Release Notes
Release 25.11.2022
Digipak – 23 songs – 74 minutes
released by Motor Entertainment
Recording by Joost van den Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities
Additional recordings by Andy Schmidt at the Echolux-Studio
Mixed by Joost van den Broek at Sandlane Recording Facilities
Mastered by Joost van den Broek and Jos Driessen at Sandlane Recording Facilities
Design by Sandra Janiec
Fotos by Frank Helbig, 7tes Laboratorium
Lyrics
Sun – Journey of Icarus
magic soon will awake.
Time to do my make-up, to put on the façade!
In my mind I see the crowd that will appear.
They will love me, for each note I sing they’ll cheer.
So see me glow:
I am a star,
I am the sun.
I give you goosebumps,
I give you fun.
I am your pleasure,
I am your treasure.
Adore me.
Admire me!
Love me!
Make me feel high.
‘Cause my path here
is so empty
I feel down, down, down.
Despite the spotlight
and my admirers
I feel alone, on my own.
I’m just a wanderer
without a home.
A nothing, but at night
again, I will shine so bright:
‘Cause I’m a star,
I am the sun.
I give you goosebumps,
I give you fun.
I am your pleasure,
I am your treasure.
So kiss me.
Adore me!
Touch me!
Make me feel high.
See me gleaming!
‘Cause I’m a star,
I am the sun.
I give you goosebumps,
I give you fun.
So be my pleasure
and be my treasure.
Now kiss me.
Undress me!
Please me!
Make me feel high.
Without caresses
and falling dresses
I feel down, down, down.
Drugs are my cover,
my senses hover
through Milky Way’s starry gown.
I’m just a wanderer
without a destiny.
A nothing, but at night
again, I will shine so bright:
‘Cause I’m a star,
I am the sun.
I give you goosebumps,
I give you fun.
I am a star,
I am the sun!
Saturn – Human Clockwork
Do your duty, don’t ask about the sense.
Be the system, no matter what it stands for.
Don’t be different and follow your commands.
Once I used to believe
that any work would be honoured.
No matter judge, teacher, nurse, cook, artist –
all hard work would pay off.
Keep on working as stoic as a robot.
Do your duty, don’t ask about the sense.
Be the system, no matter what it stands for.
Don’t be different and follow your commands.
Please stop dreaming and work without distraction.
Make a fortune, win status as reward!
Time is money: work overtime, don’t waste it!
Live a safe life, avoid the unexplored.
Who made all these rules
and do they make us happy?
Shouldn’t our system let us blossom,
gift us the soil to grow?
Where is the space for dreams and visions,
when every path is carved in stone?
Those are rewarded by the system,
who care for their own wealth alone.
To me it seems that being noble is a weakness.
Who cares will lose the game.
Keep on working as stoic as a robot.
Do your duty, don’t ask about the sense.
Be the system, no matter what it stands for.
Don’t be different and follow your commands.
I am not a robot! | You’re a robot, work!
I create my future. | That’s your future: work!
Live in freedom. | None is free, work!
Develop visions. | Drown your visions.
Saturn, don’t fool me! | Dreams just fool you.
MY WORLD WILL BE YOUR WORLD!
Venus – Poems of Love
Your eyes became my world, your soul was touching mine and always will.
My heart spread its wings and danced in the sky
as light and carefree as a butterfly.
The wind whispers my poems of love,
the ocean embraces you and from above
the sun will shine upon you, until we meet again.
Now you are far away,
but in my heart you will always stay.
Connect you with the earth
and see my signs of love both night and day.
Each star is a kiss for you to wish “Good night”.
We’ll meet in our dreams till morning light.
I’m incomplete until we meet again!
The wind whispers my poems of love,
the ocean embraces you and from above
the moon will watch and guard you, until we meet again.
The wind whispers our poems of love,
the ocean embraces us and from above
the birds will sing our love song, until we meet again.
They sing my little love song, until we meet again.
Earth – Beauty of Diversity
They were there already long before me.
We humans share our planet earth,
but what unites us we fail to see.
We are a kind that loves to create.
Still we fear everything that we don’t know.
