smoke and mirrors

• neil gaimanin kisa oykulerinden olu$an inanilmaz guzellikteki kitap.
• symphony x'in "twilight in olympus" albümünde yer alan ve canlı olarak dinlemesi de ayrı bir keyif veren harika parça:
  
  smoke and mirrors
  
  it's all perpetual dreams, this hidden life ain't what it seems
  walking dead we are
  victims of misfortune and lies, and tortured bringers of demise
  circling above like vultures
  
  they reap the harvest that we sew and take, like trusting fools
  promising charade
  all days now disappear from weeks to months, from months to years
  forever bound, shackled to the wall
  
  the night falls, i've seen 1000 moons rising in the sky
  the night calls, i feel the midnight as it slowly cloaks my eyes
  touched by the kiss of the sunrise
  
  live with shadows and fears--behind smoke and mirrors
  try to turn back the years--living inside smoke and mirrors
  
  sacred and serpentine, a hypnotizing twisted theme
  weaves our souls to roar
  like candles in the wind, our echoed cries above the din
  fade into this faceless sculpture
  
  in the wheel of chance and fate, spinning as we watch and wait
  a mystery to us all
  on the edge of sanity, we tread the seas of destiny
  forever bound, silent voices call
  
  the night falls, i've seen 1000 moons rising in the sky
  the night calls, i feel the midnight as it slowly cloaks my eyes
  touched by the kiss of the sunrise
  
  live with shadows and fears--behind smoke and mirrors
  try to turn back the years--living inside smoke and mirrors
  
  live with shadows and fears--behind smoke and mirrors
  try to turn back the years--living inside smoke and mirrors
  
  ohh.....the night calls
• thievery corporation'in mirror conspiracyalbumunden bir parca.
• (ing.) yaniltmaca, yaniltmak icin kullanilan arac/gerec. hand waving gibi bu da illuzyonistlerden geliyor olsa gerek.
• özellikle intro'su, malmsteen'i kıskandıracak sweep'lerle bezenmiş symphony x şarkısı. the divine wings of tragedy, the odyssey gibi "senfoni" ler hariç en iyi syphony x şarkısı bile olabilir hatta..
• (bkz: the magnetic fields)ın özellikle nakaratında aşk hakkında yaptıgı tespit ile can alıcı kendini sevdiresi şarkısı. sözlerini de yazayım tam olsun
  
  someone else's world goes by
  as my train runs through this night
  someone else's rain comes down
  but no rain can touch me now
  smoke and mirrors
  special effects
  a little fear, a little sex
  that's all love is
  behind the tears
  smoke and mirrors
  we were foolish, you and i
  but there's no reason to cry
  we put on a lovely show
  but that's all. i had to go
  smoke and mirrors
  special effects
  a little fear, a little sex
  that's all love is
  behind the tears
  smoke and mirrors
  i don't know the stations' names
  i'll spend my life on this train
  smoke and mirrors
  special effects
  a little fear, a little sex
  that's all love is
  behind the tears
  smoke and mirrors
  fumée et miroirs
  effets speciaux
  un peu de peur
  un peu de sexe
  sous les lârmes
  l'amour n'est que sa
  de la fumée et des miroirs
• arena nın pepper's ghost albumunde yer alan ve ozellikle "tell me who you are, to treat me like a fool, can’t you be honest from the start, explain these tainted rules!" bolumunde dile gelen, hesap soran, meydan okuyan ve kanayan ruh ile iz bırakan sarkı.
  
  sozlerini de yazayım tam olsun
  
  smoke and mirrors
  
  do you hear the voice?
  shouting down the midnight friend
  do you hear the voice?
  an empty requiem
  
  tell me who you are
  to treat me like a fool, can’t you be
  honest from the start
  explain these tainted rules
  
  calm me down
  a siren’s crown
  graceful sounds
  ease me round
  
  more than smoke and mirrors
  can't you see me on the stage?
  more than misdirection
  don't you let me fade away!
  
  spinning out your web
  you planned to bring me down – wrong again!
  you crawled inside my head
  corrupted what you found – wrong again!
  
  lead me on
  a siren’s song
  draw me in
  break my wings
  
  more than smoke and mirrors
  can't you see me on the stage?
  more than misdirection
  don't you let me fade away!
  
  more than smoke and mirrors
  can't you see me on the stage?
  more than misdirection
  don't you let me fade away!
  more than smoke and mirrors
  can't you see me on the stage?
  more than misdirection
  don't you let me fade away!
  more than smoke and mirrors
  i’m more than smoke and mirrors!
• oldukca hareketli, bol sololu, enerjik guzel bir symphony x parcasi.
• "mecburiyetten los angeles'ta bulunan yazar" temalı öyküleri the goldfish pool and other stories ile murder mysteries kanımca en iyi öyküleri olan derleme. bir de şiirler gerçekten kötü.
• jamiroquai'nin rock dust light star albümündeki üçüncü ve bence en güzel şarkısı.
  
  sözlerini de yazayım tam olsun ekolü:
  
  stop what you're doing get into this groove
  can't you see the signs?
  carried away on a wave of devotion with music pumping
  the lights are shining so bright
  
  stop what you're doing get into this groove
  can't you see the signs?
  
  slip on out and slip on into his shoes
  he dances like a plasticine machine
  some guys seize the day
  some guys got the way
  sweet old-school attraction
  
  he wants your lovin tonight
  
  he tells you you're no cheapskate reproduction
  you're sure that he must be the real thing
  well you're damned if you do
  and you're damned if you don't
  'cos your friends don't like his haircut
  
  but he wants your lovin tonight
  
  oh seven brides might meet the seven brothers
  that doesn't mean that you are one of them
  seventeen other lovers left the scene
  but you don't think that you're the ge-between
  girl think about it
  
  he wants your lovin tonight
  
  oh those days turn into years and you did nothing
  and now you wish you'd been left out there on the shelf
  baby you're an angel
  doin' things for him and not yourself
  
  those flaming eyes that flicker in the fast lane
  don't tell of broken hearts he's left behind
  it's hard not to succumb
  but you were stuck under his thumb
  you won't have a word of it
  your mama's going out of her mind
  
  this is not the thing she wanted for ya
  chained up to the kitchen sink of life
  thirteen years of negligence
  but you're too far in to jump the fence
  i bet you rule the day
  when you took his lovin' that night
  
  so hard for you to see through smoke and mirrors
  how come you never look before you leap
  oh well baby you're an angel
  you didn't know he's playing this for keeps
  
  did you see the good the bad the ugly
  they told you it was far too far to drop
  oh baby you're an angel
  crying on a shoulder made of rock
  
  ahh, ahh, he wants your lovin'...
  tonight my dear, tonight your lovin'
  he wants your lovin' tonight
  (repeat)
  
  not: copy paste'in ustasıyım, gözlerinin hastasıyım.