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Einmal Ist Keinmal

by Voice Of The Rain

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1.
You're a difficult person to know So she said Friday night In a visible sunset below Can you believe what happened today So she said Wednesday night Maryland the USA And I walked scared I could run but I want to stay and say Here comes my friend (building then burning) Here comes my friend (building then burning down) Here comes my friend And in a moment there is time So she said in a word So many people feeling fine Thanks for your letter yesterday So she said in a word The morning comes I'm up and away But I walk scared I could run but I want to stay and say Here comes my friend (building then burning) Here comes my friend (building then burning down) Here comes my friend You're a difficult person to know So I say Friday night But never leave me so alone You're a sentimental fool So she said Wednesday night You're building and burning every rule But I walked scared I could run but I stay and say Here comes my friend (building then burning) Here comes my friend (building then burning down) Here comes my friend Building then burning
2.
Lets sit down together and talk of life and love and things And in an instant we'll be subject to misgivings I can see that there's little here for me I'm leaving today, I don't want to stay I'm sad at heart, we always jump together and fall apart You can smile tomorrow, the laughs on you in any case And in the long run you'll be sadder, the light begins to fade You don't know just where it is you're going I'm leaving today, I don't want to stay Yes I'm sad at heart, we always jump together and fall apart I could be forgiven, and let things pass out of control But in an instant I'd be subject to doubt and so I know today that there's nothing left to say I'm leaving today, I don't even really want to stay Yes I'm sad at heart, we always jump together and fall apart Jump together and fall apart Jumping and falling apart
3.
Intentions 03:52
Be composed be at ease with me I am human liberal and dirty Not till the sun excludes you Will I refuse you And I've been looking a long while For intentions Not till the waters refuse to glisten Or the leaves do rustle for you Will you deny them For you supply them And I've been looking a long while For intentions There's a contradiction in the rules The morals of leaders And those of the people It's in the present In this place today And I've been looking a long while For intentions It's the thoughts of one man who thinks lust's okay The average manner today It's in things we feel Not in the things we say And I've been looking a long while For intentions For a clue to a history of the past with you Of the past in me All for the present All for the modern And I've been looking a long while For intentions Be at ease with me I am human liberal and dirty The sun won't exclude And I won't refuse you Cause I've been looking a long while For intentions
4.
Ariel 03:30
5.
I knew a girl like you once Said she didn't know how to say What had to be said, I know how she felt I feel a little like that today She wore her colours like a funeral Her wedding dormant or in bloom Her virtue was an echo Returning as the only truth This is a song for no one This one is just for me And if your whole damn world falls apart around you Save a little bit for me Her love was justified by longing Her love was simplified by lust She left a whole damn world rejoicing But she left us all for dust She must have thought she was an angel She must have put her faith in fate I asked her for a happy time to come She just said we'll make that a date This is a song for no one This one is just for me And if your whole damn world falls apart around you Save a little thought for me She knew nothing of the real world She was ignorant of dreams Her mind was full of sordid And ridiculous beliefs Like a passing on of sorrow We find a newer type of life Why wait until tomorrow When tomorrow's out of sight This song's for everybody This one ain't just for two And if my whole damn world falls apart around me I'll save a little pray for you
6.
Heavens flame that's burning blue, tomorrow and today Casting light on all I do You're a spark that lights the sky, forever burning here Eyes that catch so I might try Every hope down on its knees, unable to revive Is left to run into the trees And every dream that once was mine, an echo of the past Is lying somewhere far behind Forever turning, never learning Nobody senses that we are burning Forgotten laughter lingers on, memories of the spring But nothing now is quite that strong So stay with me we're drink desire until we find our prayers The perfect words that take us higher Forever turning, never learning Nobody senses that we are burning Practice breaks the silver storm And every word becomes a taunt I'm laughing in my favourite haunt Every word is just a lie conspiring to mislead And every kingdom raised must die Fire and ice and all is ours tomorrow and today We're listening beneath the stars Forever turning, never learning They can't see that we're not burning Practice breaks the silver storm And every word becomes a taunt We're laughing in my favourite haunt Cities alive, cities alive Flame burning, burning blue I won't forget you A generation without name, ripped and torn I'm laughing in my favourite haunt Cities alive, cities alive Flame burning, burning bright
7.
