1. |
This Love Is A Monster
03:22
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This love is a monster
(Lyrics & Music: Mimi Schell)
V1
This love is a monster
Growing teeth while
I am sound asleep
It wakes me with terrifying drool
V2
This love is a ticking bomb
Its diffidence
Sets fire to the fuse
I’m the truck with the barrels of fuel
Br1
We’re gonna die, we’re gonna die
Drizzling ashes from the sky
Let me go. Let me go aflame
I would do it again
V3
This love is a racketeer, Mama Pasta
Close the blinds and doors
(Excuse me)
You better lock up
On the second floor
CH
Demons I dare you
This love’s gonna scare you
Don’t bother two lovers
No ones gonna stop us
Let’s make it a scandal
This town’s gonna tremble
Don’t bother two lovers
This love’s gonna blast you away
V4
This love is immune to prosecution
It won’t leave any clues
It’s is free
From your rules
Demons I dare you
This love’s gonna scare you
Let’s make it a scandal
This town’s gonna tremble
Don’t bother two lovers
This love’s gonna blast you away
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2. |
Drawn To Your Light
03:26
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Drawn to your light
(lyrics: Mimi Schell music: Mimi Schell, Ulrich Rode)
V1
Summer’s just begun
Sweetness on the tips of every tongue
Energizing warmth to every soul and body
Life’s stretching out towards
The place where we belong
Bursting like buds towards the sun
V2
I wonder how you are
Sleepless like me under the stars
Pondering at night next to the open window
Bathing in the beaming shine
Baby—I am fine
I’ll meet you on the edge of time
Br
Ohohoho ohoho oho
I'm drawn to your light
Ohohoho ohoho oho
CH
Some people falter
Afraid to alter
Waiting for a moment in time
You’ve made me see what
I couldn’t believe
I’m instinctively drawn to your light
V3
So many miles apart
And oddly your presence still rewards
It echoes in the wider scheme of bigger purpose
Br
Ohohoho ohoho oho
I'm drawn to your light
Ohohoho ohoho oho
Some people falter
CH
Some people falter
Afraid to alter
Waiting for one moment in time
You’ve made me see what
I couldn’t believe
I’m instinctively drawn to your light
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3. |
Passing The Monuments
03:18
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Passing The Monuments
( Lyrics & Music: Mimi Schell)
V1
Three tiny dots in the mind’s bubble text
Typographed silence that speaks for itself
Searching the sources of our core beliefs
And the way we’re affected by learned doctrines
It takes time.
V2
Three golden stars at the station’s door
Where the earth spit our
Fast lane train out for more essential questions
You’re holding the key
First stop ain’t the fitting lock neccessarily
It might take time.
CH
We keep pushing forward
The wind in our faces
The rails keep arranging in place
Oho- traces we wish we could leave
Passing the monuments
V3
Our future is blending with our history
An intimate challenge, self- invetory
Our powerful voices, to whom are they kind?
The best we are giving, to whom is it right?
It’s break time.
CH
The rails start to tangle
Like running-shoe laces
We stumble at full speed ahead
There are still compromises to make
Passing the monuments
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4. |
Dive
03:36
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Dive
(Lyrics: Mimi Schell Music: Mimi Schell, Ken Stringfellow)
V1
Heed the call rewind the waters
Tuck in the rushing wet
Leave our shoes tied to the branches
Down by the riverbed
Br
In the wake of fortune, darling
Let’s share some oxygen
CH
Right- a perfect starry scene to share a dive
And from our mouths the words like butterflies
The same searching our matches
To give our paperwings attachment
V2
Tell me your exiting stories
And how it all began
The transformation
Revelation
And what happened next
Br2
Like a staggered kid I love the part saying-
You’ve never made a plan
CH
Right- a perfect starry scene to share a dive
And from our mouths the words like butterflies
The same searching our matches
To give our paperwings attachment
V3
The meteoric twines of starshine
Drops on the water plane
The constellation
Navigation
Along the current lane
Br
You’re fearless darling- I heard you sayin
So now we need some faith
CH
Hey! I’m playful still, don’t make me lose your sight
It’s joyful here, don’t make me feel afraid
I glance over my shoulder
Are you still there my four leaf clover?
