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Cold and Grey
10:31
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I make a web away from you
To see your face in a different way
While the stars are driving me mad
Shining bright
I need to howl like an Irish pack
The hunter says that we got it made
Go stag you must hide in your cave
Near the sun
Try to see me from behind
Please tell me who I am
Seed inside my lightened dreams
I know the sun is in Cold and Grey
I want to explore this labyrinth
To suck your head 'till there's nothing in
'Cause your eyes are bluer and fool
Than the sky
Camel call will stamp my pool
We'll get in touch with the camel zoo
I need to drink your milk at your breast
Don't try to forget this place 'cause you
Know the sun will shine for you
Cold and Grey
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2. |
Drops of Water
05:27
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They were born in a distant place
belonging to an early time.
Those people pleased with all their lives
did not know what awaited them.
Things were never the same.
One day a stranger appeared from nowhere
along with other fellow men.
They brought with them noisy weapons
and all those iron creatures.
Things were not quite
the same as they were.
Oh, poor fine people!
Along with those pale and blonde people,
soon problems would come up.
Their gentle words became strict laws,
and that cross symbol a new faith.
Their world fell apart,
as their minds shook up.
Oh, poor fine people!
They're coming from sparkling lands
where creatures are cuddled by a golden Sun.
The Earth gave them all they needed,
the Moon a divine flame to dream of.
Children of Mother Nature cried
when they were stripped of everything.
But their spirits couldn't be touched
by the hand of the White Man.
It doesn't matter
what they concocted.
Oh, poor fine people!
They're coming from sparkling lands
where creatures are cuddled by a golden Sun.
The Earth gave them all they needed,
the Moon a divine flame to dream of.
Their lives are only drops of water
that flow away riding a river.
Their hearts are feeling free again,
at last could mingle with the Ocean.
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3. |
Out of the Earth
07:37
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Riding on a silvered star
I want to fly across the universe
I want to explore with my naked soul
Every planet with every tiny moon, leaving soon
Ooooh, out of the Earth
It ́s good to feel universal spell
Ooooh, looking for change
We ́re meditating for a common world.
Uuuuuummm, I ́m overjoyed
Aauuuuuuumm, I ́ll find the One hidden behind the mask
I wish I could fly and kiss the sky
As charming sparrows madly in love with spring
I wish I could sing for the brand new day
As smitten blackbirds waiting for the sun, let it shine
Ooooh, out of the Earth
It ́s good to feel universal spell
Ooooh, looking for change
We ́re meditating for a common world.
My mind is a spring flowing lovely thoughts
My lips are rocks waiting for God’s dew
I’m by myself when I’m all alone
Sweet feelings , I’m giving love away
Breathing, sweating, inhaling life
I’m Odysseus heading for the sea, joyfully
Ooooh, out of the Earth
It ́s good to feel universal spell
Ooooh, looking for change
We ́re meditating for a common world.
Uuuuuummm, I ́m overjoyed
Aauuuuuuumm, I ́ll find the One hidden behind the mask.
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4. |
Dumb Tongues
07:02
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Now see my face
I'm just a man
Don't you know we're getting brighter?
Don't you know we're getting brighter again?
I say hello
And then you shock
I can't stand this bad stuff, babe
I can't stand this bad stuff anymore
Try to look around
put your face down to the ground
I'm going away
Won't you see my trace?
Frozen eyes are in the sky
Persecuting every night
Tongues are moving on again
Looking for a pleasant cake
You go up and I go down
Like beetles in the yellow sand.
Universe is in your head
Round and round and round my brain.
Home is just a word I've never known
Wake me up before you play this Gong.
Don't you worry friend
Deaf and dumb is just the same
Use your mouth to smoke
Then one day you'll talk
Frozen eyes are in the sky
Persecuting every night
Tongues are moving on again
Looking for a pleasant cake
You go up and I go down
Like beetles in the yellow sand
Universe is in your head
Round and round and round my brain
Home is just a word I've never known
Wake me up before you play this Gong.
