Line-up:
Frank Boeijen - keyboards, piano, harmonium and vibraphone
Marjolein kooijman - bass guitar
Hans Rutten - drums and percussions
René Rutten - electric and acoustic guitars, stylophone
Silje Wergeland - vocals and grand piano
We found our stepping stone
Over darkest hours
We left no trace at home
But saw our footprints ahead
It was our dream stone
Stardust would shine our way
There was a beautiful vision that night
All shades were bright
With hope to catch the sight
Of northern lights
And touch a cooling star
We watched the moonstones
Swim in brightest colours
Reached for horizons
To touch the line that separates earth from sky
Stardust would shine our way
With hope to catch that sight of the northern lights
With hope to catch the sight
Of the northern lights
And touch a cooling star
As the late evening sun
Slides her way through copper clouds
Golden leaves from autumn
Play over a dusty breeze
I slide my way through the empty park
Weary eyes
Your memory fades
Like dust wake the shades
The still night comes breaking in
Dry raindrops on summer wind
As the late evening sun
Shines her way through aging sky
Closing in on autumn
As I watch the miracle
Of seasons changing
I saw the leaves die
Your memory fades
Like dust wake the shades
The still night comes breaking in
Dry raindrops on summer wind
But I can still see you and I can still hear you
You're spinning around in my head
I can still hear you and I can still see you
Tide is down
I thought I heard the perfect note
I thought I heard you call my name
Your memory fades
Like dust wake the shades
The still night comes breaking in
Dry raindrops on summer wind
Once there were beautiful trees
Now there are concrete seas
An eerie calm has befallen the land
Cacophony of wonderful sounds
Is replaced by a symphony of silence
Fading letters of comforting words
She never had time to say goodbye
When there were beautiful trees
She's been alone
She's been alone for some time, now
It's been a while
Quite a while
A miracle has befallen her land
Cacophony of wonderful sounds
Is replaced by silence
When did you loose your smile?
Were you walking all alone at night
searching endlessly for a way
to join the pieces of what you used to be?
Let me hold you for a moment
When did you loose your smile
Was it all too much to take at once
that suddenly you felt you had nothing left?
The coldest winter
can’t freeze your heart
one day you’ll see that even
the longest winter passes by
that through the years I’d still give it all
to hold you for a moment
When did your dream fade out?
Did it seem it wasn’t worth it at all?
Then I’ll try another million ways
to make you understand
The coldest winter can’t freeze your heart
one day you’ll see
that I’d give it all to hold you,
that even when all hope is gone
I’d still give it all
to hold you for a moment
One day you’ll see
those heavy clouds will soon make way
for brighter days
One day you’ll see
I’ve been here for you all along
and I will never let go of your hand
He has a taste of anger
And it's oh so sweet
He likes to make it linger
And he pulls in every single string
We get a warm welcome wrapped in frost
He'll give her every little thing
Sings the sweetest songs to me
She is his favourite little thing
You will be wandering through some beautiful moments
I hear the bluebells ringing
With touch of cooling winds
His sore throat's screaming out of his angry mind
These melodies of softest cream heal her skin
He says we will be healing
And it's oh so neat
I shall repaint the picture
And dye it into abstract art
I need a cloud to jump on, somewhere to dream
to pick my own sparkling sun
Tunes of velvet, breaking in
Into my heart on a constant run
He can provide a safe place when thoughts get heavy
He will be carrying them, oh all of them for you
He will be poisoning her still growing mind
These melodies of softest cream will heal her skin
I'll try to catch the sun beams
They'll be for you my girl
Let shades away, be shining
You are my brightest little pearl
You will be his princess, in his land
He'll give you every little thing
Scented cherries of finest brand
He'll do it all to make her cling
Line up:
Bart Smits - all vocals
Frank Boeijen - keyboards
Jelmer Wiersma - guitar
René Rutten - guitar
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums
Disc 1
[demo] The 1992 Promo demo. Recorded at Popkollektief Oss, the Netherlands, Autumn 1992. Produced by the Gathering
[3] Unreleased 7" EP 1991. Recorded at Beaufort Studios, the Netherlands. Produced by the Gathering and Han Swagerman Sr.
[1] An Imaginary Symphony demo. Recorded at the rehearsal room, Oss, the Netherlands, October 18th 1990. Assisted by Johan and Ralph. Produced by the Gathering
Disc 2 Dethroned Emperor written by Celtic Frost. Previously unreleased.Live recorded on October 18th 1990. Assisted by Johan and Ralph. Produced by the Gathering
[2] Moonlight Archer demo, recorded live at the Caveman Studio, the Netherlands on April 1st 1991. Assisted by Johan. Produced by the Gathering
[live] the Gathering live 1991-1993:
Live October 19th 1991 @ de Zon, Bodegraven, the Netherlands
Live February 22nd 1992 @ Burgerweeshuis, Deventer, the Netherlands
Live January 30th 1993 @ Ekke, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Live April 8th 1993 @ Pinguin Club, Tel Aviv, Israel
All music by the Gathering, all lyrics by Bart Smits, all songs published by Psychonaut Music Publishing (PMP), except Dethroned Emperor written by Tomas Fischer and published by Maldoror Musikverlag.
All demo, rehearsal and promo tracks digitalised at Q-point, Hilversum, the Netherlands, winter 2007/2008.
All live recordings digitalised by Bart Smits, winter/spring 2008.
All tracks restored and mastered by Mike Wead at Solna Soudlab, Solna, Sweden, Spring 2008.
Cover design and layout byIvan S. "de Pivan" Bragin (vicrecords.com/deadhouse).
Hello blue sky
I'm back again
It's been such a long time
Since I was here, so lonely years
There she is again, talking to the sky
Laughing as the wind plays with her hairs
It seems she isn't here anymore
Yet I see her breath in the mist
Her arms, her heart it's open
As she embraces an old friend
Can't you see the rain coming down to us
Can you see the clouds they're forming figures just for us
And Alexandria I'm afraid
When I whispered her name she just stared
looked up, closed her eyes and said:
"I'm not there and never was"
Once upon my lifetime I'll turn away from your side
A chance to escape the rails I've made before the last station arrives
A time to cry, so much time to cry, little time to say goodbye
But our tears will be our guide in our passage to desire
And the king must fall for his pawns...
What choices have been left for us
When all the bridges burn
Step on my island on you'll see
There's nowhere else to turn
Breathing barely audible
Breath turns to whispers
Whispers turns to words
As tomorrow calls my name
Walking right beside you
Watch you as you sleep
Close the window, turn my head
Never looking back again
And the king must fall for his pawns...
Should we envy the stranger
Because on one knows his name
Or should we accept the act
That we'll never be the same
Tender will be the night
Or day that I'll die
A bird's song in the morning
Soothes the ravens cry
The secrets that I hide
Never will see the day
even the sunlight in the morning
Can't chase the shadow away
Take me to the pavilions
The foundations of our past
In a world made of memories
Nothings seems to last
Oblivion isn't hard to find
The shortest straw was mine
Build me a thousand fountains
And none of them will last
For no one will remember
What they were used for in the past
As quick as the water flows
The memory of me will fade
Out of the shadows, into the sun
No more shelter, I'm too tired to run
Out of the silence, into the sound
Too scared to care I may never be found
Open the gates of the past
With the key to our hearts
Dream of the years gone by
Centuries through mankind's eyes
In the wasteland that grows inside
Within me I shall find myself
Slowly walking, pacing front
See through these blind eyes
Stepping on shadows, touching air
Stones move as I stand still
Seek the answers in the skies
As we don't even know ourselves
Silent, as the sun sets before our eyes
In the wasteland that grows inside
Within me I shall find myself
For years of space technology
Still we haven't learned
Like children we explore
Things we can't yet comprehend
Open the doors of the past
With the beating of a heart
Dream as the years go by
Carrying our own cross
Seek the answers in the skies
As we don't even know ourselves
Silent, as the sun sets before our eyes
The trouble you see, trouble is with me
Peace between us, a memory
Our future is drowning in endless misery
Our worlds are falling, can't you see?
Black and white thinking, it all seems not new
The words that are spoken are no longer true
Twisting reality, as they all seem to do
Religion's a weapon, confronting you...
What is left from our world you say
Walls have fallen with peace
But walls are build within our hearts
Wars are fought within
A cloak lies over our world
A misery show without end
The masses follow the masses
The blind will lead the way
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies inside
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
Who shall we praise now
When all our gods are gone
Living is not just to live
In a concrete or cardboard box
Think in a carbonised world
All is done before
The thought of a perfect world
On the pile of broken dreams
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies behind
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
From the smoking cities we shall rise
And on the ashes we will build
Praying for that one day
The sun will rise again...
In silence I'm walking through the darkness
Chasing the webs that haunt my mind
Voices are whispering inside my brain
Divine powers are tearing me apart
Demonic forces with illusive grace
Beyond the truth, the downfall of Curon
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away in the sun, legacy will be their fall
My dream will become grim reality
The sea and sky will cleanse this town
My lord has spoken, eternal hell
For those who decide to blaspheme
The waves of divinity will purify this village
So come, my children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy
This is your downfall
Rise children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy... the fall
Look at the sky, stars they fall
Peace between worlds, the universal wall
Advanced technologies left on earth
Forward step to a union birth
Circles in the ground, ufo's in the sky
No on e ever knows the reason why
Upon horizons rising ships
Inherit what's rightfully theirs
Try to search in space, you lost your track
From this timeless desert, no way back
Feel this as a dream, flying empty massives
Diving skies of blessings, horizon expands
Primitive knowledge erased, your mind is consuming
Intelligence is an illusion, illusions are created
Look at the sky, stars they fall
Peace between worlds, the universal wall
Advanced technologies left on earth
Forward step to a union birth
Circles in the ground, ufo's in the sky
No on e ever knows the reason why
Upon horizons rising ships
Inherit what's rightfully theirs
Try to search in space, you lost your track
From this timeless desert, no way back
Feel this as a dream, flying empty massives
Diving skies of blessings, horizon expands
Primitive knowledge erased, your mind is consuming
Intelligence is an illusion, illusions are created
See the portal, gate to madness
Locked forever in a veil of shame
Deny extraction - Thirst for disgrace
Watch his break - The emperor's killed
Light of the day - Shadows from beyond
Scaffold of steel - The throne has gone
Dethroned emperor
The foot of the stairs, dimension in might
The king sits, his eyes are glass
Growing of the small - The laughter's fall
Can you deny - Remaining cries?
Descent of the lords - Into the trap
Existence and hate - Unseen gate
Thousand morbid dreams cross my mind
Reflections of the past, twilight in my thoughts
Try to think back to how it all started
But the act stands in the shadows of my thoughts
As the curtain of mist slips away
I can see, destruction of a thousand
Curon's lights will die tonight
Bells toll for the wrath that unfolds
Hear the bells chime upon the water
Feel the wind chasing the silence
Lake of Resia, divinity was lost
And lost it shall remain
When I close my eyes what will I see?