CH
Right- a perfect starry scene to share a dive
And from our mouths the words like butterflies
The unforeseen will skip reality for a while
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5. |
Do It With Love
04:57
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Do It With Love
(Lyrics: Mimi Schell Music: Mimi Schell, Lutz Krajenski)
V1
When you perceive
When you explore
When you take course
When you rise up
When you achieve
When you pass on
Remember to do it with love
When you accept
When you reply
When you point out
When you define
When you reach out
When you desire
Give it your love
CH1
We’re all straining in the water
Pulling even stronger for company
We’re all heading for the wide blue yonder
It’s them, it’s us, it’s you and me
V2
When you reach out
When you take hold
When you speak up
When you shine on
When you look back
When you expect
Do it with love
Love’s all we got
Why’d you despair
Why’d you give up
Why’d you deny
Why’d you ask why
And if you do
Remember to
Remember love
And it will do
CH2
We’re all straining in the water
Pulling even stronger for company
We’re all heading for the wide blue yonder
It’s them, it’s us, it’s you and me
It’s them, it’s us, it’s you and me
Mid8
Love’s a dandelion seed
It carries across all boundaries
Give it on, give to yourself
Gotta do it now
V3
Work a little harder
Let’s try and listen better
Before we speak
And be a little smarter
Keep our word and share a beat
CH
We’re all straining in the water
Pulling even stronger for company
We’re all heading for the wide blue yonder
It’s them, it’s us, it’s you and me
We’re all straining in the water
Pulling even stronger for company
We’re all heading for the wide blue yonder
It’s them, it’s us, it’s you and me
It’s them, it’s us, it’s you and me
It’s them, it’s us, it’s you and me
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6. |
Why So Afraid
03:42
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Why So Afraid
(Lyrics: Mimi Schell Music: Mimi Schell, Ulrich Rode)
V1
You and your giraffe lashes
Flutter like fond caresses
Catchpenny promises
Never to be made good
Br
Boys and their angel faces
So crazy about their chases
Aahoo
V2
What’s it about speed racing
While missing every station
Is it too painful to slow down
And stop for a moment?
CH
Gotta learn to be patient
In wide open space
Gotta learn to be playful
It’ll turn out your way
How are you lately
Haven’t you said you’re okay
Why so afraid
V3
Some folks might say you’ve lost it
I think you kinda rock it
You climbed the highest trails
Why so scared of a woman?
CH
Gotta learn to be patient
In wide open space
Gotta learn to be playful
It’ll turn out your way
How are you lately
Haven’t you said you’re okay
Why so afraid
Mid8
Aaaaaaahhhhhaaaaaaa find your place
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhaaaaa in a wide open space
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhaaaaa now that you have been this brave
Why so afraid
CH
Gotta learn to be patient
In wide open space
Gotta learn to be playful
It’ll turn out your way
How are you lately
Haven’t you said you’re okay
Why so afraid
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7. |
Shiny Boxes
04:01
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Shiny Boxes
(Lyrics: Mimi Schell
Music: Mimi Schell, Ulrich Rode)
V1
My words for you come with shiny boxes
Wrapped up and tied up with satin ribbons
But my careful touch
Lately don’t translate
V2
There is a battle inside you I know
I’ve juggled your troubled weights as if they were feathers
Look, I’m trying hard
But never good enough
Br 1
Why don’t you come here
These moments of fear
Are initial phases
CH 1
Aren’t we free
Travelling experience realms
Our river of dreams
Is near
If we knew what’s to come
The best would remain undone
V3
Like sleeping beauties we’ve basked quite safely
Floating among wreckage and the package we trawl
We’ve been slumbering
Burning in the sun
V4
Our love’s the tale that we both created
And now that we’ve made our wish
We get chilled to the bone
Have we unlearned to trust
Or why... running scared?