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Every day brings something new,
the sunlight that brightens my life
and a smile that makes me laugh at all times.
When I look up at the sky
and I'm touched by new fresh air.
I feel quite blessed with the presents of the Earth.
Day after day,
I collect a new experience,
and emotions that remind me of your love.
Feelings that fed me
at the time I needed them.
Every moment by your side I just feel high.
Rainbows spring to life
each time you start to smile.
Music surrounds your lips
and our silence is shattered by a kiss.
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6. |
Missing your love
05:49
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Thousands of my old memories
make up my dreams.
Strange as they may seem,
you find me in each.
What a strange feeling!
I want to keep dreaming.
Two stiff and talking earwigs
set eyes on me.
I wonder what they're thinking
about my quirk.
That sounds amazing!
I can't believe it.
I can't help hearing voices
from nowhere land,
and flutes that play
magical tunes.
I can't help seeing orchids
moving around,
as frightened children
ride big shells.
Everytime I fall completely asleep,
I make a flight
with an eagle who wants to see
golden countrysides.
What a grand flight!
I don't want to land.
Despite of all these wonders,
I can not smile.
I feel a void
growing inside.
No matter how high your wings
can fly in the sky.
I'll follow you
until the sun.
Another day,
another weekend,
I'm missing your love.
Another year, another season,
I'm missing your love.
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7. |
The Camel's Back
06:25
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Too many blows,
Too many sudden shocks,
Losses and sorrow.
When I was down,
You took advantage of it
To kick my soul.
Sick of your jokes,
Tired of your giggle.
GO TO HELL!
Fed up with lies,
Used to your whim.
RANK SMELL!
Stop telling me:
“Every man for himself.
What a cocksucker!”
Free from your tricks,
You’ll never shake my will.
SON OF A BITCH!
Sick of your jokes,
Tired of your giggle.
GO TO HELL!
Fed up with lies,
Used to your whim.
RANK SMELL!
Although you insist,
I will never follow
Your damn path.
Keep all your straws!
Look for another
Camel's back
Without any doubt,
You have made me stronger.
All your dirty tricks
made me grow up.
You’re truly wrong if you think
All my generation
Missed its only big chance
Dreaming of a better life.
Life hardens the soft
And relents the harsh.
Time turns fierce todays
Into tame yesterdays.
While your world dries up
And grows into a desert,
Our dreams come true
Ready to create
New marvellous Edens.
You will not bribe me,
Keep off my lands!
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She's such an elder woman
who struggled to survive.
She lost the track of time,
and left her life behind.
Why would she want to look at herself
in a worn looking glass?
It doesn't matter who
she can see clearly in it.
Her eyes are the window to her soul,
a spirit that was slowly drowned by a black hole.
In a perpetual fuzzy fog
the elder wonders who's beyond.
The meaning of the words
of those she’s ever loved
got lost along the way to nowhere.
No one can bridge the gap
between her present and her past.
But she seems not to mind
she can no longer say
what's true or what's a lie in her life.
Her eyes are the window to her soul,
a spirit that was slowly drowned by a black hole.
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9. |
Remembrance
03:47
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In my life
I have come across stones and flowers.
All of them
Were shared with all my adventure mates.
Everytime
I ran into problems you rescued me.
When I joked,
You would always keep up by my side.
If they failed
Or were wrong,
I did never put the blame on my friends.
Good ol’ times
Make me feel as if years hadn’t passed.
Other times
I can not help but shed any tears.
If you cry,
If you’re down,
You can always count on my support.
Every street and every corner
Has its own stories.
Words of love cried out from the rooftops
So brief as youth.
Let’s share our joys and sorrows
As we write a song.
Pain and glory go together
In a single chord.
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Numen Alicante, Spain
Numen (1992) is a Spanish prog rock band. His first work, Samsara (1998), was considered a good debut. In 2014, after a hiatus, the band got together and released Numenclature. Nowadays, Numen presents their third album Cyclothymia (2019).
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