RPWL
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Live: Start The Fire

(2 CD)

(2005)

Recorded during the WORLD THROUGH MY EYES-TOUR 2005

(including "ROCKPALAST TV-performance" feat. Ray Wilson)

Disc 1

1. Sleep 10'09
(Yogi Lang / Kalle Wallner)
From World Through My Eyes, 2005
2. Start The Fire 4'51
(Yogi Lang / Chris Postl / Mark Anderton)
From World Through My Eyes, 2005
3. Who Do You Think We Are 4'39
(RPWL)
From God Has Failed, 2000
4. Day On My Pillow 6'19
(Yogi Lang / Kalle Wallner / Vipo Maat)
From World Through My Eyes, 2005
5. Roses 6'50
(Yogi Lang / Kalle Wallner)
Feat. Ray Wilson
From World Through My Eyes, 2005
6. Not About Us 5'00
(Toni Banks / Mike Rutherford / Ray Wilson)
Feat. Ray Wilson
From GENESIS Calling All Stations, 1997
7. The Gentle Art Of Swimmit 8'47
(RPWL)
From Stock, 2003
8. Wasted Land 5'42
(Yogi Lang / Kalle Wallner)
From World Through My Eyes, 2005
9. Crazy Lane 4'20
(RPWL)
From God Had Faild, 2000
10. Trying To Kiss The Sun 4'59
(Yogi Lang / Kelle Wallner / Phil Paul Rissettio)
From Trying To Kiss The Sun, 2002

Disc 2

11. World Through My Eyes 11'29
(Yogi Lang / Kalle Wallner)
From World Through My Eyes, 2005
12. Opel 5'51
(Syd Barrett)
From Stock, 2003
13. Cymbaline 14'56
(Roger Waters / David Gilmour / Richard Wright / Nick Mason)
From PINK FLOYD More, 1969
14. Welcome To The Machine 7'17
(Roger Waters)
From PINK FLOYD Wish You Were Here, 1975
15. I Don't Know 4'19
(Yogi Lang / Kalle Wallner)
From Trying To Kiss The Sun, 2002
16. Hole In The Sky 10'31
(RPWL)
From God Has Faild, 2000

Bonus Studio Track


17. New Stars Are Born 12'39
(RPWL)
(Unreleased complete version)

Total Time: 61:26 + 67:02

RPWL Live:

  • Yogi Lang - Vocals, Keyboards
  • Kalle Wallner - Guitars
  • Stephan Ebner - Bass
  • Manfred Müller - Drums

    Special Guest:

  • Ray Wilson - Vocals on "Roses" and "Not About Us"
  • Markus Jehle - live-Keys

    Produced by Yogi Lang
    Mixed and Mastered at     FARMLANDS STUDIOS by Yogi Lang
    Live Crew: Zabine Reichhuber, Stefan "Frosch Bernhard Frank, Andi Maier, Michi Kerstin Eberherr, Sarah Hutflesz
    Redaction: Peter Sommer
    Sound: Werner Walravens, Thilo Erdl
    Sound Engineers: Margret Weber, Klaus Wendt
    Production Assistant: Erik Nacken
    Fotos: © Reinhard Nakel, © Michi Kasper, Florian Dirschedl, Lodi Meijer
    Graphic-Design: Michi Kasper
    Paintings: Julia Scholbeck

    Thanks To: Vipo Maat @ BLACKFARM, Michi Kasper @ FARMLANDS Mick KRAMER, Marcus Wicker and ECLIPSED MAGAZINE DIRK, Detlev Michael [2x). Oliver, Susanne, Maggie. Peter. Thomas. Jim, Eric, Jennifer @ INSIDE OUT, Stefan Wittmann @ WG-DESIGN, Stephan Ebner.
    Pablo Rissettio, Paul Cyron, Cieo Wallraf Ø BMG Uwe and Fam. Gdller. Bernd Bildhauer. Martin Wildfeuer

    Thanks To our fans who have stood with us through the years peace, love and prosperity.

    Manni Muller is supported by AGNER DRUMSTICKS
    Chris Postl is supported by MUSIC MAN, RICKENBACKER and LINTRONICS

    Booking: www.blackfarm.de
    Publishing: BMG / FARMLANDS



    1. Sleep

      The new born moon seems like a cradle, shining on the desert sand
      Scent of sandalwood and jasmine, a goddess with a silver skin
      I am painting all your flowers, I'm the shadow of your dream
      Who changed your opium to money shiva calls your name,
      Why don't you sleep?

      You're not worth a passing glance, I'm the picture in your mind
      Who can feel the wind blows gently sparkling dust over the land
      A stone is not a stone until I tell you what it's supposed to be
      Who changed your opium to money shiva calls again,
      Why don't you sleep?

