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Follow My Religion
03:46
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I can't walk across the water, I don't have the midas touch
I can't promise I won't falter, So please don't expect too much
I can't heal the sick and dying, I can't calm the stormin sea
Yes I promise I'll keep trying, Just don't expect too much of me
I can show you other miracles, Little marvels just for you
I can do a little magic, Just to cast a spell on you
Can't give the light back to a blind man, I can't turn water into wine
I don't know we're of one kind and, So don't expect us to be fine
But I can show you other miracles, Little marvels just for you
And I can do a little magic, Just to cast a spell on you
So will you follow my religion, And sing the gospel of our love
And will you love me just a smidgen, Do you know what I'm talkin about
I can't walk across the water, I don't have the midas touch
I can't promise I won't falter, So please don't expect too much
But I can show you other miracles, Little marvels just for you
And I can do a little magic, Just to cast a spell on you
So will you follow my religion, And sing the gospel of our love
And will you love me just a smidgen, Do you know what I'm talkin about
So will you follow my religion, And sing the gospel of our love
And will you love me just a smidgen, Do you know what I'm talkin about
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2. |
It's Not Me
04:03
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You print light upon my pages, Take away the load of ages
You make this emptiness a home, Breathe flesh to my wasted bone
I turn the leaf, I turn the dial, Turn away from the denial
Listen closely for the sound, As you lift me off the ground
Winds that carry me on farther, Things that I would have done rather
Lines delivered emptily, I play the part but it's not me
Oh I play the part, And though I know the words by heart by now
I just fail somehow, To convince myself
You make sense of all my failures, Endure the oddest of behaviors
You give me guidance when I err, Help me see when my eyes blur
Yes you made me realize that, It's not the number or the size that
determines what you have achieved, It's what you do, what you believe
You're the wind that takes me farther, You're the life that I'd live rather
Than lines delivered emptily, I played the part it ain't me
Oh I play the part, And though I know the words by heart by now
I just fail somehow, To convince myself
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3. |
The Whole Ride
05:25
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It's much too late to be afraid
You've come too far to turn around
And leave behind the gate
Go on and push open the leaf
You've come too far to close your eyes
On what you did believe
Summon your strength and take the step
You've come too far to waver now
And long for what you had
You have to finally decide
Are you in for the whole ride,
You have to finally decide
Or will you stay and live a lie
You're much too old to be afraid
You've lived for far too long to go
And leave it all to hate
Go on and open up your heart
You've come too far to close your ears,
And just not do your part
Power your will and take the lead
You've come too far to give up now
And live life to their creed
You have to finally decide
Are you in for the whole ride
You have to finally decide
Or will you stay and live a lie
Come and let me take you for a ride
All you have to do is to decide
You've got the ticket now make up your mind
Or will you stay and live a lie
You have to finally decide
Are you in for the whole ride
You have to finally decide
Or will you stay and live a lie
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4. |
You Never Will
04:38
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I'm going under your radar
Unnoticed, you're not aware
I'm out of reach of your sonar
It's as if I wasn't there
I haven't triggered your alarms
You haven't wrapped me in your arms
And never will
I didn't trip your live wire
Unseen I slip from your mind
I didn't spark your light's fire
I'm lost but you'll never find
I haven't triggered your alarms
You haven't wrapped me in your arms
And never will
You won't receive an early warning
In fact you'll never even know
I'm like your average early morning
Too grey to notice me at all
And you never will
I don't provoke a reaction
Unheard my argument fades
I clearly don't cause attraction
One of my lesser loved traits
I haven't triggered your alarms
You haven't wrapped me in your arms
And never will
You won't receive an early warning
In fact you'll never even know
I'm like your average early morning
Too grey to notice me at all
And you never will
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5. |
Black Thaw
04:05
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Darkness fell like frozen ink
Blocking out the light you'd think
Darkness fell like frozen night
Crushing love I swear it might
What once was open hastened shut
The deep dark cold it froze my blood
What once was open hastened shut
Darkness rose like seething mist
Clenching life in its cold fist
Darkness rose like naked fear
Creeping slowly from the rear
Who once was blithe now burdened down
As greedy cold crept from the ground
Who once was blithe now burdened down
My mind is flooded by black thaw
Washing away the good I saw
A cold cold weight pushes me down
A ring of ice, the devil's crown
My mind is flooded by black thaw
Washing away the good I saw
A cold cold weight pushes me down
And with the light went all the warmth
Into which I had been born
Once its reassuring hands
Held my life
but now it ends
This little land I call my soul
Its boundaries shaken to the fall
This little land once stood so tall
My mind is flooded by black thaw
Washing away the good I saw
A cold cold weight pushes me down
A ring of ice, the devil's crown
My mind is flooded by black thaw
Washing away the good I saw
A cold cold weight pushes me down
My mind is flooded by black thaw
Washing away the good I saw
A cold cold weight pushes me down
A ring of ice, the devil's crown
My mind is flooded by black thaw
Washing away the good I saw
A cold cold weight pushes me down
This little land I call my soul
Its boundaries shaken to the fall
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Gumball Diamond
04:53
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What if you discovered
That the promises I made
Are but a dream
And what if you discovered
That the diamond on your finger
Lost its gleam
What if you discovered
That our lives have turned out less
Than what they seem
Yes what if you discovered
That our hopes were slowly
Blown to smithereens
Will you still love, love me still
Will you hold my hand, my hand hold still
Will you be the one
Will you still be the one
Will you be the one
What if you discovered
That the stories that I told
Were all but true
And what if you discovered
That I gave a gumball
Diamond ring to you
What if you discovered
Aspirations need the strength
To follow through
Yes what if you discovered
It's your hopes that are
The only thing that grew
Will you still love, love me still
Will you hold my hand, my hand hold still
Will you be the one
Will you still be the one
Will you be the one
Will you be the one who doesn't care
Despite a plastic diamond you're still there
Will you be the one to stick around
Despite the disappointment stood your ground
Will you still love, love me still
Will you hold my hand, my hand hold still
Will you be the one
Will you still be the one
Will you be the one
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But I Want It A Lot
04:39
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It's the lightness that crushes me
It's the weight of a thought
It's the false truth that shushes me
It's the importance of naught
It's the speed of a lie
As it charges ahead
It's the loss of possessions
That I've never had
This ain't my rhythm
And this ain't my rhyme
This is ain't the kind of thing
I want filling my time
This ain't my world
And this ain't my thing
This ain't the kind of song
That I'd like to sing
It's the fully clad nakedness
It's what everyone sees
It's an unfair advantage
Employed with difficult ease
It's a life full of moments
That are minuscule deaths
It's a heart beating hard
As it runs out of breath
This ain't my rhythm
And this ain't my rhyme
This is ain't the kind of thing
I want filling my time
I know that it's not
I know that it ain't
I know what I don't want
I know you don't want the same
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Niels Cremer Munich, Germany
Niels is a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. He is firmly rooted in the acoustic singer- songwriter
tradition, yet his work is clearly contemporary. His music has earned him an ISC "Song of the Year"
nomination.
Niels‘ latest album “Seven Scores Of Sorrow“ is a collection of laid-back, groovy and mostly acoustic songs built around sincere lyrics and solid musicianship.
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