Elisa
Pipes & Flowers

01   Labyrinth (04:57)

Just like a spy through smoke and lights
I escaped through the back door of the world
And I saw things getting smaller
Fear as well as temptation

Now everything is reflection as I make my way through this labyrinth
And my sense of direction
Is lost like the sound of my steps
Is lost like the sound of my steps

Chorus:
Scent of dried flowers
And I'm walking through the fog
Walking through the fog
Scent of dried flowers
And I'm walking through the fog
Walking through the fog

I see my memories in black and white
They are neglected by space and time
I store all my days in boxes
And left my whishes so far behind

I find my only salvation in playing hide and seek in this labyrinth
And my sense of connection
Is lost like the sound of my steps
Is lost like the sound of my steps

[Chorus]

Words sounds music and I'm spinning in
Words sounds music and I'm spinning out

But I want to stay here
'Cause I am waiting for the rain
And I want it to wash away
Everything, everything, everything

[Chorus x 2]

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Labirinto

Proprio come una spia attraverso fumo e luci
sono scappata attraverso la porta sul retro del mondo
e ho visto le cose diventare più piccole
la paura diventare tentazione.

adesso tutto è un riflesso visto che
ho percorso la mia strada attraverso questo labirinto
e il mio senso d'orientamento
è perso come il rumore dei miei passi
è perso come il rumore dei miei passi

odore di fiori secchi, e sto camminando nella nebbia
camminando nella nebbia
odore di fiori secchi, e sto camminando nella nebbia
camminando nella nebbia

vedo i miei ricordi in bianco e nero
sono trascurati dal tempo e dallo spazio
conservo tutti i miei giorni in degli scatoloni
e ho lasciato i miei desideri così indietro
trovo la mia unica salvezza nel giocare
a nascondino in questo labirinto
e il mio senso di conoscenza
è perso come il rumore dei miei passi
è perso come il rumore dei miei passi

odore di fiori secchi, e sto camminando nella nebbia
camminando nella nebbia
odore di fiori secchi, e sto camminando nella nebbia
camminando nella nebbia

parole, suoni, musica, e sto girando
parole, suoni, musica, e mi sto prolungando
ma voglio restare qui perchè
sto aspettando la pioggia
e voglio che lavi via tutto, tutto, tutto

odore di fiori secchi, e sto camminando nella nebbia
camminando nella nebbia
odore di fiori secchi, e sto camminando nella nebbia
camminando nella nebbia

odore di fiori secchi, e sto camminando nella nebbia
camminando nella nebbia
odore di fiori secchi, e sto camminando nella nebbia

02   Mr. Want (04:10)

I want to tear out half the pages
I want to create a different colour
I want to roll your thoughts and smoke ‘em
I want to crush this bitter softness

but Mr. Want is dead
he was sick for a long time
I would have liked to have known him
but he left too soon
now Mr. Want is dead
he was sick for a long time
I would have liked to have known him
but he left too soon

I want to bathe in the sea of rescue
I want to knit a sweater for the moon
I want to steal your breath and sell it
I want to pour honey on the blade

but Mr. Want is dead
he was sick for a long time
I would have liked to have known him
but he left too soon
now Mr. Want is dead
he was sick for a long time
I would have liked to have known him
but he left too soon

yeah… soon… yeah… soon
yeah… soon… yeah

I want to escape this endless freedom
I want to laugh like summer lightning
I want to ignore your best seduction
I want to love with all my hatred

but Mr. Want is dead
he was sick for a long time
I would have liked to have known him
but he left too soon
now Mr. Want is dead
he was sick for a long time
I would have liked to have known him
but he left too soon

now Mr. Want is dead
he was sick for a long time
I would have liked to have known him
but he left too soon
now Mr. Want is dead
he was sick for a long time
I would have liked to have known him
but he left too soon

03   Sleeping in Your Hand (04:22)

Now just let me sleep
I don’t wanna talk
have nothing nice to say
I’m just sleeping in your hand

don’t wake me up too soon
I don’t want to see the world
I need to be no one
all I want is just to be

we can be so strange
we can be so wild
even when we love
even when we lie

be conscious of my love
be conscious of my love

please just let me float
nothing matters less than time
my thoughts are so remote
your hand is open wide

we can be so strange
we can be so wild
even when we love
even when we lie

yes we can be so strange
we can be so wild
even when we touch
even when we die

I’m sleeping in your hand
I’m sleeping in your hand
I’m sleeping in your hand
I’m sleeping in your hand

sleeping in your hand…
sleeping in your hand…
sleeping in your hand…

be conscious of my love
be conscious of my love

04   Shadow Zone (04:15)

There are shadow zones all around…

we danced thick as trees still prisoners of wood
and in between the smoke and vines on the dance floor there he stood
I could see in your eyes you’re the one to burn it all down
and I want to be there, yes I want to be there

