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Vapour Shrouds
03:21
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As I travel round the world
I will never see tomorrow
Track the timezone, chase the sun
Life will be a long long day
I will beg and I will borrow
Time forever I'll be young
As the world spins on its axis
I'll be hiding in the clouds
Never fearing getting older
Though I'm wrapped in vapour shrouds
And I will not feel alone now hiding in the clouds
And I will not feel alone now aah
Das Leben ist ein langer Tag
Ich werde betteln, werde stehlen
Zeit für ewig, ich bleibe jung
Die Erde kreist um ihre Achse
Ich such hinter den Wolken Schutz
Keine Angst vorm Älterwerden
Wickel mich tief in den Dunst
And I will not feel alone now hiding in the clouds
And I will not feel alone now aah
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2. |
Won't You Tell Me
04:50
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Won’t you show me how to climb this mountain
So I can visit the sky
I’ve been yearning so much for excitement
To live before I say die
My head, my head’s in the clouds
My eyes, they feast on the blue
My heart is singing out loud
And my body too.
Won’t you tell me how to swim this river
So I can cross to the other side
I’m so curious to see what I’m missing
To live before I say die
A whirlwind lifts up my mind
I see adventures in time
Oh what, oh what will I find
How I love this game
Oh my journey, it hasn’t been lonely
It’s been painted in colours of so many hues
I’ve been learning from so many travellers
Though some lessons I didn’t choose
Yes, sometimes I have been scared
I’ve learned to live with it all
And when my story’s been shared
It’s broken the fall
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3. |
Not What I Intended
02:59
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This is not what I intended
Not what I had signed up for
I'd thought of something vague and open-ended
With a handle on the door
I see you standing before me
I smell your hair
I feel the warmth of your presence
It fills the air
I sense your physical form fill the room that we are in
Now after all the garbled talking
After everything I'd seen
Still nothing could prepare me for you stepping through that screen
Das war nie der Plan gewesen
So hatt' ich's mir nicht vorgestellt
Davon gehört, davon gelesen
Aber nicht in dieser Welt
Du kannst so tun, als wär das schon immer so vorgesehen
Dass du und ich wie die Tiere so dicht aneinander stehen
Der Schnitt deiner Brauen überrascht mich
Die Form deiner Ohren
Nach dem körperlosen Leben
Nach der Trauer und dem Zorn
Falscher Mehltau auf den Reben
Es beginnt alles von vorn
Lalalalala
This is not what I intended
Not what I had signed up for
I'd thought of something vague and open-ended
With a handle on the door
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4. |
Step Into England
04:21
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Won't you come to our little island
Where everything's caps lock GREAT
As a neighbour and a friend
Glad to see you here again
Could you just line up single file and
Let's have a look at you while you wait
As a neighbour and a friend
Have you come to earn or spend?
Step into England
But first prove that you won't stay
And if you've made your home in England
We'll make sure you can't wait to get away
Now you've arrived on our little island
You will have to be detained
You're a neighbour and a friend
But we can't know if you pretend
We've put your stuff in one neat little pile
And now we'll put you in a van
Let us take care of your phone
Does that make you feel alone?
Step into England...
Ich bin zurück auf der kleinen Insel
War nur für ein paar Wochen weg
Als Nachbar und als Freund
Derselbe Mensch nur leicht gebräunt
Und was ihr hier mit mir anstellt
Tun wir dem Rest der Welt schon immer an
Ja als Nachbar und als Freund
War ich noch niemals eingezäunt
Step into England
Komm nach Europa
But first prove that you won't stay
Wir passen auf, dass du nicht bleibst
And if you've made your home in England
Und machst du dein Zuhause in Europa
We'll make sure you can't wait to get away
Dann sorgen wir dafür dass du's bereust
Step into England!
Komm nach Europa!
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5. |
Closer To The Edge
03:36
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Close to the edge of losing faith
In all that I've been told
Close to the edge of a crumbling cliff
I reach for a hand to hold
A hand to save me
To keep me steady
To stand on solid ground
A hand to save me
A heart to love me
But I don't want to be held down
Closer to the edge
Closer to the edge
Here I go again at 4AM
Wondering how to cope
The sea rushes through all my waking dreams
As I dream I wave and hope
For a hand to save me
To keep me steady
To stand on solid ground
A hand to save me
A heart to love me
But I don't want to be held down
Closer to the edge
Closer to the edge
The fear of falling can work two ways
The fear of falling can energise
Can take you flying anywhere
The fear of falling
I just don't care
For a hand to save me
To keep me steady
To stand on solid ground
A hand to save me
A heart to love me
But I don't want to be held down
Do I want, do I need a rescue plan?
Fear is an energy
Will a hand that saves me
That keeps me steady
Pin me to the ground?
Will a hand that saves me
The heart that loves me
Will it hold me down?
Closer To The Edge
Closer To The Edge
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6. |
The Me That Time Forgot
03:38
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In the gap between awakening and deepest sleep
That’s where you’ll find a place called ‘I wonder…’
Where nothing’s what it seems
It’s all confetti dreams
A miasma of sparkling hope
A web where my mind is caught
My busy schedule, well it’s bound by prison rules
And I feel like I’m going under
Everything is planned
Chance encounters banned
Every wrinkle is ironed out
They call the shots
The me that time forgot
As I fight a losing battle with my reverie
Sleep beckons to me and pulls me ever yonder
To wonder what could be
If I could just be me
Disentangled from the net that’s made me lose
The battles I’ve fought
The me that time forgot
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McCookerybook & Rotifer London, UK
The joint project of Helen McCookerybook & Robert Rotifer
Helen (The Chefs, Helen & The Horns)
has released 8 solo albums and produced a documentary on She Punks with Gina Birch, based on her book ‘The Lost Women of Rock’.
Robert, born in Vienna, living in Canterbury, has released 11 albums, collaborated with Wreckless Eric, André Heller, Darren Hayman, John Howard, Louis Philippe & others.
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