Para Lia - Kassandra
from the album ‘Gone With The Flow’
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words and music by René Methner
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover artwork based on Louis Renzonis 'Light From A Candle' 

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The background for the inspiration of course is Homer and the tales on the Trojan war. But Kassandra does not tell a story – it’s a kind of a painting with an ancient scenery or maybe just a sketch: Kassandra in front of the burning city. And it could be a modern painting. We are in a distance of more than 3.000 years to the plot of the ancient tales – and still mankind has Kassandras and tears in front of burning cities.

Working on Kassandra i had in mind from the beginning that Cindy will take the main voc in this song. So i wrote the harmonies and the song structure with that in mind and i love how she sings the song. Kassandra also includes a few notes played with a Greek Baglamas and helps the song to get a special note. This string instrument is the small sister of a Bouzouki. 

lyrics:
on sungod days in the morning dew
the tears of kings are just a few
meaningless rain drops

we keep that fire burning
until the tide is turning
and the ships are grounded

in the golden light of the afternoon
she is dancing like the queen of doom
she blinks into the sunlight

we keep that fire burning
until the tide is turning
we watch the flames rise higher
we keep that fire burning
until the tide is turning
we watch the flames rise higher
into the sky
into the sky

Gone With The Flow

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Kassandra

PSYCHALOVIC SONIC ENERGETIC GARAGE ROCK

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Words And Music By René Methner, Recorded and Produced by Para Lia, Mix By Para Lia With Thommy Hein, Mastered By Thommy Hein In The Thommy Hein Tonstudios Berlin.
Cover Artwork By: Georgia Moschogianni @tzo-moschogianni
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'IN CLASH WITH THE ZEITGEIST' - The New Album - 25.08.2023
PSYCHALOVIC SONIC SONGS FOR LOVERS AND SURVIVORS
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the streets behind us have often seen a come and go
and sometimes we feel incomplete
but the reason we don’t know
till the right one says hello
when you at least expect it

c’est la vie
keep going
c’est la vie

coming close and drifting back
in endless meaningless affairs
but it’s a soul without disguise
who joins you creepin‘ up the backstairs of life
when you at least expect it

c’est la vie
keep going
c’est la vie
we strollin‘ on
c’est la vie

C´est La Vie

PSYCHALOVIC SONIC ENERGETIC INDIE ROCK - MEETS CLASSIC

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With: Andreas Jäpel (vocals)

Words And Music By René Methner, Recorded and Produced by Para Lia, Mix By Para Lia With Thommy Hein, Mastered By Thommy Hein In The Thommy Hein Tonstudios Berlin.
Cover Artwork By: Georgia Moschogianni @tzo-moschogianni
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'IN CLASH WITH THE ZEITGEIST' - The New Album - 25.08.2023
PSYCHALOVIC SONIC SONGS FOR LOVERS AND SURVIVORS
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good evening mr. perry, i hear you sing the blues
you are a bit down today, but don't forget
we always have been fools
like david versus goliath, we are limited but cool
we’re just an indie rock band
always on the loose
no record contract and no budget,
no plastic music to get fooled
killed by the radio drabness,
we were reborn in our multicolored shoes
our currency is passion, our brand is a distorted chord
we are not dealing with the mainstream
being authentic - this is what we are
don't let you down
and get off the ground
life is an opera
behind the curtain we all are stars
good evening mr perry, we understand the rules
we‘re just a niche product between all the glossy brochures
of the music industry
we won’t change our attitude
we’re just an indie rock band
always on the loose

Mr Perry

--- solaric psychalovic indie rock song for lovers and survivors :)---

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Words And Music By René Methner, 
Recorded and Produced by Para Lia, Mix By Para Lia With Thommy Hein, Mastered By Thommy Hein in the Thommy Hein Tonstudios Berlin. 
Cover Artwork: Georgia Moschogianni (@tzo-moschogianni)

