• Sugar
• Guided By Voices
• Rocco DeLuca & The Burden
• Curve
• ANNIE LENNO
• O.A.R. (Of A Revolution)
• Rocco Deluca
• Morgenstern
• Elisa
• Deftones
• Annie Lennox
• Of A Revolution
• Middle Earth
• Basia

And I received this gift from you
Pleasantly surprised, I never thought you'd realize that maybe
I have taken this from you
And if I was deserving, who am I to disagree?
And how can I refuse this even if I don't deserve it
And now, I give this gift to you
I could have got you anything but this will have to do
It's how I give this gift to you
Doesn't seem like much, but it's the best that I could do
I'm giving everything away before I go for good
And once you give the gift away
There's nothing you can do about it
Nothing that you do or say
Can change the way I feel about it
Try to look inside of me
To find the gift that I am giving
Glad you had a chance to see
The gift that I'm delivering
See this gift

(Total chaos followed by cheering)
(I can't make out enough words to do anything with this)
(More chaos to rapturous applause)

I don't want to be
Political energy
A constant apology
Or an instrument of hurt
A hammer coming down
To pound and pound and pound
The door to your closet
Is greedy with love
Here's my gift to you
Accept it accept it
That's all you have to do
Accept it accept it
Confused, the twilight sings
It looks like diamond rings
The jewels that this hour brings
Throw shadows in the park
Don't wanna waste your time
Or take what isn't mine
Don't fix me cuz i'm broken
I was that way from the start
Here's my gift to you
Accept it accept it
That's all you have to do
Accept it
Here's my gift to you
Accept it accept it
That's all you have to do

Searchin', searchin' for my baby, yes I am
Searchin', searchin' for my baby, yes I am
Searchin', searchin' for my baby
I'm searchin', searchin' for my love
I'm searchin' for the one I adore
If I find her you know I will
I'll never, never let her go no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no
I'll never, never let her go, now, baby
I love you, I need you
I need you by my side
For my love, for my true love
I'll never, never never hide, now, baby, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no I'll never, never never hide, no no
I wonder I wonder why
You had to leave me this way
I'm sorry, darling that I made you cry
Forgive me, love, for the things I've done to you
Come along, come along
Give me one more try
Searchin', baby
I'm searchin', searchin' for my love
I'm searchin' for the one I adore
When I find her I'll never, never let her go, no no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
I'll never, never let her go

Darling don't you understand
I feel so ill at ease
The room is full of silence and it's getting hard to breathe
Take this guilted cage of pain and set me free
Take this overcoat of shame
It never did belong to me
It never did belong to me
I need to go outside
I need to leave the smoke
'cause I can't go on living in this same sick joke
It seems our lives have taken on a different kind of twist
Now that you have given me the perfect gift
You have given me the gift
For we have fallen from our shelves
To face the truth about ourselves
And we have tumbled from our trees
Tumbled from our trees
And I can almost...
I can almost feel the rain falling
Don't you know it feels so good
So let's go out into the rain again
Just like we said we always would

From night til dawn, you soldiered on, did ya?
Each day is a gift
But you lead us strong and kept us on, did ya?
Like each day is a gift
I never thought that I'd be here with you
Saying all these words that I have to
After all is said and all is done
I never meant to ever hurt no one
And nothing has to change
You and I are strange
Passing in the night between the darkness and the rain
At the crack of dawn, you grabbed my arm did ya?
Each day was a gift
You told me slow
Before I move on you must remember
Each day is a gift
I never understood it was for you
Could never be for me
This will have to do
Yet after all you've said and all you've done
I know you never meant to hurt no one
And nothing has to change
You and I are strange
Passing in the night between the darkness and the rain
Nothing has to change
You and I can be strange
Passing in the days between the morning and the rain
I can see you now, it's like you're never gone
From dusk til dawn, you soldiered on
Like each day was a gift
Oh you lead us strong but you couldn't hold on
And that's fine cause each day was a gift
I don't know when I'll be home
So save a place for me til I get there
I don't know when I'll be home
So save a place for me

I don't want to be
Political energy
A constant apology
Or an instrument of hurt
A hammer coming down
To pound and pound and pound
The door to your closet
Is greedy with love
And here's my gift to you
Accept it, accept it
That's all you have to do
Accept it, accept it
Confused, the twilight sings
It looks like diamond rings
The jewels that this hour brings
Throw shadows in the park
Don't wanna waste your time
Or take what isn't mine
Don't fix me cuz I'm broken
I was that way from the start
And here's my gift to you
Accept it, accept it
That's all you have to do
Accept it
And here's my gift to you
Accept it, accept it
That's all you have to do
Take it, take it, erase it

