De teksten van de nummers op 'Big Big Well' (2012)

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​1 Sweep

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music by Verploegen/Frits
lyrics by Korten
arranged, produced, performed by Frits
vocals by Verploegen

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Even if you try​​​​​​​​​ it never goes away
And you know it, sure you know it, I shouldn’t have to say

So you know what I mean, take a deep dive
All dust is cycled and the cycle is life

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Sweeping never had a meaning
Dustbin, don’t need it no more
Sweeping never had a meaning
Treasures all over the floor

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We look at the world with eyes of old mud
If you think it’s all rubbish let me tell you it’s not

Forget all you know, you just have to trust
That the human mind is liquid and the body is dust

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Sweeping never had a meaning
Dustbin, don't need it no more
Sweeping never had a meaning
Treasures all over the floor

Every bit of dust, sweep sweep
Every bit of dust, sweep sweep
Every bit of dust, sweep sweep
Is a saving-device

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2 You Don’t Lie

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music by Verploegen

lyrics by Korten
arranged, produced, performed by Frits
vocals by Verploegen​

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Take an advice, strategy of kindness
But I’m pretty sure you will ignore it

You know all about it, always certain
About who is right and who is wrong
Ooh so lonely

 

You don’t lie, everybody else does
You don’t lie, that is a lie

 

The actual truth you cannot face it
You don’t really want to see it, you refuse

I can only see lies that multiply

In the end you’ll wonder, wonder why

With your head pushed down the lion’s mouth
You’ll forever be lonely, lonely

 

You don’t lie, everybody else does
You don’t lie, that’s a lie
You don’t lie, you just make your facts fit
You don’t lie
Blame it on me, blame it on me
Don’t blame it on me

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3 Big Big Well

 

music and lyrics by Anderson
arranged, produced, performed by Frits
vocals by Francois

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I was born on a misty morning
When the light was dancing with
All the leaves it was the dawning
Of a song, it could be a myth

On the seventh calling
I looked up to all this
Then I started falling
From the top down to my crib

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From the big big well 
The big big well

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Coming down, I came from nowhere
And that’s a friend
Big and dark it’s everywhere
From the sky to water or land

I wonder where she lives now
I thought of her that day
I wonder if she will allow
My soul learning to convey

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And the source to be
Leads me astray

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From the big big well 
The big big well 
From the big big well 
The big big well 

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4 Grey Rainbow

 

music by Frits
lyrics by Korten
arranged, produced, performed by Frits
vocals by Verploegen

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Care for all you love
Notice the light is fading
We stare into the depth
Close to the railing
On a May Day, sure
We can’t see clearly
Cause it rains
Rubbing time and maybe
Falling from a rainbow

 

Grey rainbow
In charcoal lines
Draw a grey, colourless bow
A black sun shines
Leaving us in need

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Shun the ones who lie
See a cruel day is shaping
This drawing is real
Its beauty is savage
On a May Day, yeah
Rubbing time and maybe
Falling from a rainbow

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Grey rainbow

In charcoal lines
Draw a grey, colourless bow
A black sun shines

Keep me from this place
Keep me from this place

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5 Fame And Fortune

 

music, lyrics by Anderson 
arranged, performed, produced by Frits
lead vocals by Verploegen

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I wonder what I face
In need of mighty wishes
Going into outer space

And what I find
Focus on one day, one day soon

 

Seeking fame and fortune along the way
I could be so enchanted and high
Seeking fame and fortune along the way
I could be so entangled, why

 

You’ve got to know that if you stay some day
You’ll see we won’t get along this way

 

Seeking fame and fortune along the way
I could be so enchanted and high
Seeking fame and fortune along the way
I could be so entangled, why

 

You’ve got to know that if you stay some day
You’ve got to know that if you stay
You’ve got to know, you’ve got to know

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6 No One Else

 

music by Frits
lyrics by Frits
arranged, produced, performed by Frits
lead vocals by Francois

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I’d like to come closer, you wonder why dear
I want to come closer, near and near

You say you try, we don’t agree
Your skin is like a mystery
Sometimes it’s cloudy, now it’s clear
Blue blue dear

Don’t wanna go by, see the light in your eyes
You only saved your prayer for my mind
No one else

 

