VAMA

BETTER
1 • SUMMER LOVE • 5’38’’
2 • BURNING MAN • 4’27’’
3 • RIDING HIGH (INTO THE LIGHT) • 3’39’’
4 • START A FIGHT • 2’55’’
5 • LONDON FEELING • 5’07’’
6 • IN THE NAME OF LOVE • 4’42’’
7 • MEMORIES NOW • 3’33’’
8 • GHOSTS AT WAR • 3’22’’
9 • A BETTER MAN FOR YOU • 5’37’’
10 • CURE K • 3’39’’
11 • KARMA GAME • 4’03’’
12 • FINGERS AND SIN • 3’26’’
1. SUMMER LOVE

Summertime will freeze my inside war

Summer winds will break through secret doors
Summer nights will keep my heart alive
Summer love will help me through this life

I peel the cold, hard winter off my skin

I let the carefree summer breeze come in
I am revolving round the same old fears
My resurrection's near, my resurrection’s near

My dirty angel drives me to decay

I’ll live it up and then give in to blame
August restores my broken fantasies
The breaking waves bring peace

Summertime will freeze my inside war

Summer winds will break through secret doors
Summer nights will keep my heart alive
Summer love will help me through this life

My story’s open for any change of plot

I’m short on morals and my soul is hot
Myriad stars on summer night, deep sky
Hurt me and say goodbye...
Love me and pass me by…

Summertime will freeze my inside war

Summer winds will break through secret doors
Summer nights will keep my heart alive
Summer love will help me through this life
2. BURNING MAN Spread your wings and cast your shadow
On the thirsty man
So many roads ahead of me... so hard Cry your tears and water down the pain of burning man
So many dreams I need to leave behind
The crushing burden I’m afraid I couldn’t walk without Take him far away
Wandering pilgrim through the labyrinth Take him far away
Take him far away
I’m crawling through the burning desert in my mind Take him far away
I see illusions of a better man
I take a leap to fantasy You hear a distant piano singing through the night
And kiss the singing angels For a moment, you feel light
The haunting sound will follow you in life
Spread your wings and cast your shadow The bell of hope still ringing
On the thirsty man
Cry your tears and water down the pain Spread your wings and cast your shadow
Of burning man On the thirsty man
Take him far away Cry your tears and water down the pain
Take him far away Of burning man
Take me far away Take him far away
Take me far away Take him far away
Take me far away
Ooh… Ooh... Take me far away

The city alienates my everything Far away... Far away…

My raging screams lie, fainted on the floor Far away... Far away...
I am so small, it’s far too late to grow again
I’ll be unnoticed, should I stay or go?

My thoughts are echoing in, oh so many minds

Shouldn’t we all share the blame?
Why crossing lonely through the desert of our lives?
Why feeding soul to pain?
3. RIDING HIGH (INTO THE LIGHT) My girl lies on the beach
Picture from heaven
Summer on the run, I grab a beer, fulfil the old cliché
We hunt for wind,
We’re never free unless we ride big waves Following the roads
Of endless summer
Landing on the beach, We run on love and wind and rock ‘n’ roll
The sand is storming
Looks like the place to get my freedom heat I’m riding high
Into the light
God of big air jumps Reaching my freedom
Pull me off the ground Racing the waves
I’m like a child lost in the wonderland
Forever wind
My heart’s a drum machine Forever ocean
Runs on adrenaline Forever airborne
My brain is emptied of that daily junk Forever free

I’m riding high I’m riding high

Into the sunlight Into the sun...
Reaching my freedom
Racing the waves I leave the world behind, lose the strings of time
Reach for the skies, surrender to the wind
Forever wind,
Forever ocean I’m riding high
Forever airborne Into the light
Forever free Reaching my freedom
Racing the waves
I’m riding high
Into the sun... Forever wind
Forever ocean
Forever airborne
Forever free…
4. START A FIGHT feat. Larisa When love is high
Kill it with a smile
Oh, pretty baby, the way you looked that night Don’t look behind
I had to start a fight
I threw my punches right Our farewell fuck
Our farewell crack
Then, pretty baby, you kissed my broken lips Perfect breaking up
I grabbed your perfect hips
Felt the apocalypse We’re going down...
We’re going down...
You took me home We’re going down...
I turned you on Through our black hole of desire
We lost control Dancing demons on a wire

