Earth & Fire: The Story Of Earth & Fire

 

Record Info:

 

Manufactured: POLYDOR
Catalogue Number: 2925 044
Released: 1976

 

Produced by: Fred Haayen en Jaap Eggermont

 

Side 1

 

Memories (1972)
(Ch Koerts/G Koerts/H. Ziech)

Seasons (1969)
(G. K(Oyrnture)

Ruby Is The One (1970)
(Ch. Koerts)

Wild And Exciting (1970)
(Ch. Koerts/G Koerts)

Invitation (1971)
(Ch. Koerts)

Storm And Thunder (1971)
(G. Koerts/ H. Ziech/Ch. Koerts)

Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight (1973)
(G. Koerts/H. Ziech/Ch. Koerts)

Love Of Life (1974)
(Ch. Koerts/G. Koerts/ H. Ziech)

Only Time Will Tell (1975)
(Ch. Koerts/G. Koerts/H. Ziech)

Thanks For The Love (1975)
(Ch. Koerts/H. Ziech)
 

Side 2

 

What Difference Does It Make (1976)
(Ch. Koerts/H. Ziech)

Song Of The Marching Children (1971)
(Ch. Koerts/H. Ziech/G. Koerts)
• Theme of the marching children
• Opening of the seal
• Childhood
• Affliction
• Damnation
• Purification
• The march

Atlantis (1973)
(Ch. Koerts/G. Koerts/H. Ziech)
• Prelude
• Prologue (don't know)
• Rise and fall (under a cloudy sky)
• Theme of Atlantis
• The threat (suddenly)
• Destruction (rumbling from inside the earth)
• Epilogue (don't know)

Excerpts From "To The World Of The Future" (1975)
(Ch. Koerts/T. v.d. Kleij/J. Kaagman/G. Koerts/ H. Ziech/T. Hurts)

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Record Label Side 1

Record Label Side 2

1.1 - Memories
No Lyrics Available

1.2 - Seasons
No Lyrics Available

1.3 - Ruby Is The One
No Lyrics Available
 

1.4 - Wild And Exciting
No Lyrics Available

1.5 - Invitation
No Lyrics Available

1.6 - Storm And Thunder

Darkness of the night has gone
A blackbird sings a song at dawn
Crystal drops of morning dew
Are covering all the grass
The landscape wears its morning dress

The foliage of the wood shines bright
As green as emerald’s light
Over the fields vibrating air
Causes a faintly glance
Some cows are grazing near the fence

Lowering clouds accumulate
Midges dancing above the lake
The haymakers, they go away
Hiding for a storm
A flash of lightening struck

Storm and thunder
Beat the nature
Down gushes the rain and
Wind cracks the trees

Storm and thunder
Beat the nature
Down gushes the rain and
Wind cracks the trees

1.7 - Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight

When the time will come
That the birds return
The season is on the turn
And the blossom
Is adorning the land
My loneliness, my darling will come to an end

Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight
It’s such a wonderful feeling
When you’re back on my side

When the sunshine
So bright and clean
Will make trees turn into green
Our love will turn into what we intend
My loneliness my darling will come to an end

Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight
It’s such a wonderful feeling
When you’re back on my side
Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight
It’s such a wonderful feeling

Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight
It’s such a wonderful feeling
When you’re back on my side

The time has come
That birds returned
The season is on the turn
And blossom is adorning the land
My loneliness, my darling will come to an end.

Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight
It’s such a wonderful feeling
When you’re back on my side
Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight
It’s such a wonderful feeling
When you’re back on my side
Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight
It’s such a wonderful feeling

1.8 - Love Of Live

Why don’t you give me love like before
Oh you know it hurts me so
Why don’t you pay attention to me
Like you used to do before

‘Cause I love you
‘Cause I love you
Can you give me love of life?

I thought that we could make it, yeah
But now I feel so insecure
Don’t deceive me, tell me straight
If you don’t love me anymore

‘Cause I love you
‘Cause I love you
Can you give me love of life?

What’s going on in your mind these days
So long I’ve tried to understand
Ooh, I hate this slipping away
Won’t you please take my hand

‘Cause I love you
‘Cause I love you
Can you give me love of life?

Time has opened my eyes
And now I realize
Why did you let me down
Why did you let me down
In love of life

‘Cause I love you
‘Cause I love you
Can you give me love of life?

Time has opened my eyes
And now I realize
Why did you let me down
Why did you let me down
In love of life

1.9 - Only Time Will Tell

The general teaches his solders
They know how to kill
The preacher teaches his children
That life matters still

Only time will tell
Why these things are side by side
Only time will tell
Why they’re like day and night

The scientist tears the flower
And lets, it die
The poet loves its beauty
A treasure for his eye

Only time will tell
Why these things are side by side
Only time will tell
Why they’re like day and night

Only time will tell
Why these things are side by side
Only time will tell
Why they’re like day and night

Man takes a woman
He burns her love away
The loser accepts his fate
He’s love in a way.

