"THE NEVER ENDING ILLUSION" (2009)

 

Label:

 

Galileo Records

Distribution:

 

SPV

Release:

 

January 2009

Lenght:

 

57:14

Tracks:

 

10


01 - Waiting for the dawn (1:13)
02 - Perfect smile (6:24)
03 - Life (5:45)
04 - Hopeless (5:10)
05 - Cold embrace (5:24)
06 - The never ending illusion (9:06)
07 - The dancers (5:05)
08 - Horizons in a box (7:11)
09 - A journey to myself (6:32)
10 - Mare di stelle (5:27)


Davide Merletto - vocals

Fabio Gremo - bass

Davide La Rosa - drums

Andrea Torretta - guitars

Giuseppe Spanò - keyboards

   

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Waiting for the dawn

(music: F. Gremo)

 

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(music: F. Gremo; lyrics: G. spanò)

 

Sorrow
Entering another day
Hollow
So why do you have to pray
To cry and damn me
To say: “I need you”?
How misleading!

Hate
Just let me run away
Don’t even try to deceive me
I thought: “I need you”
Don’t shine your eyes
I cannot stand what you say!

Deeply inside me
I grab my soul
To stand the emptiness
Of the space around me
Coloured landscape
Such a falsehood
Now turning to black and white…

I’m searching for darkness
And loneliness here
Hoping to find out myself again
I still perceive you
Your whispers inside
Misting my view on the elected way

Just free my dreams now
I would finally feel
Myself beside

No more chances
No way out
You should know those rules by this time
Hiss your hate please
I’ve chosen my way
And won't turn my steps anymore!

I climbed convictions
I'm on the height now
Since I can see it
How joyful I feel
My eyes are sensing
My mind can look outside
And these prejudice walls
Will be finally broken

Deeply inside me
I've found my way
I stood the emptiness
The rebirth of my soul
Old grey landscape
Far from me behind
A shiver is crossing my spine
I'm tasting the perfect smile!

 

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(music and lyrics: F. Gremo)

 

“Life, life is the most enchanting gift you have”
You said to me when I was crying
And I felt your embrace
Hearing your sweet voice
And soon my tears were dried out from my eyes

In moments of deep uncertainty sometimes
You asked me to be your confidant
And I saw your face
Smiling back at me
Your genuine and loving way of caring

How can you feel
When there’s nothing within
The clearest of your dreams?
You’ve been misled
So wake up, wake up my friend!

Born in times of distress
You quickly grew up
Found your love so young, so adored
Spent your days making plans
Untiring and bright
Hoping for a chance for your family

No wish fulfilled but no regrets at all
No way to escape from your last intent

How can I feel
If there’s nothing I own
To comprehend your world?
Now I feel weaker
So help me, help me my dear!

Waiting for sleep
I close my eyes and whisper to you
As I call your name I draw relief
And it seems you’re here again
I can hold your hands in mine
Listen to me, I’ll let you know
How I fear to lose my memories
How I miss you
I miss you so much!

 

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Hopeless

(music and lyrics: F. Gremo)

 

Empty piece of paper
Fragments of my mind
Through the earnest way I lived
Since I was a child
Now I need an answer
No one understands

The meaning of life
Is clear no more
I see no reason to carry on

Into the dark this instant
Close to my last breath
Thinking of the right means
To take out this inner death
I confide in my faith
Strange, it seems so vain

Despair surrounding
Has left me hopeless
There’s only one escape I know (tempting)

Resigned I’m ready to get in touch
With nameless fright
To let the cold everlasting come to me!

I trust in you
My only friend
Please keep my memories
Safe till my end
I took my choice (you were free)
I know the consequence
Now I wait…

“You poor being
I sense your distress
Your intellect is undervalued
I have your answer
Admiration for a lifetime
My proposal you cannot refuse…”

Is now this chance
You’re giving to me
Too real to be a dream?
From this time on
I’ve nothing to lose
Until I’ll meet you again!

