AGE OF FRAGILITY

JUST TIRED

My hopes can change from day to day
Nobody cares, not even me
I tried to walk
And maybe I’m tired
Maybe just tired

I look to I see another me
Age is just a number, they say
It’s how you feel
And maybe I’m tired
Maybe just tired

Tired of people
Tired of deadlines
Tired of being concerned
Tired of suffering
Tired of thinking
Tired of the earth

I came to meet you, but you were not there
It quickly got dark under the rain
I tried to see through
But maybe I’m tired
Maybe just tired

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YOU DON’T DESERVE IT

You know how lucky you are
You could have gone very far
Yet you needed to go down,
To go down and see for yourself

The sorrow, the pest,
Beating up the nest
All right, it had to be done
Set off the bomb and run

Oh! What a blast

You know how lucky you are
Yet you needed to go down
Like the scorpion with the frog
You couldn’t help yourself,
Couldn’t help yourself

Keep pulling the string
Until it breaks
Burning up the place
To see who remains

You should be concerned
When things seem to go too well
‘Cause deep inside, you know
You don’t deserve it

You’ve got to be shameless
To tolerate some happiness
‘Cause deep inside you know
You don’t deserve it

You don’t deserve it
You don’t deserve it
You don’t deserve it
No
You don’t deserve it

Fabio Trentini: Lead Vocals
Jerry Marotta: Drums and Percussion
Tony Levin: Electric Bass
Duilio Galioto: Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, Mellotron, and Memory Moog
Dave Bond: Back Vocals
Marco Mattei: Back Vocals, Electric Guitars, and Programming

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HUMAN AGAIN

I walk on, pretending not to see
I get home – the news on TV

It’s all I need: to pick
which cloud’s rain to be soaked by
And I feel
human again

I won’t call. I know it’s gonna hurt
I switch on. I need to do my part

It’s all I need to pick
which cloud’s rain to be soaked by
And I feel
human again

Malena Ramonet: Lead and Back Vocals
Jerry Marotta: Drums and Percussion
Tony Levin: Electric Bass
Duilio Galioto: Piano, Wurlitzer, Memory Moog, and Lowrey Organ
Marco Mattei: Electric Guitars, Guitar Loops, and Programming

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WRONG

Love. This love is true
All my dreams fulfilled
‘cause I love you

You. You light up my sky
Without you I am nothing
Without you I am a lie

And I feel so empty
When you are not with me
So please, please
Don’t leave

More. I need you more
Like air to breathe
You are my shore

Now. Don’t leave me now
I will be anything you want
Just tell me how

Tino Boley: Lead Vocals
Jerry Marotta: Drums and Percussion
Tony Levin: Electric Bass
Duilio Galioto: Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, and Vox Continental
Marco Mattei: Electric Guitars, Keyboards, and Programming

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Insomnia

Jennifer Maidman: Voice
Jerry Marotta: Drums and Percussion
Tony Levin: Electric Bass
Trey Gunn: Warr Guitar
Duilio Galioto: Piano, Wurlitzer, and Mellotron
Marco Mattei: Electric Guitars, Guitar Loops, Vocals, Keyboards, additional Percussion, and Programming

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A Trick of the Mind

It’s been a hard time, you know
I have just been going with the flow – lately
Way way too much time to think
Still, I could not make it sink

I’m not even sure if I should share

Outside there’s sunshine, so I am told
But I’m so drenched in rain and cold – let it be
This is not how I’d like to feel
Reality won’t break a deal with me

Why would anyone even care?

Windows closed, bags of sand around
I wish I could leave it all behind
A trick of the mind

You know, it’s so hard to explain
What is the problem? Tell me again… – it’s not all gray
I already bored you way too much
See you, for sure let’s keep in touch

I’m not even sure you’d understand

Spinning around, around, around
Spinning around and not getting anywhere
The mess that’s in my head is like a lost and found
For years nobody cared about

Jeff Kightly: Lead and Back Vocals
Jerry Marotta: Drums and Percussion
Tony Levin: Electric Bass
Duilio Galioto: Wurlitzer, Hammond B3, and Farfisa Compact Deluxe
Peter Voronov: Violin
Marco Mattei: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Celesta

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Watermark in My Heart

Words fall and hit like rain
There is no repair, I get wet
Words keep falling and
Hitting like rain

Your silence dries things up
The soil cracks under my feet
And what I’m left with
Is a new watermark in my heart

All is left is a watermark in my heart
All is left is a watermark in my heart
All is left is a watermark in my heart
All is left is a watermark in my heart
Watermark in my heart

Joe Edelmann: Lead and Back Vocals
Jerry Marotta: Drums and Percussion
Tony Levin: Electric Bass
Duilio Galioto: Rhodes Mk1, Wurlitzer, Mellotron, and Memory Moog
María Betania Hernández: Cello, Viola and Violin
Marco Mattei: Electric Guitars, Back Vocals, and Programming