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saw you stumble along on an empty field
jumping over all the black holes of pandemic fears
filled with the collateral damage
no empty gaps
it’s not easy to find a direction
when the world turns mad
when the whole world turns mad

don’t give yourself away
sunchild
don’t surrender to these days
sunchild

the moment you see the horizon it starts to slip away
get your head up into the stars to light your way
saw you stumble along on an empty field
chased by pandemic rabbits
but you were better in hitting the hook
so it seems

don’t give yourself away
sunchild
don’t surrender to these days
sunchild

Sunchild

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Words And Music By René Methner, Recorded and Produced by Para Lia, Mix By Para Lia With Thommy Hein, Mastered By Thommy Hein In The Thommy Hein Tonstudios Berlin.
With: Fady @fadysporz(the swirling Fady-synthesizers) and Christian Georgi (E-Piano)
Cover Artwork By: Georgia Moschogianni @tzo-moschogianni
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I picked a yellow rose
with the smell you loved
and placed it near the marble stone
i picked a yellow rose
guess you will see it from where you are
it’s a fragile sign of
love

i hear your laughter all around
i see your smile in the clouds
i almost feel you touch my hand
someone we love does not leave us in the end
i picked a yellow rose
guess you will see it from where you are
it’s a fragile sign of
love

i picked a yellow rose
it’s a fragile sign of love

Yellow Rose

Para Lia with Fady (@fadysporz)

Sunchild (https://soundcloud.com/para-lia/sunchild?si=1fe21d34700645e48d2f91cb2f396c38&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing) is a song from the current Para Lia album 'In Clash With The Zeitgeist' (paralia.bandcamp.com/album/in-clash…-the-zeitgeist). Here comes a very special version of the song - chilled psychedelic indie pop, with the spherical synthesizers of our friend Fady Haddad from Baltimore (USA), who was already a guest on some songs on our last album. 'Sunchild X Fady' is a remix - but also much more than that. Get caught up in the indie rock / pop crossover atmosphere of this track!

Words And Music By René Methner, Recorded and Produced by Para Lia, Mix By Para Lia With Thommy Hein, Mastered By Thommy Hein In The Thommy Hein Tonstudios Berlin.
Original Album Cover Artwork By: Georgia Moschogianni @tzo-moschogianni
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'IN CLASH WITH THE ZEITGEIST' - The New Album
PSYCHALOVIC SONIC SONGS FOR LOVERS AND SURVIVORS
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Sunchild X Fady

JUST A PSYCHALOVIC 60'S INFLUENCED TUNE

Words And Music By René Methner, Recorded and Produced by Para Lia, Mix By Para Lia With Thommy Hein, Mastered By Thommy Hein In The Thommy Hein Tonstudios Berlin.
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'IN CLASH WITH THE ZEITGEIST'
PSYCHALOVIC SONIC SONGS FOR LOVERS AND SURVIVORS
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Already Came To Know

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Songwriting und Lyrics by René Methner / Recorded by Para Lia / Mix und Master by Lakesidestudio, Berlin 

Para Lia:
René Methner - Gitarre, Vocal, Synth 
Cindy Methner - Vocal
Michael Schlottke - Bass
Emanuel Mukow - Drums
Remo Ender - Gitarre
Dennis Grund - Mellotroneffekt-Gitarre

Cover Art by Vrena Letreo. Vrena is an artist, based in Leipzig, who creates beautiful collages!

PSYCHALOVIC SONIC SONGS FOR LOVERS AND SURVIVORS

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competition, egoism, bad hair days
imposition, nihilism, religous haze
my six-stringed therapist just says

keep your mind song okay
it keeps your mind hum away

smartphone addiction, daily hustles and highways
ellbows, ignorance, pressure and delay
my six-stringed therapist just says

keep your mind song okay
it keeps your mind hum away

life is short, my friend, don’t be denied, don’t be a fool
just take another chance, closer to your inner clue
  
keep your mind song okay
it keeps your mind hum away

stream and support

Para Lia - Mind Song

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Songwriting und Lyrics by René Methner / Recorded by Para Lia / Mix und Master by Lakesidestudio, Berlin

Para Lia:
René Methner - Gitarre, Vocal, Synth
Cindy Methner - Vocal
Michael Schlottke - Bass
Emanuel Mukow - Drums
Remo Ender - Gitarre
Dennis Grund - Mellotroneffekt-Gitarre

