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Niemandsland

by EPHEMERE

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1.
Grazing 07:05
Late at night Wide awake As I stare into the falling rain One by one The stars are fading out Leaving nothing but a purple sunrise The streets are quiet Longing patiently for noise The gardens look half abandoned My hands are cold Ever since I left you I embrace the world And wait My eyes are grazing on the forests With no cyphers in the skies With no symbols and no meanings As I spread my wings and fly If this is a drug then give me more If this is life then let me live Can't believe you call it sinful When I got so much more to give So unreal I sit back and I think about my other lives In a parallel world, not so far, just some miles, should I Wish for this chance to Start anew, to Level it all, burn the house I've built, I Try Not to lie Not to break my wings as I resume to Fly And I realize That I try to find a language To reflect the wish in me With all my heard to throw myself Into the alien scenes I see My eyes are grazing... Breathing deeper, feeling weaker Half asleep and half awake Close my eyes, unleash my dreams There's so much more I could't take All the symptoms of fatigue I tried my best not to give in Ghostly creatures, eerie silence As I contemplate my sin, yes I concede I'd like to feel There is a life we can reclaim Pure, intense, and not in need Of drugs, confusion, thrill and pain Taking chances, dashing further Send my glances through the void Sensing answers, I'm immersed In all the wonders I've enjoyed All we hoped for, all we dreamed of Leaving footprints in the sand Little trasures, slipping gently Through our fingers, through our hands Hope is growing, hope is waning In the early morning air Everlasting, everchanging Noone else around to care
2.
Snowfields 05:28
One light awakes, the other dies Summer and winter keep embracing Each other in the endless skies And we all sing to leave our traces Life is about losing and winning Revolves around ends and beginnings One in all, and all in one Again I'm standing in a snowfield Transcending waterfalls Of my concealed emotions Reflecting in your calls In these winternights the stars are getting colder Ain't no stairway up to heaven on these walls In these ancient halls you feel a little older When your freezing breath implies the end of fall Don't let go Touch the snow Here in the fallen christmas snow We hold each other, reminiscence Of all the roads we used to go Of all the wonders we were missing Life is about making decisions Revolves around nightmares and visions All in one, and one in all Again I'm standing in a snowfield Beyond the scope of sorrow Above the frozen fields Here in this new tomorrow You break the golden seal...
3.
Acid Rain 04:18
I'm walking down this purple street Feel pale illusions at my feet I'm feeling really incomplete I wonder when I'll be revealed I'm singing in this acid rain I wonder when and why I came I can't recall a single name All memories just seem the same So fly The sky is open and broken I think it's time to understand You weren't in my masterplan If I would ever lose my mind A glimpse of you is what I'd find So steal the show and Be a dancer 'Cause it will really take a lot When I find out That love's the answer To a question I forgot So fly The sky is open and broken
4.
I'm trying to learn to sleep again Morphine visions flashing in my head To laugh and to weep again Free myself from fear and from regret I'm trying to see again I'm sure there's more to life than black and white To share and believe again Relax, detach, go floating with the tide I only watch when there is nothing to see I only listen when there's nothing to hear I only speak when there is nothing to say I cry for help when there's nobody near Mountains of nothing I'm trying to surmount Living somebody elses's thoughts Wishing I could dream of sheep And make my home in this emptiness I'm trying to learn to dream again Unlock that heavy door see what's inside To love and to feel again Stop consuming myself, stop to hide Moved by the beat and bass of silent alarms I get confused as I wander about Out on the street when it's too cold to feel warm I dance in tune with the lost and the proud Fountains of passion I want to conjure up But my wells are forever dry Walking on barren grounds No clouds caress the skies tonight I'm dissolving, I'm shedding Transcendent, translucent I'm a multiple entity It's a dream in a dream in a dream in a dream I observe, I don't feel, it's not me It's the melancholy of a ski-resort in summer Never the right time nor the place to be My rooms are fitted, and I'm waiting to welcome her But the one I loved has long moved out of me...
5.
I'm standing on the bridge But the ground is dry I hear a laughter from behind It's coming from my mind Rising of night and endless pain Gimme that stuff How can I believe what I see When I'm blind for reality? How can I understand the way I feel Am I mad completely? Aimlessly wandering... Look at the clock, time goes by What does it count I see it all again as I close my eyes The same old place like years before Open the door How can I believe what I see When I'm blind for reality? How can I understand the way I feel When I'm mad completely...
6.
Lunar Colony 08:05
We are not rebelling, we are breaking free Venturing further into unknown spaces Becoming more radical Becoming more self-aware Answers emerging in our embraces Exploring a new zone, roaming a new scene It's our first time in every single motion Scouting the spheres Beyond any routines Reading the star charts of emotion We're halfway there yet miles away Not knowing where our venture'll lead But there's a wisdom in our flow And knowing that we're wide awake We have to live without restraint We have to spread our wings and grow Here at last we're flying free Discovering new grounds Obstacles but no defeat This river is our own Searching perfect synergy To make this house a home In our lunar colony I'm breaking ground with you A tiny room in endless space Unites us unexpectedly We're dancing where the gravity decreases Slowly overcoming fears, Our panoplies and safety nets Discovering what's hidden underneath this We're on our way and not afraid of Turbulences on the flight Transcending spaces, ignoring time And far from superhuman feats There's something valiant in our ways Setting out to build our paradigm Here at last... Encounters always taking place in curves In magic circles in an abstract space In which we swing and oscillate in phase There's a dimension for this matchless place So put up space to span our love and time To be our home and sanctuary and base We're variables of a novel kind And undeterred singularity As we are moving further down the line Following our trajectory Following our trajectory...
7.
Rebel Blues 02:42
Slammed the door To my religion Tell the priest I cannot wait Time to make This clear decision Life is short I'm running late Many years I've wasted waiting For a god Already broke Many years I've suffocated In the clouds Of inscense smoke Jesus, Spark and Holy Father Time to crumble and give way Stopped paying your rent for dark cathedrals Always ordered to obey, obey, obey How the sound Of thunder soothes My mind, I'm reckless Free and brave, so Start the armageddon Rock show I'd rather die Than be your slave Delicate the Scent of roses Of the fruit That earth has grown Seal and burn The fraud of heaven I've finally learned To find a home