Time turned to dream Jump off the crest

We were obscene Before it breaks
You made me scream Head for desire

We’re going down... Hop off the ride

We’re going down...
We’re going down...
Through our black hole of desire
Dancing demons on a wire
You pretty baby, we both know it won’t last
We squeeze it all so fast
I’m not your man to trust
You pretty baby, we suck each other dry
It’s time to say goodbye
Leave out the question why
Tripping was wild
Higher than higher
We’re going down
Kill my love when time is right
We’re going down (scream)
We’re going down (scream)
We’re going down (scream)
Kill my love when time is right
Move on to another fight
5. LONDON FEELING
The hooker in the mirror, red lipstick all over her face
Staring hopelessly while losing count of her regrets
When daddy made her woman and nothing’s ever been the same
Waiting all these years for someone to relieve the blame
The questions always rising, the answers never fall
The sense in senseless lives, the chasers of a lure
Spinning around the bulb of life like butterflies
Pursuit of happiness, the fear of loneliness
It’s round, so wrong and round, this vicious cycle… we never break out

Rich woman in the mirror, perfect makeup on her face
Questioning that something missing from her silver cage
A priceless golden bracelet making up for empty soul
An everlasting longing for someone real at the door
The questions always rising, the answers never fall
The sense in senseless lives, the chasers of a lure
Spinning around the bulb of life like butterflies
Pursuit of happiness, the fear of loneliness
You never break the pattern, you foolish Freudian clown
He died for all our sins, but I still wear the thorny crown
Considering the world, it doesn’t look like love has won
You never break the pattern, you foolish Freudian clown
He died for all our sins, but I still wear the thorny crown
I’m squirming on the ground to shake away the blame
To go back to the baby I was and ease his pain
Am I strong enough to love him? To show him a new life?
Assure him he is safe now as they turn off the lights?
And can I come again from time to time to watch him sleep?
On her day off the hooker goes down to the beach
Sun is rising, the waves gently cover her feet
A rich woman, white dress, strolls along the shore
Seagulls cry, flying over the calm blue sea… …

We are anguished butterflies converting fluttering to reason…

Frozen and detached, the hooker gratifies the man

The rich woman enrolled her broken heart in charities
Self-delusion is sweet, healing wounds, taking care
But the blame is still there every night, everywhere

The cage door is open but I won’t fly

Gloom and routine are safer for now
Outside of blame nothing’s foregone
And I’m scared of…
6. IN THE NAME OF LOVE
True story
I loved her with all my heart
And I wore my heart inside out
Cheerful and loud
She loved me
She turned heads when walking on
streets
In spite of the fear I could lose her
My ego grew big
Her pretty face, seductive ways, the
spell she cast with her eyes...
Her body glowing on Saturday nights
We were so young, I was unarmed and
didn’t care much for soul
I’d lost my reason, lust had taken
control
In the name of love
Surrender your ego, give up your pride
If you seek true love
Your mind and your heart shouldn’t
fight
Real love won’t hurt
Remember, before lying to yourself
Love can die away
Into your lies
Heartbroken, I choked on my suffering In the name of love
Hurting myself while I asked her Surrender your ego, give up your pride
Was he better than me? If you seek true love
Your mind and your heart shouldn’t
She told me fight
She’d waited too long for a change
I was so in love with my own self Real love won’t hurt
To fill her needs Remember, before lying to yourself
I cried to her: I want you back, I want Love can die away
you back in my life Into the lies
Who was really begging? My love or my
pride? Real love, real love won’t hurt…
In the name of love….
In the name of love Real love, real love won’t hurt…
Surrender your ego, give up your pride
If you seek true love
Your mind and your heart shouldn’t
fight
Real love won’t hurt
Remember before lying to yourself
Love can die away
Into the lies
Love’s not defined by the self and desire
This is what they teach us our dreams
should portray
Love is about finding peace in your lover
Put all fears behind, build on friendship
and trust
7. MEMORIES NOW The future’s closer than it shows, just live the moment as it goes and do it beautiful-
ly, it’s your only fortune
There was a time when I walked the fringe of life When our journey has no future ahead, memories are all we have left
Wasted Nothing stays, nothing lasts, see your future speeding past
And if I’m looking back I see all my regrets
Watching Memories are all we
Nothing stays, nothing lasts, see your future speeding past Memories are all we have
(Time will blow everything away
Memories are all we Seize the beauty of life today)
Memories are all we have Memories are all we
(Time will blow everything away Memories are all we have
Seize the beauty of life today)
Memories are all we
Memories are all we have

