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This is Not an Elephant

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Fabrice Vérité open your eyes and ears! a superb cover and an album which combines melody and power without downtime. A success. Can't wait for the next album. long live you and your music. Thanks !! une tuerie je vous dit!!
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1.
Icarus 04:39
am I being strange? 
supine in this callosity
 craving though 
for you to see am I being strange? 
a whole life weaving fallacies 
craving though 
for something real am I being insane? 
I've felt it all too much, too close 
oh so close
 so much too close am I being insane? 
a thousand tongues and fever dreams 
calling out to me 
the same old tainted sky above
 the same old ruins 
shadows paint a face
 and pine away someone said your name today 
barely whispers 
and thoughts grew wild 
the sweetest death again 
head is full of rain 
that blurs the view and disconnects
 every end 
and every vein the water left a stain 
that sits there with a crooked smile d
calling out to me
2.
falling for this
 do you hear the rain? 
falling for this 
only I can hear the rain ... waves red and violent 
wide awake
 waves 
red and violent 
it's all a fake waiting again
 weren't we over this?
 waiting again
I thought we were over this ... waves red and violent
 wide awake 
waves
 red and violent 
it's all a fake panic eats the heart
 drags the centre down 
I think tonight I'll drown but I will find a way
 to keep the pieces sewn 
do you hear the rain?
3.
don't you ever 
leave me here alone
 don't you make me
 throw up nails and bones don't you ever
 leave me here alone 
thoughts lie scattered
 not where they belong 'cause all I want is to know 
mirrors keep me awake 
I spend all my days trying not to break.. and all I want is to know 
and all I want is to know 
and all I want is to know paper moon 
walk with me
 tonight
 paper moon 
just tell me why 
you're on fire don't you ever 
ever say a word 
hearts lie severed
 not where they belong and all I want is to know
 all I want is to know
 I just want you to know...
4.
hearts 
in the fade
 cheap charade 
stick out my head 
in wires
 all black
 keeps me safe
 when I ache all the lines 
that you drew 
silly stickmen I'll cut in two
 do you want to know? beautiful 
as a stone
 giving blood
 and crackin' bones
 don't you want to know why? hush
 eyeballs shake 
faultiness dance hush 
the dogs are out 
to hunt you down you're an atrocity
 you're an atrocity
5.
Eleven 03:42
eleven gone 
breathe in
 and get lost again eleven shines 
through
 but it's all the same have been told
 to breathe in
 what a lonely place listen close
 to yourself
 what a silly game severed hands
 scattered on the ground
 cross my heart 
I did not hear a sound 
saw a wolf
 shot it dead, threw it away 
filled my lungs 
with blood and apathy cut a hole
 breathe in 
better leave no trace opened wide
 choose to
 walk the liar's way heard a voice once
 shot it dead threw it away listen close 
it shimmers through 
listen close
 it cuts right through
6.
Silverdime 03:32
come on let us destroy 
let our kingdom come
 over ruins and bones we crawl 
under stars come on get on board ugly boy 
don't hide in there no more
 the piggies on the ground still squeak 
but you're above 
let go 
believe
 what a beautiful view 
from high up 
in your UFO you hold
 the seed 
it's all infected and bright 
boiling like venom 
in your mouth yeah we've come to destroy
 see our kingdom come
 making old empires fall
 under stars come on get on board ugly boy 
we'll plant a scarlet sun the piggies on the ground still bleed 
but we're above
7.
Only 04:10
the black bird sang
 "it's only rain 
come to wash away" a broken gift
 my only friend
 never give away riven wreck
 'neath silver waves 
forever to remain silent like 
my only friend
 my only, only friend 
if only I could 
hide in there 
if only I could 
hide in there
 the wind's gone silent 
the clouds broke down like glass
 would you believe
 all those jaded reveries? peer through the darkness 
to find a piece of me 
birds in the ashes 
it is hard 
it's hard
 to breathe
8.
McLovin 03:57
you know ... this means everything 
'cause lonely minds
 think lonely things 

gone ... through the cold days 
I spent all I had 
on a beauty case

 dusty boots 
and fireflies 
had a dream
 but never died 
so ... how's it gonna be? 
hold my heart in your mouth 
it helps me feel

 so ... that is everything? 
good night
 good bye
 we perish 

dusty boots
 and fireflies 
come alive
 and light my way
9.
Moonhunter 05:58
all there's to say now, scrawl on the bed 
a little bit afraid that I can't come back going in circles, gone for a while
 follow the lines of light drawn in the sky
 ah ... 
wait until it's gone 
'til we're all alone 
ah ... 
let the daylight drown
 barely sleeping now
 painted in colors, bound to fade away 
like entire oceans right in my hands every word sinks, even deeper now 
just like the lines and the light drawn in the sky 
ah ... 
piece by piece we go 
taken one by one ah ...
 drag the devils down
 barely breathing now 
in the afterglow 
tears and lies 
all rearrange 
burn down love and coal naked in the fire 
I … in the afterglow
 tears and lies
all rearrange 
burn down love and coal
 naked in the fire 
I feel alive

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Debut Album from This is Not an Elephant

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released March 29, 2019

All songs written and produced by Andreas Krebs with Randy Salo and David Kreisl
Recorded at Kriesp Studios by Andreas Krebs
Mixed and mastered by Erdem H. Engin
Artwork and design by Andreas Krebs

Golden Church are Thorsten Zahn and Tobias Schoenemann : label@goldenchurch.com

This Is Not An Elephant is:
David Kreisl (Vocals, Lyrics)
Andreas Krebs (Guitars, Programming, Backing Vocals)
Randy Salo (Bass, Backing Vocals)
Florian Wolf (Drums, Programming)

This Is Not An Elephant wishes to thank the following: Thorsten Zahn, Antonia Zettl, Kai Metzner, Kris Samodol, Daniel La Marca, Nadja Daniel, Alex Häring, Jana Hauser and Wizard Promotion, Marcel Thenee, Alexander Pozniak, Philip Zeppenfeld, Guitar Magazin, FREQS, Dario Albrecht and the ProgCast, Van Kirsch and the Progspace, Daniel Lazak, Aaron Kokal, Moritz Walter, Jonas Immer, and Dune Pilot.

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This is Not an Elephant Munich, Germany

After the split of Munich’s electro-prog-rock outfit, Tanertill, guitarist Andreas Krebs kept
hammering away at writing riffs and songs. Eventually drawing both Tanertill bassist (Randy M.
Salo) and Swan Valley Heights' singer (David Kreisl) into the mix, the band set out to record nine
tracks for their debut album.
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