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Human Reparation

by Marquette

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Instrumental
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Awaken in a new world – I have to start again Awaken in a new world – where do I begin? I thought I had a handle on things A voice in my head, another distant bell rings Fall into another space and time Is this real or have I lost my mind? Is this an illusion? Stuck in the land of confusion Caught in between the first and second scene I see the choice that I have to make Is there a chance that I have to take? Stuck in the land of confusion – is this all an illusion? Forget everything that I thought was true Even the love between me and you Caught between two worlds, and neither is mine I exist like a drifter – lost in time
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Adam und Eva 03:02
Instrumental
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The Mirror 09:27
Instrumental
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Instrumental
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Insanity reigns In the city street Nothing but pain In the eyes I see We live in fear Of our fellow man Nobody tries To understand It’s right around the corner Mass hysteria We’ve lost one another Mass hysteria It’s right around the corner Mass hysteria Make sure and hate your brother Mass hysteria Nothing to say We’ve lost our way All solace is gone And love is wrong Destroy the one that haunts you most Don’t fear the Father, Son Or Holy Ghost We’re all in simply for ourselves Genocide agenda Taking us all to hell
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Cancer 08:22
Instrumental
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Mysterious and cold upon the screen Glowing, flowing with the currents Mysterious and cold upon the screen Yet never knowing where I’ve really been The floating seeds of timeless travel Come to rest in planes that don’t exist Visiting worlds of crystal beauty Offering dreams so very hard to resist
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I felt a cold shiver and a tremble I thought I knew It used to be warm, loving and sensual – no feeling of wrath How did it turn to be ignorant in its purest form? The only I will ever remember is the kiss of death You gave me your final emotions with a touch of your lips I had you in my arms, my hands brushed your hips What was the feeling you had when you looked me in the eyes? I can tell you what I saw – all but denial Let me finally finish and leave with a bang We will always consider this song as the last for you I sang I would have done everything for you, near and wide, alive or in death How dare you leave me with a kiss of wrath? The last kiss from my heart, the last kiss from you, so arctic in its feeling, cold Eternal emotions shown by me, you looking in another direction, fleeing
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Instrumental
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Lost at Sea 18:02
Our confidence was high, but so was the tide Lost sight of the northern star, drifted away too far It never crossed our minds that the sea would leave us blind Betrayal of the water, vicious tempest daughter Lost at sea – lost our dream Never thought of trouble, but now our ship is in rubble Take my last breath and kiss my love in my mind If there’s a hereafter, I will find my love Our ship had gone astray – hope washed away with every wave The higher they rise, the deeper our dread Find ourselves on the deep sea bed And the heart of man slips away Till there’s nothing left to save An empty shell of skin If there’s a God, we go to meet Him Cling to the wreckage – our final passage Carried by each wave – to a watery grave Thirty years to live, ten minutes to die Eyes still searching the blackest sky Endless waves wash over me in this unforgiving sea The heart of man slips away until there’s nothing left to save No one left to save me Hope God forgave me Death is in motion Here in the ocean If God can hear us, please stop the gale Or we shall perish in this hell
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Between the grey walls My head in the clouds Waiting here for the great fall Crying wordless with a open mouth Moments of silence Triggering whisper Suddenly I hear a melody From grandmother’s musicbox It’s all in me, all in you Never want to be old You think you’re in control Kill all my loneliness Feeling the darkness so cold

about

THE MARQUETTE was a brand of automobiles that were built by Buick in the years from 1929 to 1931. These cars were imperfect. They had their quirks. But every car was something special.
Music, for me, is one of the most important forms humans use to communicate or express themselves. My music may be imperfect, as were those vehicles at that time, but just like the cars, every song is something special. So, “Adam und Eva” was created as a pure improvisation on the piano, while other songs, like “Lost at Sea,” developed organically and gradually. Music may tell stories, or create images – and it may very well choose to take more than four minutes to do so.
The title of the album relates, first, to the legion of German scientists who, shortly after the 2nd World War, were forcibly recruited and brought to the US or USSR as “human reparations.” There, they put their ingenuity to the development of military technologies, such as the super-powers’ missile programs. But what of their own history in National-Socialist Germany did they carry along with them? Did their past infuse the substance of their new, grand endeavors? Did they reflect upon the nature of their research? What were their thoughts and feelings?
This is not to say that the album is conceptually about these scientists. Secondly and more generally, the title relates to the fragility of human
life itself. Once damaged, whether physically or mentally, we are hard and sometimes impossible to repair. If there is a general theme at work, it is perhaps a notion of destiny and free will, of the way our choices relate to the paths our lives take and what consequences they yield. Making a choice, are we merely working the switches along a train ride whose tracks have been laid out long before and whose course and destination remain a mystery?
Music, too, can be a medium promoting awareness and contemplation. Listening to the world, we can all be more aware about what is going on, both around and within us.

Markus Roth

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released January 8, 2020

Written, produced and mixed by Markus Roth “Syncope of Obscure Nature” by Achim Wierschem and Markus Roth “La Grand Vallée” by Sven Lendt and Markus Roth

Mastered at Double D Studios Oberhausen by Fritz Frey and Achim Wierschem
Cover & booklet design by Jef De Corte - Aeronaut - www.aeronaut.be Paintings by Brigitte Potjan and Rosemarie Hauser
With love for my wife Angélique, my sons Patrick and Kevin. For Dad, and Mom, who died in 2013. For my brothers who are very different from me, but are nonetheless my family, whom I love. Special thanks to my uncle Michael, who has brought me to the music. Thanks to Achim Wierschem, my musical brother, to all other musicians who helped to make this record, and to Markus Wierschem for his poetic support.

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