Holy Landy

 

1 Crossing

2 Nothing to Say

3 Silence and Distance

4 Carolina IV

5 Holy Land

6 The Shaman

7 Make Believe

8 Z.I.T.O.

9 Deep Blue

10 Lullaby for Lucifer

 

 

Paroles

 

 

 

Nothing to Say

(Music by Matos, Loureiro, Confessori)

(Lyrics by Matos)

 

Long ago, the same sky above;

"It's lonesome when the sun goes down"

A day had come when we were like one:

- Weapons up, never surrender!

 

Oh, I saw the gleams of gold

We'd kill and die conquering a virgin world

The hold corrupted by the honour

 

Living forevermore, leaving today

Back to my place, I've got

Nothing to say!

 

Guilt and shame, it's all so insane

Pagan gods die with no defence

And we could go no further at all

Digging the graves of our conscience

 

Oh, the sounds, they still echoe

All of us drifting on seas of blood

The hope hidden behind the horror

 

Living forevermore, leaving today

Back from this land, I've got

Nothing to say!

Living forevermore, leaving today;

For all what remains I've got

Nothing to say!

 

Oh, how many years have gone

Every morning I bare myself from love

The love rising up from the sorrow

 

Living forevermore, leaving today

For all what remains I've got

Nothing to say!

 

Living forevermore - Nothing to say!

Back to my place, I've got...

Living forevermore - Nothing to say!

For all what remains, I've got

Nothing to say!

 

 

 

Silence and Distance

(Music & Lyrics by Matos)

 

Been here for so long

On the morrow I'll dare

Silent and distant

Reaching out, unaware

Stealing the whispers

From my deepest request

 

And you watch me

Waiting for something new

My hands, as empty

As my body and soul

Could keep pretending

But in the heart I'd be gone...

 

Still stare at my face

But lost seem your eyes

Keep hold of the sails

Against the blue sky

 

Ooh, I'm intending

A way back to the sea

This emptiness burns inside

And leads on for endless miles

 

Don't let me go

Away across the sea,

It may be much more wide

Than what it seems to be

 

Ooh, I'm still searching

The way back to be freed

The loneliness hangs around us

However we can't see

 

Now let me go

Away across the sea,

The waves can't be as high

As they pretend to be

 

And now I know

In my heart, I won't forget

The sails against the blue sky

That taught me how to live

 

... with no sorrow

And tomorrow we'll share

Silence and distance

'till our faults are repaired

You'll be the mistress

Who I'll never forget.

 

 

 

Carolina IV

(Music by Bittencourt, Loureiro, Matos, Mariutti, Confessori)

(Lyrics by Bittencourt, Matos)

 

All I see floats with the wind

- All the miracles of the water

Are the miracles never seen

Somehow my life now begins

- This music that's been played through time

Now starts to reach my feet

Feels like the flood of my needs

- From the harmony of forever

Sound the melodies of the sea

And you will know on the way

- I'm coming back to my enemies

I'm turning around

I'll be just coming back to my last days

I'm coming back to the sea!

 

So... why won't you come with me, my friend?

Thrills... like we had before

Hope... never showing up the same

For a lonely man

 

Since the day we left the land

We've been anxious on aproach

Captain kept showing his plans:

"Under sail we go!"

 

Deep the ocean's blue I stare

The reflections of my soul

We have with us a special guest

And for him we made a toast

 

Carolina IV took a river to the sky

Seven men on board taking part

To take their hearts around

All around, around the world!

 

All I can recall that day

On that very day for sure

All hands up against the haze

As we attempted the return

 

Carolina IV took the river to the sky

One man less on board - human dreams

Have sometimes cost their lives,

All their lives dreaming

 

I've been such a fool

I've been so afraid

From my heart to you I say:

- I'll be here to stay!

 

Nothing much left from the boat

Many years have been and gone

Still I can't forget the past

And the ones I left at home

 

Carolina IV took the river to the sky

Windy whistling nights

Made me sail right into the wind's eye

Now I'll die singing:

 

I've been such a fool

I've been so afraid

From my heart to you I say:

- I'll be here to stay!

 

 

 

Holy Land

(Music & Lyrics by Matos)

 

We were born in a Golden Age

Beyond the creed

Blown with the winds to meet

The ones who creep

And pray

Unshold feet traces on fresh sand

A map unfold

Spreading out knowledge,

Magic and love

And then

 

... ooh, and then,

 

Carried by wooden gods

We leave toward the sky

Gushed out the holy blood

From those who die

To bless

 

Ooh, and dance...

Ooh, still dance...

 

Someone has sent

Somebody here

To bring an age

Long disappeared

 

Holy Land - Throw your scars on me!

My soul just tends to be

Your friend

 

Holy Land - Holy Land around

Holy Land - Holy Land is all...

 

Someone has sent

Somebody here

To bring an age

Long disappeared

 

Holy Land - Show your signs to me!