What are you after all but a child Pleased with the sound of your own name Repeating it over and over I stand apart to hear it never tires me Did you think there was no one here but you and me? Did you think that there was nothing caught, that we were free? Others can say what they like Living their lives with a runaway prize That contains believers and disbelievers That contains a perfect moment Did you think there was no one here but you and me? Did you think that there was nothing caught, that we were free? The past and future dwelling there like space inseparable The past and future dwelling there like space inseparable The greatest miracle, sparkles from the wheel Did you think there was no one here but you and me? Did you think that there was nothing caught, that we were free? Did you think there was no one here but you and me? Did you think that there was nothing there, but two or three? What are you but a child Pleased with the sound of your own name Repeating it over and over I stand apart to hear it never tires me Did you think there was no one here but you and me? Did you think that there was nothing caught, that we were free?
8.
Greta's Song 02:49
I sit by my TV. set, I'm in the middle of 'Heat and Dust' I watch and she's upset, leave my hate and the right to trust I'll never know what's kept inside, she circles the ebony tower If she looked I'd be trying to hide, on the waterfront in her power I'm in love with Greta Scaachi Or at least with the face I see She'd say I'm crazy but She's the one for me Maybe some loves are left to late, we often walked the final mile I could run but I want to stay, in the comfort of your smile Sometimes I laugh at this trance, I always hated being confined I wish I had just one chance, because you're always on my mind I'm in love with Greta Scaachi Or at least with the face I see She'd say I'm crazy but She's the one for me
9.
Turn Away 03:48
Oh Annie I haven't heard from you in a long time And I wonder where you are Oh Annie colours clash and people pass me by It's just like living from afar Three kisses and a life in me remembered Every hope and dream are slowly blown away In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says Turn away like I turned Slow driving the passing of my life in a second The windscreen wet and fine in ice Slow changes freeway life and motion in the heat A touch of moonshine inner peace Three kisses and a life in me remembered Every hope and dream are slowly blown away In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says Turn away like I turned Oh Annie I wish that I could let you go again Well I succeeded once before God Annie memories don't die if left alone It's just paternal me the core Three kisses and a life in me remembered Every hope and dream are slowly blown away In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says Turn away like I turned like I turned away
10.
Coming back to an empty flat I see the corner and the window The armchair where you sat The cat's by the fire, I thought you were a liar When you said that you were never coming back To die, la la li, where can I start If it's true that you, won't ever be, can't you see Coming back to an empty heart Yes it's true, I need you more than I can say Lights go down on this God forsaken town I wait for you all night, and sometimes I Get so goddam lonely Oh God if you were only Coming back to... Stay, la la da, where can I start If it's true, that you, won't ever be, oh can't you see Coming back to, coming back to Coming back to an empty heart
11.
I'm feeling easy and you're the reason There's no place I would rather be I'm feeling dazy, this feeling's crazy There's no sense in repressing me And I would love to, be in love with you I'm thinking more and more each day That if I had to, I'd be glad to Be loving you in every way I don't want to cause you problems My eyes are open wide awake I don't know you, but I don't need to I'm simply mad for mads sake I don't have money, I don't have good looks I've hardly anything at all But if you were mine, things would be just fine And I'd be small at six feet tall I don't want to cause you problems My eyes are open wide awake I don't know you, but I don't need to I'm simply mad for mads sake Love is standing on a platform Cussing at the rain waiting for you I'm full of reasons, and good intentions Are all that's needed to succeed Yes I know this time, that you will be mine Though I'd be happy just to meet I don't want to cause you problems My eyes are open wide awake I don't know you, but I don't need to I'm simply mad for mads sake I'm simply mad for Madelaine
12.
One Of Many 03:51
Take my hand in such gliding wonders Bring me here such sights and sounds Wish me luck I'm going to need it With all the people I see around I would try if I had good reason Have a go if I had a reason Used to have a sense of hope, but I let go Something is wrong to my way of thinking Days go by and my heart is sinking All my time spent in an armchair While I stand and wait when nobody cares Trying honestly nobody sees you If they did perhaps I'd do more Dead and empty calm and cool I realise I'm one of many I would try if I had good reason Have a go if I had a reason Used to have a sense of hope, but I let go Long enough have I had my false dreams Now I'll wash the sleep from my eyes And get back into bed and wait for morning When I'll be woken by a dazzling light Trying endlessly nobody hears you If they did perhaps I'd say more Dead and empty calm and cool I realise I'm one of many I would try if I had good reason Have a go if I had a reason Used to have a sense of hope, but I let go
13.