      And all our dreams are rushing to the river
      The river that has always flowed
      When maya comes and sets our hearts on fire
      Our dreams will show the way back home

      Lighter than a tuft of feathers, dancing with the rays of light
      Digging oceans with my fingers, patterns carved into the sky
      The creation of the earth is in my sight which no one's seen before
      Sparkles of awakening knowledge shiva calls your name,
      Why don't you sleep?

      And all our dreams are rushing to the river
      The river that has always flowed
      When maya comes and sets our hearts on fire

      Frightened and weeping
      I read my name on a tombstone in a graveyard I don't know
      In another dimension sitting with a pale face
      On the hill of the dead!
      The clouds all painted pink
      Me wrapped in white cotton, nobody can see me at all
      The letters of my name, iridescent and melting in the sun

      Unsatisfied and restless, seeking in wrong places
      Wading through a sea of my desires
      When I burned away my bonds
      I knew that I could not remain the same!
      I left a fragment of my soul
      Knotted in a tree top as a present for the endless universe
      My form is full of light
      As I'm going to the woods to find myself again

      All the good, all the bad
      All the pleasure, all the pain
      All the yearnings of the brave,
      All the sun and all the rain

      All the beauty, all the dirt
      All the love and all the hate
      All the laughing, all lamenting, the acceptance of our fate
      All illusions that we have,
      All our secret fairytales,
      Are doomed to slow decay; are flowing down the stream.

      So come and kiss my silver skin while I paint pictures in your mind

    2. Start The Fire

      Out in the land I heard some people say
      There is no other way than to settle scores of age old grievance
      Lost all belief in honesty and sowing seeds of want and greed
      I am on my knees

      Come and take me to a world full of kindness
      I can feel something is going to happen to me
      It can happen to me

      Om jai, deva - all the love we have will take us higher

      Om jai, deva - I believe that we will start the fire

      It's our way to take no time,
      Never read between the lines of a holy verse we don't understand
      We close our eyes so on it goes a weapon for the fallen souls
      I am on my knees

      Come and take me to a world full of kindness
      I can feel something is going to happen to me
      It can happen to me

      Om jai, deva - all the love we have will take us higher
      Om jai, deva - I believe that we will start the fire

      Love the guide
      Love the cure
      Forever right and just in wrong
      And right all things we do
      Are seen by you

      Love in action
      Love in word
      Spreading joy around the world
      I feel something's going on
      And it's happening to me

      Om jai, deva - all the love we have will take us higher

    3. Who do You Think We Are

      There was something in your face again
      I see sometimes in my dreams
      Not the faintest belief where we had to hide
      The sound of marching boots outside
      The flickering hope was burning down
      The same old tale that's told forevermore
      Who do you think you are
      Don't look back, 'cause nothing has changed yet
      I guess somehow it's all like it was before
      Always a reason to kill
      Never to late to put on the pressure
      The wind 's a little colder every year
      The rest like it was before
      so you like to play a leading role
      (In your part time job called live)
      Always stayed in your golden cage
      (You never feeled the knife)
      Then you open the door
      You've never been so far before
      We thought we were god but the race is run
      The same old song we'll sing forevermore
      Who do you think ......
      Where does it start, why does it end
      Could be that your foe will soon be your friend
      Today you are rich, tomorrow you're poor

    4. Day on My Pillow

      Day on my pillow
      Gazing at the skyline
      Happy that my soul can rest for a while

      Not a single decision
      To give you direction
      'Cause that wouldn't be my style

      Who made the colour of the rainbow
      'Cause if I did, I would have done much better
      There'd be no one suffering from anything
      But I am only sitting at my window
      Come again another day

      Day on my pillow
      Outside is a hurry
      Wond'ring if they have peace in their mind

      Heading to nowhere
      Where no one is waiting
      Hope that they'll seek what I have found

      Who made the colour of the rainbow
      Cause if I did, I would have done much better
      There'd be no one
      Suffering from anything
      But I am only sitting at my window
    Words from GENESIS's 'I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)'

    " I know what I like, and I like what I know;
    getting better in your wardrobe, stepping one beyond your show."

    5. Roses

      If the world is one big plan
      Why must we lose our innocence
      Why have we lost our paradise?
      Paralysed. nothing to give

      The chestnut vender in the rain
      Haven't seen him since I moved away
      Please tell me what I'm doing here
      These strangers do not speak to me

      All the things I tried to do
      I never thought it was too late
      So in this silence say a prayer
      For the one who went away

      Roses, are covering your face
      And with my mind I'm calling out for you
      But all that's left are
      Roses, covering your face
      And with my mind I'm calling out for you
      But you cannot hear me

      The rising spirit of the new
      I can look through the windows of their minds
      Why should we care about the means
      Our last goal is to reach the end

      All the things I tried to do
      I never thought it was too late
      So in this silence say a prayer
      For the one who went away

      Roses, are covering your face
      And with my mind I'm calling out for
      You but all that's left are
      Roses, covering your face
      And with my mind I'm calling out for you
      But you cannot hear me

      You said don't tell me we can take our time
      So I hope that we will meet again
      Sheltered in your faith you made me understand
      But now what's left is hidden under ...

