After always having liked all Godzilla was a Friend of mine concerts in the Würzburg area I went to I remember great afternoons/evenings in Spring 2015 Matthias [vocals in gwafom] and I were spending together in order to plan this release. Mostly you would plan and arrange releases communicating via mail, even if the people you’re collaborating with are in the same city you are nowadays, so this was a really nice change .
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Listen here:
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Godzilla was a friend of mine are Mathias (vocals), Simon (guitar), Sven (guitar), Florian (bass) and Manuel (drums).
Postrock, postpunk something band from Würzburg, Germany.
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Pressing Info:
500 white 180g vinyl. They come in a beautiful gatefold Cover.
Product: Life and function 12″ LP
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Track List with lyrics:
Faithful Patrones
From the bronze tinted glass
the doors that separate us – the patio
the view has an antique quality
the picture that`s displayed through the doors – a memory
has the quality of an old wrinkled photograph – an old wrinkled photograph
still reflective but depressed while the blurred imagine is turned counter-clockwise
A slight click and the sound of wheels gliding across well-greased tracks
Traveler take a rest not like thunder more like storm
liquid steal on your tongue on your tongue
when you caught fire that night different dreams and different types
clean your thoughts for the first time
Still reflective but depressed while the burled imagine is turned counter-clockwise
A slight click and the sound of wheels gliding across well-greased tracks
across the landscapes of memories
and the fingerprints of a young hand now visible – now visible in the warm light
I breath in and I breath out
the first time for – no second found
It feels so cold to be that way
we just exist we just exist
Stepping back and allow to resemble the inner conflict
it looks like that you would find a resting at the base of this cold ground
left there dirty left there by faithful patrons the images are slightly visible
I breath in and I breath out
the first time for – no second found
It feels so cold to be that way
we just exist we just exist
Possession becomes passion
and we just fall apart
passion becomes obsession
and we go back to the start
Pelican
Coloured guidelines on your road and in your head that lead you to the secret
repeat your words just one more time I will listen – just one more time
an old man on a swing
the world in between
a dead end road the major theme of your life
is just a portrait of the past
Oh strange lights that shine from out the barn where and when have we found the consistence?
hits and hearts were broken and fixed by songs and the hymns – the hymns of our times
Attempt attempt – small example and prettiness – oh my – prettiness passed by
Promises are even though just words at all – we heard – plenty of
We`ll see where it will end
get shipwrecked Odyssey
a tangle of a hundred rumours of once was
Oh strange lights that shine from out the barn where and when have we found the consistence?
hits and hearts were broken and fixed by songs and the hymns – the hymns of our times
rather life or rather die? the concerns lived while the consciousness died
Noise
He reached no arm
no rope to hold
a deep breath
it sounds so cold
The water crystal so crystal clear
The boat on surface
stood quiet and still
there was no breeze no waste of time
A few seconds and gone his life
No mercy
Ode to the beauteousness of the sea
the billow and softness
your sweat kisses that leave a salty taste
Have a heart!
Have a heart!
He reached the rope
no use to hold
a strong hitch
and flesh did rip
The water crystal so crystal clear
And dark it turned the depth came cold
a flickering like lightning bolt
And all that filled and filled his lungs and strings that pulled him down
the black cold ground a ceiling dead and faint and faint the eye turned red
creatures of the deep sea ground his body was a feast to them
his body lost in deep black holes
Ode to the beauteousness of the sea
the billow and softness
your sweat kisses that leave a salty taste
Ode to the relentlessness of the sea the rogue wave and the energy
your unsustainable hunger
your maw
that swallows everyone and everything
anyone and everything
Golden Puma
Hold your hands on the cart
pick up pick up and hide
your muscles start to strain
no rest no rest
broken glass straying cats
the radio – radio
transistor box
on and off
your fashion shoes
the latest hits
let`s dance
Eyes of the hawk
ears of the wolf
strength of the bear
he will come to get you
Time is running
got new trainers
running – running – fast
tight on heels
fit so good
start duration
run forever
needs no silver
want’s some gold
hunts for it
Kills for it
the golden puma follows the trail
Eyes of the hawk
ears of the wolf
strength of the bear
he will come to get you
Watch out watch out
too fast too fast
the friction of the strangers in your eyes
Electricity in the air
it’s the blasting blocks
the freckles and spots
across your field of view
Eyes of the hawk
ears of the wolf
strength of the bear – he will come to get you
Paper cuts skin
I killed my time with you
just no need to feel real
we’re moving quickly to the rim
falling deep and deep we’d fallen
the first time the first love
Oh kissing loving shaking kissing
Oh kissing loving shaking kissing
You sang the body electric
brought the pulse that was not found
lost within the needles beats of engine pumps
I keep turning you keep turning but each within different ways
no longer we can kill the time with needles chasing, charmed and smile
this time I may nor miss neither deny
but routine is a steady thing that keeps crawl and crawling in
No fast beats
no bliss
no fever to break out
your love is running out
it’s running out of sound
and I’m looking for a flight to a land so deep inside
where the mountains and the sea built a fortress where to hide
We cannot proceed when we always live in the past
your mother told you so and you did listen
living in a hurry is not first class when all you know sounds like a cracking crystal bowl
Oh kissing loving shaking kissing
Oh kissing loving shaking kissing
You sang the body electric
brought the pulse that was not found
lost within the needles beats of engine pumps
It’s becoming daily business
no harm no stress
just like friends sleeping side by side
no big struggle no big fight
we’re breaking up just like childhood friends next door
When I look at you it’s like a drawing sketch of a ghost
you turned to be a ghost
No fast beats
no bliss
no fever to break out
your love is running out
it is running out of sound
and I´m looking for a flight to a land so deep inside
where the mountain and the sea built a fortress where to hide
Where is you teenage love?