On a night like this my feelings are simple I walk on the water and stare at the glitter You think I'm childish and that's so easy But any fool could see that you're the fool to laugh at me When, it shines so hard Shine shines so hard Captured by the magic of a shimmering light Cutting the darkness of a winter night I'll take you there but is it mine Passionately out of time I'm quite alone but I feel fine Idiotic glitter shines It's dark inside their hollow haunts I'm on the outside and I know Somebody's moving in my perfect mind There touching reminders of a final kind I'll take you there but is it mine Passionately out of time I'm quite alone but I feel fine Idiotic glitter shines Pools of other beauty they've seen us weep Are flowing incessant I cannot keep Insignificant moments honey, they wither and die Just like my memories of life inside I'll take you there but is it mine Passionately out of time I'm quite alone but I feel fine Idiotic glitter shines Light on the ocean Shine on the ocean Shine on Shine on my emotion So what I felt and what I heard Was not a stream of useless words I guessed the meaning, saw the light And blew the weekend out of sight I'll take you there but is it mine Passionately out of time I'm quite alone but I feel fine Idiotic glitter shine, shine, shines
14.
Strike this match and strike my plans My files all smiles I'll carry the can A broken friendship to repair Facing a new set of rules out there I've got my visions of a perfect style My looks my books lie in a pile This other side my morals taut I had to find a state of mind to find a state of thought Since you and me parted company I thought now is the time to travel the line But I soon found truth in what you said Screwing around only goes to your head My words are never from my heart Disguise and lies well here's a start You may be right I could be wrong The games I play are in the song What sincerity can I find My proof all truth though it's not kind I send to you this honest lie The starlights(?) keep the hearts in line controlled by foolish pride Since you and me parted company I thought now is the time to travel the line But I soon found truth in what you said Sensual pursuits leave the senses dead Oh then and now a sad contrast A haze those days heavy in the past So why pretend that I forgot Your always right I'm always not the things I'm always not Those words may be a saving grace A guilty conscience to erase Emotions like potions never dry Well either way I have to say this is my honest lie Since you and me parted company I thought now is the time to travel the line But I soon found truth in what you said People like us are easily read Since you and me parted company I thought now is the time to travel the line But I soon found truth in what you said People like us are easily led
15.
Anja's Song 03:47
You're so beautiful I hardly know you at all I saw you in that place I guessed that you were heart and glass Do you remember me or maybe just my name I guess one hundred thousand minds must feel the same From the gutter, Huwe'n and Anja Tears and rain she kicks tears and rain From the gutter, Huwe'n and Anja Tears and rain she kicks tears and rain You're invisible I never see you at all I meet you in my mind and I know that love is rust and pain So can it ever be the answer I can guess You think immortal ego and a scarlet dress From the gutter, Huwe'n and Anja Tears and rain she kicks tears and rain From the gutter, Huwe'n and Anja Tears and rain she kicks tears and rain From the gutter, Huwe'n and Anja Tears and rain she kicks tears and rain From the gutter, if you were and Anja Tears and rain she kicks tears and rain
16.
A rose in summer was a sympathetic My mask was melting so it didn't change to much No sense in speaking when a letter does the same A tear in passing surely gave the game away Some things they can't begin but friendship comes in time, I guess we must have met between her tutor group and mine We never talked we'd sometimes smile I tried to catch her eye I couldn't sing but played right-wing and sometimes scored a try One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate Someday she'll see her time with me was just a big mistake But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose I remember A Shakespeare play brought on the day that she and I first spoke, She even laughed at all my daft and not so funny jokes She had no role and I had two they gave away my part It may sound trite but it's just right she also took away my heart I wasn't keen on girls in jeans I really must confess Sweat, mud and dirt covered my shirt, she'd wear some pretty dress The times were good I found the mood to take her hand and dance But I was shy and that is why I never took the chance. If I had one? One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate Someday she'll see her time with me was just a bloody waste But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose I remember We were quite young, a love song sung by someone in the night And as for me well I was free and everything was right I asked her out my trump card was a trip we took to Stratford She turned me down I was renowned for being quite a bastard I would pretend I was her friend but behind her back I hissed With one as sensitive as her I really couldn't miss And I would fight in love not spite my jokers mask pretence In took exams the ups and downs to make us speak again One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate Someday she'll see her time with me was just a bloddy waste But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose I remember Now she says that in those days that I was strange to talk to And now I know that pain can show and all she says is true I loved her still I guess she knew that's why we didn't speak Though time was spent when we both went to college every week A rose in summer was a sympathetic touch This song if nothing else says thank you very much No sense in saying that my feelings haven't changed A tear in dreaming surely gave the game away One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate Someday she'll see her time with me was just a big mistake But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose I remember I remember
