412nd (for one second)

by EUMETRIS

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1.
Hotelrooms And Neonlights 05:24
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Hotelrooms And Neonlights I just can’t sleep at night Hotelrooms and neonlights I come home from any other country When I’ve been away too long Seems so easy to go out for money Pocket full of lonely songs But I just can’t sleep at night Nothing else will see me through Hotelrooms and neonlights Lonely hearts in love with you I join in all this love and laughter Seems to be no trouble at all I will live happily ever after Seems I need a parasol But I just can’t sleep at night Nothing else will see me through Hotelrooms and neonlights Lonely hearts in love with you I can’t help my loving you Seems so easy with lots of things to do I’m through with living When my day is through Fan take me away To the mountain where I found her I’ve been to places I could stay forever In countries feeling so divine There’s still waiting so much adventure Feel I’m running out of time But I just can’t sleep at night Nothing else will see me through Hotelrooms and neonlights Lonely hearts in love with you I just can’t sleep at night Nothing else will see me through Hotelrooms and neonlights Lonely hearts in love with you I come home from any other country When I’ve been away too long Seems so easy to go out for money Pocket full of lonely songs
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Turning Point 04:21
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Turning Point There’s a road in the forest It’s taking me where I go Will I reach my destination What will be the end (It is just a turning point) It’s never and never the end (It is just a turning point) No never and never the end It’s just a turning point There’s a tree in the desert A beacon light in my life Reaching out for some water Feels like near the end (It is just a turning point) It’s never and never the end (It is just a turning point) No never and never the end It’s just a turning point Down the road we’ll keep on going In a new unknown direction It will never reach a dead end for infinity Calling out for another Left the aching nightmare Lift me up to this storey Where I can spot my life (It is just a turning point) It’s never and never the end (It is just a turning point) No never and never the end It’s just a turning point
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Hourglass 05:55
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Hourglass I’ll take my time 412nd That’s what life is after all Dig every grain of sand To fill my hourglass I realise I see a world That begins to age and crack But the darker the ages The more we’re not impressed I can’t deny my life is worth living You say that’s for only a while We always had kind of parallel thinking Two courses never collide The road of my life is one of survival Still I feel I missed a million miles So I refuse to sit by a dying fire My final mask will be a smile It’s obvious we came here for a reason Crystal clear that we’ve been just in cue Plain to see a toss of dice defined our lives It’s only fair to break through Only 4 a while a never ending story Someday we are to leave behind And when that time has come we'll be icons of glory Tourists will come and see ruins of our time It’s obvious we came here for a reason Crystal clear that we’ve been just in cue Plain to see a toss of dice defined our lives It’s only fair We came here for a reason Crystal clear that we’ve been just in cue Plain to see a toss of dice defined our lives It’s only fair Obvious we came here for a reason Crystal clear that we’ve been just in cue Plain to see a toss of dice defined our lives randomly It’s only fair to break through I’ll take my time 412nd That’s what life is after all Dig every grain of sand To fill my hourglass
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Sad Song 05:11
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Sad Song I’m waiting here but you Don’t show up I am lighting my third cigarette Small drops are falling in Black pool of mud I am standing in head and feet wet That reminds me of a song It was a sad song, bad song An everlasting, endless song It was a sad song, bad song Two smiling faces bent Over the table The glasses are filled with white wine One face I know but the Other I don’t But I realise it can’t be mine That reminds me of a song It was a sad song, bad song An everlasting, endless song It was a sad song, bad song The day I died ‘s over But the smell ‘s still here Caught in a creased envelope I’m throwing darts at a Faded picture Intending a soul without hope I’m waiting here but you Don’t show up I am lighting my third cigarette Small drops are falling in Black pool of mud I am standing in head and feet wet That reminds me of a song It was a sad song, bad song An everlasting, endless song It was a sad song, bad song That reminds me of a song It was a sad song, bad song An everlasting, endless song It was a sad song, bad song
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Maybe 03:28
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Maybe Maybe it was just a dream The garden and the fellow-men We whispered in a foreign tongue With faces grave and dim and tan Then the soldiers came in With their beards and their grins It almost blew my mind And they took him away He would never be seen again Maybe I was sound asleep The table and the white dressed men We spoke in strange and unknown words Of a cunning and a complex plan And we opened a cave To be used as his grave It almost blew my mind And we put him in there He would never be seen again Maybe it was all a dream I stepped into the open door The room was empty as a hole With nothing I was looking for Then the women rushed in With their eyes full of sin It almost blew my mind And they saw he was gone He would never be seen again He would never be seen again And would never be seen again
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The River 05:02
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The River I’m searching for the answers I don’t know all the questions My quest is to find peace so near and far My life is like a chamber The sky is like a window to my star. If there is a path I’m going There’s fate to give me guidance I’m hunting for a sign the world around The wise man told me surely A spark of god inside me can be found. Kneel by the river Then feel the quiver Soul and skin will shiver a while Search for the old well Breath in its pure smell Soul and mind will unquell a while I go back to my island Embrace the greedy violence Of overwhelming silence in my head Once I told you clearly I always choose the other side instead I’m searching for the answers I don’t know all the questions My quest is to find peace so near and far My life is like a chamber The sky is like a window to my star. Kneel by the river Then feel the quiver Soul and skin will shiver a while Search for the old well Breath in its pure smell Soul and mind will unquell a while My life is like a chamber The sky is like a window to my star. Once I told you clearly I always choose the other side Spread your wings of silent wishes
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Hold On To Your Friend 03:53
