"Being underground is the only way to be a real enemy of the sun" -- Lorenzo Brogi
Helen Dudley - Against the Sun
A ghost against the sun,
A shiver in the grass,
Dead memories that drift,
And pass, and pass.
Helen Dudley - Reed-Song
A crescent moon
Behind the pines
The cry of a loon
Where the river winds
The blackened trees
On the long gray shore
A sob in the breeze
That the day is no more
Helen Dudley - Cootham Lane
Twilight has encircled
The flowers in the garden,
And the sky is dim and faint.
(The) flowers (are) as cold as alabaster,
And luminous like paint
Of an old Venetian master.
Forse immaginiamo spesso i fari
Per inondare di luce i nostri occhi chiari
Come cieli che hanno perso le stelle
La magia ed i sogni delle notti piu belle
Persi seguendo un desiderio d'amore
Per dimenticare il grigiore delle ore
E tutte le promesse diventate inganni
Che hanno rubato i nostri migliori anni
Cosa ci attende al di la del mare?
Solo un'illusione in cui sperare
O un sorriso che attende di rinascere
Prima della notte che sta per scendere
Forse brillera una lacrima di rimpianto
Per aver trovato cosa cercammo tanto
Solo per farcelo scippare dal tempo
Dal silenzio che giungera nottetempo
When you turn around
You see the shadow of your doubts
That follows you
Wherever you go
To make sense of this world
I collect narratives
People tell me their stories
I turn them into music, dreams,... poetry
But there is this one tale
I have never heard before
That I want to know more than anything
The one I am most of all afraid of
It is the story how you became you
that steals your sleep like a slick thief
concealed by the tears on the pillow
that you turn around before I would notice
We are in this together
Two hearts that beat like one
An open book for those
who are able to read between the lines
But there is this one page
I'm inept to decrypt
that makes no sense without context
the key to interpret your story
It is the story
that shaped and shook your world
that makes you whine
like a hurt wolf
Your eyes' silent scream
before you close them
Every kiss...
an inaudible sigh
As I retell my stories
I give them warmth and glory
now I'm telling yours
maybe one day you will read mine
Our stories are like daisies
which appealed on the field
moved with the wind
plucked, dried, flattened
forgotten in a book
you never read
to remind you of a moment
which chained you from within
Hear the leaves cry
they compete with the wind
Feel the rain
all over your skin
Fear the wrath
of the storm to come
You felt the same once
when I bruised you inside
Remember...
stormy days... neverending
Black clouds created
fear of tomorrow
Written on your face
your cold embrace
You hid under my wing
where we kissed
the skies away
Distant faces, confined to be buried
in wet hands, a tight embrace
Cold lips stumble
upon words left unsaid
Swallowed by rain
A thirst for dreams remains
The second time
you painted the horizon blue
you threw the sun
right into the sea
Look above in the sky wide and clear
you have fallen for the sunrise
Oh you! that has the burden to keep
try not to intervene in the cycle
Your word in honour
your world in order
They say you are the way
You are the ashes of everything
Brace yourself
Rise and shine
Bring down the stars for me
Oh you! Poisoner of hearts
polluter of the mind
Mark my futile words
You are the apogee
You are the empathy
you are the apology
You are the end of everything
In the end it's just a game
a game of fading clarity
When we lose - oh, we will lose -
nothing but ourselves
Ask me tomorrow
what I believe in today
Don't make me masquerade
the reasons why
As time flies by
we unlearned to see blindly
You forcefully withdrew your hand
to cover up your eyes
If I had known better
I wouldn't have changed a thing
As time goes on/goes on/goes on
we unleashed the beast
of a past we never had
Fly/fly/fly/fly
fly in circles
swoop down on your dream
The lush prey is more than eager to remove
The dust from your skin
It goes away you said
open up your eyes
I wouldn't have changed a thing
until we unleashed the beast
of a past we never had
of a future that never stood still
So young and almost reckless
You caught my eye
I got to taste
The bitter taste
Of eternity
The wounds were wrought
It is the songs that remain
The fog in my head
Prevents me
From stealing the sun
From falling again
Shattered memories
Tell me
Tell me!
A broken heart can't be broken
Vigorously was broken
what had to be broken
only to be reassembled
through the years
with tears
some pieces went missing
replaced by wishes, hope, and fear
The wish - to go on
The hope - that it lasts
The fear - that it won't
Vampyres like us
never here and always there
we have seen
what you cannot bear
divine and cursed alike
driven by your warm desire
come with us and fly
into a night that never ends
Vampyres like us
free from their dreams
your hot red cheeks
make our cold hearts beat
Blackened eyes
pale white skin
the fountain of youth
oh, be our sin tonight!