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Human

by Isgaard

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1.
I feel it is creeping in Don't know its name, but it's under-skin It feels so cold it feels so sleek All-embracing A mindscape cold and bleak It's over and under me I lose the ground I am falling free Can't see the soil, can't see the sky It's a tailspin cause I cannot fly I can see the leaves falling When cold winds are calling To come to the other side Baby can't you be with me When I have to leave this place of mine To follow the line I'm so afraid of the dark That's rising early to leave its mark It covers all, it takes away To remind me That nothing ever stays To be never-endingly And all is fading so constantly Perceptions fail it's out of scale I am shaken Am I left behind? Fields in fall where the flowers fade Rime that clenches a winter glade Thoughts that break my head but nothing's moving Hurting thorns are playing hide and seek A primal law is causing mental leaps A haze is soaking my inner core and steals a part of me
2.
The clouds are low today And fly around my head Days are getting shorter now And there is no way back The hand is moving on Much faster than before And all I know to be in front Is that you have to pass that final door A shadow came to coat you To creep into your flesh To poison every living cell Entangled in a mesh I see you, hear you Still in my head You're far from this world and far away from here Somehow I can feel you are still near I know there is a time When we will meet again You're waiting on the other side I couldn't say goodbye my friend A footprint in the soil Will be covered by dust A candle flame that spreads its light Will be blown out by a gust A human's legacy Is kept inside our hearts A memory can still remain Though we drift apart The chapter's over now The last page has been read A lonely place below the trees This picture stays inside my head I wonder where you are I wonder what you feel No echoe's coming over from infinity There's nothing to reveal
3.
I take what's left, what others left behind It's not what I like but more than I need So I'm on the safe side I don't complain, things could be worse I'm still alive and so long ago All my tears have dried I try to hold on From day to day from night to night Till track of time is lost I don't give up my hope And step by step I'm moving on This valley must be crossed When the sun comes up tomorrow And the pale moon's getting weak I can breathe My feet still on the ground And the light wipes out the shadows So the colour's coming back I can see clear When I look back to a past that slowly fades away It feels like a film, that's made for myself To remind me It's like a stranger's life and I play the leading role But I am not paid, my name is not shown A movie-retiree All links are cut No friend to call, no family I'm out here on my own A future made of doubts An empty map, that I'll complete I'll face it all alone
4.
Black Swan 05:32
Sailing down the river, boats are passing by I'm watching sailors and commanders on their way With no home to stay They Don't see me Don't hear me And all those Rigid heads don't move as I am sailing by And my friendly salutations disappear So I am looking down and try to hide my face I want to chase my feelings – back to private spheres! I don't waste a tear Troubling doubts come up as I'm moving on A voice inside my head keeps saying „get you gone“ I remember people calling me black swan to lead me astray Don't hate me Don't love me Just let me Take the stony path to climb a mountain high To have a look at what's there on the other side To find this kind of place that is well concealed Buried under junk and dust to be revealed Can't swim with the tide Amidst a mass of faces that all look all the same I'm feeling like a stranger who's outside the game I remember people calling me black swan But I don't go astray Don't see me Don't hear me Don't love me Don't hate me Just let me Go Between awake and sleep, in the dead of night I was surrounded by black water White swans with their wings spread wide Came quickly close then closer They're circling me with rising speed No way to move I'm sinking deep The ground beneath my feet Shakes me out of sleep Flee from the waters Cause the tide is rising high Flee from the waters Cause the waves will touch the sky
5.
Years are passing by and blur away the memories Just a little point left on the skyline clear Nameless and filled with ousted sorrow It's creeping up coming close coming near No one ever spoke a word to fill the silence Not a song was born to sing against the pain Under the veil of dust and darkness You bear your burden but you won't complain I see Your World Is Broken Don't leave Your words unspoken Now Walls and wooden gates are built to give protection But quiet and bodiless the feelings will come back Born from a force inside your memory And your soul will begin to crack I see Your World Is Broken Don't leave Your words unspoken Now It feels like under ice You cannot touch what lives behind the surface hidden down below A shape is shining through intangible and dark It's chained to you it's following a birthmark to your soul
6.
Face to face, hand in hand Sharing time and space From start to end We're all human Foes or friends Words described pure and clear What we feel inside Joy and fear What's in you, what's in me? Doubts appear Born in dust, grown in water Made of flesh, made of bone Way down here through the decades A billion souls all still alone Our love is true, stand by me As I fight for you Can't you see There's a distance Locked by key Hearts and souls, human minds Sharing aims and goals But still too blind Just to find out what is behind Born in dust, grown in water Made of flesh made of bone Way down here through the decades A billion souls all still alone A flash of thoughts an overflow Whenever humans try To share an inner state of mind When feelings are flying high So seperate, marooned and stuck Our hopes are running dry We cannot join another soul Before we're gonna die
7.
Memories flash as silhouettes get visible On well-known places Tears come up remembering well-known faces Lost in time Years won't heal and still it hurts Ain't there someone who converts Wounds into some silent grief In the end it's just a weak relief Frozen hearts And empty roads made of silence Where ever I go No-one talks About the scars Left by violence The radio plays on and on....lalalalalala Eyes in front of flashing screens kept watching on As we were losing All we had on stages built of vanity and might Stupid string puppets with guns Killing fathers and their sons All who stayed at behind at home Were breathing dust in a world of gloam Can you see the lonely ones Mothers and forgotten sons Fathers, daughters hand in hand Still living in a murdered land
8.