It takes me back to the beginning of the end
When false illusions caressed my mind
Curtain falls on the world of today
Hear the bells chime upon the water
Feel the wind chasing the silence
Watch my heaven turning to hell
Midst the sound of a tolling bell
The trouble you see, trouble is with me
Peace between us, a memory
Our future is drowning in endless misery
Our worlds are falling, can't you see?
Black and white thinking, it all seems not new
The words that are spoken are no longer true
Twisting reality, as they all seem to do
Religion's a weapon, confronting you...
What is left from our world you say
Walls have fallen with peace
But walls are build within our hearts
Wars are fought within
A cloak lies over our world
A misery show without end
The masses follow the masses
The blind will lead the way
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies inside
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
Who shall we praise now
When all our gods are gone
Living is not just to live
In a concrete or cardboard box
Think in a carbonised world
All is done before
The thought of a perfect world
On the pile of broken dreams
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies behind
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
From the smoking cities we shall rise
And on the ashes we will build
Praying for that one day
The sun will rise again...
In silence I'm walking through the darkness
Chasing the webs that haunt my mind
Voices are whispering inside my brain
Divine powers are tearing me apart
Demonic forces with illusive grace
Beyond the truth, the downfall of Curon
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away in the sun, legacy will be their fall
My dream will become grim reality
The sea and sky will cleanse this town
My lord has spoken, eternal hell
For those who decide to blaspheme
The waves of divinity will purify this village
So come, my children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy
This is your downfall
Rise children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy... the fall
3000 copies limited edition box containing the 10 following CDs in sleeves and a numbered certificate:
- Mandylion
- Nighttime Birds
- How to Measure a Planet? CD1
- How to Measure a Planet? CD2
- if_then_else
- Superheat
- Accessories - B-Sides
- Accessories - Rarities
- Sleepy buildings - A semi-acoustic evening
- In Motion [stereo mix of the self titled DVD]
We ride along the great riverside
Ever so wide
The giver of clarity
She will be wise enough
To make us understand
The moment we reach heavenly land
Heavenly, heavenly
We focus on
We follow faithfully
Faithfully, faithfully
Slowly and surely we'll find our way
[Chorus:]
The ever present unexpected life is
All that we wanted
And all that we choose to lead
We will rise and fall
And all the chances in between
I try to move you to open up your mind
These barren city grounds
Make you never look behind
You'll be wise enough
And you will understand
The moment you reach heavenly land
Strong winds on desert ground
Release the tendency
And hold it like a cloud
Enlightened and breezy
Hence the strain it brings
If only we understand
Strong winds on desert ground
Foresee our lives
I might be moving to the east
to part my ways
And I will try to get something
I don't have yet
If I do, I will look at it
for days and days
Untill I will never forget
I have heard this mental search
has made them all
take a look along the border
Having the urge
For their minds
to be lifted
to something new
I'm running to meet
my higher self
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
to run anymore
Miles and miles I run
I hear my feet
And I hear myself breathe
heavily
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
To run anymore
You think you were earning
Burning the church of your god
You were yearning
Learning the birth of your dirt
Did you think you earned it
Burning your god
That you thought messed up your life?
You spill red
On my cloudy carpet
You think you were earning
Burning the church of your god
You were yearning
Learning the birth of your dirt
Did you think you earned it
Burning your god
That you thought messed up your life?
You spill red
On my cloudy carpet
Your skin turns dust
On my cloudy carpet
You think
You were earning
Burning
Your skin turns dust
No more you were yearning
Burning
Burning
Your skin turns dust
Your skin turns to dust
When holding it close to the sun
And it burns the skin from you're your precious sun
It burns the skin
It burns the skin
It burns the skin
The day you went away
You had to screw me over
I guess you didn't know
all the stuff you left me with
is way too much to handle
But I guess you don't care
You don't need to preach
you don't have to love me, all the time
Whatever on earth possessed you
to make this bold decision
I guess you don't need me
While whispering those words
I cried like a baby
hoping you would care
You don't need to preach
you don't have to love me, all the time
underneath the mask you've buried yourself into
it's coal-black
I am tired of the gulping that you do
every day a new face
what if I unscrew
your own identity
wouldn't you guess there's nothing left of you?
the quicksand of life drags us
down into the circle
one day. we might not catch you
I feel sorry for what you try to do
breaking others down. to try and to pursue
your own selfish interests
I am starting to get sick of you
whatever happened ever since you left
you make yourself and me look like fools
The eyes are made to see
They see the path of our lives
The heart is there to feel
It feels the energy of our time
I can see it
I can feel it
This is my waking hour
This is my place
I can hear it
I feel the power in my heart
And it's my moment
It is right there
And it's staring me in the face
Disguise and make-believe
I see the end of all demise
The only way to heal
Is in the honesty of your eyes
I can see it
I can feel it
This is my waking hour
This is my place
I can hear it
I feel the power in my Heart
And its my moment
It is right there
Staring me in the face
The fight is done
And who are we
To judge what will become
All the iron armour is laid down away
Followed by the heroes
Who belong on rested earth
We pray,
We feel the rescue coming near
Within the walking soul to hear
We sense the calm all wrapped in fear
And all the while we heed
The senses way too vast to see
We beg of you to not let go
Our names will provide us with a soul
I can feel it
Falling down
Start again
Life can bring you down
The monumental truth
Of elegance in you
Falling for
A part of who you are
And makes you shine inside
The frost hits me in the eyes
and wakes me
these are blury winters
and I cannot see
I walk into the white light of the snow
when the sun comes
I break it with my shadow
which tales me where I go
The frost hits me in the eye
and wakes me
I am the snow falling down on you
I tear up your face with my frost
And make you run to somewhere warm
When I come I see you get away
I burst out about your emptiness
The frost hits me in the eye
and wakes me
these are blurry winters
and I cannot see
What makes you forget is the structure
You're in, all your life
Can't you feel there is the animal inside
Growing roots, still, inside your mind
Suppress your underbeing and let them rule
You don't care, yeah you don't give a damn
As long as you've got your car
Do you actually go so far, as giving in your
Adrenaline away
Fear and sweat, my muscles ache
I smile but it's just a fake
I fade away
it troubles me, what you're gonna say
just a day away
and you will be here to stay
I wait and I wait
and what i really hate
is the panic that stops me from breathing
my knees hit the floor
and I panic more
until you open my door
Blaming global infection
for the illness in him
Little knowledge of the non-affection
between him and his kin
Old, grey, bitter, anxious and collapsed
Like a wallflower once blooming
Withered to apparent death
Blaming the guilt
Crying the tears
Torture the pain
Leaving the emptiness behind
Apparently he had no reason
To harbour the trust
He'd forsaken inside.
Apparently he left his reasons
Forsaken the trust
that harboured within
Walk, I cannot walk
For I am blind, blinded I am
By the pitch of dark, so dark is it
The narrow street, never ending narrow
Clogs my throat
Silently I try,
Try to walk, blinded by the pitch
The narrow darkness, clogs the street
I am speechless
I am speechless
Fear puts a rush on my steps
As I stare into the spinning depth
The end is not near the sight that I am hoping for
And all the light that paves the way for me
Is the wish and will for the end to see
The bright light is the end of the black light district
Line up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars
Jelmer Wiersma - guitars
Frank Boeijen - synthesizer, grand piano
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums
Also played: hammond organ, leslie speakers
Tracks 1 to 9
Recorded February 17th - March 15th 1997 at Woodhouse Studios, Hagen, Germany.
Mixed March 24th - March 29th 1997.
Produced by Siggi Bemm & the Gathering.
Engineered by Siggi Bemm & Matthias Klinkmann.
Hans uses: Mapex exclusively.
Photo cover taken by Karel Tomeï, Flying Camera.
Layout & Design by Media Logistics {Carsten Drescher}
All music by the Gathering
All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen Hugo wants to dedicate the song 'Nighttime Birds' to M. de Haard-Versteijlen
Tracks 10 and 11 taken from The May Song single Tracks 12 to 15 recorded on June 8th 1997 at Megaclub in Katowice, Poland [tracks that don't appear on the In Motion DVD]
Tracks 1 to 8
Demo session for Nighttime Birds, recorded at Woodhouse Studios, Germany. Mixed by Eroc November 1996. Tracks 9 to 11 taken from Kevin's Telescope single Track 12 taken from Liberty Bell single Tracks 13 and 14 taken from Adrenaline/Leaves single
The frost hits me in the eyes
and wakes me
these are blury winters
and I cannot see
I walk into the white light of the snow
when the sun comes
I break it with my shadow
which tales me where I go
The frost hits me in the eye
and wakes me
I am the snow falling down on you
I tear up your face with my frost
And make you run to somewhere warm
When I come I see you get away
I burst out about your emptiness
The frost hits me in the eye
and wakes me
these are blurry winters
and I cannot see
I'm at the waterside
my cold feet are numb
and I follow my dream
I want to cross
I want to get inside
The clouds make a circle
on the soil that I'm on
and I trust what surrounds me
I want to cross
I break the storm through the clouds
I'm on the other side
I watch time pass
and I see, I have to go along
with the water that will lead the way
and I feel, the rain on my head
and the drops hit me one by one
Fear and sweat, my muscles ache
I smile but it's just a fake
I fade away
it troubles me, what you're gonna say
just a day away
and you will be here to stay
I wait and I wait
and what i really hate
is the panic that stops me from breathing
my knees hit the floor
and I panic more
until you open my door
His hands hide inside a sleeve
and little feet play with the ground beneath him
while up in the sky is where he wants to be
Time will fly
and the wind plays with him
the night will give him its charm
While he walks home
his head's up in a cloud
he feels his pores fill up with fresh air
and there is no doubt
that one day he will be
where the eye of his telescope has already been
Night will pass
but he's a lot faster
no one can do him any harm
To feel this great urge
to hold and embrace you
I slowly dry out
I shrink and shrink
until I'm gone
nothing to make out of me
oh what the hell went wrong
my heart gets pulled out
into your direction
it's no use
you have forsaken me
Sail on silver wings
through this storm
what fortune love may bring
back to my arms again
the love of a former golden age.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
For, now that wheels are turning,
I find my faith deserting me...
This night is filledwith cries of
dispossessed children in search of Paradise.
A sign of unresolve that,
envisioned, drives the pinwheel on-and-on.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
When memory bears witness to
the innocence, consumed in dying rage!
The way lies through our love;
there can be no other means to the end,
or keys to my heart...
Sail on silver wings
through this storm
what fortune love may bring
back to my arms again
the love of a former golden age.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
For, now that wheels are turning,
I find my faith deserting me...
This night is filledwith cries of
dispossessed children in search of Paradise.
A sign of unresolve that,
envisioned, drives the pinwheel on-and-on.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
When memory bears witness to
the innocence, consumed in dying rage!
The way lies through our love;
there can be no other means to the end,
or keys to my heart...
