BITTENCOURT PROJECT LYRICS

1. Dedicate My Soul

Stop!!!
Slanders just distort the truth
Making bad things even worse
I'm sick and tired!
Fed up with your lies!

There's a beast under my bed
It's been haunting my conscience
Where's my notion of good and bad?
Am I losing the war?

Uh! Now the tide is turning
Good vibes are coming
Uh! I've been holding on
Now I'm waiting no longer.

You can't deny our trust is now lost!
Everything decays
No regrets! Uh, where is your shame?
Am I going to insane?

Uh! Now I'm on my own facing the world
Uh! There's no sense at all
I've been struggling alone.

Dedicating my life
Bringing my whispers to you
Wishing this whole war was over
I'm sick and tired, fed up with the lies!
Longing for a moment of truce
And until I'm dead I'll dedicate my soul!

Dedicate it!

Hold your fire!
Get that crown off your head
Barbed wire is wrapped around my sadness

Uh! Uh! Uh! Oh!
Waiting no longer
Uh! Holding on.
I am fighting alone!!!

Dedicating my life
Making your wishes come true
Wishing this whole war was over
I'm sick and tired, fed up with the lies!
Longing for a moment of truce
But until I'm dead I'll dedicate my heart!
When slander just distorts the truth!
Making bad things even worse
Until I'm dead
I'll dedicate my life
Dedicate my mind
Dedicate my soul

Take it!!!

2. Holding Back the Fire

Lay down and surrender
You soldier at arms
Your war will be over when you find peace inside

There's ain't no way around it
No reason to fight
Life's worthwhile when you
Forget you're gonna die

For this minute I'm just fine
All my anger settles down
I'm holding back the fire
Holding back the fire

Words are washing away
Like the paths of my tears
Realigning my thoughts
Through the pages of the years
Stop making it worse!
Must accept what you've got!
Don't live your tomorrows
As just another day
Turn another page and live your life
And live your life

But my heart still bleeds
It's ripping the scars
I'm bearing the suffering
With thorns wounding my heart

I refuse to see!
Am I going blind?
Can't run from burning
When the smoke is in your eyes

You're the only one to be blamed
It's your own sacrifice

Stop looking for justice
That is not how it works
Don't leave for tomorrow
What you can do today
What you can do today
Is change your life
Change your life

But my heart still bleeds
It's ripping the scars
I'm bearing the suffering
With thorns wounding my heart

I refuse to see!
Am I going blind?
Can't run from the burning
When the smoke is in your eyes
It's in your eyes!

For this minute I'm just fine
All my anger settles down
I'm holding back the fire

Holding back the fire
That is ripping my scars
I am bearing the suffering
Holding back the fire

Beware of your anger
Your heart's still on fire
Your war can't be won until
You find some peace inside

Lay down and surrender
You soldier at arms
Can't run from the burning
When you're holding back the fire
Now my anger settles down

3. Torment of Fate

Live or die
You now have to decide
Choices are about to end
I hope you'd understand
That's the Torment Of Fate

In an age when no one cares
We don't live we just survive
Will a single soul outlast this cruel future we have?

Tomorrow could be too late!
When every one is asleep I need you awake

We know the facts
The when and how!
Protect our children.
Teach them how to do their part now!

Cease our own existence
Species calling out
Rotten ecosystems and our options running out

Tomorrow could be the end!
Your future depends on what you decide today

Our fate has to be changed

Live or die
You now have to decide
I hope it's not too late
When black clouds shade the day
That's the Torment Of Fate!

You've got to decide
Your choices are about to end
I hope you understand
That's the torment!
That's the Torment Of Fate!

4. The Dark Side of Love

Words whispered in my ears
Silencing my tears
Lightening up once more
The Dark Side of Love

Fears turning into tears
Please don't say a word
The silence of your glare and the void
Coming from your stare are more then enough

Year after year
I lived in a world of make believe
I turned off the lights
Laid on my bed
The face in the mirror said I was sad
So I decided. I swore to God
One day I'll drive out these shadows of love

Year after year
Your write the words and I play the scene
I turn on the light
Get off the bed
Stare at the mirror but still I am sad
Make all my vows and I swear to God
One day I'll drive out these shadows of love!

