voc., a-guitar, flute: Corny Held                                       drums, e-guitar, keyb., bass: Axel Wagner (Alchemillus)

Lyrics

Alchemist's Blues

There is a potion to make a life good what does it take, some fun - some food But life itself is what you should as well put in anyway and here's what I say it will be good and then you'll need a few more things the devil's memory and an angels wing A poem's wisdom & your latest sin Put in all kinds of mood and it'll be as good as it should Give all that in an earthen pot and add a wizard's spell You got to drink it when it's hot & use the wind to stir it well Take water from a wishing well light a fire of whatever you find - it's up to you now - A cauldron full of burning hell and soothe it with your mind Make sure you got a dragon's heart a fairy's tale, an actor's part Your lucky number and a gypsy's rune and put alruna in the color of your grin and autumn moon Some artificial sort of glue All of your feelings that are true You got to wear a magic ring and add a rainy spring an ancient word to sing a newborn tune Brew all that in an iron pot and add a wizard's spell You got to drink it when it's hot and use a storm to stir it well Take water from a wishing well light a fire of whatever you find A cauldron full of burning hell and soothe it with your mind

Death Of A Dream

Well, the world ain't shattered, but sure it ain't safe All the winds are alert, You just got to be brave There are hate and suspicion And maybe better ways Is it faith or superstition what it takes to be amazed? One dream's killed, but another was born, and the devil a-dancin, Gabriel blowing his horn and the world keeps turning, and the prophets don't care, Which value is burning, or if a man's bare. All the fairies are hidden in their flowers in spring and if you ask Merlina she won't tell you anything all the drops in the ocean, they are sad and they cry. But the Lords of the darkness, they enjoy their apple pie. Your houses are high, your falls are deep your cars are fast, but the bridges too steep Good days tend to leave, yet the beast is asleep and the hope in the party is powered by greed. You try anything, and you got luck. You got everything, and now you got stuck. and the rails of your brain don't lead far any more. and your feelings are sold, and your heart is a whore. A room full of vigilance, a stock full of fears, and a little box of knowledge and wisdom full of tears. and the times aren't right for paradise birds each idea got his bride and some got more than they deserve. All the mermaids in the waves they dive and they sink the sirens stop singing and the magic dragons shrink. and the love and the promises are laughing in the sky and a little dog's howling at the stars passing by.

Differences

There was a palmist laying cards upon the air and then a storm breathed deep and blew them out nowhere A box was spilling emptiness around the heated room A lamp was shining blue and dim and throwing round ist gloom Some things are leaving and some others, they must stay How can you know what's going to happen today Some folks must be here and some others got to go You never know .... You think you found someone and the next day he'll be gone and then again you start to run and feel alone Nothing's gonna work out well if you need somebody else Some might be alright, but some should go to hell. Some folks are leaving and some folks must stay How can you know what will happen today? Some got to be here, and some others got to go You never know ... Some kids are born into a world of joy and wealth and there are others who lack toys, and even health How can you tell them why they don't have what they need and others die because they have too much to eat Some folks got all the luck and some folks never live and fortune scatters seeds, it doesn't plan to give. it's up to fate what kind of ground you fell upon, if your hands clutch dirt or love or a silver spoon, II: if you lost or won There was a war in a country not so far and the people, they were scared of this ugly, dirty war Some of them were dying, and some others, they were saved and for some there was a future and for some there was just hate Some folks are leaving and some folks must stay How can you know what's going to happen the next day? Some got to be there and some others got to go You never know .....

Es freit ein wilder Wassermann

Es freit ein wilder Wassermann in der Burg wohl über dem See, des Königs Tochter will er han, die schöne, junge Lilofee. Sie hörte drunten die Glocken geh'n im tiefen, tiefen See, wollt Vater und Mutter wiederseh'n, die schöne, junge Lilofee. Und als sie vor dem Tore stand auf der Burg wohl über dem See, da neigt sich Laub und grünes Gras vor der schönen, jungen Lilofee. Und als sie aus der Kirche kam von der Burg wohl über dem See, da stand der wilde Wassermann vor der schönen, jungen Lilofee. Sprich, willst du hinuntergeh'n mit mir von der Burg wohl über dem See, deine Kindlein unten weinen so sehr nach dir, junge Lilofee. Und eh' ich die Kindlein weinen lass im tiefen, tiefen See, scheid ich von Laub und grünem Gras, ich arme, junge Lilofee.