Why can’t we flourish together without hate,
let all our prejudices go?
“One day I’ll show you Damaskus!
When war is over at last.
A city full of beauty and wisdom –
at least it was in the past.”
Our culture defines us.
When our culture dies, we die.
The past’s seeds hold the future,
so let us all unite
to preserve the beauty
and blossom even more.
It is our duty,
our culture is our core!
We wage wars and destroy our roots.
How can we create a better future?
Your misty eyes shimmer like twinkling stars
when you rhapsodise about your culture:
“One day I’ll show you Palmyra!
When war is over at last.
A city full of great architecture –
at least it was in the past.”
Imagine a world where all birds and flowers are only grey.
How dull would be our fields and meadows.
Let us be like the birds!
Let us celebrate all facets of our multifarious humanity!
Our culture defines us.
When our culture dies, we die.
The past’s seeds hold the future,
so let us all unite
to preserve the beauty
and blossom even more.
It is our duty,
our culture is our core!
Our culture defines us.
When our culture dies, we die.
The past’s seeds hold the future,
so let us all unite
to preserve the beauty
and blossom even more.
It is our duty,
our culture is our core!
Mars – The Game is Over
A war grimly arises.
To blood the moon turns.
The dark obscures the sun’s fading light.
Soldiers fight and die for delusions of grandeur.
Ruthless maniacs lead them, disguised as saviours.
None can be the winner, we all will lose instead.
It’s too late to turn back, to change and to regret.
The game is over, over.
Our past sins have caught up,
dreams end up in debris and smoke.
God Mars reigns,
no way to escape his forces.
We failed to calm him,
to soothe us and finally bring mankind global peace.
Will we ever overcome our hatred?
Will we ever learn to live in peace?
Will the morning sun shine on our children?
Or will our light of life just cease?
The game is over.
The war grimly arises.
The greed has been sowing.
The hate is reaping mercilessly.
Millions pay the price for our endless, shoreless greed.
With distrust we implant the war’s maledict seed.
There is but one earth. How dare we waste this unique gift?
Stones are silent carvings of the life once lived.
The game is over, over.
Forgotten our culture
and wasted our talents and gifts.
God Mars reigns,
no way to escape his forces.
We failed to calm him,
to soothe us and finally bring mankind global peace.
Will our children play amidst the flowers?
Will they evolve without shedding blood?
Buds can’t blossom when their heads are cut!
The game is over.
Just hate and ire remain.
Our blood turns the rivers red,
our tears will tell our story of pain.
Let’s hope whoever succeeds
us will be wiser and see
how great life could be
without the reign of Mars,
without senseless deaths
and without war, hate and greed,
without senseless deaths and
without Mars, without war!
Without these deaths
and without Mars and without war!
Mercury – The Desert Inside
None to share my thoughts and worries.
I feel so alone.
All friends are far away.
Lonely I stare at my phone,
watching other people’s lives.
Super weddings and meals scroll by,
perfect fasades thrive.
So for the world I smile,
emptiness in my eyes.
Pretending to be fine,
They will believe my lies.
Lonely I stare at my phone,
waiting desperately for shares.
What is real and what is just shown,
No one ever cares.
Nobody knows the solitude
haunting me day and night.
Mercury spreads all our lies,
while my poor heart just cries.
I don’t need virtual friendship,
just someone by my side.
Moon – Ostracised Companions
you and me, we are the same.
They don’t even recall our name.
We just circle around the beauty,
condemned to always stay apart.
I try to reach it with all my heart,
doing my duty, decent, charming, smart.
But they don’t want me to join the game,
we were never designed for fame.
Because:
We will always run in circles,
we will never reach the center.
Condemned to just accompany,
there is no hidden door to enter.
Only once we’ll all be equal,
here on Earth and in the sky,
the moment we stop spinning,
we stop rotating and spinning,
it’s the end and the beginning,
the moment we die.
The moment we fade
the shadows will welcome us.
The darkness allows no gloss,
no mourning about our loss.
The past doesn’t matter,
none to slander or flatter now.
Dear moon,
you comfort me with your light,
when I sink deeply into dark night.
