Lyrics - Nicola Testa

 We have a love without fears
Building brittle castles of our dreams
We swill the water of our tears
Alive, aloud, aware
We bleed
We are vulnerable
We are rainbows
Live for the magic of
Living a magical
Eternal youth
Those pills they only make you sleep
And slow drugs they will never ease
But all the love you’re begging for
Just try to run for more
From the mantle to the core
Somehow you know youʼll have to glow
We are vulnerable
We are rainbows
Live for the magic of
Living a magical
Eternal youth
I blur the colours of my soul
I pour some water and I brighten shadows
Across a bridge I shouldn’t go
Walking under rain and under gold
Oh should I cross this immature rainbow ?
We are vulnerable
We are Rainbows
Live for the magic of
Living a magical
Eternal youth
I tiptoe
Round your door
If you knew me more
Would you love me then?
Sticks and songs
Can you feel them in your bones?
You should know
They would only let you go
If you jump in
Strings are attached
I don’t want to be alone for the ride
I don’t want to be the last to know
I wanna take you there
Safe and sound
Even if we go to lost and found
Event if we don’t know what it’ll cost
I wanna take you there
Pull my bonds
Bite my lips
If you hurt me more
I will love you, still
Sticks and stones
Will they finally break our bones?
When the world will know
It will never let us go
So quick jump in
Strings are attached
I don’t want to be alone for the ride
I don’t want to be the last to know
I wanna take you there
Safe and sound
Even if we go to lost and found
Event if we don’t know what it’ll cost
I wanna take you there
I’ll take you there
Strings are attached
I don’t want to be alone for the ride
I’ll never leave you here
I’ll never leave you here
You better wake you up
Sing along to my heart's choir now
There ain't much more to do but know your rhymes
Pick me up
Take me back to your dark Cadillac
There ain't much more to do but drive it out
And ride the track
We all celebrate
When I open up
Giving my love too fast
We all celebrate
When I open up
My kind of KOKO heart
You better wake you up
Sing along to the sick song I write
My heart is aching
Keep On Keeping on
My body's so tired
Shake it up
Blow it out
My balloon full of spines
Feel it pumping
squeeze it
It will do no harm
Let me show you how
Ho How - I do
Your love - Like I do
I'll tell you - This time
If you do it - This love
As I want you to
We all celebrate
When I open up
Giving my love too fast
We all celebrate
When I open up
My kind of KOKO heart
But now you're waiting for somebody
You're waiting for anyone who wants to
Turn my love into life
Waiting for anybody, you’re waiting for anyone who wants to...
We could only do the way I want us to do
Turn my love into life…
We all celebrate
When I open up
Giving my love too fast
We all celebrate
When I open up
My kind of KOKO heart
Iʼve seen the sun burning out
The premise of a brand new hope
Down in your cave
Moving shades
A lap dog for your brand new soap
I figured out what was wrong
In your Babylon
You gonna save the world
But watch me first
And learn
You gonna save the world
So grab a gun
And run
You gonna save the world
Youʼd better do what you should
Youʼd better save the last dance
And do it before it goes wrong
You gonna save the world
Youʼd better rock the girls
Youʼd better watch your TV
And say you wanna love me more
Iʼve seen the lions on the rock
The way the water strikes and strokes
My crocodile is on fire
Maybe should have fed that boy
My Babylon for junk
My kingdom for a horse
You gonna save the world
Youʼd better do what you should
Youʼd better save the last dance
And do it before it goes wrong
You gonna save the world
Youʼd better rock the girls
Youʼd better watch your TV
And say you wanna love me more
The world is saved now
Down
Down by the river
A deal was made
A deal was made
Tattoos
Made of water
Through your skin
So can you swim?
So let's swear by the river
We will meet again
We should dive in the river
It will
Cover the colours
Colour the clouds
If we’ve got the power
We will conquer
The Land of Glass
Cover the colours
Colour the clouds
Cover the lovers
It will guide us to
The Land of Glass
Choke
When you say you're a soldier
The war is not over
Let the scars and stains and waves guide you away
You say "Hey, light up the water"
With a mouthful of terror
Now it's time to prove that you've got the power
Push me into the river
I will grab your hand
Now let's dive in the river
It will...