BR 2
Aren’t we pilgrims
Still curious children and
Isn’t what we’re seeking
Just here
CH 2
Aren’t we free
Travelling experience realms
Aren’t we free
Travelling experience realms
Our river of dreams
Is near
If we knew what’s to come
The best would remain undone
Take my hand, come with me
Our river flows on
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8. |
Can You Feel It
04:08
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Can You Feel It
(Lyrics and Music: Jackie Jackson, Michael Jackson)
If you look around
The whole world is comin' together now
Feel it in the air
The wind is taking it everywhere
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
All the colors of the world should be
Lovin' each other wholeheartedly
Yes, it's all right
Take my message to your brother
And tell him twice
Spread the word and try to teach the man
Who's hating his brother
When hate won't do
'Cause we're all the same, yes
The blood inside of me is inside of you
Now, tell me
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Every breath you take
Is someone's death in another place
Every healthy smile
Is hunger and strife to another child
But the stars do shine
In promising salvation is near this time
Can you feel it now?
So brothers and sisters show we know how
Now, tell me
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
Can you feel it?
All the children in the world should be
Loving each other wholeheartedly
Yes, it's all right
Take my message to your brother
And tell him twice
Take the news to the marching men
Who are killing their brothers
When death won't do, yeah
Yes, we're all the same
Yes, the blood inside of me is inside of you
Now, tell me
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
Can you feel it
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9. |
God's Reply
02:56
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God’s Reply
(Lyrics & Music: Mimi Schell, Ken Stringfellow)
V1
Infatuated by a jewel
I hold though immaterial
Come see, baby, with me
Invisible, not to deny
As inscrutable as God’s reply
His wings, baby, in me
CH
Some people might fill
Their buckets with silver and gold- yeah
What I got is free, babe
It’s inside of me, babe
V2
I give away my properties
Let mysteries be mysteries
Let joy, baby, lead me
I paint with my hands
Every wall in town
I colour the world with the love I found
Come here, baby, with me
CH2
No more asking why
We won’t ask for Heaven’s reply
Let’s fall out of space, babe
Let’s fall into time
V3
And whenever I’m down
All exhausted and tired
I remember where love’s precious treasure lies
It’s in me
CH3
You’re looking for proof
What more would you need to be told- yeah
Silver and Gold, babe
Are nothing to hold
No more asking why
We won’t wait for God’s reply
It’s inside of me, babe
Inside of me
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10. |
The Tower
03:41
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The Tower
(Lyrics: Mimi Schell Music: Mimi Schell, Ulrich Rode)
V1
With bated breath
And trembling hands
And senses quietly overloading
The calm before
The moment’s come
Irrevocably unfolding
Br1
The air is thin
Here on the edge of everything I’ve known
The sky is clear
I’m on the jump into the sphere
Ahead lies God’s empty space
CH
Heaven reveal your love
And catch me in your palms
I’ve overcome despair
Heaven reveal your love
And put me back down
Where there’s
Still hope on this earth
V2
A tower built
Of bricks and stones
Grown out of the walls of bitter silence
And on its platform
In the storm
I won’t keep still, I’m ready to move on now
Br
I’m full of life
It’s time to leave a deadly world behind
Don’t wanna be here still
I want to be here
Ready for everything that is yet to come
CH
Heaven reveal your love
And catch me in your palms
I’ve overcome despair
Heaven reveal your love
And put me back down
Where there’s
Still hope on this earth
Full of wonders
Full of wonders
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Mimi Schell Hamburg, Germany
“Meisterhaft, zukunftsweisend und eindringlich sentimental.”
— Cute and Dangerous Magazine - Album des Monats Januar
2020
“Am Ende wird immer Pop draus, aber einer der besonderen, ganz exquisiten Sorte, weitab jeglicher Mainstream-Klischees. Kate Bush darf hier als Referenz gerne herangezogen werden.”
— Fränkische Zeitung - Album Review
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