1. |
Debutant
04:51
|
|||
Too many secrets have been crushed between my lies
Too many twentysomethings stare at me with fearful eyes
Looking for shelter behind rules that don’t apply
Too many afternoons bathing in the grey
I’m a nostalgic tripper in a lost parade
I am a debutant, I am a tourist, a clown
So it’s time to summarise
I get cold shower shivers down my spine
When you’re calling me
Too many silly verses banging in my head
Best call it a day now and retire to my shed
I’ve got coffee and tea and toast, well, you know where to find me
And it’s time to summarise
I get cold shower shivers down my spine
When you’re calling me
Too many secrets have been crushed between my lies
Too many twentysomethings stare at me with fearful eyes
I am a debutant, I am a tourist, a clown
Oh it’s time to summarise
I get cold shower shivers down my spine
When you’re calling me
When you’re calling me
|
||||
2. |
||||
Oh my friends I have drawn a line
The inner turmoil that’s shaking this old heart of mine
It justifies that I’m done with the usual jeer
I overwrite what’s been said, I try to compensate
I thought by now I should know how to play the game
Rolling the dices all day, with no one to blame
Lost in a frivolousness, I came to this place
I feel half-crazy now, this heaviness reigns over me
Oh dear friends, I erased the line
Our allegiance should break out its beautiful shrine
Why won’t we summon the thoughts that have brought us here
Run for the woods
Where we can lose our minds
Reclaim our souls
How many ships we’ve sailed
How many truths have been unveiled
It’s time to overcome
And so let’s summon the thoughts that have brought us here
Let’s run for the woods
Where we can lose our minds
|
||||
3. |
Pine and Fir
05:35
|
|||
The morning came, I followed the old traces
I found myself in different times and places
I’ve seen these streets before, familiar faces
I just walked by avoiding all the gazes
The past is like a story I’ve been hiding
I travelled through a dream that’s been abiding
I lost my time remembering, deciding
Which way to go, the thought has been presiding
I can see the way that we were
Underneath the pine and the fir
It’s all I’ve got but never would leave behind
It’s like a sweet refrain, I won’t deny it
This melancholy life, I cannot fight it
So I took the open road from where I started
I’ve been all beaten up, I’ve been blindsided
I can see the way that we were
Underneath the pine and the fir
It’s all I’ve got but never would leave behind
If I just stay real close, I might just make it
If I play to my strength and never fake it
And cast away the fears, I won’t forsake it
The visions of what’s gone, will never break it
I can see the way that we were
Underneath the pine and the fir
It’s nothing more, without it I’d fall behind
|
||||
4. |
||||
It’s nothing but a sanable train of thought
I came by your unmountable Camelot
The land was barren and your look was cold
Not bothered by the memories of days of old
You built a high-rise
Another place another gaze
Up in your high-rise
No need to fear the tidal wave
What will happen if your gated dream slowly fails
When you look for shelter in your tale of tales
Will there be anyone, anything fit to heal
All the things we were able once to see, to feel
You built a high-rise
Another place another gaze
Up in your high-rise
No need to fear the tidal wave
It’s not a metaphor
I have been here before
Your eyes
Keep staring back
It’s not a miracle
I have been here before
Your eyes
I keep coming back
You build a high-rise
Another place another gaze
Up in your high-rise
No need to fear the tidal wave
You build a high-rise
Another place another gaze
Up in your high-rise
High-rise
|
||||
5. |
Last Stand
04:15
|
|||
Pack your things
Get behind me
Across the border
Show me your skin
A young man’s grace
Lies behind me
Light a candle
Don’t remind me
Celebrate your
Ego’s last stand
The same old
Pain inside you
Washed away with
New broken vows
Empty worlds
That you once dreaded
Lie ahead now
Do not look back
Celebrate your
Ego’s last stand
So close, open doors
See the things
Never seen
Before
Don’t think it’s
All outside us
It doesn’t lie there
It’s born in us
No one is chosen
No one is lost
So close, open doors
See the things
Never seen
Before
Don’t think it’s
All outside us
It doesn’t lie there