Cover the colours
Colour the clouds
If we’ve got the power
We will conquer
The Land of Glass
Cover the colours
Colour the clouds
Cover the lovers
It will guide us to
The Land of Glass
Did you give me love?
I suppose so - I’m sure
Did I give you love?
I’ve tried - Tried so hard
I would like to say
How hard I…
I would like to say to you
My heart
You could be anywhere
You are everywhere
So I will
Go right through the light breeze
Go right through the highways
Go right through the leaves
Trying hard to say
Go right through the mountains
Go right through the trees
I’ll be running
Did you give me love?
What you gave is what I have to bear now
And why do you hate me so much oh love
Do you forget the loss I have to bear
Searching for a trace of love
Looking for a core of trust
Go right through your light breeze
Go right through your highways
Go right through your leaves
I will find the way
Go right through your mountains
Go right through your trees
I’ll be running
Calling out your name
You will
Go right through my light breeze
Go right through my highways
Go right through my leaves
You will find a way
Go right through my mountains
Go right through my trees
I’ll be waiting
You will find me there
I hope you will
I wish you will
Around me
Around me
Around you
Around us
Nothing else
But losers
The party is over
And I am not tired
Are you?
The party is over now
Do you
Do you
Do you
Do you know
What it
What it takes to take
Some of
Some of those
Little cakes
They say
Eat me
You need me
It will make you grow
Faster
Make you so
Stonger
Make you
I will make you glow
Brighter
Make you so
stronger
Make you
Higher
Things I try
Try to hide
Things you notice
Things you never leave for me
Draw a line
Hidden behind my purple smile
Unless you want it to be blue
Have you ever tried your witchcraft on someone like me?
Have you?
With a lovely pride, my magic light
Will break your charm in two
Try your Voodoo Pie
Made in your bayou
Thing is I lie to you
I lie to you and I like it
I guess you know the truth
You know the truth
But donʼt want it
My hovercraft is drifting on your water
Billowing on waves swirling from you
My muddy eyes, your homing missile
Should I try to tell you what I wanted to do?
Have you ever tried your witchcraft on someone like me?
Have you?
Oh my army of lies
It goes so fast
Will you ever catch it, will you?
Facing your front line
Retreating my platoon
Thing is I lie to you
I lie to you and i like it
I guess you know the truth
You know the truth but donʼt want it
Thing is I lie to you
I lie to you and you know it
I guess you know what I do
Know what I do
And you like it
This little wonder
This little game
What I can do with matches in my hands
Catch my helicopter as it flies into flames
Thing is I lie to you
I lie to you and i like it
I guess you know what I do
Know what I do
But you like it
I know there‘ll be nobody else
To break your heart
The way I did it
I know there’ll be nobody else
To break my heart
The way you never will
Last night, my cup of tea turned into a glass of wine
My tears turned into seas
And my dreams were organized
We know that no one will save us from this blackhole
No super mass - I guess
I know there’ll be nobody else to win
My heart again
I know there’ll be no more silence - no pain
No lies - I swear
Forgive me
Forgive what I did
Forgive me
Forgive what I did
I know there’ll be nobody else
To fill my heart
With liquid cement
I know there’ll be nobody else
To break my heart
The way you never…
I know there is no need to hesitate
‘cause I’m on fire
I know only I can pull the pin
Out of your heart
Out of fire
Forgive me
Forgive what I did
Forgive me
Forgive what I did
I beg you to give me a second chance
I beg you to let me take your hand - again
I know now
I know I’m your man
Forgive me
Forgive what I did
Oh the days
Oh the days
Will I ever get through?
As I try to run away
They bring me back to you
Oh the days
Oh the days
Well they don’t give a clue
Spirit Stories
Anyway
I don’t know what to do
I still miss you
As the days go away
They leave nothing but you
What they say
What they say
You gotta live for 2
What it takes
What it gives
To have a dream of you
Spirit Stories
Anyway
They still don’t give a clue
I still miss you
If you come back
For a night
If you come back
Stay a while
If I write a song
Will you sing it with me?