so I start the hunt you scent’s in my mouth
and my thoughts are in the mud
there’s quicksand all around me but your rhythm’s filled my blood
I can see by your moves you’re the one to burn it all down
and I want to be there, yes I want to be there

here I feel your breath but I can’t see you
oh I guess you’re here but I can’t touch you
here I feel your breath but I can’t see you
oh I guess you’re here but I can’t touch you

there’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
there’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
there’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
there’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer

animals encircle trading fur for skin
and I’ve been told you’re too much for me
but this camouflage is wearing thin
I can tell by you touch you’re the one to burn it all down
and I wanna be there, yes I wanna be there

here I feel your breath but I can’t see you
oh I guess you’re here but I can’t touch you
here I feel your breath but I can’t see you
oh I guess you’re here but I can’t touch you

There’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
There’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
There’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
There’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer

shadows are blindfolds and the pulse is so extreme
your skin’s like heaven down on me and there is nothing in between
I can feel from your hips you’re the one to burn it all down
and I want to be there, I wanna be there

here I feel your breath but I can’t see you
oh I guess you’re here but I can’t touch you
here I feel your breath but I can’t see you
oh I guess you’re here but I can’t touch you

there’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
There’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
there’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
There’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
there’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
There’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
there’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer
There’s a jungle in motion it looks like a dancer

there’s a jungle in motion

05   A Feast for Me (05:12)

Well there's a party for me,
the last thing I wanted from you
I close the door behind me and there you are
you seem relaxed and quiet
but under your shirt you sweat
and these balloons around make me feel so sad.

Well there's a feast for me, but it's a night so pale
feels like an empty room where we could kill with words
you wish you could make believe that I'm what you want me to be
but these balloons around make me feel so sad

I'm in your sweet, sweet, sweet embrace
and you're a thousand miles away
your arms a sweet, sweet, sweet embrace
and you're a thousand miles away.

Well there's a party for me
and you know that I didn't ask for it
I just stay in your game I'm just playing your game
so won't you tell me what to do,
I can pretend you tell the truth
won't you tell me what to do,
I can pretend you tell the truth

I'm in your sweet, sweet, sweet embrace
and you're a thousand miles away
your arms a sweet, sweet, sweet embrace
and you're a thousand miles away.
Why? why? Why? Why?

Should I take the blame, where's my big mistake
should I feel happy for what I haven't done
should I take the blame, should I feel the pain
or should I feel regret for what I haven't done
Why? Why? Why? Why?

Was this a feast for me or just a bad surprise?
Should I have expected this? I just don't wanna know
and you've made up the rules so that you'll win this game
but you can't tell me what to do
'cause I don't believe in you

What's left a sweet sweet sweet embrace
and you're a thousand miles away
your arms a sweet sweet sweet embrace
and you're a thousand miles away
Why? Why?
I'll never ask you why... Why.

06   So Delicate So Pure (03:41)

07   New Kiss (04:59)

I don’t wanna hear another plastic love song and I
don’t need no more triviality
‘cause I know there is more that love could be

but you know that’s not to say
that I know just what I want out of life
it doesn’t mean that I feel hopeful every day I’m alive
but when you smiled at me I felt many things
like lust and fear and dreams

and though it could hurt I’ve gotta try it anyway
when the door is flung wide open you don’t stay inside your room all day
you go where there’s a chance of losing the awful empty lie
that it’s better not to need anyone than to take the crazy uncertain ride

and it’s a new kiss and I’m flying out there
a great kiss and I’m crying in the street
it’s a killer kiss under a friendly rain
hear me now sell me joy and pain
but at the best price you can

I don’t know much more than your first name but I
might stick around till I know everything
because who we could be remains to be seen
is it the joke now or the dream?

I like the new beginning the slow show and tell
sometimes I think the expectation is sweeter than the love itself
it’s alright but I take my time I’m gonna take your mistery
you know it’s simple don’t you try to ignore take your freedom when you’re given the key

like a new kiss and I’m flying out there
a great kiss and I’m crying in the street
it’s a killer kiss under a friendly rain
hear me now sell me joy and pain
but at the best price you can

like a new kiss and I’m flying out there
a great kiss and I’m crying in the street
it’s a killer kiss under a friendly rain
hear me now sell me joy and pain

it’s a new kiss and I’m flying out there
a great kiss and I’m crying in the street
it’s a killer kiss under a friendly rain
hear me now sell me joy and pain…

08   Tell Me (05:05)

Tell me who you are now what you're waiting for,
will you be the same after you've gone through every door
teach me how to play your game and whatcha wanna be
will recognize me when you've lost your honesty.

Tell me you'll be happy once you'll leave us all behind
tell me about the kingdom you've been building in your mind
never really living is a lonely way to go
will you ever understand, ther's more than what you know.

