Balance or balancing may refer to:
In game design, balance is the concept and the practice of tuning relationships between a game's component systems.
Sara Alexandra Lima Tavares (born February 1, 1978) is a Portuguese singer, composer, guitarist and percussionist. She was born and brought up in Lisbon, Portugal, where she still lives. Second-generation Portuguese of Cape Verdean descent, she composes African, Portuguese and North American influenced world music. She composes in Portuguese and Portuguese-based creole languages. Although Portuguese is the main language of her songs, it's not rare to find in her repertoire multilingual songs mixing Portuguese with Portuguese creole and even English in the same song (e.g."One Love").
Tavares won the 1993/1994 final of the Endemol song contest Chuva de Estrelas (performing Whitney Houston's "One Moment in Time"), which helped her win the Portuguese Television Song Contest final in 1994, consequently earning a place in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Chamar a Música" reaching 8th place.
She's also known for singing the European-Portuguese version of "God Help the Outcasts" for the Disney movie "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," which won a Disney award for the best version of the original song. She also won a Portuguese Golden Globe for Best Portuguese Singer in 2000.
Christoph Lauenstein (born March 20, 1962 in Hildesheim, Germany) is a German Producer and animator.
Lauenstein entered the School of Fine Arts in Kassel, Germany in 1985. While enrolled at the school Lauenstein, together with his twin brother Wolfgang, created the animated short film Balance. It received an Academy Award in the animated short film category in 1990. The Lauensteins have created a number of animation works for advertising (including station idents for MTV).
Glad to see you're wide awake
This is the great escape
From a life that tried to mould you
And the lie it sold you
What would you do?
What wouldn't you do?
What would you do?
What wouldn't you do?
What would you do?
What wouldn't you do?
What would you do?
What wouldn't you do?
Do you try to reason why?
Look yourself in the eye
What you are is all you've been
What will be is all you do now
What would you do?
What wouldn't you do?
What would you do?
What wouldn't you do?
What would you do?
What wouldn't you do?
What would you do?
What wouldn't you do?
Spill a tear as your sense of self slowly
Melts away
Melts away
Melts away
Melt away
Until death's mirror reflects
The meaning of our lives
Wander aimless and mesmerized
I'm writing this song to tell you that I'm sorry
Cause I know you never thought that I'd be away so long
I know it's unfair to ask you to wait for you
It's hard to keep my balance
When you look the other way
So I'm letting go with every breath I'm taking
So many reasons
I need something more to believe in
The time has come to turn and walk away
Through all these changes
Mistakes
There was time, now it's too late
There's nothing more that I could say to you
I'm writing this song to tell you that it's over
Your jealousy took it way too far this time
Another day comes
I'm better off without you
So now we'll take a deep breath and get on with our lives
It's hard to keep my balance
When you look the other way
So I'm letting go with every breath I'm taking
So many reasons
I need something more to believe in
The time has come to turn and walk away
Through all these changes
Mistakes
There was time, now it's too late
There's nothing more that I could say to you
So what good is today
When there's not going to be a tomorrow?
It's too much for me to take
I know you don't want to wait forever
Just remember
So many reasons
I need something more to believe in
The time has come to turn and walk away
Through all these changes
Mistakes
There was time, now it's too late
There's nothing more that I could say to you
We're not the first, wiping ice from the blinder's eyes.
We don't know how long this will tide us over.
See results divide into very clear realities.
You couldn't set them further apart and I
can't ever look far enough.
Reach up to the highest point or brought down to the lowest level.
The balance will allow. Split and substain in front of me.
Build up the attainable, already set up to fail.
The balance will allow. Split and substain in front of me.
I'm worn right out asking for solutions I don't need.
See the answers just aren't good enough, and of course
after a while I've made a new realization.
As mush as I gain today, spills out even in a different way.
We'll watch essentials dislocate, stripped away. Am I working in vain?
The balance will allow losing unexpectedly.
I know the balance will allow finding and recovering.
Balance will allow. Resolution's finding me.
Balance will allow. Resolution's finding me, finding me.
Balance will allow.
Balance will allow.
Balance will allow.
Resolution's finding me.
When it rains it pours. See the floodgates opening.
Desolate, dry spells. When there's nothing happening,
The balance will allow. Split and substain in front of me.
When it rains it pours. See the floodgates opening.
Desolate, dry spells. When there's nothing happening,
The balance will allow. Split and substain in front of me.
Reach up to the highest point or brought down to the lowest level.
The balance will allow. Split and substain in front of me.
