Ho seguito la nascita di questo live CD/DVD/BD (sto parlando nel particolare della versione limitata contenente 2 CD audio, un DVD video e un Blu Ray) fin da qualche giorno prima del concerto a Plovdiv da cui è tratto: un magnifico ed antico anfiteatro che ospita una delle band più emotive in giro oggi, accompagnata da un'orchestra. Per la verità era già successo qualcosa del genere nel DVD A Moment in Time, del 2005.

Ma in 8 anni molte cose sono cambiate e gli Anathema sono molto migliorati nella resa live, inoltre l'orchestra (limitata agli archi, per la verità) acquisisce una dimensione assolutamente più adeguata nei pezzi del nuovo repertorio e anche negli arrangiamenti decisamente di miglior gusto dei pezzi già sentiti nel sopracitato lavoro del 2005. La scaletta è già qualcosa di spaventoso: probabilmente gli amanti del primo repertorio del gruppo inglese storceranno il naso innanzi al fatto che il pezzo più vecchio sia Fragile Dreams (peraltro proposta in due versioni differenti, più una ulteriore nei contenuti bonus), ma è innegabile che il fascino di una scaletta contenente buona parte di Weather Systems, alcuni dei pezzi più imponenti di We're Here Because We're Here e una manciata di classici da A Natural Disaster e Judgement sia davvero irresistibile. Dicevo che ho seguito fin dall'inizio l'evoluzione del progetto, che già con la pronunzia del nome di Lasse Hoile assunse fin da subito proporzioni non da poco. Guardando alcuni video amatoriali su internet nei giorni immediatamente successivi al concerto (prima che venissero eliminati in massa) pensai che avrei preferito che fossero state ripresi dei normali show come quello a cui avevo assistito pochi mesi prima personalmente a Milano, che fu memorabile a dir poco, mentre a Plovdiv sembrava che l'orchestra si fosse inserita di prepotenza nel sound della band. Niente di più sbagliato, perché guardando questo video l'orchestra appare naturale e ben mixata (cosa totalmente diversa nei video amatoriali), perfettamente inserita specialmente nei pezzi che solitamente si avvalgono di samples per riprodurre live proprio quei suoni orchestrali che contengono su disco. A parte l'orchestra, che è quindi promossa (a parte in alcuni casi in cui forse è un po' fuori luogo, come in A Simple Mistake e Thin Air), vanno dette due parole sulla preparazione della band. Anzi, ne basta una: ineccepibile.

I brani sono proposti in maniera molto fedele alla loro versione in studio, con però quel giusto margine lasciato alla modifica dell'ultimo momento e a ciò che il cuore suggerisce ai musicisti (sì, perché se c'è una band che suona evidentemente col cuore, quella si chiama Anathema) e qualche variazione gradevole. Fatto sta che, sorvolando alcuni strafalcioni non troppo evidenti su alcuni pezzi (come Closer e apparentemente anche Lightning Song), la band è in forma eccezionale e anni luce lontana dal sound poco amalgamato e impreciso dei precedenti live. Menzione particolare anche per la presenza scenica adeguata del pubblico e del gruppo. Mentre il primo si inserisce senza troppi problemi in cori di ogni tipo e battiti più o meno a tempo, i Cavanagh fomentano l'atmosfera e ci regalano anche un paio di numeri commuoventi in collaborazione col pubblico stesso: mentre la platea intona un coro finale sulle note di Flying, Vincent, li guarda con occhi lucidi e mani alla bocca. Dopo la frapposizione di qualche inquadratura, il vocalist e chitarrista risulta chiaramente commosso e ammira la folla in estasi con riconoscenza nel suo sorriso. È il momento in cui noi, come lui, capiamo di trovarci innanzi ad uno spettacolo sensazionale, che riesce a legare in un'unità estatica un gran numero di persone in nome di una musica purissima e suonata da persone che davvero tengono a quello che fanno e lo si sente nella loro capacità incredibile di trasmettere emozioni per poi riceverne altre indietro. L'encore consta di alcuni pezzi senza orchestra, ma è soprattutto il contenuto speciale della Night at the Union Chapel a meritare una particolare menzione: mi sono drogato del video di Thin Air da quel concerto per mesi dal momento in cui la Kscope lo pubblicò verso l'inizio del 2012.