Through the silver bays
Through the glossy fields
If I cry a river
Will you swim to me?
Tell me that you will
Tell me that you will
Tell me
If I eat the sun
Will you still shine on me?
Through the Riviera
Through the Violet fields
From the Otherside
Will you comfort me?
Tell me that you will
Tell me that you will
Tell me
No more rainbows
No more sound
No more golden bourbon in your tinted glass
No more fuzzy pastels
No more rising sun
Take these training wheels off your bicycle
You know
What you have to know
I know by now
That you have to go
No more rainbows
‘Cause they fade away
It takes a second to lose what you have today
All the wheels
All the love
All the way
Oh there must be a place where the colours stay
I know
That you have to go
Could you just tell me now
Where you have to go?
I guess you know where rainbows
Know where rainbows end
I guess you…
No more rainbows
They all pass away
You should have known that you would lose the game
All the rules
All the drums
All the way
I only remember the things you’ll never say
I know
That you have to go
Could you show me now
Where you have to go?
I guess you know where rainbows
Know where rainbows end…
I guess you…
I swear
I will let you go
If you send me on its way
I swear I will let you go
I will not follow you
Just send me on its way
Watch out - Little Boy
Now you turn into an angel.
All songs written by Nicola Testa.
Produced by Nicola Testa & Antoine Gaillet.
Recorded & mixed by Antoine Gaillet at Studio Soyuz (Paris).
The Letter produced by Nicola Testa, recorded & mixed by Nicola Testa & Alexandre Leroy
at home & Studio Six (Brussels).
Additional engineering on Rainbow & KOKO by Charles De Schutter at Rec N Roll (Brussels).
Mastered by Pieter De Wagter at EQuuS (Brussels).
Additional arrangements on Rainbow by Sébastien Vanhove & Thibaud De Craeye.
Platoon by Thibaud De Craeye, Marc Melia & OMOH.
Mellotron Skies by Sébastien Vanhove.
Lost & Found, No More Rainbows by OMOH.
Vocals, programming & synths : Nicola Testa
Programming : Sébastien Vanhove, Thibaud De Craeye,
Antoine Gaillet
B.V.’s : Emmanuelle Meurice, Bineta Saware
Vocals, programming, synths & Rhodes : Nicola Testa
Drums : Olivier Fontana
Bass & drum machine : Clément Agapitos
Additional programming & synths : Baptiste Homo
Vocals, programming, synths & piano : Nicola Testa
Drums : Julien Paschal, Mathieu Pigné
Bass : Fabrice Detry
Guitar : Daan
Additional percussion : Sébastien vanhove
B.V.’s & handclaps : Emmanuelle Meurice, Daan, Bineta Saware,
Géraldine Jacques, Sébastien Vanhove
Vocals, programming & synths : Nicola Testa
Additional programming & synths : Antoine Gaillet
Vocals, programming, synths & piano : Nicola Testa
Drums : Mathieu Pigné
Bass : Antoine Gaillet
Vocals, programming, synths & piano : Nicola Testa
Vocals, programming, synths & piano : Nicola Testa
Drums : Olivier Fontana
Synths & piano : Sébastien Vanhove
Vocals, programming & synths : Nicola Testa
Drums : Olivier Fontana
Bass : Fabrice Detry, Clément Agapitos
Additional programming : Thibaud De Craeye, Baptiste Homo,
Clément Agapitos, Marc Melia
Keyboards & synths : Marc Melia
Vocals, programming & synths : Nicola Testa
Additional programming & synths: Antoine Gaillet,
Thibaud De Craeye
Vocals, programming & synths : Nicola Testa
Drum programming : Antoine Gaillet
Vocals, synths & piano : Nicola Testa
Drums : Olivier Fontana
Bass & synths : Clément Agapitos
Guitar & synths: Baptiste Homo
Thank YOU!
To my parents, my brothers, my family, Thomas, Aurélie, Greg, Sophie, Emilio & all my friends: your endless support &
faith are the most precious things I have. <3
To Antoine for helping me find my way.
To all the musicians who have played on this record; it was such a pleasure to perform & record all these songs with you.
To everyone who has been involved in the making of this record! Thank you for your love, work & energy.
