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Like Walking Ghosts
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Old lessons were all false
use them to tear down walls
& give it another try
age of the dinosaurs
taught us to fear hot swords
so you ask me when and why
living like walking ghosts knowing that they're going to die
so grand a sacrifice in the blink of an eye
sweetest seed it was sown
eyes blaze in ruby glow
ready to burn alive
forgot how to read or write
circling your flaming light
forever your satellite
living like walking ghosts knowing that they're going to die
I want to hear your voice soothed by your lullabies
bad echoes subside
for you soften their sound
I gave you the crown
for the time it was ripe
three years that I strived
to relieve this frown
quit searching and found
and I feel alive
living like walking ghosts knowing that they're going to die
we are just sinners, tired to live in a world of lies
loving like walking ghosts knowing that we're going to die
our ashes blown around until the end of time.
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Revel
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If I went would you mind?
we always find new walls to climb
in time
in search for something divine
in all this grace must one be blind
to deny?
after all we're just spies
lost in other creatures' lives
happy as we can be
breathing life in ecstasy
so free
soothed by the naive belief
that this may last eternally
what do we have to fear? we're damned to disappear
and once that we have seen we do know what it means
so scream at me don't be shy
let me feel your warmth inside
tonight
'cause on this earth we're alive
to revel in its glorious sight
what is there left to fear when this is why we're here?
and when it's finally here we're sure to show a tear
strangely we rarely see
we're acting oh so carelessly
indeed
when it's so little we need
to live in bliss and leave
in peace.
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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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