Mute Scream

Mute Scream

We are

Blank cards in a poker table

We’re free

As much as a string puppet

We spoke

Just like a broken record

While the world falls apart

You sit at the coffee staring

Doing nothing

Claiming for nothing

While the war blows up

You turn on the TV and watch

Changing nothing

Understanding nothing

And deep, deep inside

Your soul yells the injustice

But your mouth

Just says a mute scream

Ref.

‘Cause we are

Blank cards in a poker table

We’re free

As much as a string puppet

We spoke

Just like a broken record

We don’t believe

We don’t mean

We don’t act

We don’t scream

We don’t believe

We don’t mean

We don’t act

We don’t scream

And once again you here

Like a spectator in the theatre

You already know the play

Is called “don’t say”

You already know the cast

There are the “don’t ask”

Ref.

‘Cause we are

Blank cards in a poker table

We’re free

As much as a string puppet

We spoke

Just like a broken record

We don’t believe

We don’t mean

We don’t act

We don’t scream

We don’t believe

We don’t mean

We don’t act

We don’t scream

And when your soul yells the injustice

Your mouth says a mute scream

Ref.

‘Cause we are

Blank cards in a poker table

We’re free

As much as a string puppet

We spoke

Just like a broken record

And when your soul yells the injustice

Your mouth says a mute scream

Your mouth says a mute scream

Your mouth says a mute scream

Raquel Martinez Neves

8-Set-10

Kiss the Floor

Kiss the Floor

We waste, we waste

We cut, copy and paste

Every single day

We break, we break

We lie, hide and stake

No gratitude

No shame

No conscience

No blame

Selfish and proud

We’ll fall down on the ground

If we don’t open up our eyes

If we don’t realize

Life is a miracle that everyone lose

Ref.

So now you’ll say

I’m glad I’ve reach this day

Get down on your knees

Be thankful for the air you breathe

Raise your hands to the sky

Be thankful for get that high

Cry of joy

‘Cause you’re alive

And do it like

If you kiss the floor

Innocents and ignorant

Too much focused in ourselves

To see that we’re living a bless

That too many turned in to a mess

Ref.

So now you’ll say

I’m glad I’ve reach this day

Get down on your knees

Be thankful for the air you breathe

Raise your hands to the sky

Be thankful for get that high

Cry of joy

‘Cause you’re alive

And do it like

If you kiss the floor

We live with

No gratitude

No shame

No conscience

No blame

It got to change!

Ref.

So now you’ll say

I’m glad I’ve reach this day

Get down on your knees

Be thankful for the air you breathe

Raise your hands to the sky

Be thankful for get that high

Cry of joy

‘Cause you’re alive

And do it like

If you kiss the floor

Do it like

If you kiss the floor

Kiss the floor

Raquel Martinez Neves

6-Set-10

The Wrong Mirror

The Wrong Mirror

Ref.

We’ve been looking in the wrong mirror

Chasing a golden fantasy

We’ve been blind after all

Wearing masks of lies

Bought with proud and prejudice

We’ve been fooled ourselves

By looking in the wrong mirror

In the wrong mirror

Face it

The truth of our heart

Can’t be wear dressed and painted

The beauty of our soul

Can’t be seen in the outside of us

Believe me

We waste too much time

We waste too much faith

Ref.

We’ve been looking in the wrong mirror

Chasing a golden fantasy

We’ve been blind after all

Wearing masks of lies

Bought with proud and prejudice

We’ve been fooled ourselves

By looking in the wrong mirror

In the wrong mirror

Face it

The essence of our life

Never was an expensive perfume

The reflect of our body

Doesn’t say anything about us

Believe me

We waste too much money

We waste too much hope

Ref.

We’ve been looking in the wrong mirror

Chasing a golden fantasy

We’ve been blind after all

Wearing masks of lies

Bought with proud and prejudice

We’ve been fooled ourselves

By looking in the wrong mirror

In the wrong mirror

Believe me

We waste too much of us

By looking in the wrong mirror

Too much of us

In the wrong mirror

In the wrong mirror

Raquel Martinez Neves

5-Set-10

Today, Tonight

Today, Tonight

Shut up, look at me

Nothing’s like it’s suppose to be

And all the lies you’ve told

Are spinning around in the storm

Above a new life yet to born

You crossed out this day

But it was someone’s prayer

You wait for the wounds of a fight

But it is life that’s coming up tonight

So stand up and make it right

Today, tonight

Ref.