Cover art: RM, Foto by Heiko Portale

PSYCHALOVIC SONIC SONGS FOR LOVERS AND SURVIVORS

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with the cream of the jest
at the wheel we are blessed

with shrill and loud disputes
straight ahead the downwards route

in neverland

infantile speech for the dumb
for all the sheeps

we are underestimated rats
gold-givers for spoiled cats

in neverland

s.o.s. we lose contact with the cell
in the end we lose contact with ourselves
in neverland

Para Lia - Neverland

Para Lia - Higher And Away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwObb0v8Dwg

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018

i’m not here today
i’m outside of the range
of all the operating dates
 
walking upside down
caused a heavenly breakdown
in the happy hunting ground
 
we could leave at dead of night
we’re just like daytime fireflies
 
we're going
higher and away
we shine our light out into our days
higher and away
maybe we’ll be back soon but not today

and if this point of view
does not match the clues
in the book of economic dues
 
the world will not go insane
more than it is today
so are you on your way?
 
we could leave at dead of night
we’re just like daytime fireflies
 
we're going
higher and away
we shine our light out into our days
higher and away
maybe we’ll be back soon but not today

Soap Bubble Dreams

Higher And Away

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Para Lia - Higher And Away

Para Lia - Soap Bubble Dreams
from the album 'Soap Bubble Dreams'
paralia.bandcamp.com/

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2019
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

the crowd is ecstatic
the hands are lifted
a crowd of tools

a new messias
shines on us                                 
and explains the rules

it's getting better
we climb all ladders
who gets fooled again?

call it religion
fanatic missions
fill your boots

stroke the fears and
preach salvation
let the demons loose

but does it matter?
we're deeply shatterd
who gets fooled again?

we travel in those trial balloons
soapbubble dreams that ends too soon
when the last of us
reaches the gates of the moon

Para Lia - Soap Bubble Dreams

Para Lia - Beautiful Delay
from the album 'Soap Bubble Dreams'
paralia.bandcamp.com
words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018

how soon can you be here
i'm in need of our own sphere
you're in my mind
the way you make me feel
is like overhelming space
and time

with you i want to dive in

this beautiful delay

you've got what i need
i feel your energy
like an inner fire
our spaceship of love
flies timeless through the universe
of our desire

with you i want to dive in

this beautiful delay
   
i close my eyes it takes my breath away
in weightlessness we are one and so we stay
till it fades away

with a beautiful delay

c'mon now c'mon now
let's take our spaceship right now
let's dive in right now in this beautiful delay
c'mon now c'mon now
into this beautiful delay

Beautiful Delay

Para Lia - Beautiful Delay

Para Lia - Over It
words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018

our hideaway
in our favourite coastal dune
is waiting lonely
in the morning dew

time is getting on
long time no see
who are we when
we are fancy free

when the whole world decides to battle against you and me

we'll get over it
we have the clue
we'll get over it
me and you

when the whole world has conspired against me and you

when it rains on us
after travelling for hours to the sea
and we look like drown cats
welcome to the beach

when the bad hair days
trying to grab me and you
and one thing comes to another
in our underuse

when the whole world decides to battle against you and me

we'll get over it
we have the clue
we'll get over it
me and you

when the whole world has conspired against me and you
when we are cast away

when we listen with eyes closed
to our favourite tune
then we'll find our footsteps
in our favourite dune

we'll get over it
we have the clue
we'll get over it
me and you

we'll find our footsteps in our favourite dune

Over It

Para Lia - Over It

Para Lia - On My Way Home
words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018

i can feel the heartbeat of the rivers song
it is flowing down to places i used to know
so near as if i were never gone

i'm on my way home
i'm on the road today
i'm on my way home
and the distance fades away

every mile a trip down memory lane. a close-up view
when the sky is bright the shadows are wide and they walk with you
as the one you left behind when you were gone

i'm on my way home
i'm on the road today
i'm on my way home
and the distance fades away

and when i left all this
i got no clue about it
gone days are never gone

On My Way Home

Para Lia - On My Way Home

Para Lia - 'Wait'
from the album 'Soap Bubble Dreams'
paralia.bandcamp.com/
words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2019
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

