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Anew (unplugged)
04:24
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On a perfect Sunday morning
where the sky is wearing its blue dress
on a beach we laid our dreams entwined
And the distant mountains calling
for another hope untold
so let’s make a toast for the unborn and the lost
Maybe all these years I watched the rain pouring down
Maybe all these years you had your heart locked away
Maybe all these unsung tunes we heard inside our souls delay
To come back where we just
started up anew.
On a perfect Sunday evening
We matched our different worlds
on a porch we counted up the stars
This is a perfect day of all days
where the sky is always new
so we could carry on some more
Maybe all these years I watched the rain pouring down
Maybe all these years you had your heart locked away
Maybe all these unsung tunes we heard inside our souls delay
To come back where we just
started up anew.
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So now you're ready to conquer the world
But in this mission you're on your own
Around the stars you'll steal the sun
And in a Black Hole your journey will start
My little one...
Beyond the ages and through space and time
Beyond perception and the pillars of mind
These are the powers you can reclaim
The only fear you must destroy is your own
And yours alone...
You were subconciously reorganising your own fate
You have been living a life that was out of place
So you were made to withstand every test you face
And in your cells there is power to live again
You may look back and search for love...
Search for the future and the change
Inside the Void... the void... the void...
Head straight into the light
be the one we know you can be
Head straight into the light
take us with you on your forces of salvation
He was supposed to be your other half but he failed
to bring happiness and a higher,
higher sense of respect
Look at yourself and decide what to do
cos' nothing else
nothing else will last like the stars up above
-and stars we are not-
You must leave at once
our dearest hope...
Our dearest Hope!
Head straight into the light
be the one we know you can be
Head straight into the light
take us with you on your forces of salvation
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Rave (unplugged)
03:35
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Oh, I wish I could tell you how I feel
And I wish you could shake your insecurity
It's been quite a long time
since we played this stupid game
Hide behind a veil of reason
we forgot to touch the sky
Let's pretend there's only you and I
Come and love me
let's forget about the world
Let me love you now
We've known each other
for so long
Our lives became entwined
through the thick of it all
And I am so tired of waiting
And you are so tired too
There's a miracle about to happen now
Come and love me
I'm the one you cherished in your soul
Love me, love me now
Let me love you
You're the one that makes me feel alive
Love me, love me now
If it's only a dream
let's dream together
If we make it through
it's a dream come true
Yeah!
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Baby, you’re so beautiful
and I can’t take my eyes off of you
Oh my darling,
I cherish the moments I’m with you
We’ve been through good times
we’ve been in hell and we made it through
When all the stars crumbled down we were one
you held my hand and I held yours
I know we’ve drifted astray
such a long way
and sometimes we failed love
love is such a game
such a hard game to play
Hearts may hope but we are only human
so here we are my love
and heading on for more
If all this sadness would tame all our happiness
and promises would only fade away
I would still be with you, still share my bed with you
and I’d still dream of making kids with you
And here we are my love
and heading on for more
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Today I packed my things and rushed out of my door
Just trying to find my way out in a different world
Cut every line I just had to move along
So precious, so beautiful this trip to the unknown
Every stranger's face I see it's giving me the creeps
Every shadow on the street I stomp it and then- flee!
Now I am so happy but I have to find my cause
I have to fly away my love, again.
I like to get into a whirl of these good vibes
I like to see familiar people I don't like
To make it feel much better some friends must be paired
to my own conspicuous grace of the unknown
Every path that's set for me is another try
Every sunset I look into is heavenly so right
Now I am so happy but I have to find my cause
I have to fly away my love, again.
I - I - I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be like a rolling stone
Every path that's set for me is another try
Every sunset I look into is heavenly so right
Now I am so happy but I have to find my cause
I have to fly away my love, again.
I - I - I don't wanna be
I don't wanna be like a rolling stone
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Life (unplugged)
04:14
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Life has, oh, so many strange ways
of making you reconsider
when you think you've won the game
rearranges the rules
to make you try harder
Life has oh so many different ways
to make you pay-
to make you pay for your mistakes
She pulls the strings and you obey
even if you think-
even if you think you have control
But she gives us love to share
gives us joy and moments to remember by
yet these are few and never taken for granted
until she makes new rules... again...
To make you wonder.
Life has oh so many- many aspects
it's never the same whatever you may think it'll happen
When you think the day is done
she twists the night
she lights the gutter
Life has oh so many, many ways
to make you understand her power
when you think you've seen it-
seen it comin'
she just smiles, and turns away, yeah.
But she gives us love to share
gives us joy and moments to remember by
yet these are few and never taken for granted
until she makes new rules... again...
To make you wonder.