'cause I'm still here to see

Your face

 

Holy Land - Holy Land around

Holy Land - Holy Land is all...

Holy Land, Holy Land...

 

 

 

The Shaman

(Music & Lyrics by Matos)

 

Oh boys, I've seen the old man;

Straw mask around the forehead

The blaze, a blast and the awakening dead

(The magic seeds will spread...)

 

The bleeding warrior, he has fought

(Healing leaves, piranha teeth, nobody leaves this place 'till the dawn!)

Against the passion, for the love

(Serpent skin, a savage scream, don't you believe, it grows and grows...)

 

Oh boys, it's all so easy:

Warn up the soul

While the body is freezin'!...

- I swear it!

 

Against the men for the land,

Against the beast to survive

Against the demons to keep the faith

(The spirits and the fate...)

 

A word - together they will shout!

(Run and pray if you're afraid you better stay away from it all!)

A rumble shakes up all the ground

(Start to sing, to turn and spin, get rid of all your sins right now!...)

 

Oh boys, it's all so easy:

Warm up the soul

While the body is freezin'!

 

A word - together they will shout!

(Healing leaves, piranha teeth, nobody leaves this place 'till the dawn!)

Against the passion, for the love

(Start to sing, to turn and spin, get rid of all your sins right now!...)

 

Oh boys, it's all so easy:

Warm up the soul

While the body is freezin'!

Still we can hope a single word together;

Warm up the soul...

 

- Boys, I swear I've been there!

 

 

 

Make Believe

(Music by Bittencourt, Matos)

(Lyrics by Bittencourt)

 

Sat beside the meadow

Watching weeds agrow

Cleaned up all the ashes

Of my soul

 

Wrote down my own sentence

Now you take your way

Fades the last remembrance

Of your lovely pretty face

 

I, after all,

Just a lonely man - a lonely heart!

 

Working on the future

Floating on fate

Faced the circunstances

Cleared up the shades, so

 

Make believe

There's no sorrow in your eyes

Can't you see

We could never get back from the start

Minutes waiting, life's been wasted

... maybe I wanna die some other day

Hear the whispers of your hope

The answer wasn't told

No, don't laugh seeing me cry

The end I've left behind

(... the whispers of your hope are left behind!)

 

Make believe

There's no sorrow in your eyes

Can't you see

We could never get back from the start

Minutes waiting, life's been wasted

 

And I've tried,

Maybe you deny

Words of peace

For the future of our lives

Bring to me

Something else than a broken heart

I won't wait 'till my life is wasted

... maybe I wanna die some other day

 

 

 

Z.I.T.O.

(Music by Loureiro, Bittencourt, Matos)

(Lyrics by Bittencourt)

 

Somehow I turn around and see

My nerves break down inside

Maybe you might know much more than me

So tell me what is right to say

 

Down the weakness of my soul

Lie the secrets, and I know

There's something pushing back

Wish my hands could turn to gold

And my heart would break the cold

To give my thoughts some sense

 

The turn is close, new century

Still people think they're kings

Now you've got your voice,

Your own speech

Don't wait 'till someone else agress

 

Swimming naked of beliefs

And responsabilities

Just feel the sea of bliss

Mother nature brings to me

In fantastic purity

Everything I need

 

Like a teenager discovery

What's more delightful than this?

Try to remember how good it was

Feeling the life as it is

To believe!

 

New world was born out of man's dreams

Now we walk on our own

The angels cried, you've heard them weep

But now it's time to make them sing!

 

Swimming naked of beliefs

And responsabilities

Just feel the sea of bliss

Mother nature brings to me

In fantastic purity

Everything I need

 

Like a teenager discovery

What's more delightful than this?

Try to remember how good it was

Feeling the life as it is

To believe!

 

 

 

Deep Blue

(Music & Lyrics by Matos)

 

Three cliffs there stand

High above where high winds howl

Surrounding silence

Three birds climb, then turn to fall

 

Waiting for someday when the ocean and sky

Will cover up the land in deep blue

Renaissance is over and I wonder:

- Should I always be the same once again?

 

Take my hand and follow

Sweeping trees, the coats of green

Time has no place tomorrow

Feel the good in endless dreams

 

Waiting for someday when the ocean and sky

Will cover up the land in deep blue

Renaissance is over and I wonder:

- Should I close my eyes and pray?

- Feel like I've betrayed?

- Always be the same?

 

... always be the same once again?

 

 

 

Lullaby for Lucifer

(Music by Loureiro, Bittencourt)

(Lyrics by Bittencourt)

 

On the sand, by the sea

I left my heart to shed my grief

A vulture came begging me:

- Feed me with this piece of meat!

 

I won't give away

Something I need

 

On a garden nursery

I let my fancy wander free

Children playing around a tree

Sharing apples happily

 

Come and rest with me

Lay your hands on dreams

 

I'll wait here by your side

'till you fall asleep

I'll wait until you cry

All over me the tears you hide inside...