What makes you forget is the structure
You're in, all your life
Can't you feel there is the animal inside
Growing roots, still, inside your mind
Suppress your underbeing and let them rule
You don't care, yeah you don't give a damn
As long as you've got your car
Do you actually go so far, as giving in your
Adrenaline away
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen
Frank Boeijen
René Rutten
Marjolein Kooijman
Hans Rutten
All Music by the Gathering
All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
Spoken words on Solace by Gema, Kristin & Frank
Produced, engineered & mixed by Attie Bauw
Recorded at the La Divina Commedia Church , Maurik, the Netherlands, autumn/winter 2005/2006
Additional recordings at Studio Fishmarket, Nijmegen and Bauwhaus, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mixed at Bauwhaus, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mastered by Darius van Helfteren at Wisseloord, Hilversum, the Netherlands
Cover picture taken by Thomas Rausch
Band picture by foto:di-matti.com
Artwork by Michel de Klein www.zerocreative.com
the Gathering is endorsed by Koch, Jac Bogers, Eastwood guitars
We ride along the great riverside
Ever so wide
The giver of clarity
She will be wise enough
To make us understand
The moment we reach heavenly land
Heavenly, heavenly
We focus on
We follow faithfully
Faithfully, faithfully
Slowly and surely we'll find our way
[Chorus:]
The ever present unexpected life is
All that we wanted
And all that we choose to lead
We will rise and fall
And all the chances in between
I try to move you to open up your mind
These barren city grounds
Make you never look behind
You'll be wise enough
And you will understand
The moment you reach heavenly land
Strong winds on desert ground
Release the tendency
And hold it like a cloud
Enlightened and breezy
Hence the strain it brings
If only we understand
Strong winds on desert ground
Foresee our lives
The eyes are made to see
They see the path of our lives
The heart is there to feel
It feels the energy of our time
I can see it
I can feel it
This is my waking hour
This is my place
I can hear it
I feel the power in my heart
And it's my moment
It is right there
And it's staring me in the face
Disguise and make-believe
I see the end of all demise
The only way to heal
Is in the honesty of your eyes
I can see it
I can feel it
This is my waking hour
This is my place
I can hear it
I feel the power in my Heart
And its my moment
It is right there
Staring me in the face
The fight is done
And who are we
To judge what will become
All the iron armour is laid down away
Followed by the heroes
Who belong on rested earth
We pray,
We feel the rescue coming near
Within the walking soul to hear
We sense the calm all wrapped in fear
And all the while we heed
The senses way too vast to see
We beg of you to not let go
Our names will provide us with a soul
I can feel it
Falling down
Start again
Life can bring you down
The monumental truth
Of elegance in you
Falling for
A part of who you are
And makes you shine inside
oda una vida de lucha y de trabajo sostenida sin nunca aflojar
Toda una vida de lucha y de trabajo sostenida sin nunca flaquear
Un pajaro en su jaula en primavera sabe claramente que hay algo
En lo cual le podria ser util
Se siente fuertemente vinco sin nacer pero el no puede hacerlo
Que es? se dice
El no se recuerda bien y
Luego tiene ideas vagas y se dice...
I wonder how
I hear your voice
I feel you whispering
In my ear
I close my eyes
If ever conceiving a sense of self
Reflecting upon our desire to dwell and feign
Liberate me
If ever believing in higher ground
To seize the water
We'll master before we drown
Liberate me
Desde el punto de que independientemente de lo que se haga por mi
Yo no puedo volver a darle un equilibrio a mi vida
Me siento tranquilo con mi pero simplemente...
Calling on me
I hope I will remember you
And how you pulled me into the truth
I still hear you
Whispering
I close my eyes
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
Toute une vie de lutte et de travail soutenue sans fléchir
Line up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars, flute
Jelmer Wiersma - guitars
Frank Boeijen - synthesizer
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums, bells, tambourine, windchimes
Engineered by Siggi Bemm & Waldemar Sorychta / Masterd at DMS.
Produced by Siggi Bemm & Waldemar Sorychta & the Gathering
Photo taken by Jack Tillmanns
Picture taken at De Refter, Ubbergen, Holland
All music by the Gathering
All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
We want to dedicate this album to the spirit of Harold Gloudemans in which we have lost a good friend. Hopefully you have found your rest [ 13/08/94]
All tracks CD2 previously unreleased
* Demo session recorded at the Beaufort Studio in June 1994
** Demo session recorded at the Double Noise Studio, Tilburg [NL] early 1995
It has always been in the back of my mind
Dreaming about going to the corners of time
I always wanted to fly in strange machines
I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And feel it with my hands
Touch the world war II and Cleopatra
Flying...
Could it be that my dream would come true
Building a machine that would actually do
What I want it to do
Russian revolution, let's do that in one day
Beethoven and Gershwin I think that would be o.k.
More than anything I wanna fly in strange machines
I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And see it with my eyes
Watch Jesus rise, if he ever did
Flying...
I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And feel it with my hands
Touch renaissance and Chaka Khan
Flying...
underneath the mask you've buried yourself into
it's coal-black
I am tired of the gulping that you do
every day a new face
what if I unscrew
your own identity
wouldn't you guess there's nothing left of you?
the quicksand of life drags us
down into the circle
one day. we might not catch you
I feel sorry for what you try to do
breaking others down. to try and to pursue
your own selfish interests
I am starting to get sick of you
whatever happened ever since you left
you make yourself and me look like fools
For more information, please check the respective singles.
Tracks 1 & 2 taken from Strange Machines single
Tracks 3 & 4 taken from Adrenaline/Leaves single
Track 5 taken from The May Song single
Tracks 6, 7 & 8 taken from Kevin's Telescope single
Tracks 9 & 10 taken from Liberty Bell single
Tracks 11 & 12 taken from Rollercoaster single
Tracks 13 & 14 taken from Amity single
Tracks 15 till 23 previously unreleased. Demo session for Nighttime Birds, recorded at Woodhouse Studios, Germany. Mixed by Eroc November 1996.
Tracks 25 till 28 previously unreleased. Demo session for How To Measure A Planet?, recorded at Texel, the Netherlands, February 1998.
Words by
In Motion #1 [live]
Words by
Leaves [live]
What makes you forget is the structure
You're in, all your life
Can't you feel there is the animal inside
Growing roots, still, inside your mind
Suppress your underbeing and let them rule
You don't care, yeah you don't give a damn
As long as you've got your car
Do you actually go so far, as giving in your
Adrenaline away
Sail on silver wings
through this storm
what fortune love may bring
back to my arms again
the love of a former golden age.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
For, now that wheels are turning,
I find my faith deserting me...
This night is filledwith cries of
dispossessed children in search of Paradise.
A sign of unresolve that,
envisioned, drives the pinwheel on-and-on.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
When memory bears witness to
the innocence, consumed in dying rage!
The way lies through our love;
there can be no other means to the end,
or keys to my heart...
Sail on silver wings
through this storm
what fortune love may bring
back to my arms again
the love of a former golden age.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
For, now that wheels are turning,
I find my faith deserting me...
This night is filledwith cries of
dispossessed children in search of Paradise.
A sign of unresolve that,
envisioned, drives the pinwheel on-and-on.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
When memory bears witness to
the innocence, consumed in dying rage!
The way lies through our love;
there can be no other means to the end,
or keys to my heart...
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals & acoustic guitar
René Rutten - guitars
Hans Rutten - drums
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Frank Boeijen - keyboards & piano
All songs recorded at Lux, Nijmegen - Netherlands on the 21st and 22nd of August 2003.
Produced, performed and arranged by the Gathering
Recorded and engineered by Jan Schuurman, 'The Van' mobile studio
Mixed by Jan Schuurman, assisted by Wouter Nagtegaal, René Rutten & Frank Boeijen
Mastered by Paul Schuurman @ 'The Van' mastering studio
All music by the Gathering and lyrics by A. v. Giersbergen except
[8], [9] & [12] music by R. Rutten, H. Rutten, F. Boejien, H. Prinsen Geerligs, A. v. Giersbergen & J. Wiersma, lyrics by A. v. Giersbergen
[4] & [10] music by by R. Rutten, H. Rutten, F. Boejien, H. Prinsen Geerligs, J. Wiersma & B. Smits, lyrics by B. Smits
[14] music by by R. Rutten, H. Rutten, F. Boejien, H. Prinsen Geerligs & J. Wiersma, lyrics by N. Duffhuës & A. v. Giersbergen
All photos by Peter Blok
Layout & design by Carsten Dresher for media.logistics GmbH
the Gathering are endorsed by Koch, Gibson, Epiphone by Gibson & Jac Bogers
No sense at all
do what you want
for I will hunt you
Untill you will be
Locked away
just so what you'll
be scred of me
Behind my power
I will hide all my fears
Right now you are punished
for absolutely nothing
And I feel so good
Because once more
I don't have to be honest
With myself
While you're locked away
Just so you'll
be scared of me
behind my power
I will hide all my fears
The day you went away
You had to screw me over
I guess you didn't know
all the stuff you left me with
is way too much to handle
But I guess you don't care
You don't need to preach
you don't have to love me, all the time
Whatever on earth possessed you
to make this bold decision
I guess you don't need me
While whispering those words
I cried like a baby
hoping you would care
You don't need to preach
you don't have to love me, all the time
"birth, age, death. The sudden realization of aging and attempts to hide from time.
Time is crucial yet essential. For ever or never, life lies between them."
Slowly... Flying silent
Touching the wind as it sadly sings... for me.