Quando ho saputo che l'intero concerto (per quanto breve) sarebbe stato pubblicato insieme a quello di Plovdiv sono rimasto estremamente entusiasta della notizia. Infatti, lo show che vede come protagonisti Danny (armato di chitarra acustica e loopbox), Vincent (con una chitarra elettrica dalle sonorità quantomai eteree) e Lee da soli alla Union Chapel, accompagnati poi peraltro da show di Bruce Soord e altri (comunque nulla di tutto ciò è incluso, ovviamente) è qualcosa di spettacolare e singolare. Notevole anche la presenza di Kingdom, antico pezzo proposto qui in chiave acustica come sull'album Falling Deeper del 2011, nonché una bellissima versione di Angels Walk Among Us, brano peraltro assente nel concerto bulgaro. L'unico aspetto non del tutto positivo del lavoro (a parte il fatto che Cardoso non possiede inquadrature decenti per sé) è qualcosa che avevo notato anche quando li ho visti live, ossia che questi tizi suonano parecchio nell'oscurità. Ne deriva sicuramente una bella atmosfera, ma quando viene inquadrato Jamie spesso si vede molto poco. E questo vale anche per gli altri, specialmente considerato che raramente viene inquadrato con chiarezza ciò che stanno facendo col loro strumento. Ma del resto, in una musica tecnicamente non certo così spettacolare come altre, tutto questo assume un'importanza marginale e per certi versi è anzi meglio che sia come è. Per concludere, consiglierei particolarmente la fan's edition contenente quattro dischi di vario formato, che oltre a dare accesso a tutte le versioni disponibili di questo memorabile live offre anche un secondo CD che permette così di includere l'intero concerto e non solo metà di esso come (a quanto pare) la versione "standard", che si basa sulla tracklist della versione in vinile del concerto (detta Untouchable), uscita con qualche mese di anticipo ma incompleta da questo punto di vista. Sia la versione DVD che Blu Ray (al contrario di quanto sembrava dovesse essere) contengono l'intero concerto e anche i contenuti extra. Questo lavoro è dunque la summa di una lunga carriera, come testimoniato anche dai fuochi d'artificio. Una lunga carriera che ha dato vita a tanta musica diversa ma che costantemente ha fatto dell'impatto emotivo sviluppato a livelli unici il suo punto di forza.

Certo, peccato che manchino pezzi più antichi, ma vista l'occasione con tanto di orchestra forse non si sarebbero prestati molto bene… quantomeno non quanto quelli nuovi, che di fatto mostrano in questo video una veste spettacolare. La band è cresciuta e si dimostra finalmente eccellente anche in sede live, meritandosi a pieno titolo con questo lavoro un posto nella storia della musica, una volta per tutte. Voto: 88/100

Elenco tracce testi samples e video

01   Untouchable, Part 2 (05:33)

02   The Storm Before the Calm (09:27)

03   The Storm Before the Calm (09:27)

04   Fragile Dreams (06:49)

Countless times I trusted you
I let you back in
Knowing... Yearning... you know
I should have run... but I stayed

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken for you

Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings
In silent agony after all these years they spoke to me
After all these years

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken
For you

05   Dreaming Light (05:53)

06   Untouchable, Part 2 (06:06)

07   Untouchable, Part 2 (06:06)

08   Fragile Dreams (06:48)

Countless times I trusted you
I let you back in
Knowing... Yearning... you know
I should have run... but I stayed

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken for you

Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings
In silent agony after all these years they spoke to me
After all these years

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken
For you

09   Fragile Dreams (06:48)

Countless times I trusted you
I let you back in
Knowing... Yearning... you know
I should have run... but I stayed

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken for you

Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings
In silent agony after all these years they spoke to me
After all these years

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken
For you

10   Panic (04:15)

You know you ain't going nowhere
you're stuck inside while the mind is flying
you said you'd help me in the morning
twisting on pins into my eyes
and we driving on the ceiling below you
facin' up the walls with your crocked hands
while you're miles away...