It’s born is us
No one is chosen
No one is lost
No one is chosen
No one is lost
|
||||
6. |
||||
First day as king
A long-awaited day
I’m the new-born sycophant
Set the scene
Chase the leviathan
I wrote down my decree
The policy is clear
Tattooed my brand new device
Drop the screen
Take your new medicine
Bow your head, join the crowd, be afraid
Sigh no more, your future lies ahead
Take my word, I’ll take anything instead
I jump the pirate ship
And abscond with the loot
Like a new-born sycophant
Set the scene
Chase the leviathan
Bow your head, join the crowd, be afraid
Sigh no more, your future lies ahead
Take my word, I’ll take anything instead
Ooh ooh ooh
Bow your head, laugh out loud, be afraid
Sigh no more, your future lies ahead
Take my word, I’ll take anything instead
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh
|
||||
7. |
||||
Who is standing here
Eyes all around
Eyes won’t let you go
Take a stroll
Who’s the messenger
A solitary man
He is knocking hard
At your back door
Do not linger here
Dry your shedding skin
Fight your self esteem
Reverse your lies
Whisper not
Remember
Lonely nights
In December
You may cry
Surrender
You might be rewarded some day
You can be a wolf
You can be anything
You’ll beat gravity
Fear no fear
Whisper not
Remember
Words strike hard
In September
You may cry
Surrender
You might be rewarded some day
|
||||
8. |
||||
I could drive around for another day
The colours and the sounds and the city call my name
No one can see me, nobody knows that I'm here
A cool breeze is healing the bruises, the heat of the day before
I could drive around, I could sing a song
The flavours and the smells, the streets will sigh along
No one can hear it, nobody knows that I'm here
Nightfall is near, my mood dissolves when the day is done
It takes another day
To be led astray
By a different shade
One day someday
I could drive around for an hour or two
The colours and the sounds reminding me of you
No one can see me, nobody knows that I’m here
Nightfall is near, my mood dissolves when the day is done
It takes another day
To be led astray
By a different shade
One day someday
|
||||
9. |
||||
Is it wrong or is it worse
Do I fool myself again
On the wrong side of the year
And it’s true, we disagree
All the elements and me
On the wrong side of the year
Paint the lattice, raise your voice
Bring the frenzy, make some noise
On the wrong side of the year
I saw the angels crawl
And put their helmets on
Sing and tell
Sing and tell
The hours burn on my skin
I cannot stand the light
Down under the pale black moon I saw you one last time
On the wrong side of the year
A saw the angels crawl
And put their helmets on
Sing and tell
Sing and tell
The hours burn on my skin
I cannot stand the light
Down under the pale black moon I saw you one last time
Sing and tell
Sing and tell
|
||||
10. |
The Vessel
03:44
|
|||
I finally got it
Oh, I stopped running up and down on borrowed time
I waited for sundown
Slowly started breathing in and out, and walked away
And I was heading for the light
With naked eyes throughout the night
Steering through a thousand different tides
Still I can’t reach the core
Still amazed, still afloat
I finally see it
I’m silently breaking through the shell of discontent
For fear of oblivion
I jumped into the bottomless abyss of bygone days
It takes a sermon nor a song
To see what I’ve been doing wrong
Still I can’t reach the core
Still amazed, still afloat
Like astronauts we fly
Through the days, through the maze of time
Across the divide
Years are a vessel, oh, now I know I got all reason to believe
That age is a companion
Carrying the lessons that you learned along the ride
And as my secret dreams get older
I know they’re only getting stronger
And if I can reach the core
I’ll be still amazed, still afloat
|
Gianni Marzo Ghent, Belgium
Gianni Marzo. A name that doesn’t ring a bell? Think again. You could say he’s one of Belgium’s most amazing musicians. Because Marzo plays a major role in the sound of bands like Isbells and Marble Sounds and he does his thing in projects such as Ansatz Der Maschine, Jan Swerts, Renée, Guy Swinnen & The Ladies, Stéphanie Blanchoud and Winterland ’76. ... more
Streaming and Download help
If you like Gianni Marzo, you may also like:
Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp