All music & lyrics © 2005 by Bart van Dalen.

FINDEL ENTERS THE SHADOWLANDS


in the shadowlands
there's a little girl that takes you by the hand
but the hand of god
might pull you back into the ship i've set apart

in the shadowlands
there's a little girl that takes you by the hand
they won't stand a chance
'cause it's the little girl which owns the better plans

make it out through the night
leaving all the trash behind
that's a hand i'd like to feel all my life
i think it's safe to have her by
'cause there's a gamepad in her mind
and after all that's the part i have lost last time

(yes that's the path i have lost last time)

path of glory we all like it
but there's no one to apply it
and as you spoke i watched the tv
while you gently called a meeting
little girl i must admit that
you're a princess while we just met
path of glory we all like it
and there's someone to apply it

make it out through the night
leaving all the trash behind
that's a hand i'd like to feel all my life
i think it's safe to have her by
'cause there's a gamepad in her mind
and after all that's the part i have lost last time

(the path i've lost last time!!!)

BURNIN' ON SUNDAY


echo
my echo
first row
at our show
oh my, i am burnin' on sundays

this may
we're dismayed
warm x-rays
on our displays
oh my, i get warm in so many ways

because you're so adorable
and oh you're so wonderful
i think we're both so beautiful
and please, will you just catch me when i fall?

i forget my sadness
we finally let it pass
can't you clean these ashtrays
i get so warm when i burn on sundays
i get so warm when i burn on sundays
i get so warm when i burn on sundays
i get so warm that i'll burn on sunday
i am so warm that i'll burn on the next sunday

PROZAC SONG


i am sending all my spaceships
to kiss your super soft lips
that'll launch my afterburn

i am cruising on with lightspeed
to find a place where we meet
and we'll head for saturn

bury me in your planet
tonight
i want to make it right
3 2 1 liftoff-night
a starship 'prozac' ride.

i want to crash right in you
or walk with flashlights into
the cave of our first kiss

bury me in your planet
tonight
i want to make it right
3 2 1 liftoff-night
a starship 'prozac' ride.

in the beginning of my crusade
i didn't know you were just a fate.
now we're the raiders of our lost ark
searching for facts just because we love.
the truth is you what else can it be?
i'll never escape you and me.

FINISH THIS SENTENCE: "OH CONTESTANT..."


oh contestant can't you see
i want you to be my VIP
i'm the contest
you're the prize
let's win some tickets
to a paradise

just give me
your very best
they will call you
when you've passed
take my quiz;
i'll give you this:
a book with answers
and a kiss.

oh contestants can't you see
there's only one winner for me
there's no contest
nor a price
there's just my vision
of a paradise

where you lie
next to me
on a towel
near the sea
you took my quiz
i gave you this
a big vacation
and a kiss.

GERMAN MOVIE


have you ever seen my blazer,
or my computer of the unprotected company?
you distract me like a phaser,
you're just swirling round
but never seem to be touching me.

take me outside
'cause the factory's down

had no breakfast, skipped my supper.
missed my baby cause the walkietalkie didn't work.
had no breakfast: ate a whopper,
and the good news is
that I'll just call myself a jerk.

take me outside
'cause the factory's down.

and it looks good,
you're playing in a german movie
it looks good,
i see you in my german movie
it looks good,
there are eight teens in my german movie
it looks good,
they're downloading my german movie

EXPEDITION (THEN, I, ELLE)


through the ozon of my heart
i feel the gravity
you've made a cosmic trip with your dart
we are in love, aren't we?
and all the fussy cosmonauts
they drive the moon-machine
so my heart will pull your polar star

you're my sun my moon my mars
you are my universe
do you mind if i explore it
with my thunderbirds
expedition 'then, i, elle'
will always be the first
i want to drive your solar car

SAVED BY PRIVATE RYAN


the screenshot i have made this time
is a scene that looks so fine
the freezer's full of older pics
warm my fireplace with this

it was the night that we were dancing in the army
you used your tender kiss to shoot the other side
it was the night i broke the law, she had to call me
but while i broke some bones you came and saved the mine

thought a heart was on it's place
when it's warm but in this case
rockets burn my flesh and blood
which means that my heart gets hot

i never thought i started fighting in the army
but you're another darling in an uniform
i never thought i'd start a battle in the first place
but with your ghost i couldn't take it anymore

are you the one?

the snowfall is chasing me
the streetlights are facing me
like you do

the lions are after me
the sawtooths are breaking me
cutting me in two

where's my escape plan?