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Hold On To Your Friend You are the flower that struck me once A sunshine in the middle of night I was lost in the darkness faded in time But suddenly I felt you inside Seemed to say I won't let you down Seemed to say forever I'll be around So I picked the flower, carefully I picked it It made me come out of the night You drove me out of it, you pushed me ahead So you could have a hold of my shell You showed me the way to the end of the road But somehow you couldn't get there yourself So I'm here I won't let you down I'll be near forever I'll be around But you won't let me get you out of your sorrow Now you feel just like how I felt Sometimes it's hard to get by so hold on to your friend Ain't easy but hold on to your friend The higher the mountains the deeper the fall Tears on your pillow but you'll climb them all I reach out for you I'm your friend, your guardian angel Have courage, just be brave In spite of all the efforts to track you down I fear you got lost in your cave But I'll stay here I won't let you down I'll stay near forever I'll be around Give me a chance to be part of your sadness And I'll take that sadness away The higher the mountains the deeper the fall Tears on your pillow but you'll climb them all I have made long-term plans for our future So please hold on to your friend
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I'm Working On It 03:35
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I'm Working On It Gather 'round the fire in the night Feeling so much higher holding tight I just wanna be with you night and day I don't wanna be alone anyway Saving up my lifetime just for you But I often don't know what to do Walking 'round in circles I'm worrying When I really love you must be hurrying I'm working on it I'm working on it I'm working on a way I can get you high Don't wanna lose your love, I would die I'm always there beside you, I'm your light It's always there to guide you through the night You always can rely on me trust me now I'll do anything for your love anyhow I'm working on it I'm working on it I'm working on a way I can get you high Don't wanna lose your love, I would die I'm working on it I'm working on it I'm working on a way I can catch your eye Don't wanna hear you ever say goodbye Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Saving up my lifetime just for you But I often don't know what to do Walking 'round in circles I'm worrying When I really love you must be hurrying I'm working on it I'm working on it I'm working on a way I can get you high Don't wanna lose your love, I would die I'm working on it I'm working on it I'm working on a way I can catch your eye Don't wanna hear you ever say goodbye Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it Working on it I'm working on a way I can get you high Don't wanna lose your love, I would die I'm working on it I'm working on it I'm working on a way I can catch your eye Don't wanna hear you ever say goodbye
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I Bet My Life 03:30
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I Bet My Life I've been waiting for a long, long time And I know whatever's gonna happen Yeah, the sun will always shine from heaven Down on every hill I climb And I've been takin' all the time I've got And defying even summer sun-heat Just to find the rhythm of your heart-beat Losing nothing, maybe win a lot I want you to know I still wanna go To the place where love's around To the place where friends can be found I bet my life you're gonna dig it I bet my life there's angelsound Don't know if you're alive or dead I bet my life we're gonna hit it I bet my life it won't be sad I've been walkin' me some worn-out shoes I've been chasin' you on every ocean Just to stick around my heart's devotion So the rivers of our lives will fuse Now you've been showing me around and see Gave me wings to float away from sadness When I'm tired of going through this madness You're the only one who found my key I want you to know I still wanna go To the place where love's around To the place where friends can be found I bet my life you're gonna dig it I bet my life there's angelsound Don't know if you're alive or dead I bet my life we're gonna hit it I bet my life it won't be sad
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Gonna Find Her Gone 04:42
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Gonna Find Her Gone If only I knew how to go from here If only I knew how to hide my fear Every now and then I feel I’m forced to my next step If only I had seen this intersection on my map Turning right I’ll find a dead-end street To the left someone I hate to meet Turning ‘round the road is heading way back to the start Straight ahead the treasure that I love with all my heart Gonna find her gone If I’d be just her chaperon Gonna find her gone It’s obvious I’ll end up all alone On my own The things I’d say would surely make a hit Not necessarily a happy end I admit Whatever other choice, so many rivals in the field Wouldn’t she be frightened so much love’s been revealed Gonna find her gone If I’d be just her chaperon Gonna find her gone It’s obvious I’ll end up all alone If only I knew how to go from here If only I knew how to hide my fear Every now and then I feel I’m forced to my next step If only I had seen this Gonna find her gone If I’d be just her chaperon Gonna find her gone It’s obvious I’ll end up all alone On my own Gonna find her gone If I’d be just her chaperon Gonna find her gone It’s obvious I’ll end up all alone Gonna find her gone Gonna find her gone Gonna find her gone
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Batriana 06:34
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Batriana World is hiding in its cloak Providing cover up from the sun Sky turns grey the view is gone The lining is above like a sheet Oh I feel nothing There’s no one here Try to see beyond the fences Of that gap deep inside of me My room keeps on spinning A another judgement day The road is wet My mind has lost its way The moment I start drowning Is the moment I wake up Oh I want to stay Dreams? Let me tell you about dreams. But I warn you it is not granted that the dream matches the dreamer. Dreams can also be explained in a way that is opposite to what they seem. So they are infallible, since you can deduce the pro’s as well as the contra’s from them. Close your eyes and think of who you are Your life brought you this far: a man If you want to go back to your youth You’re to make all mistakes once again The judge calls the witness Silent screaming in my dream Everybody’s tugging at my sleeve The moment I start believing Is the moment I wake up Oh I want to stay I wish I’d met you before I wish that I could ignore Holding on to nothing Holding on to fairytales Shadows of myself I need a fair alibi All I say will be magnified Oh I feel nothing Float upon the sea My face on the surface Some say dreams that occur just before sunrise refer to the future; those who follow on sunset refer to the past. Dreams are safer in summer and winter than during spring or fall – and more at sunrise than at any other hour of the day. Some others say there is a stone in Batriana named Eumetris, which – if it lies underneath your head while dreaming – turns dreams into solid, sound prophecies.