17.
Charlotte, we know, you're not a harlot, Charlotte Well she leaves in Barns Green In a rural scene Or so it seems She's got a sister called Leona 'cause her parents couldn't spell Fiona She's Charlotte
18.
Every time I see you now it seems that all you do is frown You've got this idea in your head that I've somehow let you down But when I ask what it is I've done that makes you hurt You change your face and I'm in disgrace and end up in the dirt You must be kidding I didn't do those things I might have sung them but I never meant those things Many things that you are absorb are secret shadowed signs I never doubt what you're about that's just a waste of time But as for me you compensate with leaves brought hand and hand I don't dare let you out of sight I don't know what you plan You must be kidding I didn't do those things I might have sung them but I never meant those things You want my feelings but you just reject my views It must be time to change your mind it must be time to choose What am I supposed to do I'm head over heels with you What am I supposed to do you won't believe a word of truth I've got a perfect trust a quality of robust love I dreamed I was the perfect man but not the cut above You caught a glimpse of sad descent you quickly made up your mind No matter that the truth was innocent my mission's fumbled sign You must be kidding I didn't do those things I might have sung them but I never meant those things Every time I see you now it seems that all you do is smile First I'm the guilty party left my feeling in a style Now I've been allowed to speak it seems that all's all right I must admit that I was weak not quite up to the fight You must be kidding I didn't do those things I might have sung them but I never meant those things You want my feelings but you just reject my views It must be time to change your mind it must be time to choose What am I supposed to do I'm head over heels with you What am I supposed to do you won't believe a word of truth What am I supposed to do I'm head over heels with you What am I supposed to do you won't believe a word of truth No success or intellect could help me get away Form the fact perhaps a word I need you every day It's my youth that loves you a spirit that's unquenchable So funny when you laugh I stagger first and then I fall You must be kidding I didn't do those things I might have sung them but I never meant those things You want my feelings but you just reject my views It must be time to change your mind it must be time to choose A word of truth
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20.
Ariel (1993) 03:22
There's a full moon rising Death's tide is hurried in There's no disguise in here Living a life in fear We hear bullets flying See corpses rising Death echoes silently Movements obscurity Black and white fire zones Black is a special tone Playground's a hand-grenade Playing the hand we gave to them Door into the dark, Ariel Hand held heavy against the side I was slipping out of control and sleeping inside Instinct betrayed as if Eden delayed Watching the blood that spills Washed up in dollar bills Johannesburg, Bloemfontain They play the sweet cheat game Skin is their power base White is the master race Door into the dark, Ariel
21.
I sit by my TV. set, I'm in the middle of 'Heat and Dust' I gaze on and she's upset, leave my hate and the right to trust She glows with a sense of pride, as she circles the ebony tower She looks and I'm trying to hide, on the waterfront in her power I'm in love with Greta Scaachi Or at least with the face I see She'd say I'm crazy but She's the one for me Greta some loves are left to late, we often walked the final mile I could run but I want to stay, in the comfort of your smile Sometimes I laugh at this trance, I always hated being confined I wish I had just one chance, because you're always on my mind I'm in love with Greta Scaachi Or at least with the face I see She'd say I'm crazy but She's the one for me
22.
Weed 02:12
23.
You're a difficult person to know So she said Friday night In a visible sunset below Can you believe what happened today So she said Wednesday night Maryland the USA And I walked scared I could run but I want to stay and say Here comes my friend (building then burning) Here comes my friend (building then burning down) Here comes my friend And in a moment there is time So she said in a word A generation feeling fine Thanks for your letter yesterday So she said in a word The morning comes I'm up and away But I walk scared I could run but I want to stay and say Here comes my friend (building then burning) Here comes my friend (building then burning down) Here comes my friend You're a difficult person to know So I say Friday night But never leave me so alone You're a sentimental fool So she said Wednesday night You're building and burning every rule But I walked scared I could run but I stay and say Here comes my friend (building then burning) Here comes my friend (building then burning down) Here comes my friend Building then burning
24.
Skeleton 06:20