    6. Not About Us

      A little piece of something
      Falling gently down down down
      No one understands you like I do

      I'd rather be beside you
      Everything we know so well
      Tell me what you feel now
      Show me what you think of it

      It's not about us anymore
      It's all about the reasons
      That we think we're fighting for
      It's not about hate
      It's not about pain we always feel
      I know we have our problems
      But we're not the only ones
      It's not about you it's not about me
      It's not about anger
      It's more about the loneliness we feel

      How can I begin to
      Ask for some forgiveness
      For all that we have taken
      There's nothing left now

      Just a little piece of something
      Falling gently down down down
      No one understands you no no
      Like I do
      There's nothing left now

      It's not about us anymore
      It's all about the reasons
      That we think we're fighting for
      It's not about hate
      It's not about pain we always feel
      I know we have our problems
      But we're not the only ones
      It's not about you it's not about me
      It's not about anger
      It's more about the loneliness we feel

      It's not about us
      It's not about hate
      It's more about the loneliness we feel, can you feel it
      It's not about anger
      It's not about wanting
      I know we have our problems
      But we're not the only ones, we're not the only ones
      It's not about you, it's not about me ...

    7. The Gentle Art Of Swimming

      Silent tears are streaming down
      Gather to forbidden streams
      The shifting clouds flowing entangled
      Shadows edge the scenery
      Thoughts collide with chained emotions
      Seems like they were born again
      The last glow of my dying senses
      Erupted from the end of all our dreams
      The gentle art of swimming
      Swimming through our live
      Through worlds of every colours
      Screaming their delight
      Passing through a sudden silence
      Single echoes died away
      Seas of light in three dimensions
      Climbing through the atmosphere
      Followed by my cosmic ego
      Childhood pictures blurred by time
      Every point of my emotion

    8. Wasted Land

      Calm the people
      Tell them life's better than a hundred years ago

      Feed them with hope in a war of all
      Against all but don't let them know

      How can I show you the path to a land
      That blossoms in your inside
      Frees you from all your compulsion and fears
      To discover the beauty of your life

      How far can we go?
      How far can we go?

      Walking on wasted land
      But we have to go on
      Walking on wasted land
      But the show must go on

      The news is ok
      The system is working, let's watch a tv show

      War is a game
      Our life's a balance sheet
      Your money tells you what's right and wrong

      Cutting the truth into shreds and completing
      A puzzle where no one's to blame
      Living for our desires and needs
      But nobody's winning this game

      How far can we go?
      How far can we go?

      Walking on wasted land
      But we have to go on
      Walking on wasted land

    9. Crazy Lane

      Say somebody to your broken heart
      Follow me onto a peaceful plane
      By the way, your friends will be beside you
      I never thought our life would be
      An easy way to go
      What's beyond the words we have to say
      But close to you, I'm always there beside you

      Why is it now, somewhere, somehow
      Try to reach my heart
      You will always be the light leading my way

      Crazy lane, at least the end is near
      Learn to fly, to where you once have been
      Come with me and the world is in our hands
      Don't give up 'cause love will find its way

      Drifting through my open mind
      'cross the universe, my love
      will ease your pain
      by the way, your friends will be beside you

      fell your way, wherever life will carry you
      flying high, my arms are open wide

    10. Trying To Kiss The Sun

      I'm on my way to sweeter life with something
      left behind me who will pull me from
      The jetstream with its surface sunlight?
      Nothing is left that can't be done
      So let's try to kiss the sun.
      Sun- Let's take a trip and try to kiss the sun
      Sun- Let's take a trip
      On my way to space the blinding beauty's rising
      with us longing to make it to the moment
      of your greatest triumph.

      Think of the time when we were young.
      And we tried to kiss the sun

      Open your mind to motion always on the run.
      All the thoughts that cross my mind become
      undone – Are we caged inside a universe
      of light? Two of us we count as one.