Today, tonight

Everything is gonna be alright

Come on, say yes

Life it’s not a damn bless

You screw, you’re out

You failed, no doubt

But here, once more

You cry to the core

So stand up and make it right

Today, tonight

Hold on, trust me

There it’s not where you want to be

Take your time to think

About what are your truly beliefs

The streets will always claim for you

And this is not an easier way too

But as revenge lead you to death

Someone is taking his first breath

So stand up and make it right

Today, tonight

Ref.

Today, tonight

Everything is gonna be alright

Come on, say yes

Life it’s not a damn bless

You screw, you’re out

You failed, no doubt

But here, once more

You cry to the core

So stand up and make it right

Today, tonight

Head up, no excuses

Everyone saw mistakes and abuses

So stand up and make it right

Today, tonight

Ref.

Today, tonight

Everything is gonna be alright

Come on, say yes

Life it’s not a damn bless

You screw, you’re out

You failed, no doubt

But here, once more

You cry to the core

So stand up and make it right

Today, tonight

Today, tonight

We’ll do it right

Today, tonight

Raquel Martinez Neves

2-Set-10

The Red Flag

The Red Flag

I’m shouting tonight

I want to get over this

Cut down the roots

Clean up the mess

I’m breaking today

Leaving it all behind

I put my head on its place

I want to start again

Not knowing I hurt

Not knowing I deceived

Ref.

No more blood in my hands

SCREAM

No more blood in your hands

Make it as it’s got to be

This hell on earth

Ain’t for you to believe

No more blood in our hands

No more

No blood

No more

I’m here on my knees

Claiming for redemption

I counted all I did wrong

And I felt so sorry

I’ll catch the red flag

And paint it in white

I’ll pick all my mistakes

And throw them away

Not knowing I hated

Not knowing I killed

Ref.

No more blood in my hands

SCREAM

No more blood in your hands

Make it as it’s got to be

This hell on earth

Ain’t for you to believe

No more blood in our hands

No more

No blood

No more

I’m seeing the truth now

How we rip and rape

How we strangle and hate

Ref.

No more blood in my hands

SCREAM

No more blood in your hands

Make it as it’s got to be

This hell on earth

Ain’t for you to believe

No more blood in our hands

No more

No blood

No more

No more blood in our hands

No more

Raquel Martinez Neves

2-Set-10

Decadência

Decadência

O chão é mácula de pecados refeitos,

A tentativa subtil de juntar os pedaços

Que escorregam e nos caem dos braços

Manchando de dor os ladrilhos baços

No compasso do relógio que abranda

Só para nos ver dobrar e quebrar,

Largar a vida rasgada para ser pisada

Mais fundo que o nosso fundo não há.

O chão é berço de um bom nascimento

Mas também o caixão de uma má morte

E não há quem não tenha essa sorte,

Dá-me a tua mão, dou-te a minha mão

Que no peito são intestinos, não coração

E toda a porcaria que lavámos na vida

Está afinal escondida bem dentro da pele

Tão à vista que cega a vista e não vemos.

O chão é refúgio para qualquer alma,

Melhor amigo que o nosso melhor amigo

Está sempre lá quando nós caímos,

Ampara o corpo com a dureza da verdade

Recebe tudo da impureza à castidade

Não nos empurra para cima até ser tempo

Que o desespero é cálido por um momento

E mentira que ergue é mentira que derruba.

O chão é promessa de nós dois juntos

Certa e segura como caminharmos na ruína,

A base e o sustento, e o leito do desalento

Trémula firmeza quando nos derramamos

Somente carne e ossos, e lágrimas e sangue,

E sonhos pejados da imundice do vício,

Memórias violadas pela independência,

Arrependimento, desilusão e decadência.