LOVE ON THE NORTHPOLE


ice cold, but that's no excuse
she makes me offers i cannot refuse
she drives me around on her snowy mobile
she iz da BOMB near my mom's morning meal

i'm running, crawling and jumping around
the warmth lies inside the coat that i found
i'm the sweat on your head on a hot summer day
i want you for life, is that okay?

long-night-crawling
late-time-struggling
(but the) fire-keeps-burning
love-we're-earning

i'm running, crawling, jumping around
the warmth lies inside the coat that i found
with your arm next to mine yeah that must be a sign
you and me plus love it equals 'fine'.

we are up
they are down
we are sky
and they are ground
won't return
it's our goal
it's our love on the northpole

2 CUTE 4 U


pics of our quest:
off your desktop now.
pics of our mess:
never made it to the wall.

rain from your eye:
on my t-shirt now.
rain from the sky
makes the flowers grow.

never found the roots of our unconsciousness.
is that why we're here?
to end relationships, more or less?

i think my heart and body belongs to you.
i think i am the right person under you.
i thought the rest was familiar to you?
i thought you thought i was 'so too cute' for you?

i am too cute for you guys
i am too cute for you guys
i am too cute for you guys
i am too cute for you guys
i am too cute for you guys
i am too cute for you guys

don't think that i'm
such a mental coach.
(haha) no, i am just
such a cockroach, cockroach.

rain from my eye:
on your trousers now.
rain from the sky
makes our flowers grow,
forever -

think that my heart and body belongs to you.
i think that i am the right person under you.
i thought the rest was familiar to you?
i thought you thought i was 'so too cute' for you?

i am too cute for you guys
i am too cute for you guys
i am 2 cute 4 U guys
i am too cute 4 U guys
i am too cute 4 u guys
etcetera, etcetera

IT'S A 'POINT 'N CLICK'- ADVENTURE GAME WITH OUTSTANDING GRAPHICS


pixels running through your veins
i don't care cause pixels make
you something sweet and beautiful

trees are falling on my floor
this might trigger level four
don't want to struggle anymore

take your place in this world of mine
I'll create your perfect line
you don't want the fame
you want my adventure game

color's set to your bit rate
got your story on my plate
I've tried to push the darkest door

take your place in this world of mine
I'll create your perfect line
you don't like the name
you like my adventure game

point 'n click me tonight

PAPER PINS AND PEPPERMINTS


it's over now
where have we been
taste the air
and let's run home

paper pins and peppermints
all of this
it changed my tone

it's dangerous
it's dangerous
all of this
it changed my tone

clap your hands
and sing with me
i've always known
my priority

it's dangerous
it's dangerous
all of this
was meant to be

(hey you, don't i know you)
(hey you, don't i know you)
(hey you, don't i know you)
every time i see your face
i want to meet again
cause everytime we met
i felt the heartbeatwham!
and when we say goodbye
i want to hold you tight
so we can walk together
to the morning light
(hey you, may i know you?)
(hey you, may i know you?)

PRESENT FOR ALICE


present for alice
she was a star
the first one that made me start crying

present for alice
she won the war
a laughter while soldiers were dying

where is she now?
where is she now?
the dinner is cold
and the fire is out

where is she now?
where is she now?
the family's asking
for her to come out

present for kelly
a romantic love
but a climax with deafening silence

present for kelly
a voice from above
said 'sail her to one of those islands'

where is her name?
where is her name?
i think of the day i left her in the rain

where is her name?
where is her name?
she packed all her stuff and she couldn't explain

i sit on my sofa
there is nothing i won
(and) again the tv is turned on

UTOPIA


in utopia, that's what i want with you.
in utopia, that's what i want to do.
in utopia, we'll leave the rest behind.
in utopia, it's this place i cannot find.

there's no clock that says
"the minutes left are few"
there's a sign that sings
"the population's: '2'"

and if we break, i won't take,
but then we'll use this fire-escape.
it might be your real dream,
but you won't get awake.

