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Hush [2021 Remastered]
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Hush
(Mercier/Mercier)
Medicines are strong
They can make you look like nothing is wrong
The magicians are gone
They just disappear when the damage is done
Like a happy dream or a paradise
It's a two way street
It's water, it's ice
I'm already gone
I wish you happiness and may you have fun
Lots of fun
It doesn't matter if you change your mind
Whatever happens you will never change mine
It's the price I have to pay
For living like a thief
There's no other way to leave
So hush now, I think you better hush now
Yes, the wall is thick
But to dig your way through it there's a magic trick
First, a word of wisdom
Never shake the hand of whom you're stealing it from
Their happy dreams and their paradise
Is a two way street
Like water and ice
Now I'm all done
I wish you all happiness and may you have fun
May you have lots of fun
It doesn't matter if you change your mind
Whatever happens you will never change mine
It's the price I have to pay
For living like a thief
There's no other way to leave
So hush now, I think you better hush now
I mean it.
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Voices in the Night
(Mercier/Mercier)
Reason turned to hashes and dust
Fairy tales you swept your way through
"Think how small this thought would make us"
It's sounds familiar when come to you
If you tell me what you see on the ceiling
Part of it will maybe come true
My conscience tells me not to be laughing
But I won't mind if you do
Maybe I will change my mind
But it will never happen to you
Soon enough I'll close my eyes
But will you? Can you?
Can you hear voices in the night?
But not the ones that you want to
Some of the feelings that I fight
Another one that I owe you
But when you remember tonight
You leave the part that you need to
Say I was blinded by the light
That guides us all where you want to
Yeah, were you want to
Then everybody lowered their voice
"I wonder if they really heard you"
In an hour, with the weapon of your choice
"You crossed the border and you took me with you"
It was written in a book I was reading
One I must have borrowed from you
For a moment you were Julia Lofting
I think he wrote that part for you
Yes, I do
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Trust
(Mercier/Mercier)
Up the ladder
Straight to Father
Who forgives and forgets
Over cloud nine
Where all is fine
Is where we've met
You told me what you saw up from the hill
I told you what I saw from higher still
But changing all the words so you never will
Believe what I say since you know how to use it
Circumstances and consequences
Or so you make believe
Empty handed
And disenchanted
Way beyond belief
You tell me that I have what I deserve
But I'm not really sure of what I heard
I've been told I should confide in her
Now you know how I feel and you still want to use it
Ho yeah, ho yeah
You say you know what must be done
You can trust me I know better
I know what's best for everyone
When something's cruel
And disrespectful
We understand it
Everyone fell
One by one
But it doesn't fit
We are only friends
Hand in hand
But only in dreams
More like hate and pride
Sleeping side by side
Or so it seems
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From One Place to Another
(Mercier/Mercier)
Whatever was left behind
Whatever you will find on your way
You never try to trick your mind
Or any other games it loves to play
You make sure you realize
All that could be hiding behind your door
Yes, you're allowed to close your eyes
You won't be needing them
Not anymore
So this is where the thief goes blind or
It could be what his eyes are bathing in
Deep within
The feeling moves on and it goes from
One place to another
You fall twice then look behind
You look at what you couldn't see from here
You raise a hand above the water line
Waving at the ones who cried in here
The younger ones were all hypnotized
You weren't smiling when we met
You don't tell me that you sympathize
You’re just nothing like me yet
Please make sure that you realize
All that could be hiding behind your door
Yes, you're allowed to close your eyes
Because you won't be needing them anymore
To go…
From one place to another
The feeling moves on and it goes from
One place to another
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The Ghost of a Song
(Mercier/Mercier)
One whisper through my door
One wave, one lonely shore
One ladder to my room
One word got out too soon
One song goes through my mind
One place, another time
One page I should be filling with
Words that I should be feeling
I tried to find another sentence
Hoping you will give me the chance
Why's my life such a mess?
It's a living hell now
More or less
I can hear you
Just an everlasting laughter
There's no answer to my prayers
I can hear you
Your every words are going longer
And much harder to remember
One spear straight to my heart
One world that falls apart
One pill I will be taking
All wounds it should be healing
I tried to offer some resistance
Hoping you will keep your distance
You don't make another promises
You give word
And nothing less
I can hear you
Just an everlasting laughter
There's no answer to my prayers
I can hear you
Your every words are going longer
And much harder to remember
It's getting harder and harder to remember
When you say I won't go any further
I hear : Nothing last forever.
