Tintinnabulation (1996)

1 / Nowhere To Run (6.04)
2 / Don't Stay (4.23)
3 / Each And Every Day (7.38)
4 / Ignorance (5.58)
5 / Way Out Of Line (5.03)
6 / Waste of time (5.15)
7 / Too Late (6.29)
8 / Boy (6.43)
9 / Father (7.29)
Credits 
FAF is Edwin Roes (guitars), Alex Toonen (vocals), Ed Wernke (drums, backing vocals), Peter de Jong (keyboards), Rene Bacchus (bass, backing vocals)

All songs written By FAF
Produced by Mark Anthony And Gert-Jan Masurel
Recorded, Mixed And Mastered April - September 1996
At Markant Recording Studios, Heeze, The Netherlands
Art Direction And Design By Bert Van Dijk
Photography By Ruud Raats
1 / Nowhere To Run (6.04)
Driving on a desert highway
My destiny's unknown
I haven't got a clue
And I don't know what I'm doing
I'm just thinking of a chance to get away
I want to get away

Heading for another border
Miles away from home
Looking for a place to lay my head
But I'm to scared to stop
Trying to get away
I want to get away

The sun is burning on the middle of the road
The cops are on my heels
I know I haven't got a chance
To come out of this alive
I just hope that someone out there knows my name
I hope she knows my name

I was tired of my illusions
Every single day
I was blinded by confusion
I pulled my gun and tried to make her stay
Why didn't she just stay

I still remember
The fear in her eyes
As I lost my mind
Looking for a reason
To make her understand the things I did
To let her stay
There's nothing to return to
She looked at me and turned and walked away
2 / Don't Stay (4.23)
I'm getting out of bed
There's something in your eyes
Anger in the morning
I'm so tired of telling lies

You know I'm trying to find my way
But you couldn't be more wrong
You think I wanted you to stay
But I'm wishing you were gone

And then when you tell me
I'm making no more sense
That's when it hits me
You 're trying to make me pay

I know you've had enough
But do you think that you're alone
I never really wanted you
In this place I call my own

I always liked my freedom
But now it's coming to an end
I guess you never saw it coming
But now it's really time you went

And then when you tell me
I'm making no more sense
That's when it hits me
You 're trying to make me pay

I'm telling you to go
But you don't listen to what I say
You've only got one goal
I think you're trying to make me pay
I think you're trying to make me pay

And then when you tell me
I'm making no more sense
That's when it hits me
You 're trying to make me pay
3 / Each And Every Day (7.38)
Each and every day
I watch the falling leaves
And I could not long for more

'Cause each and every day
I live without you
I know I made the right choice

Did I ever care to tell you
Did I ever care to tell you it's okay
Did I ever mean to tell you
Everything I ever felt has gone away
Each and every day

Each and every day
I watch the falling stars
And I could not wish for more

'Cause every day I stay
It's getting harder
to go away...for every

Moment that I live without you
Makes me want to stay without you
In a way

And if I ever think about you
I know that what I have decided is okay
In each and every way

Thinking of the time
You were my only one
With no one in between

And every day I prayed
That I could keep this
I never dreamt there would be

Moments that I'd live without you
Wishing I would be without you
In a way

And if I ever think about you
I know that what I have decided is okay
In each and every way

You know that I love you
But I just couldn't take no more
There's no more argueing
And no more fighting
It makes me want to stay
Lonely every day

Each and every day

Did I ever care to tell you
Did I ever care to tell you it's okay
Did I ever mean to tell you
Everything I ever felt has gone away
Each and every day

You know that I love you
But I just couldn't take no more
There's no more argueing
And no more fighting
It makes me want to stay
Lonely every day

Each and every day
I watch the falling leaves
And stars are falling down

In each and every way
I live without you
And I could not wish for more

Each and every day
4 / Ignorance (5.58)
I guess I should be thankful
That you're messing up our lives
You're giving me my freedom
I'm already enjoying my time

You said you never planned for it
But I can't believe that's true
You said you really cared for me
And there was nothing you could do

But I guess I know you better
Than to think you really cared
And I know you must be lying
'Bout all the things you've shared

So I close the door on my way out
It was never meant to be
I leave the keys on my way out
What a feeling to be free

How could I ever be so ignorant
I expected you to be as faithful as I am
And I did not dare to tell you
How I longed for you that night
But then again I had it coming
For I trusted you too much

You told me all about him
And you said he's just a friend
He only makes you smile again
And you don't know what I meant

I think you know him better
Than you really want to show
You called him up to talk to him
But you think that I don't know
(What I know)

