I learned about this band maybe a couple of months ago when my colleague randomly put their vinyl on a record player in a shop where I work, and ever since then I can't quite get them out of my head. Wonderful album, it's such a shame they didn't get to make more. Also on the insert of the vinyl I found the lyrics to the songs, so if anyone wanted them (I sure did lol), here they are, with the original spelling preserved. Blue Gardens Why this dream This dream of fortune I’m a victim of reality Why the thrill Of what might happen I have now, not what’s to be Why the urge To tame the future I can hardly bare the past Why deny There’s a presence I’ll be free, free at last I coloured all my garden blue But there’s one thing you should know I’ve planted all my dreams for you In blue gardens they will grow Blue, blue, blue gardens Blue, blue, blue gardens Fraction of a Second There was a certain distance We walked on and stayed silent I saw footprints and was glad But we circled our own island There was the biggest ocean And every time we turned The water was more massive And our backs were more burned The fraction of a second The luck for which we pay That’s what we must cherish Not the ages which are grey There was a clear decision We should take separate paths But instead of two hearts beating We found one beat in two hearts The fraction of a second The luck for which we pay That’s what we must cherish Not the ages which are grey Poison The city’s dead and dark Shadows fill the streets A cat cries in the silence Of falling rain that eats The buildings that surround us Monuments of life How cruel the slow destruction Nothing will survive The landscape’s dead and dark No birds to fill the trees It seems there’s no escape from The sight of dying leaves That fall into the water In which no creature swims Along the shore the houses Meant for people to live in The mind is dead and dark And worrying fills the days There’s no joy in counting The many, many ways We poison all that lives How scrupulous we are Whatever makes us bare the guilt Of having gone so far It Started When the Rain Came I hope this time it stays I won’t go back My mind’s a better place I must forget All of those bitter lies I took for real I should have closed my eyes See what I feel Where has the colour gone It all turned white I’m told what’s right or wrong I miss the light The sun that burned the leaves Fried up their veins This season is a thieve I take the blame It started when the rain came It started with the rain It started when the rain came It started with the rain We all play different games I count the walls And give each one a name I know them all Here I sit and cry Tears no one sees They’re a bitter lie Like autumn-leaves It started when the rain came It started with the rain It started when the rain came It started with the rain Waterland There’s nothing but A spider dancing In lost summers Before dawn Spring awoke at August’s ending Silver threads handed The new-born There’s nothing worse Than pieces missing In the puzzle Time has built An empty web for The wind to play with Like a dream Left unfulfilled Understand I want to leave This waterland Understand I want to leave This waterland Wordporridge The talk, the talk The strangling talk Wordporridge The flow of words The endless search Wordporridge Wordporridge Nothing left to be said There’s only space to fill It’s forgiving I forget And that’s overkill The sad goodbye No talk, no lie Wordporridge Wordporridge Wordporridge Wordporridge
Very good band! I know them I was on a concert in the 80's in Holland (haarlem). To bad the band stopped, because the keyboard player died. He fell of the stairs while he was carrying his synthesizer . "Waterland" is the best song. together with "blue gardens" good memories come alive again.
I learned about this band maybe a couple of months ago when my colleague randomly put their vinyl on a record player in a shop where I work, and ever since then I can't quite get them out of my head. Wonderful album, it's such a shame they didn't get to make more.
Also on the insert of the vinyl I found the lyrics to the songs, so if anyone wanted them (I sure did lol), here they are, with the original spelling preserved.
Blue Gardens
Why this dream
This dream of fortune
I’m a victim of reality
Why the thrill
Of what might happen
I have now, not what’s to be
Why the urge
To tame the future
I can hardly bare the past
Why deny
There’s a presence
I’ll be free, free at last
I coloured all my garden blue
But there’s one thing you should know
I’ve planted all my dreams for you
In blue gardens they will grow
Blue, blue, blue gardens
Blue, blue, blue gardens
Fraction of a Second
There was a certain distance
We walked on and stayed silent
I saw footprints and was glad
But we circled our own island
There was the biggest ocean
And every time we turned
The water was more massive
And our backs were more burned
The fraction of a second
The luck for which we pay
That’s what we must cherish
Not the ages which are grey
There was a clear decision
We should take separate paths
But instead of two hearts beating
We found one beat in two hearts
The fraction of a second
The luck for which we pay
That’s what we must cherish
Not the ages which are grey
Poison
The city’s dead and dark
Shadows fill the streets
A cat cries in the silence
Of falling rain that eats
The buildings that surround us
Monuments of life
How cruel the slow destruction
Nothing will survive
The landscape’s dead and dark
No birds to fill the trees
It seems there’s no escape from
The sight of dying leaves
That fall into the water
In which no creature swims
Along the shore the houses
Meant for people to live in
The mind is dead and dark
And worrying fills the days
There’s no joy in counting
The many, many ways
We poison all that lives
How scrupulous we are
Whatever makes us bare the guilt
Of having gone so far
It Started When the Rain Came
I hope this time it stays
I won’t go back
My mind’s a better place
I must forget
All of those bitter lies
I took for real
I should have closed my eyes
See what I feel
Where has the colour gone
It all turned white
I’m told what’s right or wrong
I miss the light
The sun that burned the leaves
Fried up their veins
This season is a thieve
I take the blame
It started when the rain came
It started with the rain
It started when the rain came
It started with the rain
We all play different games
I count the walls
And give each one a name
I know them all
Here I sit and cry
Tears no one sees
They’re a bitter lie
Like autumn-leaves
It started when the rain came
It started with the rain
It started when the rain came
It started with the rain
Waterland
There’s nothing but
A spider dancing
In lost summers
Before dawn
Spring awoke at
August’s ending
Silver threads handed
The new-born
There’s nothing worse
Than pieces missing
In the puzzle
Time has built
An empty web for
The wind to play with
Like a dream
Left unfulfilled
Understand
I want to leave
This waterland
Understand
I want to leave
This waterland
Wordporridge
The talk, the talk
The strangling talk
Wordporridge
The flow of words
The endless search
Wordporridge
Wordporridge
Nothing left to be said
There’s only space to fill
It’s forgiving I forget
And that’s overkill
The sad goodbye
No talk, no lie
Wordporridge
Wordporridge
Wordporridge
Wordporridge
Opening track is amazing 🖤
It Started When The Rain Came ♥
Very good band! I know them I was on a concert in the 80's in Holland (haarlem). To bad the band stopped, because the keyboard player died. He fell of the stairs while he was carrying his synthesizer . "Waterland" is the best song. together with "blue gardens" good memories come alive again.
is that really the story?? 🤣🤣
Petra (the female singer) passed away in the fall of 2019. R.I.P.
Thank you! Amazing... My heart shivers and shakes.
Thank you for sharing. This band is new to me, sounds great!!
I love it!
Impresionante!
Good album so synth but dark at the same time.
Puck leek !!!!