IF YOU SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME

Verse 1
Never been through this before 
At the very second we met, we fell in love 
Unconditional and utter love 
It is like I’ve known you forever… and ever ! 

Never loved like this before 
I’ve never been so sure that I’ve found the one 
That I’ve been searching for for so long 
I can’t have been wrong… 
Never been so strong… 

Chorus : 
If you say that you love me 
 Then you’d better come to me 
If you say that you don’t know 
Then I think you’d better go 

You’re my ghost 
My halo 
Haunting me like an echo 
You’re my curse 
 My shadow 
No matter ! I love you so… 

Verse 2
Since you touched me, you live in me 
In the mirror, this is only what I can see 
There’s almost your voice I can hear 
Why is it that each time I turn around, you’re not here ? 

I’m waiting for you ev’ry day 
At the turn of my life, at my heart’s doorway 
Yet I know we’ll never be together 
Makes my heart colder… 
Makes it surrender… 

Chorus : 
If you say that you love me
 Then you’d better come to me 
If you say that you don’t know 
Then I think you’d better go 

You’re my ghost 
My halo 
Haunting me like an echo 
You’re my curse 
 My shadow 
No matter ! I love you so…


Bridge – Solo Guitar & Trumpet

You’re my ghost 
My halo 
Haunting me like an echo 
You’re my curse 
 My shadow 
No matter ! I love you so…

If You Say That You Love Me

DREAMLAND

PART 1
Living in a fantasy 
Concealing reality 
Tell me what else can I do 
But strongly dream and wait for you ? 

I close my eyes 
All I can feel is you 
And I can’t believe it’s true 

I lift my hand 
All I can touch is you 
Nothing else around but you 

PART 2
When the night leaves for the day 
All I want’s going astray 
Tell me what else should I do 
But stay where there’s only you ? 

It makes me shine 
When you say I love you 
Therefore I believe it’s true 

I need this light 
It makes me feel thorough 
No more cloud, no more shadow ! 

PART 3
I know this is just a dream 
Kinda sweet illusion’s gleam 
I don’t want to wake up now 
Wanna keep you with me somehow 

Sanctuary 
It’s all you’ll ever be 
Very deep inside of me 

The dawning light 
Will always mean to me 
A glimpse of a “you and me”

Dreamland

JAKE IS GONE

Introduction
Take my compass, get the whales  
Surf on the big blue ice  
When you’re cold, you’re at the place  
You just throw the dice !  

Verse 1
Gotta get out of here  
No matter what I fear  
Why can’t you see what is so clear ?  

Where is it written that I have to live and die here ?  
I dream of another land that’s maybe not for me  
Wanna know what shivering is, see a mountain freezing  
Lord, can’t you see ?  

CHORUS
What am I supposed to do ?  
Stay right here, listen to you ?  
Can’t you see I’m fading, smothering ?  

If you loved me, you could see  
How happy I’m gonna be  
No more tears, I gotta go right now  
At last !

Verse 2
Jake, are you not insane ?  
May not be back again  
How can you prefer snow to sand ?  

My pal Ansfrid told me so much about the Northern Lights  
Sounds weird, he said, but I can be the King of the Desert Knights !
Don’t know what I’m gonna find but I really have to try  
Hey Lord, help me !  

CHORUS
What am I supposed to do ?  
Stay right here, listen to you ?  
Can’t you see I’m fading, smothering ?  

If you loved me, you could see  
How happy I’m gonna be  
No more tears, I gotta go right now  
At last !

BRIDGE
Loony gecko ! So dreamy !
You listen too much to
These penguin’s insanities
You’d better cut it through !

Verse 3
Jake has made up his mind
Hit the road for the first time
Chin up, it’s gonna be all right !

What’s wrong to be different because I’ve always been like this ?
Dreaming of snowy winters and giant icebergs
I’m kinda sick of eating gypsum flowers for breakfast !
Lord, I’m ready !

CHORUS
What am I supposed to do ?  
Stay right here, listen to you ?  
Can’t you see I’m fading, smothering ?  

If you loved me, you could see  
How happy I’m gonna be  
No more tears, I gotta go right now  
At last !

Jake Is Gone

THE GATE-KEEPER

Everyone says that 
I’m a real nice guy 
You can trust me easily   
Life is just peaceful 
I’m just an old fool  
Now my job’s watching the yard  

But above all that  
 Standing at the gate 
I am fond of watching her passing by  
Can’t say but I find 
Her pretty and shy 
What a TV show ev’ry night ! 

Never spoke to her 
I’m just so eager 
To meet her for real one day  
No one knows my story 
“Gate-Keeper” they call me 
 Don’t you think this is funny ?  

There she is, hurry ! 
Walking down the street 
What’s happening ? Oh my God, she’s crying !  
I’m rushing to her
Nicely asking her :  
“Miss, what’s up ? May I help you ?…”  

**************************
Sitting in the bus 
Coming back home now 
Things really changed since I left 
Mom’s better, I am too 
A new day has come through 
Ev’rything will be fine, I know 

Strange, about this street 
Walked down many times 
Never noticed it was nice and tidy 
I feel so good then 
If it isn’t for those
Stupid dogs barking at me !  

Though, I remember 
A quiet old doggie  
Who was silently watching me  
Somebody in the yard 
“Hello there ! Where’s your dog ? 
He was really nice to me !”  

“Gosh, my poor kiddo !
About 3 months ago 
He passed away ! What a nightmare that day ! 
He just ran away 
A car hit him that way  
We miss him so ! What a sorrow !” 

“He just ran away 
We shed tears ev’ryday 
We loved our Gate-Keeper so much!”