Aging on the outside
With my youth in my empty hands
Lost all that I was living for, live no longer
Couldn't resist looking in her eyes
I saw myself, tears were falling
The seas of her eyes reflected my old age
Youth grows old, like winter follows spring
Faster... Falling kingdom
Dancers on winter winds,
they dance... for me
Nature's ways
Life can't always be controlled
Controlled by fear
Scared of months and years, fear no longer
Time leaves its mark
The years come but never go
Masked is my face
The mask of age will fall, hide no longer
Couldn't resist looking in her eyes
I saw myself, tears were falling
The seas of her eyes reflected my old age
Youth grows old, like winter follows spring
Break yourself through the clouds and build above those sleepy buildings
Mistified by your capabiliities
all is yours if you can handle
Visable from higher than the sky
Plane and simple,
the facts are at your feet
Stones are snoring
Walls are breathing loud
Roofs are poking
Into cosmic mouth
Start the artifact
and build above those sleepy buildings
Only you
know what is the absolute best
Stones are snoring
Walls are breathing loud
Roofs are poking
Into cosmic mouth
To feel this great urge
to hold and embrace you
I slowly dry out
I shrink and shrink
until I'm gone
nothing to make out of me
oh what the hell went wrong
my heart gets pulled out
into your direction
it's no use
you have forsaken me
underneath the mask you've buried yourself into
it's coal-black
I am tired of the gulping that you do
every day a new face
what if I unscrew
your own identity
wouldn't you guess there's nothing left of you?
the quicksand of life drags us
down into the circle
one day. we might not catch you
I feel sorry for what you try to do
breaking others down. to try and to pursue
your own selfish interests
I am starting to get sick of you
whatever happened ever since you left
you make yourself and me look like fools
A scar inside
For such a long time
I'll do it all over again
Can't face the wounds
Stop remembering
Time by time shades reach the surface
A mental breakdown, they provide
Accept, clear up, clean up, go on
and soon I'll show some pride
There's enough to go on further
Don't force to forget
You seem to go on when you are that strong and fighting
Whatever it takes, your will never breaks
You last and last
And I will be there for you my dear
For you to go on when you are that strong and fighting
Till the day I'm done with the shades
The rage I create towards myself, the hate
To claim the blame that I feel
To damage the dreams I need
Facing uncertainty
Facing the truth
Got to get on through
Blaming myself
Blaming at last
...And please forget
You seem to go on when you are that strong and fighting
Whatever it takes, your will never breaks
You last and last
And I will be there for you my dear
For you to go on when you are that strong and fighting
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen
Hans Rutten
René Rutten
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs
Frank Boeijen
Produced by Zlaya Hadzich
All songs composed, performed and arranged by the Gathering and Zlaya Hadzich
All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen except Monsters and We Just Stopped Breathing by Zlaya Hadzich, A Life All Mine by Trickster G. and Anneke van Giersbergen
Recorded @ E-Sound Weesp, Loud Amsterdam and A1 Amsterdam
Engineered by Zlaya Hadzich, Sietze Gardenier, David Klooker and Ignaz Bruens
Mixed @ A1, Loud and E-Sound by Zlaya Hadzich, René Rutten and Michael Buyens
Mastered by Alan Ward @ Electric City, Brussels
Artwork design and dtp @ iNDEX Utrech
All photography by Esther Marbus except flowers by Niels Coppes
Endorsement by Kock and Jac Bogers
Guests:
Trickster G. - lyrics and vocals on A Life All Mine
Dorothy - backing vocals on You Learn About It
Wouter Planteijdt - electric and acoustic guitar on These Good People and You Learn About It
Mathias Eick - trumpet on We Just Stopped Breathing
Kid Sublime - beats on We Just Stopped Breathing
Michael Buyens - bass on You Learn About It and Monsters
He worries no more than he
Necessarily needs to fill his void
As big as space never ending thrill
He meets his will by choosing hate
Why choosing?
Need us to smile too?
Alright
Struggling to prevail
Foretaste
The aftermath
Which will be black
As black as waste
We’ll throw in an extra dance
For just a little over 5 pence
Need us to smile too?
You’ll turn our limo into a hearse
Weighing just enough to run it over your curse
Need us to smile too?
You think you were earning
Burning the church of your god
You were yearning
Learning the birth of your dirt
Did you think you earned it
Burning your god
That you thought messed up your life?
You spill red
On my cloudy carpet
You think you were earning
Burning the church of your god
You were yearning
Learning the birth of your dirt
Did you think you earned it
Burning your god
That you thought messed up your life?
You spill red
On my cloudy carpet
Your skin turns dust
On my cloudy carpet
You think
You were earning
Burning
Your skin turns dust
No more you were yearning
Burning
Burning
Your skin turns dust
Your skin turns to dust
When holding it close to the sun
And it burns the skin from you're your precious sun
It burns the skin
It burns the skin
It burns the skin
Razor sharp I cut
The bull from my life
Too blunt your knife
To slay this dreamer
We might be dogs astray
No running line will hold us
So rather kick and kill me
I'll be butchered all the same
No words are spoken
But the world is broken
'Cause I want something
Something all wrong done
A life instead of mere living
Folding crumbling withering oh hell
What difference when working the way
The crown of my work
Is what I shall gain
At the end of my days
Daylight awake to a puppet world
No strings attach to this body of mine
Folding crumbling withering oh well
The punished pushed along the line
All my actions, all my moves
A life all mine to lose
The crown of my work
A life all mine to lose
A life all mine
Is what I choose
At the end of my days
Line up:
Bart Smits - all vocals
Frank Boeijen - keyboards
Jelmer Wiersma - guitar
René Rutten - guitar
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums
Disc 1
[3] Unreleased 7" EP 1991. Recorded at Beaufort Studios, the Netherlands. Produced by the Gathering and Han Swagerman Sr.
[2] Moonlight Archer demo, recorded live at the Caveman Studio, the Netherlands on April 1st 1991. Assisted by Johan. Produced by the Gathering
[1] An Imaginary Symphony demo. Recorded at the rehearsal room, Oss, the Netherlands, October 18th 1990. Assisted by Johan and Ralph. Produced by the Gathering
All music by the Gathering, all lyrics by Bart Smits, all songs published by Psychonaut Music Publishing (PMP).
Graphic design: Hans Nagtegaal
Typography: Marco Jeurissen.
The cruelty of this world persists
The cold wind speaks for our lost
Whispering words, weaving worlds
Her time has come, alas
A man with opened eyes
One stepped out of a dream
With a view held within his mind
The tears for his bride redeem
Watching this world falling apart
Like the dreams in a shallow sleep
Countless are the nights they shared
The morning in his tears
But morning still has broken
A light in his world of dawn
All beauty turned to rot
His flowers, all are gone
Close the eyes of eternal love
Buries his face in his hands
Her face looks so alive
In the morning sun
But morning still has broken
A light in his world of dawn
All beauty turned to rot
His flowers, all are gone
Dreams are nothing but illusions
Illusions for one to see
It's the visual projection of our inside
And as empty as the heart in me
Open the gates of the past
With the key to our hearts
Dream of the years gone by
Centuries through mankind's eyes
In the wasteland that grows inside
Within me I shall find myself
Slowly walking, pacing front
See through these blind eyes
Stepping on shadows, touching air
Stones move as I stand still
Seek the answers in the skies
As we don't even know ourselves
Silent, as the sun sets before our eyes
In the wasteland that grows inside
Within me I shall find myself
For years of space technology
Still we haven't learned
Like children we explore
Things we can't yet comprehend
Open the doors of the past
With the beating of a heart
Dream as the years go by
Carrying our own cross
Seek the answers in the skies
As we don't even know ourselves
Silent, as the sun sets before our eyes
Thousand morbid dreams cross my mind
Reflections of the past, twilight in my thoughts
Try to think back to how it all started
But the act stands in the shadows of my thoughts
As the curtain of mist slips away
I can see, destruction of a thousand
Curon's lights will die tonight
Bells toll for the wrath that unfolds
Hear the bells chime upon the water
Feel the wind chasing the silence
Lake of Resia, divinity was lost
And lost it shall remain
When I close my eyes what will I see?
It takes me back to the beginning of the end
When false illusions caressed my mind
Curtain falls on the world of today
Hear the bells chime upon the water
Feel the wind chasing the silence
Watch my heaven turning to hell
Midst the sound of a tolling bell
The trouble you see, trouble is with me
Peace between us, a memory
Our future is drowning in endless misery
Our worlds are falling, can't you see?
Black and white thinking, it all seems not new
The words that are spoken are no longer true
Twisting reality, as they all seem to do
Religion's a weapon, confronting you...
What is left from our world you say
Walls have fallen with peace
But walls are build within our hearts
Wars are fought within
A cloak lies over our world
A misery show without end
The masses follow the masses
The blind will lead the way
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies inside
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
Who shall we praise now
When all our gods are gone
Living is not just to live
In a concrete or cardboard box
Think in a carbonised world
All is done before
The thought of a perfect world
On the pile of broken dreams
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies behind
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
From the smoking cities we shall rise
And on the ashes we will build
Praying for that one day
The sun will rise again...
In silence I'm walking through the darkness
Chasing the webs that haunt my mind
Voices are whispering inside my brain
Divine powers are tearing me apart
Demonic forces with illusive grace
Beyond the truth, the downfall of Curon
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away in the sun, legacy will be their fall
My dream will become grim reality
The sea and sky will cleanse this town
My lord has spoken, eternal hell
For those who decide to blaspheme
The waves of divinity will purify this village
So come, my children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy
This is your downfall
Rise children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy... the fall
The trouble you see, trouble is with me
Peace between us, a memory
Our future is drowning in endless misery
Our worlds are falling, can't you see?
Black and white thinking, it all seems not new
The words that are spoken are no longer true
Twisting reality, as they all seem to do
Religion's a weapon, confronting you...
What is left from our world you say
Walls have fallen with peace
But walls are build within our hearts
Wars are fought within
A cloak lies over our world
A misery show without end
The masses follow the masses
The blind will lead the way
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies inside
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
Who shall we praise now
When all our gods are gone
Living is not just to live
In a concrete or cardboard box
Think in a carbonised world
All is done before
The thought of a perfect world
On the pile of broken dreams
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies behind
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
From the smoking cities we shall rise
And on the ashes we will build
Praying for that one day
The sun will rise again...
In silence I'm walking through the darkness
Chasing the webs that haunt my mind
Voices are whispering inside my brain
Divine powers are tearing me apart
Demonic forces with illusive grace
Beyond the truth, the downfall of Curon
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away in the sun, legacy will be their fall
My dream will become grim reality
The sea and sky will cleanse this town
My lord has spoken, eternal hell
For those who decide to blaspheme
The waves of divinity will purify this village
So come, my children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy
This is your downfall
Rise children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy... the fall
Look at the sky, stars they fall
Peace between worlds, the universal wall
Advanced technologies left on earth
Forward step to a union birth
Circles in the ground, ufo's in the sky
No on e ever knows the reason why
Upon horizons rising ships
Inherit what's rightfully theirs
Try to search in space, you lost your track
From this timeless desert, no way back
Feel this as a dream, flying empty massives
Diving skies of blessings, horizon expands
Primitive knowledge erased, your mind is consuming
Intelligence is an illusion, illusions are created
Look at the sky, stars they fall
Peace between worlds, the universal wall
Advanced technologies left on earth
Forward step to a union birth
Circles in the ground, ufo's in the sky
No on e ever knows the reason why
Upon horizons rising ships
Inherit what's rightfully theirs
Try to search in space, you lost your track
From this timeless desert, no way back
Feel this as a dream, flying empty massives
Diving skies of blessings, horizon expands
Primitive knowledge erased, your mind is consuming
Intelligence is an illusion, illusions are created
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars
Frank Boeijen - keyboards
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums
Frank also plays hammond organ [5, 10, 11], upright piano [5, 9, 10], fender rhodes [7], wurlitzer [10], drumloops [1, 8], some 505 loops [2].
René also plays vibraphone [8], acoustic guitar [9, 10].
Hans also plays 505 loops [2], 505 drumloops [3, 9], percussions [1, 5, 7, 8, 10].