The feeling so warm in your chest
when touching her the first time
All became so common and you became a ghost
desperate me – desperate you
So find this tags of memories and keep them deep inside
so deep no one will find
search the rapids and decline
keep them deep inside
for the good times
so deep no one will find
Poe
We started and we remained steady
hours in your flat
that saved our souls from being mute
dimmed bulb at long nights to catch the atmosphere sounds and disappear
but lasting friendship will remain
all the stories told
and all the trouble solved
but there had to come one day
A starry hope that did arise but to be overcast
a voice from out the future cries too bright to last
We just lived our life’s different places different times
brothers at the heart from the start
time is cracking pretty frames visions and it fades
to remain like shadows a short time
A starry hope that did arise but to be overcast
my spirit hovering lies motionless aghast
Such language holds the solemn sea to the sands upon the shore
shall bloom the thunder blasted tree or the stricken eagle soar?
And all my days are trances
and all my nightly dreams
are where the gray eyed glances
and where the footstep gleams
Plastic Diamond
It’s a pigeon quest
to search the plastic ring
while traffic lights
they turn red
and everything that’s around goes slow – goes slow
City structure – paper maps
pay attention where’s no need to
Cool soft drinks and candy pops
wending machines and children dreams
a blooming haze a crystal sting
so sweat so sweat
Destination is no longer
worth a question destination
Oh lines and chords and strings
in choirs they together sing
Oh lines and chords and strings
and lines and chords and
in choirs they together sing
in choirs they together sing
Plastic diamonds they don’t shine forever
wooden ships they won’t swim forever
there’s only few that lasts that lasts a lifetime
plastic diamonds they don’t shine forever
Waves Inside
Oh it’s when we dive into the ocean
with the waves inside our hearts to shake
and the slight rain with the films and the sounds in the pillow filled rooms
rhythm and control deep and full of joy
nevertheless there is a fraud
that caught – appeared from now and then
How far?
An end?
Dare a leap – of faith
never easy never good
pessimistic I
I dare and you obey
a magician in your eye.
Often caught within a thought
and a steady weakness calls
yourself to overdo it on and on
A meaning is a sense for some but reasons can be hard to find
If necessary? Oh for sure to life within the patterns.
How far?
An end?
Dare a leap – of faith – have faith!
never easy never good
pessimistic I
I dare and you obey
a magician in your eye.
never easy never good
pessimistic I I become a retrospective – looking glass of time
Dagger
They send their ships from far away
sails strongly blown by future storms
started with the tempest feelings
woken from the sirens dreams
a draft mature
coast versus coast
the emperor seeks for revenge
struck by a silver string
the wave culture emerged
I serve you dear
oh emperor
desire you my dear
your like a dagger in my chest
temper temper
I’m like a dagger in your chest
Oh my dearest enemy
fair enough you played your game
each time we met on battlefields
both grown old and full of greed
the numbness bred by both of us
and wasteland grew upon our leadership
and all the sins that we caused, while hunting for more
did not come to an end
we once were friends of a noble mind
but the world forced us not to grin – to grin and not to smile
How can you even it out…with the dead eyes in mind
while you are drinking to the glory of the good old times
When you think about the people while you cry for more – you cry for more
How can you even it out with the dead eyes in mind
while you are drinking to the glory of the good old times
When you think about the people will you cry for more – you cry for more
How can you even it out…
How can you even it out…
Struck by a silver string
the wave culture emerged
I serve you dear
oh emperor
desire you my dear
your like a dagger in my chest
temper temper
I’m like a dagger in your chest
Life and function
Lost in thoughts lost in time
with no outcome
waste away
just to exist
build up homes for someone’s dreams
Life and function
Waste away
The beat of life just an event
terrace houses
construction sides
social structures social state
expectations tight defeat
Life and function
Built up an tear down
assimilation waste away
waste away
what’s zeitgeist anyway?
All those paper books and pages torn
we’re overwhelmed
landscapes may illuminate
like fields of gold
motion captured in between
random action – random noise
the lake, the sea, a field of ice
the nature sounds that nice
Motion captured in between
random action random noise
the lake the sea a field of ice
mountain goats on Zion’s top
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Life and function 12″ LP was released on the 26th of June 2015 by Godzilla was a friend of mine and Krimskramz.