1. |
Science fiction
03:17
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SCIENCE FICTION
Millions of lightyears far out there,
far too far to be understood
must be some kind of thing, something now happening
I would die just to see if I could..
Chorus:
So will we finally find out if a life without frontiers
always stays SCIENCE FICTION?
Lights up in the sky look so real
I can almost grab them with my hands
But how important am I to the stars in the sky
Will they shine on when my life must end?
Chorus:
Is it just impossible or is it that we finally will
find out if life without frontiers stays SCIENCE FICTION?
Will we find out in the end, will we find out in the end?
Bridge
Me, I'll be falling to dust finally
Could it be there's a thing in me,
that I could trust in, believe in, find one day?
- Solo Thorsten Uhlmann -
Finally falling to dust
Could it be there's a thing in us,
we could trust in, believe in, find one day?
- Solo Thorsten Uhlmann -
written 19.07.1998 by Stef
Recorded at VITATECH-SOUNDZ by Stef on Fostex R8
Drums - Markus Schmidty Schmidt
Guitars - Gerhard Skrodzki and Stef
Solo Guitar - Thorsten Uhlmann
Bass and Vocals - Stef
Backing Vocals - Sarah Asling and Stef
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2. |
Addicted
04:19
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ADDICTED
- Solo Stef -
You ain't got no perspective, when you're all alone,
feels like drowning without water.
Not quite sure, where I will finally run ashore.
The mirror shows a different face each day,
yet always somebody, I don't know.
Just tell me what these eyes are all about.
Chorus:
Addicted - Dependent on somebody's shelter, can't stand it alone..
The picture's damaged and the sight has change,
It seems the sun finally's been fading.
but even with closed eyes I still see you.
I hate myself but I'm afraid to be hurt
Seems the abyss has never been that close
I'm falling but I fail to reach the ground.
My mirror has gone crazy, my body fails to breathe.
And I'm all lost within myself.
God help me see things clearly, about to lose my mind
I need a way right out of here.
- Solo Stef -
My mirror has gone crazy, my body fails to breathe
and I'm all lost within myself.
God help me see things clearly, while I'm closing my eyes
I need a way right out of here.
Chorus:
Addicted - Dependent on somebody's shelter, can't stand it alone..
Addicted to love - No matter how hard I may try, I am lost all alone.
written 16.08.1998 by Stef
Recorded at VITATECH-SOUNDZ by Stef on Fostex R8
Drums, Bass, Guitars and Vocals - Stef
Backings by Sarah Asling, Fritz and Stef
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3. |
Diary
03:11
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DIARY
I take aspirins like sweets, smoking dope to calm my needs,
while my life passes me by like an unreal dream.
I got porns to share my bed, yet a hole inside my head.
and I hope this will be over before life begins.
Chorus
You might strip it down to what you think it is.
so that I might laugh bout your analysis.
Doctor can't you see, you're not too close to me
and you just picture me inside your selfmade frame
you better smash that thing.
It's getting me down, getting me down, living inside of a diary.
I cant see it through, what am I to do to start it all over again.
Getting me down, getting me down, living inside of a diary.
I cant see it through, what am I to do to start it all over again.
Well, doctor can't you see, you're not too close to me
no, you just picture me ins'e a selfmade frame.
Bridge
Can you picture that nobody understands you,
somebody who loved you hates you now?
Wake up and talk to me
You seem so dead and gone as if it had all gone wrong
I didn't mean to hurt you, babe.
Come read my diary, look into my eyes
Chorus
written 29.12.1994 by Stef
Drums recorded at the ACUD 1994 on Yamaha MT-3X.
Guitars, Bass and Yamaha DX7 recorded 1995 at WRIEZENERTONE on Fostex R8.
Guitars, Roland XP 80 and Vocals recorded 1998 at VITATECH-SOUNDZ on Fostex R8.
Intro Voice - Christine McKenna
Drums - Sandor Fromeyer
Roland XP 80 - Blitz Friedrich
Yamaha DX7, Bass, Guitars and Vocals - Stef
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4. |
Phone numbers
04:02
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PHONE NUMBERS
I saw the phone number of Jesus in the subway today
but God's a very busy man
and my phone bill is much too high
Well, I used to write down all my feelings,
used to carve them in words
seems that saved me lots of money,
still right now I'd rather talk, I'd rather just talk
Chorus
Sometimes God listens, it seems just listens
to everybody but you
God listens, it seems just listens
at least he is not speaking to you.