The Gate Keeper

UTERINE BOOM BOOM BOOM

Part 1
I’m listening 
I’m shivering 
Would you let me be 
Just a baby ? 
Would you let me see 
The world as it’s supposed to be ? 

Whispering :
Why couldn’t the outside world be so funky ? 
This tumbling rhythm is driving me crazy ! 

Part 2
Clapping my hands 
Deep infra-sounds 
Would you let me be 
Just a baby ? 
Would you let me feel 
The bouncy world instinctively ? 

Whispering :
When I’m sticking to the woofer, holding it steady 
I can feel the music of the world through my body ! 

Part 3
Just wanna dance 
Into a trance 
Would you let me be 
Just a baby ? 
Would you let me deal 
To stay safely in that belly ? 

Whispering :
Is that your heartbeat that pounds right in my ears, really ? 
Wanna keep that sound in me as a magic sesame ! 

Part 4
I am rocking
I’m quivering 
Would you let me be 
Just a baby ? 
Would you let me beat 
This stunning rhythm full of heat ? 

Whispering :
Nothing else but empirically feeling things 
Being only senses, having a good time dancing !

Uterine Boom Boom Boom

STILL NIGHT

Verse 1
When the night begins to fall 
Starting to feel dizzy, I’m not going ’round 

Rolled into a cotton nest 
My sight’s blurring, I’m losing consciousness 
Here we go now ! 

CHORUS
Such a feeling ! 
I know he’s coming 
He’s so close ! Soon he’ll knock at my door but right before… 
I’m stalling it 
Trying to keep it 
He’ll promise me nothing else will matter from now… 

Verse 2
Snuggled up into his wing 
I beseech him not to make me dream 

I can’t wait for his smooth hell 
Wanna lose myself at the edge of this spell 
Sweet rest-dealer… 

CHORUS
Such a feeling ! 
I know he’s coming 
He’s so close ! Soon he’ll knock at my door but right before… 
I’m stalling it 
Trying to keep it 
He’ll promise me nothing else will matter from now… 

BRIDGE
Him, the Artificial, the Substitute, he never lies to me 
He takes me as I am, no matter my anxious misery 
I’m wrapped in the hollow of his wings and then he takes me gently 
To the boundaries of his Eternity where I’m the Sleeping Beauty  
Where I’m the Sleeping… Beauty ! 

CHORUS (bis)
Such a feeling ! 
I know he’s coming 
He’s so close ! Soon he’ll knock at my door but right before… 
I’m stalling it 
Trying to keep it 
He’ll promise me nothing else will matter from now…

Still Night

BY THE SEA

PART 1
It was by the sea I first met her 
Watching the ocean like a white bird 
She had this godforsaken something 
She was unspeakably smiling 
Then I fell in love quite instantly 
As she was just like me… 

PART 2
She walked down the golden path I made 
For her, nothing’s too beauteous, I said 
I made her become my whole life’s queen 
At least, I wished it so hard 
I could not hear her voice out 
It was too late… 

PART 3
We started to fight and to suffer 
I was oppressing, smothering her 
She wanted to breathe and to feel free 
I thought she was about to leave me 
I started to drink, I learned to yell 
This is how I forged Hell… 

PART 4
Till that night she finally showed up 
I could see that she had cried a lot 
Something told me that it was over 
No regret whatsoever 
Anger turned into thunder 
Till I lost her… 

PART 5
I’m running away from this nightmare 
Left my heart, my soul ravaged up there 
What happened ? Oh my God, I don’t know ! 
I lost control but I loved her so… 
Now my plane’s boarding, I gotta go 
See if I can forgive myself…

By The Sea

MYTHICAL SCHIZOPHRENIA

PART 1
Last night I had this… well, bittersweet dream 
Where I was single and prone to meet him 
Been on the net… 
Didn’t know yet… 
The scariest experience in my life ! 

Talking :
Really ? It’s awful ! No kidding, what a nightmare ! 
How can a human being fit in scathing little squares ?!
I had not only the target to scan but myself too
I don’t even know myself, how can you ?
Whatever, I played the game and here’s what I’ve been through…

PART 2
Last night I was stuck at the police station 
Where I was asked fiercely many questions…
What is your height ? 
What is your weight ? 
Emptying my pockets like a criminal ?! 

Talking :
I really wonder what will happen if my answers are wrong ?
Yeah, what if I put “3 feet tall” and “300 pounds” ?
Outing ? No thanks, I’m a homebody.
Hobbies ? Wallowing on the couch watching TV.
Character ? Psychopath and grumpy…

Do you smoke ? Is that a joke ?
What is your style ? Is that a guile ?
What do you like the most ? The arch of my foot ?
What’s your income ? What’s the point ?
Whatever…

PART 3
Did my best to fit in and finally logged in 
Not thirty seconds before I’ve been tagged 
The hunt has begun 
I gotta run ! 
Hundred of requests “Be my friend” popped up 

Talking :
Oh come on guys, I didn’t even put my picture !
“Hi, what’s your name ? What are you looking for ?
Got a pic ? Any webcam ? Are you hot ?”
Nobody told me it was “Fast Meeting For Fast Sex”
Hypocritical jackals, I’ve been so naïve !

PART 4
Thought it was a charitable website 
I dreamt that it could work to meet a Knight 
Lovers for sale 
Despair and gale 
How to make business with deep loneliness 

Talking :
I’m still skeptical about all this, I guess I’m too old for that…
Dunno, it worked out for some people I know, lucky them !
But it sounds to me like a heartless jungle where 
Dreams and illusions die as fast as you build them
Is that the way it must be when you’re single nowadays ?...

Andrea n'Co

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