ALL TOO MUCH


It's been a while since then
but she's still on my mind time and again
If I see her coming past once more
I would tell her that I'm sorry

It was all too much for me
It was all too much for me

Whatever I hold may slip through my fingers
Whatever I touch might break
If only she would've lingered a little longer
If only I could promise not to make another mistake

It was all too much for me
It was all too much for me

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Recorded and produced by The Meantime.

All Too Much

FOR YOU MY LOVE


So cried the rain through the street outside
Let me dry my eyes in your arms tonight
and apologize a million times
I suppose it's too late, but I really want to
undo all the wrong I've done
So even though it's over

I'm waiting here for you my love
Still praying to hear from you my love
Waiting here for you my love
Still praying to hear from you my love

So flowed my fingers through your hair
and now it's so cold alone in this room
If only I had known what I know now
I would have never been so cruel
I needed you to show me how
true love was meant to go
because to me it was never shown before
You gave a blind man back his sight
and I'm forever grateful
but what a shame that with these new eyes
I can't see you anymore

but I'll keep waiting here for you my love
Still praying to hear from you my love
Waiting here for you my love
Still praying to hear from you my love
..

Waiting here for the one I love


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For You My Love

OH WHAT A DAY


Woke up in the early morning sun
yet I was too blind to see the light
I was too numb to feel the beat drumming
and I found myself wishing today had never begun

It took so long, oh what a day
It took so long, oh what a day

I rolled out of bed against my better judgement
cause even if I do play I lose
so I stood there again stuck with a new stain on my heart
I really wish I knew what it was that I needed to do

It took so long, oh what a day
It took so long, oh what a day

I look at the clock and there I have this dark
feeling coming over me
Ah still no message from my love
and I begin to fear that it won't be coming

It took so long, oh what a day
It took so long, oh what a day
It took so long, oh what a day
It took so long, oh what a day

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Oh What A Day

NEVER DARED TO DREAM


Let me tell you something baby
cause it's always on my mind
I'm having a hard time with this arrangement
wishing I could be with you all the time

I don't get what it is that she's so hot for
but I don't care, there's something that my heart can't shake

I'm gonna give in
I really feel something
oh I never dared to dream of falling
Look at the woman I found, oh my
Oh I never dared to dream of falling
in love again

But let me tell you something more
These cuts have been running way too deep to save me
I'm sure I would only disappoint
and run you off in the end along with all you gave me

She don't get what it is that I'm so scared of
but she don't care, there's something that her heart can't shake

I'm gonna give in
I really feel something
oh I never dared to dream of falling
Look at the woman I found, oh my
Oh I never dared to dream of falling
in love again

Oh, I wanna be with you all the time
Oh my, you wanna be with me all the time
Oh, I wanna be with you all the time
Oh my, you wanna be with me all the time

I'm gonna give in
I really feel something
oh I never dared to dream of falling
Look at the woman I found, oh my
Oh I never dared to dream of falling
in love again

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Recorded and produced by The Meantime.

Never Dared To Dream

STAY WITH YOU

Gone too far
Went too deep
and now I'm feeling down down down
Falling apart
Man I can't breathe
My head spinning round round round

I'm up to my neck
All bent over backwards
I just can't anymore
I've gone too far
Too far gone
Knocking at your door

Would it be okay with you
if I stayed with you
tonight
Please, until I feel sane again
don't forsake this man
and the tears in his eyes

Fell down on the job
Worked hard as a bee
I'm buzzing down down down
Sweep me under the carpet
I just wanna sleep
another round round round

I'm up to my neck
All bent over backwards
Oh man I just can't anymore
I've gone too far
Too far gone
Knocking at your door

Would it be okay with you
if I stayed with you
tonight
Please, until I feel sane again
don't forsake this man
and the tears in his eyes

Would it be okay with you
if I stayed with you
tonight
Please, until I feel sane again
don't forsake this man
and the tears in his eyes

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Recorded and produced by The Meantime.
Cover Art by Daniel Hernández Chacón and The Meantime.

Stay With You

OUT FROM UNDER

Oh what am I to do
My nerves are bursting apart cause of you
like fuel to the fire
like sugar in my wounds 
I hear you calling from behind the barricades
I spent a decade putting in place
that there's no way in anymore
and no way around

But I'll break 'm apart
tear 'm asunder
the gates and the walls
to my kingdom
cause my gardens and groves
and sunflower fields
will bloom evermore
with you in them
but give me just a couple more minutes
to get out from under

Oh what am I to do
Your flowery words and your honey-tongue, too
Sweeter than wine
They throw all of my senses for a loop 
I hear the siren song
from behind my barricades
Oh my loved one, my loved one
Oh my love

I'll break 'm apart
tear 'm asunder
the gates and the walls
to my kingdom
cause my gardens and groves
and sunflower fields
will bloom evermore
with you in them I'm sure
Just wait while I break
all these locks off the door
I'll fly as a kite
Oh i'll be out in a trice
Girl, but give me just a little more time
to get out from under

Get out from under
Get out from under
Get out from under
Get out from under
Get out from under
Get out from under

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Recorded and produced by The Meantime.
Cover Art by Daniel Hernández Chacón and The Meantime.

