LYRICS

ABSENCE OF CHARISMA
(music by S. Nieri - lyrics by S. Calzoni)

Longing to finally breath
the scent of perfection here in the stillness
wandering everywhere to ease the absence of charisma
feeding still-lifes bounded in vanguard cages
breaking glasses to share the spirit’s pain
forgetting one by one the stigmas of the past
Stop to hide your obvious weakness
it’s in your inmost nature
the absent model to drive you further
now rusted by the efficiency of your thoughts

An inexpressive stare a “never exceeding way”
talking about the common misconceptions of the world
a relentless security to avoid insanity
trying to define the centre of it all

The absent model to drive you further
now rusted by the efficiency…
The absent model to drive you further
now rusted by the efficiency of your thoughts

Additional info:

The surrealist manifesto recited by: Thaus Leopold Jensen
“pitch-shifted” Jew's harp + Darabukka + Didgeridoo + Egg shaker: Sergio Calzoni
Vocal sample courtesy: radio news

RUB’AL-KHALI
(music by M. Gozzi - lyrics by S. Calzoni)

I'm in my personal empty quarter
a desert of fatal dead-end routes
I spin my kaleidoscope
watching figures in slow motion
I feel exposured by the gravity of the events

Additional info:

Frog guiro + effected mobile phone: Sergio Calzoni
Slide synth: M. Gozzi

THIS SOMETHING
(music by M. Gozzi - lyrics by M. Gozzi, S. Calzoni)

There is something that doesn’t let me breathe
it holds me down keeping me on the ground
It stays still for endless waitings
it doesen't explode it doesn’t calm down
This fading borderline between dusk and dawn
now we must burn this fake electric crown

It's still immobile without any strength
dried up by a deadly monotony
I'm disgusted by the echo of a voice
that repeats to me "it's nothing but a dream"

This fading borderline between dusk and dawn
now we must burn this fake electric crown
the fleeting frontier between you and me
if we don't catch it oblivion will drown us

"It's nothing but a dream"
it repeats to me
"It's nothing but a dream"
it repeats to me
"It's nothing but a dream"
it repeats to me…

Additional info:

Whispered vocals: Sergio Calzoni
Trip “break” loop: courtesy Spectrasonic “Liquid Grooves”

AUTOMATISME PSYCHIQUE
(music by S. Calzoni)

(Instrumental)

Additional info:
Percussive loops taken from: “Breaking The Eathers”, courtesy Barrett Martin/Tuatara
Bengalese gopichand: Sergio Calzoni
Vocal samples taken from: "Yogyakarta: Gamelan Of The Kraton",
courtesy The Gamelan Orchestra Of The Yogyakarta Royal Palace/Celestial Harmonies

LITHIUM FLOWERS
(music by S. Nieri - lyrics by S. Calzoni)

And you go back over every day
to the long way made
by the army of promises
and you realize more and more
to have lost the pieces
of the mosaic entrusted to you
No ice is in the fire
no life is in the darkness
let the hunger vanish for useless vanities
unveil the aridity in habits and customs
we are brains speaking unknown languages

Regenerate your shadow in sunny deserts…

You were turning glances toward shading horizons
and you were unconsciously praying
now you are coming close to your destination
and you realize how useless is to fear
the slow flowing of the sleep
shift all my memories to illusions
the slow flowing of the sleep
shift all my memories to illusions

Wake up your ego
it's time to start the journey to the fields
where the lithium flowers are blooming
and your soul will be immersed
in delightful fragrances
and you'll feel you have reached the end of your drifting

The end of your drifting…

AND YOU BECOME
(music & lyrics by S. Calzoni)

And you feel
And you think
And you act
And you become
Invisible light
Unwarming fire
Dried ocean
Barren land
Predictable future
Forgotten past

And you feel
And you think
And you act
But you like to be

Uncountable number
Unreadable word
Limited universe
Unbreakable glass
Dull crystal
Hopeless religion
Restless piece
Broken thread
Unkissable lips
Bar less prison
Predictable future
Forgotten past

