- Buddha
From the album THE COUCH
Lyrics: Anna Windig
you lie asleep
your thoughts carved in stone
and mine
here all my own
your thoughts are mine
I know not how
you lived your life
a thousand years ago
mine is here and now
a thousand years gone by
a single moment now
are we so different?
I and Thou
a timeless quality
caught in stone
yet by reflecting on your life
your countenance
reflects my own
by acknowledging the mood
in your face of stone
it shines alive
in my own
- Dust
From the album THE COUCH
Lyrics: Anna Windig
when the dust has settled
the debris has been cleared away
the snake has shed its skin
when the storm has raged
as battles have raged
when fires have been burnt
to the ground
when clouds have fallen
and rain has rained
when the thunderstorm
has passed away
when the old has proven useless
and the new has not yet come to pass
what will emerge?
when the rain has rained
and the earth is dry no more
when life is still and waiting
what will come to pass?
what we have fed our souls on
and what we have set our minds to
will show
what we have based our lives on
will come to grow
then from our hearts
the naked truth will stand out
will that be enough
to grow on?
will we have enough
to show for?
will that be enough
to live by?
- Rofloré
From the album ROFLORÉ
Lyrics: Peter van der Laan
Rofloré's Creation
Manthara was the creator of Nylyo. On the 57th day of the 31st month - called Nonador - in the 102nd year of the reign of Prince Yascath, Manthara invented Rofloré in order to show His mystical tunes. The people of Nylyo, the Hansars, applauded and were pleased when seeing the dawning of Rofloré's Creation.
Yascath's Question
One day Prince Yascath sent for Rofloré and asked him to become the Master of Aräda. Rofloré answered that he had to travel first before being able to accept this life-task. So Prince Yascath ordered him to make a journey of 200 years through the souls of all Arädany of all planets of the star Kavhalán and Rofloré did so.
Decline is ahead
and it happened ...
Aräda wished
and a new king in birth ...
Unexperienced
First in sight ...
New ways
new ways to be found ...
Loneliness
Unaccompanied ...
just one.
The cry for more
and choirs re-echo.
Individuality -
the side of fear.
Silent silence
and the soul is painted black.
Again in nil
and the fool is crying.
Life bereft
and in need of friendship.
The Dream
Images turn around.
Walking grey ...
Wishes of company.
Dawning light ...
Hermit on the edge.
The back of silence ...
And the doubt of reality ...
Time has come.
Feelings of Affection
Platonic but beautiful ...
deepest love
harmonious balance...
As if Eden-like perfection
and warm is the ray of hearts.
Platonic but beautiful ...
glory of the sun
stars in rebirth ...
Inner souls are moved
and the gods arise anew.
Dhaedraa
Love is infinite
immortal affection ...
Horizons have passed
and flowers are red ...
Death is no longer
as is deified life ...
Return
Rofloré had travelled for almost 200 years now and he decided to return to Nylyo, ever reminding Dhaedraa and Thesymu, whom he kept contact with for evermore.
- Summerrain
From the album SHADES
Lyrics: Peter van der Laan
summerrain
drops are falling from the sky
I'm all alone
nowhere - a truth - a lie
it is as if tears go by
impossible to see
the mirror in the eye
a crying face
and so am I
a silent world
no one who cares
as if they've died
mere a dense fog
the day has grown into a night
summerrain seems to have cried
feeling that all was not right
loneliness knows not
a side by side
walking past
it seems there is no resting-place
a constant rain
without the least shred of grace
it is as if tears go by
impossible to see
the mirror in the eye
a crying face
and so am I
- Tender Innocence
From the album THE PATH
Lyrics: Peter van der Laan
born is the child
born in complete innocence
maternal feelings of love
makes child's course begin
white stretches
peace of mind
tender innocence
the beginning of the course of life
fortune knows not borders
Eden-like woods shelter
from all that is evil
divinely singing birds show the way
as life strides along
times seem to hasten fleetly as well
it's also the same way
how shelter once comes to an end
again white stretches
mother and child go farther afield
entirely disappearing out of sight
on their way to their final fate
- The Father
From the album SHADES
Lyrics: Peter Swart
I watch your little feet
crawling in the sand
our eyes
they meet
by you I stand
your tears
your smile
we do understand
I stretch
reach out for you
the warmth of your hand
- The Teacher
From the album SHADES
Lyrics: Peter Swart
she's sitting
in the back of the classroom
she smiles
at you
so it seems
a pretty girl
so soft and gentile
but at night
she haunts you
in your dreams
the bell
she's leaving the classroom
she smiles
at you
so it seems
a young lad
puts an arm around her
and at night
there are tears
in your dreams
- The Tears of Tara
From the album ODERAN
Lyrics: Peter Swart
I saw you holding hands with her
in every move her love was sure
all the moments that she shared with you
there was closeness that we never knew
your head was resting on her chest
her eyes they promised you the best
you didn't face me, blocked my eye
the moment that we said goodbye
- What do you make up of these dreams
From the album THE COUCH
Lyrics: Peter Swart
Dream one:
in this house
I am alone
and the stairs
they start to crack
and the floor
begins to crush
and me
I'm holding back
there are rumours
in the basement
walls of years
start tumbling down
rocks and dirt
spit from the darkness
there are aliens
in my town
Dream two:
a man in the garden
kneels down on the grass
he lifts up a hatch
he's wearing this mask
a giant worm crawls out
and enters the night
his lustful body swollen
with anger and pride
- White Melancholy
From the album THE PATH
Lyrics: Peter van der Laan
silvery waters
breathe purety
nymphs dance 'round
their goddess
winged words
of peace in serenity
silken veils
tenderness
the swans bear
lutanist
your beautiful tears
create the stream
of life
the silent wish
of the nymph's here
may your echo arrive
everywhere
