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Hans van Lint, Ed Wernke, Edwin Roes, Ron Mozer, Rene Herben
hello world (5:03) stick around (4:43) call it chance (4:14) square one (4:36) wonder (8:37) berlin wall (5:30) us (4:10) falling asleep (2:23) billy (5:49)
produced by emiel zwaard and fafrecorded, mixed and mastered at ezr studios , delft, the netherlandsall songs written and performed by faf, lyrics by hans van lintexcept: billy, written by christian decamps, francis decamps (english lyrics hans van lint).all arrangements by fafartwork and design by bert van dijkphotography by ruud raatsreleased and published by musea recordsMUSEA - Production & Distribution138 rue de Vallières, 57070 Metz, France www.musearecords.com . Many thanks to Christian Decamps and Ange (ange-updlm.com) (with whom we have had the honor and pleasure to play several times) for supporting us in the 2000's; for gracefully allowing us to record "Billy" and for singing the co-lead vocal on our version. Also many thanks to Ron Ottenhof of Alquin (alquin.org) for rocking the saxophone on that track!
wake up get up wake up don’t let that soft wind fool you when you close your eyes you don’t stop the world from turning loosen up just loosen up don’t let that soft voice drill you into whatever you think is worth dying for all that i see in the land of plenty are these empty hands wake up get up wake up the band’s no longer playing free drinks for every one free rides for every soul hands up hands up don’t think and don’t forget the gate to paradise is paved with dead bodies all that i see in the land of plenty are these empty hands hello world! i call on you for every hand that leads us away from you hello world! i call on you for every mind that leads us away from you warm up it’s cold down here i am like you – confused disarmed and relocated alarmed but suffocating wake up, wake up don’t think and no regrets the gate to paradise is just around the block all that i see in the land of plenty are these empty hands hello world! from that path to paradise lead us! pay your dues and pay the pricehello world!
wake up get up wake up
don’t let that soft wind fool you
when you close your eyes
you don’t stop the world from turning
loosen up just loosen up
don’t let that soft voice drill you
into whatever you think
is worth dying for
all that i see
in the land of plenty
are these empty hands
the band’s no longer playing
free drinks for every one
free rides for every soul
hands up hands up
don’t think and don’t forget
the gate to paradise
is paved with dead bodies
hello world!
i call on you
for every hand that leads us
away from you
for every mind that leads us
warm up it’s cold down here
i am like you – confused
disarmed and relocated
alarmed but suffocating
wake up, wake up
don’t think and no regrets
is just around the block
from that path to paradise
lead us!
pay your dues and pay the price
it’s been too long i just can’t hold on trapped inside of my own mind i’ve been running it didn’t get me anywhere at all as if i’m fading away like a brick in the chinese wall the way it feels so deliberately temptation is killing me i’ve been running it didn’t get me anywhere at all as if i’m swimming upstream the niagara waterfall there’s something here something so strong desperately close makes me go crazy i’m running but i’m not getting anywhere at all and now it’s playing my heart so bad it’s physical a door that knocks an empty hall if no one’s here than where am i? since you’ve been gone i am done overloaded and overrun just stick around one last time and open up i gave you the money now give me back my life so here i am i’m still holding on the fire’s gone out life goes on but does it really? when you’re facing it all alone when the silences get so loud: hysterical the hunt is through the bear has won if it’s still here than where am i? since you’ve been gone... it’s like a plague in my heart so bad it’s physical a door that knocks nobody down the hall if no one's there than who am i? since you’ve been gone...
it’s been too long
i just can’t hold on
trapped inside of my own mind
i’ve been running
it didn’t get me anywhere at all
as if i’m fading away like a brick
in the chinese wall
the way it feels
so deliberately
temptation is killing me
as if i’m swimming upstream
the niagara waterfall
there’s something here
something so strong
desperately close
makes me go crazy
i’m running
but i’m not getting anywhere at all
and now it’s playing my heart
so bad it’s physical
a door that knocks an empty hall
if no one’s here than where am i?
since you’ve been gone
i am done
overloaded and overrun
just stick around
one last time and open up
i gave you the money
now give me back my life
so here i am
i’m still holding on
the fire’s gone out
life goes on
but does it really?
when you’re facing it all alone
when the silences get so loud:
hysterical
the hunt is through
the bear has won
if it’s still here than where am i?
since you’ve been gone...
it’s like a plague in my heart
a door that knocks nobody down the hall
if no one's there than who am i?