I don't think at all end up like this
there's spiders on the wall and they stink of piss
dead heads lying in the corner
staring at me making me feel bad
I put my hands up to my eyes
but the holes in my palms let me find a way
to corner you...

I can't feel my chest because it ain't much
sucking through my skin into my brain
oxygen pushing on the window
cracks in the glass let it slip away
I start to cry and I keep on laughing
I close my eyes at what's left inside
and then I'll ran away...

For all the time this land
for all the time in my hand
circle around in depth
found calmness fall once again...

Razor blades floating in the warm bath
air bubbles in your veins turning my hands black
whispers coming from the next room
window cleaner keep on spying
I put my hands up to my eyes
but the holes in my palms let me find a way
to corner me...

Twelve ton hammer for my breakfast
slipping of the edge in catatonic blood
multiple decibel inscriptions
trying all they can in miles an hour
all face grey and looming downwards
sniffing all the time for a ounce of silence
screaming all the way...

Numbers counting down inside me
solar system thoughts circle round my head
false teeth hanging from the ceiling
feet looking of the goms of the 2nd son
I eat my hands 'cos my legs are crying
you broke my neck 'cause I snapped my spine
I wish you would die away...

For all the time this land
for all the time in my hand
circle around in depth
found calmness fall once again...

11   Panic (04:15)

You know you ain't going nowhere
you're stuck inside while the mind is flying
you said you'd help me in the morning
twisting on pins into my eyes
and we driving on the ceiling below you
facin' up the walls with your crocked hands
while you're miles away...

I don't think at all end up like this
there's spiders on the wall and they stink of piss
dead heads lying in the corner
staring at me making me feel bad
I put my hands up to my eyes
but the holes in my palms let me find a way
to corner you...

I can't feel my chest because it ain't much
sucking through my skin into my brain
oxygen pushing on the window
cracks in the glass let it slip away
I start to cry and I keep on laughing
I close my eyes at what's left inside
and then I'll ran away...

For all the time this land
for all the time in my hand
circle around in depth
found calmness fall once again...

Razor blades floating in the warm bath
air bubbles in your veins turning my hands black
whispers coming from the next room
window cleaner keep on spying
I put my hands up to my eyes
but the holes in my palms let me find a way
to corner me...

Twelve ton hammer for my breakfast
slipping of the edge in catatonic blood
multiple decibel inscriptions
trying all they can in miles an hour
all face grey and looming downwards
sniffing all the time for a ounce of silence
screaming all the way...

Numbers counting down inside me
solar system thoughts circle round my head
false teeth hanging from the ceiling
feet looking of the goms of the 2nd son
I eat my hands 'cos my legs are crying
you broke my neck 'cause I snapped my spine
I wish you would die away...

For all the time this land
for all the time in my hand
circle around in depth
found calmness fall once again...

12   Thin Air (06:27)

13   Thin Air (06:27)

14   Internal Landscapes (08:18)

15   Internal Landscapes (08:18)

16   Internal Landscapes (08:19)

17   Everything (05:39)

18   A Natural Disaster (06:48)

It's been a long cold winter without you
I've been crying on the inside over you
You just slipped through my fingers as life turned away
It's been a long cold winter since that day

And it's hard to find
Hard to find
Hard to find the strength now, but I try
And I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna go on and speak now
Of what's gone by
'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change

You just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed

'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change

Just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed.

19   Universal (07:57)

20   Universal (07:57)

21   Lightning Song (05:44)

22   Panic (03:36)

You know you ain't going nowhere
you're stuck inside while the mind is flying
you said you'd help me in the morning
twisting on pins into my eyes
and we driving on the ceiling below you
facin' up the walls with your crocked hands
while you're miles away...

I don't think at all end up like this
there's spiders on the wall and they stink of piss
dead heads lying in the corner
staring at me making me feel bad
I put my hands up to my eyes
but the holes in my palms let me find a way
to corner you...

I can't feel my chest because it ain't much
sucking through my skin into my brain
oxygen pushing on the window
cracks in the glass let it slip away
I start to cry and I keep on laughing
I close my eyes at what's left inside
and then I'll ran away...

For all the time this land
for all the time in my hand
circle around in depth
found calmness fall once again...

