B E N V E N U T O
Ho qui voluto inserire una raccolta dei testi di uno dei gruppi mitici degli anni '80.
Sono canzoni che ancora oggi suscitano molte emozioni. E poi credo che la musica di quel periodo sia ineguagliabile....

JOURNEYS TO GLORY

To cut a long story short
Reformation
Mandolin
Musclebound
Age of blow
The freeze
Confused
Toys
Glow



DIAMOND

Chant No 1
Instinction
Paint Me Down
Coffee club
She Loved Like Diamond
Pharaoh
Innocence and Science
Missionary
Gently



TRUE

Pleasure
Communication
Code of love
Gold
Lifeline
Heaven is a secret
Foundation
True




PARADE

Only when you leave
Highly strung
I'll fly for you
Nature of the beast
Revenge for love
Always in the back of my mind
With the pride
Round and Round


THROUGH THE BARRICADES

Cross the line
Man in chains
How many lies?
Virgin
Fight for ourselves
Swept
Snakes and lovers
Through the barricades


HEART LIKE A SKY

Be free with your love
Crashed into love
Big feeling
A matter of time
Motivator
Raw
Empty spaces
Windy town
Handful of dust




TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT

Soldier is turning
see him through white light
running from strangers
see you in the valley
war upon war
heat upon heat
To cut a long story short
I lost my mind
Sitting on a park bench
years away from fighting
to cut a long story short
I lost my mind
Standing in the dark
oh I was waiting for man to come
I am beautiful and clean
and so very very young
to be standing in the street
to be taken by someone
Questions questions
give me no answers
that's all they ever give me
questions questions
oh look at the strange boy
he finds it hard existing
to cut a long story short
I lost my mind


CHANT NO 1

I checked the time, it was almost time
a curious smell, an intangible crime
I'm washing my clothes,but the stain still grows
cover your eyes, the stain still shows
I feel the gaze against my skin
I feel the gaze against my skin
I know this feeling is a lie
I know this feeling is a lie
there's a guilt within my mind
there's a guilt within my mind
I don't need this pressure on
oh I should question not ignore
oh I should question not ignore
songs are always buried deep
songs are always buried deep
there's a lion in my arms
there is a motion in my arm
oh I should question not ignore
I should believe and not ignore
I don't need this pressure on
you go down, down
pass the talk of town
you go down greek street
then it's underground
well it's Soho life
for this mobile knife
it's the place to shoot
Friday night Beat Route


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THE FREEZE

Blue sing La Lune
sing Lagoon
the visions are making me stay
the art is pretending it's art
the quetion is where do you pay?
Unpack my case one more time
I'll cancel my train once again
destiny give a day
erogenous zones win again


INNOCENCE AND SCIENCE

Water from my mind
breaks the ropes and binds
water comes from inside
and frees me
Innocence and science.
Metal sings my name
poisoned love sustained
metal breaks me inside
and frees me
Innocence and science.
I will never forget.


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MUSCLEBOUND

We're building fires that will burn until morning
the smell of books and hot stone surround us
Tough is the leather that strapped to my skin
strong are the bonds that we make
We feel the steam as it rises around us
up from the soil that is cracking its back
Tough is the leather that strapped to my skin
strong are the bonds that sing
Work till you're musclebound all night long
Work till you're musclebound all night long
Gotta work till you're musclebound all night long
Gotta work till you're musclebound all night long
We're building fires that will burn until morning
the smell of books and hot stone surround us
Tough is the leather that strapped to my skin
strong are the bonds that we make
To hear a pulsing from chanter to mountain
down through the vein and into the grain
Strong is the shoulder that moves to the time
here is the land it can break
Work till you're musclebound all night long
Work till you're musclebound all night long
Gotta work till you're musclebound all night long
Gotta work till you're musclebound all night long
TOYS

We are the night,
we'll tempt you and turn you on.
Live in our hearts
and play with your man.
Oh these are your toys
hold them and they'll obey,
from blood into life
thy still become your toys.
This is your game
in heaven in your bedroom,
your chivalrous knight
will save you tonight.
They'll look for reasons again and again
let them go,let them go let them go.
You'll have your reason again and again
for letting them go, for letting them go.
Oh stand by the wall,
wach as they shoot you down,
from blood to stone
they still become your toys.
Your toys, your toys.