can i keep my eyes closed today
cause i lost a piece of mine
and i feel somehow faceless today
i'm blindfolded and i need you by my side 

one sunny day i met
an old friend so pale and thin
i had to get rid of him
before it gets under my skin

and it paralyses me so

wait a while my love down in the shade before we walk
into the fields mile by mile hand in hand until the end of our time

before the sunset ends
i wan't to fill my bag of life everyday
till someday the one eyed god
may walk over our graves

but for now i ask you to

wait a while my love down in the shade before we walk
into the fields mile by mile hand in hand until the end of our time

and we step into the unseen

Wait

Para Lia - Wait

Para Lia - 'The Man Who Went Away'
words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018

in his dreams
his little world was on fire
but he felt safe
in his hide-out

in the television news
he found his dreams come alive

the man at the look-out in his hide-out
says now's the time for me
i gotta get away
get away from here
 
the rythm of boots marching on the ground
kicks a pretty hole in his pretty cloud
he's gotta get away
get away from here

'cause what can you do
when you're always quiet never loud
when you think that you are just
a face in the crowd

the man at the look-out in his hide-out
says now's the time for me
i gotta get away
get away from here

the world you know dies from the inside out
the heavens gate is closed
gotta get away
get away from here

the man at the look-out in his hide-out
is always on the run
he's gotta get away
get away from here

he's looking for his island in the sun
the good old days are gone
he's gotta get away
get away from here

the man who went away is never done
in silence, always gone
he's gotta get away
get away from here
gotta get away

The Man Who Went Away

Para Lia - The Man Who Went Away

Para Lia - 'Leaves Of Grey'
words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018

'hope is a waking dream'
aristotle said
sailing through the waves of time
'i have to keep my eyes closed'
the smart politician regrets: 
'these are hard times'
 
on the eternal chessboard
young soldiers are marching on
where a hundred armies have fed the ground
while an army of selfie sticks
is floating pretty ancient stones

and the leaves of grey
are sealing the stained marble plates
are weaving a winding sheet
when the wisdom goes to seed

'hope is a waking dream'
aristotle said
'and don't forget that history
repeats itself,
you fools'

and the leaves of grey
are sealing the stained marble plates
are weaving a winding sheet
where the wisdom goes to seed

they are hiding the inscriptions on the philosopher's stone
they are caressing the kings and queens ashes and bones
and the leaves of grey
are floating down to cover the remains of what we think is our eternal flame

Leaves Of Grey

Para Lia - Leaves Of Grey

Para Lia - 'Who Gets Fooled Again'
from the  album 'Soap Bubble Dreams'
https://paralia.bandcamp.com/

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2018
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

the crowd is asking questions
time to feed the brains of fools
we're on the speedway of the global news
we have a serious network
we run the big machines
we keep you quiet with bread and games
it will quench the flame
isn't the weather nice today?

who gets fooled again

in the age of populism
sweeping around the globe
we are dealing with an overdose
of phrases, bubbles, airholes
advertisement and empty shells
we guarantee your comfort zone
trust us you are not alone
so better stay at home

who gets fooled again

Who Gets Fooled Again

Para Lia - 'Romancero'
from the album 'Soap Bubble Dreams', out on March22
https://paralia.bandcamp.com/ 


words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2019
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

my inner is staring in the fireplace
come around and keep me from myself

i know you'll never let me down
and i don't know my way around here
because i wade through a surreal dream

and in my head
a band is playing a sweet melody
you are dancing like a fairy
to the sound of our destiny

can you spot me in my fairytale
let's walk the paths of our fate

don't realize what's going around
i have to reach higher ground
because i wade through a surreal dream

and in my head
a band is playing a sweet melody
you are dancing like a fairy
on the carousel of our destiny

Romancero

Para Lia - Romancero

Para Lia - Hawk Hill

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words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2019
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover art: Phillip E. DAoust
Thank you so much Kevin (Mr. Cagey), Fady (Mr. The sporz), Tim (Three Photons) and JJ (Subject To Revision) for giving feedback to the song when the work was in progress!  