Only time will tell
Why these things are side by side
Only time will tell
Why they’re like day and night

1.10 - Thanks For The Love
No Lyrics Available

2.1 - What Difference Does It Make
No Lyrics Available

2.2 - Song Of The Marching Children

A. Theme Of The Marching Children (Instrumental)

B. Opening Of The Seal (Instrumental)

C. Childhood
Watching through the broken seal
I saw the tree of life, forever
All the branches fully green
Bearing human fruit, forever

You’re ignoring to what you’ll turn out to be
You’ll once be sewing and gathering frequently
That’s what you’ll turn out to be

Watching through the broken seal
I saw marching children and children
At the church nearby the gate
A preacher read his sermon for children

You’re ignoring where the hell you’re going to
God bless you for the world is going to do
For what the world is going into

Why can’t we go
Over the untouched road
Is it too winding
Flanked by reflections of time
Go and experience
Learn the human destiny
Happiness and sadness
Posts of your life time

D. Affliction
Children’s eyes fixing upon the gate of heaven
Predestined for minority
Into the underworld the others tumbling down
Tortured by terrestrial vexations

E. Damnation
A long procession
Hearing the black knight’s thoughts
I have been watching you
Your conduct in life was in vain
Cross the waters of death along the silent borders
Then you’ll see
Your waiting graves

F. Purification
When will be the crack of doom?
Is it tomorrow?
Is it tomorrow?
A laurel wreath for the future graves
Of the marching children
A laurel wreath for the future graves
Of the marching children

G. The March (Instrumental)

2.3 - Atlantis

A. Prelude (Instrumental)

B. Prologue(Don’t Know)
Don’t know where they’re going
Don’t know why it’s happening
Don’t know why they’re moving
In this migration so endlessly
Don’t know where they’re going
They don’t know

I’m feeling the sorrows
Feeling their fears
Feeling their desperation
That grows so endlessly
Feeling their sorrow
I’m feeling

History has proved
Evil leads to tragedy
And complete disharmony
They had to leave their familiar world
To preserve its reminiscence
For future generations

They don’t know where they’re going
Don’t know what’s happening
Don’t know why they’re moving
In this migration so endlessly

I’m feeling their sorrows
Feeling their desperation
That grows so endlessly
Feeling their sorrow
They don’t know

C. The Rise And Fall (Under A Cloudy Sky)
Under a cloudy sky
In the centre of the city
The seven temples rose up amazing high
Reflecting superiority in a famous past

Somewhere in the air
Without making any sound
Vimanas floating to the harbour of their land
Which piloting magicians only knew

While time is going by
Among those tyrants
Disharmony is growing to an
Irrepable break
Caused by desire for power and luxury

An island unwilling
To obey predicted laws
By those tyrants was condemned to disappear
Forces of nature were misused

D. Theme Of Atlantis (Instrumental)

E. The Treat (Suddenly)
Suddenly from the city you see
Glowing clouds of ash
As a sign that today
An island has been destroyed
Suddenly people gather on “Sun square”
Silent afraid and confused
Because they have so much to lose
They wonder why

Suddenly from the city you see
Glowing clouds of ash
As a sign that today
An island has been destroyed
Suddenly wrapped in a bright white aureole
Already knowing their fate
The wizards appear in the gate
There’s evil here
Our land is condemned to die.

F. Destruction (Rumbling From Inside The Earth)
Rumblin’ from inside the earth
In frightening kings as well as slaves
In front of their panic eyes
Their world is fallin’ down
The foundations of their temples shake
Earthquakes punish their pride
Rumblin’ from inside the earth
Announcing eruption
Volcanoes spit their fire
Their vomit crawls down
And embraces the structures that have remained
Hell fire punish their pride
Rumblin’ from inside the earth
Is drowned by howling of the wind
Unchained by abuse of knowledge
Wind disperse poison-gas
The whirl winds ravage north,
South east and west
Scoring air punish their pride
Rumblin’ from inside the earth
Increasing to a final stage
Neither king nor slave survives
And then the ocean waves
Take possession of the sinking land
Wild waters punish their pride.

G. Epilogue (Don’t Know)
Don’t know where they’re going
They don’t know
The people of this migration
Will live together in a land
Where the sunshine awakes
Forming part of the eternal;
Undulation of the human race
An undulation forever
Forever!

2.4 – Excerpts from “To the world of the future”
No Lyrics Available