God listens, it seems just listens
to anybody but you
God listens, at least just listens
at least he is not speaking to you,
no, God won't speak to you.
I don't believe he is waiting on your telephone line
I don't need to see what I have right here in my mind
just keep that in mind, in your dirty mind.
Chorus
Well, if you need someone to talk to, somebody to hold your hand
you failed to understand why
He is watching from way up there but he does not interfere
He is listening but he won't speak to you.
He is listening and he won't speak to you,
'cause he leaves your own decisions to you.
God won't speak to you, won't speak to you.
- Solo Gerhard Skrodzki -
written March 1998 by Stef
Recorded by Stef at VITATECH-SOUNDZ on Fostex R8.
Roland XP 80 recorded at Fritzies'
Guitar - Gerhard Skrodski and Stef
Drumset made of Postbox, pot and steeltube - Stef
Roland XP 80 and Vocals - Stef
Backing Vocals - Sarah Asling
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5. |
Sharkfishing
05:34
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SHARKFISHING (Song for Heike)
My head is all messed up, I just can't keep calm
Your picture's in my head and my stomach.
You're everywhere, but you're still too far away.
Your eyes they can smile,
they're closed when were kissing,
you've let me take your hand as we walked around
You're everywhere, but you're still too far away.
Chorus
I am kind of nervous, sort of losing my head,
yet I know there's no easy way out.
I have made up my mind made up and I'm dreaming about you
I need to have you around me, so I see light again.
All wrapped up in silence my heart beats like crazy
an idea of you covers everything
come home into my arms as if forevermore.
Chorus
Bridge
Give me all your laughter, your friendship and your lust
because it's you here in my head
join me through all the sentiments of your life
- Solo Fritz -
I'm counting the minutes 'til you come back to me
I'm counting the minutes and you returned
I count every minute until you come home to me
written by 14.08.1996 by Stef
Stringarrangement by Fritz with Stef
Recorded by Stef at VITATECH-SOUNDZ on Fostex R8.
Roland XP 80 Strings recorded at Fritzie's
Piano - Blitz Friedrich recorded on the Stage-Piano at Schokoladen
Guitars and Vocals - Stef
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6. |
I don't know
03:46
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I DON'T KNOW
Like a fly that tries to get out through the glass
we try to get hold of company
that resists the temptation of leaving us when we fall down.
People say what goes around, it comes around,
everything you do falls back on you.
Forgive me my everchanging moods
It's just because I don't know myself.
Chorus
I don't know who'll talk to me then, I don't know who'll be with me,
I don't know who'll look in my eyes all of my nights and days.
Do we hold on tight to what we think we own
'til we find out that we just pretend?
Tell me the truth, go tell me what to do
in case you know, because I don't
Chorus
I don't know who'll be with me when I will finally have to go.
I don't know, it's that I just don't know..
Acting like a fly behind glass to find me somebody, some company
Written by Stef 04.08.1995
Recorded 1998 at VITATECH-SOUNDZ on Fostex R8
Bass, Guitars and Vocals - Stef
Guitar - Thorsten Uhlmann
Drums - Michael Richard
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7. |
Nylon
02:42
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Recorded 1998 at VITATECH-SOUNDZ on Fostex R8
Guitars - Stef and Thorsten Uhlmann
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8. |
Vitatech
03:21
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VITATECH
It's been a lot of time, it's been lots of experiences.
It's been way up high, it's been too far down, down, down.
Noone did ever tell us, it would be that different in the end,
but sometimes just another replay.
Avoid foreseeing things, they'll happen too soon.
Just touch something lifeless, just bark at the moon.
I'll maybe just fuck you, but who of us cares?!
We'll transpire our yearnings, we won't see no tears.
Bridge
Love is something prescious,
nothing to be touched with dirty hands.
Trust is somethhing unreal and it's easy to be crushed.