Build up the attainable, already set up to fail.
When we all move on
We'll go back to the start
To when there was no law
And we could love
Without a fear of change
With the courage of kings
With a steady hand we'll place everything
Together again
We'll be together again
So let's begin to take this in
You are the balance
You are the fold
You are the sails that bring me home
I'm looking for that clearer water
I'll never be thirsty again
If I could just touch them all
It could all be over
And all of my sorrows could end
This is what I'm waiting for
I know that there's something more on the way
You are the balance
You are the fold
You are the sails that bring me home
You are the balance
You are the fold
Our differences have set us apart... They can't bind me
Our hearts have been equivalent from the start... If only
I spoke the words at the right time
A loss for words to build the right line
Reflect a traitor to make my mind cry open, behave!
Like gentlemen... like proper men we dive in
Live... You'll be the proof of my existence
My pride, my dreams... They all belong just to me
So alive, we coexist, we coexist... So envious, So envious... We pray for this
So alive, we coexist, we coexist... So envious, So envious... We pray for this
Listen to my story... This may be our last chance
'Cause people die and people dance
Listen to my story... This may be our last chance
'Cause people die and people dance
Listen to my story... This may be our last chance
'Cause people die and people dance
Reflect a traitor to make my mind cry open, behave!
Like gentlemen... like proper men we dive in
Live... You'll be the proof of my existence
My pride, my dreams... They all belong just to me
So alive, we coexist, we coexist... So envious, So envious... We pray for this
So alive, we coexist, we coexist... So envious, So envious... We pray for this
Listen to my story... This may be our last chance
Bright daylight sometimes hurts me
Don't know how to escape from it
Hear the voices of kids
Even it's so cruel to me
So... Would you tell me how can I live for "love"
Searching for the way to make true big dream
But I can't keep such a good proportions on these two matters
No way... ah
Stay beside of me closer
Don't go away right now
So I and you can find new answer
We all are the dreamer
But we're all alive in reality
Hear the voice of my heart
Even it's so far from me
So... Would you tell me how can I alive for "love"
Searching for the way to make true big dream
But I can't keep such a good proportions on these two matters
No way... ah
Stay beside of me closer
Don't go away right now
you can see the simple stars
the night comes on to you
you can go without a word
no long goodbyes for you
but you take it light
and you fly by night
get your balance
keep your balance
get your balance
get your balance
keep your balance
get your balance
you could feel your way around
you could knock on any door
even when you turn them down
there's someone wanting more
well you got it made
Take your turn to lean on me
I've leaned on you for so long
Your words, they hide behind your age
My words, they sing you this song
And I fall from this tightrope
That you've walked a thousand times
One step over two steps
You're wise beyond your eyes
Walk away, its your time
deny the tear in my eye
Your memory will never die
Your memory will never die
At peace I trust in you every step of the way
To stay with me til the end of the day
So move on to your tomorrow as we all say goodnight
Cause you're my sense of balance for the rest of my life
Now I'm waiting on the words that I've never had the chance to tell
So this is my I love you
This is my Fare thee well
Walk away, its your time
deny the tear in my eye
Your memory will never die
Your memory will never die
At peace I trust in you every step of the way
To stay with me til the end of the day
So move on to your tomorrow as we all say goodnight
Cause you're my sense of balance
for the rest of my life, rest of my life, rest of my life,
rest of my life, rest of my life,
Mark my words with magic markers
this is not the end
balance means your moving forward
i will soon descend
idle hands are devils playthings
i will jerk me blind
balance is a definition
always undefined
(moving to the sound
turning me around)
chorus
balance
first thing on my mind
beauty never dies
only redefines itself
pierce my organs burn my face
leave me in the cold
balance is a vivid statement
this is getting old
sharper theeth and bigger fingers
less is always more
Well I hear you've got problems
Just like everybody else
Seems like you're building mountains
And always making the little things swell
Now did you ever think there could be a better way
Or maybe it's time for you to make a charge
Strip it all back look in each direction
Loose the bags, it may just take you to an easier place
Well now you couldn't be more different
To a very good friend of mine
Always telling me you've got to take the rough
With the smooth and never failing to remind me of this
Whenever, whenever, I'm down
You got to take the rough with the smooth
Yeah you got to take the rough with the smooth
Oh you got to take the rough with the smooth
Yeah you've got to take the rough with the smooth
Rough with the smooth
You got to take the rough with the smooth
Yeah hey hey hey
With the smooth
Well I hear you've got problems
Just like everybody else
Seems like you're building mountains
And always making the little things swell
Well you couldn't be more different
To a very good friend of mine
Always telling me you've got to take the rough
With the smooth and never failing to remind me of this
Whenever, whenever, I'm down
You got to take the rough with the smooth
Yeah you got to take the rough with the smooth
Yeah you got to take the rough with the smooth
Yeah you've got to take the rough with the smooth
Rough with the smooth
You got to take the rough with the smooth
Yeah hey hey hey
You got to take the rough with the smooth
You got to take the rough with the smooth
You got to take the rough with the smooth
The balance shifts and weighs me down
Just like it used to.