Razor blades floating in the warm bath
air bubbles in your veins turning my hands black
whispers coming from the next room
window cleaner keep on spying
I put my hands up to my eyes
but the holes in my palms let me find a way
to corner me...

Twelve ton hammer for my breakfast
slipping of the edge in catatonic blood
multiple decibel inscriptions
trying all they can in miles an hour
all face grey and looming downwards
sniffing all the time for a ounce of silence
screaming all the way...

Numbers counting down inside me
solar system thoughts circle round my head
false teeth hanging from the ceiling
feet looking of the goms of the 2nd son
I eat my hands 'cos my legs are crying
you broke my neck 'cause I snapped my spine
I wish you would die away...

For all the time this land
for all the time in my hand
circle around in depth
found calmness fall once again...

23   Thin Air (06:03)

24   A Natural Disaster (06:31)

It's been a long cold winter without you
I've been crying on the inside over you
You just slipped through my fingers as life turned away
It's been a long cold winter since that day

And it's hard to find
Hard to find
Hard to find the strength now, but I try
And I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna go on and speak now
Of what's gone by
'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change

You just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed

'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change

Just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed.

25   A Natural Disaster (06:31)

It's been a long cold winter without you
I've been crying on the inside over you
You just slipped through my fingers as life turned away
It's been a long cold winter since that day

And it's hard to find
Hard to find
Hard to find the strength now, but I try
And I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna go on and speak now
Of what's gone by
'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change

You just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed

'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change

Just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed.

26   The Beginning and the End (04:41)

27   Fragile Dreams (07:36)

Countless times I trusted you
I let you back in
Knowing... Yearning... you know
I should have run... but I stayed

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken for you

Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings
In silent agony after all these years they spoke to me
After all these years

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken
For you

28   Fragile Dreams (07:36)

Countless times I trusted you
I let you back in
Knowing... Yearning... you know
I should have run... but I stayed

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken for you

Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings
In silent agony after all these years they spoke to me
After all these years

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken
For you

29   Deep (05:07)

Feel my heart burning
Deep inside... yearning
I know it is coming

A fettered heart, waking
A tainted youth, fading
Leave it all behind
Delirious again
Mesmerize my senses
Souls entwine one more time

All our times will come
Searching oblivion
Leaving nothing but the memories of
All the things you give
They're all you'll leave behind
Within their mind

Open laughter held in distant days
Eternal stars have changed
I know that it can't be the same
There's no romance for you tonight

Feel my heart burning
Deep inside... yearning
I know it is coming

All our times will come
Searching oblivion
Leaving nothing but the memories of
All the things you give
They're all you'll leave behind
Within their mind

And time recedes every day
You can search your soul but you won't see
As we pass ever on and away
Towards some blank infinity

30   Emotional Winter / Wings of God (09:44)

31   Kingdom (05:13)

32   Kingdom (05:13)

33   Thin Air (06:16)

34   Thin Air (06:16)

35   The Storm Before the Calm (09:27)

36   Deep (05:25)

Feel my heart burning
Deep inside... yearning
I know it is coming

A fettered heart, waking
A tainted youth, fading
Leave it all behind
Delirious again
Mesmerize my senses
Souls entwine one more time

All our times will come
Searching oblivion
Leaving nothing but the memories of
All the things you give
They're all you'll leave behind
Within their mind

Open laughter held in distant days
Eternal stars have changed
I know that it can't be the same
There's no romance for you tonight

Feel my heart burning
Deep inside... yearning
I know it is coming

All our times will come
Searching oblivion
Leaving nothing but the memories of
All the things you give
They're all you'll leave behind
Within their mind

And time recedes every day
You can search your soul but you won't see
As we pass ever on and away
Towards some blank infinity

37   Deep (05:25)

Feel my heart burning
Deep inside... yearning
I know it is coming

A fettered heart, waking
A tainted youth, fading
Leave it all behind
Delirious again
Mesmerize my senses
Souls entwine one more time

All our times will come
Searching oblivion
Leaving nothing but the memories of
All the things you give
They're all you'll leave behind
Within their mind