With all my heart and all my faith
I hope it's not too late for a change

Year after year
I lived in a world of make believe
Now I've decided
To howl at the world
And open the windows that lead to my soul
I've realized all on my on
That all my sorrow has finally gone

With all my heart and all my faith
I know it's not too late for a change
I know it's never too late for a change

Words silencing my tears
Lengthening up once more
The Dark Side of Love

5. Nightfly

Fly away
From the twilight to the dawn
All my dreams
Drag me to another world
Feels like I'm in heaven
From my head down to my toes

Right out the shadows
Waking my deepest reflections
Clear as a photograph
An age-old yellow house

In the days
Trough the nights
I cannot let this picture out of my mind

Recalling the moments that drowned
In the ocean of my dreams
Wiping the dust off the drawers inside my memories

In the days, trough the nights
I can't let go these feelings I have inside

In this Neverland I roam
In this Neverland I roam

Beams of sunlight landing on the green
Are the angels falling in disguise
Hiding and seeking the toys in the attic inside my soul
Struck in between the nightmares and dreams
And I still cannot let it go

In this Neverland I roam
In this Neverland I roam
But I know that I will come no more through that door

Ah! Daydream! Nightfly!
No time to waste!

Hush now, dear boy, quiet!
No time to waste!

Rush now, poor boy, hurry before
There is no other way out through that closing door
Over, over
Over this place I go to hide
Over, over
Now the sun is down, ad your time is up
Hurry! You'll never walk away.

When I'm lost in this Neverland I roam
In this Neverland I roam
Now I know I won't go through that door
'Cause I know there is no way out for me anymore

Fly away through the night
Where my spirit resides
Where suns shine in your eyes
Where dimensions collide

And the night flies, far away
To a sunny day
Some day.

6. The Underworld

Is it the end of the world?
Then who will save our souls?
Maybe the end of the world, we know
And the birth of another

Is it the end of the line?
Wasn't the good boy always right
Above the circles of light
Shifting the sands of our time

Raising my head to the skies

Those days about to come
Stand up, no time to be numb
Answers that I will never know
For the questions we hold
What would be waiting for us?

Raising my head to the skies
The reason will rule our lives
The quest for the light

Come to the underworld
Where secrets remain untold
Under the twilight zone
The underworld, the underworld!
Inside of you, unclear
The world unknown

Raising my face to the skies
Saving my faith, it's so
I don't understand
I've been riding on the edge of this time
Tracking the light

Lost in the underworld
The questions disturb my soul
Under the twilight zone
The underworld
The secrets remain untold
Far from the world above
The underworld, the underworld!
Is driving me insane
For who am I?

7. Faded

Long ago
Once upon a time
Our fairytale turned into a tragedy

Spinning around
The endless carousel
Beautiful sunshine then grey stormy weather

Rowing up the river's flow
As the waters shape the rocks
Heart-witness of this crime of love

What went wrong?
In our enchanted world
Where you and I would grab the falling stars

Gradually sinking in our daily lives
We've dug our graves and buried love inside

Left aside
Worn out passion
Disregarded like a broken toy

On and on along the way
As the waters reach the ocean
Doubts remaining silent in our minds

What went wrong?
Left with an empty song
You and I could break the laws of time
I would jump into the falling stars
But I don't know the reason why
... Faded

What went wrong?
In our enchanted world
You and I could catch the falling stars
No return. I can't go back in time
When I didn't find the words
Lost the chance to show my love
But now I know the reason why

Our love has faded into time
No one is to blame
Just like a rose it was meant to die
Faded in a vase
Memories remain

Our love has faded into time
No one is to blame
Just like a rose it was meant to die
Faded in a vase
Memories remain

Our love has faded like a rose
That's the way it goes
It was disregarded in the rain
Faded in a vase
Memories remain

Memories remain
Faded like a rose
That's the way it goes!

