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Hard rain
04:03
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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
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2. |
Alice and her sisters
03:41
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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
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3. |
Phantom Pains
04:00
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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
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4. |
What love can do
03:55
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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
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5. |
Words
02:55
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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
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6. |
Lovers
04:06
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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
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7. |
It doesn't help
03:20
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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
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8. |
Little starry night
04:25
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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
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9. |
So far away from you
02:58
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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
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10. |
The waves
03:41
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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
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11. |
What's going on
03:37
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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
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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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"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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