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SO FRAGILE

To fill each other’s emptiness
To numb each other’s fears
Our souls found shelter in a magic place
And the whole world disappeared

A secret place where time stands still
Freshly laundered sheets
I still remember we used to say
We’ll never be like them

And if we could go back again
It would still be the same
It’s fairly easy to understand
Not as much to change

So fragile

First to forgive, fast to forget
I waited years to lose my bet
You’ve been complaining and distracted most times
I have been the silent witness of a victimless crime

It’s so fragile, It’s so fragile
And you are pulling down, and you are pushing out
A loss in presence, a presence in loss
I don’t remember how it was

So fragile

And if we could go back again
It would still be the same
It’s fairly easy to understand
Not as much to change

Jeff Kightly: Lead and Back Vocals
Jerry Marotta: Drums and Percussion
Tony Levin: Electric and Upright Bass
Duilio Galioto: Piano
María Betania Hernández: Cello, Viola and Violin
Marco Mattei: Electric Guitars, Back Vocals, Keyboards and Programming

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End of the Line

Here we are at the end of the line
There’s not much left but sorrow and division
We wasted our time
Afraid of judgment
And lost in decisions

We are our own blessing
We are our own curse
False problems, disagreement
Aggression and remorse
We swim against the stream to reach a place
where we don’t belong

The harder we try the less we achieve
Why don’t we allow ourselves just to live

I wish I was happy, happy like my dog
I wish I was wise, wise like an owl
I wish I could breath, breath like a bird
I wish I could love, love like a gray wolf

The more we try the less we achieve
Why don’t we allow ourselves just to live

Breath in, breath out

Fabio Trentini: Lead and Back Vocals
Jerry Marotta: Drums and Percussion
Tony Levin: Upright Bass
Duilio Galioto: Piano
Michele Boni: Cavaquinho
Katrin Romanova: Harp
Marco Mattei: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Guitar Loops, Bouzouki, Keyboards, and Programming

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Out of Control

WOULD I BE ME

If I had dark skin – would I be me
If I was a king – would I be me
If I was born in ’43 – would I be me

If I was a girl – would I be me
If I could not stand – would I be me
If I was born far away – would I be me

When you judge, when you choose
When you win, when you lose
Think of what could have been
Think would I be me

If I was sick – would I be me
If I could not read – would I be me
If I believed in God – would I be me

If I was blind – would I be me
If I was out of my mind – would I be me
If I had not met you – would I be me 

When you judge, when you choose
When you win, when you lose
Think of what could have been
Think would I be me

Dave Bond: Vocals and Mandolin
Jerry Marotta: Drums and Percussion
Tony Levin: Electric Bass
Marco Planells: Sitar
Marco Mattei: Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Samples and Programming

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PICTURE IN A FRAME 

Buzzing in my head
Buzzing in my head
Things are doing well
Things are turning bad
A spot on one single frame
And nothing looks the same

I don’t look the same
You don’t look the same
We cannot move on
I cannot step back
That’s what we became
A picture in a frame

What you used to feel
Is it still what you feel?
What you used to love
Is it still what you love?

What you used to think
Is it still what you think?
What you used to see
Is it still what you see?

Fire, water, light
Mystical insight
What today is right
Might be wrong tonight
Raindrops smash the ground
Heavy bullets sound

Matthew Brown: Vocals
Pat Mastelotto: Drums
Tony Levin: Electric Bass
Marco Mattei: Electric Guitars, Vocals, Electronic Percussion

MORE INTENSE

An old man with no memories, a young man with no dreams
A train that can’t be stopped, I am tired but I can’t sleep

A prisoner of life, a dog who’s lost its master
The soil after the flood can’t take it anymore

Me. Why me.
Losing in a game I didn’t even want to play

I seek for joy, I just seek for relief
I seek for contact and I seek for peace
Like everyone else, yes like everyone else
Just more intense.

A song that won’t be plaid, a question with no answer
Absent of mind, a tape with no rewind

Me. Why me.
People tell me I’m strong – as if I chose the song

I seek for joy, I just seek for relief
I seek for contact and I seek for peace
Like everyone else, yes like everyone else

A king without a reign, a pain without relief
A bird that cannot fly, the future is a lie

Me. Why me.

I seek for joy, I just seek for relief
I seek for contact and I seek for peace
Like everyone else, yes like everyone else

Dave Bond: Vocals
Duilio Galioto: Synth, Wurlitzer
Clive Deamer: Drums
Marco Mattei: Electric Bass, Electric Guitars, Guitar Loops

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I’LL BE BORN

I was born a month ago – When you knocked at my life
Stay – I told you –  And you are still with me
Hold my hand – I told you – And you never let it go

I’ll be born tomorrow
I’ll be born every time you‘ll be with me
Every time I see you and I feel complete
Every time I think of you and every time you smile
Because you are my breath
Quiet, deep and vital
Because your name is love
and that’s how I will call you
Forever

I was born again tonight – When you, fresh breeze, touched my soul
Don’t be afraid – You told me – And the room became a word of its own
I love you – You told me – A place to belong

