The Gathering

mou kanei entuposi pou den eixame tetoio thread

summazeuontas to xaos sta arxeia mou brika kapou 8ammeno ena keimeno me dilwseis tis anneke gia to ti simainoun oi stixoi sto if then else
skeftika loipon na to postarw gia osous ta 3exasane na ta 3ana8umi8oune kai gia osous den ta 3eroun na ta ma8oune

8a mporousame bebaia na 8etoume sxolia gurw apo auto pou exei dilwsi i idia i mpanta i akomi kai tin proswpiki mas apopsi gurw apo tous stixous toses kai toses koubentes gura apo tosa, 8a mou arese na kanoume kai gurw ap oauto

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Look at me...There were more to see, there were more to be proud of….

Rollercoaster loipon

Outrun the fight
I use to hide
in quiet places
I'll rephrase my cry
For I would keep on wondering
the rest of my life
You're all moving too fast
My biggest fear is
that we'll never ever last
I know, it's not that easy
Let's hit the breakes
Don't take no time
Unless there's a crime
to be committed
I guess we lost our faith
While we stand and wait
until nothing ever happens
I know, it's not that easy
Let's hit the breakes




'We're all moving too fast' ; everybody is racing against time because life is too short to achieve all goals.

Everything goes in a hurry, like work, dinner, music, social life, etc. It may be good to hit the brakes sometimes and realize what we are doing ; to think by ourselves, are we satisfied with the things we do and the way we live?

Are we doing things because we really want to, or just because people expects us to do. This song is not meant to learn you something, but just to open your eyes.

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Shot to Pieces

What fine judgement I see
in the eyes of our world leaders
Oh how beautiful life could be
If it hadn't been shot to pieces

Shot to pieces

What secret music do I hear
upon the drums of my ear
What great pleasure I feel
I come from nowhere and I shall return
Because of you people I will flee
I see my late identity burn





This song is about the mess the world leaders have made of our world. I don't think I would be a good leader myself because I know what a dirty job it is. But right now, the world sure is a big mess, isn't it?

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Amity

The torture won't part you
Motherly breast won't warm you
You fail and foam from your mouth
why is it so loud, this sound ?
All the sense you are capable of
does not seem to save you
You heed the glance of a smile
Was it impossible to float for a while ?
Restless is carrying fever
burning you to pieces
In search and need of a friend
Will I bow down to this in the end ?
I lay in the hands of my maker
and I want to spend the rest of it awake
Why do I get the feeling they'll break it
It's a fight... it's a fight...
The torture won't part you
Mothers lap can't seem to warm you
You strain, you clamp up and frown
Why is it so loud. This down ?
All the sense you are capable of
does not seem to save you
You heed the glance of a smile
Was it impossible to float for a while ?
I lay in the hands of my maker
and I want to spend the rest of it awake
Why do I get the feeling they'll brake it
It's a fight... it's a fight...


Our favorite song on if_then_else!
The lyrics is about friendship. A lonesome boy is craving for a social life but for him that is very difficult because he is not smart and not very fast.

The world is going too fast for him. He decides to accomplish a social life on his own way but finds out that life is hard and that he has to go trough it.

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Bad Movie Scene

Why did I ever think
life is about to go on
in a minute
And did I ever see
life is about to go on
in a minute
Life never goes on
Those are empty words
This is the back door
that will lead you out
to find the alley of your dreams
They try and tell you
They're just empty words
It's just a frame of mind
This is the back door
leading me out
Sweep you away
we’ll never go on
We're used to these empty words
It's just a frame of mind





A sad song about the meaning of life. You sometimes will be disappointed. In this song the music says more than the words.

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Colorado Incident

The magical air evaporates
whenever we float down from
the big plateau
We aree here.
To let you know.
our rear view mirror
is full of meaning
Our endless trip is now in session
The twelve wheel drive
is overfloating with great experience
You've heard.
our rear view mirror
is full of meaning
Heating up.
coming down with the biggest flu
Our moves have set the evening
and we feel right. winding down
hanging on to silence
While equipment is digesting
in the underbelly of our ride
We believe.
And let you know.
our rear view mirror
is full of meaning




This is about touring with our band and that we really appreciate it that people come from everywhere to see us and support us for the music we make. In fact, this song is a kind of tribute to all our fans.

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Look at me...There were more to see, there were more to be proud of….

Sofia nomizo ta eixes ksanapostarei esi i idia auta. Alla kako den kanei, epanalipsi mitir mathiseos.

Mou arese poli to sxolio gia to Herbal Movement. Kai kala einai vasismeno se paratiriseis kai oxi prospiki xrisi malakon narkotikon..

