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The Collector
03:38
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The Collector - Steve Merlin 1993/2003/2008
The sun shines on the back of my head, I’ve landed in the park
And the grass and the sky and the girls are fine
And they’re green and they’re blond and they’re mine
Ooh, how I cherish them all, take them into my heart
Everywhere I’ll go I’ll take them
And I’m looking around and they’re all looking back
Looking with the back of their heads
And I wave at the grass and the sky and the trees
And everyone thinks I’m mad
Ooh, how I cherish them all, take them into my heart
Everywhere I’ll go I’ll take them
I really am a collector
I’ll drag your heart around
My room is made of feathers
To choke you silently
I really am a collector
I’ll pin you down my dear
You can keep your beautiful body
Inside this coldness here
The sun shines on the back of my head, I’ve landed in the park
And the grass and the sky and the girls are fine
And they’re green and they’re blond and they’re mine
In my house and my room, you won’t go very far
On my way to the park I am, on my way to the park I am
I’m a collector...
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Only A Time And A Place
05:11
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Only a Time and a Place - Steve Merlin 1995/2003/2008
I wonder if it’s only a time and a place to her
The moment we conquered the moon at the place we were
My memory leaves me with glimmering eyes in her face
I think it has taken her keeping my mind in a daze
My lips and my fingers still feel like I’m touching her skin
As we stood right in front of my home just before I went in
Cause then I forgot that the pretties sky can turn pale
It took just a moment to turn and to take her away
But how would we go if I ran to her door tonight
What would she say if she knew I really wanted to
Ask if she’d let me in to a brand new world
What would she say if she knew I really considered that
I wonder if it’s only a time and a place to her
The moment we conquered the moon at the place we were
Don’t know what to do I just sit here playing my song
Well maybe we shouldn’t do nothing so nothing goes wrong
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Moon
03:16
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Moon - Steve Merlin 1995/2003/2008
She’s lying half asleep, half awake
The humming of the bus, the tainted glass
You can almost feel the lights from outside, shifting
And we put up in the rain, but under the stars that night
I could really lose myself in this place
The top of a mountain, a view so wide
Muddy grass that wraps around your feet
Would you like a drink of water from the stream tonight?
Moon is so bright now, so bright now, so bright now
Moon is so bright now, so bright now
Moon is so bright now, she so bright, so bright now
Moon is so bright now, she’s so bright now
The night is long, a misty walk, and I see her
She’s walking next to me, so far away now
And no-one really knows which way to go
So I just follow, and the moon would keep her face down
Moon is so bright now, so bright now, so bright now
Moon is so bright now, so bright now
And I would really want to climb up there, touch her face
Kiss the hair of the moon
Feel the breath of the moon
And I want to feel her head as she lies upon my shoulder
So close, so close, am I strong enough to hold her?
The moon is so bright here, it seems all clear to me
Through the thin air, the moon can shine so bright
The moon can shine so bright
The moon, the moon, can shine
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White Rock Tree
06:00
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White Rock Tree - Steve Merlin 1996/2003/2008
You took a picture of your wild escape
I wish I knew what you were up to
Far above what they call sensibility
You would prove that they were wrong about you
The snow-white rocks, they were like you
They seemed to come out of the blue
A crying seagull came to wave ‘insanity’
Just like me it loves the life inside your eyes
And if it weren’t for the wind, the sun would burn this place away
On this neverending winter’s day
We’re so far away from decency, so far away from dignity
We’ve found paradise in destiny
When you told me what they thought of you
You stand alone in your bravado
You took a picture of a white rock tree
Even a stone can bear intentionality
Far from war and hate and adultry, far from motorways and industry
You should never want to have to leave
And if it weren’t for the wind, the sun would burn your face away
On this neverending winter’s day
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Close (instr.)
03:26
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Waiting For A Rose
03:22
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Waiting For a Rose - Steve Merlin 1996/2003/2008
I can’t fake, you’re so real, though you’re hair wasn’t red before
And you’re mind isn’t here, is it me you were looking for?
Or just a guy, just anyone, in the corner of you’re time
Still you’re beautiful and yet so close, will our love remain a lie to ourselves?
What’s so special about me in this overload of people
Have you seen the light in me, am I not the poisoned apple
Did you fall in love with me, I don’t know what I can tell you
Do you wanna be with me
Do you really wanna see, do you really wanna see
Do you really wanna feel, do you really wanna feel?
