PRODUCED BY OPHIMUSIC
ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY PHILIP OFFERMANNS
VOCALS, GUITAR, SLIDE GUITAR: PHILIP OFFERMANNS
BASS & BACKGROUND VOCALS: MARTIN BRACHMANN
DRUMS & PERCUSSION: JENS LUND
BACKGROUND VOCALS ON 'MĀTER': FIONA KAMPS
MIXING & MASTERING: FILIP HEURCKMANS
COVER ARTWORK: POD
WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE A REHEARSAL ROOM DEMO TURNED OUT TO BE SOME KIND OF A LIVE ALBUM...
ALL SONGS WERE RECORDED LIVE IN OUR REHEARSAL ROOM CLOSE TO AACHEN, GERMANY IN THE BEGINNING OF 2020 EXCEPT FOR 'MEMORIES'. THE PROCESS WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC IN MARCH 2020, AND THE WORLD STOOD STILL FOR A MOMENT AS WELL AS OUR RECORDINGS. BEFORE THE BORDER CLOSED BETWEEN GERMANY AND BELGIUM, PHIL QUICKLY GOT HIS EQUIPMENT OUT OF THE REHEARSAL ROOM TO RECORD SOME MORE GUITAR AND VOCAL TRACKS AT HIS HOME IN BELGIUM. FINALLY, WE ARE HAPPY TO SHOW THE RESULT! IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT IT IS GENUINE, RAW AND AUTHENTIC. IT IS MADE WITH HEART AND SOUL, IT IS MADE TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS, AND THIS FRIENDSHIP HAS GROWN BEYOND BORDERS, FROM BELGIUM TO GERMANY TO THE UNITED STATES!
LYRICS
01| QUANTUM MECHANICS
ONCE YOU’RE AWAKE
YOU WILL SEE
ONCE YOU KNOW
YOU BEAR RESPONSIBILITY
ONCE YOU FEEL
YOU WILL LIVE
ONCE YOU GIVE
YOU’LL BE RICH
ONCE YOU BREAK UP WITH YOUR HATE
DELIGHT WILL REPLY TO YOU
ONCE YOU CEASE TO SEEK
YOU’LL BE FOUND
ONCE YOU LOVE
LOVE WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU
ONCE YOU CARE
IT TAKES CARE OF YOU
03| BLUE-SUITED MEN
THEY CALL IT LIBERATION
THEY FEIGN FREEDOM
IN GOD THEY TRUST
BLACK GOLD COVERED BY WHITE SAND
SIGNS OF LUST
INJURE THE LAND
CORPSES ON THE FIELDS
DANCE TO THE DICTATE
OF THE BLUE-SUITED MEN
THEY CALL IT DEMOCRATIZATION
THEY FEIGN FREEDOM
IN GOD THEY TRUST
LANDMINES COVERED BY WHITE SAND
SIGNS OF LUST
INJURE THE LAND
CORPSES ON THE FIELDS
DANCE TO THE DICTATE
OF THE BLUE-SUITED MEN
THEY CALL IT STABILIZATION
THEY FEIGN FREEDOM
IN GOD THEY TRUST
BLACK HAWK FLIES ACROSS WASTELAND
SIGNS OF LUST
INJURE THE MEN
05| MĀTER
YOU TAUGHT ME TO SWIM
SHE TAUGHT ME TO WALK
YOU TAUGHT ME TO BE STRONG
TO FACE AND NOT TO RUN
BUT PLEASE BE AWARE
WORDS CAN BE HARSH
CAN SHAPE A CHILD’S LIFE
SHAPE THE SOUL
WORDS CAN BE A CARVING KNIFE
PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT THE BEAUTY
NOT ABOUT THE NEGATIVITY
TELL ME A BEDTIME STORY
A FAIRY TALE ABOUT THE BEAUTY
HARD TO FIND
FIND THE RIGHT
THE RIGHT WORDS TO TELL
ONLY I WISH
YOU ARE DOING WELL
I WISH YOU, THAT YOU’LL FIND
LOVELY THOUGHTS ON YOUR MIND
FIND WHAT YOU NEED
PEACE AND GREAT SERENITY
08| INDIGESTIBLE
EATING ME
COULDN’T FLEE
TREATING ME LIKE A PIECE OF MEAT
YOU WANNA TASTE FOR FREE
EATING ME
COULDN’T FLEE
TREATING ME LIKE A PIECE OF MEAT
YOU WANNA TRY FOR FREE
CHASING ME
IN MY DREAMS
WAKING UP, ONLY SEE
WHAT HAPPENED IN MY DREAM
PICK ME UP
WITH YOUR FORK
AN OPEN MOUTH SHOWS ITS TEETH
AND SWALLOWS ME
SURFING DOWN
ON YOUR SALIVA
RIDING DOWN
INTO THE DARK
BUT YOU DIDN’T KNOW
THAT I’M INDIGESTIBLE
02| FUTURE-PROOF
HERE WE GO
GOING DOWN THIS LINE
NEVER KNOWN
IF IT’S WRONG OR RIGHT
RUNNING TROUGH
OUR STAGES OF LIFE
JUST MEMORIES
LEFT IN MIND
BEFORE YOU
COULD TURN AROUND
TIME ROLLED BY
LIKE CLOUDS IN THE SKY
IN A PURBLIND STATE
WE’RE PASSING BY
LOOKING STRAIGHT AHEAD
ACTING BONA FIDE
HYPNOTIZED
BY THE SWEETEST LIES
WE TELL OURSELVES
TO TRANQUILIZE
HOW DO WE PROCEED?