lyrics:

strolling down the street i knew so well
when i was a boy and made my way to
school

and the school was closed long time ago
because bleeding us dry nowadays seems to be
cool

we create new dead end towns

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
don't let it get you

young people turned their backs on that one way street
and all the factories are rotten but you built a new town
hall

and the color of the town slowly turned into a grey
like the face of a forgotten but the cemetry is pretty
green

a field of broken dreams

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
don't let it get you

goodbye hawk hill lane
i don't miss you
goodbye hawk hill lane
you know i still love you
don't let it get you

Hawk Hill

Para Lia - Mistakes

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words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2019
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

'Mistakes' is nothing more or less than a simple love song. Melodic and a little bit edgy, just like Cindy and me. Alt rock meets dream pop. Thank you everyone for listening and supporting Para Lia!

lyrics:

i found you waiting in the backyard
of my selfmade house of cards
you are like the sunrise that breaks the dark

all my mistakes led me to you
we are riding with the past into something new

my broken road is filled with ghosts
and some of my steps left potholes in my soul
it's a fine line between love and pain
you're touching my mind, you keep me sane

all my mistakes led me to you
we are riding with the past into something new
it's long overdue

Mistakes

Para Lia - Fools (Feat. Terry Wigmore)
from the new album ‘Gone With The Flow’
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words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2020
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover artwork: Louis Renzoni
cover design: John Farley, SPR Designs

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The song features the fantastic musician @terrywigmore on cello. Thank you so much Terry for joining us here and for giving the song an extra dose of melancholic elegance. 

lyrics:

he has doubts. sometimes.
is she still here? always?
the daily grindstone sometimes thins the skin.
when you're back to back the ocean in her eyes can not be seen.
sometimes.

and then she says

i send you all my love
i send you all my love
you fool

she has doubts. sometimes she doesn't know him.
testiness and tiredness. the ocean in his eyes seems to be
not clear.

and then he says

i send you all my love
i send you all my love
you fool

i send you all my love

Fools (Feat. Terry Wigmore)

Don't miss the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e86QGnhPJeI

Para Lia - Children Of The Flood (Feat. Fady Haddad)
from the album ‘Gone With The Flow’
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words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2020
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

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Meeting @fadysporz on Soundcloud back in 2018 felt like a meeting of soulmates. There is a mutual respect for each other’s work and i wrote the track with room for Fadys heavenly synth work in mind and also with the idea that he joins Cindy and me in the vocal work. With Fady having the ability to ‘read’ the way of the songwriting and harmony construction it was effortless to work together - he is a fantastic musician. Thank you Fady for joining us here! 

how can you sleep, did you sleep
how dare you sleep?
when the water already laps your feet
it's time to move offbeat

you are the rider on the withe horse on the dike

gone with the flow
gone with the flow
don't let it all take you away

how would we guard what we love
if we were stuck behind a broken dike
how would we save what has to be saved
without a heart and nothing but an angry mind

we are the children of the flood

gone with the flow
gone with the flow
don't let it all take you away
we are the children of the flood

Children Of The Flood (Feat. Fady)

Don't miss the video: https://youtu.be/NGgdJNoJBic

Para Lia
Fade To Grey
Album: Gone With The Flow
paralia.bandcamp.com/album/gone-with-the-flow
Vinyl / CD / Digital

What's the story behind this song and the album as a unit? Find it out: Visit the 3D virtual art exhibition, realized by SophisticatedApe, with the great work of Louis Renzoni and the music of Para Lia with a lot of background information here:
https://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/
It is like an interactive visit in a gallery: Use your mouse and the left button to walk around, use the arrow keys on your keyboard or the W-A-S-D keys (forward, left, back, right, respectively). On mobile devices, touch and drag in the direction you would like to move.

words and music by René Methner
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

Follow Para Lia on:
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everything fades to grey
since you're gone
my silent film tries to go on
since you're gone
i got no clue where i belong
since you're gone
i am a figurine, a wounded toon
i slowly fade to grey

i lose myself in my cocoon
i slowly fade to grey
i gotta get out of here soon

i feel like losing my mind
since you're gone
the doctor says "those pills are fine
don't waste your time, get a move on!"
i gotta get away
before i'm lost in grey

i lose myself in my cocoon
i slowly fade to grey
i gotta get out of here soon

i hide myself in grey
i lose myself in my cocoon
i slowly fade to grey
i gotta get out of here soon
i slowly fade to grey
i feel like losing my mind
since you're gone
i gotta get away