8. Santa Teresa

Come over! On to the virgin ground
Deep where the forest sounds
Take you away

Oh! In the woods where the countryside
Reaches for hidden skies
Escaping away

Climbing the hills and the mountains
Of Santa Teresa
Breathing the air and the blues skies of a sunny day

Blow, so strong,
The winds from the mountains high
Rest at the riverside
Fading away

Go up high to a place where the waterfalls
Slide down the rock-cliff walls
Splashing away

Climbing the hills and the mountains
Of Santa Teresa
Feeling the breeze and the blue skies of a sunny day

Climbing the hills and the mountains
Of Santa Teresa
Under the thunder-blue skies of a sunny day

All my innocence was lost along the way
Another day is over

Take me to this place I always will remember
Throw all my ashes on that land

9. O Pastor

[originally by Madredeus]

[Pedro Ayres Magalhães e Madredeus]

(A barca da fantasia...
O sonho acaba tarde...)

Ai que ninguém volta
Ao que já deixou
Ninguém larga a grande roda
Ninguém sabe onde é que andou

Ai que ninguém lembra
Nem o que sonhou
Aquele menino canta
A cantiga do pastor

Ao largo
Ainda arde
A barca
Da fantasia
E o meu sonho acaba tarde
Deixa a alma de vigia

(A barca da fantasia... Sonho acaba tarde... Não Jamais!)

Ai que ninguém lembra
Nem o que sonhou
Aquele menino canta
A cantiga do pastor

Ao largo
Ainda arde
A barca
Da fantasia
E o meu sonho acaba tarde
Deixa a alma de vigia
Ao largo
Ainda arde
A barca
Da fantasia
E o meu sonho acaba tarde
Acordar eu não queria

Ao largo
Ainda arde
A barca da fantasia
E o meu sonho acaba tarde
Deixa a alma de vigia
Ao largo
Ainda arde
A barca da fantasia
E o meu sonho acaba tarde
Acordar eu não queria

Não ninguem voltou
Jamais

10. Comendo Melancia

[Instrumental]

11. Primeiro Amor

[Instrumental]

12. Nacib Véio

[Bonus Track]

Êta Nacib Véio
Meu amigo pra daná!
Come farinha e macarrão até não se agüenta.

Eu não sou marinheiro, não
Eu sou mesmo é capitão!
E eu não navego por dinheiro
Meu navio é a emoção

Tia Preta tira o leite da teta da vaca!
Tiroleia, tiroleia na teta da vaca!

João falou pro irmão:
Adão coma o feijão!

Era boi, senta poeira boi!
Era boi, senta no pó!
Era boi, senta poeira boi!
Era boi senta no pó, é nóis!

Êta Nacib Véio!

Era boi, senta poeira boi!
Era boi, senta no pó!
Era boi, senta poeira boi!
Era boi senta no pó, é nóis!

Êta Nacib Véio!
Meu amigo pra daná!
Seu pai morreu tão cedo lhe restou foi trabalhar!

Eu não sou marinheiro, não
Eu sou mesmo é capitão!
E eu não navego por dinheiro
Faço isto por paixão!

Tia Preta tira o leite da teta da vaca!
Tiroleia, tiroleia na teta da vaca!

João falou pro irmão:
Adão coma o feijão!

Abre a janela deixa o sol entrar
Casca de canela, aroma de chá

Raspa de tacho, cama de gato, madrugada
Bico de pato, bicho do mato, lua cheia

Pano de prato, uva no cacho, Goiabada
Briga de galo, pisa no calo, rinha cheia

Ai ai! A comida na mesa, esperando o pai,
Severina e Teresa chorando!

Ai, ai! Esperando o pai...

Fogo de palha, morte no cais, assustada.
Príncipe sapo, beijo engasgado. E a sereia?







BITTENCOURT PROJECT LYRICS