Tell me who you'll be tomorrow
where will you keep all your sorrow.
Tell me who you'll be tomorrow
where will you keep all your sorrow.

Can I talk to you and will you listen, will you see
I'll only take an hour of your precious misery
I've been watching you and now I'm gonna tell you why
I don't think your way of life can take you very high.

Tell me who you'll be tomorrow
where will you keep all your sorrow.
Tell me who you'll be tomorrow
where will you keep all your sorrow.

Who will hold your hand, who will miss you when you're gone
don't you understand, I'm telling you
who will ease your pain, who will love you all alone
come out of the rain.

And maybe there is something you can show me, maybe not
and maybe your cold silence is the best thing that you've ever given me.

Tell me who you'll be tomorrow
where will you keep all your sorrow.
Tell me who you'll be tomorrow
where will you keep all your sorrow.

Who will hold your hand, who will miss you when you're gone
don't you understand, I'm telling you
who will ease your pain, who will love you all alone
come out of the rain.

And maybe there is something you can show me, maybe not
and maybe your cold silence is the best thing that you've ever given me.

Will you ever understand there's more than that you know.

09   The Marriage (04:22)

This is the marriage of silence and love
here is the temple where I come to learn
here are the eternal little things I always loved
here are all my tears just waiting for my return

this is the marriage of silence and love
this is the land of the gentle soul
here sometimes I meet the man who can see what I see
live what I dream and be the way he seems

and I have no doubt here I fall and rise
here I can be poor and feel so rich inside
here I come back to me here I come back to see
what he’s doing now, what he’s doing now

oh I believe in the marriage of silence and love
and I still need some patience to grasp it all
I hope I won’t forget this feelings fading off in time
trapped behind my face, burning in my mind

oh I have no doubt here I become wise
here I can be poor and feel so rich inside
here I come back to me here I come back to see
what he’s doing now, what he’s doing now

oh at first I’ve lost my directions
and I was just glad to be alive
but then I had to meet myself and my depression
and I, and I should have swallowed all my pride
and I know it now, yes I know it know,
and I want to know him now, ‘cause I want to love him now

still I have no doubt here I live for now
here I can be poor and feel so rich inside
here I come back to me here I come back to see
what he’s doing now, what he’s doing now…

and I want to know him now

10   Inside a Flower (05:22)

Hold back the time
just let it hang
stop the seconds, minutes and hours
and if I give you love
will you let me keep myself

I’m sitting out here on the very edge of earth
looking through a book from long before the world began
the man who gave it to me didn’t have a name
and overhead the sun is running down the day

the book begins its story
tells of war and hate and tells of power
the promises of freedom
and of all religions, love and ways of life
and how to

close your time inside a flower
stop the seconds, minutes and hours
close your time inside a flower
live your life forget the power

the people passing by they stop to look at me
they all think I’m crazy ‘cause I’m laughing in the wind
but I am free to be whatever I may choose
to win this freedom I know that somebody had to lose

I’ve learned to those who buy love
and read about those willing to sell it
when we’re born it’s for love
some of us will die just you get it
what you gotta do is

close your time inside a flower
stop the seconds, minutes and hours
close your time inside a flower
live your life forget the power

we can give our love away and never lose ourselves
but no one can be something that you own
and if you think you’ve got the right to tell me what I am
I’ve got no trouble leaving you alone…

close your time inside a flower
stop the seconds, minutes and hours
close your time inside a flower
live your life forget the power

11   Sleeping in Your Hand (Mark Saunders remix) (03:44)

12   Cure Me (03:28)

Oh what a pleasure it is being crashed by the power of thinking
the scents in the air can smell the events
but there’s no way to touch anything now
I’m just fascinated by the smoke from this candle

cure me you know I would die for it, I would die for it, I would die for it
cure me you know I would die for it, I would die for it, I would die for it

I think I’m free from all the stuff I always have to bring with me yeah
and I swear it’s a daily habit not a way to hide something
but still bad enough for me that I’m so blind
I won’t take my eyes off the smoke from the candle

cure me you know I would die for it, I would die for it, I would die for it
cure me you know I would die for it, I would die for it, I would die for it

I just need to love this little bit of madness
it's not a state of mind
and not a way to hide something
it's just good enough for me to enjoy it
even if can't take my eyes off
the smoke from the candle

cure me I just need to be touched by silence and noise
you cure me just with time
you cure me I just need to be touched by silence and noise
you cure me just with time
cure me with no words but air, just air, just air

cure me you know I would die for it, I would die for it, simply die for it
cure me you know I would die for it, simply die for it, I would die for it
cure me you know I would die for it, simply die for it, I would die for it

cure me cure me
cure me cure me
cure me cure me
cure me cure me