THE GATHERING
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"THE MAY SONG" '97
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The May Song
The May Song (Radio Edit)
The Earth Is My Witness (Radio Edit)
Strange Machine
The May Song
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I'm waiting for your hands
to fold around my wrist
I'm mellowing in warm grass
And the scent of you I've missed
And blue is representing
The draft in my heart
I'm wandering through thin skies
And the transparent air I've missed
Pale is my face
You might want to colour
while I breathe
I'm following large drops of rain
With my eyes on the sight of you I've missed
The May Song (Radio Edit)
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I'm waiting for your hands
to fold around my wrist
I'm mellowing in warm grass
And the scent of you I've missed
And blue is representing
The draft in my heart
I'm wandering through thin skies
And the transparent air I've missed
Pale is my face
You might want to colour
while I breathe
I'm following large drops of rain
With my eyes on the sight of you I've missed
The Earth Is My Witness (Radio Edit)
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Mother earth looks at her closely
She looks at her baby and she sighs
The slight breathing pause that she takes
It builds her and makes her strong
She refuses to give her up
and we close our eyes
Her hands touch the round stomach
and feel the kick
The eyes that have seen so much
cry with the water
She starts to rinse her face
And refuses to give her up
And we close our eyes
And you close your eyes
Strange Machine
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It has always been in the back of my mind
Dreaming about going through corners of time
I always wanted to fly in strange machines
I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And feel it with my hands
Touch world war II and Cleopatra
flying...
Could it be that my dream would come true
Building a machine that would actually do
What I want to do
Russian revolution, let's do it in one day
Beethoven and Gershwin I think that would be OK
More than anything I wanna fly in strange machines
I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And feel it with my eyes
Watch Jesus rise. If he ever did
Flying...
I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And feel it with my hands
Touch renaissance and Shaka Khan
Flying...
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Anneke Van Giersbergen Vocals
Rene Rutten Guitars
Jelmer Wiersma Guitars
Frank Boeijen Synthesizer, Grand Piano
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs Bass
Hans Rutten Drums
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(C) 1997 Magic Arts Publishing
(P) 1997 Century Media Records
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