How could I ever be so ignorant
I expected you to be as faithful as I am
And I did not dare to tell you
How I longed for you that night
But then again I had it coming
For I trusted you too much

Close the door
She said
There is something you should know
Please don't be angry with me
When I tell you I don't feel it anymore

Il's not that I don't love you
And he doesn't mean that much
But it's the feeling that I'm missing
That makes me fall for someone else

Please don't let it bother you
When I say you should have fun
And I hope you won't be angry
When I do those things you believe are wrong
It's not that I don't love you
And he doesn't mean that much
But it's the feeling that I'm missing
That makes me fall for someone else

How could I ever be so ignorant
I expected you to be as faithful as I am
And I did not dare to tell you
How I longed for you that night
But then again I hrad it coming
For I trusted you too much
5 / Way Out Of Line (5.03)
(instrumental)
6 / Waste of time (5.15)
Reaching out
As I look out of my window
I see the people passing by
I can almost touch their freedom
As my days are going by
I never felt so lonely and so scared

Wasted time
Every single moment
When I thought I had a chance
Blinded by my anger
Only thinking of revenge
Thinking of my childhood and my dreams

He made it all sound so easy
All I had to do
Was watch the door when he got in
I never dared to ask him why he had to bring his gun
I didn't dare to look what he had done

He used to be my friend
He used to be the one
I trusted all along
And as he ran he left me standing all alone
I never knew that he had gone

When will they know
It wasn't my fault
No one seems to care
Doing my time
Away from if all
As if no one seems to care

I'm waiting for the day
The day I will come out
I'm hoping that she'll wait for me
But I know I have my doubts
She didn't even write me
She didn't even tell me where she was

Quiet are the days
The silence of the night
I have no one left to turn to
Nowhere left to hide
The only thing I ever believed in
Has gone and took my pride
Took it all away

When will they know
it wasn't my fault
No one seems to care
Doing my time
Away from if all
As if no one seems to care
7 / Too Late (6.29)
I told you that's enough
But you never stop complaining
It doesn't matter who is wrong or who is right

I'm sorry if it bothers you
But I've got my opinion
I'm almost feeling sorry I'm alive

Do you ever think of me
Do you ever pay attention
I guess you always thought that I'd be here to stay

But let me tell you now
There's only one solution
I have to pack my things and go away

You say I'm to blame
But I don't share your point of view
It just makes me wonder
Was it me or was it you
I'm feeling alone
But I don't need you anymore
You know you can 't stop me
So I'l1 walk right through that door

I always thought you were the one
Who would be left without a home
No friends to turn to
No one there
If you're feeling all alone

You say I'm to blame
But I don't share your point of view
It just makes me wonder
Was it me or was it you
I'm feeling alone
But I don't need you anymore
You know you can 't stop me
So I'll walk right through that door
8 / Boy (6.43)
I cross my fingers when I go to bed
Wishing for a quiet and peaceful night
But violent images soon fill my head
And again I am a witness to their fight

I bury my head deep down in my pillow
Streaming voices from upstairs
I wish that I could make their children know
That one day there will be someone who cares

Something's keeping me from picking up the phone
I want to shout out to the world it's got to end
It's getting clearer every day
That they can't make it on their own
But I was taught that every neighbour is a friend

I've always known that it would come to this
I ask myself am I to blame?
I was minding my own business
When the cops took him away
I turned and looked the other way

Something 's keeping me from picking up the phone
I want to shout out to the world it's got to end
It's getting clearer every day
That they can't make it on their own
But I was taught that every neighbour is a friend

1 feel so helpless when they tell me
They're not happy anymore
I want to stay out of their lives
But I feel like breaking down the door
9 / Father (7.29)
Another day has died
Still no ending to his fight
Will he ever be afraid
Or is he longing for his light

Nobody there to end his pain
As if no one is there to hear his call

Father I can hear you
Hear you when you call
Father I can feel it
I feel it when you call

No one said it would be easy
No one said that life was fair
If you ever feel you're losing it
Just remember that we're there

Nobody there to end his pain
As if no one is there to hear his call

Father I can hear you
Hear you when you call
Father I can feel it
I feel it when you call

Oh but I've seen something in his eyes
As if he's giving up his fight
And there is no one who can blame him
He has to make it through his neverending night

With nobody there to end his pain
As if no one is there to hear his call

Father I can hear you
Hear you when you call
Father I can feel it
I feel it when you call

Oh can you feel it when we cry
Don't you ever say goodbye...
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