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Guys, do you remember Christmas morning when we were kids?! That anxious awakening, that hopeful anticipation mixed with the fear that our wishes might not come true. Magic and mystery would burst into our lives; the feeling that there was a different reality, an unknown and enchanted world, was tangible and manifested in all its power on that very day. I remember going down the stairs, step by step, my heart beating faster and faster; savoring, step by step, that vivid and dizzying thrill that only at that age can be felt. Follow me, come down those stairs with me, you won't regret it. Come on, just one last step and we can already glimpse the gifts; take a nice deep breath and…
Sugary and sweet keyboards that coat the tracks!
Dance-epileptic frenzy soaring like the sound of artificial pinball machines!
Soft and multicolored plush toys with an inoffensive voice!
Cold synth pieces to assemble astonishing 3d puzzles!
The Christmas Tree! loaded with glossy electronic arrangements!
Rhythmic little guitars speeding by like flaming red mini 4wds!
Polished drum machines that give no respite, like the numbers reeled off at bingo!
Melodies that sparkle like freshly poured sparkling wine!
Synthetic harmonies that smell like the Subbuteo field!
Elaborate and caloric production, like plump panettone drenched in thick and creamy mascarpone!
The sound of the bass in the background! that touch of darkness brought by Hordak and Skeletor!
And then dances! Dances and popping fanfares like logs burning in the fireplace! Dance, dance, dance breathlessly! How right Pina Bausch was: “Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost!”.
When the lightness of pop is wonderfully sustainable.
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Age of Consent (05:16)
Won't you please let me go?
These words lie inside they hurt me so
And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you
Just what I want to do
I'm not the kind that needs to tell you
Just what you want me to
I saw you this morning
I thought that you might like to know
I received your message in full a few days ago
I understood every word that it said
And now that I've actually heard it
You're going to regret
And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you
Just what you want me to
You're not the kind that needs to tell me
About the birds and the bees
Do you find this happens all the time?
Crucial point one day becomes a crime
And I'm not the kind that likes to tell you
Just what I want to do
And I'm not the kind that needs to tell you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
I've lost you
03 The Village (04:36)
When a new life turns towards you
And the night becomes a bay
We shall remain forever
Everyone who meets his way
Oh, our love is like the flowers
The rain and the sea and the hours
Oh, our love is like the flowers
The rain and the sea and the hours
When the rain falls to the sea
They'll be waiting for you and for me
And the sky reflects our image
Trying to sleep right through our lives
Oh, our love is like the earth
The sun and the trees and the birth
Oh, our love is like the earth
The sun and the trees and the birth
I am still here two days later
Same place, same time
And I'm stuck here two years too long
Same place, the wrong time
Oh, our love is like the flowers
The rain and the sea and the hours
Oh, our love is like the flowers
The sun and the sea and the hours
Their love died three years ago
05 Your Silent Face (06:00)
A thought that never changes
Remains a stupid lie
It's never been quite the same
No hearing or breathing
No movement, no color
Just silence
Rise and fall of shame
A search that shall remain
We asked you what you'd seen
You said you didn't care
Sound formed in a vacuum
May seem a waste of time
It's always been just the same
No hearing or breathing
No movement, no lyrics
Just nothing
A sign that leads the way
The path we can not take
You've caught me at a bad time
So, why don't you piss off?
06 Ultraviolence (04:52)
Who saw those dark eyes?
Who saw those dark eyes?
Tears come by
Deep within
Burn my skin
All those years gone by
In the heat of the night
All those years gone by
Who felt those cold hands?
Who felt those cold hands
Touch my skin
Deep within
Burn my soul?
Fell to the ground where I was found
All those years ago
All those tears ago
All those years ago
Everybody makes mistakes
Everybody makes mistakes
Even me
Just be free
This is a place where in the end
It happens in our world within
Time to go
Time to go
08 Leave Me Alone (04:38)
On a thousand islands in the sea
I see a thousand people just like me
A hundred unions in the snow
I watch them walking, falling in a row
We live always underground
It's going to be so quiet in here tonight
A thousand islands in the sea
It's a shame
And a hundred years ago
A sailor trod this ground I stood upon
Take me away everyon when it looks down
From my head to my toes
From the words in the book
I see a vision that would bring me luck
From my head to my toes
Through my teeth, through my nose
You get these words wrong
You get these words wrong
Every time
You get these words wrong
I just smile
But from my head to my toes
From my knees to my eyes
Every time I watch the sky
For these last few days leave me alone
But for these last few days leave me alone
Leave me alone
Leave me alone
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