Guess I’m waiting for a rose, see me waiting for a rose
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Mind Eye
05:52
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Mind Eye - Steve Merlin 1996/2003/2008
I saw the sun come out today
The rays of light came through the window in the wall
I threw my eyes into the space
Outside the window in the wall
They started rolling 'cross the lake
And turned around to see my image fade away
At last the world laid down to take
Outside my window in the darkness of the day
I can see clearly all around me
Right through the faces in the crowd
I can see the places left without me
Just like the ones I dream about
In my mind eye you can’t see me, I will love you anyway
When you cry and can’t be near me, I will take your heart away
And now your world is at my feet
I float around and feel the presence of it all
In time, our eyes will always meet
Inside an endless stream of treasures
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Final Script For Rodin
05:56
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Final Script For Rodin - Steve Merlin 1991/2003/2008
At the wrong side of these iron bars I gaze at paradise
The red heat burning underneath my scars cannot be felt outside
This cage is hot and cold as ice, the darkness always bright
And I’m alone with everything that’s in and out of sight
And it’s killing me, for I can only write
But now and then I hear her voice
When winds grow cold and trees are like me
Her image is reaching me into my shadows
It reaches for me, it caresses me
But as spring comes to her paradise
It’s stirring my wondering, saddening my days
I’ll have to wait for the fall to arrive
When I touch her again
With only my eyes
With only my eyes, with only my eyes
I wish I could fly
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Liquid Piano (instr.)
03:05
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No Ground
04:33
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No Ground - Steve Merlin 1995/2003/2008
The night is over, the night is over
The night is over now, the night is over now
We stand at the sea-side awake, I shiver and turn ... to you
Watch my memories blow away, as I sit down the sand turns blue
And like never before, a wall would tumble and fall away
Thogh everything falls apart, I will keep every stone for you
We’ll ride on in the sunlight, looking at the tides
Trying to understand why the speechless people hide
Didn’t you know, only time can grow the loved ones
Didn’t you know, the place is never here
I could have tried to bury those things between us
Never again would we speak... and ever hide
How can we stand wide awake, and let our memories blow away
Though the wind will pull them so hard out, you know there’s always the sun again
No reason to ride in the skies, on the thin air, on the floating clouds
When you can always feel it, with all of your body, while you’re still on the ground
When the night is over, when the night is over
When the night is over, the night is over
Now the night is over
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Grow Over It (instr.)
02:43
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Reason
03:04
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Reason - Steve Merlin 1996/2003/2008
All you think all you want, all you keep, all you give
All you see, all you feel, all you breathe, all you live
All you make, all you dare, all you cry all you sing
All you taste, all you smell, all you die, all you win
All the time, all the people, all the love, all the sin
And the girl with the red hair that shower her skin
All the friends that you make, your anytime-brothers
Make wings of your you, and a sun of the others
All your greed, all your lies, all you fear you have missed
All your dreams, all you try, all the tears that you’ve kissed
All is fine, oh you’re crazy, all the times you try to tame me
All the times you amaze me
It’s the reason
The reason
The reason
The reason... to live
I think you’re amazing, but I have gone away
I think you know the reason, don’t know what to say
‘Cause all the times that you leave me, come around and leave me
For all the nice, lovely people, all this time believe me
It’s the reason
The reason to live
The reason
The reason to live...
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Close To The Moon
09:25
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Close To The Moon - Steve Merlin 1997/2003/2008
There’s something beyond the horizons, born on top of the sea
Over the treetops and houses, making it’s way towards me
It must be as thin as a razorblade, or fast as a bullet of light
‘Cause no-one has seen it till this very day
But I know it’s gonna be mine
As long as my mind can remember, the cry of the dream for so long
Down at my feet lies a feather, and Icarus cries from the sun
I feel the wind is drawing near
I can feel her in my face
She has come to pick the time
She has come to pin the place
I feel the wind beneah my skin, feel her drawing through my veins
She’s been asking where I’ve been, she has come to make my day
I feel the wind under my wings, feel her pulling from a cloud
Feel her rushing on around me, feel my feet have left the ground
Feels like sitting on a swing, hanging from a cloud of dreams
When they turn out the lights in the space below
In the back of my mind I hear a thousand souls
Crying fly, fly, fly
They all wanted to get closer to God, and now they are
But I just want to fly high, fly, fly, fly
I am gonna vanish into thin air
I am gonna vanish into thin air
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Baby With The Shadows In Your Head - Steve Merlin 2004/2008
Baby with the shadows in your head
You’ve too much weight upon your back
Forget about the past and don’t look sad
Your eyes are just not meant to look like that
Take a walk into the trees, and taste the blue air, and breathe
Take your friends and take good care, there’s nowhere you’d rather be
Baby with the shadows in your head
That’s too much weight to carry on your back
Learn again to trust in someone new
And find someone as beautiful as you
Cause no-one here can reach you
No-one here can tell
How to make you happy
No-one here but you
Baby you’ve got jewels in your head
There’s nothing more to bend your back
Forget about the past and don’t look sad
Your eyes are just not meant to look like that
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Steve Merlin Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Over 9 years dutch prog rocker Steve Merlin has been working on a story-based double album, to be released in 2025. In 2008 Steve launched his experimental album Closer To The Moon. Between Air And Wing (2013) and prog album Crash Course For Earth (2015), were both recorded with a band: Tom van Veldhoven (drums), Sjef Poels (guitars), Freek Helsper (keys), Rick Weren (bass) and guest musicians. ... more
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