I found peace and no storm can shake me,
I’m as free as a soul can be.
Because:
Only once we’ll all be equal,
here on Earth and in the sky,
the moment we stop spinning,
we stop rotating and spinning,
it’s the end and the beginning,
the moment we die.
I walk through lost realms,
blurred shreds of thoughts pass me by.
They show eternal moments
and black are land and sky.
One day we’ll be reborn.
We’ll be alone once more.
One will go in circles and
one will be the core until:
The moment we die,
the moment we fade
and we will be one again.
Our spirits will shine so bright,
Our spirits shine bright
enlighten the darkest night
blazing in darkest night.
and none can delete it,
Protect your light,
spoil or beat it,
shine so bright!
THE MOMENT WE DIE,
THE MOMENT WE LIVE,
THE MOMENT WE REST.
Dear moon,
your pale glow always reminds me
how bright shines my inner light.
Jupiter – When Divine Winds Rage
he is making rain and sunshine.
His whims come with unpredictable wrath.
Flee when you see its signs!
Lightning, thunder, hail and storm,
hurricanes strike the landscape.
All our efforts to control him
are just pathetic tries.
Lightning, thunder, hail, storm and typhoons,
dazed we witness his divine might.
So flee, flee, when you see the dark clouds.
Flee, flee, expect no mercy, Jupiter’s vengeance punishes our arrogance.
I’M THE GOD OF GODS.
DON’T DARE TO INTERFERE.
WHEN WE ARE AT ODDS
YOUR END WILL BE NEAR.
Hear the thunder, see the light flashing bright through the darkness.
Rising up on the horizon
Storm God commands the clouds.
Lightning, thunder, hail, storm and typhoons,
dazed we witness his divine might.
So flee, RUN! flee, RUN! when you see the dark clouds.
Flee, RUN! flee, RUN! His vengeance will come for us.
In the end, whether we become extinct
or good times are at hand
depends on if we prudently treat our oceans and our land.
Hear the thunder, see the light flashing bright through the darkness.
Trees are bending, storm winds howl,
Storm God shakes our gates.
Lightning, thunder, hail, storm and typhoons,
dazed we witness his divine might.
So flee, RUN! flee, RUN! when you see the dark clouds.
Flee, RUN! flee, RUN! we are at the mercy of the elemental forces if we do not calm Jupiter down!
Through the gloomy stormclouds
a sunbeam starts to shine,
painting rainbows in the tears
of heaven as a sign.
Hear the thunder, see the light flashing bright through the darkness.
Drought, extreme cold, heavy rain, he will seal our fate.
Lightning, thunder, hail, storm and typhoons,
when we step back we can survive the
lightning, thunder, hail, storm and typhoons.
Let’s show respect for the elements, for nature and for Jupiter!
Uranus – The Butterfly and the Spider
meeting with friends and just having fun!
Cruising around with cocktails and red wine,
blue shines the ocean, reflecting the sun.
All I want in life is having fun,
I don’t care about these needless worries:
Climate change, pollution, drought and war
are for me just boring people’s stories.
I sell my poison to the farmers.
What’s that got to do with me?
I show you that it cannot harm us.
What are the colours I see?
American studies prove it!
Oh, then it must be true.
About that I am sure, ‘cause I have rigged it!
Cheap food – more cash for fun!
All I want in life is having fun,
I don’t care about these needless worries.
Climate change, pollution, drought and war
are for me just boring people’s stories.
If laws disturb my shady business
Laws are just boring stuff.
I’ll just bribe the politicians.
Well, everybody does.
I will also buy the media
I never watch the news.
to implant in your heads my own visions.
Live your life, I live mine.
I’m the hidden puppeteer.
You won’t even notice.
All I want in life is having fun,
I don’t care about these needless worries.
Climate change, pollution, drought and war
are for me just boring people’s stories.
I know no limits, I fly to the moon now,
I’ve already made my claim.
science allows us to spread our wings.
The earth is just the start.
I will enjoy a spectacular space show,
I’ll rule the universe.
of all creations we are queens and kings.
Some more and many less.