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GLOW

Glow,
take out this foreign heart,
wash oof the sand that seeps out through my eyes,
I've still sleep in my eyes.

Cold,
cold's how we felt so long,
accuse me of crying and speaking of lies.
I've still sleep in my eyes,
I've still sleep in my eyes,
glow like a lover.

Out,
out is the winter pale,
gold rising June in the blue of my eye,
I've still sleep in my eyes.
Glow, this is my family,
send for the soul you can soon realise.
I've still sleep in my eyes,
I've still sleep in my eyes,
glow like a lover.
SHE LOVED LIKE DIAMOND

She ran the risk from unity
obsession dies alone with tragedy
she loved like diamond
she loved like diamond
and cut so hard
she died
a passion course that leads to pain
an acid taste that laced her soul again
she loved like diamond
she loved like diamond
and cut so hard
she died
Another path, I've run them all
The rain has cleared the stains, no trace at all
she loved like diamond
she loved like diamond
and cut so hard
she died





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PAINT ME DOWN

Paint me down
Paint me down
Paint me down
I'm walking into studio
consider strange appeal
paint me in the home
I'm brushing up on sketchbook
designs for love unreal
paint me in the home
oil and skin you'll need to buy it
consider what I mean
she sinks beneath thr moving pictures
prepare the brush for me
I'm craving with this need
Paint me down
Paint me down
Paint me down
I'm soaking up the surface
conceaiving new idea
paint me in the home
she's oiling up her subject
but all still life is here
paint me in the home
all the boys with framed dimension
a cover up on lust
he'll take his pain and paint it over
prepare the brush for me
I'm craving with this need
Paint me down
Paint me down
Paint me down



INSTINCTION

Cheap bed, in the red
sleep the words out of your head
cold floor, nice and raw
eat the meat that's on the floor
high tide, some disguise
loving makes the cream taste nice
new shore, final score
fresh demand, I'm wanting more
this might not last too long
so always take it
this might not last too long
so always take it
Reasons, reasons were here from the start
it's my instiction, it's my instiction
reasons, reasons are part of the art
it's my instiction, it's my instiction
you cry, justify
but deep beneath the feelings lie
photo, looking old
memory makes the day feel cold
they've gone, sing your song
walk the flow,ah,too slow
post boom, second doom
stealing cake to eat the moon
this might not last too long
so always take it
Reasons,reasons were here from the start
this might not last too long
so always take it
Reasons, reasons were here from the start
it's my instiction, it's my instiction
reasons, reasons are part of the art
it's my instiction, it's my instiction
stealing cake to eat the moon.


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COFFEE CLUB

Matthew didn't stay home,
he went abroad instead
journeys to glory breathing in his head
got caught up with shoe horns
but he could'nt get a shine
Matthew bought the rap
and read the map without a sign.
Contort yourself on disco
with a rap trap white and brown
caught within the spinning
the key-chain gang went down
no coffee club will have the rub
when product is your answer
discuss the man,he'll break your plan
it's deep within the dancer...
Wear it on your back now
and summerise your vision
on the train and through the strain
your own soul decision
well she had a certain shimmer
she sleeps with him tonight
stifled love decides where I'm dreaming...
No coffee club will have the rub
when product is your answer
discuss the man, he'll break your plan
it's deep within the dancer...