    11. World Through My Eyes

      This strange peace in my heart
      A warmth which I can feel
      Like a bud starting to bloom
      I know what I could be

      The spirit of this place
      Is at one with my mind
      Nature shows it's grace
      In the hazy morning light

      You got me under your wing
      In everything I do
      You make me want to sing
      More and more

      Speaking without words
      Hearing with my mind
      Feeling without a touch
      This grace will never die

      World through my eyes
      I know that you can see
      What I see all the world is in disguise

      The further I can see
      The sooner I arrive
      The deeper I can breathe
      The more I am alive

      So easily misled
      The sightless turn away
      As leaves fall from the tree
      The cycle starts again

      World through my eyes
      I know that you can see what I see

    12. Opel

      On a distant shore, miles from land
      stands the ebony totem in ebony sand
      a dream in a mist of grey ...
      on a far distant shore ...
      The pebble that stood alone
      and driftwood lies half buried
      warm shallow waters sweep shells
      so the cockles shine ...

      A bare winding carcase, stark
      shimmers as flies scoop up meat, an empty way...
      dry tears ...
      crisp black squeaks tore reeds
      make a circle of grey in a summer way, around man
      so don't ground ...

      I'm trying
      I'm trying to find you!
      To find you
      I'm living,
      I'm giving,
      To find you,
      To find you

      I'm living,
      I'm living

    13. Cymbaline

      The path you tread is narrow
      And the trumpets sheer and very high
      The ravens all are watching
      From a vantage point nearby
      Apprehension creeping like a tube
      Train up your spine
      Will the tight rope reach the end,
      Will the final couplet rhyme
      And it's high time, Cymbaline
      High time, Cymbaline
      Please wake me

      A butterfly with broken wings
      Is falling by your side
      The ravens all are closing in,
      There's nowhere you can hide
      Your manager and agent
      Are both busy on the phone
      Selling coloured photographs
      To magazines back home
      And it's high time, Cymbaline
      High time, Cymbaline
      Please wake me

      (instrumental transition into "Any Colour You Like")

      The lions converging where you stand,
      They must have moved the picture plain
      The leaves are heavy 'round your feet,
      You hear the thunder of the train
      Suddenly it strikes you
      That they're moving into range
      And Doctor Strange is always changing size
      And it's high time, Cymbaline
      Please wake me

    14. Welcome To The Machine

      Welcome, my son, welcome to the machine
      Where have you been ?
      It's alright we know where you've been.
      You've been in the pipeline, filling in time
      Provided with toys
      And "Scouting for Boys"
      You bought a guitar to punish your ma.
      And you didn't like school
      And you know you're nobody's fool

      So welcome to the machine.
      Welcome my son, welcome to the machine
      What did you dream ?
      It's alright we told you what to dream.
      You dreamed of a big star
      He played mean guitar
      He always ate in the Steak Bar
      He loved to drive in his Jaguar
      So welcome to the Machine

    15. I Don't Know

      I thought you know me standing face to face
      I thought I could feel me. But nothing is the same
      And when I'm too near. You hide away from me
      You can't love what you need. It's so hard to set you free

      I don't know what it's like, what it's like.

      Have you ever thought. That I can't hear the phone
      A misunderstanding. Is there something I should know
      But maybe deep inside. You'll find out nothing is the same
      Why can't you be here?

      Don't understand the games you play.

    16. Hole In The Sky

      I thought as a child
      I'd feel like an eagle
      Rain on the windscreen
      I'm captured in technical solitude

      Fly
      The higher I am
      The closer I'll be to the hole in the sky
      And all the words unspoken you told me
      Soon they'll fade away

      Riding on top of the clouds
      Up into the gleaming gold of an afternoon
      I set my controls for the heart of the sun
      To reach for the stratosphere

      Fly
      The higher I am
      The closer I'll be to the hole in the sky
      And all the words unspoken you told me
      Soon they'll fade away

      Time's never been on our side
      The haze between death or alive
      Revealing the secrets of life
      I'll fly to the grevious light
      To crawl to you
    (instrumental)

      I made up my mind
      I promised I'd follow wherever you're going to
      I can't see your face in the clouds

    17. New Stars Are Born

      It's bleak in November
      Back on the street where the city doesn't laugh anymore
      A last dance of the wind with the waste
      Of a vanished and misplaced reality

      The things that we strived for
      Were only the things that we already had
      The question was: how to stop
      When our desires had been satisfied

      Out in the streets and over seas
      We'll all join the last dance which starts at dawn

      When new stars are born
      Don't break the silence
      Never look back what is left
      What has been before

      When new stars are born
      A new day is dawning
      Don't be afraid of what is gone
      Or fear what's still to come

      The streets are deserted
      Laid bare with space to take a deep breath
      We dance alone while waiting for the changes to begin
      But can never reach the place where it began

      Now a new sun is rising
      Hope I can do what ought to be done
      Break with the past to follow my heart
      To reach for the last and final goal

      Out in the streets and over seas
      We'll all join the last dance which starts at dawn

      When new stars are born ...

      This side, this world
      One voice, one self
      One road, one last mile