Fade To Grey

Para Lia
Kaleidoscope
paralia.bandcamp.com/album/gone-with-the-flow

Atwork: Louis Renzoni, 'iSpy Red'
Visit the 3D virtual art exhibition with the work of Louis Renzoni and the music of Para Lia here:
https://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/

words and music by René Methner
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

Follow Para Lia on:
https://www.youtube.com/c/paralia
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Lyrics:
the paper sun has gone down now
for shining eight miles away
no mad man's running through the fields now
no longer he lives for today

the purple haze has passed away now
and lucy's now a daughter of eve
the iron butterfly has vanished
so light my fire before we leave

come take my hand
we dive into the kaleidoscope
where green circles wait
watch me i am gonna fade away

a former psychedelic siren
now part of the music business scene
is casting spells only for money
 the white rabbits hide in lemon trees

come take my hand
we dive into the kaleidoscope
where green circles wait
watch me i am gonna fade

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quotes / reminiscences (psych and garage rock bands and songs 1966 - 68)
in order of appearance in the lyrics:

traffic - paper sun
the byrds - eight miles high
dantalion's chariot - mad man's running through the field
the grass roots - let's live for today
jimi hendrix - purple haze
beatles - lucy in the sky with diamonds
the daughters of eve (us band)
iron butterfly (us band)
the doors - light my fire
kaleidoscope (uk band) 
small faces - green circles
the tide - psychedelic siren
ccr - i put a spell on you
jefferson airplane - white rabbit
the move - here we go round the lemon tree

Kaleidoscope

Don't miss the video: https://youtu.be/2UHmsC965Vw

Para Lia
No Time For Butterflies
Album: Gone With The Flow
Image: from the video by Stelios Trichandiris / Angels PR / Athens / Greece

paralia.bandcamp.com/album/gone-with-the-flow
Vinyl / CD / Digital

What's the story behind this song and the album as a unit? Find it out: Visit the 3D virtual art exhibition, realized by SophisticatedApe, with the great work of Louis Renzoni and the music of Para Lia with a lot of background information here:
https://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/
It is like an interactive visit in a gallery: Use your mouse and the left button to walk around, use the arrow keys on your keyboard or the W-A-S-D keys (forward, left, back, right, respectively). On mobile devices, touch and drag in the direction you would like to move.

words and music by René Methner
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin

Follow Para Lia on:
www.facebook.com/paraliamusic/
www.instagram.com/paralia.music/
twitter.com/para_lia_band

cold shivers have bitten the flowers in the garden's mind
and the fever trees try to lighten the hall of the blind
the blind faith in progress decided on how the world runs
and sooner or later the killing of eden is done
 
it's no time for butterflies
when the whore of babylon is on the way to the sky
no time for butterflies
anymore

the trees are sending s.o.s. from the roots into the crown
and the creation's crown explains it was all the time the same, an up and down
but this time maybe it's a little bit different
when the sea breathes plastic we're close to the start of the bitter end

it's no time for butterflies
when the whore of babylon is on the way to the sky
no time for butterflies
anymore

No Time For Butterflies

Para Lia
Fire (My Chemical Imbalance)- with Fady on synth
from the album ‘Gone With The Flow’
paralia.bandcamp.com/album/gone-with-the-flow
Vinyl / CD / Digital

What's the story behind this  song and the album as a unit? Find it out: Visit the 3D virtual art exhibition, realized by SophisticatedApe, with the great work of Louis Renzoni and the music of Para Lia with a lot of background information here:
https://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/
It is like an interactive visit in a gallery: Use your mouse and the left button to walk around, use the arrow keys on your keyboard or the W-A-S-D keys (forward, left, back, right, respectively). On mobile devices, touch and drag in the direction you would like to move. 


words and music by René Methner
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover artwork based on Louis Renzonis '6th floor walk up'

