The Gathering
									How to Measure a Planet?


	FRAIL

You lead me 
I do need redemption 
Whenever I don't know 
I feed you balance 
We will not rest 
Until the search ends 
I bleed for you 
I voluntarily give myself 
I need my fraility 
Oh so soon 
I will unfold 
I bleed for you 
I voluntarily give myself 


	GREAT OCEAN ROAD

It is all there 
The earth and the ocean 
They contain the power of our lives 
This beautiful city that surrenders to the nightfall 
Carving the grounds we walk upon 
And the air 
We all dare to ride it somehow 
Blue and black is the sky 
While tumbling down 
Trapped into the freedom of an aeroplane 
Deprived of sleep 
we jump into the deep 
With no knowledge whatsoever 
There is no place on the face of this earth 
Only silence is the sound of an angel 


	RESCUE ME

All I want is to be where you are 
Wisdom will nurse you 
Pass your sense on to me 
Weigh my hands and help me 
I gasp for air 
what is the wear 
That shows on my face 
Pass your sense on to me 
Weigh my hands 
Rescue me 
I rinse my face in water 
My breath runs out in the waves 


	MY ELECTRICITY

I send your name up into the sky 
And the wind blows it back into my face 
You see, even nature reacts on me 
And all my electricity will make it across your sea 
With every wave the sea makes 
My body gets weaker and weaker.... and weaker.. 
You see, even nature reacts on me 
And all my electricity will make it across your sea 
And provides you with my love 


	LIBERTY BELL

No brainwaves or activity while the craft is in the air 
It's getting dark, it's getting light 
we are sitting in a chair 
We have fastened every belt 
we cannot float out of our seats 
It's so enormously frightening 
When our tail reaches superheat 
Another timezone 
a change of season 
it is turning dark again 
We're getting ready for yet 
another orbit around our planet 
It is time for the galactic cruise 
To come to an end 
One last view on the world 
and the time we have spend 


	RED IS A SLOW COLOUR

The black house in in my street looks too dark just to go inside 
But when I do 
I cannot move because of the mess in the hallway 
The picture on the wall is chaotic 
I don't want to look at it 
But when I do 
I cannot speak because of the confusion in my head 
I am unfit and I want to leap away 
But when I do 
The red colour comes after me 
It is fierce and it moves slow 
The picture on the wall is chaotic 
I don't want to look at it 
But when I do 
I cannot speak because of the confusion in my head 
I am unfit and I want to leap away 
But when I do 
The red colour comes after me 
It is fierce and it moves slow 


	THE BIG SLEEP

Deprivation of my sleep is so bad 
I need to weep myself into a coma 
And drift far far away from reality 
sing me a lullaby 
"Summertime" 
I'm dreaming 
I'm dreaming 
Temporary failure to close my eyes 
leeds to a final 
loss of sanity 
I need to slip into a deep sunken sleep 
And drift far, far away from reality 
I'm dreaming 
I'm dreaming..... 


	MAROONED

I know from a lesser tribe 
I suppose the range of my intelligence is way too wide 
And you don't see me 
'cause I don't have much to say 
My emotional outlet is consuming the better part of me 
And apart from the wrong words a tortured cry is making me see 
That you don't see me 
'cause I don't have much to say 
hours and hours of jealousy are passing me by 
Although hollow silence is the only wave going through your brain 
And you don't see me 
'cause I don't have much to say 


	TRAVEL

Melodic stanzas are symphonizing their way through your weary head 
To feed your distrust 
And fill it's mouth with the desire 
to soulfully be one with your creation 
Not a subject to control 
you call upon a higer power 
for help and inspiration 
The crowd waits 
and turns their faces 
towards you expectantly 
you give them what they need 
But their useless criticism makes you die a bit more inside 
Not a subject to control 
you call upon a higer power 
for help and inspiration 
Oh, I swoon 
while loudspeakers play soft music 
Leaning over your fourtieth masterpiece 
You must have loved the colour of these violins 
I wish I knew you 
Your fit of insanity makes me sad 
I wish you knew your music was to stay forever 
And I hope.... 
I have no clue 
if you know how much it matters 
And i hope.... 


	SOUTH AMERICAN GHOST RIDE

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	ILLUMINATING

Illuminating is what we are 
When we will be on the stars 
I will feel great 
Without my weight 
that I would feel while on the ground 
Who would have thought that we could overcome 
such a thing as protruding the ozone layer 
To find new species on the stars 
I will feel great 
Without my weight 
pulling me down 
Would I still feel myself 
when I hit the ground 


	LOCKED AWAY

No sense at all 
do what you want 
for I will hunt you 
Untill you will be 
Locked away 
just so what you'll be scred of me 
Behind my power 
I will hide all my fears 
Right now you are punished 
for absolutely nothing 
And I feel so good 
Because once more 
I don't have to be honest 
With myself 
While you're locked away 
Just so you'll be scared of me 
behind my power I will hide all my fears 
It is fierce and it moves slow 


	PROBABLY BUILT IN THE FIFTIES

I might be moving to the east to part my ways 
And I will try to get something I don't have yet 
If I do, I will look at it for days and days 
Untill I will never forget 
I have heard this mental search has made them all 
take a look along the border 
Having the urge 
For their minds 
to be lifted 
to something new 
I'm running to meet my higher self 
I trust the speed 
Untill I have no need to run anymore 
Miles and miles I run 
I hear my feet 
And I hear myself breathe 
heavily 
I trust the speed 
Untill I have no need 
To run anymore 
Miles and miles I run 


	HOW TO MEASURE A PLANET

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