JK ROWLING


i saw her in the moonlight
brought her to the streetlights
it was the first time, in her eyes.

like jk rowling said
like jk rowling said
it's magic i have met
it's magic i have met

i grabbed her by the hands and
we walked into the cold sand
i touched her cheek and saw a smile

like jk rowling said
like jk rowling said
it's magic i have met
it's magic i have met

i showed her all my movies
and kissed her in the weekends.
but our thoughts ran for a while.

we went into the forest
saw fairytales and goblins
we went for stars but saw the dark.

like jk rowling said
like jk rowling said
it's magic i have met
it's magic i have met
i think about you twice
i think about you twice
i thought it would be nice
to start a paradise

took her by the hand and
walked into the cold sand
i found a picture with a smile

I AM NOT SO ROYAL


blame my gaming device
shoot my closed eyes
call me, i won't reply
it's my darkest side

blame the hole in my hands
all the cash i spend
don't want you in my store
you will scream for more

and while the rain comes down
i am drowning in my crown
and while my tears are blown
i am burning all the thrones
scream it out loud
for the last time

come on, time to wake up
i'm a boss, i am tough
i want you in my shop
cause i sell social thoughts

and while the rain comes down
i am drowning in my crown
and while it falls on me
i am crying, can't you see?!
crying out loud
for the last time

THE BEST CRY OF ALL TIMES


i want a conversation
i wanted you to know
that i so badly miss you
just wanted you to show

that i have made mistakes, and,
it's very hard to say
but i just miss you

it's not another story
it's not another lie
i've tried the other sides, but,
they weren't worth a try

i cannot say 'i'm sorry'
i better walk away
although i miss you

i must apply
for the best cry of all-times
it's so much i'd like to run
away with you

ON LAND, AT SEA AND IN THE AIR


and when my logics die,
i am on your side.
and when my sneakers fly,
i'm the first to fight.

'cause here's a stalker.
a winner and a 'Walker' (Texas Ranger),
you're still my hero,
my personal 'deNiro'

i'll praise you in the sky.
brother, don't get shy.
it cannot be our time,
i'd rather want a lie.

i'll try to pay your taxes,
cause i don't want them for free,
i don't care 'bout the value or inflation.
i'll swim to find an island,
i will search the deepest sea.
i'll drive the dakar-rally for adventure,
adventure:

our car is broken/fixed
and my stomach's making noise.
we really want to help ourselfs
but we don't have a choice.

so we just walk around

TRACTOR


maybe i'm just a
tractor-ride for ya
that i move too slow down your
long and wildest road

maybe i'm just a
boring guy for ya
although i won't believe
that for i'm kinda sweet

all these boys they are
of the same sort they are
driving fast cars on you
while i work hard to move

you're the one
that i want
don't give up
you were wrong
but you're young
don't fuck up

since when do you like sportscars?
and trips to distant stars?
is it my strangelove for you
at least i give you truth

i'm the one
that you want
don't give up
he's no fun
we're both young
don't fuck up

all these months i drove my wheels
on your perfect road
just to drive to explosions in my heart?

I'M FINE


so,
shall i kick off with the bad news?
we've had a year full of abuse

and lies
there was some love
there were some fights
but was it all
for this prize
a bitter view
in your eyes?

'cause i would die
to see you cry
of what you tried
that thursday night

you should have called me
to say "i'm sorry"
but that's part of your poisoned pride

why did you want me?
i sure am sorry
for this waste of precious time
thirty different ways to die
you've thrown away your chance to shine
and now i am proud to say: i'm fine