Lust is something plain, it's so easy to feel it,
almost innocent, don't drag it through the mud, just take it easy.
Chorus
Vitatech - give me something to wake up!
Vitatech - give me something to wake up!
Vitatech - give me something to wake up!
Vitatech - just give me something.
Written by Stef between 10/96 and 3/98
Recorded at VITATECH-SOUNDZ by Stef on Fostex R8
Drums - Markus Schmidt
Bass - Hjalmar Stecher
Yamaha DX7 - Blitz Friedrich
Git, Vocals and Soundz - Stef
Backing Vocals - Tschakka
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9. |
Free
03:37
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FREE
Standing in front of doors to different worlds,
lingering at gates I might walk through easily,
I look through the window at the world outside
but I just can't move.
There may be a million chances waiting on me,
colourful pictures and opportunities
My soul could be changing or just fade away in a darkened space.
Chorus
Because I'm free to push the door open and walk straight out
Free to rise or to fall down and die.
I'm free, no man or idea ever hinders me
Free to believe in truth or in lies.
I try hard to listen to the voices inside
I juggle with words to catch a glimpse of that light
I'm not really sure about the sense of the things I do.
Is there any worth in all the plans left undone?
I try flying, yet I'm still too far from the sun.
Either I walk a long way or am way up risking a fall.
Chorus
I watch the marbles roll right out of my control
Chorus
written by Stef 01.05.91
Recorded at ACUD, WRIEZENERTONE and VITATECH-SOUNDZ 1995 - 1998 on Fostex R8
Drums - Markus Schmidt
Bass, Guitars and Vocals - Stef
Backing Vocals - Stef and Tschakka
Introvox - Christine McKenna
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10. |
Walk on water
04:23
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WALK ON WATER
Waves all across the black sea, there's been wind in my face.
and I almost walked on water, you know.
I could taste the salt on my lips and a yearning in me
as I watched the black horizon and sky.
Chorus
I've been way up in the black skies
I've been there, I was here.
' seems it doesn't really matter this far.
I've been following an unseen line,
' seems I didn't move at all
and I'd never ever thought I'd get so far that soon.
' seems the scenery's not been changing
in my dreams I returned.
and some times along the way I almost got to know
where the place is, I should go to, what my eyes fail to see.
and I almost walk on water, you know.
Chorus
Bridge
Has it really sunk down to where it's dark?
Have I heard that sound or has it just been my thoughts?
Did I really lose the connection to reality?
Or have I caught a glimpse of what they call infinity?
- Solo Marco Wasem -
Written by Stef 09.06. 94
Recorded at ACUD, WRIEZENERTONE and VITATECH-SOUNDZ 1994 - 1998
on Fostex R8 and Yamaha MT-3X
Drums - Schmidty
Guitar (incl. Solo )- Marco Wasem
Guit, Bass and Vocals - Stef
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11. |
Warder
04:03
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WARDER
Just a dream, you be that this is just a dream ..
It is night, all is black when you hear someone screaming
like an animal, hunted and frightened to death
Someone scratching,then knocking, then banging at your door..
Trying to be all silent, while holding your breath
you get up and you walk to the bedroom door,
which opens up without you touching it
and you enter the corridor..
Bridge
Afraid, all alone, you're on your own now
So you better run ..
Chorus
Away from the unknown, that's felt but is not shown
Away from your own soul, who knows?
Away from the unknown, that's felt but is not shown
Out of the black zone, who knows the way?
Your heart beats wrong rhythms while you just run on
and the way to the door withdraws rapidly
But in that damn dim light you finally see with fright
theres a warder in front of the exit door..
And as you finally reach him since it's too late to turn
Your eyes see what your brain cannot understand
the man in front of you, the warder there is you, he's you!
Bridge
Chorus
Written by Stef 25.09.98
Drums recorded 1994 at ACUD on Ymaha MT-3X
Guit and bass recorded 1995 at WRIEZENERTONE on Fostex R8
Piano recorded 1995 at SCHOKOLADEN on Fostex R8
Vocals recorded 1998 at VITATECH-SOUNDZ on Fostex R8
Drums - Martin Koenig
Piano, Bass, Guitar and Vocals - Stef
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12. |
Missing you
04:54
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MISSING YOU
It's not just that I'm lonely, cause I wake up alone.