Clinging to the edge of the walls in silence The truth must be a million miles away No peace within the cities built on violence And I could run a million miles away Every time I shut my eyes all I see is flames There's somebody calling, they're calling out my name Seeing is believing, I believe you're leaving Is that because of me or even something that I said My colours true, my colour's red Death running quick coming grey Failing to save so you say Every one's a gravestone in name Skeleton Shrinking from the remnants of false emotion 'cause passion died a thousand years ago You told yourself that I felt true devotion But my love is for something you can't know Smell something burning, hope it's just my brains I hear somebody calling, calling out my name People are imperfect, everyone is suspect Am I the one you try to infect even though I'm lost Give me a sign, give me the cross Death running quick coming grey Failing to save so you say Every one's a gravestone in name Skeleton Search and seek and hear for a new direction The truth must be a million miles away Convince yourself that there must be perfection The truth is not a million miles away I can hear you inside and you're screaming in pain Hear somebody calling, calling out your name But guessing is deceiving and you guess at the meaning That's not because of me or even something that I said My colour' true, my colour's red Hope running quick coming grey Helping to save so you say Nobody's a gravestone in name Skeleton Death running quick coming grey Failing to save so you say Nobody's a gravestone in name Skeleton
25.
A rose in summer was a sympathetic touch My mask was melting so it didn't change to much No sense in speaking when a letter does the same A tear in passing surely gave the game away Some things they can't begin but friendship comes in time, I guess we must have met between her tutor group and mine We never talked we'd sometimes smile I tried to catch her eye I couldn't sing but played right-wing and sometimes scored a try One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate One day she'll see her time with me was just a big mistake But people smile, say it's worth while, and that's the way it goes Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose I remember A Shakespeare play brought on the day that she and I first spoke, She even laughed at all my daft and not so funny jokes She had no role and I had two they gave away my part It may sound trite but it's just right they also gave away my heart I wasn't keen on girls in jeans I really must confess Sweat, mud and dirt covered my shirt, she'd wear some pretty dress The times were good I found the mood to take her hand and dance But I was shy and that is why I never took the chance. If I had one? One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate One day she'll see her time with me was just a big mistake But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose I remember We were quite young, a love song sung by someone in the night And as for me well I was free and everything was right I asked her out my trump card was a trip we took to Stratford She turned me down I was renowned for being quite a bastard I would pretend I was her friend but behind her back I hissed With one as sensitive as her I really couldn't miss And I would fight in love not spite my jokers mask pretence In took exams the ups and downs to make us speak again One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate One day she'll see her time with me was just a big mistake But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose I remember And now she says that in those days that I was strange to talk to And now I know her pain can show and all she says is true I loved her still I guess she knew that's why we didn't speak Though time was spent when we both went to college every week A rose in summer was a sympathetic touch This song if nothing else says thank you very much No sense in saying that my feelings haven't changed A tear in dreaming surely gave the game away One day I'll find I've come to like this place I've come to hate One day she'll see her time with me was just a big mistake But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose One day I'll find I've come to like this place I've come to hate One day she'll see her time with me was just a big mistake But people smile, say it's worth while, and that's the way it goes Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose I remember
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Oh Annie I haven't heard from you in a long time And I wonder where you are Oh Annie colours clash and people pass me by It's just like living from afar Three kisses and a life in me remembered Every hope and dream are slowly blown away In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says Turn away like I turned Slow driving the passing of my life in a second The windscreen wet and fine in ice Slow changes freeway life and motion in the heat A touch of moonshine inner peace Three kisses and a life in me remembered Every hope and dream are slowly blown away In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says Turn away like I turned Oh Annie I wish that I could let you go again Well I succeeded once before God Annie memories don't die if left alone It's just paternal me la core Three kisses and a life in me remembered Every hope and dream are slowly blown away In the wind I can here your voice it's calling me, it says Turn away like I turned like I turned away

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A collection of tunes written during the first blooming of Voice Of The Rain in 1986 and 1987; some of them re-recorded in 1993.

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released April 7, 2015

Words & Music by Robert Boole & Richard Knowles

The digital image, Pont Neuf, by Eugène Atget is courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program.

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1980s, 1990s, 2015.

Mainly of an acoustic bent but known to wind up the distortion on occasion.

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