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Dreams?

Let me tell you about dreams. But I warn you it is not granted that the dream matches the dreamer. Dreams can also be explained in a way that is opposite to what they seem. So they are infallible, since you can deduce the pro’s as well as the contra’s from them.

Some say dreams that occur just before sunrise refer to the future; those who follow on sunset refer to the past. Dreams are safer in summer and winter than during spring or fall – and more at sunrise than at any other hour of the day.

Some others say there is a stone in Batriana named Eumetris, which – if it lies underneath your head while dreaming – turns dreams into solid, sound prophecies.

(from the book Imprimatur by Monaldi & Sorti)

——— EUMETRIS ———

After they first met, there was a period of getting to know eachothers ideas and recordings. Very soon it was apparent that both Hans and Bart mutually were very much into eachothers work. Hans picked a few of Barts songs – and Bart of Hans'. Letting their imagination and talents full free flight, the two influenced eachothers material to another, new level of existance. With both respect and love for eachothers music, they got involved in a creative process, parallel to their busy daily lives. Songs were chosen, arranged, re-arranged, re-re-arranged, performed and recorded, and sometimes all over again, either at home or at the Apogee Studio in Alphen aan den Rijn where all songs were mixed and mastered by their good friend René van Hugten.

Two and a half years after their first encounter it all resulted in their first album, 412nd, at the end of 2005.

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released December 5, 2005

Chief Technician: René van Hugten
Design & visual concept: Bart Plooij
Photography: Harry Otten

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EUMETRIS Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bart van Schoonhoven & Hans Lamboo

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