your hearts won't beat without my assent Now you've chosen me !" II. Confusion Like leaves fly On the wind I'm floating... III. Awareness Will I ever be happy If I stay here I wouldn't lead my life Without spite, without fear Will I keep my name If I submit to them Will I stay the same When they put out my flame When I have to give up my ideals I can't imagine how it feels To be a piece of an unchangeable frame To be part of ruthless ordeals IV. Sorrow Three years have passed A frozen heart A blackened mind That isn't mine anymore My words are windows To the freedom To deliverance Blindness is the door My friends are gone My brothers died All that's left is fear Dreadful fear and sorrow V. The Curtain falls Alone and free A single tree In a wood of desolation Heart and mind Avoid the sight Of a new civilization An actor fails A director trails His words of desperation A theatre burns The crowd awaits A man returns To an ultimate state Of solitude Of perfect isolation