Tarnished fears and muffled shouts
Guide the way down.
The memories always find a way
To cancel out the dreams.
They shine on every last flaw
And rip at every seam.
I can hear it on a clear day. (I know I can hear you).
When the light hits the water In the perfect way.
The solace never stays for long.
Time proves useless
Dimly lit the kerosene
On the mantle.
The memories always find a way
To cancel out the dreams.
They shine on every last flaw
And rip at every seam.
I can hear it on a clear day. (I know I can hear you).
When the light hits the water In the perfect way.
I can hear it on a clear day. (I know I can hear you).
When the light hits the water In the perfect way.
And I can just make out the words.
(I can just make out the words)
And I can just make out the words.
They say: don't stop.
I can just make out the words
Don't ask me how i am i do it all the time i only lost my
balance.
and i will be ok and i will be alright and I'll get up
when I'm ready.
I'm real. I'm real.
don't ask what went wrong it only makes it worse, I'm
trying to find a balance.
And I will be alone and I will look for you somewhere
else when I'm ready.
I'm real. I'm real.
Its always a final line its always a matter of time and
I'm going to find mine when I'm ready, when I'm ready.
I'm real. When I'm ready. When I'm ready. I'm real.
The proper understanding
of the situation
that's been called upon
There are two equal pieces
Dictated by the grains of sand
Watch the scales tip
and they fall like water
the cycle spins around the nail in the middle to stay afloat
The center holds the weight and seems to fit
Life spins in the middle
set the other side on digging heels
somewhere in the middle
The center of focus
distinguished in each direction
A tunnel visionary spears to rights and lefts
Weights in motion are equally fixed at both ends
While the sound leaps in waves around the middle
tied tight to the nail of all things falling apart
pinned between the equals of today and yesterday
running out off all sides and returning to the center
Eine kleine Episode um was klar zu stellen,
Denn Katzen machen viel zu viel Gebell um diese Welt.
Da war dieser eine Katzer, genannt Fritz, der am Liebsten
Auf der Veranda in der Sonne lag, Mäuseschenkel fraß,
Und in Gedanken bei Muschi, der meist sexyisten Kätzin war.
Aber all die Kätzinnen standen auf Schirkan,
Dabei wußte jede Kätzchen, Schirkan stellt Übel dar.
Keine Kätzin die er nicht mit auf seine Couch nahm,
Kein Katzer der auszog ihn zu fordern und zurück kam.
Dem müssen wir ein Ende machen, beschloß der Rat der Weisen,
Und wie üblich in Katzenkreisen lies man die Würfel entscheiden.
Und wie das Leben spielt, Fritz warf die Eins und verlor.
Kein Zurück! Aufgehetzte Katzer schoben ihn vor.
Aber es gibt Stärkere und Klügere als mich, schrie der entsetzte Fritz.
Warum ausgerechnet ich, ich versteh' es nicht.
Gib acht, das du Sein und Schein nicht vertauschst,
Sieht auch alle hier wie Zufall aus.
Fritz paß auf,
Es kommt so anders als du glaubst.
Zum Abschied schmissen Katzen für Fritz ein Fest.
Für Kätzinnen gabs Sekt, für Katzer Kätzinnen ins Bett.
Und die Weisen Alten überreichten Fritz ein Amulett,
Daß die Rückseite irgendwo es zeigte:
"Zerschlag es an einem Stein, und Hilfe kommt!" sagten sie dazu,
"Aber es geht nur ein Mal, überleg gut wann du es tust."
Und Fritz zog los, quer durch Schirkans Revier,
Wie im Horror-Wald, ihm wurde heiß und kalt.
Und bald erschien im Schirkan in seiner ganzen Schrecklichkeit,
Und was Fritz jetzt noch helfen konnte, konnte nur ein Wunder sein.
Als von irgendwo aus ein Stein geflogen kam,
Das Amulett traf, es zerbrach und die Prophezeihung wurde wahr.