you can call it chance a twist of fate a lapse of reasoning that makes no sense but here we are and you can argue that it's all played out that it's neither here nor there that master plan but here we are you may not perceive the odds involved but i count my blessings every single day because here we are yeah here we are you can call it chance and i'd be watching every move and every dance as long as you're there cause i've run low on faith now what the hell am i supposed to do just when you're not there you can call it chance i've run low on faith now what the hell am i supposed to do when i'm too scared to believe... you can call it chance a lucky draw a deck of cards dealt swiftly in our hands and here we arehere we are
you can call it chance
a twist of fate
a lapse of reasoning
that makes no sense
but here we are
and you can argue that
it's all played out
that it's neither here nor there
that master plan
you may not perceive
the odds involved
but i count my blessings
every single day
because here we are
yeah here we are
and i'd be watching every move
and every dance
as long as you're there
cause i've run low on faith
now what the hell
am i supposed to do
just when you're not there
i've run low on faith
when i'm too scared
to believe...
a lucky draw
a deck of cards dealt swiftly
in our hands
and here we are
her plans are grand and fail-proof 'til the end his are obscure: a lover or a friend the odds look good depending on the light don’t be afraid it’s gonna be alright her breath halts her pulse goes overboard his hands freeze his lips go “oh my lord” she breaks the silence she sighs and shuts her eyes just say you’re sorry just say goodbye the hand that feeds you don’t you bite it don’t you leave it empty the bus stops here just disembark and don’t look back when it all falls down and the curtain calls and it feels like you’re blown back to square one when the silence speaks and the mirror lies and you find you’ve been blown back to square one then conscience speaks while the hangman is waiting for these final words that judas kiss on her lips you know she just can’t resist and that it tastes like treason that it hurts so bad and that it’s all so screwed up beyond control well the bus stops here just disembark and don’t look back when it all falls down and the curtain calls and it feels like you’re blown back to square one when the silence speaks and the mirror lies and you find you’ve been blown back to square one and it sounds like treason and it hurts so bad and it’s all so screwed up beyond control but the bus stops here just disembark and don’t look back!
her plans are grand and
fail-proof 'til the end
his are obscure: a lover or a friend
the odds look good depending on the light
don’t be afraid it’s gonna be alright
her breath halts her pulse goes overboard
his hands freeze his lips go “oh my lord”
she breaks the silence she sighs
and shuts her eyes
just say you’re sorry
just say goodbye
the hand that feeds you
don’t you bite it
don’t you leave it empty
the bus stops here
just disembark and don’t look back
when it all falls down
and the curtain calls
and it feels like you’re blown
back to square one
when the silence speaks
and the mirror lies
and you find you’ve been blown
then conscience speaks
while the hangman is waiting
for these final words
that judas kiss on her lips
you know she just can’t resist
and that it tastes like treason
that it hurts so bad
and that it’s all so screwed up
beyond control
well the bus stops here
and it sounds like treason
and it hurts so bad
and it’s all so screwed up
but the bus stops here
just disembark and
don’t look back!
i wonder if you can still see me where ever you are am i still that little twerp messing ‘round with your stuff in your eyes i wonder if you’d still fit into our world right now would you still be as brave and as beautiful as we remember you by would you laugh at the same jokes get off on the same boys still cheat when playing cards would you cry over math and nothing in particular at all and get mad at us all but still love us all i wonder if you can still hear me where ever you are would you still like my music could i capture your heart with a song i wonder if you’d still fit into our lives right now would you be better off on that pedestal that we placed you on would you laugh at the same jokes... would you would you cry over us any in particular at all and get mad at us all i wonder if you can still see me here i wonder if you can still hear me now would you laugh at the same jokes get tired of the same boys cheat when playing cards would you cry over math or nothing at all nothing at all nothing at all would you still have that same voice and leave us the same choice would you act on that same pulse and fight with the same girls would you cry would you laugh or nothing at all and get mad at us all but still love us all
i wonder if you can still see me
where ever you are
am i still that little twerp
messing ‘round with your stuff
in your eyes
i wonder if you’d still fit into
our world right now
would you still be as brave and as beautiful
as we remember you by
would you laugh at the same jokes
get off on the same boys
still cheat when playing cards
would you cry over math
and nothing in particular at all
and get mad at us all
but still love us all
i wonder if you can still hear me
would you still like my music
could i capture your heart with a song
our lives right now
would you be better off
on that pedestal that we placed you on
would you laugh
at the same jokes...
