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From the album Surrender (2006)

Yin & Yang
The City
Devil' Siesta
The Cathedral
New1c
I Ching
Surrender

From The Album Pravritti (2001)

Quello
No Man's Land
Il Cavaliere Rosso
Icarus
Onde Del Tempo
Fragile
Pravritti

Yin & Yang
lyrics > Lorenzo Sonognini & Andy Thommen

I read my hands and those of my child
Ravenous seeking new things
Fear and hope I feel
Shall I protect him from his life?
It can be dangerous but
Life can be beautiful
Life
Go and find out yourself

Life
Is just waiting for you
Turn your face and look there
There you must go
There
Your destiny

Go and find out with no fears
Go and find out with no fears
Go and find out with no fears

Life is dark and life is bright
Just follow your way

Life
Winds in front of you
You have to face it don’t fear
You are not alone
Trust
There you must go
There is your destiny

Go and find out with no fears
Go and find out with no fears
Go and find out with no fears

Life is dark and life is bright

Everywhere I look I see
Particles of lights and shadows
Through the things that move
And through the quiet things and souls
And through me
And through my child
It’s part of everyone
Do you see?
Every shadow needs
A light

I am the light
Brighten all around me
Wherever I look
Everything is white
Clean and soft
I can touch anything
Reach out for the warmth
The century of my soul
No edges no stings
All velvet are things
No disturb and no shadows
No dark side
But it’s getting worse
No sounds
Some say it is destiny
Some say it’s God
Other say that things just happen
And some say it’s because of a major force
I think it’s me
No I say it’s me
I’m the light

The City
lyrics > Lorenzo Sonognini

Sun is burning over the city
Flickering image of a beating heart that never stops
Bright the day turning bad things pretty
The thrilling vision is inviting me on the spot
Now I know that today’s the day
Now I can hear the swarmy singing
I decided to run my way
I’ll be leaving today and live my life
Right there

I hear the crystal bell
It’s ringing for me
In the city
The crystal bell is ringing for me
In the city
The crystal bell

Rain is falling over the city
Tinkling bullets are awaking my consciousness
Cooling water flows on me quickly
Hardly snatching the coloured lens from my eyes
Now I know what is ruffling me
Now I can hear there’s something out of tune
I’ve been forced to open my eyes
I’ll be running away from here
Away today

I hear the wooden bell
It’s ringing for me
In the city
The wooden bell is ringing for me
In the city
The wooden bell

Blur the new day behind the city
The sun is spreading lights and colours around the world
Funny feeling is growing with me
And now I realize today it’s my turn
Now I know what it means to me
Now I know what it takes to live
I decided to leave to day
I decided to leave and live my life
My life

I hear the golden bell
Ii’s ringing for me
The golden bell
ringing for me
only for me

Devil’s Siesta
lyrics > Ivo Bernasconi
translation > Veronica Oberer & Lorenzo Sonognini

One night the angel
Appeared in the dreams of everyone
Telling all the mighty devil
Has fallen asleep
At the border of reality

Waking up in the new day light
Evil vanished with the night
No more problems
No more tears
No more pain or fears
Only peace and liberty

A real paradise on earth to enjoy

Years passing by
Nothing ever changed
Reality slowly siding into
A smiling emptiness
And earth stood still

The writer did not write
The composer did not compose
No woman gave birth
The farmer did not plug
Mankind was slowly vanishing

Now everything is quiet
Now everything is cold
No more laughter
No more smiles
No more loving eyes
Only silent loneliness

And so the angel went
To the devil and
Gently rouse him

The Cathedral
lyrics > Andy Thommen

Jump jump jump and run
Everything can be done
Hey boxes left and right
For the last one it’s a fight
The mysterious man is here
To sell you what you want to hear
Guaranteed satisfaction heal
This is really a special deal

Funny lights caressing perfumes
Lead you right to the next room
Immortal pleasure on a soul here
Gentlemen come in have no fear
Push push push fill the cart
I think this is really art
Dumdeedum here’s another one
I don’t need it so I’ll take more than one

Every can is a soul in the cathedral choose the right one
We’ll ask you for donation in the cathedral at the end of the bar
You can buy a new soul in the cathedral choose the colour
We’ll deliver until the end of time here in the cathedral

Hey men listen to the priest
Take buy grab more than on the list
Walk walk stop and talk
In the cathedral you are on the catwalk
You gonna have a brand new soul
You’ll be dancing the rock and roll
Look up here and smile to all
You’re on the latest amazing TV show

Up to here it’s a pilgrimage
But you see you get a new image
The supernatural cathedral
All the goods are eternal
We’ve been waiting for this event
The whole day with excitement
See all the people they can’t be all wrong
Otherwise it wouldn’t make sense as this song

Every can is a soul in the cathedral choose the right one
We’ll deliver until the end of time here in the cathedral

New1c
lyrics > Ivo Bernasconi
translation > Andy Thommen

What if we were like fertile seeds?
Looking for good soil water and light
And if we were shining stars
And a galaxy patiently is waiting for us
Indeed I think it would be worth
To look to look to look
For our faith discovering