From Africa Mellow cradle of humanity We've spread out wide Over mountains vales and the seven seas No higher court To direct the leaps forward on and on Mankind's dawn We walked along the coastlines Further east Woken up From a dreamless sleep Word of mouth And hand in hand Through an open ended land Sharing insights commonly Feeling rescued, feeling free There was no one who would dare to raise a plea Reached out freely for the stars There was so much to yield All gained on an open field Sharing insights commonly Feeling rescued, feeling free There was no one who would dare to raise a plea Once it seemed to have no end But one day something was penned: It's just one world.
9.
You build your fences, raise your walls Protect your borders against all Once there were just open fields You hide in shelters strong and tall Look through windows much too small To see the fields All the open fields Born of mistrust fed by fear Left in darkness blurred and blear Human freedom put in chains Where are the memories bright and clear Bring them back to have them here As open fields Open fields You take your sharp knife, clench your fist You hurt with words you will resist Once we were just face to face You use your bullets drop your bombs You fight with fire use your guns Afraid of all So afraid of all Frozen frames put in bald heads By Trump's and Putin's message threads Playing with fire constantly Raise your voice don't look away We're all humans on our way Through open fields Open fields Break the silence finally There is no right of privacy For all those who have drawn these lines. Overcome that silent wall That's made of mistrust make it fall It's only a seal-off sign Just the brave ones speak out loud What they think without a doubt Words only can break these walls Looking back to what we've lost Won't change the future free of cost It's all hard-won If we will move on We come from east we come from west And what we share is one bequest The same great hope in all these heads We disbelieve in idle words That speak of blessing and of curse No need to try We unveil the lie All those memories in my head Where do they come from It seems to be so long ago And all the pictures that they show Don't belong to me So all I see is like a trip back in time A silent conversation with a mime I feel green grass under my feet And I see faces Watching me so graciously So I can walk across the lea Without a single doubt I feel a gentle draught Takes me away The fragile dream dissolves and I can't stay
10.
The border in front of you makes a barrier in your head Consciousness unlimited or in crippled mode instead Whether breakdown or policy There' s no difference between you and me We are human That's a human law The walls around your territory make a wall inside your heart Stone on stone increases the weight documented in a chart Wheather fear or pride or joy or pain It is all a consequential chain We are human That's a human law Frozen thoughts inside your brain You are meshed you are enchained One step forward followed up by two steps back Place an idea in your head A dream of freedom born and bred You must just erase the lack Kept inside a controlled space many safety guards around Safeness simulated by preventing all to cross the bounds Nothing enters and nothing leaves There's no outer influence that cleaves It's not human That's a psycho's law Controlled by the screens in front slaves to visual stimuli A transparent society losing the way while passing by A freedom made of pigeonholes It's like living in some goldfish bowls Is it human or just human-made? Place an idea in your head A dream of freedom born and bred You must just erase the lack Reach out freely for the stars There is so much to yield All on an open field
11.
From Africa Mellow cradle of humanity We've spread out wide Over mountains vales and the seven seas No higher court To direct the leaps forward on and on Mankind's dawn We walked along the coastlines Further east Woken up From a dreamless sleep Word of mouth And hand in hand Through an open ended land Sharing insights commonly Feeling rescued, feeling free There was no one who would dare to raise a plea Reached out freely for the stars There was so much to yield All gained on an open field Sharing insights commonly Feeling rescued, feeling free There was no one who would dare to raise a plea Once it seemed to have no end But one day something was penned: It's just one world. You build your fences, raise your walls Protect your borders against all Once there were just open fields You hide in shelters strong and tall Look through windows much too small To see the fields All the open fields Born of mistrust fed by fear Left in darkness blurred and blear Human freedom put in chains Where are the memories bright and clear Bring them back to have them here As open fields Open fields You take your sharp knife, clench your fist You hurt with words you will resist Once we were just face to face You use your bullets drop your bombs You fight with fire use your guns Afraid of all So afraid of all Frozen frames put in bald heads By Trump's and Putin's message threads Playing with fire constantly Raise your voice don't look away We're all humans on our way Through open fields Open fields Break the silence finally There is no right of privacy For all those who have drawn these lines. Overcome that silent wall That's made of mistrust make it fall It's only a seal-off sign Just the brave ones speak out loud What they think without a doubt Words only can break these walls Looking back to what we've lost Won't change the future free of cost It's all hard-won If we will move on We come from east we come from west And what we share is one bequest The same great hope in all these heads We disbelieve in idle words That speak of blessing and of curse No need to try We unveil the lie All those memories in my head Where do they come from It seems to be so long ago And all the pictures that they show Don't belong to me So all I see is like a trip back in time A silent conversation with a mime I feel green grass under my feet And I see faces Watching me so graciously So I can walk across the lea Without a single doubt I feel a gentle draught Takes me away The fragile dream dissolves and I can't stay The border in front of you makes a barrier in your head Consciousness unlimited or in crippled mode instead Whether breakdown or policy There' s no difference between you and me We are human That's a human law The walls around your territory make a wall inside your heart Stone on stone increases the weight documented in a chart Wheather fear or pride or joy or pain It is all a consequential chain We are human That's a human law Frozen thoughts inside your brain You are meshed you are enchained One step forward followed up by two steps back Place an idea in your head A dream of freedom born and bred You must just erase the lack Kept inside a controlled space many safety guards around Safeness simulated by preventing all to cross the bounds Nothing enters and nothing leaves There's no outer influence that cleaves It's not human That's a psycho's law Controlled by the screens in front slaves to visual stimuli A transparent society losing the way while passing by A freedom made of pigeonholes It's like living in some goldfish bowls Is it human or just human-made? Place an idea in your head A dream of freedom born and bred You must just erase the lack Reach out freely for the stars There is so much to yield All on an open field

