Credits 
FAF is Edwin Roes (guitars), Hans van Lint (vocals, acoustic guitar), Ed Wernke (drums, percussion), Peter de Jong (keyboards), Rene Bacchus (bass, backing vocals)

Special thanks to Julian Driessen (organ on "we cannot" and gigging with us between 2001 and 2003)

Produced by Mark Derksen and FAF
Recorded, mixed* and mastered at 
Markant recording studios, Heeze, the Netherlands
all songs written and performed by FAF 2001
Arrangements by FAF and Mark Derksen
* assisted by Gert-Jan Masurel

Artwork and design by Bert van Dijk
Photography by Ruud Raats
Published by Mark Anthony songs, red sea records
Distributed by rock inc. distribution and promotion

1 / We Cannot
we can work it out
we can talk about it
we can go over it till kingdom come
we communicate all right
we act like grown up people
we can be that civilized

but just to shut up
and talk without words
to be convincing without a monologue
to speak with our hands
our hearts our soul
we can not...

we are open-minded
we are positive
we can go through our own therapy
we are dedicated
we are so committed
we sure look good on paper

but just to shut up
and talk without words
to be convincing without a monologue
to speak with our hands
our hearts our soul
we can not...

but just to shut up
and forget who we are
and be unreasonably mad
cause of nothing at all
to forgive with our hearts, 
mind and our soul
we can not...

but just to shut up
and talk without words
to be convincing without a monologue
to speak with our hands
our hearts our soul
we can not...
so shut up
we can not...
shut up

2 / Silly Love Song 
it's so much easier
to walk on water
to fly to the moon and back
so much easier
to write a thousand novels
than sharing my thoughts with you

is it so hard
is it really worthwhile
to understand my world, my soul, my dreams
is it so hard
is it all but a lie
would you listen to these words, this song

it's just a silly love-song
it's just a silly love-song
cause I tried to find the words to say
to tell you in a different way
but all that I came up with
this silly love-song...

it's so much easier
(is it so hard)
to walk on water
fly to the moon and back
so much easier
(is it all just a lie)
to write a thousand novels
than sharing my thoughts with you

it's just a silly love-song
it's just a silly love-song
cause I tried to find the words to say
to tell you in a different way
but all that I came up with
this silly love-song

3 / Giving Up 
don't tell me it's all right
cause I'm entitled to some anger
when I say I quit I give up
doesn't mean I'm giving up the fight

there's no distinction
I've tried but I've failed
well it's the same aggravation
every day
too much confusion
too much information
life's much too precious
to fade away

who says I have to love you?

there's no salvation
call it what you want
it's the same frustration
every day
too much confusion
too much information
free your mind
or fade away

who says I have to love you?
who says I have to need you?
who says I have to make
the best of our lives?

don't tell me it's all right
cause I'm entitled to some anger
when I say I quit I give up
doesn't mean I'm giving up the fight

'cause I can still
hear you climbing up the stairs
and I can feel my body shaking
when I say I quit I give up
doesn't mean I'm giving up the fight

and I can still see
the expression in your eyes
and I can feel the tears
overflowing mine
and when I say
that I'm not coming back again
doesn't mean I'm giving up the fight

there's no prescription
I've had enough love to choke on
it's like a time-bomb
that blows up to fast
too much confusion
too much information
you can not touch me
and then cast me aside

who says I have to love you?
who says I have to need you?
who says that I don't love you?

4 / Cameroon
she's black and beautiful
skin of dust and 
clouds before her eyes
she's like a deep blue pearl
a teardrop spilled
when god was passing by

and I know
how the passion it 
glows in your eyes
and I see
she runs thicker 
than blood through your veins
and I hope
I'll be a part 
of that part in your life

she's black and beautiful
a ring of fire
and smoke before her eyes
just like the trojan horse
you let her in
and find yourself inside

and I know
how the passion it 
glows in your eyes
and I see
she runs thicker than 
blood through your veins
and I hope
I'll be a part of that 
part in your life

she's black and beautiful
she's fast asleep when 
you are still wide awake
you think you understand
but you don't feel 
her heart beating

and I know
how the passion it 
glows in your eyes
and I see
she runs thicker than 
blood through your veins
and I hope
I'll be a part of 
that part in your life

when everything changes around you
and inside of you a part of you dies

she's black and beautiful
but underneath the sun and makossa
she's cold, cruel sometimes
chaos rules
in little africa

and I know
in every corner in every town
she hides behind courtesy, 
drinks and smiles
and I hope I'll be a part of 
that part in your life

when everything changes around you
and inside of you a part of you dies

5 / The Big Room
it's shining
the spotlight
in your eyes
it's your choice
it's your life
don't let it
slip away now
from your hands
you've got it
so go get it now

it's calling
like voices
in your head
as loud as
you've ever heard before
it's not your
imagination
running over you
just let it
free yourself from you

turn it off
put it down
just walk away and
get out
get out
into the big room
get out
get out
into the big room

the music
is beating
in your heart
it's as real
as the ground
you walk upon
it's not just
a high light
from your dreams
stop dreaming
start living now

turn it off
put it down
just walk away and
get out
get out
into the big room
(beyond the black and white)
get out
get out
out into the big room
it's your choice your life
get out
into the big room
(where you look beyond
what keeps you inside)
get out
get out
into the big room

so when you draw your master plan
don't incorporate the fuss
that you're stuck into
from your head to your toes
because who you really are
is who you wanna be

it's shining in your eyes
the spotlight
it's your choice your life...
get out!

