SONG LYRICS & CHORDS (E)

Say your prayers, little one, don’t forget, my son, to include everyone / I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin till the sandman he comes / Sleep with one eye open...

Say your prayers, little one, don’t forget, my son, to include everyone / I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin till the sandman he comes / Sleep with one eye open...

Say your prayers, little one, don’t forget, my son, to include everyone / I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin till the sandman he comes / Sleep with one eye open...

Say your prayers, little one, don’t forget, my son, to include everyone / I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin till the sandman he comes / Sleep with one eye open...

Say your prayers, little one, don’t forget, my son, to include everyone / I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin till the sandman he comes / Sleep with one eye open...

Ven despíchame, loca, luego mámame / de mi chorro mójate, usted sabe, en mi riel móntate / Que lo que? me me regué en el Mercedez-Benz...

Ven despíchame, loca, luego mámame / de mi chorro mójate, usted sabe, en mi riel móntate / Que lo que? me me regué en el Mercedez-Benz...

During the last few months, we had the opportunity to record some of our shows. / Well, what better way to use those recordings than to add them to this CD? / I can tell you this was pretty hard to select a few tracks out of the recordings of all almost 15 concerts, but after days of listening, I managed, and I really think these recordings captured a live feel of the concerts itself, so enjoy!...

Living at different places / Evading into various spaces / My compass has broken...

Trying to keep myself afloat upon this stream / But a thought is pulling me down / Pulling me all the way down...

It always put me on the edge / To think of all the spoilt lives / Today I’m one step further...

It feels so warm when you are near / You are all I want to feel / Tell me now is this for real...

Built from blind faith / Passed down from self-induced fantasy / Turn a page to justify...

As some of you might know, the first concert we did with Epica was in the 013 venue in Tilburg, which is a beautiful venue, by the way, especially to have your first concert at, but we had a little problem. / As we haven't recorded The Phantom Agony yet, we also couldn't use Adyta as an intro like we do during the gigs after its release, so I decided to try and record it myself in the little studio I have at my place, just a week before. / The CD version of course is much better with choirs, orchestra and no proper arrangements, but I still think it turned out pretty well, especially since it was only recorded in one night....

This is the pre-production for Cry for the Moon, as we recorded it at my place before entering the Excess Studio to record it as a demo track. / As you can hear, it contains drums (which I then played on my synthesizer), guitars and synthesizer, and this last one has a funny story to it. / Since we only had two days in the studio, we wanted to use all the time we had as efficient as possible, so we came up with the idea of recording all the synthesizer tracks as MIDI tracks on my computer before entering the studio, so we would only have to transfer that to the recording computer at the studio....

Quietus was the first Consign to Oblivion song we played live, which was at the Graspop festival in Belgium. / As you can hear, this pre-production recording contains drums, guitars and synthesizers. The drums I played on my synthesizer again. Also, the guitars were recorded at my studio. And Mark, Coen and Yves did the synthesizer recording in their studio. / Probably the first thing that you'll notice is the sound of the intro, which isn't that folk as you can hear on the CD. The reason for this is that it was Miro who came up with this idea, while we were in the studio. For the ones who don't know who Miro is, he also works in the Gate Studio, and he usually takes care of the orchestral arrangements and sound building. We thought it really sounded cool, so we used it....

The culprit, you act before thinking / Caught in your ignorant sin / And lying to your own reflection,...

I can't stand the way you've forsaken me / I see through the wicked games you've played with me / Do you feel the suspicion stirring up?...

You come to us and criticise / Without prior inspection / Judge us as a waste of time...

You kept judging me / In my worst of times / I thought I knew you...

Communication is a plague / Bound to doom my mentality / Remembering is painful...

forced in a cell / created from flesh / embodied in someone else's skin...

Say your prayers little one / Don't forget, my son / To include everyone...

Jos tämä peilikuva kertoo / Mihin suuntaan kehitymme / Niin hajotan kasvoni...

Don't be mistaken / Your bloody time's up / This ain't no game no we're not here to entertain you....

Say your prayers, little one, don’t forget, my son, to include everyone / I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin till the sandman he comes / Sleep with one eye open...

Don't be mistaken / Your bloody time's up / This ain't no game no we're not here to entertain you....

Allow me to help! / yea yeah... / accept me! or!?...

Schizophrenic visions tingle the spine / Agoraphobic bias corrupts the mind / Blotter-paper horrors, yet unperceived...

It’s what I enjoy, though some might judge / My penchant for excrement and sludge / I want to rest in your septic tank...