Hugo also plays vibraphone [11]
Guests:
Bart van Vegchel - French horn [1, 6, 11]
Ad Verspaandonk - Trombon [6, 11]
Emmeke Bressers - Oboe [6]
Jasper Slotboom & Marthe Kalkhoven - cello [6]
Jiska ter Bals - violin [3, 9, 10]
Produced by the Gathering. Co-produced by Zlaya Hadzich.
Recorded at studio 'Koeienverhuurbedrijf', Purmerend, and 'S & K' studio, Doetinchem, january - march 2000 by Zlaya Hadzich & Dick Kemper.
Mixed & mastered on ProTools by Attie Bauw at Bauwhaus studio, Amsterdam, April 2000.
All music by the Gathering.
All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen, except [5] A. v. Giersbergen/H. Rutten.
Strings and brass arrangements by Frank Boeijen.
All pictures by Peter Blok except 'vibraphone' pic. by Hugo Prinsen Geerligs.
Endorsements by Koch, Gibson, Epiphone by Gibson, Mapex.
The magical air evaporates
whenever we float down from
the big plateau
We are here,
To let you know,
our rear view mirror
is full of meaning
Our endless trip is now in session
The twelve wheel drive
is overfloating with great experience
You've heard,
our rear view mirror
is full of meaning
Heating up,
coming down with the biggest flue
Our moves have set the evening
and we feel right, winding down
hanging on to silence
While equipment is digesting
in the underbelly of our ride
We believe,
And let you know,
our rear view mirror
is full of meaning
The day you went away
You had to screw me over
I guess you didn't know
all the stuff you left me with
is way too much to handle
But I guess you don't care
You don't need to preach
you don't have to love me, all the time
Whatever on earth possessed you
to make this bold decision
I guess you don't need me
While whispering those words
I cried like a baby
hoping you would care
You don't need to preach
you don't have to love me, all the time
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars
Hans Rutten - drums
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Frank Boeijen - synths
All songs recorded at Paradiso, Amsterdam - Netherlands 16-04-1999, except Rescue Me & Strange Machines, recorded at 013, Tilburg - Netherlands 28-02-1999.
Produced by the Gathering. Recorded and engineered by Jan Schuurman, 'The Van' mobile studio.
Mixed by Jan Schuurman, Raymond Tabak & the Gathering at 'The Van' home studio, Spakenburg - Netherlands during the summer of 1999.
Mastered by Paul Schuurman 01-10-1999 at 'The Van' home studio.
All music by the Gathering, except [1] F. Boeijen, [3], [4], [5], [6] R. Rutten, [9] A. van Giersbergen
All lyrics by A. van Giersbergen.
Photos: Jack Tillmanns, Peter Blok, Micha in 't Zandt & René Rutten
Layout & design by Carsten Drescher mail@medialogistics.com
Endorsements: Gibson, Epiphone by Gibson, Koch, Mapex
Deprivation of my sleep
is so bad
I need to weep
myself into a coma
And drift far far away
from reality
sing me a lullaby
"Summertime"
I'm dreaming
I'm dreaming
Temporary failure to close my eyes
leads to a final
loss of sanity
I need to slip
into a deep sunken sleep
The frost hits me in the eyes
and wakes me
these are blury winters
and I cannot see
I walk into the white light of the snow
when the sun comes
I break it with my shadow
which tales me where I go
The frost hits me in the eye
and wakes me
I am the snow falling down on you
I tear up your face with my frost
And make you run to somewhere warm
When I come I see you get away
I burst out about your emptiness
The frost hits me in the eye
and wakes me
these are blurry winters
and I cannot see
I might be moving to the east
to part my ways
And I will try to get something
I don't have yet
If I do, I will look at it
for days and days
Untill I will never forget
I have heard this mental search
has made them all
take a look along the border
Having the urge
For their minds
to be lifted
to something new
I'm running to meet
my higher self
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
to run anymore
Miles and miles I run
I hear my feet
And I hear myself breathe
heavily
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
To run anymore
Line-up:
Frank Boeijen - keyboards
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
Hans Rutten - drums
René Rutten - guitars
René Rutten also plays theremin on Illuminating & Rescue Me, and didgeridoo on South American Ghost Ride.
Anneke van Giersbergen plays guitars on My Electricity & Locked Away.
Attie Bauw: programming & some percussion.
Produced, engineered & mixed by Attie Bauw.
Recorded at Bauwhaus, Amsterdam & Wisseloord, Hilversum between july & october 1998.
Mixed on ProTools at Bauwhaus, Amsterdam. Mastered at Abbey Road, London, by Chris Blair.
Bandphoto by Jack Tillmanns. Layout & design by Carsten Drescher [Media Logistics]
All songs arranged by the Gathering & Attie Bauw. All lyrics by Anneke v. Giersbergen.
the Gathering uses: Gibson, Gibson Epiphone, Mapex, Koch.
You lead me
I do need redemption
Whenever I don't know
I feed you balance
We will not rest
Until the search ends
I might be moving to the east
to part my ways
And I will try to get something
I don't have yet
If I do, I will look at it
for days and days
Untill I will never forget
I have heard this mental search
has made them all
take a look along the border
Having the urge
For their minds
to be lifted
to something new
I'm running to meet
my higher self
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
to run anymore
Miles and miles I run
I hear my feet
And I hear myself breathe
heavily
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
To run anymore
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars
Jelmer Wiersma - guitars
Frank Boeijen - synthesizer, grand piano
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums
Also played: hammond organ, leslie speakers
Recorded February 17th - March 15th 1997 at Woodhouse Studios, Hagen, Germany.
Mixed March 24th - March 29th 1997.
Produced by Siggi Bemm & the Gathering.
Engineered by Siggi Bemm & Matthias Klinkmann.
Hans uses: Mapex exclusively.
Photo cover taken by Karel Tomeï, Flying Camera.
Layout & Design by Media Logistics {Carsten Drescher}
All music by the Gathering
All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
Hugo wants to dedicate the song Nighttime Birds to M. de Haard-Versteijlen
The frost hits me in the eyes
and wakes me
these are blury winters
and I cannot see
I walk into the white light of the snow
when the sun comes
I break it with my shadow
which tales me where I go
The frost hits me in the eye
and wakes me
I am the snow falling down on you
I tear up your face with my frost
And make you run to somewhere warm
When I come I see you get away
I burst out about your emptiness
The frost hits me in the eye
and wakes me
these are blurry winters
and I cannot see
I'm at the waterside
my cold feet are numb
and I follow my dream
I want to cross
I want to get inside
The clouds make a circle
on the soil that I'm on
and I trust what surrounds me
I want to cross
I break the storm through the clouds
I'm on the other side
I watch time pass
and I see, I have to go along
with the water that will lead the way
and I feel, the rain on my head
and the drops hit me one by one
Fear and sweat, my muscles ache
I smile but it's just a fake
I fade away
it troubles me, what you're gonna say
just a day away
and you will be here to stay
I wait and I wait
and what i really hate
is the panic that stops me from breathing
my knees hit the floor
and I panic more
until you open my door
His hands hide inside a sleeve
and little feet play with the ground beneath him
while up in the sky is where he wants to be
Time will fly
and the wind plays with him
the night will give him its charm
While he walks home
his head's up in a cloud
he feels his pores fill up with fresh air
and there is no doubt
that one day he will be
where the eye of his telescope has already been
Night will pass
but he's a lot faster
no one can do him any harm
To feel this great urge
to hold and embrace you
I slowly dry out
I shrink and shrink
until I'm gone
nothing to make out of me
oh what the hell went wrong
my heart gets pulled out
into your direction
it's no use
you have forsaken me
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars, flute
Jelmer Wiersma - guitars
Frank Boeijen - synthesizer
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums, bells, tambourine, windchimes
Recorded & mixed June 1st - June 16th 1995 at Woodhouse Studios, Hagen, Germany.
Engineered by Siggi Bemm & Waldemar Sorychta / Masterd at DMS.
Produced by Siggi Bemm & Waldemar Sorychta & the Gathering
Photo taken by Jack Tillmanns
picture taken at De Refter, Ubbergen, Holland
All music by the Gathering
All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
We want to dedicate this album to the spirit of Harold Gloudemans in which we have lost a good friend. Hopefully you have found your rest [† 13/08/94]
It has always been in the back of my mind
Dreaming about going to the corners of time
I always wanted to fly in strange machines
I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And feel it with my hands
Touch the world war II and Cleopatra
Flying...
Could it be that my dream would come true
Building a machine that would actually do
What I want it to do
Russian revolution, let's do that in one day
Beethoven and Gershwin I think that would be o.k.
More than anything I wanna fly in strange machines
I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And see it with my eyes
Watch Jesus rise, if he ever did
Flying...
I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And feel it with my hands
Touch renaissance and Chaka Khan
Flying...
underneath the mask you've buried yourself into
it's coal-black
I am tired of the gulping that you do
every day a new face
what if I unscrew
your own identity
wouldn't you guess there's nothing left of you?
the quicksand of life drags us
down into the circle
one day. we might not catch you
I feel sorry for what you try to do
breaking others down. to try and to pursue
your own selfish interests
I am starting to get sick of you
whatever happened ever since you left
you make yourself and me look like fools
Line-up:
Niels Duffhues - vocals, acoustic guitars
Martine van Loon - vocals
René Rutten - elec. & acoustic guitars
Jelmer Wiersma - elec. & acoustic guitars
Frank Boeijen - keyboards, samples
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums
Arrangements by Hans Rutten, except Nobody Dares, arrangement by Niels Duffhues.
Produced, recorded and mixed by Tom Holkenborg in contract with P.I.A.S.
Executive producer : Mark Fritsma.