Raquel Martinez Neves

26-Ago-10

The Pearl Necklace

The Pearl Necklace

It felt like I was waking up in your arms

But you wasn’t there to feel

The knowledge of you surround me

Neither warm, nor cold

And yet I remember your touch

Your hands slipping on mines

Until I fell asleep

It felt like a broken promise you made

But you know I always forgive you

This poisoned love fills me

And your blood makes my heart beat

When you whisper in my ears

That you’ll never let me go

Until I die

It felt like a drug I have to stop taking

But you continue putting it in my hands

You open sweetly my mouth

And you gave it to me with your lips

Nothing looks so right by then

When you took my body as yours

Until I couldn’t breath

It felt like I’ve crossed the limit of pain

And everything was bright and shinning

However I can’t forget the looking glass

Reflecting how you marked me as yours

But then you begged me to be apologized

Saying that you’ll always love me

Until the end

It felt like everything changed that night

When you came and kissed me deeply

And gave me that pearl necklace

I thought you would stop hurt me

When you put it gently in my neck

But then I saw the anger in your eyes

Until you killed me

Raquel Martinez Neves

Suspended, part 3

12-Ago-10

The Housekeeper

The Housekeeper

The windows are closed under the storm

But the scratch in the wood keeps going on

The doors are locked and locked again

And she’s so afraid that she can’t stand

The wind screams into the fireplace

No wonder she couldn’t hear me there

The cot swing and swing slowly into the noise

But I can’t see myself in the white sheets

The photographs tremble in the walls

As the stairs creak under my soft steps

I saw her pale and anxious by the kitchen

She was washing my yellow dress by then

I remember how she smiled forcibly

When she gave me a good night kiss

Sorry I couldn’t avoid crying loudly

Your lips aren’t warm as the mommy’s

But I’m here to apologize myself to you

Don’t be scared when the thunder blow up

There’s just the two of us in the silent house

Can’t you hear me coming in to you?

I want to call your name, make you look at me

But I found out that I don’t know your name

You’re a stranger walking around in my house

Sorry if I make you lost your patience tonight

So I grab the tissue of your skirt in my hand

And you turn around terrified but don’t see me

Then the lightning lighted up the window glass

But there’s any reflex, ‘cause I think you killed me

Raquel Martinez Neves

Suspended, part 2

10-Ago-10

Nightmare Revisited

Nightmare Revisited

O delírio é o mesmo de sempre, prometo

As cores, as luzes, os sons. Esta música

A ilusão é pintada uma e outra vez

Com a palete negra e branca do desespero

Os flashes vêm e vão. Não sei o que vi

A história é sempre a mesma, prometo

Corro, corro, sentada entre as almofadas

Quero, quero, mas as cortinas não abrem

A escuridão é densa como o arco-íris

Mas não há tesouro se encontrarmos o fim

A esperança já não é a mesma, lamento

Continuo a visitar este lugar insensato

Como derrotado no palco do seu fracasso

Em busca de não sei que palavras de consolo

O não é certo e a recusa não é moderada

Sei que não vou continuar para sempre

O vidro do espelho é cada vez mais baço

A fotografia de mim também não é igual

O olhar demora-se na tentativa de ficar

De não cair de novo na letargia do sono

É como uma pequena morte passageira

O medo sim morou sempre aqui, declaro

Mas mais claro é a luz do dia a perder

Cada madrugada comida pela ignorância

Não ver nunca o sol nascer para o mundo

Afundada na sombra inconsciente de mim

Uma noite prolongada no tempo da vida

Ganhando ao dia as horas que ele roubou

Mas frágil, perco sempre a batalha

Cega nas possibilidades do amanhã

O desejo de despertar é eterno, confesso

Tal como inútil a necessidade de adormecer

Perder as estrelas para uma real escuridão

Ceder a paz do silêncio para o vazio deste

Esquecer o que ficou e o que me espera

Para encontrar um sonho que é mentira

E a loucura é bem maior sonhando, garanto

Inchada dos receios e memórias distorcidas

Segreda-me que sonhar não se faz a dormir

Porque este sono é subtil pesadelo

Todas as noites revisitado

Raquel Martinez Neves

28-Jul-10

I'm Okay

I’m Okay

I hung up the phone

There’re no tears in my eyes

I said no, I said yes

I left whatever we have

It wasn’t an end

‘Cause we haven’t a start

And I don’t care what you say

It doesn’t matter today

I’m okay

I’m okay

I felt the kiss that you gave

I breathe the breath that you take

I’m okay

I’m okay

I saw the truth in your words

They were flowers, not swords

I’m okay

I’m okay

I hang up the hope

There’s no resentment here

We’ve talk and we see

It wasn’t meant to be

I can’t avoid the sadness

But you’ll always got me

And I don’t care what you say

It doesn’t matter today

I’m okay

I’m okay

I felt the kiss that you gave

I breathe the breath that you take

I’m okay

I’m okay

I saw the truth in your words

They were flowers, not swords

I’m okay

I’m okay

No, babe, I can’t cry

No, love is a lie

We give and we take

We forgive and we break

And I don’t care what you say

It doesn’t matter today

I’m okay

I’m okay

I felt the kiss that you gave

I breathe the breath that you take

I’m okay

I’m okay

I saw the truth in your words

They were flowers, not swords

I’m okay

I’m okay

Raquel Martinez Neves

17-Jul-10