PHARAOH

Going alone, going alone, going alone
take that pharaoh.
Going alone, going alone, going alone
take that pharaoh.
When the lights die down
you'll see them go.
Going alone, going alone, going alone
take that pharaoh.
Going alone, going alone, going alone
take that pharaoh.
When the lights die down
you'll see them go.
We are all living for the game
for the game
oh, heaven is weeping.
We are all living for the game
for the game
oh, heaven is weeping.
Please don't let my memory fail me now
'cause I've waited all this time
and I can't run another mile.
Oh, please don't let the world know now
please don't let the world know now
We are all living for the game
for the game
oh, heaven is weeping.
We are all living for the game
for the game
oh, heaven is weeping...


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MISSIONARY

The bells ring out above my room
and announcement of our loss
and in the act three men decide
and indefinite epilogue.
My letters have all gone
a journey that's unsure
a message that was rich
a hand that was poor.
Oh have me breath and let me go
cause I don't want you to know
cause I don't want you to know.
Oh I don't want you, want you, want you.
My own description may have failed
torn from pictures that were saved
along with images from words
that were saved and not erased
the shelves arranged above my head
a memory of my fears
blankets hold the smell of life
and soak the many years.
Oh have me breath and let me go
cause I don't want you to know
cause I don't want you to know.
Oh I don't want you, want you, want you.
Oh missionary are you here.
Sun doesn't burn when the water comes
but water doesn't come like the English rain
they bury their heads for self defence
a marked improvement through diligence
we are alone against our sins
alone against our sins
alone against our sins.
Vacant rooms that are full of men
that sit on the stools awaiting time
discussion leads to little sense
they bury their heads for self defence
we are alone against our sins
alone against our sins
alone against our sins.
PLEASURE

Pleasure's in my car
even in the bar as I'm searching
in the love that's strong
breathing in the song, I'm learning
(I am learning)
Pleasure in the sand
warm within the hand she's holding
it is on the screen
adventures at ninteen, I'm searching
I am searching in my heart
Pleasure in my heart
never let us part for pleasure
work, work today
never let them pay for pleasure
leave or lose her from my heart.
Pleasure is your name
I accept he blame for falling
it is down the phone
living in your home, I'm calling
(I am calling)
Pleasure is a word
when love is left unheard, it's burning
it is on the screen
adventures at ninteen, I'm searching
I am searching in my heart.
Why do you feel like breaking my heart?
What made you feel like breaking my heart tonight?
Now I am crying, now I am crying.
Pleasure in my heart
never let us part for pleasure
work, work today
never let them pay for pleasure
leave or lose her from my heart.








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CODE OF LOVE

He put so much into her life
she took so much out of his
it was a crucial assignment
No-one ever asked for this.
It was a little confusing
He thought he knew what to do
but now they're walking in silence
little girl, and soldier blue
Well she wrote you a song saying that she approved
but you didn't understand
and when love comes along it's just a Catcher in The Rye
it's hard to make those long term plans.
Well it's the code of love
you don't understand her.
Well it's the code of love
you could never ask for more.
They made a certain agreement
he's bound to do what he's told
he ran back home with the message
screwed up in a pocket cold.
She sat at home with her reason
a sour note and a tear
but love comes home for the season
breaking down the walls of fears.
Well it's the code of love
you don't understand her.
Well it's the code of love
you could never ask for more.
HEAVEN IS A SECRET

She'll sing a "West-Side" song
you could be the boy in the film
Heaven is a secret.
Where are the "West-Side" boys?
Fighting on the scaffold of love
Scripted pleasures made forever
Easier said then done together
Heaven is a secret
it's a passion
it's a long way over there
far from her arms tonight.
Here is her model home
listen to the call of the wild
Heaven is a secret
facts are awful shame
the shadow of a doubtful affair
scripted pleasures made forever
easier said than done together
Act One's the same as you read in the book
could this be the thing that they shout about?
No more in distress, now it's rushed through the door
and you can't believe that the secret's out
scripted pleasures made forever
easier said than done together.
Heaven is a secret
it's a passion
it's a long way over there
far from her arms tonight.


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Tutte queste canzoni sono state scritte da Gary Kemp tranne Motivator scritta da Steve Norman,
e pubblicata a cura della Reformation Music Co.Ltd.
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