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Getting away with it all messed up

nai eixa dosei ena hint ekei pou milousame gia narkwtika

apla me epiase simera na kanw ena kainourio thread gurw apo auto stin prospa8eia na antala3oume kai kamia koubenta (sta mpinelikia eimaste prwtoi i ali8eia einai)

exw apo tous perissoterous diskous ta diafora pou exoun pei kata kairous kai skeftika na ta exoume sugkentrwmena kai giati oxi na akoustoume to pos mporei na to blepoume emeis


kata ta fainomena omws mallon pali moni mou 8a postarw 8a milaw kai 8a goustarw kai apo panw

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Look at me...There were more to see, there were more to be proud of….

kai sunexizw loipon

Analog Park

In the garden, in the park, on a bench, I sit.
A newspaper floats on the breeze of this late summer.
It is coming my way.
I patiently wait.
I see the sign, it's on the road
and I think it's crazy
In the garden, of the park, on a bench, I watch.
The sandy feet of the children.
Pearls of sweat run across their beautiful faces.
You see the sign, it's on the road
but I think you're crazy
You are, you are the sign
of my unrelief
As I easily get inner contact with myself.
I notice distress grabbing for my throat.
It is time to reach out.
To find something that isn't there.
You see the signs, they're on the road
but I think it's crazy
You are, you are the sign
of my unrelief





These lyrics are about sitting in the park while you're enjoying the simple things in life, like playing children, the blowing wind... But ouside the park it's a mean world. The only thing you want is to stay in this safe park and ignore the world outside.

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Look at me...There were more to see, there were more to be proud of….

Kala, kala. Mi gkriniazeis!
Anevase ta kai ta sizitame meta.

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Getting away with it all messed up

H ali8eia einai oti oi stixoi den einai kai to isxyrotero oplo ths mpantas wste na ginei kapoia sobarh syzhthsh alla anywa..pote den xereis

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Children picking up our bones
Will never know that these were once
As quick as foxes on the hill

gia to sygekrimeno album ki egw kapou ta exw ksanadiavasei h alitheia einai,kapou aprosdiorista.
gia ta alla cd pote.

pantws genika ontws h Anneke den einai kai apo tis kalyteres stixourgous,alla oute kai kakh. Metrioi genika oi stixoi tous ws epi to pleiston.

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you own me...

enta3ei mporei i idea mou na itan ligo malakia, alla afou to arxisa 8a to upostiri3w

Herbal Movement

The fabric softener of the mind
makes everything easy
and we slide down
Slide over, you
The fabric softener of the mind
makes everything lazy
and we dive down
Slide over, you






This is about drugs. We had to write a song about drugs one day ; after all, we are Dutch!!! But it is not a heavy song. The lyrics are about soft drugs like weed and about people smoking a joint in a bar. Hey man, move over, let's hang around together. The source of this song is an observation.

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mia xara h idea,sunexise

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you own me...

Saturnine

The day you went away
You had to screw me over
I guess you didn't know
all the stuff you left me with
is way too much to handle
But I guess you don't care
You don't need to preach
you don't have to love me, all the time
Whatever on earth possessed you
to make this bold decision
I guess you don't need me
While whispering those words
I cried like a baby
hoping you would care
You don't need to preach
you don't have to love me, all the time
You don't have to preach
all the time


Not a complex song. Simple music, so simple lyrics aswell. The song is about a broken relationship. I don't have to tell you lots about it because I think that the lyrics are clear enough to understand. It's not autobiographical.

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Morphia's Waltz

I see your eyes
Blue and wide open
Take your time
my divine creature
My arms will provide
undivided attention
Sleep, child sleep
rest your eyes
until the sun comes up
and you'll awake
to light, everyone's day
up again
Rest your head
in my lap, honey
The day I wept
is when I had you my love
Sleep, child sleep
rest your eyes
until the sun comes up
and you'll awake
to light, everyone's day
up again



A lullaby. A song that a mother sings for her little child before it goes to bed...

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Look at me...There were more to see, there were more to be proud of….

Βασικα η μαγκια της Anneke δεν ειναι τι λεει αλλα πως το λεει

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bye...

ti murizomai ti douleia pali apla 8a kanw post xwris feedback etsi apla gia na ta exoume oloi
kai ti zitisa i ermi......

anyway

What are the lyrical guidelines to _HtMaP?_? Anneke seems to have made the band move away from the sort of mysticism there was in the beginning towards a more dreamy, sensual approach...

Hans Rutten:

Yeah, of course, she's a female, and females always sing about love, though there's not that much of that on this album anymore;

there's a little kind of concept behind this album -- as a band we travel a lot, we see a lot of things, we get a lot of impressions which we turn into music, and that's closer to what this album is about.

For example, the song "How to Measure a Planet?" is inspired by the movie "2001" -- the song could even be the soundtrack to the movie, it's so long...


Some songs are more about a kind of inside traveling, for example, a song like "Liberty Bell" is about the excitement of going into a space shuttle or a rocket, and there's a lot of excitement in the song, musically. The song is really about an astronaut sitting in his chair, who feels the excitement!

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what inspired the track "Fear the Sea"?

Hans Rutten: The song is about water in all its aspects, and water is the bringer and the giver of life -- when you're an embryo, you're in water --, life came out of water, and that's a little bit what the song is about. We don't understand the power of it, it's so common, people don't think about it anymore -- that's the sort of hidden message behind it.

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Hans Rutten :

There's not that much nature on _How to Measure a Planet?.

This is more the traveling aspect, to go into space but also into yourself, with or without drugs... It's a very introspective album, it's very introvert, it's not party music like Pantera -- put it on, drink beer, and have a party --;

no, this is more difficult, something to put on before you go to sleep, to float away...

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