Out From Under

A FRIEND IN NEED

I have a friend
in need of a friend
She learned how to fight
but not to defend
All that she lost 
can't be retrieved

Life is too short
the days are too long
How did it start
where did it go wrong
and where does it end
I don't know

So many days did she try to forget
what's on her mind
So many nights did she cry
did she cry, did she cry, did she cry

Twisting and shouting
with her latest flame
Is it keeping her warm
or is she burning again
Is it really the only
light in the dark

Oh my darling
hear my warning
You must come play in the sunshine
cause I'm not walking back into the darkness

So many days did she try to forget
what's on her mind
So many nights did she cry
did she cry, did she cry, did she cry

So many days did she try to forget
what's on her mind
So many nights did she cry
did she cry, did she cry, did she cry

So many days did she try to maintain
a piece of mind
So many nights did she cry
did she cry, did she cry, did she

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Music written by Leonie de Man and The Meantime.
Words written by The Meantime.
Recorded and produced by The Meantime.
Cover Art by Daniel Hernández Chacón and The Meantime.

A Friend In Need

NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN

Hold up, my lonely boy
You ran from home again
but there ain't no way
to stay a heartbeat ahead of their game
on a broken stride
You shouldn't know how it feels
to rip at the seams
to get your tongue tied up
and your lights blown out

Oh so unimaginable
and close to home
but too far away
that I could ever see it coming

The floor fell out
straight to the bottom
I was down there for too long
and I'm never going back again
Held out my arms
but she was loving another
I was down there for too long
and I'm never going back again

They kicked the can like a broken toy
far down the road again
Don't they know that it will
always end up in the gutter
So why bother
You shouldn't know how it feels
to rip out your dreams
to get your tongue tied enough
till only lies come out

So unimaginable
and close to home
but too far away
that I could ever see it coming

The floor fell out
straight to the bottom
I was down there for too long
and I'm never going back again
Held out my arms
but she was loving another
I was down there for too long
and I'm never going back again

Oh so unforgivable
and close to the bone
but too far away
that I could ever see it coming

The floor fell out
to the source of my problems
I was down there for too long
and I'm never going back again
The things I've seen
make me sick to my stomach
I was down there far too long
and I'm never going back again

No no never going back again
Oh no I'm never going back again  
Never going back again
Never going back again
I'm never going back again

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Recorded and produced by The Meantime.
Cover Art by Daniel Hernández Chacón and The Meantime.

Never Going Back Again

THE ROADS WE KNOW

How others keep on flying I dont know
and I'm here swaying from the tightrope
I mean how do they escape their loneliness
without straying from their home address

Oh we've never been so far
from the roads we know
Too late to turn around
Oh we've never been so close
to the edge my friend
and we'll never make it back again

So long I've been waiting
for the fever in my brain to go away again
So long I've been waiting
for the poisons in my veins to seep away again

How did I turn a blind eye without remorse
I just don't wanna be here anymore
but crosses don't negate unholiness
and for prayers it's too late I guess

Oh we've never been so far
from the roads we know
Too late to turn around
Oh we've never been so close
to the borderline
and we'll never make it back in time

So long I've been waiting
for the fever in my brain to go away again
So long I've been waiting
for the poisons in my veins to seep away again

Oh we've never been so far
from the roads we know
Too late to turn around
Oh we've never been so close
to the edge my dear
and we'll never make it out of here

So long I've been waiting
for the fever in my brain to go away again
So long I've been waiting
for the poisons in my veins to seep away again

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Recorded and produced by The Meantime.
Cover Art by Daniel Hernández Chacón and The Meantime.