would you
would you cry over us
any in particular at all
here
now
get tired of the same boys
cheat when playing cards
or nothing at all
nothing at all
would you still have that same voice
and leave us the same choice
would you act on that same pulse
and fight with the same girls
would you cry would you laugh
what to think when 8-year olds are screaming when 8-thousand people die and where to look when a concrete wall rises from its ashes one more time a billion’s worth of paper lies safe your face not human lives we’re just building a new berlin wall where to look and who to trust when today’s bad guys were yesterdays allies the dream requires sacrifice democracy but at a price we’re just building a new berlin wall what to think when 8-year olds are screaming when 8-thousand people die a billion’s worth of paper lies do safe your face not human lives the wall requires sacrifice forget about the Nobel prize it’s building it’s rising right here right now we're just building a new berlin wall we are buildinga new berlin wall
what to think when 8-year olds
are screaming when 8-thousand people die
and where to look when a concrete wall
rises from its ashes one more time
a billion’s worth of paper lies
safe your face not human lives
we’re just building
a new berlin wall
where to look and who to trust
when today’s bad guys
were yesterdays allies
the dream requires sacrifice
democracy but at a price
do safe your face not human lives
the wall requires sacrifice
forget about the Nobel prize
it’s building
it’s rising
right here right now
we're just building
we are building
this is where i lay my head down that place where no one dares is where we laughed where we cried where we danced and felt alive this is where i lost that need to keep looking for something that was already there i took on the world and trusted the dark and it's all because of you this is where i've been hiding that face that no one sees but me and that smile that makes the sky go black as we kiss in overdrive this is how i slept through bombs and miracles with a blissful grin and i i took on the world and trusted the dark and it's all because of you always you, yeah there's something bigger than ourselves and it's not me I needed you always you, yeah there's something larger than life itself and it’s not me i need us to be bodies just dream of bodies i dream along that's what i do i hope you do the same thing too red dominates and the rest is just filtered out all because of you always you, yeah there's something bigger than ourselves and it's not just me I needed you...
this is where i lay my head down
that place where no one dares is
where we laughed where we cried
where we danced and felt alive
this is where i lost that need
to keep looking for something
that was already there
i took on the world
and trusted the dark
and it's all because of you
this is where i've been hiding
that face that no one sees but me
and that smile that makes the sky go black
as we kiss in overdrive
this is how i slept through
bombs and miracles
with a blissful grin and i
always you, yeah
there's something
bigger than ourselves
and it's not me
I needed you
larger than life itself
and it’s not me
i need us to be
bodies just dream of bodies
i dream along
that's what i do
i hope you do the same thing too
red dominates
and the rest is just filtered out
all because of you
and it's not just me
it’s good to see that smile back on your face it’s good to hear you sing that song again it’s good to feel the vibe is still the same it’s good to have you in these arms again but when i’m falling asleep something funny inside something tells me to hold it off it seems so hard to stand up once again when it’s so easy: adapting to the pain to find out that people never change is just a lie, don’t fool yourself again but when i’m falling asleep something funny inside something tells me to hold it off a little longer so save today don’t you wait until tomorrow don’t miss out on whatever comes our way save today don’t you wait until tomorrow don’t miss out on whatever comes our way save today never wait until tomorrow don’t miss out it’s gonna be alright
it’s good to see that smile back on your face
it’s good to hear you sing that song again
it’s good to feel the vibe is still the same
it’s good to have you in these arms again
but when i’m falling asleep
something funny inside
something tells me to hold it off
it seems so hard to stand up once again
when it’s so easy: adapting to the pain
to find out that people never change
is just a lie, don’t fool yourself again
a little longer
so save today
don’t you wait until tomorrow
don’t miss out
on whatever comes our way
save today
never wait until tomorrow
two lads strolling through town small hands and minds and the biggest plans and we’d all call him bill (he was) my friend, my brother, my pal his mother so fine we're better off i feared her more than i liked her looks a playful madam little words do break little hearts so go and play in the yard, billy! go and play in the yard this afternoon go and play in the yard, billy! and billy just bounced his balloon il dit: j’veux pas d’petite sour pourquoi tu caches mon ballon sous l’jupon?! elle dit: finis ton quatre-heures et surtout ne pose plus de questions! et va jouer dans la cour, billy! et va jouer dans la cour, après-midi va jouer dans la cour, billy! va jouer dans la cour avant la pluie va jouer dans la cour, billy! et billy creva le ballon he just popped his balloon un gosse a l’asile a long long way from home ‘l est tout p’tit, c’était bien la vie? je l’appelais bill, I still recall my friend un voisin, un p’tit frère, un ami et va jouer dans la cour, billy! et va jouer dans la cour this afternoon va jouer dans la cour, billy! go and play in the yard before it rains oh! and let it rain billy!
two lads strolling through town
small hands and minds
and the biggest plans
and we’d all call him bill
(he was) my friend, my brother, my pal
his mother so fine
we're better off i feared her more
than i liked her looks
a playful madam
little words do break little hearts
so go and play in the yard, billy!
go and play in the yard this afternoon
go and play in the yard, billy!
and billy just bounced his balloon
il dit: j’veux pas d’petite sour
pourquoi tu caches mon ballon
sous l’jupon?!
elle dit: finis ton quatre-heures
et surtout ne pose plus de questions!
et va jouer dans la cour, billy!
et va jouer dans la cour, après-midi
va jouer dans la cour, billy!
va jouer dans la cour avant la pluie
et billy creva le ballon
he just popped his balloon
un gosse a l’asile
a long long way from home
‘l est tout p’tit, c’était bien la vie?
je l’appelais bill,
I still recall my friend
un voisin, un p’tit frère, un ami
et va jouer dans la cour
this afternoon
go and play in the yard before
it rains oh!
and let it rain
billy!