Your ignorance makes me strong,
indestructible, potent
invincible,
a sacrosanct and almighty
god.
Neptune – Wrath of the Sea
the ocean is my kingdom.
Whales and dolphins swim with me,
seahorses dance with glee.
I preserve all the treasures,
hidden in my paradise.
From deepest sea to crest I rise,
my home is wide and free.
He, ho, he, ho, he, ho, hoist the sails. – Who’s that?
He, ho, he, ho, let’s go catch some whales! – No one kills my friends!
He, ho, he, ho, Neptune, bless our hunt! – You took too much, you betrayed his good will!
He, ho, he, ho, a good catch is all we want. – Do not exploit or you’ll die!
So feel this daughter’s wrath!
Aaah!
Sunkissed beauty, I crave your hips! Let me taste the salt from your lips.
Hear my voice – Sing on!
you deserve – Your touch!
punishment for what you’ve done. – Are you kidding?
You bring death, – Who cares?
you pollute – So what?
and destroy this world! – Shut up, fish girl!
Now you face – VENGEANCE!
your own death, – VENGEANCE!
with my scream you’ll sink down – YOU WILL SINK DOWN!
to the ground, – DEEP DOWN!
to your grave. – DEEP DOWN!
Water, raise up, drown this human! – DROWN THIS HUMAN!
Aaaaahhh! – DIE!
Aaaaahhh! – DIE!
Maelstrom DROWN! drags you to DROWN! the dark depths.
Peace DROWN! returns to water’s surge DROWN! when you sink deep down to your grave.
He, ho, welcome to my paradise.
Neptune humbly appreciates your sacrifice.
With each fish – Worthless!
that you kill – My right!
you provoke my vengeance. – Shut up, fish girl!
With your trash – End this
and your oil – nightmare!
you destroy my home. – Let me wake up!
Close your eyes, – SLEEP WELL!
feel the cold – DEEP DOWN!
when your senses float away. – FEEL THE OCEAN!
You will die – VENGEANCE!
as a sign – JUSTICE!
to your species how we take revenge! – TASTE OUR POWER!
Aaaaahhh! – DIE!
Aaaaahhh! – DIE!
Maelstrom DROWN! drowns you in DROWN! the dark depths.
Aaaaahhh! – DIE!
Aaaaahhh! – DIE!
Peace DROWN! returns to water’s surge DROWN! when you sink deep down to your grave. Sleep well, have sweet dreams.
He, ho, welcome to my paradise.
Neptune’s forces wait for their next rise.
Those who threaten my treasures
will all rot deep down.
I am princess of the sea
and I judge on my own.
Meanwhile, I will sing with glee,
from morning till sundown.
Pluto – The Raven’s Lullaby
Close your eyes now, let me just keep,
guard and protect you, never fear!
They will come soon to save us here.
This war shall bring us peace,
they say it’s our release.
Bombs shall protect us,
the evil men will all cease.
Sleep, my child, and rest.
They just want our best.
A peace dove in the sky
attends my fond lullaby.
Slumber my child, to which god shall I pray?
Power beguiled the rich, we will just stay.
While peace bombs devastate our land,
I sing for you and hold your hand.
Sleep, my child, and rest.
They just want our best.
A raven in the sky
laments my fond lullaby.
With the morning sun
the terror will be gone.
The music will not die –
Don’t leave us, my lullaby!
Welcome to the end
of the world you know.
Every single soul drifts
in the eternal flow.
Leave your past behind.
Let go of your fears.
Netherworld is free from
joy, excitement and tears.
Endless wafts of mist
float in shallow light.
Pale the starless sky and
everlasting the night.
Lay down to rest.
Desires will subside
as Pluto leads you
to the other side.
WELCOME TO NETHERWORLD, MY FEARFUL MAID.
PASS WITH ME THROUGH THE VEIL, DON’T BE AFRAID.
HERE ALL LIES FADE, NO RULES TO BEND.
I’M THE INEVITABLE END.
Close your eyes and see
who hurt you soon will be
just shadows passing by
and join in this lullaby.
With the fading sun
the terror will be gone.
The music will not die –
Keep sounding, my lullaby!