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Beyond the borders of genres and the limitations of 4-minute radio-songs, Ephemere celebrates the sensation of being on the road, out there, in all its aspects - doubting, yearning, wondering, venturing. Niemandsland is an imaginative and captivating work, blending influences from wave, progressive rock and triphop.

Ephemere's first real longplayer, and first new album since 2009's experimental EP Hologram II, was produced completely by Ephemere and mastered by Rolf Kirschbaum, who has worked with the likes of Witt and received various awards, including the "Deutscher Rock & Pop Preis" and the Canadian Music Award.

credits

released August 12, 2013

Jan Schoenmakers: Songwriting and lead vocals (except How Can You Believe), background vocals, synthesizers, piano, effects, beats, hammond, arrangements, production
Karsten Block: guitars, drums, flute, hammond, chimes, background vocals, songwriting and lead vocals on How Can You Believe, arrangements, production
Tobias Hoff: additional production (beats) for Acid Rain, How Can You Believe
Sarah Schoenmakers: spoken word and part of the lyrics on Lunar Colony
Diana Milz: vocals on Snowfields
Sascha Hilgarth: part of the lyrics on Mountains of Nothing

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EPHEMERE Dötlingen, Germany

Far from ephemeral, EPHEMERE has been around for over 15 years in various manifestations, creating a unique, progressive fusion of wave, rock, trip hop and synthpop. Mostly a studio project, EPHEMERE can also be enjoyed live at select occasions.

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