And tracing the way
That caches it up
And finally completes all

And tracing the way
That caches it up
And finally completes all

Ambiguous answers to false questions
Sterile ends and square dogmas
Wants to reduce us to pathetic appearance
Lost subjects of our forced world

And tracing the way
That caches it up
And finally completes all

And instead a new rhythm
Is revealing another path
Of our short but important history for earth
From the big bang to nowadays
A red tread always appears
Unfolding a conscience
Mysterious and unknown
To witch we could finally
Accepting the change
Submit ourselves with joy
And let us transform

I Ching
lyrics > based on a poem > Sri Aurobindo

One dreamed an saw a gland write Hamlet
Drink at the mermaid capture immortality
A committee of hormones on the Aegean’s brink
Composed the Iliad and the Odyssey

A thyroid meditating almost nude
Under the Bo-tree she saw the eternal light
And rising from its mighty solitude
Spoke of the weel and eightfold path all right

A brain by a disordered stomach driven
Thundered through Europe conquered, ruled and fell
From St. Elena went perhaps to heaven
Thus wagged on the surreal world
Until a scientist played with atoms
And blew out the universe
Before God
Had time to
Shout

A thyroid meditating almost nude
Under the Bo-tree she saw the eternal light
And rising from its mighty solitude
Spoke of the weel and eightfold path all right

A brain by a disordered stomach driven
Thundered through Europe conquered, ruled and fell
From St. Elena went perhaps to heaven
Thus wagged on the surreal world
Until a scientist played with atoms
And blew out the universe
Before God
Had time to
Shout

Surrender
lyrics > Lorenzo Sonognini 2006

Now
It’s time to go away
Leave the old laurels
A new garden is waiting
It’s waiting for me
Seek the force inside
Seek it everywhere
Suddenly something
Growing deep in my soul

Walk along the path
Through the dreams
Across the fears
Towards life
The mighty life
Rising the force
Now I can feel
Throughout my soul

There a black bright hole
I am looking at
Is it the end or a new beginning?
Don’t fear
It’s your own way

Surrender to your way
Surrender to your dreams
Look ahead
Your own way is in front of you

Surrender to the light
Surrender to the bright
It’s inside
Your eyes are sparkling

Surrender to your future
Surrender to your past
Your personal legend
Is your destiny

Surrender to the light
Surrender to the bright
It’s inside
Your eyes are sparkling

Don’t fight look right
Don’t fight look right
Don’t fight look right

I look at my past
A long long time ago
A child it’s me
A strange look in his eyes
He’s looking at me
Hush now your future is bright
Do you know me?
Ride your way don’t fight it
Don’t fear
It’s your own way

Don’t fear
It’s your own way

Surrender to your way
Surrender to your future
Don’t fight look right
It’s your own way to go

Quello

Su questa strada strana,
senza meta conosciuta,
vi ritrovo tutti quanti
in luoghi differenti.

Ad ogni tappa un forse,
una storia nuova e antica,
un mistero da svelare,
un ritmo da intuire

e a volte giro in tondo,
riprendo la commedia,
pretendendo di capire
ciò che ancora sia da fare.

Riprendo il cammino
ed ogni passo è un errore
che mi sputa in faccia
il mio falso candore,
mi butta per terra, mi bagna di pioggia,
mi lascia al buio
e non sò più cosa fare...

Vorrei tornare e ritrovare qualcuno
che sappia spiegarmi cos’ abbia trovato
perchè si fermasse a quel punto del viaggio
e lì vi compisse il suo destino

Ma ecco che
in quel vuoto intenso,
un calore strano
mi nasce dentro,
ed è molto dolce
senza alcuna domanda;
non cerca risposta
essere gli basta.

È forse quello il vero senso
di questo viaggio da fuori verso dentro?

No man's land

Strane puntate in terre di nessuno, solo...SOLO!
Pericoloso fermarsi a lungo, Torno? - RESTA!

Vado oltre senza meta.

Saggi d’ ogni specie e fede videro
diavoli dorati, porte chiuse,
legioni intere di divinità superbe,
circuiti chiusi della mente,
il fascino sensuale della morte
che promette cieli colmi di delezie.
Solo con la forza del guerriero
superare quest’ ostacolo potrai.

Non si torna da quel luogo
senza averlo superato.

Mekanik, mekanik man,
torna libero;
torna libero
mekanik, mekanik man,
scopriti, scoprimi

Oltre la paura,
sopra l’ illusione
dentro il vero centro.

Il cavalliere rosso

Sul palcoscenico del cuore
è apparso un personaggio
tutto rosso e mascherato:
è il cavalliere dell’ amore
nel suo abito più bello.

L’ ho visto tante altre volte
vestito da soldato,mentre difendeva
il bottino dei suoi sensi
sempre avidi e mai sazi,

O nudo correre su quattro zampe
in cerca di soddisfazione,
o, in tonaca celeste,
scrutar le stelle dalla sua torre;
ma oggi porta il vestito rosso
e il volto è mascherato.

