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Almost A Dance

by The Gathering

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1.
On A Wave 05:48
I have an injunction, don't look surprised Time to get even in this unproved life Questions all over the years I live Time for some answers, beware of my drift So on, be true, denial won't work And there is nothing you can't do A feast arises, be glad you're invited The future has no past, pass the wine All those worries about all those dreams All those nights when I screamed Captured in security, a babbling brook Let's drop a bomb and act like fools But a true feast arises when you're done And you're done when prospects are gone Cause when you're down in the mud cause dreams won't come, pleasure is gone what did you do wrong And you're trying to gain the fortune and fame of the ones you admire, don't try to remain. Security is just a game
2.
Its quest around the sun Mankind on the run Overwhelming indifference Destruction fills my eyes Blue and full of life Wandering through time Being outer space It looks ya right in the face The Vessel on its way Saving the grace Bright gentle face A life saving case Propulsion a mystery Science, the missing link But damage they cause By inventing machinery Inventing my greatest fear There's so much to discover Blaming each other tomorrow Hurting each other today Fading away Denying the facts Turning the Vessel into a wreck Blowing prospect away Not trying to save the day Tomorrow fading away Following time makes me afraid
3.
Can't do that, please forget The things I need, there's more than only to breath Twisted and dreams, crying and defeat Love and fear, Buried beneath those facts Which controle, it's all there Sent me grief, sent me joy To become myself, trying to gather the truth Eternal faith, blame myself Pleasing the one, from inside Cause there is where it's at, take my breath Wet my eyes, turn me inside out and never lie And if you cry, I'll take the side That needs in the first place Be my guest, I will not push I will not try to take more than you want Cause what would you have done if the truth was done wrong And please forget, we can't have those thing And please forget, we'll act like we've just met And please forget, we can do it all over again Please forget we'll act like we've just met I don't wanna do it right Wonder about her last flight
4.
Confidence and hope I'm looking forward to future plans Not able to realize yet Makes me wanna take a rope or swallow some pills any time But let's have a look In the distance I see light Gives me satisfaction Keeps me hangin' on When stability is gone I take my own life I make the decisions I have a goal That's worth living Confidence in what I do realising my hope That's the bright side I'm looking for But I know how to take it In times when my life looks shattered and I'm not feeling to well Confused when I think Which direction not for sure Dreams far away Time doesn't seem to go on
5.
Nobody Dares 03:27
Behind those mountains is a land That is owned by genuine men They wear a stone around their neck Which they borrowed from a river That supplies them with food and nutritious minerals And if you follow the river to the north You find their place Where they hide their children and women The women who wash during the day Are so beautiful you fall on your knees, start to pray The children are the ones that play all day Are happy and shining all these days Behind those mountains there's a life we can share Cause nobody dares Behind those mountains there's a life we can share Cause nobody dares What they need you can see everywhere An ocean of green grass, the grazing buffalo Who they killed to have food and shelter In the winter when the wind is cold And a white ocean is all you see The women are still washing The children still play during the day And the men wear a buffalo coat to live their land That is cotton by frozen river As its spring in the mountains, I see Behind those mountains there's a life we can share Cause nobody dares Behind those mountains there's a life we can share Cause nobody dares
6.
A scar inside For such a long time I'll do it all over again Can't face the wounds Have to go on Stop remembering Time by time shades reach the surface A mental breakdown, they provide Accept, clear up, clean up, go on and soon I'll show some pride There's enough to go on further Don't force to forget Till the day I'm done with the shades The rage I create towards myself, the hate To claim the blame that I feel To damage the dreams I need Facing uncertainty Facing the truth Got to get on through Blaming myself Blame at last ...And please forget
7.
Proof 06:13
Denial The first [ ... ] Sweeter than honey The second time What's left No time A pleasant surprise All the time Proof Always answers Sharing feelings With me I would like to clear it up for once Please Proof Safety at last Gone And I think all the time About the dawn and the night All the answers The wrong and right When we kiss, when we fight And love in its most natural way All the time All of my life Till the fire's burned down again Proof It's all gone, Away
8.
That poem is not funny You're just laughing about those words That describe my feelings, when I am hurt But I just couldn't resist to show you those lines I just gave you a diamond and you act like that's a crime And I just got down in my soul down on my knees Give my permission to bleed That look on your face makes it all clear that my fear is not worth the tears You have permission to go and die on the streets where I find the words to ease my mind that bleeds I curse the damned who just laugh in you face Give me permission to rearrange Just laugh in your face Drawing blood from people People that are in pain I never tried to gain the soul from the fraim
9.
I feel like I am hurt Can't you see I try to express But I act like you're a stranger to me I want to share, but don't know how My eyes can't speak And my mouth won't write it down And there's so much confusion as I want to clear it up Cause when I start, suddenly, the end has begun Maybe if I touch, you will feel what I mean but you're acting strange Cause my eyes look differently Caught by death, I do not hope that my release is decided long ago I try to get out To jump at once in a place Where it's all right or wrong and I won't be afraid I open myself for you and all those others Who cared when times were rough for me

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The second album of the Gathering.

Almost A Dance presents new vocalist Niels Duffhues and new female counterpart Martine van Loon. Again musically a strong album and a must for the real the Gathering fan!

Almost A Dance was produced, engineered, mixed by Tom Holkenborg a.k.a. Junkie XL.

This re-release version was remastered by Attie Bauw.

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released August 3, 2000

Produced, recorded and mixed by Tom Holkenborg
Recorded and mixed in Spitsbergen studio, in september '93

All music by the Gathering, except The Blue Vessel [R. Rutten], Her Last Flight & A Passage To Desire [R. Rutten, F. Boeijen, H. Prinsen Geerligs], The Sky People [F. Boeijen], Nobody Dares [N. Duffhues], Like Fountains & Heartbeat Amplifier [F. Boeijen, R. Rutten], Proof [J. Wiersma, F. Boeijen]
All lyrics by N. Duffhues, except Like Foutains & A Passage To Desire [N. Duffhues, M. van Loon]
Arrangements by Hans Rutten, except Nobody Dares, arrangement by Niels Duffhues
Remastered by Attie Bauw at Bauwhaus studios
Re-released by Psychonaut Records march 2000
Original released end of 1993

Line-up:
Niels Duffhues - vocals, acoustic guitars
Martine van Loon - vocals
René Rutten - elec. & acoustic guitars
Jelmer Wiersma - elec. & acoustic guitars
Frank Boeijen - keyboards, samples
Hugo Prinsen Geerligs - bass
Hans Rutten – drums

(c) Psychonaut Records

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The Gathering Nijmegen, Netherlands

From doom and gothic metal (early years) to triprock with electronic elements and soundscapes; The Gathering's unique sound has always been hard to pigeonhole. The band has seen various line-up changes over the years and has evolved into an eclectic atmospheric rock band. ... more

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