Timeline

RECORDING INFO

Produced and performed by V.A.I.N.

Alessandro Queler – synths and electric piano
Cristiano Pierobon – bass
Emerson Arruda – drums
Giulliano P. – guitar, acoustic guitar and backing vocals
Will Geraldo – vocals, guitar, acoutic guitar, piano and programming

Recorded between March and September 2011

Engineered by Fábio Ferreira and Will Geraldo at Mix Music (São Paulo – Brazil)

Mixed by Will Geraldo at Cantara Lab (São Paulo – Brazil)

Mastered by Jon Astley at Close To The Edge (London – UK)

Photos by Rafaela Gonçalves and Alexandre Favero

Artwork by Paulo Corradini

BRICKS

somewhere there’s a silent wall
where we keep everything we don’t say
a wall of agony, a wall of happiness

a place where we hide the words we don’t say
screaming to be heard whispering what shouldn’t be said
a place to live in the silence of everything we don’t say how much can we take

a wall that should should not be there

denying that we want to hear words
that shouldn’t be said
we built it with our fears and deceptions

and now we’re part of it

THE SPELL

the spell will never be broken
I close my eyes and I try to bring it back
remember those flowers I used to send to your home address

the spell will never be broken
I close my eyes and I try to bring it back
the phone calls to talk about nothing only to hear your voice

the spell will never be broken
I close my eyes and I try to bring it back
hanging around the town, drinking and laughing by the river

the spell will never be broken
I close my eyes and I try to bring it back
we didn’t realise that maybe one of us could go away

the spell will never break
I’ve tried so many times to get rid of this
will this feeling follow me till the end of my days?
I do believe so

and tonight when I dreamt of you
after a few months
I confirmed once again
my love for you

and no matter where we are
this love will be here
burned into my heart

BEYOND THE WHITE WALL

3 am
hanging around and thinking to myself
what has the world given me?

walking down the street
and watching people passing by
carrying their own story

I should go home
make myself a cup of tea
and then try to get some sleep

but I’m afraid
that those dreams will get back to me
I just can’t shut my eyes

every second lasts for a lifetime
but believe me I do not wanna die

every minute is an eternity
how can I get back what you stole from me

what will you do
I don’t trust you

trying to build a life in a different place
with people telling lies right before my face
that life was mine give it back to me
the path is broken I can’t let it be

I live that morning everyday
since it happened I haven’t been quite the same
you have no idea how much I’ve been through
I guess you knew the blame was gonna lay on you

here i am
sitting by a vase of dead flowers
looking at the wall

this is my life
just like that wall i can’t see beyond
i can only hope for the best

what can you do
I just hate you

THE POINT OF GIVING UP

the point of giving up
I feel so tired today
you told me that you could not stay
so please stop looking at me that way

the point of giving up
you always thought I was here to amuse
but don’t forget you couldn’t be bothered to choose
at this point I’ve got nothing else to lose

the radio plays our favourite song
the one it once played on and on and on
I hope you find what you’re searching for
so you don’t come back and knock on my door

because you know, I’ve got to the point of giving up

the point of giving up
I feel so tired today
you told me that you could not stay
so please stop looking at me that way

no one can understand the things you do
I’ll carry on with or without you
even if they keep on saying that I’m such a fool

TIMELINE

ONCE UPON A TIME

One day you will come to me and say ‘I’m sorry’
One day you will come to me and ask ‘tell another story’
One day you will realise What’s wrong with us

A PENNY

A penny for your thoughts
I never thought it could be so hard
To leave through that door and switch off the lights

A penny for your thoughts
I see myself laying down on the bed
The clock still ticks and life must still go on

This tragic smile of yours
Makes me wonder how
We ended up here

And despite what they might think
The picture in the frame
Holds a secret we must not reveal

HOLD MY HAND

Hold my hand
Follow me
I’ll take you to a place you haven’t dreamt of
A place you haven’t been invited to before
But there’s only one way to get there

Hold my hand
Follow me
I’ll take you to a place you might have heard of
But it won’t be easy As easy as you thought
But there’s only one way to get there