I used to give away the meaning of today

Stupid
My past has taught me how to live the here and now
Building

Memories are all we

Memories are all we have
(Time will blow everything away
Seize the beauty of life today)
Memories are all we
Memories are all we have
(Time will blow everything away
Seize the beauty of life today)
Nothing stays, nothing lasts, see your future speeding past
Memories are all we
Memories are all we have
8. GHOSTS AT WAR Foolish enemies

We share the same roof Hello, hello, hello, hello, I’m here
But you know I know, I know, I know, I know you hear me
This lapse between us But I won’t leave this house of war
Starts to grow Whilst there is something to fight for
And whatever made us feel like one Hello, hello, hello, hello
Has turned into a loaded gun I know, I know, I know, I know you hear me

We are enemies I’m here... I’m here... I’m here...

Enemies
I hate the couch we used to share
The kitchen’s too small
When we’re both in there
The silence’s heavy, the pride is high
We fade like ghosts acting alive
In this house of war
Hello, hello, hello, hello, I’m here
I know, I know, I know, you hear me
I’m here... I’m here...
Hello, hello, hello, hello
I know, I know, I know you hear me

Hello, hello, hello, hello, I’m here

I know, I know, I know, I know you hear me...
If love is dead and we are gone
Why holding on this silent war?
I’m here... I’m here…

What holds us still? Is love or fear?

Why don’t you leave? Why am I here?
The answers lie beyond ghostly walls
We built within our house of war
9. A BETTER MAN FOR YOU And bear the silence of your empty room?
Lock up the door and then pretend
You stormed into my life You’re in there?
A flickering ray of smile
I was amazed a long while But you, you stormed into my life like a blaze of pure white light
Before I realised You changed so much in me, you made me wanna be
A new love was to blossom A better man for you, now I know what it is to care, you barely stumble
Within my worn-out heart And I’m there, I’m so frightened of the day you’ll need to go away
A love that’s never gonna fall apart And I’ll be here to stay with nothing but my love

A world of pure and magic Love

I see it through your eyes
I wish to guard your wonders No matter how far you’re gonna roam
Delay the real life Walking the paths of this life alone
Beyond our love’s horizon A part of your soul harbours my whole
In long and sleepless nights Love for you, love for you, love for you
The fear that I could fail you
Hangs above You, you brought me to this life, a blaze of pure white light
You did so much for me, you made me wanna be
But you, you stormed into my life like a blaze of pure white light A better man for you, now I know what it is to care, if you’ll stumble I’ll be there,
You changed so much in me, you made me wanna be But I’m so frightened of the day when you will go away and I’ll be here to stay
A better man for you, now I know what it is to care, you barely stumble With nothing but my love
And I’m there, but I’m so frightened of the day you’ll need to go away
And I’ll be here to stay with nothing but my love

When the sliding doors will shut

And the airport crowd will cut
Off my shameful scene of pain for my son, Ivan.
While I wave my hand in vain
Will I be able to make it back home

