Hold Still

Words by Paul Streckfus
Music by Jorge Lara, Lino Max, Juan Ramos,
Ernest Salaz, and Paul Streckfus

Hold still
Hold still while I peel away
I'd like to see you after five
Instant replay rewound rewind
Remind me of what it means to be alive

Sound
Sound
No sound is the sound
Of the blood encircling your heart

I'd like to draw a chart
And hang it on the wall
In orange and blue
Because opposites reflect

It's the sound background of my dream soundtrack

What say you about this war amour
It's more than war or flood or fire
Don't let it fall apart
If blood could speak we'd have a brand new start
Clear the air
All is fair in love and war and art

It's the sound background of my dream soundtrack
It's the sound background of my dream soundtrack

Hold still
Hold still so I can breathe your breath
Hold still so while I steal your sight
Hold still and make a move
Make a move

Voice:
You and me
Infinity
Were walking in the sand
The land no land no sand
No air just glass lots of unbroken glass
Smooth creamy glass
You and I were celluloid silhouettes
Creeping on the soil like crabs
From the depths of the dark black sea
Where sharks asleep
Are dreaming bloody dreams
So they can be at peace
With their teeth and scaly skin
That cuts like glass
No matter what it's you and me
And the blood in between us inbetween
The river of life is full of lotus leaves
Dragon flies and fish of gold
Are cutting creamy passageways
In the gelatinous mazey labyrinth
The inner space that fills our heads
Behind tired lids is a magnetic field
Shadowy rings that multiply
And never return to home base
We create to steal each others' hopes and fears
And dreams and return with them in hand
Like thieves repenting
Sending waves of phosphorescent desire
Fire
Fire that falls down from the sky
And touches you right between the eyes
With a heavenly kiss you will know my love is true
Opposite windows are open
And over the horizon
Is a bloody moon

Second voice:
Prove yourself to yourself but not to me
I believe
I trust in you, I lust for you
Hold still
So I can touch your touch it's too much,
It's too much
It's such a rush tonight is the night
Just you and I, my eye = your eye like rain, like fog, like dew,
Like cool sustain
Like everything turns into you
A film slow motion rolls,
Movement is such a steady pulse
It softly whispers in my head
The sweat that buzzes behind tired lids
That sound, that sound,
That sounds coming back again
Coming back again coming back again
I don't want to be a friend I want it all, I want you
And your everything
It's the sound background of my dreamy soundtrack
The trail that marks your place in time
It's so sublime so like life but not
So caught up in sleep
My deep down gut feeling
Is speaking
It's talking to me and you are fast asleep,
Climbing peaks, sailing seas, puncturing
The sky
Bending time
The depths are not out of reach
If you let me I'll
Be your tongue your lung
Your heart
Your only one
Your burning cloud your
Mourning shroud your seasons burn
Your crazy love
Oh let me be your blood
I'll take you away like a flood