Photos by Jack Tillmans
Booklet designed by Kirsten van 't Oosten
Recorded live and mixed in Spitsbergen studio, in september '93
All music by the Gathering, except The Blue Vessel [R. Rutten], Her Last Flight & A Passage To Desire [R. Rutten, F. Boeijen, H. Prinsen Geerligs], The Sky People [F. Boeijen], Nobody Dares [N. Duffhues], Like Fountains & Heartbeat Amplifier [F. Boeijen, R. Rutten], Proof [J. Wiersma, F. Boeijen]
All lyrics by N. Duffhues, except Like Foutains & A Passage To Desire [N. Duffhues, M. van Loon]
I have an injunction, don't look surprised
Time to get even in this unproved life
Questions all over the years I live
Time for some answers, beware of my drift
So on, be true, denial won't work
And there is nothing you can't do
A feast arises, be glad you're invited
The future has no past, pass the wine
All those worries about all those dreams
All those nights when I screamed
Captured in security, a babbling brook
Let's drop a bomb and act like fools
But a true feast arises when you're done
And you're done when prospects are gone
Cause when you're down in the mud cause
dreams won't come, pleasure is gone
what did you do wrong
And you're trying to gain the fortune
and fame of the ones you admire, don't
try to remain. Security is just a game
Can't do that, please forget
The things I need, there's more than only to breath
Twisted and dreams, crying and defeat
Love and fear, Buried beneath those facts
Which controle, it's all there
Sent me grief, sent me joy
To become myself, trying to gather the truth
Eternal faith, blame myself
Pleasing the one, from inside
Cause there is where it's at, take my breath
Wet my eyes, turn me inside out and never lie
And if you cry, I'll take the side
That needs in the first place
Be my guest, I will not push
I will not try to take more than you want
Cause what would you have done if the truth
was done wrong
And please forget, we can't have those thing
And please forget, we'll act like we've just met
And please forget, we can do it all over again
Please forget we'll act like we've just met
I don't wanna do it right
Wonder about her last flight
Confidence and hope
I'm looking forward to future plans
Not able to realize yet
Makes me wanna take a rope
or swallow some pills any time
But let's have a look
In the distance I see light
Gives me satisfaction
Keeps me hangin' on
When stability is gone
I take my own life
I make the decisions
I have a goal
That's worth living
Confidence in what I do
realising my hope
That's the bright side I'm looking for
But I know how to take it
In times when my life looks shattered
and I'm not feeling to well
Confused when I think
Which direction not for sure
Dreams far away
Time doesn't seem to go on
Behind those mountains is a land
That is owned by genuine men
They wear a stone around their neck
Which they borrowed from a river
That supplies them with food and nutritious minerals
And if you follow the river to the north
You find their place
Where they hide their children and women
The women who wash during the day
Are so beautiful you fall on your knees, start to pray
The children are the ones that play all day
Are happy and shining all these days
Behind those mountains there's a life we can share
Cause nobody dares
Behind those mountains there's a life we can share
Cause nobody dares
What they need you can see everywhere
An ocean of green grass, the grazing buffalo
Who they killed to have food and shelter
In the winter when the wind is cold
And a white ocean is all you see
The women are still washing
The children still play during the day
And the men wear a buffalo coat to live their land
That is cotton by frozen river
As its spring in the mountains, I see
Behind those mountains there's a life we can share
Cause nobody dares
Behind those mountains there's a life we can share
Cause nobody dares
A scar inside
For such a long time
I'll do it all over again
Can't face the wounds
Have to go on
Stop remembering
Time by time shades reach the surface
A mental breakdown, they provide
Accept, clear up, clean up, go on
and soon I'll show some pride
There's enough to go on further
Don't force to forget
Till the day I'm done with the shades
The rage I create towards myself, the hate
To claim the blame that I feel
To damage the dreams I need
Facing uncertainty
Facing the truth
Got to get on through
Blaming myself
Blame at last
...And please forget
Denial
The first [ ... ]
Sweeter than honey
The second time
What's left
No time
A pleasant surprise
All the time
Proof
Always answers
Sharing feelings
With me
I would like to clear it up for once
Please
Proof
Safety at last
Gone
And I think all the time
About the dawn and the night
All the answers
The wrong and right
When we kiss, when we fight
And love in its most natural way
All the time
All of my life
Till the fire's burned down again
I feel like I am hurt
Can't you see
I try to express
But I act like you're a stranger to me
I want to share, but don't know how
My eyes can't speak
And my mouth won't write it down
And there's so much confusion
as I want to clear it up
Cause when I start, suddenly,
the end has begun
Maybe if I touch, you will feel
what I mean but you're acting strange
Cause my eyes look differently
Caught by death, I do not hope
that my release is decided long ago
I try to get out
To jump at once in a place
Where it's all right or wrong
and I won't be afraid
I open myself for you
and all those others
Who cared when times were rough for me
Line-up:
Frank Boeijen - keyboards, grand piano
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass, flute, triangle
Hans Rutten - drums, windchimes
René Rutten - electric and acoustic guitars
Bart Smits - vocals and backing vocals
Jelmer Wiersma - electric and 12 string acoustic guitars
Recorded and mixed 28/02/92 - 07/02/92 at the Beaufort studio, Bovenkarspel, Holland
Produced and mixed by Han Swagerman sr. and the Gathering
Engineered by Han Swagerman
Executive producer: Mark Fritsma
"birth, age, death. The sudden realization of aging and attempts to hide from time.
Time is crucial yet essential. For ever or never, life lies between them."
Slowly... Flying silent
Touching the wind as it sadly sings... for me.
Aging on the outside
With my youth in my empty hands
Lost all that I was living for, live no longer
Couldn't resist looking in her eyes
I saw myself, tears were falling
The seas of her eyes reflected my old age
Youth grows old, like winter follows spring
Faster... Falling kingdom
Dancers on winter winds,
they dance... for me
Nature's ways
Life can't always be controlled
Controlled by fear
Scared of months and years, fear no longer
Time leaves its mark
The years come but never go
Masked is my face
The mask of age will fall, hide no longer
Couldn't resist looking in her eyes
I saw myself, tears were falling
The seas of her eyes reflected my old age
Youth grows old, like winter follows spring
"Stories about unicorns and dragons are just fairytales, so we're told.
But don't we all have our personal dragons? Fantasy is a world not far from reality."
In everyone hides a king for a day
Nature's actors, in tragedies we play
But deep bows the head that bears the crown
For the weight of might can always pull us down
Soon my reign will end
I, a king without hands
Soon this day will end
As my tears descend
Everyone has his own dragons to slay
Look in her eyes, never turn away
Soon my reign will end
I, a king without hands
Soon this day will end
As my tears descend
Every treasure you find
And every road you take
Has its opposite side
Sacrifices to make
Dream on...
Sleep on...
Time is my only fear
An enemy of sand
My dreams are old
A new king will rise
"Peace comes through thinking with your heart and not with words.
Until then we'll light another candle for this world."
What is left of our world, today
Walls have fallen with peace
But walls are build within our hearts
Wars are fought within
A cloak lies over our world
A misery show without an end
The masses follow the masses
The blind will lead the way
To see the colors that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies inside
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty ones
Instead of condemning what has been done
Who shall we praise now
When all our gods are gone
Living is not just to live
In a concrete or cardboard box
Think in a carbonized world
Where all has been done before
The thought of a perfect world
On the pile of broken dreams
To see the colors that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies behind
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty ones
Instead of condemning what has been done
From the smoking cities we shall rise
And on the ashes we will build
Praying for that one day
The sun will rise again...
"Infatuated by the extensiveness of the universe,
it's easy to forget one of the most complex enigmas of this world:
The human mind, a universe of its own."
Open the gates of the past
With the key to our hearts
Dream of the years gone by
Centuries through mankind's eyes
In the wasteland that grows inside
Within me I shall find myself
Slowly walking, pacing front
See through these blind eyes
Stepping on shadows, touching air
Stones move as I stand still
Seek the answers in the skies
As we don't even know ourselves
Silent, as the sun sets before our eyes
In the wasteland that grows inside
Within me I shall find myself
For years of space technology
Still we haven't learned
Like children we explore
Things we can't yet comprehend
Open the doors of the past
With the beating of a heart
Dream as the years go by
Carrying our own cross
Seek the answers in the skies
As we don't even know ourselves
Silent, as the sun sets before our eyes
Exclusively available at the Gathering webshop!!
All songs produced by René Rutten
Track 1 & 2: music by R. Rutten, words by S. Wergeland, taken from the album The West Pole
Track 3 & 4 music by F. Boeijen, words by Marcela Bovio
Track 5 music by F. Boeijen & R. Rutten
Marcel Bovio appears with friendly permission of Napalm Records Handels GmbH
Track 1 & 2 mixed and mastered by Zlaya Hadzich and René Rutten
Track 3, 4 & 5 mixed by René Rutten and mastered by Paul Matthijs Lombert at The Board
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen
Hans Rutten
René Rutten
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs
Frank Boeijen
Additional musicians:
Michael Buyens bass on Monsters
Kristin Fjellseth [Pale Forest] backing vocals on You Learn About It live video
Monsters composed, performed and arranged by the Gathering and Zlaya Hadzich
Lyrics by Zlaya Hadzich
Produced by Zlyaya Hadzich
Recorded @ E-Sound Weesp, Loud Amsterdam & A1 Amsterdam
Mastered by Alan Ward @ Electric City, Brussels
Remix 01, 05 produced and mixed by Zlaya Hadzich @ Loud, Amsterdam
Remix 02, 03 produced and mixed by Robert Moorman & Zlaya Hadzich @ Loud, Amsterdam
Remix 04 Monsters go Deep! produced and mixed by Y. Roos & Rico @ Fortress Music Studios, Amsterdam
Additional video footage Live at Hirsch made by RCN TV Germany, edited by Martin Müller
Additional video footage Live at Markthalle made by Patrick von Schukmann Rock It! TV Ungebrochen
Band photography by Peter Blok
Cover photo by Esther Marbus
Artwork design & dtp @ iNDEX Utrech
Endorsement by Kock & Jac Bogers
Orginal version of Monsters available on the album Souvenirs
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen
Hans Rutten
René Rutten
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs
Frank Boeijen
Additional musicians:
backing vocals by Dorothy
electric & acoustic guitar by Wouter Planteijdt
bass by Michael Buyens
Song composed, performed and arranged by the Gathering and Zlaya Hadzich
Lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen
Produced by Zlyaya Hadzich
Co-produced by Michael Buyens
Recorded @ E-Sound Weesp, Loud Amsterdam & A1 Amsterdam
Mixed by Zlaya Hadzich, & Michael Buyens @ A1, Amsterdam
Mastered by Alan Ward @ Electric City, Brussels
Artwork design & dtp @ iNDEX Utrech
Band photography by Peter Blok
Endorsement by Kock & Jac Bogers
Words by
You Learn About It [RadioMix]
Now that we’re through
the hell with you
We dont mind
We just give it a sigh
We hardly knew
what you were capable
of doing
But why don’t you give it a try
Oh, you learn about it
Oh, you harvest [untill you can make no more]
All that’s eating inside
All that’s eating inside
We hardly knew
what you were capable
of doing
But why don’t you give it a try
Oh, you learn about it
Oh, you harvest [untill you can make no more]
All that’s eating inside
All that’s eating inside
Can’t take no more..
Oh, you learn about it
Oh, you harvest [untill you can make no more]
All that’s eating inside
All that’s eating inside
Produced by Zlaya Hadzich, Mixed by Zlaya Hadzich/the Gathering
Recorded at E-sound, Loud and Morningsun Studios, 2001 and 2002
Engineered by Sietze Gardenier
Mixed at Loud and A1 Studios
Mastered at Electric City Brussels by Alan Ward and Q-Point Hilversum by Dimitri Dekker
All songs composed and performed by the Gathering Except Debris, composed by the Gathering/Hadzich - Spoken words on Black Light District by Sarah Jezebel Deva
All lyrics by v. Giersbergen Except Debris written by Hadzich/v. Giersbergen
All songs published by Psychonaut Records 2002
All Photography by Niels Coppes, Band photography by Peter Blok
Design and DTP by Jolanda van Iersel and Martijn Busink at Index
Multimedia programming by Appie Busser and Lieven Swinnen
Endorsements by Koch and Jac Bogers
Blaming global infection
for the illness in him
Little knowledge of the non-affection
between him and his kin
Old, grey, bitter, anxious and collapsed
Like a wallflower once blooming
Withered to apparent death
Blaming the guilt
Crying the tears
Torture the pain
Leaving the emptiness behind
Apparently he had no reason
To harbour the trust
He'd forsaken inside.