Dem Stein folgend, schmiß sich Hilfe auf Schirkan,
Pakte ihm am Hals und bannte so die Gefahr.
Fritz erkannte die Chance als er den Stein aufnahm
Und dann erschlug er den Tyrannen mit einem einzigen schweren Schlag.
Die Hilfe lies den Toten aus dem Würgegriff.
"Ob das kein Fehler war, weiß ich nicht." meinte sie zu Fritz,
"Aber seit dem allerersten Tag ist es das gleiche Spiel,
Und jetzt komm her zu mir und ich erklär es dir."
Gib acht, das du Sein und Schein nicht vertauschst,
Sieht auch alle hier wie Zufall aus.
Fritz paß auf,
Es kommt so anders als du glaubst.
"Du mußt wissen", hörte Fritz die Hilfe sage,"es gibt hier nicht einen Stein um das Amulett zu zerschlagen.
Also hab ich selbst einen geworfen, von irgendwo aus,
Und hab selbst das Amulett zerbrochen und nun paß' gut auf:
Der Plan war, Schirkan sollte auf nichts verzichten,
Seinen Spaß haben, dich vernichten,
Um bei euch Katzen den Haß auf all das, wofür er steht, zu schüren,
Was es wiederrum den Alten Weisen leicht macht, euch Katzen zu führen.
Es geht hier um Schatten und Licht, und um das Gleichgewicht.
Und darum, daß du das Eine niemals ohne das Andere kriegst.
Weil das Eine aus dem Anderen entsteht,
Und fehlt das Eine sind auch die Tage des Anderen gezählt."
Fritz' Körper vibrierte, als er langsam kapierte,
Und seine Augen blitzten während er Schirkans Blut in seinem Gesicht verschmierte,
Und wie in Trance trat er den Rückweg an.
Und zu hause wurder lügnerisch-trügerisch mit offenen Armen empfangen
Vom Rat der Weisen. "Ihr Scheinheiligen" zischte Fritz,
"Tut mir leid, aber es geht hier um das Gleichgewicht."
Und dann setzte er die ganze Scheiß-Stadt in Brand,
Krallte sich Muschi und verschwand als Schirkan in Schirkans Land.
Gib acht, das du Sein und Schein nicht vertauschst,
Sieht auch alle hier wie Zufall aus.
Fritz paß auf,
I've lost my patience, my self control is next.
Try to contain it, but I can't take it,
I've got to keep it in check.
It's boiling my blood, it's taking me over.
Gotta tighten my grip because it's
pulling me under.
It's war to stay sane, to keep balance when
my will is no match for my rage.
Do what I can, take what I've got to the edge.
It just keeps haunting, it will keep feeding and
it won't stop till I'm dead.
It's war.
It's war to stay sane, to keep balance when
my will is no match for my rage.
The anger set to crush my will,
it's been destroyed so fast that I can't rebuild.
I've tipped the scales, the balance is lost.
It's war to stay sane, to keep balance when
[Instrumental]
Tá rolando um clima
Seu olhar no meu olhar me conquistou
Não como nada, chego logo em cima
Eu já tô de sunga para o nosso amor
Já fiz de tudo para ter você
Gatinha, já não sei o que fazer
Seu beijo era tudo o que eu queria
Agora só te peço mãe
Pirraça teu painho descendo descendo vai
Dedinho na boquinha e vai até o chão
Subindo subindo subindo vai
Dedinho na boquinha e me mata de tesão
No balancê agora quebra pra valer
No balancê só vai da eu e você
No balancê agora quebra pra valer
No balancê balancê balancêe
You can clean around the wound
But if you want it to heal
It just takes time
And you can call up to the moon
But if you want something to change
You've gotta change your life
And take your time
It just takes time
It just takes time
It just takes time
Hard work and your time
The sun will leave the room
Will leave you to the night
And that's alright
Because before the morning comes
There's a certain calm
And then there's light
It just takes time
It just takes time
A little trust and your time
You can change your life
It just takes time
A little trust and your time
And I can sit and talk
Because I was just like you
So arrogant and brave
Impetuous and blue
But trust me as a friend
And I'll do all that I can do
And I'd do anything for you
Because I want to see you through
It just takes time
Hard work and your time
You can change your life
It just takes time
A little trust your time
Alone in the captivity of my thoughts
I search what I may have not lost
Hidden knowledge blown by time
That would give me hope
Loneliness does not give only sadness
Sadness could become a key
The key to lost innocence
The way to find the blown rest
Blind mind led me astray
The scales fell from my eyes
And I search for the cause
Life in memories sidetracks
The dream became a silent movie
The dream that used to live wanted to survive
But I woke up
Morning haze got into my eyes
Numbness at down of a new day
How should I give things their order
How to find the meaning
I would give everything for that grains of sand...