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Shadows on the Heart
(Mercier/Mercier)
Blue...
Like the ghost that follows you
As you were drifting out of site
Or the trap I fell into
It looks deeper here tonight
It may flow down like a river
But it just won't take you there
So you're spreading around like a fever
No such blessing can be fair
Sometimes I dream I'm in your arms
But I'm just a shadow on your heart
Another shadow on you heart
The little boy's down on his knees
The cards are drawn, there's no tomorrow
No, nothing here was meant to be
Someone should have let him know
I use to come here everyday
The clouds won't always come and go
Like you will learn it on your way
Your time has come when she says so
She charmed the bird down from its tree
Now she will never let him grow
She'll step on what is left of me
Ho dear God I'm begging
Please, don't make it so
Black...
But it's never coming back
You never had it anyway
Don't you wonder what comes last?
It's in the colour of the day
I was waiting for an answer
But you act like you don't care
I heard you carry the mark of the healer
No such blessing can be fair
Sometimes I dream I'm in your arms
But I'm just a shadow on your heart
Another shadow on you heart
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What you want
(Mercier/Mercier)
With everything I wish I knew
I could buy a little part of you
Your heart of steel would turn to gold
With every little piece you sold
You don't follow me
I'll follow you
You decide for me what I should do
Yes, you hate me but I like you
I fail to understand you
I, yes I mind to let you go
I see you leaving every time
If there's some truth in what we know
It's not yours or mine
So if you twist my arm
I'll throw another line
I know it could be wrong
To make the clock unwind
Before you break the charm
I'll tell another lie
I know what's going on here
Makes me want to cry
Is this what, is this what
Is this what you want ?
The night has fell on me and you
Some broken wish in black and blue
You won't talk to me but you'll talk to them
You never think of me just think of them
Like those who smile you'll never know
And like those who laugh I'll never grow
You look down to me
I look up to you
I fail to understand you
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Sometimes I
(JP Mercier/JP Mercier)
Immortalized for the benefit of those
Who cannot bare the light
Not for a moment or a day
The door is open wide
And you were waiting there
Because sometimes I know why you're there
It's like an open door because
This time I know why it's there
And if I was to die tonight
And if only your ghost would shut its mouth
Then I might
I just might die
Sometimes I
I'm in this over my head
I can't believe all I said
When I was hardly breathing
The boat was floating away
You sent it back on its way
Though I'm still waving
I'm weakening
I tie my hands because sometimes
I fear what's on my mind
In bridal white
Among the roses on your bed
Lays what you hide inside
So you though I was dead
Then you wrote these endless lines
And you were waiting there because
Sometimes it knows why you're there
It's like an open door because
Sometimes I know why you're there
The high and the low , the deep and the shallow
To ignore and to know, to shine or to glow
The warm and the cold, the young and the old
Through the good and the bad, you had.
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In the Eye of the Storm
(Mercier/Mercier)
The fairy blows her deadly kiss
I knew it had to end like this
I can't believe I had to try
I stretched my hand to touch the sky
The words I wish I could erase
Mistakes I wish I'd never made
When dreams I dream won't go away
They just won't let you fade away
Now the fever's slowly killing me
This chapter goes on endlessly
Disease has finally made its call
It can't stand my breathing anymore
A blood stream flows across the floor
A passenger, an endless fall
The young boy is now getting old
His door is shut his story's told
Yes, told
I don't think I belong in heaven
But ever since the day I was born
I've been told I was here to be forgiven
Left in the Eye of the Storm
I don't think I deserve you guidance
But ever since that day and before
I've been trying to read your silence
I'm writing from the Eye of the Storm
The words I wrote were lost between
A howling soul and screaming winds
The passion tears my soul apart
Devotion for all bleeding hearts
I've said those words a thousand times
Just come inside and read my mind
I've made my choice, I've given up
And finally all the letters stopped
I looked and searched but never found
You smiled and watched me falling down
How could I ever leave this bed?
Will someone ever cut this thread?