Apparently he left his reasons
Forsaken the trust
that harboured within
Walk, I cannot walk
For I am blind, blinded I am
By the pitch of dark, so dark is it
The narrow street, never ending narrow
Clogs my throat
Silently I try,
Try to walk, blinded by the pitch
The narrow darkness, clogs the street
I am speechless
I am speechless
Fear puts a rush on my steps
As I stare into the spinning depth
The end is not near the sight that I am hoping for
And all the light that paves the way for me
Is the wish and will for the end to see
The bright light is the end of the black light district
Darling, baby
Don't say maybe
Disobey me, I'll be
Like a bad penny
I twist the truth
I love your youth
You're losing grip
Take a trip, you,
You're going down
Going down
You're going down
Like fallen angel
I will mesmerise
You will paralyse
Framed in your game
Slowly fading
No one knowing
We are through
Count your blessing
Count to eighteen
Souls to perish
For a few stolen dream only
As we've walked down the ally
On the misty afternoon
No one looked back nor forward
The city walls felt distant
Never at our reach
We're sentenced to your world
You're going down
You're going down
You're going down
With me
You're going down with me
I will mesmerise
You will paralyse
Like fallen angel
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars
Hans Rutten - drums
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Frank Boeijen - synths
Additional musicians:
Jiska ter Bals - violin
All tracks produced by the Gathering and Zlaya Hadzich, Mastered by Zlaya at Loud - Amsterdam. Amity recorded at Koeienverhuurbedrijf and S & K studios, during spring 2000 by Zlaya Hadzich and Dick Kemper.
Track 01 remixed by Zlaya Hadzich and Robert Moorman at Loud Kitchen - Amsterdam.
Tracks 03 & 05 remixed by Robert Moorman and Zlaya Hadzich at Noizlabs.com - Amsterdam.
Track 04 remixed by Chase and Falcon at Black Hand Studio - Nijmegen.
Track 06 remixed by Minimal at Rene's home, Overdubs at Loud Kitchen and Noizlabs.com - Amsterdam.
Additional accoustic guitar on tracks 01, 03 and 05 and guitars on track 03 and 05 by Robert Moorman.
All music by the Gathering
All lyrics by Anneke v. Giersbergen. Except track 02 written by Mark Hollis & Tim Friese-Greene [Talk Talk]. Life Is What You Make It Published by Island Music Ltd./Zomba Music publishing Ltd.
Recorded at E-sound studio - Weesp, September 2000 by Sietze Gardenier and Zlaya Hadzich.
Track 07 recorded live at Isabelle radio program, presentation Isabelle Brinkman, Technicians: Thomas Row, Jeroen Bodman.
All arrangements by the Gathering except remixes: 01, 03, 05 by Zlaya and Robert. 04 by Maurice Chase and Falcon; 06 by R. Rutten. Life is what you make it CDrom video, made by the Gathering, edited by Hugo Prinsen Geerligs.
Picture by Tyifo.
Sleeve design by Carsten Drescher & ZTK.
Original version of Amity available on the album if_then_else
Words by
Amity [RadioMix]
Baby, life's what you make it
Can't escape it
Baby, yesterday's favourite
Don't you hate it
Life's what you make it
Baby, life's what you make it
Don't backdate it
Baby, don't try to shape it
Beauty is naked
Life's what you make it
Life's what you make it
Baby, life's what you make it
Celebrate it
Anticipate it
Yesterday's favourite
Nothing can change it
Life's what you make it
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars
Hans Rutten - drums
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Frank Boeijen - keyboards, samples
Frank also plays upright piano on [2]
Guests on Theme From The Cyclist ::.
J. ter Bals - violin
M. Kalkhoven - cello
B. v. Vegchel - french horn
A. Verspaandonk - trombone
Produced by the Gathering. Song 1 & 2 co-produced by Zlaya Hadzich.
Mixed & mastered on ProTools by Attie Bauw.
All music by the Gathering. All lyrics by Anneke van Giersbergen. Rollercoater taken from the album if_then_else. Leaves was recorded live at Paradiso Amsterdam, 1996.
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars
Frank Boeijen - synthesizer, grand piano
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums
Shrink recorded at "Patrick Steenbakkers audioprodukties", Schijndel, Netherlands, somewhere summer 1996 by Patrick Steenbakkers.
Produced by Patrick Steenbakkers & A. v. Giersbergen Frail Recorded LIVE at Audio 1, Hilversum, Netherlands by Ronald Tryber on the 23rd of June 1998. Recorded for radio 3FM NCRV "Buzz".
Layout & design by Carsten Drescher [Media Logistics] mail@medialogistics.com
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars
Jelmer Wiersma - guitars
Frank Boeijen - synthesizer, grand piano
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums
Track #1 taken from the album Nighttime Birds recorded at Woodhuose Studios, Germany. Produced by Siggi Bemm.
Track #2 and #3 recorded 1-4 Sept. 1997 at S & K Studios, Doetinchem, Netherlands. Produced by the Gathering & Dick Kemper.
Track #4 taken from the album Nighttime Birds recorded at Woodhuose Studios, Germany. Mixed by EROC
Track #1 and #4: music by the Gathering, lyrics by Anneke v. Giersbergen.
Track #2 written by Dead Can Dance, published by Beggars Banquet/Momentum
Track #3 written by Halstead, published by EMI Music.
Pictures taken by Jack Tillmanns.
His hands hide inside a sleeve
and little feet play with the ground beneath him
while up in the sky is where he wants to be
Time will fly
and the wind plays with him
the night will give him its charm
While he walks home
his head's up in a cloud
he feels his pores fill up with fresh air
and there is no doubt
that one day he will be
where the eye of his telescope has already been
Night will pass
but he's a lot faster
no one can do him any harm
Sail on silver wings
through this storm
what fortune love may bring
back to my arms again
the love of a former golden age.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
For, now that wheels are turning,
I find my faith deserting me...
This night is filledwith cries of
dispossessed children in search of Paradise.
A sign of unresolve that,
envisioned, drives the pinwheel on-and-on.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
When memory bears witness to
the innocence, consumed in dying rage!
The way lies through our love;
there can be no other means to the end,
or keys to my heart...
Sail on silver wings
through this storm
what fortune love may bring
back to my arms again
the love of a former golden age.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
For, now that wheels are turning,
I find my faith deserting me...
This night is filledwith cries of
dispossessed children in search of Paradise.
A sign of unresolve that,
envisioned, drives the pinwheel on-and-on.
I am disabled by fears concerning which course to take.
When memory bears witness to
the innocence, consumed in dying rage!
The way lies through our love;
there can be no other means to the end,
or keys to my heart...
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars
Jelmer Wiersma - guitars
Frank Boeijen - synthesizer, grand piano
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums
Track #1, #2 and #4 recorded February 17th - March 15th 1997 at Woodhouse Studios, Germany.
Mixed March 24th - March 29th 1997.
Produced by Siggi Bemm & the Gathering.
Engineered by Siggi Bemm & Matthias Klinkmann.
Mastered at DMS.
Track #3 recorded live on February 13th 1996 at Paradiso, Amsterdam
Track #1, #2 and #4 taken from the Gathering album Nighttime Birds
Layout & Design by Media Logistics [Carsten Drescher].
Words by Anneke van Giersbergen
The May Song [radio edit]
Words by
The Earth Is My Witness [edit]
Words by
Strange Machines [with the Metropool Orchestra]
I'm waiting for your hands
to fold around my wrist
I'm mellowing in warm grass
and the scent of you I've missed
And blue is representing
the draft in my heart
I'm wandering through thin skies
and the transparent air I've missed
Pale is my face
you might want to colour
while I breathe
I'm following large drops of rain
with my eyes on the sight of you I've missed
Pale is my face
you might want to colour
while I breathe
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen - vocals
René Rutten - guitars, flute
Jelmer Wiersma - guitar
Frank Boeijen - synthesizer
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten - drums
Recorded between the 30th of March and the 3rd of April 1996 at RS 29 Studio, Wolluk [NL]
Produced, recorded and mixed by Oscar Holleman and the Gathering
Design and concept by Media logistics [Carsten Drescher]
based on an idea of the Gathering
Track 4 taken from the album Mandylion
What makes you forget is the structure
You're in, all your life
Can't you feel there is the animal inside
Growing roots, still, inside your mind
Suppress your underbeing and let them rule
You don't care, yeah you don't give a damn
As long as you've got your car
Do you actually go so far, as giving in your
Adrenaline away
Fear and sweat, my muscles ache
I smile but it's just a fake
I fade away
it troubles me, what you're gonna say
just a day away
and you will be here to stay
I wait and I wait
and what i really hate
is the panic that stops me from breathing
my knees hit the floor
and I panic more
until you open my door
Thousand morbid dreams cross my mind
Reflections of the past, twilight in my thoughts
Try to think back to how it all started
But the act stands in the shadows of my thoughts
As the curtain of mist slips away
I can see, destruction of a thousand
Curon's lights will die tonight
Bells toll for the wrath that unfolds
Hear the bells chime upon the water
Feel the wind chasing the silence
Lake of Resia, divinity was lost
And lost it shall remain
When I close my eyes what will I see?
It takes me back to the beginning of the end
When false illusions caressed my mind
Curtain falls on the world of today
Hear the bells chime upon the water
Feel the wind chasing the silence
Watch my heaven turning to hell
Midst the sound of a tolling bell
The trouble you see, trouble is with me
Peace between us, a memory
Our future is drowning in endless misery
Our worlds are falling, can't you see?
Black and white thinking, it all seems not new
The words that are spoken are no longer true
Twisting reality, as they all seem to do
Religion's a weapon, confronting you...
What is left from our world you say
Walls have fallen with peace
But walls are build within our hearts
Wars are fought within
A cloak lies over our world
A misery show without end
The masses follow the masses
The blind will lead the way
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies inside
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
Who shall we praise now
When all our gods are gone
Living is not just to live
In a concrete or cardboard box
Think in a carbonised world
All is done before
The thought of a perfect world
On the pile of broken dreams
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies behind
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
From the smoking cities we shall rise
And on the ashes we will build
Praying for that one day
The sun will rise again...
In silence I'm walking through the darkness
Chasing the webs that haunt my mind
Voices are whispering inside my brain
Divine powers are tearing me apart
Demonic forces with illusive grace
Beyond the truth, the downfall of Curon
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away in the sun, legacy will be their fall
My dream will become grim reality
The sea and sky will cleanse this town
My lord has spoken, eternal hell
For those who decide to blaspheme
The waves of divinity will purify this village
So come, my children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy
This is your downfall
Rise children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy... the fall
Line-up:
H. Prinsen Geerligs - bass
F. Boeijen - keyboards
J. Wiersma - guitars
R. Rutten - guitars
H. Rutten - drums
B. Smits - vocals
Live recordings made 18-10-90 with help of Johan & Ralph.