Solo nel bosco sta aspettando
la fata col vestito bianco
che dalla dama del suo cuore
non vuole andare con la maschera...
o vestito da attore.

Ad un tratto gli appare accanto
la dama senza vestito bianco;
lei gli toglie la maschera rossa,
lui capisce l’errore commesso:

era lei la dama,
la dama del suo cuore!

Icarus

Icarus is a place in my mind
You can only reach me there
If you loose your fears and try to get me

There I put my
There I dream my
There I chase my
There I loose my

Bad thoughts
Good thoughts
Blue thoughts
Strange thoughts

I walked alone
Along hard and dark ways
There I realized
Icarus is in me
Yes he's in me

Icarus is a part of me
Don’t'you know he's in you too
Free your mind and you will see
Where Icarus reached the sky

There you put your
There you dream your
There you chase your
There you loose your

Bad thoughts
Good thoughts
Blue thoughts
Strange thoughts

You seem alone
On dark and hard ways
There you may find
Icarus follows your heart

Am I dreaming
Am I falling
All the screamings
All the fightings
And the angels
And the devils
Everything is still
Everything is quiet

I'm still young
I look at her
She still cries
With blind eyes
We will see
We will reach
Everything is still
Everything is quiet

The little boy isn't running
A warm little grain
Is growing inside
Inside his heart
And no one knows its name
The rest is all insane
The little boy is dreaming

Icarus is a place in my mind
You can only reach me there
If you loose your fears and try to get me
Where Icarus reached the sky

There I put my
There I dream my
There I chase my
There I loose my

Bad thoughts
Good thoughts
Blue thoughts
Strange thoughts

I walked alone
Along hard and dark ways
There I realized
Icarus is in me

Yes he's in me

Onde Del Tempo

Guardiamoci cavalcare le onde del tempo
ben poco inclini al riso facile,

un poco persi tra cause e conseguenze,
cercare un nesso per niente scontato,
pazientemente e a lungo cercato
oltre una facile definizione
da manuale tascabile,
chiara e programmabile.

Nè il cuore nè la mente soddisfano del tutto
una simile domanda.
Si paga un´ammenda

per una vera risposta
che brilli sola
senza causa e senza sosta.

Può darsi noi siamo alla riva del tempo
muti interpreti del corso di un mondo
sul limite del baratro
e del suo vero senso.

Nè il cuore nè la mente soddisfano del tutto
una simile domanda.
Si paga un´ammenda

per una vera risposta
che brilli sola
senza causa e senza sosta.

Può darsi noi siamo alla riva del tempo
muti interpreti del corso di un mondo
sul limite del baratro
e del suo vero senso

Forse un muto ricorso dell´universo
a riscattare la nostra esistenza,
forse un esplicito consenso
al nostro interiore dissenso.

Fragile

Like a flower on an island, I will change
As the flower needs the island, I will change
Like a song in your ears, It will change
As this song needs your ears, It will change

I’ve been warned but I didn’t see the sea
I passed you a hand where I didn’t find yours

Like a flower on an island, I will change
as the flower needs the island, I will change
Like a song in your ears, It will change
As this song needs your ears, It will change

I’ve been warned but I didn’t see the sea
I passed you a hand where I didn’t find yours
I can’t understand your heart
When I’m not knowing mine - I will learn!

Like a man on the road, I will change
As the man needs the road, I will change
Like the wind in the air, It will change
As the wind needs the air, It will change

I’ve been warned but I didn’t cach the light
I passed you a hand where I didn’t find yours
I can’t understand your eyes
When I’m not knowing mine - I will learn!

Like the sun on the horizon
As the sun needs the horizon
Like love in your heart, we will change
As I need you, we will change

Pravritti

There is a tone - In the light
Drawing the dreams - for the birds learn to sing
There’s a song
For the night
For the daylight to come, for the magic...the magic is done

The walk of life has just begun
We’re strong enought to role the rules
The start is set for open minds
The gates are shut for fallen blinds

Go ahead!
Be the water on the run
On and on ahead!
Make things go ahead!
On and on ahead!

The walk of life has just begun
We’re strong enought to role the rules
The start is set for open minds
The gates are shut for fallen blinds

Go ahead!
Be the water on the run
On and on ahead!
Make things go ahead!

You can make it turn around
The other side and ‘round and ‘round
For other things that come along
Just grab the line and things are done

If you are overrun by water
Light will fade and sun get darker
The heavy sound of screaming daughters Will be the fear
in your dieing waters
React to what has come to you
Stand up and go and that will do
The path is set for us to try
Don’t let the past just stand you by

Inside there are so many thoghts
You have to turn the key
to open gates It’s up to you
for someone left to fill your dreams
Reality is what you are living in
The real world is you!
Never let nobody left to dream of!

Evolution is a part of you
Make power become a slave and clue
Make the dreams that are worth
To change your life
to change the earth

There’s a song
For the night
For the daylight to come, for the magic...the magic is done

Be the water on the run
Be the water on the run