I finally made it to the end
I'm never coming back again
The young boy is now getting old
My door is shut, my story's told
Yes, told
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Hush
(Mercier/Mercier)
Medicines are strong
They can make you look like nothing is wrong
The magicians are gone
They just disappear when the damage is done
Like a happy dream or a paradise
It's a two way street
It's water, it's ice
I'm already gone
I wish you happiness and may you have fun
Lots of fun
It doesn't matter if you change your mind
Whatever happens you will never change mine
It's the price I have to pay
For living like a thief
There's no other way to leave
So hush now, I think you better hush now
Yes, the wall is thick
But to dig your way through it there's a magic trick
First, a word of wisdom
Never shake the hand of whom you're stealing it from
Their happy dreams and their paradise
Is a two way street
Like water and ice
Now I'm all done
I wish you all happiness and may you have fun
May you have lots of fun
It doesn't matter if you change your mind
Whatever happens you will never change mine
It's the price I have to pay
For living like a thief
There's no other way to leave
So hush now, I think you better hush now
I mean it.
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Now, Then and Forever
(Mercier/Mercier)
I hear the sound of thunder
The storm is getting closer
To build a castle out of air
So you can hide there
I wish I could stop blaming myself
For the way I dream of you
Like there is something I can do
I heard you name today
I heard it on my way
I wish that you could look at yourself
The way I look at you
There's something pouring out of you
I saw your face today
I saw it on my way
And in a ghostly motion
You could walk an ocean
You give me bread and water
And make it last forever
I realize I will need your help
To get over this I know
There is something you should know
Before you run away
If you dare look my way
There are secrets I would never tell
No, there's no one I can trust
They would try at any cost
To blow my life away
Somebody died today
Would someone else play this part?
Someone else would swallow my tears
And wishing you could disappear
And spying over my shoulder
I'm a long dead saviour
Why don't you share your wisdom
I need a magic potion
But I haven't yet said why so why would you answer
First, it's a teardrop, now it's a river
Now, Then and Forever
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Second by Second
(Mercier/Mercier)
The dry winds of too many winters fade away
Though the season has gone
You say the weather will stay
Like it's a part of the past
Not worth hiding away
Now that the laughter has gone
You say the smile will remain
You say something will remain
How come no one waits for me?
How come you never wait for me?
And all the snow that's melting on my face
Is falling from a different place
I realise it's not the same for me
I shouldn't wander up there endlessly
Maybe you don't know but when it rains
Such friction feeds a bigger flame
Just don't expect it to get even
Remember March 27th
Second, Second
Second by Second
Remember everything second by second
I know you're not to blame
If I'm going insane
But if I was to burn up in flames here
You'd say something will remain
You'd say something will remain
You'd say something will remain
You'd say something will remain
But I'm damn sure nothing will
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Charlatan
(Mercier/Mercier)
We're taught to offer no resistance, yeah.
So when the wind blows hard you'll break
But never, ever, never bend
There's no if of but
No giving up
When the lights are out
Then you dream of a happy end
You're one of them
You've done the best you can
And you gave your life to ensure it will never end
But you've felt so cold
And you've always been too old
You gave you mind
He took your heart again
I'v read the sign that's on your door, yeah.
It says that you don't want to be worried
No not anymore
There's no if of but
No giving up
When the lights are out
Then you dream of a happy end
You're one of them
You've done the best you can
And you gave your life to ensure it will never end
But you've felt so cold
And you've always been too old
He's gonna tear your soul apart
You gave you mind, he took your heart
A drop of your poison
A cross on your wall
A life of devotion
Less than nothing at all
First of the chosen few
Last of the broken laws
You fight for Jesus to love you
But no one else does
No one else does, yeah
(x2)
You gave you mind, He took your heart again (x4)
To tear your soul apart again
Charlatan…
To tear your soul apart again
Charlatan…
Will tear your soul apart again
Charlatan…
To tear your soul apart again
Charlatan…
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Handful of Snowdrops Quebec, Québec
Handful of Snowdrops is a postwave band from Quebec City, Canada, with the most dedicated fanbase any artist could dream of.
HoS could probably be the biggest small and unknown independent band in the world! :D
Active between 1984 and 1993, HoS returned with 'III' in 2015 and still going today.
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