Not everything on this tape is perfect, our sincere apologies for that.
All music by the Gathering
All lyrics by B. Smits
The trouble you see, trouble is with me
Peace between us, a memory
Our future is drowning in endless misery
Our worlds are falling, can't you see?
Black and white thinking, it all seems not new
The words that are spoken are no longer true
Twisting reality, as they all seem to do
Religion's a weapon, confronting you...
What is left from our world you say
Walls have fallen with peace
But walls are build within our hearts
Wars are fought within
A cloak lies over our world
A misery show without end
The masses follow the masses
The blind will lead the way
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies inside
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
Who shall we praise now
When all our gods are gone
Living is not just to live
In a concrete or cardboard box
Think in a carbonised world
All is done before
The thought of a perfect world
On the pile of broken dreams
To see the colours that rest within your mind
The paradise we seek lies behind
Who's to blame, who will lose
Now the dice have been rolled
We must find the guilty one
Instead of condemning what is done
From the smoking cities we shall rise
And on the ashes we will build
Praying for that one day
The sun will rise again...
In silence I'm walking through the darkness
Chasing the webs that haunt my mind
Voices are whispering inside my brain
Divine powers are tearing me apart
Demonic forces with illusive grace
Beyond the truth, the downfall of Curon
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away in the sun, legacy will be their fall
My dream will become grim reality
The sea and sky will cleanse this town
My lord has spoken, eternal hell
For those who decide to blaspheme
The waves of divinity will purify this village
So come, my children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy
This is your downfall
Rise children of the lord
Prophecy was fulfilled, eternal dawn
Away is the sun, legacy... the fall
Look at the sky, stars they fall
Peace between worlds, the universal wall
Advanced technologies left on earth
Forward step to a union birth
Circles in the ground, ufo's in the sky
No on e ever knows the reason why
Upon horizons rising ships
Inherit what's rightfully theirs
Try to search in space, you lost your track
From this timeless desert, no way back
Feel this as a dream, flying empty massives
Diving skies of blessings, horizon expands
Primitive knowledge erased, your mind is consuming
Intelligence is an illusion, illusions are created
Look at the sky, stars they fall
Peace between worlds, the universal wall
Advanced technologies left on earth
Forward step to a union birth
Circles in the ground, ufo's in the sky
No on e ever knows the reason why
Upon horizons rising ships
Inherit what's rightfully theirs
Try to search in space, you lost your track
From this timeless desert, no way back
Feel this as a dream, flying empty massives
Diving skies of blessings, horizon expands
Primitive knowledge erased, your mind is consuming
Intelligence is an illusion, illusions are created
We ride along the great riverside
Ever so wide
The giver of clarity
She will be wise enough
To make us understand
The moment we reach heavenly land
Heavenly, heavenly
We focus on
We follow faithfully
Faithfully, faithfully
Slowly and surely we'll find our way
[Chorus:]
The ever present unexpected life is
All that we wanted
And all that we choose to lead
We will rise and fall
And all the chances in between
I try to move you to open up your mind
These barren city grounds
Make you never look behind
You'll be wise enough
And you will understand
The moment you reach heavenly land
Strong winds on desert ground
Release the tendency
And hold it like a cloud
Enlightened and breezy
Hence the strain it brings
If only we understand
Strong winds on desert ground
Foresee our lives
I might be moving to the east
to part my ways
And I will try to get something
I don't have yet
If I do, I will look at it
for days and days
Untill I will never forget
I have heard this mental search
has made them all
take a look along the border
Having the urge
For their minds
to be lifted
to something new
I'm running to meet
my higher self
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
to run anymore
Miles and miles I run
I hear my feet
And I hear myself breathe
heavily
I trust the speed
Untill I have no need
To run anymore
You think you were earning
Burning the church of your god
You were yearning
Learning the birth of your dirt
Did you think you earned it
Burning your god
That you thought messed up your life?
You spill red
On my cloudy carpet
You think you were earning
Burning the church of your god
You were yearning
Learning the birth of your dirt
Did you think you earned it
Burning your god
That you thought messed up your life?
You spill red
On my cloudy carpet
Your skin turns dust
On my cloudy carpet
You think
You were earning
Burning
Your skin turns dust
No more you were yearning
Burning
Burning
Your skin turns dust
Your skin turns to dust
When holding it close to the sun
And it burns the skin from you're your precious sun
It burns the skin
It burns the skin
It burns the skin
The day you went away
You had to screw me over
I guess you didn't know
all the stuff you left me with
is way too much to handle
But I guess you don't care
You don't need to preach
you don't have to love me, all the time
Whatever on earth possessed you
to make this bold decision
I guess you don't need me
While whispering those words
I cried like a baby
hoping you would care
You don't need to preach
you don't have to love me, all the time
underneath the mask you've buried yourself into
it's coal-black
I am tired of the gulping that you do
every day a new face
what if I unscrew
your own identity
wouldn't you guess there's nothing left of you?
the quicksand of life drags us
down into the circle
one day. we might not catch you
I feel sorry for what you try to do
breaking others down. to try and to pursue
your own selfish interests
I am starting to get sick of you
whatever happened ever since you left
you make yourself and me look like fools
The eyes are made to see
They see the path of our lives
The heart is there to feel
It feels the energy of our time
I can see it
I can feel it
This is my waking hour
This is my place
I can hear it
I feel the power in my heart
And it's my moment
It is right there
And it's staring me in the face
Disguise and make-believe
I see the end of all demise
The only way to heal
Is in the honesty of your eyes
I can see it
I can feel it
This is my waking hour
This is my place
I can hear it
I feel the power in my Heart
And its my moment
It is right there
Staring me in the face
The fight is done
And who are we
To judge what will become
All the iron armour is laid down away
Followed by the heroes
Who belong on rested earth
We pray,
We feel the rescue coming near
Within the walking soul to hear
We sense the calm all wrapped in fear
And all the while we heed
The senses way too vast to see
We beg of you to not let go
Our names will provide us with a soul
I can feel it
Falling down
Start again
Life can bring you down
The monumental truth
Of elegance in you
Falling for
A part of who you are
And makes you shine inside
The frost hits me in the eyes
and wakes me
these are blury winters
and I cannot see
I walk into the white light of the snow
when the sun comes
I break it with my shadow
which tales me where I go
The frost hits me in the eye
and wakes me
I am the snow falling down on you
I tear up your face with my frost
And make you run to somewhere warm
When I come I see you get away
I burst out about your emptiness
The frost hits me in the eye
and wakes me
these are blurry winters
and I cannot see
What makes you forget is the structure
You're in, all your life
Can't you feel there is the animal inside
Growing roots, still, inside your mind
Suppress your underbeing and let them rule
You don't care, yeah you don't give a damn
As long as you've got your car
Do you actually go so far, as giving in your
Adrenaline away
Fear and sweat, my muscles ache
I smile but it's just a fake
I fade away
it troubles me, what you're gonna say
just a day away
and you will be here to stay
I wait and I wait
and what i really hate
is the panic that stops me from breathing
my knees hit the floor
and I panic more
until you open my door
Blaming global infection
for the illness in him
Little knowledge of the non-affection
between him and his kin
Old, grey, bitter, anxious and collapsed
Like a wallflower once blooming
Withered to apparent death
Blaming the guilt
Crying the tears
Torture the pain
Leaving the emptiness behind
Apparently he had no reason
To harbour the trust
He'd forsaken inside.
Apparently he left his reasons
Forsaken the trust
that harboured within
Walk, I cannot walk
For I am blind, blinded I am
By the pitch of dark, so dark is it
The narrow street, never ending narrow
Clogs my throat
Silently I try,
Try to walk, blinded by the pitch
The narrow darkness, clogs the street
I am speechless
I am speechless
Fear puts a rush on my steps
As I stare into the spinning depth
The end is not near the sight that I am hoping for
And all the light that paves the way for me
Is the wish and will for the end to see
The bright light is the end of the black light district
Line-up:
Anneke van Giersbergen
Frank Boeijen
René Rutten
Marjolein Kooijman
Hans Rutten
All music by F. Boeijen, A. van Giersbergen, H. Rutten, R. Rutten and H. Prinsen Geerligs, except:Like Fountains and In Motion II by F. Boeijen, A. van Giersbergen, H. Rutten, R. Rutten,H. Prinsen Geerligs and J. Wiersma; Alone by F. Boeijen, A. van Giersbergen, H. Rutten, R. Rutten and M. Kooijman
All lyrics by A. van Giersbergen except: Like Fountains by N. Duffhues and A. van Giersbergen; A Life All Mine by Trickster G and A. van Giersbergen
Concert video registration directed and edited by Paul Schuurman at The Van mobile studio
Audio recorded by Jan Schuurman and mixed by Jan Schuurman and the Gathering at The Van mobile studio
3D animations: Broken Glass, Rescue Me, Alone, Red Is A Slow Colour, A Life All Mine, Golden Grounds, In Motion II and Souvenirs by Michel de Klein at Zero Creative
3D animations: The Big Sleep and Marooned by Marcin 'Trio' Pazera
Artwork Layout by Michel de Klein at Zero Creative
Live photo 's by Peter Blok
Endorsements by Kees Dee Amersfoort, Koch and Jac Bogers
Razor sharp I cut
The bull from my life
Too blunt your knife
To slay this dreamer
We might be dogs astray
No running line will hold us
So rather kick and kill me
I'll be butchered all the same
No words are spoken
But the world is broken
'Cause I want something
Something all wrong done
A life instead of mere living
Folding crumbling withering oh hell
What difference when working the way
The crown of my work
Is what I shall gain
At the end of my days
Daylight awake to a puppet world
No strings attach to this body of mine
Folding crumbling withering oh well
The punished pushed along the line
All my actions, all my moves
A life all mine to lose
The crown of my work
A life all mine to lose
A life all mine
Is what I choose
At the end of my days
A scar inside
For such a long time
I'll do it all over again
Can't face the wounds
Stop remembering
Time by time shades reach the surface
A mental breakdown, they provide
Accept, clear up, clean up, go on
and soon I'll show some pride
There's enough to go on further
Don't force to forget
You seem to go on when you are that strong and fighting
Whatever it takes, your will never breaks
You last and last
And I will be there for you my dear
For you to go on when you are that strong and fighting
Till the day I'm done with the shades
The rage I create towards myself, the hate
To claim the blame that I feel
To damage the dreams I need
Facing uncertainty
Facing the truth
Got to get on through
Blaming myself
Blaming at last
...And please forget
You seem to go on when you are that strong and fighting
Whatever it takes, your will never breaks
You last and last
And I will be there for you my dear
For you to go on when you are that strong and fighting