Not just that I'm lonely, cause there's noone on the phone.
Seems to be it was only, cause I missed something else.
Could it be it was just because I'm missing you?
Bridge
I have gone all mad, I'm awfully sad,
I am out of my head, I'm where I've never been.
I still remember the things we've done.
And I'm sure you do too.
Still what we see, we see differently.
Nothing will ever be the same.
And now that you're gone I turn and I run.
But the way I see it, the trouble has just begun.
Chorus
I've been thinking it over lots of times and again.
Have we been wasting all our love?
Put me together now, lift me up again
Put this to an end, just give me your hand.
Forget me not.
- Solo Stef -
'Cause I've been thinking it over a million times and again.
Have we been wasting all our love?
Put me together now, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up
Put this to an end, why can't we be friends?
Forget me not.
Written by Stef 30.09.1993
Recorded at VITATECH-SOUNDZ by Stef on Fostex R8
Guitars and Vocals - Stef
Roland Xp 80 - Fritz
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13. |
The right thing
04:35
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THE RIGHT THING
Sometimes silence seems to tell me something anyway
Sometimes I fight 'gainst real big forces, where there is only me.
Dawn's red light in a violet fog reflected in the water
of the cold, dark sea is awakening me.
And so I get up on my feet and I start to walk
slowly down to the surf to see if it's rising.
Chorus
Because there's always something that you can't prevent.
Sometimes things happen you can't understand.
Things, noone can influence nor change or do end.
So just follow your heart's call and hope
you do the right thing anyway.
Wind gets stronger and the tide is rising
Seagulls scream unusually hoarse, so full of force.
And me, stepping right into the muddy cold water,
'til it reaches my eyes I still do look for you.
Chorus
Bridge
Anyway I am still wondering about little hints
but I*m not sure 'bout what they mean to me.
Sometimes silence seems to tell me something anyway
Sometimes I fight 'gainst real big forces,
where there is only me
- Solo Stef -
Chorus
There's always something that you can't pretend.
Sometimes things happen noone can understand.
Things, noone can influence nore change or do end.
So just follow your heart's call and hope
you do the right thing anyway.
Sometimes silence seems to tell me something anyway
And I feel, as if I fell down, or drowned in the sea
.. drowning in the sea.
written by Stef 30.06.1986
Drums recorded by Stef at Greifswalder Str. 1995 on Yamaha MT-3X
Pianos and Bass recorded by Dirk Burke at LIVECLUB 1996 on 16 Track
Premix by Micha Grauer - LEHRTER STUDIO 1996
Vocals recorded by Stef at VITATECH-SOUNDZ 1998 on Fostex R8
Drums - Markus Schmidt
Bass, Pianos, Vocals- Stef
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14. |
Big Trouble - What if
04:21
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BIG TROUBLE
Woman lay down beside me, just give us a rest.
Mama, this man's heart is in your hands.
So don't you scratch my soul girl
and I'll give you space to breathe.
If you took a closer look, maybe you'd understand.
Come see the places that behold my memories
and let me share yours so that I might understand
what it is that makes you act this way,
what goes on inside your head,
cause by now I feel lonely again
Bridge
I don't want you under my thumb, but I need you completely.
Give me a thing to hold on to, you're so important to me.
Chorus
'Cause finally It's always been big trouble with little things.
I'm entangled inbetween lust, anger and despair.
Bridge
Chorus
Finally It's always been big trouble with little things.
I'm entangled inbetween lust, anger and despair.
Finally It's always been big trouble, just big big trouble
I'm entangled inbetween.
- Solo Stef -
Written by Stef 07.07.94
WHAT IF (BIG TROUBLE PT.II)
And if in the end it was different and lightyears away from your plans
What would there be left to remind them of you,
tell me what is left in the end?
So what is my little world made of and how do I measure its worth
this big dream, whose air I am breathing
Way high up or just down to earth again
- Solo Stef -
Written by Stef 1998
Recorded at VITATECH-SOUNDZ by Stef on Fostex R8
Drums - Micha Richard
Bass, Guitars and Vocals - Stef
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