He is so in love, he is so in love
You only saved​, you only saved your prayer
For my mind
He is so in love, he is so in love

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7 Drifting On The Water

 

music by Verploegen
lyrics by Anderson
arranged, produced by Frits
performed, vocals by Verploegen

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Show me the way
And I’ll lean on your open mind
The way that you’re moving
Denying trouble, yeah

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We’ll carry on with the dream we made
Drifting on the water
It doesn’t matter what they say
We’re following this way of love

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I want you to stay
I’m feeling good and I know you could
The way that we’re moving
This is for real

 

We’ll carry on with the dream we made
Drifting on the water
It doesn’t matter what they say
We’re following this way

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What I’m gonna do about it
What I’m gonna do about it
Dreaming on, I’m dreaming on

 

Carry on with the dream we made
Drifting on the water
It doesn’t matter what they say
Following this way
Carry on with the dream we made
Drifting on the water
It doesn’t matter what they say
Following this way of love

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8 Oekdundeem

 

music and lyrics by Frits
arranged, produced, performed by Frits
lead vocals by Francois​

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I lost my brain in ninety eight days
Caught by rain, oekdundeem

Working on my tone, who’s to blame
Working on my tone, back to the bone

Working on the tone, just about time to go

Time to pray
Time for truth
Time for two
Time for doom
Time for air
Time for two
It’s the time to dare

Time to say
Time to pray
No time to waste
Time for fun

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So I will see the whale again
It’s a funny name, just a whale
Lifting my brain, calling my name

Whale, going away
Calling my name, lifting my brain
Oekdundeem

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9 Darkness And Happiness

 

music by Verploegen
lyrics by Anderson/Korten
arranged, produced, performed by Frits
vocals by Verploegen

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Darkness and happiness, aiming high
Darkness and happiness make me sigh
There’s the sea, I know that line, I know that line
There’s the sea, I know that line, I know that line

 

I’ve got the flow of the summer
And some itchings, they are rough
Living trees that follow closely
I get the hiccups in the rush
I’ve got the reels of the real
And the righteous know I’m right
I’ve got a feeler for the other side
Lifts me up and pulls me down

I’ve got a little fright, I’ve got that fright
Who’s gonna come

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Darkness and happiness, I make my stand
There’s the sea, I know that line, I know that line
There’s the sea, I know that line, I know that line

 

I have a need for new notions
My intuition is all right
Never wallow in the mire
I always keep my goals in sight
I’ve got a focus on my fury
And my reasons are all real
But I never walk on water
When she’s turning the wheel
I’ve got no fright, carry no weight
Who’s gonna come

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10 My Soul Again

 

music by Frits
lyrics by Frits
arranged, produced, performed by Frits
lead vocals by Francois​

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Fear stops, is this reality
You’re floating round and round
Your eyes will open finally
I was so impressed
Free at last

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The wind is blowing through my hair and soul again
The wind is blowing through my soul again
The wind is blowing through my hair and soul again
The wind is blowing through my soul

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11 An Island So Small

 

music by Verploegen/Korten
lyrics by Korten
arranged, produced by Frits
performed, vocals by Verploegen

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Thinking of an island, so quiet
Activating standby and freezing like a prey
And never fall for action, and never fall for action

 

It sure pays to be lazy on an island so small
My island is a lifeboat with no direction at all
I must be certain no one hears my call

 

Sitting like a vegetable, well done in the heat
And never fall for action, and never fall for action

 

I will not get into a war to the knife
I never never leave this island, so quiet

 

It sure pays to be lazy on an island so small
My island is a lifeboat with no direction at all
I must be certain no one hears my call
It sure pays to be lazy

An island so small
The lifeboat is mine

No direction at all

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12 Slave Till The Grave

 

music by Anderson
lyrics by Anderson/Korten
arranged, produced, performed by Frits
lead vocals by Anderson

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I’ve been up high, only dreaming
People tell me of your own mind you’re a slave

Come on down to earth
But there’s enough time for the earth in the grave

 

I’m not a slave till the grave
I’m not a slave till the grave

 

I don’t resign, keep on dreaming
With a free mind as I reach for the brave

Time runs out, I admit
There’s enough time in the grave as a slave

I’m not a slave till the grave

I’m not a slave till the grave
I’m not a slave till the grave

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