I stand in vacuum waiting
For arrival
Slowly, as slow as the water flows
I look truth in the face
Reverse the faith
Wipe off the hatred
I want to wake up
I do not want to dream any more
The creator hands over
And I add my print
We have life we deserve
We perceive it in the same way
As we think about it
1, 2, 3i'm down for the count again
these gloves are worn to shreds
this body cant take another hit
black and blue all over
the referee counts once again
increasing 1 by 1
how long will i stay down
this hurts too much
i'm getting, i'm getting
pretty sick of this
and you're treating me
with those fists
another uppercut
and i'm down again
i can't make a comeback
i cannot win the title
to be world champion
i have collapsed
i have fallen
it is you
whose brought me down
i have collapsed
i have fallen
it is you
whose brought me down
left and right, left and right
pummeling me into submission
i let you do it
over and over again
you're a perfect angel
from the hands of god
or so you'd like to believe
that's what they told you
i gave you royalty
i gave you royalty
but here we are
in the ring again
for the record
i go in circles
and everything is deja vu
guess i should've seen
this suckerpunch
i have collapsed
i have fallen
it is you
whose brought me down
i have collapsed
i have fallen
it is you
If you knew everything
That I try to say
When you wrap me 'round you
But I never stay
'Cause you've got the kiss
To steal what I lifted
Out of the hollow
Heart that I give
I'm balancing fear with you in my hands
I'm balancing joy with tears in my eyes
I'm balancing sorrow drinking for the laugh again
Waiting on the line for the sun to rise
Stumbling through the scene of the crime
Hiding the clues, wasting your time
'Cause I know it hurts
I know how it feels
To lose the balance and fall away from you
I'm balancing fear with you in my hands
I'm balancing joy with tears in my eyes
I'm balancing sorrow drinking for the laugh again
Waiting on the line for the sun to rise
If you knew everything
That I try to say
When you wrap me 'round you
But I never stay
'Cause You've got the kiss
To steal what I lifted
Out of the hollow
There's a point that we won't cross,
A limitation of what's right,
So draw a line into the sand,
Take your side, make your stand
It's all on you
Can't take this away from you,
Never a doubt in mind,
It's all on you,
Raise up my head
Rain starts to fall
Drops of my conscience
Soak through my soul
Burning alive
Just give me this life,
And wake me up again,
No remorse,
No repent,
Not a second guessing why,
Fuel the fires that will burn us all,
Burn me alive,
You're so far away from me,
Never a time,
Never a second goes by,
Raise up my head
Rain starts to fall
Drops of my conscience
Soak through my soul
Burning alive
Just give me this life,
And wake me up again,
Raise up my head
Rain starts to fall
Drops of my conscience
Soak through my soul
And wake me up again,
Speech by David Icke:
Unity is what will bring this to an end. Not looking the other way because it doesn't affect us in the moment. It will affect us eventually. And look at your children and grandchildren in the face I say to those people, and tell them what you were doing.
Enough of being enslaved by these people. Enough of being enslaved by our manipulated ignorance. Enough of being enslaved by the fear of being who we are.
Raise up my head
Rain starts to fall
Drops of my conscience
Soak through my soul
Burning alive
Just give me this life,
And wake me up again,
Raise up my head
Rain starts to fall
Drops of my conscience
Soak through my soul
“Balance”
Still in fact I’m feeling out of order
Though I just caught word of their defense
And yes I’m using it for balance
It’s been said define your faith
Design your focus
For only you can assume the truth
Before this truth consumes only you
Will these inner visions keep me open?
In these fading strides of hope
To stay afloat we must continue
But will I mold these shapes into a ladder
For only you and me will ascend till
It was so hard to except change
When no decisions were made
I’ve begun to regress
Suddenly I’d like to rid us of the feeling despair
Seems to be feeding off air
As we struggle for balance
Still in fact I’m feeling out of order
In these fading strides of hope
To stay afloat we must continue
But will I mold these shapes into a ladder
For only you can assume the truth
Before the truth consumes and it was only you
It was so hard to except change
When no decisions were made
I’ve begun to regress
Suddenly I’d like to rid us of the feeling despair
Seems to be feeding off air
As we struggle for balance
Inside in time I’ll refrain
I’ll refrain from
Though suddenly I could forget to
Open up to you