Additional info:

Semi-whispered vocals: Sergio Calzoni
Percussive loops: courtesy Spectrasonic “Liquid Grooves”

UNHEIMLICH
(music & lyrics by S. Calzoni)

Another day drained without fame
again and again the left-overs of a pain
are your inseparable mates
your life is mesmerized
by a genuine sense of disaster
it's time to deceive the fate
You waste your time to consider that something else is missing
and you go faraway looking for things still not existing
light years from here you won't find better mental conditions
it's just your sea of nothingness that must be crossed
if you want to live forever

No more colors in your life except the dark-red of the bricks
this is your promised land
you'll never be separated
nobody stares at you
it's a term of your creed
there are stunning new sensations
except for you and your trophy

You waste your time to consider that something else is missing
and you go faraway looking for things still not existing
light years from here you won't find better mental conditions
it's just your sea of nothingness that must be crossed

You waste your time looking for things still not existing
but when you turn around you see that nothing more is missing
and when I tend my hands you fade away once again
then you just open one more time the essence of your happiness
that you think it will last forever

Additional info:

Backing vocals: Anna Magi
Space guitar intro: Nicholas Hill
Drum loops: courtesy Spectrasonic “Liquid Grooves”

SWERVED ROOMS
(music by S. Nieri - lyrics by S. Calzoni)

I've locked doors to swerved rooms
reascending from staircases never stepped on
perceiving the signs of a shouting silent future
that kills my will
I'm looking for people poor of amazement
I'm stumbling over ideas
and I fear for the thought to possess them
I feel my nerves explode by the tension
in the past days I ran to rip the veil
from now on I let it cloud my view for the things
my view…

It's only in mild mornings summertime
when I draw new paths and visions
digging pits to realize the strength of the roots

But like a planet drifting from the sun
my energies are vanished when the evening is coming
but like a planet drifting from the sun
my energies are vanished

And we stayed together
to steal instants
and we stayed together
just to split up like ended wars
but with lands filled with mines
between me and you

Additional info:

Percussive loops: courtesy Spectrasonic “Liquid Grooves”

DRAG ME AWAY
(music by S. Calzoni - lyrics by M. Gozzi, S. Calzoni)

Pure water falls down
the grey veil of the weather
breathe the storm, break the thoughts
gloomy night unloads energy
confuse me, wind me
in unusual sleep-walks
through the river of my being
I lie about what I know…
I lie
for one reason
it's slowly drags me inside
inside the deepest prison
I lie
for what reason?
it's slowly drags me inside
inside the deepest prison

Everything is faster than me
frenzy of a moment escapes from me
breathe the storm, break the thoughts
and drag me away…

In this unreal building
it crowds of fake existences
the world has stopped its motion
looks like a cosmo minimized
no more time to stop and listen
no more time to believe again
it's like catching water
it's like holding water
no more time to stop and listen
no more time to believe again
it's like stopping water
it's like catching water
breathe the storm, break the thoughts
and drag me away…

I lie
for one reason
it's slowly drags me inside
inside the deepest prison
I lie
for what reason?
it's slowly drags me inside
inside the deepest prison
I lie…

Additional info:

Percussive loops taken from: “Breaking The Eathers”, courtesy Barrett Martin/Tuatara
Vocal tribal sample taken from: "Yogyakarta: Gamelan Of The Kraton",
courtesy The Gamelan Orchestra Of The Yogyakarta Royal Palace/Celestial Harmonies
All other vocal samples courtesy: various radio news

UNHEIMLICH (mesmerizemix)
(music & lyrics by S. Calzoni)

(remix by ACT NOIR)

DISTANCE (Act Noir Remix)
(music by MONUMENTUM)

(remix by ACT NOIR)

Courtesy of Roberto Mammarella.
Original version available on the CD "Ad Nauseam" (2002, Tatra Records)