Goodbye my friend
My fate is done
Forgive my flaw
Don’t cry when I’m gone
My path will lead (to the end)
To what I’m looking for
But this deal
Has the highest price

 

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(music and lyrics: F. Gremo)

 

Silent
Approaching while I’m sleeping
You take my hands in tears
So sweet

Gentle
Your smile instilled with sadness
I hear your soundless voice
So close

You felt my deepest hurt
Now you heal my soul
Taking your last caress
I can find a shelter to recline

Lovely
You fascinating angel
Your eyes relieve my
Anxious mind

Listen
My breath is growing faster
Until I reach the end
Of pain

Lost in your cold embrace
I’ll perceive your light
Burning my life inside
You will see my fire fade away

And it seems so unreal
While you give me your love just one time
As I lose my last drop of strength
You bring me what I did not dare to find

 

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(music and lyrics: F. Gremo)

 

Mirror in the first light
Leaves of shadow
Slowly fade
Wake up every morning
Find your treasures
By your side
No stain in your existence
Not a suspect veiling your self-esteem
Looking through the glass

Hollow hours waiting for a trace
A sign to follow endlessly
Stillness blinds your consciousness
You’re wearing a hidden disguise

Here you lie in this never ending illusion
No way to escape

Slowly your thoughts twist inside your head
Revealing tension pervading you life in every day
Confusion deception
Now release your senses and begin to scan your memories
You’ve lost your youth lost your innocence
Can’t you feel your reason falling down?
Every step sounding like the same
In the mirror your disguise disappears

In your gaze you find what you never supposed to be
Search for the truth deep within

Dim the light and suddenly open your eyes
Touch the glass imprisoning your sight
Take care of every little break you perceive
Don’t surrender to this hopeless dream
Never ending
Hanging over you
Try to defy the lies overwhelming your mind
Force the bounds imposed on your will
Inside the gates of illusion don’t stare
Through the windows set along this wall
Never ending
As it falls on you

Now you rest in silence embraced in a quiet sleep
The glass is broken
You know there’s a new chance to wake

 

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(music: F. Gremo; lyrics: G. Spanò)

 

Resolute steps sound
A man is aware of them
He's proud of his life
All spent betraying himself

With no remorse hides
His heart from his own mind
Fateful omissions
And now back home again

Cold breath
Twilight
Come near
Sad eyes

Can't you hear them?
They are trying to show
Some reflections
Of you dressed by guilt

The sudden dance
Shakes down the shrine
And steals your mind
Unfair judge, look around
It’s you, your love
Our faith so sworn
The spells you’ve never cast

It’s time right now
Dance with us
Put your pride away!
We are the dancers
You must free us from this shifty cage!

Cage - help - free
About to fall
To rise your eyes
A light ray shines
The steps freeze
No way out from here
A new day dawns
To teach new lies
The jailer of your soul

 

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Horizons in a box

(music: F. Gremo, A. Torretta, A. Rinaldi)

 

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(music: F. Gremo, A. Torretta, G. Spanò; lyrics: F. Gremo)

 

Just left the station early in the morning
Cradling noise keeps me quite awake
Tired eyes gently hurt in the light of dawn
Here’s the first tunnel through the hills
I’m trying to fight back the sleep
I see my face inside the glass
The image blends with my remembrance
Sudden as a wave the dark wall starts to fade
And lets me wander through my past
Hidden inside my mind it’s me I have to find

My sight is tied to this window
The fast flowing view holds me hypnotized
No landscape, I can recognize the scenes I lived before
They’re guiding me back once more

It’s dark again, the second one
Now I fall deeper into my sensations
and each time I look throughout the glass
I recollect the pieces of my memory

Mistakes! I’ve made…
Repair! I swear…
Just learn! This flight is giving me the right sense of my life!

My sight is tied to this window
The fast flowing view feeds my consciousness
No landscape, I can recognize the scenes I lived before
I’m learning to know myself
Reaching the end of this journey
I cannot forget my experience
Now I have the chance of perceiving
every trace of dream that’s rushing in front of my eyes

 

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Sea of stars

(music and lyrics: F. Gremo)

 

Mare di stelle
Sul tramonto di questo lungo viaggio
Dolce accarezza la memoria
mentre ti stringo a me
Tra le tue braccia portami con te
Presto ritornerò

Voci lontane
Sul mio viso scendono gocce di sale
Corrono i miei passi sulla terra
che non toccavo più
Il suo profumo si diffonde in me
Sfuoca la nostalgia

Ritrovo qui le antiche immagini
Così cambiate negli anni ormai
Non trovo chi mi ha visto crescere
Smarrita la realtà
Sogni tornate da me…

 



Sea of stars
on the twilight of this long journey,
sweet caress my memory
while I hold you tight.
In your arms bring me with you
soon I'll come back.

Distant voices
drops of salt flow down on my face,
my steps run over the land
I haven't been touching any more.
Its scent spreads into me
nostalgia fades away.

I find here the ancient images
so changed during the years,
I don't find who saw me growing up,
reality is lost,
dreams, come back to me…

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