I’ll be born tomorrow
I’ll be born every time you‘ll be with me
Every time I see you and I feel complete
Every time I think of you and every time you smile
Because you are my breath
Quiet, deep and vital
Because your name is love
And that’s how I will call you
Forever

Felix Brandt: Vocals
Paul Johnson: Flute and Whistle
Marco Mattei: Acoustic Guitars

LULLABY FOR YOU

Sleep little baby, your dad looks out for you
When the sky is grey, when the sky is blue
I’ll hold you in my arms, so hush don’t you cry
Hush little baby, I’ll sing you a lullaby 

Dream little girl, your dad is here for you
To help you try and find what’s right for you
Dream the sweetest dreams, until they come true
What makes you happy, will make me happy too 

The world is changing, I can’t tell you what to do
How to be happy, how to be you
Be present, be mindful, and learn to find your way
Live in the moment, and not by the day

Live young woman, your dad is proud of you
No matter what, I won’t give up on you
Live every moment, I’ll always think of you
You learned to feel your feelings
You learned how to be true 

Sleep little baby, your dad looks out for you
When the sky is grey, when the sky is blue
Time went by faster than I knew
Have I ever told you how much I love you

Felix Brandt:: Vocals
Arianna Mattei: Intro Vocals
Diederik van den Brandt: Pedal Steel
Rob Wakefield : Violin
Marco Mattei: Acoustic Guitars, Shaker

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ANYMORE 

Night after night
Fight after fight
Does it really matter who is right?

Whine about the problem
Dismiss my solution
By default

You are not the victim
And I am not a hero
I couldn’t save you…anyway

You make me the villain
But I won’t play this game
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore

Fast, ignite, combust
Quiet and complicit
Just too tired to talk about it anyway

I feel it in my gut
I hear it in my head
No I cannot ignore
Not a word you said 

Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore

Barak Seguin: Vocals
Paolo Gianfrate: Keyboards
Matt Crain: Drums
Marco Mattei: Guitars and Programming

TOMORROW

Gianni Pierannunzio: Drums
Matilde Mattei: Shaker
Marco Mattei: Electric Bass, Bowed Electric Bass, Acoustic Guitars, Resonator, Bouzouki, Electric Guitars, Percussion

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VOID 

Words unspoken, silence unbroken
I see only moments stolen
Can’t feel the ground under my feet
The deepest emptiness in every heartbeat

Anesthetic cocktail for my brain
A quarter of tears, three quarters of rain
To feel alive I touch my pain
To feel survived I call my name

Oh…Oh… It could have been so simple
It should have been so simple
Oh…Oh… the mirror of that glance that once shined through
It was for me and you

And every contact now tastes so sour
A single drop of an ice cold shower
I’ve lost my superhero powers
I’ve lost the keys of the ivory tower

From far I hear the Siren’s song
I shouldn’t listen, but I’m led along
The line is invisible, the thread is so thin
And I’m still waiting to get back my skin

Oh…Oh… It could have been so simple
It should have been so simple
Oh…Oh… the mirror of that glance that once shined through
It was for me and you

The more the things change, the more they stay the same
The more the things change, the more they stay the same
The more the things change, the more they stay the same
The more the things change, the more they stay the same

Richard Farrell: Vocals
Duilio Galioto: Wurlitzer, Synthesizers
Fabio Trentini: Electric Bass
Chad Wackerman: Drums 
Max Rosati: Lead Electric Guitar
Marco Mattei: Rhythm and Lead Guitars

ON YOUR SIDE

When you feel like talking about it
And when you just don’t want to think
I am, I’m on your side 

When you are tired but you can’t rest
And when you are angry and then you regret
I am, I’m on your side 

I am, I am on your side
I am, I am on your side

With every tear we get older
With every fear we get stronger
Choose a path that’s true
And I will walk with you
Only to see you smile
I’m on your side 

When you hurt cause people are fake
And when you have yet one more choice to make
I am, I’m on your side 

When every day just feels the same
When around you there’s no one to blame
But me, I’m on your side 

Dave Bond: Back Vocals
Duilio Galioto: Piano, Wurlitzer
Jerry Marotta: Drums and Percussion
Tony Levin: Electric Bass
Mauro Munzi: Reverse Piano
Marco Mattei: Electric Guitars, Guitar Loops, Shaker and Vocals.

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AFTER TOMORROW

Marco Mattei: Bouzouki

HIDDEN GEMS

Jerry Marotta: Drums, Slit Drums
Marco Mattei: Guitar Loops, Bowed Electric Bass, Percussion, Effects, Samples

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GONE

Gabriele Bibbi Ferrari: Electric Bass
Salvatore Mennella: Drums
Marco Mattei: Electric Guitars

All tracks written by Marco Mattei, except for Gone by Andy Timmons.

THE COPYRIGHT IN THIS RECORDING IS OWNED BY MARCO MATTEI