To Daan, Martin Landmeters, Géraldine Jacques, Éric Croes, Simon Demeuter, Julie Calbete, Megan Beard, Valérie
Balligand, Édouard Poulain, Vanessa Cano, Peter Keene, Piet.So, Fabrice Detry, Valérie Dumont.
To my dear manager, Olivier Biron.
To the live band: Virginie Benoist, Aïssatou Diop, Olivier Fontana, François “Franky” Cappelle & Alexandre Leroy,
with special thanks to Sébastien Vanhove – ‘Thank you for being part of the experience for so long’.
A kiss to Emmanuelle Meurice, Bineta Saware & Severine Cayron . Everyone at Flam.
All the kissbankers: Juli Conti, Romina Dargenton, Laurence Nguyen, Enzo Testa, Peter Hannosset, Cachou Kirsch,
Laure Aberouette, Aurélie Lannoy, Christiane et Peter Stadlbaur-Leroy, Jean-Baptiste Dayez,
Caroline Hermand, Olivier Daout, Arielle Moens, Hervé Guerrisi, Géraldine Biron, Martin Landmeters, Marc Durant,
Christelle Brull, Thomas Van Zuylen, Tania Cherequefosse, Dimitri Renwart, Amandine Gilles, Bram Smeyers, Evis Begiri,
Pascale Hellebaut, Thomas Wyngaard, Amelie Renglet, Estelle Hanras, Sandrine Pellerin, Matthieu Testa,
Vincent Brisson, Julie Casterman, Julie Calbete, Cecile Drion, Marie Vanhove, Jessica Batut, Guénolé Le Gal,
Anne-Sophie de Visscher, Nicolas de Visscher, Alexandre de Visscher, Cédric Eeckhout, Vinciane Soille,
Véronique Morin-Testa, Delphine Vermuse, Elodie Chantrenne, Donato Di Ruggiero, Julien Van Aerschot, Cyril Heritier,
Patrick Vanhove, Lisa Noutary, Ann Sirot, Sophie Lorentz, Peter Sieben, Patricia Lucas, Mailis Hegobru, Laure Voglaire,
Marie Guyot, Pauline Claes, Perrine Vautard, Annick Botson, Patrick Devillé, Ariane Cherequefosse, Ana Rodriguez,
Stéphane Galas, Damien Orsal, Guy Benoist, Sophie Calbete Dubois, Julien Baujot, Sandrine Amadieu, Tristan Lagae,
Romain Landmeters, Louisianne Benoist, Catherine Gross, Anne Robertz, Mickaël Closier, Lara Hubinont,
Franco Masino, Manu Menouna, Pacha Benoist, Céline & Tim Bouvivier, Stéphanie Harispe, Nicolas de Visscher,
Stéphanie Andries, Cathy Souris, Daniel Lebrun, Amaury Pétriaux, Evelyne Lucas, Iris Walkowiak, Gregory Renders,
Sébastien Xhayet, Roën Lommelen, Dominic Petitjean, Ariane Herman, Salem Bendjebbour,
Vincent Mariotti, Christiane Gleis, Patricia Franclemont, Castera Rozenn, Georgette Libertiaux, Muriel Jacquemein,
Nicolas Hemeleers, Frédéric Leclercq, Eric Philipp, Gregory Carnoli, Alexis Van Stratum, René Guyot, Lionel Camus,
Arnaut Labarre, Chadia, Noelle Busana Lefebvre, Thomas Testa, Fred Testa, Patrick Testa, Christian Testa,
Didier Brouwers, Michele Luisin, Vincent Aussilloux, Adrien Nuttens, Vincent Rousseau, Candice Neerman,
Vanessa Cano, Paul Vanham, Claude Lacroix, Patrice Benoist, Emmanuelle Thomas & Malicia Goldflam.
This album is dedicated to the memory of my two grandmothers, Paulette & Marie.
Nicola
Artwork by Éric Croes based on a picture by Géraldine Jacques.
Design by Simon Demeuter. Additional layout by Martin Landmeters.
Management : Olivier Biron – [email protected]
Booking : Emy Dehez – [email protected]
www.nicolatesta.net
With the support of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation
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