about

HUMAN“ - Isgaard chose a simple name for her 8th album that she recorded together with her partner in music and life, Jens Lueck. This title indicates the multivarious theme for a great concept-album.
„The album is marked by the turbulent times we are living in, especially when you're aware of the fragility of man and our planet“ says Isgaard. All 10 songs face human nature with all its ambivalence. „BLACK SWAN“ is about the exclusion of differences, „FROZEN HEARTS“ talks about an entire generation that's traumatized by the war in Syria and „YOUR WORLD IS BROKEN“ tells the story of the scars of a “broken” childhood. “We often sit together and discuss different aspects of humankind. On the one hand, all the creativity, humanity, empathy and helpfulness, and on the other, all of the destructiveness, egoism, ignorance and narrow-mindedness! There was a need to express this, just like the dealing with transience in the songs “SEE THE LEAVES FALLING” and “I COULDN’T SAY GOODBYE” which is dedicated to a deceased friend.
In regards to the music the album is multi-facetted and exciting, always consistent and characterized by a wide range of vocal timbres which Isgaard enhances from album to album. Electronic meets strings (complete orchestras with real strings were recorded by overdubbing), unusual samples face striking guitars and special piano passages. The dynamic song structures take the listener on an emotional journey.
The three part track “BORDERS”, that is influenced by Art- and Arogressive Rock, has a special place in the album as it is the most different to Isgaard’s previous styles. It is about the consequences of inner and outer isolation. In the modern “high-tech” world where all things are connected problems can only be solved and progression can only be made, when we break down boundaries. The first part of BORDERS (AWAKENING) describes the spreading of humanity from Africa across the whole globe. Part two (FRACTIONING) describes the block formation and isolation initiated by fear and excessive competitive thinking, leading to the last part (IN THE CAGE) which predicts a world that is characterized by surveillance and defensive walls, which almost resembles a cage. Especially in part two and three, the guitar part of Jan Petersen, a long-standing musical companion (ex-Sylvan) is excellently used to advantage.

Further information (among others the regarding the meaning of the artwork) can be found on: www.isgaard.com

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released October 11, 2019

Isgaard: Vocals
Jens Lueck: Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Programming, additional Guitar
Jan Petersen: Electric Guitars
Ekiss Giloc: Basses
Katja Flintsch: Violin, Viola (for all Orchestra-Overdubs: 1, 2, 6, 7)
Annika Stolze: Violoncello ( for all Orchestra-Overdubs: 1, 2, 6, 7))
Volker Kuinke: Recorders (8a, 8c)
Klaus Volland: Acoutic Guitars

Produced by Jens Lueck
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jens Lueck at Art of Music Studio, Garlstorf

Cover design by Stefan Erdmann

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