Fake It

Reality is not for you Dream on, your dream may then come true and ask it what you are to do when timelessness comes by The addicts always got their aim The priests have gods with lots of names But limits cannot be the same when freedom limits life Your lady with her lifted face, Her love is second-hand, no longer knows what to ebrace She wants a plastic man It's speed you take for quality and stress is your success and gaude screams out convincingly while silence rests in death The blackberries, they shouldn't grow thorns in your concrete house, I know You loved them in your pudding though- delicious, clean, and small Words used to be demons' villages But empty homes decay like privileges and to fill just a shape with images means life to ruined walls Eternity has become short It lasts a movie-scene The universe was made to fit upon a TV-screen They kill someone, they fight for fun and they conserve the bore and everything's become a deal, and happiness a whore.

Fall And Rise

FALL and RISE Fall and rise - fall and rise At night the sun falls in the sea And the night falls down on me and the world falls into sleep something's rising in a dream Some things rise when others fall There's no time to have them all What is leaving, who will call What is rising from this fall? In fall the leaves fall off the trees And cold rain falls down on me Then snow falls on the mistletoe And icy fog hides what I know Watch it move and watch it go Something's rising and will grow Some things rise when others fall There's no time to have them all What is leaving, who will call What is rising from this fall? All life must fall in time Something's rising in my mind The world is falling, I stay here I feel it somehow disappear It is a show, it's no more real It won't touch me, that's the deal And everything's away some day Something's rising, anyway. Some things rise when others fall There's no time to have them all What is leaving, who will call What is rising from this fall? Something's rising Fall and rise - fall and rise

It Don't Matter At All

Down in the brain rests a pain And I wonder when I feel it again It feels like rain washing down the drain But the stains remain & the memories are in vain It could be for you, it could be untrue And it couln't be new at all And it sticks like glue, all the world is blue It's the kind of brew to drown in Up in the sky there's a lullaby And I wonder why it could fly so high I can hear it cry kind of faint and shy But as time goes by it remains an alibi. It could be for joy, it could be a toy and it couldn't be coy at all & it seems so far, like a fading star But it left a scar on daylight & it don't really matter if you're high or low if you stay or go, or whatever you know & it don't really matter, you can drown or be like the wind so free, or at the bottom of the sea & it don't really matter, who should care if you're here or there, or maybe nowhere & it don't really matter if you rise or fall if you're tiny or tall, or a concrete wall or a Barbie-doll, or a poor man's call it don't matter - at all. It don't really matter, it don't matter at all

It's Hard To Be A Fortune Teller (Bandversion)

Down in the ocean is a little catfish He used to be my best friend in a childish wish Up in the sky there is a big fat bird His wings cast shadows where no sound is heard Far in the distance is a story book casting spells oneveryone who doesn't look On the sand is a castle with a king inside andhe has forgotten how to kiss his bride and I got runes in my bag and a crystal ball, you can ask me anything, I will predict it all But it's up to you if it's coming true - it's your own decision what you're gonna do I'm a fortune teller and it's hard to be decent in a world which is haunting me Down in the alley is a sick old man and he keeps his brain in a frying pan Floating on the river is a paper boat It's delivering wisdom to the ones who know And on top of the mall the witches ride their brooms, there ain't no more ups and downs and there ain't no doom A young girl is dancing upon a star and then she gets run over by a model car I got runes in my bag and premonition inside and fear is on my shoulder and the light's too bright I foresee what's gonna happen, but it's up to you, you can believe it ot not, what's true is always true It's hard to be a fortune teller anyway, your world is haunting me, your value is decay Merlin's grandson made satellite which can light the whole world in all parts at night and now the ravens sing it in their croaking voice: you must look, you must work, you must, you've got no choice The children can't write and they can't even speak and they can only see when they're watching TV They got a button on their back and a little key and robots produce them in a factory I still got runes in my bag and a crystal ball - my cards on the table trying to warn you all and the nothing in the world is such an awful lot that you ain't really got a thing of those you think you got I'm a fortune teller and it's hard to be decent in a world which is haunting me I'm a fortune teller and it's hard to be friendly in your world world because it's haunting me I'm a fortune teller and it's hard to be - to be in a world which keeps on haunting me I'm a fortune teller and it's hard to be - your world is haunting me, yeah it keeps haunting me

Lord Of All Bandversion

There's fall outside and fall in me and fall is on the windowpane The storm's getting cold, the clouds look bold the sun tries lighting life in vain A little candle's burning tall and flickers shadows upon the wall No, life, I own no peace in fall for love is lord of all and often when our music plays I feel the moon like spotlight shine Reflecting the challenge of those days when your life was a part of mine I hear a whisper in the fire the voice of wisdom is nice and calm We had it all, despair and desire and life is really lord of all

Misty Meadow (Alruna-Version)