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Eternity (unplugged)
04:04
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Looking far, to the lonely grey skies
worlds rest peacefully
The sun and the yellow moon and the stars
exist in harmony
They are far, far like
every you and I
shooting stars free in space
one day they will die
They never let us down
they don't fight each other
no, they don't need to make plans
they don't need to make it right.
Looking far to whatever the end
What life may be
Yet we cry when times are rough
trapped inside a shade
We sometimes get high
Higher than this love we feel
Into the nebula I feel safe
Into the eyes of the sun
Into the nebula I feel safe
from eternity
Here, good and evil kin
we are so obsessed with being right
every time we share love and hate and life and death
We sometimes get high
higher than the sky
Wings we don;t have
but we've learned to fly
Into the nebula I feel safe
Into the eyes of the sun
Into the nebula I feel safe
from eternity
Into the nebula I feel safe
Into the eyes of the sun
Into the nebula I feel safe
from eternity
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Through broken windows
and broken dreams
through untold stories
and mighty kings
You grown up in sunlight
woke up in fear
Tried to find a hero
and a crucifix
These shady buildings
these ruins of the past
respectively 've been put there
a wicked match
Now you're one breath shorter
in a consultation speech
A life full of promises
has brought you to your knees
Tried to find a hero
and a crucifix
A broken faith becomes
a useless dream
one day of silence
is a thousand screams
This partial notion defeats
this life of real
consequent to logic
feelings become guilt
Love, love, love
is the answer to seek
while being drowned
in the deepest sea
Rise again
Rise again
Rise again
From the bottom
Rise again
Rise again
Rise again
From the bottom
And then one morning
as if it was meant to be
idols were taken down
and mighty kings
Now you're happy as ever
and somehow sad inside
You didn't find a hero
instead you found
your peace.
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Over the Top (unplugged)
03:03
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Going over the top with you
and I think I'm going insane
Every time you wanna know
about the way I'm playing this game
It's not so hard-hard just
to pretend you're feeling fine
Let your worries fly away today.
Yeah.
You're so tight
and I can't help
of being distant too
Every time I reach for you
you're only making me blue
It's always "No-no-no"
and I don't know
what else to do
Let your worries fly away
and give me all your love
Give me all your love
Please please
give your self a chance
to live this too
Going over the top
is not the way lovers do
Put on your sexy dress
and make a man out of me
Let your worries fly away
and give me all your love
Let me hold you in my arms
Let's do this right!
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Kid (unplugged)
04:33
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Hey kid
Are you there?
Are you listening to your soul?
Are you there?
It;’s been a while since you laughed
Silence only
Why so lonely?
Hanging your head on your knees…
Hanging your hopes on a string nobody cares…
Growing up it ain’t easy
Now you must struggle
Forget the past
You were so sweet
Innocent
Hey kid
Let me hold you
Let me take the pain away
Let me show you
Life is pretty
Life is hard
Life is all that you got
Dry your tears and break the chains and the darkness
Take my hand - I’ll be there
With you
With you.
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Get up, get off your bed
and greet the brand new day
Greet the warm sun
smell the flowers as they bloom
No need to worry about a thing
no need to rush no more
Money is not the issue here
nor any kind of pride.
Feeling somehow lonely
but that's a part of life
Take a walk in the park
where trees grow up so high
Touch the surface of a lake
feel the water cool
Being happy for being there
is all that's asked of you
And all the lovely people
sharing this old world
are smiling back to you
and you know what is worth
If all the lovely people
could join their hands again
There wouldn't be- there wouldn't be no hatred
and you know- yes you know what is worth.
Get up get of your bed
and greet the brand new day
the sun is always shining
and life's too short to spare.
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When you came onto this earth
you were nothing but a stranger to everyone
A wild flower painted grey
And the courage that was guiding you
it fell apart
-you fell apart too.
It almost put your light away.
I saw deep into your soul and found an unbroken spirit
And I felt love, no matter how hard your aching
Be not afraid!
You're the wildest beauty alive
An inspiration for bravery and desire
Fought hard to earn the right to be free
Been where angels and demons
they would not be.
And when hope has been all but lost
it was you that I trusted
You are strong, no matter how hard you're crying
Be not afraid!
You're the wildest beauty alive
Break all the chains that confine you
and fly for the sky!
The stars are your dominion, your one and only love
Please be that creature who binds our hearts-
Please!
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John Kampouropoulos Athens, Greece
A storyteller with an attitude and versatility.
A cut-through all genres style of
music, based on performance and unique presentation of each song.
Been for 30 yrs in the music scene, former EMI signee, now a rogue solo artist, a DIY kind of musician, a producer, composer, performer, arranger and video maker.
Affiliates to KAMPtheBand profile (former project)
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