Follow Para Lia on:
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www.instagram.com/paralia.music/
twitter.com/para_lia_band

Head over to the awesome @fadysporz to listen to some wonderful indie gems! 

i don't know
where to go
where to flow
where myself has been

if i was
here with me
'now!' i'd say,
'now i'm free'
but i am somewhere else and out of reach

sometimes my mind games
keep me under control
there's nothing i could do
my chemical imbalance turns into
fire

i know the fire
it keeps me under control
it's never far away
it never takes too long, you know
one, two, here it comes
fire

everything is an up and down
everything is an up and down
all my me's are running up and down
everything is an up and down
everything is an up and down
i'm trapped by this
fire

get the album

Fire (My Chemical Imbalance)- with Fady

Don't miss the music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdeuiYwAKfY&t=18s
Para Lia - My Muse (radio edit)
from the new album ‘Gone With The Flow’
paralia.bandcamp.com/album/gone-with-the-flow

Visit the 3D virtual art exhibition here:
http://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2020
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover artwork: Louis Renzoni
cover design: John Farley, SPR Designs

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lyrics:

she says - don’t think, don’t move
what are you tryin' to prove?
just be you
she says - let it out, let it breathe
let it crawl out of the sleeve
and i know - all the colors, step by step
are blending with her spiderweb

my muse 
i pledge my soul to you

i'm a kind of a dorian gray
and i am faustian, by the way
as long as i feel you 
i am everything you want me to be

my muse 
i pledge my soul to you

My Muse

Don't miss the video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9vqX68K9x0&feature=emb_title

Para Lia - 'Riders On The Dike' (Feat. Amanda Kim Sanderson)
Taken from the new album ‘Gone With The Flow’
https://paralia.bandcamp.com/album/gone-with-the-flow

3D virtual art exhibition:
http://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/

Thank you everyone for listening and supporting Para Lia!

words and music by René Methner, Copyright 2020
mix and production: René Methner
mastering: Thomas Heimann-Trosien, TurnstyleMastering, Berlin
cover artwork: Louis Renzoni

Follow Para Lia on:
www.facebook.com/paraliamusic/
www.instagram.com/paralia.music/
twitter.com/para_lia_band
www.youtube.com/channel/UCNABsfHKaCDk28fOj91Dc1g

‘Riders On The Dike’ features the vocals of UK singer/songwriter Amanda Kim Sanderson. Thank you for your friendship and the way you rock the track Amanda! :) It is such a pleasure to work with you and we are mighty proud that you joined us for this song! Follow the amazing Amanda Kim Sanderson on Soundcloud: @phoebeelena


The cover artwork comes from an original idea from the New York Artist Louis Renzoni, who said something like that Para Lia uses the same colors like he does - so the idea of a collaboration was born. Louis artwork runs throughout the album where the artists’ work features more extensively with both featuring in an online virtual music/art exhibition:
http://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/

Thank you @mrcagey @three-photons @andrew-borderick @subjecttorevision @terrywigmore @fadysporz for your feedback on the mastered stuff!

follow me, we're on the way
to make more out of today
and when we fail we change course
milestones won't move
but our creeping paths are pretty cool
we're the today's soft option fools
i don't know if it's too late
i don't know how long we'll stay
the idea is to go higher
fly over by my side
with curiosity in mind
we are on the loose
we are the riders on the dike
hand me over my fate
and stay with me along the way
if you come around i am okay
i don't know if it's too late
i don't know how long we'll stay
the idea is to go higher
fly over by my side
with curiosity in mind
we are on the loose
we are the riders on the dike
the riders on the dike

Riders On The Dike (Feat. Amanda Kim Sanderson)

IN CLASH WITH THE ZEITGEIST:
https://paralia.lnk.to/Clash
Vinyl: https://shop.soundsofsubterrania.com/?artists=PARA%20LIA&release=para-lia-in-clash-with-the-zeitgeist-88532

Check out the online exhibition with the music of Para Lia and the art of Louis Renzoni https://www.sophisticatedape.com/gone-with-the-flow-exhibition/ 

Badkup @user-359302631  is the cosmic collision of Rene of Para Lia @para-lia and Fady @fadysporz.

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