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Phantom Pains

by Stigman

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1.
Hard rain 04:03
Summer has been long in coming Now our days are getting brighter But you don’t care about the sunbeams They won’t make you happier Love was not as you expected Sometimes it’s so hard to feel But tonight a stormy weather Blows out the flame Fulfills your dreams You want a hard rain On a fast train Clouds are moving On your face You want a hard rain For your heartbreak If the sun comes out You leave the place You leave the place You leave the place Hurricanes are less destructive Than the pain inside your heart Do you prefer to enjoy the darkness To kill the sun up in the sky ? When life is going off the rails Sometimes it’s so hard to live But tonight if you don’t miss it The sun will sink low in the bay I heard what you said It’s time to go back to the the rainy days Troubles away May the wind bring lightnings and hail You want a hard rain On a fast train Clouds are moving On your face You want a hard rain For your heartbreak If the sun comes out You leave the place Watch the rain run down your face Chase the sadness on your way Take it as a cure for pain I hope you will be fine again Don’t leave the place Summer’s coming to an end Now our days are getting shorter But you don’t care about the sunbeams They won’t make you happier
2.
Alice and her sisters Were moving away looking for a shelter a better place to stay On the way the daughters Were caught in the rain Leaving town forever the hardest trip they ever made Alice and her sisters Alice and her sisters Now travel from state to state This trip gets them nowhere they haven't found yet the right place And I, who have never left, always wonder where people go when they no longer feel at home ? where people go when they no longer feel at home ? Alice and her sisters Where do people go when they no longer feel at home? Where do people go when they no longer feel at home? Alice and her sisters
3.
Phantom pains Are coming inside me Evil goes straight to the heart Phantom pains Something is missing I think they are ghosts from the past Before those days are gone Let’s catch them in the dark What could I tell you When the fear grows ? Do you remember The night calls? Phantom pains I think i’m losing you Phantom pains My trust has been broken I can see the lies in your eyes Phantom pains Look like the rain That flows into my mind Even the purest feelings They are left behind How could i tell you where the wind blows ? I don’t even know where the sun goes Beyond the mountains It’s just a shadow Phantom pains I think I’m losing you Phantom pains I think I’m losing you I think I’m losing you What could I tell you when the fear grows Do you remember the night calls Phantom pains I think I’m losing you
4.
When I think about the things you’ve done Do you understand why she has gone ? Oh No, you don’t really know what love can do You don’t really know what love can do To your broken heart When I think about the things you’ve said Do you understand why she has fled? Oh No, … It made you happy It made you glad Now you feel sorry You feel so sad Nothing dramatic Don’t be afraid That’s life It made you laugh Now you’re angry Things are going bad Things are getting ugly That’s life When I think about the things you’ve seen Do you understand the way she feels ? Oh no, … Do you believe it’s just another story And what would you do if you were lonely? Oh no, .. It made you better When you were sick Now the game is over You’re such a prick It’s been getting worse For years and years That’s life Don’t try to call her While she is leaving She won’t wait for you Drowned in her tears That’s hard
5.
Words 02:55
Don’t tell me words You don’t believe in A bunch of bullshit That you don’t mean « You gonna change You will fix everything You just have to stay And keep on saying out loud The Words Of lovers Sometimes we hurt each other The words of lovers Can break your heart in two I’ve heard you say it more than once Don’t tell me lies If you don’t mind We’re just two lost souls Begging for the night Maybe tomorrow The stars gonna die The Words Of lovers Sometimes we hurt each other The words of lovers Can break your heart in two I’ve heard you did it more than once If I were to lose you because of something I told you I hope you'll soon forget it's only words
6.
Lovers 04:06
Lovers Tell me who you are Tell me where you live Tell me how you feel Where are you going out tonight? Tell me who you love Tell me where you sleep Your intimacy What’s the feeling deep inside? In the parks of old cites Where nobody can see it You can follow me Lovers Lovers Lovers Tell me about your dreams Show me your sceneries The mountains and the seas Where you go with the loved ones Tell me how you breathe When she dissapears Running down the streets I see the sadness in your eyes In bars of old cities Where nobody can brave it You can come with me … Lovers need to feel They are still alive In the parks of old cites Where nobody can see it You can follow me Lovers need to tell us They are still alive
7.
We don’t know what people do We don’t know each other It doesn’t help We don’t know what to do It doesn’t help But you did well By yourself Alone in my tiny room I wonder if you’d share My secret toughts I don’t know what to do To keep you It doesn’t help And I must tell you There’s no use crying No use worrying There’s no use At all It doesn’t help It doesn’t help It doesn’t help And I dream of something special I dream of other places I dream of something better Oh I want to go away Living in this crazy world We can’t find a way out It doesn’t help It doesn’t help It doesn’t help It doesn’t help And I go I go It doesn’t help I go I go It doesn’t help Living in this crazy world We can’t find a way out It doesn’t help It doesn’t help
8.
Little starry night You give your body to men Who don't even know The beauty you hide inside The paintings I saw At the place where you receive Are just the mirror of the goodness of your soul You have to pay the bills And take pills To relieve the pain You have to be strong, To hold on Without losing grace Does anybody see the light Shining in your face ? If only I could have Your courage and your strenght I could face my troubles I could face the end Babe we dont have enough time To wait for another day So paint the world you see And take my heart away Little starry night You can’t live this life anymore Take it upon yourself And get up from the floor What kind of stars are guiding you today ? Do you see a way out In this long day made of grey ? You’ve been through it all And you must be tired Just try to let it go And take a little rest If only I could have Your courage and your strenght I could face my troubles I could face the end Babe we dont have enough time To wait for another day So paint the world you see And take my heart away
9.
Every single morning When I look in your eyes You know where I’m going I’m gonna waste my time It’s just another day Nothing has really changed I try to run away As I am shaking hands So far away from you So far away from you Despite this boring time And my twisted mind Something will happen To keep my hope alive A dream my love a dream A way behind the scenes I want you to take me But sometimes I'm So far away from you So far away from you Even when I stand with you Even when we share So far away from you But I’m still in love with you There’s nothing we can do There’s no one to blame I wouldn’t want to have this feeling again I would be happier If I thought less If someone else gave me A little tenderness Then I will steel my heart Against any kind of trouble, Any kind of blast It’s hard to percieve And you never try to see That I am chasing A ghost inside me So far away from you So far away from you Even when I stand with you Even when we share So far away from you But I’m still in love with you There’s nothing we can do There’s no one to blame I wouldn’t want to have this feeling again
10.
The waves 03:41
The Waves Always remind me Of the time You were close to me The Waves Walking on the Ostend beach I see your white raincoat I hear a melody Is that you sitting by the sea ? Closing your eyes Lost in your dreams Nobody can cure you Of your disease If only I could see you around And The Waves The Waves The Waves Will carry you away Far from the shore Far from the darkness of the bay And I am afraid There’s nothing left The sound of your voice Slowly fades away Sailors on the ocean Are calling your name Seagulls are laughing in your face Nobody believes that You really left the place If only I could see you again and… The waves The waves
11.
Well I’ve come to get news from you boy And I wonder what’s going on ? You are trying to pick up the pieces No matter what’s right or wrong Would you hear my view? She won’t forget What you have done Don’t try to fool the world She’s angry and I care for her You will get lost in this world That’s how I feel It might be real One day I caught you crying for the moon boy And I wonder what’s going on Let’s pick up where we left off Don’t tell me that your love is gone Are you feeling blue Or is it just your life Cooling down ? Don’t try to fool the world She’s angry and she told us You will get lost in this world That’s how she feels It might be real One day Don’t try to fool the world She’s angry and I care for her You’ll find another lover One day Don’t try to fool the world She’s angry and I care for her Don’t get lost in this world That’s what I see When you come here That’s how I feel It might be real One day
12.
Sometimes I wonder why You are full of darkness As if the whole world Was falling apart But good times and bad times Come as the years go by Don’t put the blame on me I just want you to be fine Don’t be so hard on yourself As I used to be Desperate child in her shell No one can hurt you Don’t be so hard on yourself Don’t be so hard on yourself Don’t be so hard on yourself I know you know it It’s every man for himself You can trust me It’s a shame a shame We gonna lose the game But life is not as bad as you think We all have our faults We all have our stories And you are not guilty of anything So don’t be so hard on yourself As I used to be A desperate child in her shell No one can hurt you don’t be so hard on yourself don’t be so hard on yourself