Du fragst warum die Gier
Sich wie eine Schlange windet
Warum es nichts anderes gibt
Was unsere Sehnsucht lindert
Komm zu mir...
Wie ein Herz, das andere findet
Für immer ein Geheimnis ist
Sicher ist, dass Du wie
Ich dem Fleisch
Gehorchen musst
Komm zu mir...
Viel zu fein ist das Netz der Spinne
Die für Dich und mich
Das Netz der Triebe spinnen
Komm zu mir...
Suche nicht, frage nicht
Keiner weiß
Warum nichts süßer ist
Als das Gift der Liebe ist

nananananananananaanana......
in the other room (nananananananana.......)
in the other room
i'm the other girl
i'm another one
of your children
is this other face
this other name
i'm the other girl
want to be in the other room
when you're calling me
when you're calling me
I am bleeding joy
still peacefull
i am waiting for Patient
i live something beautiful
just thinking not too fast
i'm still here (want to be in this other room)
when you're calling me
when you're calling me
your gift, received thorugh this
body of mine
is alive, so alive
your gift, received thorugh this
body of mine
is alive, so alive
why secrets are now
things i can't touch
this is complicity
I'm going into embrace
this man with no face
(just losts)
your gift, received thorugh this
body of mine
is alive, so alive
your gifts, shining through this
body of mine
is alive, so alive
your gift, received, has received (nananannananana.......)
i was receiving
nanananaananananananananaanana......

Oh, I try
They can't say I didn't try
I waited by a small child
Oh, Tried to leave her
When she says I'll never love again
I wave my head in shame
In memories
And more
This love, I share
I share it, with you
Drunken
Water, Water
Please stay
I wanna love again
Only
Feeling stuck
Into my shallow public choice
I wave my head in shame
In memories
What for?
This love, I share
I share it, with you
Drunken
Water, Water
Stop sittin' and passin' on everything that I'd ever do
It's not worth to, yeah
I paid the chance rest by you
Oh, tell again
This love, I share
I share it, with you
Drunken
Water, Water
Oh
Stop sittin and passin on everything that I'd ever do
It's not worth to
I made the chance right by you
Oh.. Oh Oh!!
So tired of lettin go
So tired of lettin go and check
So tired of lettin go
I'm so tired
It's so alright
Alright

Darling don't you understand
I feel so ill at ease
The room is full of silence and it's getting hard to breathe
Take this guilted cage of pain and set me free
Take this overcoat of shame
It never did belong to me
It never did belong to me
I need to go outside
I need to leave the smoke
'cause I can't go on living in this same sick joke
It seems our lives have taken on a different kind of twist
Now that you have given me the perfect gift
You have given me the gift
For we have fallen from our shelves
To face the truth about ourselves
And we have tumbled from our trees
Tumbled from our trees
And I can almost...
I can almost feel the rain falling
Don't you know it feels so good
So let's go out into the rain again

From night til dawn, you soldiered on, did ya?
Each day is a gift
But you lead us strong and kept us on, did ya?
Like each day is a gift
I never thought that I'd be here with you
Saying all these words that I have to
After all is said and all is done
I never meant to ever hurt no one
And nothing has to change
You and I are strange
Passing in the night between the darkness and the rain
At the crack of dawn, you grabbed my arm did ya?
Each day was a gift
You told me slow
Before I move on you must remember
Each day is a gift
I never understood it was for you
Could never be for me
This will have to do
Yet after all you've said and all you've done
I know you never meant to hurt no one
And nothing has to change
You and I are strange
Passing in the night between the darkness and the rain
Nothing has to change
You and I can be strange
Passing in the days between the morning and the rain
I can see you now, it's like you're never gone
From dusk til dawn, you soldiered on
Like each day was a gift
Oh you lead us strong but you couldn't hold on
And that's fine cause each day was a gift
I don't know when I'll be home
So save a place for me til I get there
I don't know when I'll be home

Your grand ideals are so close to all of ours
and for us all of this you would do.
Yes, the sun illuminates your face.
Well, you might think - but your mask of gold
still shows your eyes of coal.
Of course the moon throws shadows on your face;
your cold mask wanes.
YouÕre wishing on, insisting on a way
to wake to find a gleam of hopeful rays.
You might say that it is my lack of faith and not your mistake.
Aside from right or wrong or who is at fault, the end result-
a broken image that you canÕt hope to mend.
You might try to adhere the pieces with your denial.
Is this your gift to me?
Music &Lyrics; ©1996 by Middle Earth

strong, that's what they say
i'm only complacent
and i will admit to the crime
of being too blind
feeling too certain
that you'll always be on my side
i often forget
your love is a gift
a gift
i take it for granted
i know you don't have to be here
you don't have to love me
yet you do
you still do
weak, when on my own
confess i'm pathetic
befriended by panic and cold
and then you arrive
my torment relenting
again i appear to be strong
that's what they say...
i often forget your love is a gift, a gift
trusts and lets me breathe, repairs every cut
and sting
i often forget your love is a gift, a gift
you don't have to be here, you don't have to
love me
i know you don’t have to love me and be here
with me
you are a gift
i take it for granted and...
how can i forget your love is a gift