Open laughter held in distant days
Eternal stars have changed
I know that it can't be the same
There's no romance for you tonight

Feel my heart burning
Deep inside... yearning
I know it is coming

All our times will come
Searching oblivion
Leaving nothing but the memories of
All the things you give
They're all you'll leave behind
Within their mind

And time recedes every day
You can search your soul but you won't see
As we pass ever on and away
Towards some blank infinity

38   A Simple Mistake (08:29)

39   The Beginning and the End (04:42)

40   The Beginning and the End (04:42)

41   Angels Walk Among Us (04:36)

42   Angels Walk Among Us (04:36)

43   Everything (05:54)

44   Everything (05:54)

45   Untouchable, Part 1 (06:59)

46   Untouchable, Part 1 (06:59)

47   Fragile Dreams (06:24)

Countless times I trusted you
I let you back in
Knowing... Yearning... you know
I should have run... but I stayed

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken for you

Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings
In silent agony after all these years they spoke to me
After all these years

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken
For you

48   Flying (08:24)

Started a search to no avail
a light that shines behind the veil
trying to find it
and all around us everywhere
is all that we could ever share
if only we could see it
feel there's truth that's beyond me
life ever changing weaving destiny

and it feels like i'm flying above you
dream that i'm dying to find the truth
seems that your trying to bring me down
back down to earth back down to earth

layers of dust and yesterdays
shadows fading in the haze
of what I couldn't say
and though I said my hands were tied
times have changed and now I find
I'm free for the first time
feel so close to everything now
strange how life makes sense in time now

and it feels like i'm flying above you
dream that i'm dying to find the truth
seems that your trying to bring me down
back down to earth back down to earth
back down to earth back down to earth x2

49   A Natural Disaster (06:23)

It's been a long cold winter without you
I've been crying on the inside over you
You just slipped through my fingers as life turned away
It's been a long cold winter since that day

And it's hard to find
Hard to find
Hard to find the strength now, but I try
And I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna go on and speak now
Of what's gone by
'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change

You just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed

'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change

Just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed.

50   A Natural Disaster (06:23)

It's been a long cold winter without you
I've been crying on the inside over you
You just slipped through my fingers as life turned away
It's been a long cold winter since that day

And it's hard to find
Hard to find
Hard to find the strength now, but I try
And I don't wanna
I don't wanna
I don't wanna go on and speak now
Of what's gone by
'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change

You just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed

'Cause no matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No matter what I say
No matter what I do
I can't change what happened
I can't change what happened
No, no, I can't change

Just slipped through my fingers
And I feel so ashamed
You just slipped through my fingers
And I've failed.

51   Closer (06:17)

your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
to be trapped in

your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
all your life

shine in time
shine in time
shine in time
until you find

you're closer
you're closer
to the truth

within you
within you
within you
is the truth

that your dream world is a very scary place
that your dream world is a very scary place
that your dream world is a very scary place
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
all your life

you're closer
you're closer
you're closer
to the truth

within you
within you
within you
is the truth

52   Emotional Winter / Wings of God (09:44)

53   Emotional Winter / Wings of God (09:44)

54   Flying (10:45)

Started a search to no avail
a light that shines behind the veil
trying to find it
and all around us everywhere
is all that we could ever share
if only we could see it
feel there's truth that's beyond me
life ever changing weaving destiny

and it feels like i'm flying above you
dream that i'm dying to find the truth
seems that your trying to bring me down
back down to earth back down to earth

layers of dust and yesterdays
shadows fading in the haze
of what I couldn't say
and though I said my hands were tied
times have changed and now I find
I'm free for the first time
feel so close to everything now
strange how life makes sense in time now

and it feels like i'm flying above you
dream that i'm dying to find the truth
seems that your trying to bring me down
back down to earth back down to earth
back down to earth back down to earth x2