WHILE WE HAVE
BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND
WE JUST LEFT
OUR HEADS IN THE CLOUDS
WE SHOULD FREE
OURSELVES
FROM THE PATTERNS
THAT CONSTRAIN US
04| TRANSITION
FROM GREEN TO YELLOW
RED THEN BROWN
THE LEAVES THEY FALL
TO THE GROUND
THE TREES RELEASE
IT SEEMS THEY SLEEP
BUT RECREATE
SECRETLY
WHEN THE SHADE GROWS LONG
THE EARTH IT TURNS
ON AND ON
FACE AWAY FROM THE SUN
THEN THE BEAMS HAVE LOST
LOST THEIR FORCE
AND JUST THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND
HER LAWS
CONTEMPLATE
THE GREATEST WORTH
IN THE ARMS
OF MOTHER EARTH
WHEN THE SHADE GROWS LONG
THE EARTH IT TURNS
ON AND ON
FACE AWAY FROM THE SUN
THE COURSE OF LIFE
THE COSMIC GAME
NOTHING IS MORE CONSTANT
THAN THE CHANGE
07| BREED
WHY
WHY DO WE EAT
FACTORY FARMING MEAT
LET ANIMALS BLEED?
SLAYED
SLAYED AND SKINNED
CHOPPED, CROPPED AND SQUISHED
BEYOND RECOGNITION
TAKEN FROM THEIR NATURAL HABITAT
ALIENATED, PLASTIC WRAPPED
DEGENERATED, VACUUM-PACKED
IS THIS WHAT WE WANT TO GET?
MAY BE WE SUPPORT JUST THE GREED
OF BIG BUSINESS INDUSTRIES
BUT WHAT DO WE
REALLY NEED?
09| OUT OF HUMAN LANGUAGE
WE LOOK INTO THE VERY LARGE
THE VERY SMALL, THE VERY FAR
WE FIND THINGS WE CAN’T DESCRIBE
CAN FIND NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE LIGHT
WE HAVE A WORD FOR THE FORCE
THAT CREATED LIFE IN THE PAST
WE CALL IT GOD THE CREATIVE FORCE
THAT CREATED MAN THAT WALK ON EARTH.
BIG BANG JUST THEORY
NEWTON’S LAWS BREAKING DOWN
STEADY STATE JUST THEORY
GOD IS LOVE IS WHAT THAT MEANS
THE CLOSER WE LOOK AT IT
THE FURTHER AWAY IT GETS
THE CLOSER WE LOOK AT IT
THE FURTHER AWAY IT GETS
UNIVERSE, DISTANT STARS
HORIZON LOOK SO FAR
WHO AM I, WHERE AM I
WHO IS MAN, WHERE WILL WE BE?
BIG BANG JUST THEORY
NEWTON’S LAWS BREAKING DOWN
STEADY STATE JUST THEORY
GOD IS LOVE IS WHAT THAT MEANS
THE CLOSER WE LOOK AT IT
THE FURTHER AWAY IT GETS
THE CLOSER WE LOOK AT IT
THE FURTHER AWAY IT GETS
UNIVERSE DISTANT STARS
HORIZON LOOK SO FAR
WHO AM I, WHERE AM I
HOW DO WE FIT INTO ALL THIS?
THANK YOU:
PHILIP OFFERMANNS: MOTHER EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE, MY BELOVED FIONA, MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, OSKAR FOR THE LEGO SPEAKER, MONIKA SCHMITZ FOR THE VOCAL LESSONS, JULIA LUND FOR THE LANGUAGE SUPPORT, CHRISTIAN GUTH FOR TEACHING ME GUITAR ALMOST 25 YEARS AGO, THORSTEN BÜTER ALIAS BEATMASTER-T FOR TEACHING ME THE BEAT, DHEERAJ BAFNA FOR THAT GREAT SHOT FROM WHICH THE COVER ARTWORK WAS CREATED, GALAXY STUDIOS FOR FINDING FILIP.
ESPECIALLY I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY BANDMATES JENS AND MARTIN, FOR THEIR PATIENCE WITH ME, THEIR ENDURANCE, TRUST, BELIEF, HUMOR AND THEIR INCREDIBLE DRUM AND BASS PLAYING OF COURSE! WITHOUT YOU GUYS THIS WOULD NEVER HAVE BECOME REALITY - THANK YOU!
JENS LUND: JULIA, WHO LET ME GO OUT AND PLAY PAST BEDTIME, AND DIDN’T CALL THE COPS WHEN SHE SAW THE LOCATION OF THE REHEARSAL ROOM...AND FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME, DHEERAJ AND ALL MY OTHER RWTH CLASSMATES FOR TAKING PICTURES AND SUPPORTING US, AND TO PHIL THE DRILL FOR OVERALL BEING THE MAN, THE WRITER OF SUCH GOOD SONGS, LEADING US IN PRODUCING THIS ALBUM, AND FOR ALL THE GOOD TIMES. WE HAVE FORGED A GREAT FRIENDSHIP OUT OF RIGHTEOUS JAMMING WHICH EXTENDS ACROSS BORDERS, GENERATIONS, AND HAIRSTYLES.
MARTIN BRACHMANN: TO MY FAMILY, FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES WHO SUPPORT ME, TO JENS AND PHIL FOR SIMPLY ALL THE GOOD TIMES WE'VE HAD SO FAR, TO MY BELOVED BASS GUITAR, THE MOST LOYAL COMPANION A MUSICIAN COULD WISH FOR, AND TO MY BASS TEACHER KLAUS SCHMITZ-KAISER WITHOUT WHOM I WOULDN’T BE PLAYING (OR AS JENS AND PHIL WOULD SAY “SLAPPING”) THE BASS LIKE I DO!
All songs, music and lyrics were written, by H.P.W. Offermanns and arranged together with Number With No Name
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