The Roads We Know

XVII

The End (Withdrawal)

Paranoise

Change the Way

Aquablue

SAND ON THE DUNE

The wind comes in, howling,
bringing thunder and clouds of rain
All the rivers cease to flow
like the blood to my brain

Oh, how long should we hold on
to our grudges, our venom,
in this bad blood we've been wading
Guess we'll have to just wait and see

I fear this time the storm's gonna last
tearing our house down, soiling our past
And I'm going crazy trying to hold up the walls,
only delaying their final downfall

Oh, how long should we hold on
to our grudges, our venom,
in this bad blood we've been wading
Guess we'll have to just wait and see

She's been playing with the sand on the dune
Raising mountains, I thought, but she was digging my tomb
Then these words fired, stone cold,
straight through my chest and severed my soul

Oh, how long should we keep holding on
to our grudges, our venom,
in this bad blood we've been wading
Guess we'll have to just wait and see

Guess we'll have to just wait and see

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Stream of Consequence

Sand on the Dune

LOST IN HER EYES

My God, the ice, it broke
baby, you got me head over heels
Chest forward, so pretty and bold
I've been lost in her eyes

The sky's the limit for you and I
Nothing can hold us apart
This strange connection I can't define
I've been lost in her eyes

But one morning, your side was still cold
My mind racing
You leave me no choice, I have to get a hold
I've been lost in her eyes

I'm gonna lose my mind, yeah

Stop misleading, if what you said it was true
why couldn't I find you
Been all over, no trace and no clue
I've been lost in her eyes

My stomach turned into a stone pile
Lady, I want you ever with me
Bury my face in the sheets to stop the visions
I've been lost in her eyes

While I crawl up the wall
you got me feeling so small
cause where could you be headed at this hour, baby
I've been lost in her eyes

I'm gonna lose my mind, yeah

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Lost in Her Eyes

IN LOVE SO WELL

Time flew by like a plane
Feels like I slept most of the way
When you make me realize I can fly
You touch down and end this flight

We have been so hard on each other
We have been so hard on ourselves
We have been so in love with each other
We could be in love so well
so well

Memories come rushing in
We laugh, we joke, we kiss, we run, we sing
I wouldn't change it for the world, no
Oh God, I'm gonna miss this girl, 'cause

We have been so good for each other
We have been so close since we fell
We have seen so much of each other
Yeah we could be in love so well

Take my hand and dance with me
and this time I'll keep boogying till my feet bleed
Take my arm and I'll lead you through town
and show you all the secret places that I found

We have been so hard on each other
We have been so hard on ourselves
We have been so in love with each other
We could be in love so well

We have been so good for each other
cause we have been so close since we fell
We have seen so much of each other
yeah we could be in love so well
so well

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In Love so Well

LOTUS

Wherever you're going to or coming from
it makes no difference
cause there is no escaping
the tidal wave, the tidal wave
Face it and smile
Don't turn away from it, don't turn away
How I try
but all the time the mind wanders

Miles away
past the sun and the rain
Time and space
into nothing they fade

The rise and fall of breath
The ebbing tide of dreams
The light and dark of death
The left and right of streams

Oh, miles away
past the sun and the rain
Time and space
into nothing they fade

But all the time
all the time the mind wanders

Wherever you're coming from or going to
I leave that up to you
cause there ain't no running from
your final day, from your final day
Look it in the eye
Don't turn away from it, don't turn away
How I try
but all the time the mind wanders

Miles away
past the sun and the rain
Time and space
into nothing they fade

The rise and fall of breath
The ebbing tide of dreams
The light and dark of death
The left and right of streams

Oh, miles away
past the sun and the rain
Time and space
into nothing they fade

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Lotus

SLOW SUNDAYS

A light sun smiles my way
I'm on my own
Don't think I'll be going out today
It's a slow Sunday
cause these memories, these memories, messing with my mind
left my slumbers broken
And the night was dark
but my eyes wide open

Dream, I dream away
I dream away
Dream, I dream away
I dream away

I wake up a second time today
Still on my own
Oh look at the time that went, the time that went by
and the walls seem closer
But no don't call, don't take me to places that I fear
I am here, cause nobody's near
I think I'll just turn over and vow
to try again tomorrow morning

Dream, I dream away
I dream away
Dream, I dream away
I dream away

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Slow Sundays

SLOW IT UP

My body lives off of welfare
Money taken at high expense
I pay rent just to sit on the sofa
My mind still trying to comprehend

How my youth falls out of my arms
Who will wait for me out there
I'd truly like to run on rainbows
when you call on me

but, no man, I got to slow it up


My spirit turned weary and lonesome
They slowly stopped trying, my friends
Cause how much strength could you need for leisure
They think it but don't mean to offend

How your youth falls out of your arms
Who will wait for you out there
While we devour life like tornados
you can't go anywhere

cause, no man, you've got to slow it up

Slow now
Slow now
Slow now
Let's go now
But, no man, I got to slow it up

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Slow it Up

SYNERGY

Superstar
oh, the weight you're falling under
Weak in the knees, heavy in the heart
No, you cannot save face much longer
Well, I wasn´t gonna sit around, waiting
for this black hole to suck me into its lungs
taking drags from my sense of time
blowing smoke in my eyes
 