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"In twelve English-sung tracks with a soothing/soft voice, a gray-blue voice, "Phantom Pains" highlights ethereal, melancholic yet catchy melodies. Stigman doesn't hesitate to employ the pop format – short introductions, alternating dynamic verses with addictive choruses, accessible harmonies, and never pretentious bridges – to get to the essence and maintain a sincerity that is evident.

With discreet drum machines, patterns of arpeggiated electric guitar, subdued riffs, minimalist solos, acoustic guitar, synthesizers hovering over harmonies and chord progressions, Stigman achieves a lot with minimal means, thanks to a raw musicality. "It doesn't help" is a genuine tearjerker, while "So far away from you" rumbles with tension that never erupts and "Hard Rain" takes us back to the jangle pop of the late '80s, when one would headbang while having a broken heart.

An intimate, introspective, yet radiant work, bathed in a blue-gray sunlight, "Phantom Pains" is a highly recommendable album that indirectly paints a friendly portrait of its author and will, without sentimentality, captivate sensitive souls"

(A découvrir absolument, Alix De Stermaria, January 12, 2024)

Film: vimeo.com/883260600

Review: adecouvrirabsolument.com/spip.php?article9454

Stigman is François Borgers
All songs and lyrics by Stigman
Recorded by Stigman at home in Namur (Belgium)

Mixing : Stigman with the precious help of Thierry Robrechts

Mastering : Dan Dacenzo

Artwork : Stigman with the precious help of Olivier Calicis

The artwork was created from photos found in a family album, taken at the Citadel of Namur (Belgium) in the late 1970s, under the snow,The child in the photos is a young Stigman.

«It doesn’t help» contains sample from movie «L'avventura», Michelangelo Antonioni , 1960

« What’s going on » contains sample from movie « Ascenseur pour l’échafaud », Louis Malle, 1958

The album is available on vinyl and CD (limited editions), and you can order it by sending an email to stigman9@gmail.com; all the details will follow:

The vinyl and CD are also available "physically" at Juke Box in Namur; the vinyl is only available at Lost in Sound in Liège (thanks to Bernard and Jean-François from Juke Box and Fabrice from Lost in Sound).

Thank you in advance for your listening and support.

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released December 15, 2023

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Stigman Belgium

"Stigman" is an intimist rock solo project, inspired by life, movies and litterature. (Ira Stigman is the main character of Henry Roth's book, " Mercy of a Rude Stream ", a great novel on the loss of the innocence and the transgression). Albums: "Broken skins" released in sept. 2013/
"Fathers", sept. 2015.
"Dream songs", June 2018
"Phantom pains"
December 2023
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