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Bateau Ivre

by Bateau Ivre

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1.
Bleed Our Hearts Out On the river’s bank dwell the crowds that we’re bound to betray On the red sand they’ll be soon facing their final day So fearshaken ’cause they know when we come to invade We will slaughter anyone who may stand in our way We’re ready to bleed our hearts out for women & wine & gold Insane we might please the devil no reason to grow too old What I learned was with the knives at their necks they’d agree Never thought that terror could be directed at me While realising I’ve unleashed the worst fears in my life Those who taught me they might never be facing their trials We were ready to rip their hearts out for diamonds & oil & gold My brothers said we were rebels our cause I barely recall I stole killed & raped & torched for women & wine & gold My gun made me my own god with powers beyond control I was ready to drive my soul out for dollars & power & food In turn I became this devil now facing you smeared with blood.
2.
Cross the Sea It may all look straight but sincerely I don’t care anymore - or let’s say I’m not so sure Is it ever too late? To fail this may mean victory Is this what I must do or is the opposite true? A matter of days and I’m closer to being free or is it a one-way street? What are you thinking, please? I’m in a daze and I am afraid to believe That all this could soon be reality It never seemed to work - pray to my demiurgs I won’t get sold as a slave on barren earth My fate was delayed but now I shall nevermore stall It may seem strange to you all but then you did not fall In those dreaded days I could not find a second to breathe Seems you would never have dreamed I was ready to leave From up & far away - finally here to stay never dared to dream of being repaid Behind the mudstreet’s turn -sweet things to be earned can finally rest my bones in promised land You act like I’m insane - but it’s fresh blood to my brain Now everything I do is mine again.
3.
Surface of the Sun Running out on empty lung crave the surface of the sun – it’s in our blood Watch this pale crowd as it grows hear its hope decay so slow – it’s in our blood Please don’t stutter speak right out keep talking & talking, ward off all doubts – it’s in our blood It’s in our blood in our blood It’s in our blood in our blood I got lost so far from home tiptoed down on slippery stones – it’s in my bones Then I got caught in a spiderweb eyes to the sky, then one wrong step – it’s in my bones It’s in my bones in my bones It’s in my bones in my bones.
4.
Gold Park 03:13
Gold Park Burn all the stolen dimes of the gold park Rob some more riches the flames crawling over Drink out the wine then send out your soldiers It’s been too many times the weak got run over I get tired of asking why Oil stains on our conscience breathe air filled with coal dust Shiploads of reminders dumped in the sea to rust Antennas keep buzzing The cold neon lights Why won’t we loosen our ties on lands and on oceans? We’re running out of time From your lips I can read you’ve sent your ships back to sea.
5.
Insomniac 01:16
Insomniac Never sleep till the time feels right Rarely seep what I see inside Balls of dust I can feel alright All I do is laze All else seems a waste Longing for my luck in the winter sun Pets to feed so get up in time Work & eat & stay up at night Crave your warmth lying by my side In a hole so deep Too numb to even weep One day we will meet I’ll be with who I need And by your warming glow I will fall asleep.
6.
Wake Me Up 04:38
Wake Me Up Fail and hide I can’t work it out on my own Cast aside circling round in turning storms Still you’re out of my reach and my days are spent by stealth Needing you here so that I can be myself Come wake me up All on my own when so suddenly in grief Moaning to silently to be perceived Here I still lie where I fought and where I fell Do they deserve I would hide it all too well? Come wake me up It caught me while I lazed - now everything’s displaced I seem to need a lot of sleep - falling so deep A life-line that was torn - me facing it alone How could I be so slow to see? – refusing to feed I’ve been believing (for so long) Only deceiving (it’s all wrong) Read the look on his face - just a fraction too late All the pain felt while digging out this grave Any more loss I know I could never face Alone in a maze where I neither wake nor dream A life so fragile I never did believe Come wake me up Now I fought in your place - for no more life to waste Come round and see my message please - it’s open to read Lead me to the sun - there and back again Release me from this torment please - bring back my peace You’ve been believing (for so long) I’ve been deceiving (it’s all wrong) Truly all I now need are few words so hard to speak So please show you’re with me - and with you I will weep.
7.
Lost 02:02
Lost Tell me who can I believe in times of lies & deceipt? I cannot figure out who aims to rescue me From all the smoke & the waste the different poisons I taste For how long can I be sure there’ll be air to breathe? and every now & then I feel so lost and every now & then I feel so lost New troubles turn up like waves I keep on counting the days In fear there might be no way to cure this disease and every now & then I feel so lost and every now & then I feel so lost.
8.
A Break 04:24
A Break May I take a break from leading a perfect life and surrender to last hope for soul’s downslide? The strengh that it takes to maintain my place in line it slits my guts and it crushes my spine What did Columbus feel steering by the stars at night sailing in search for the isles of spice? (Was he thinking) I started far from here My aims and plans constructed so full of fear - make them disappear It took a fair share of luck now I feel so wary old & stuck – I’ve run out of luck My smiles they were fake my words they concealed despair Frightened for the worst gasping for air Cause sometimes this life feels so cruel and so unfair crying out that I wish I had a spare (That’s why I’m singing) I travelled time and space hunting down emotions to erase - would I ever face A life in ecstasy gambling the tiniest chance I’d meet - searching frantically There’s still much more to learn run run run then take another turn - counting what I’d earn now that’s none of my concern and now I feel too weak to open my mouth to speak May I take a break to breathe and let out a sigh and find out what I truly need in life?
9.
Bloodshed 05:56
Bloodshed Tell me to stand up tell me to lie down in the sand I’ll do anything decide to take or leave me You and I both know now that this war will never end there’s nothing left for us to think or say I am not the one to make this world a better place so you might as well take this poor life away Tear my heart to pieces I won’t cheat on you my friend I’ve been here for much too long anyway There are no bad intents come on and aim at me my friend I did live long enough to see the beauty Penetrate my brain onto the wall behind my back spill my guts no one will call it cruelty Don’t you feel afraid now to shed blood in foreign land it’s only mine you came here to defeat me Please blow me away with that gun you hold in your hand shoot so I can leave this world behind me.

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released April 24, 2011

written, performed and produced by Paul Kuchenbuch, Berlin, 2009-2011

except "Surface of the Sun" lyrics by Paul Kuchenbuch and Daniel Ibrahim

cover video still by Manuela Lembeck

© Bateau Ivre 2011

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Bateau Ivre Berlin, Germany

Step onboard the drunken boat…
and embark on a journey to the highest joy and deepest sorrow, beautiful, mesmerizing, and disturbing all at once!

BATEAU IVRE's Post Folk sound is created and expressed by Paul Kuchenbuch and Nick Whitaker.

Both are multi-instrumentalists with an interest in many styles of music - hence the diversity of BATEAU IVRE's sounds and arrangements.
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