We've come far too close
to the heat of the sun
and my wings, they melt away
We've come far too close
to oversee that the sum
of parts does not add up to the whole

Well, I wasn´t gonna sit around, waiting
for the quicksand to drag me under
nor for all the proper stars to align
night after night after night

We've come far too close
to the heat of the sun
and my wings, they melt away
We've come far too close
to oversee that the sum
of parts does not add up to the whole

We've come far too close
to the heat of the sun
and my wings, they melt away
We've come far too close
to oversee that the sum
of parts does not add up to the whole

We've come far too close
to the heat of the sun
and my wings, they melt away
We've come far too close
to oversee that all that once was
will never return again
never return again
never return again
never return again

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Synergy

PRISONER OF THE PRESENT

It was known long before
that whatever goes up must come down
In this place I had never been
Is it only lovers that can find it, I wonder
but you can only be so far away
I'm coming for you, I'm coming for you

You can't turn back, but you can go on
I got that from a friend I love
He said: "I'm not looking back,
it's not where I'm headed"
But I'll never forget that night we met
and the day you said goodbye
oh If I could turn back time I would

Prisoner of the present
cuffed by the hands of time
yeah a prisoner, every second now

Now I know
that whatever goes up really does come down
But you can only be so far away
so I'm coming for you, I'm coming for you

You can't turn back, but you can go on
I got that from a friend I love
He said: "I'm not looking back,
it's not where I'm headed"
But I'll never forget that night we met
and the day you said goodbye:
"Oh, baby, I'm not coming home again,
cause I've had it"

Prisoner of the present
cuffed by the hands of time
yeah a prisoner, every second now

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Prisoner of the Present

THE CLOSE

Many a moon
in my arms you'd recline
You're one in a million 
but now none in mine

Watching the old train leaving round the bend
taking you to some other land

I had hoped you wouldn't go without me
I'll send you all the love and roses you might need

And so you went
with another man
into the new world
far up ahead

You kept setting me afire with your kindling eyes
and leaving with burning goodbyes

I had hoped you wouldn't go without me
I'll send you all the love and roses you might need
And know that you'll always be with me
but oh, I'm letting go now, I'm letting go
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All music and words written by The Meantime
Recorded at Sahara Sound Studio, Den Haag

The Close

SLOW TRAIN

I'm on a slow train, well on my way
I see the landscape turning gray
The scent of city creeps up my nose
a bittersweet-soot-street cologne
I hold this memory close
though it was so long ago
that I went this way
Bringing treats
to keep those nightmares from your dreams
so graciously

I don't know what to say
I don't get what you're asking
Isn't it needless to state
that you can count on me always

I'm on a slow train
headed your way
I drop it all to keep you from falling
or help you up again
Oh my baby, no don't you cry
I will be there by tonight
with a lullaby
and sweets
to keep those demons from your dreams
so graciously

I don't know what to say
I don't get what you're asking
Isn't it needless to state 
that you can count on me always
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All music and words written by The Meantime
Recorded at Sahara Sound Studio, Den Haag

Slow Train

PARADISE LOST

I can't remember how to be on my own
How to turn this house into a home
without you
Sitting here, from tears I can't refrain

The only thing I could never do
was break away from you
and the only thing you could ever do
was break my heart into

And all that's left of the love we once knew
is a suitcase with a whole lot of songs
about you
that resound futile after the fray

The only thing I could never do
was break away from you
and the only thing you could ever do
was break my heart into

into paradise with you
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All music and words written by The Meantime
Recorded at Sahara Sound Studio, Den Haag

Paradise Lost

ALL QUIET IN THE RAIN

It's all quiet in the rain
here, on the other side of town
save the whispers that say
I gotta get back to her somehow

But I force my feet to a cold tomorrow
away from the one I felt safe around
but every road I try to go
they lead back to her somehow

The park is near empty
All the leaves have fallen down
My breath freezes
with every word that leaves my mouth
As consolation I repeat
till I have to believe

that good things come and good things go
They bloom and wither as a flower
but how this one grew cold I'll never know
You'll have to ask her somehow

The park is near empty
All the leaves have fallen now
My breath freezes
and the birds are heading South
As consolation I repeat
till I have to believe
saying over and over and over again
It's better this way

It's all quiet in the rain
here, on the other side of town
save the whispers that say
I gotta get back to her somehow
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All music and words written by The Meantime
Recorded at Sahara Sound Studio, Den Haag