Tudor
10. CURE K feat. Larisa
A girl
Lying stoned on her bed,
Ravished, gun in her hand,
It’s a pretty good start.
Add
Some addiction to sex
Some Electra complex
Pills and acid can help
People love to see people down
People love drama all around
Bring it out, sell the people what they want
People drool when other people bleed
People crush what other people build
Bring it out, sell the people what they need
Act two:
Bring in the rock star too
And a hot, nasty teen
Fucking up with his head
Some words:
Leather, sex, rock and roll
Therapy, alcohol
And the bestselling free…
People love to see people down
People love drama all around
Bring it out, sell the people what they want
People drool when other people bleed
People crush what other people build
Bring it out, sell the people what they need
You punk,
Golden rule for your song:
Should your hero go wrong
They’ll be singing along
Add a great chorus line
Every asshole can sing
Can you hear the ka-ching?
People love to see people down
People love drama all around
Bring it out, sell the people what they want
People drool when other people bleed
People crush what other people build
Bring it out, sell the people what they need.
11. KARMA GAME
They played nation’s karma game
Lost our future, had no shame
Sending millions to their grave
You sentenced us to the slavery
Of Stalin’s ideology
Streams of blood were running free
We were banned from certain verbs
We were banned from certain words
Our minds forced into their moulds
Now you need us to live up
To your moral standard crap
Like we all shared the same start
Look me in the eyes
Don’t fuck around with lies
Of how you won my freedom
Coz freedom is a whore
The migrants can’t afford
We get war
So we lived our double lives
A condition to survive
At the cost of troubled minds
Walking deaf with our eyes shut
We spoke other than we thought
We learnt to hide what we had not
Denied mothers, betrayed friends Brains and souls with open wounds
Loss of slightest trace of self Craving for freedom
They call it The Experiment
What about our stolen lives
You and me, we’re not alike Decency and human rights
I carry too much pain inside The walls within our children’s eyes?
The DNA of ruined lives
Look me in the eyes
Look me in the eyes Don’t fuck around with lies
Don’t fuck around with lies Of how you won my freedom
Of how you won my freedom
Coz freedom is a whore
The migrants can’t afford
We get war, we get war, we get war
Freedom meant our dream to find
An exit from imprisoned minds
Of millions’ destinies aligned
The planted evil in our brains
Reflexly plays their sickly games
Our conscience has become insane
Look me in the eyes
Don’t fuck around with lies
Of how you won my freedom
Coz freedom is a whore
The migrants can’t afford
We get war, we get war, we get war
We will be forever doomed
12. FINGERS AND SIN Distorting mirrors of our dreams
We’re fools in front of silver screens
It was when I touched your hand Where they sell love
That I got to understand
Love is small and that’s what makes it truly great Turn off the lights
Think of my eyes
It’s your body before soul Crossing your mind
Taking in my seeds of love Crawl through heart
Sparking from our fingers’ microscopic stroke
You feel my skin
Our fingers’ stroke… The air between
Fingers and sin.
And the sound waves in your call
Draw the map towards your soul
Million senses craving up for more

Kids are serious when they play

Love is strong when just a game
It is deep when we can keep our minds away

Your skin
Will keep
My mind awake
Will keep me sane

Did Jesus ever dream of love

Like a crook for fear and loathe?
Did he ever teach in order to control?

His coming to Jerusalem

No gold, no king, no prophecy
People watched him love, but how they failed to see
Music: VAMA
Lyrics: Tudor Chirilă
Produced and mixed by James Lewis
Mastered by Robin Schmidt

Recorded at Unda Recording, Bucharest, Romania in June 2016 and Assault &
Battery 2 at Miloco Studios, London, UK (Memories Now) in September 2015

Tudor Chirilă • lead vocals, backing vocals

Eugen Caminschi • guitars, backing vocals
Gelu Ionescu • keyboards, backing vocals, drum programming
Lucian Cioargă • drums, backing vocals, drum programming
Dan Opriş • bass, backing vocals

Larisa • (voice "Start a Fight"and "Cure K")

Harvis Cuni Padron • (trumpet "In the Name of Love" and "Cure K")
Antonio Segui Rolando • (trumpet "In the Name of Love")
Alexandru Arcus • (saxophone "In the Name of Love")
Lauraine McIntosh • (backing vocals "In the Name of Love")
Rebecca Freckleton • (backing vocals "In the Name of Love")
Viveen Wray • (backing vocals "In the Name of Love")
Artwork and booklet editing: 12AMTODAY

Thanks: Bobby Stoica, Stephen Budd, Horia Panaitescu

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