55   Flying (10:45)

Started a search to no avail
a light that shines behind the veil
trying to find it
and all around us everywhere
is all that we could ever share
if only we could see it
feel there's truth that's beyond me
life ever changing weaving destiny

and it feels like i'm flying above you
dream that i'm dying to find the truth
seems that your trying to bring me down
back down to earth back down to earth

layers of dust and yesterdays
shadows fading in the haze
of what I couldn't say
and though I said my hands were tied
times have changed and now I find
I'm free for the first time
feel so close to everything now
strange how life makes sense in time now

and it feels like i'm flying above you
dream that i'm dying to find the truth
seems that your trying to bring me down
back down to earth back down to earth
back down to earth back down to earth x2

56   A Simple Mistake (08:45)

57   A Simple Mistake (08:45)

58   Dreaming Light (06:10)

59   Dreaming Light (06:10)

60   Lightning Song (05:44)

61   Lightning Song (05:44)

62   One Last Goodbye (06:18)

How I needed you
How I grieve now you're gone
In my dreams I see you
I awake so alone

I know you didn't want to leave
Your heart yearned to stay
But the strength I always loved in you finally gave way

Somehow I knew you would leave me this way
Somehow I knew you could never stay
And in the early morning light
After a silent, peaceful night
You took my heart away and my being

In my dreams I can see you
I can tell you how I feel
In my dreams I can hold you
And it feels so real

I still feel the pain
I still feel your love
I still feel the pain
I still feel your love

And somehow I knew you could never never stay
And somehow I knew you would leave me
And in the early morning light
After a silent, peaceful night
You took my heart away
Oh I wish, I wish you could have stayed

63   Untouchable, Part 1 (06:56)

64   One Last Goodbye (06:18)

How I needed you
How I grieve now you're gone
In my dreams I see you
I awake so alone

I know you didn't want to leave
Your heart yearned to stay
But the strength I always loved in you finally gave way

Somehow I knew you would leave me this way
Somehow I knew you could never stay
And in the early morning light
After a silent, peaceful night
You took my heart away and my being

In my dreams I can see you
I can tell you how I feel
In my dreams I can hold you
And it feels so real

I still feel the pain
I still feel your love
I still feel the pain
I still feel your love

And somehow I knew you could never never stay
And somehow I knew you would leave me
And in the early morning light
After a silent, peaceful night
You took my heart away
Oh I wish, I wish you could have stayed

65   One Last Goodbye (06:18)

How I needed you
How I grieve now you're gone
In my dreams I see you
I awake so alone

I know you didn't want to leave
Your heart yearned to stay
But the strength I always loved in you finally gave way

Somehow I knew you would leave me this way
Somehow I knew you could never stay
And in the early morning light
After a silent, peaceful night
You took my heart away and my being

In my dreams I can see you
I can tell you how I feel
In my dreams I can hold you
And it feels so real

I still feel the pain
I still feel your love
I still feel the pain
I still feel your love

And somehow I knew you could never never stay
And somehow I knew you would leave me
And in the early morning light
After a silent, peaceful night
You took my heart away
Oh I wish, I wish you could have stayed

66   Closer (06:30)

your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
to be trapped in

your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
all your life

shine in time
shine in time
shine in time
until you find

you're closer
you're closer
to the truth

within you
within you
within you
is the truth

that your dream world is a very scary place
that your dream world is a very scary place
that your dream world is a very scary place
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
all your life

you're closer
you're closer
you're closer
to the truth

within you
within you
within you
is the truth

67   Closer (06:30)

your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
to be trapped in

your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
your dream world is a very scary place
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
all your life

shine in time
shine in time
shine in time
until you find

you're closer
you're closer
to the truth

within you
within you
within you
is the truth

that your dream world is a very scary place
that your dream world is a very scary place
that your dream world is a very scary place
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
to be trapped inside
all your life

you're closer
you're closer
you're closer
to the truth

within you
within you
within you
is the truth

68   Fragile Dreams (04:18)

Countless times I trusted you
I let you back in
Knowing... Yearning... you know
I should have run... but I stayed

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken for you

Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings
In silent agony after all these years they spoke to me
After all these years

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken
For you

69   Fragile Dreams (04:18)

Countless times I trusted you
I let you back in
Knowing... Yearning... you know
I should have run... but I stayed

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken for you

Today I introduced myself
To my own feelings
In silent agony after all these years they spoke to me
After all these years

Maybe I always knew
My fragile dreams would be broken
For you

70   Universal (07:26)

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