All Quiet In The Rain

BREACH OF FAITH


I can rest my prying case
I was led astray by my dear
Such a shame it was
Yes my nose was in your business
cause your business was in another man's nose
So cold 

I could have known all this time
since you're so sweet to the ones that you prize
When they say no you go on
and you don't stop when they cry
So caught up in schemes
that you did not realise
I was down on my knees
begging please
to not lie to my eyes

Yes my nose was only in your business
cause your business was in another man's nose
Oh so original
From that moment everyone but I knew
there was nothing left to rescue
my dear, oh my dear

Now it's known far and wide
you're such a treat to the ones that you prize
When they say no you go on
and you don't stop when they cry
You're so caught up in intrigue
that you did not realise
I was down on my knees
begging please
to not lie to my eyes

I wish you had stayed away
after your first breach of faith

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Recorded and produced by The Meantime.

Full Disclosure

Breach of Faith

Breach Of Faith

TEARS OF SUN


Settle down
we got what you need son, yeah
Don't you crawl away
soon you'll get some relief son, yeah

Just press the button for the morphine
and drip these tears of sun into your morning

We can't shine a light on your darkness
only tell you not to turn your fire son,
into a pyre son, yeah
But in the meantime
you'll be allright, you'll feel fine
just as long as you keep these words in mind

Just press the button for the morphine
and drip these tears of sun into your morning

Time floats by
I drown tonight
and all I felt
my faces melt

Just press the button for the morphine
and drip these tears of sun into your morning
into your morning

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Recorded and produced by The Meantime.

Tears of Sun

Tears Of Sun

FAIRY TALES


Lonely lover
dreaming of her
all the time again
Sweet little princess
reeling me in with
those blue eyes again
All I see is fairy tales
I cannot get enough
and I wonder if this could be
what I've always been dreaming of

My love goes tumbling
over the crumbling
walls of her castle
longingly reaching
up to the shooting
stars as they travel
All I see is fairy tales
I'm white as a dove
and I wonder if this could be
what I've always been dreaming of

Too bad that it's all falling apart
Too bad it's all falling apart
Oh yes it's all falling apart
So sad it's all crashing before it starts

If my spaceship
is floating away she
pulls like gravity
Closing the distance
but time keeps ticking
away too fast for me
All I see is fairy tales
My head is up above
and I wonder if this could be
what I've always been dreaming of

Too bad that it's all falling apart
Too bad it's all falling apart
Oh yes it's all falling apart
So sad it's all crashing before it starts

Fairy Tales

BY THE WAYSIDE


"Come away", he said
"Far away from here"
And I followed, I followed him
straight into the night

After a long, aspiring road
so sad it was to see the gravestone
Yeah, there was no fun in shooting the gun and
to leave him bleeding out in the rain

by the wayside
under streetlights
with a straight eye
on the dreams of old
and newfound alleyways
out of a town he's right in the middle of

"Keep up, my friend,
it should be some way somewhere 'round the next bend"
Oh there I wondered if any longer
I really wished to be astray

"Come away, ere it's too late,
don't leave me, don't leave me alone with this ache"
Oh man I was sorry, so sorry
to leave him bleeding out in the rain

by the wayside
under streetlights
with a straight eye
on the dreams of old
and newfound alleyways
out of a town he's right in the middle of

In the middle of
Oh I'm sorry
and I miss you
Oh I'm sorry and I miss you
but I could not come with you
and the only possible way out I saw
was to leave you bleeding out in the rain

by the wayside
under streetlights
with a straight eye
on the dreams of old
and newfound alleyways
out of a town he's right in the middle of

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By the Wayside

By The Wayside

DEADLIGHTS


Dead of night
Coming alive
Writhing eyes
They're coming alive

Why don't you run fast for the door
You freeze and can't get up
You can't see a thing, but you know it's coming
by the pounding of your heart

Why don't you run fast for the door
when you see her lust for blood
She'll force her claws in your gut
and her teeth around your heart

She's sly
You're facing the deadlights
That judge is away now
You're fighting the bad fight

Would you have let it come this far
if you knew what had been creeping
from the darkest of your halls
to the room where you were sleeping
Look out!

Facing deadlights
Facing deadlights
What will you do
in the face of danger
Will she pounce
What a wager

Shouldn't you make straight for the gate
She will feast on every weakness
You can't see a thing, but you know what's coming
by the howling of your heart

Why don't you run fast for the door
when you see her lust for blood
She'll force her claws in your gut
and her teeth around your heart

Facing deadlights
Facing deadlights
You're facing deadlights

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All music and words written by The Meantime.
Recorded and produced by The Meantime.

The Meantime

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