SAILING IN THE DARK – LYRICS

Setting Sail (instrumental)

Breaking The Silence

Soul

Feel this persistent silence.

It’s time

To turn down the volume.

The waves are coming in

Higher than before,

The waves come in again

While we’re in the middle of myself.


And we, soul know why

It cannot be the same silence now,

Tide is changing.

And we, soul know why

It cannot be the same silence now,

‘Cos we are changing… tack.


If you’ve something to say, 

Say it to me today, 

‘Cos there’s only one way

That I know how to play.

If you’ve something to say,

Say it to me today,

‘Cos there’s only one way

If you want me to stay.


And we, soul know why

It cannot be the same silence now,

Tide is changing.

And we, soul know why

It cannot be the same silence now,

‘Cos we are at last… myself.


No O’Clock

Feelings in a glass,

Shattered in myriad pieces 

In the dark.

Feelings in a glass,

Swallowing them will not

Soothe the pain.


What time is it now?

It’s no o’clock!


Looking in the glass,

Reflecting the deep abyss 

Of myself.

Looking in the glass,

Reflecting just enough,

Not to much.


What time is it now?

What time is it now?

It’s no o’clock!


The right time to live, is not tomorrow…

It’s now, the present, it’s no o’clock!


Hours in the glass,

Grains of emotion falling through 

Space and time.


What time is it now?

What time is it now?

It’s no o’clock!


Dear Moon

I pause here looking at you

Hiding behind the sinuous clouds

Painted on a blue sky.


Dear moon, you’re beautiful,

You make me feel good.

And something is moving,

The weather is changing,

Maybe a new storm…


For a while in the air

There’s been a really strange wind

Blowing the stars away.


But dear moon, you’re beautiful,

You make me feel good.

And something is moving,

The weather is changing,

Maybe a new storm,

Or just the time…


To dream again

We each revolve around the other

On two different orbits

But when our tracks cross each other

We come face to face.


And something is moving,

The weather is changing,

Maybe a new storm,

Or just the time

To dream again.


Captain Selfcontrol

Calm sea,

Stormy sea,

One only knows by sailing.


Aboard the seven seas, trip of a lifetime

Being ill equipped, only good intentions

Learning to survive, only through the doing

Balancing the whole, on the surging tide.


Calm sea,

Stormy sea,

One only knows by sailing.


Following the glow of the distant lighthouse

The aim, the goal, the hope, dreamt of redemption.

Peace ridden skies, waves of motivation

Ploughing through the scum, an ocean unknown.


Sail, sail

Captain Selfcontrol

Sail, sail

Keep your boat on course.


Persevere sailor, find the spot marked X

Truth is you don’t know, how the voyage ends.

But following the light, you don’t need to write

That last entry, in the journey’s log.


Calm sea,

Stormy sea,

One only knows by living.


Sail, sail,

Captain Selfcontrol.

Sail, sail,

Keep your boat on course.

Sail, sail,

Captain Selfcontrol.

Sail, sail,

Keep your life on course.


Thank You

Thoughts come,

Thoughts go,

And returning…

Reinforce

The delicate

Strokes

Of our image…

On my heart.


I didn’t believe

That you really existed

And I was wrong,

So just wanna

Thank you!


Moments come,

Moments go,

But remaining…

Paint in

Some other

Details

To our image…

On my heart.


I didn’t believe

That you really existed

And I was wrong,

So just wanna

Thank you!


Coloured Smoke

Surrounded by coloured smoke,

Surrounded by coloured…


Despite hardship and sacrifice,

At the end of my tether,

Here negativity condenses

Both inside and out.

My eyes mist up

And a tear rolls down.

So courage, patience and common sense

Can’t be plucked out of thin air,

They hold my salvation in their hands.

But I look around

And my eyes mist up,

My eyes mist up.


Surrounded by coloured smoke,

Surrounded by coloured smoke, I’m still

Surrounded by coloured smoke,

Surrounded by coloured smoke,


However much of my will power

I manage to summon up,

It never vanishes completely

But it thins out, so my eyes

Don’t mist up,

Don’t mist up.


Surrounded by coloured smoke,

Surrounded by coloured smoke, No longer

Surrounded by coloured smoke,

Surrounded by coloured smoke, No longer


Surrounded by coloured smoke,

Surrounded by…

Coloured smoke. 

Coloured…


Say

Watch my watch,

See the hands blowing away

In the strange wind

That tells me what I have to do:

“Look before you leap, 

nothing is what it seems.”

Touching the sound,

My hands can feel it.


Say what you know,

Say if you want.


Here to hear,

Now your words are on the breeze.

I can see your voice,

Ringing in my ears.

That strange wind

Whispers how to go ahead:

“Listen don’t just speak, 

you might learn something”.


Say what you know,

Say if you want,

Say what you are,

Say say it all to me.


Believe me,

I’m listening to what you think.

Listening like love,

Gives the will to live.

Come on talk,

Open up your heart to me.

I would taste your soul,

I’m hungry for it.


Say what you know,

If you want,

What you are,

Say it all to me.


Say what you know,

Say if you want,

Say what you are,

Say say it all to me.


Autumn Cold

Drifting between

The real and the dream,

Where the real is a trip

And the dream is a song.

Imagine outside

Too cold and too fast,

Confusing, chaotic,

And people in billions

Are torrenting up and down.


Glancing behind,

My past in my mind,

I saw walls being built

Out of fear and of guilt.

Living to be

A pawn in the game

Played by somebody else.

“Leave that dream well alone

Don’t you know, you should feel…


Like a leaf falling on 

A lonely street,

Never to rise up”


I knew in my heart of hearts

Something had to change,

Step by step to break the mould

Routine had to go.

Before I accept your rules,

I will use my head.

Blow by blow the wall must fall

In this autumn cold.


Like a leaf falling on 

A lonely street,

Never to rise again.


Looking ahead:

A new point of view

Not just an ego trip,

I have found self belief.

And I know, I won’t feel


Like a leaf falling on

A lonely street.

And the fall, echoes still

But it doesn’t make me tremble

Anymore!


To Be Free

Come on, take the risk,

Unlock the door,

Throw caution

To the wind.

To my own liberty

I am the key,

Poised to take

A leap in the dark.


That’s what it means

To be free,

That’s what it means

To be me.


The gloomy unknown

Unmasks night lights.

Journey’s end

Or new starting point.


Escape was what I needed,

I chose to bare my soul.

Now if you let me

I’m singing you the key.


That’s what it means

To be free,

That’s what it means

To be me,

That’s what it means

To be free,

That’s what it means.


A Song

You are listening to a song. 

Let yourself flow with the melody,

Like a boat on a wave

In a sea of emotions.

We’re giving you a song.

You should have all that you need.

Now it’s up to you,

Add it to your thoughts.

And let it live inside you…

Let it fly.


We give you blank paper

With paint, palette and a brush.

Now it’s up to you

To color in your thoughts

And let it live inside you,

And let it live inside you…


Let it fly,

Let it fly.


You have a wallet on you,

It’s been filled up with love.

Now it’s up to you,

Wisely spend your thoughts.

And let it live inside you,

And let it live inside you…


Let it fly,

Let it fly.


Lighthouse (instrumental)

Written by

Gabriele Magnanelli & Paul Mochrie


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