When I hear Ihe sound of the falling rain Glimpse erratic drops on my windowpane Deep in their little light I see No peace of mind is inside me I want to lie down and take rest I wish there was a place to hide Why can't there be some fog around me I want to lie down I want to lie down on a misty meadow and take some rest When I find you standing at my door When I know what you're waiting for I feel somehow you're never free & I need time to be with me I want to lie down, take my time - I wish there was a place to hide Why can't there be some fog around me I want to lie down I want to lie down on a misty meadow and take some rest I want to lie down take some rest I want to lie down out of sight I want to lie down, take my time - I want to take my time to live I want to take my time to love I want to take my time to think I want to lie down I want to lie down on a misty meadow and take some rest

No-one

When you think there's someone who turns dirt into gold When you think he's able to make youth out of mould You'd better watch your feelings he will maybe want to share Starlight clone can't be his real shape, and he might not really care and then there's no-one, no-one there - no-one at all If he fails there is no-one, there may be no-one, maybe there's no-one that you can lean on when you fall There's maybe no-one, he may be no-one, there ain't just noone that you can lean on - at all If you believe in someone all dressed up like a king If you're dazzled by his wit, & admire his diamond ring He could turn invisible when he ain't got nothing to wear And his colors melt in daylight, it's good if you don't really care Cause He will be no more there -it's really no-one there - no-one at all In his robe is maybe no-one, there may be no-one, in there is no-one that you can lean on when you fall There's maybe no-one, he may be no-one, there ain't just noone that you can lean on - at all When I met him first time I thought I found it all And he promised he would come whenever I would call Sounded good, but he didn't mean it, like all the big talkers everywhere I'm a woman, I can feel it that he doesn't really care And he was just another no-one I couln't lean on, when I fall - he was Ijust another no-one I couln't lean on - at all

Paradise Birds

No more worries about tomorrow How much care about the past All our days - they are just borrowed And nothing, yes, nothing's going to last So Don't you worry - can't you see Life is just what it will be But our time is ours forever And that's eternity And we are paradise birds - let's fly Paradise birds (let's fly) paradise birds - we want to fly Won't tomorrow come and leave? Rain my fall or sun may shine You won't keep the world from turning All you can change, really change - is your mind So Don't you worry - can't you see Life is just what it will be But our time is ours forever And that's eternity And we are paradise birds - let's fly Paradise birds - let's fly paradise birds - we want to fly

Think!

(Info: The song is over 13 minutes long and contains three long soli, which were shortened for the demo-clip.) (Info: Der Song ist über 13 min lang und enthält 3 lange Soli, Demo-Clip stark gekürzt.) I don't know what I love But I know what I hate It's never too early And never too late To think about what to think Think about what to think You want much money? I don't want that You like having big dinners It'll make you too fat You want a new car? Can't be important You like travelling far? Don't think that's what I want. You want to be rich? It's not what I wait for You like to be lazy? Can't be what I work for You want a big house? I don't need that You'd like to raise a bunch of kids? It might not be too bad. You want a color TV? Doesn't mean a thing to me You like buying things? Can't satify me You want to call them your own? No point I can see You like sitting at home? I don't think you are free You want to be happy? I don't think you know the way You like to believe what the others say You want confidence But it doesn't make sense Cause you cannot rely on yourself nor your friends You say you want life You don't know what it means You say you want love but don't mnow what it is You like echoing things which you have been told You imagine feelins but your heart is so cold You say you want rights I wonder why You say you want a future It'll soon be gone by You like being good I'm not in the right mood You want to buy safety the same way you buy food

To Be Or Not To Be

To be - or not to be? What is it all about Nuclear warheads Who's evil? And who is a sorehead? It's not about black, or red, or yellow It's about people, they want peace So many faces in my mind, so many actions, too They speak of colors, but the're blind, it can't be really true What is it all about Nuclear warheads Who's evil? And who is a sorehead? It's not about black, or red, or yellow It's about people, they want peace The world it only seems a mess, I'm scared of what I see Today we raise tomorrow's choices - to be, or not to be? What is it all about Nuclear warheads To threaten political soreheads? It can't be all black, or white, or grey Or maybe important, anyway The answer isn't hope or love, maybe not even peace It isn't carried by a dove, not whispered through the trees What is it all about

Visions

Floating Sometimes I feel like a motherless breeze -a daffodil seed -a balloon without ground -a symphony sound a long way from home Visions Sometimes I look like a flower in the rain - an idea without aim -a letter in the wind -a saint who has sinned A long way from life Dreaming Sometimes I dream of a doublefaced moon -of a life behind stars -of voices as bars A long way from love a long way from home

Where Do We Go

There are fish in the water & birds in the sky - why - why -why - Trees in the forest and time must go by - why - why - why But where do we go There is rain in the air and noone to care - why - why - why All the lights are blue and the memories bare - why - why - why But tell me: Where do we go There is hope in the drain & love can’t swim - why - why - why Peace in the alley & war in the brain - why - why - why & mountains stand or crumble, it’ll all come again - why - why - why Where do we go