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Final Script For Rodin

from Closer To The Moon by Steve Merlin

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This is the oldest song I wrote and, finally, also recorded. It was written in 1991. Although of course entirely fictional, it definately reflects the mood I was in at the time of writing. The band I was in at the time didn't want to play it, so I saved it for acoustic performances some years later.

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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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from Closer To The Moon, released April 27, 2008

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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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