6 / If Love
it's new years day
she says she wants
to dance the night away
on a marble floor in negligée
without any reservation
dancing on top of the world
then she smiles
whispers goodnight
but in a little while
is it my imagination?
or just the wind that I heard

if love
can withhold her from dancing
I don't want it anymore
if love
can take that once in a lifetime
and lock it up between concrete walls
if it does I don't want it anymore

he says: "it's ok"
if you don't want it baby it can wait
until we're rich enough for resignation
without any chances taken
cruising the safe side of life
than he smiles
whispers goodnight
but in the morning light
he's got his eyes still wide open
the emptiness inside

if love
can withhold his desire
I don't want it anymore
if love
can take that once in a lifetime
and lock it up between concrete walls
if it does I don't want it anymore

and if it's not enough
to find the right words to say
to try and kiss and hug
that feeling away
if it makes it
so hard to deal with the pain
better stop the show
cause it might not be there
anymore...

7 / Little Things
the voice that echoes in my mind
the song I've sung a million times
it's all so obvious so true
if there's a point it all leads to
then why are we so lonely

I found love lies in all these little things
the whisper of "I love you" in my ear

my bags are packed your eyes are closed
my lips are dry your hands are cold
and as I'm trying not to scream
and you are trying hard to dream
the truth hits like a sniper

I found love lies in all these little things
the whisper of "I love you" in my ear

if you can't feel what I can feel
if you can't see what I can see
you might as well be blind
if you hold on too hard it might
run like water through your hands
you live on borrowed time

the voice that echoes in my mind
the song I've sung a million times
it's all so obvious so true
if there's a point it all leads to
then why are we so lonely

if you can't feel what I can feel
if you can't see what I can see
you might as well be blind
if you hold on too hard it might
run like water through your hands
you live on borrowed time

8 / Higher Level
the empty thoughts cross my mind
the hollow spot that meets the eye
the anger that's hidden all inside
one day it'll blow up in my face

tried to run and hide
let it stay at the back of my mind
it's getting harder each day
give a little time they say
give it just another day
don't let your emotions get in the way

must get my feelings to another level
must get the feeling doing something right
I'm hiding my pain that's the way I'm travelling
I must get the feeling
that everything I do is all right...

I realise now not every one should know
the kind of state of mind you're in
I realise now that I'm not allowed to show
what is hidden in your heart

must get my feelings to another level
must get the feeling doing something right
I'm hiding my pain that's the way I'm travelling
I must get the feeling
that everything I do is all right...
must get my feelings to a higher level
must get the feeling doing something right
I'm hiding my pain that's the way I'm travelling
I must get the feeling
that everything I do is all right...

9 / Don 't Hurt Me
I don't care
what's going on in your mind
I don't know
what you're thinking
of all the time

usually I'm
not a violent type of man
I'll give it all
the very best that I can
but don't you hurt me

it's funny how
you get caught up in your lies
simply cause
there is nothing that I
would not buy

so what's been cooking
in your mind
what is it you're telling me
between the lines
where's the truth behind your lies
how to figure out
what's in your eyes

as long as you don't hurt me
you can wear me out
put me down
I'll be standing up
I will be around
you break my heart
burn my house
I'll be fuelled up faster
than you can blink your eyes
as long as you don't hurt me...
...I'll be fine

I don't care
I am deaf, numb and blind
to what it is you're saying
to what you have in mind

you can paralyze my thinking
you can penetrate my mind
you can patronize my feelings
substitute my truth with lies

you can stick to separation
and mix it up with love
you can thrive on isolation
you could kill yourself one day

you can wear me out
put me down
I'll be standing up
I will be around
you can break my heart
burn my house
I'll be fuelled up faster
than you can blink your eyes
as long as you don't hurt me...
...I'll be fine

10 / The One
in his first few hours
the father knows for sure
he will raise a golden boy
in those innocent hours
the mother looks at her precious
human toy

he's supposed to be the one
the one who's got to live
somebody's life again

it's time to leave the dreams
that captured me
it's time for your tomorrow
it's time to disagree
it's time to carry on
to a place I've never been
no time for all your sorrow
someday you'll see
what I have seen

he embraced his little lawyer
she carresses her little king
a long expected dream forfilled
another puppet on their strings

he's supposed to be the one
the one who's got to live
somebody's life again

it's time to leave the dreams
that captured me
it's time for your tomorrow
it's time to disagree
it's time to carry on
to a place I've never been
no time for all your sorrow
someday you'll see
what I have seen