Tuesday, July 20, 2010

MICHAEL LEARNS TO ROCK[MLTR]: [8]





Michael Learns to Rock (also known as MLTR) is a Danish soft rock/pop rock band that performs songs in English. It was formed in 1988 and has sold over 10 million records worldwide, mainly in Asia. It has produced seven studio albums as well as several live and greatest hits albums. The band has attributed its success in Asia to a clean-living image and singing in English as a second language, and the fact that their lyrics are relatively easy to learn and sing.

According to their record label releases, their sound is "the perfect balance of [a Scandinavian glow and the international pop song] that has been instrumental in forming the compelling sound of the band",though the lead singer and song writer Jascha Richter disagrees with this, maintaining that the music defies geographical categorization.


Origin Aarhus, Denmark
Genres Soft Rock
Ballad Rock
Pop Rock
Alternative pop
Years active 1988 – present
Labels EMI Records
Impact Records
MCA Records(US)
MLTR Music(independent)

Members
Jascha Richter
Mikkel Lentz
Kåre Wanscher
Former members
Søren Madsen



1. YOU TOOK MY HEART AWAY

[Songwriters: Lentz, Mikel; Richter, Jascha; Wanscher, Kare;]

Staring at the moon so blue
Turning all my thoughts to you
I was without hopes or dreams
I tried to dull an inner scream
But you saw me through

Walking on a path of air
See your faces everywhere
As you melt this heart of stone
You take my hand to guide me home
And now I'm in love

You took my heart away
When my whole world was gray
You gave me everything
And a little bit more
And when it's cold at night
And you sleep by my side
You become the meaning of my life

Living in a world so cold
You are there to warm my soul
You came to mend a broken heart
You gave my life a brand new start
And now I'm in love

You took my heart away
When my whole world was gray
You gave me everything
And a little bit more
And when it's cold at night
And you sleep by my side
You become the meaning of my life

Holding your hand
I won't fear tomorrow
Here where we stand
We'll never be alone

VIDEO



2. HOW MANY HOURS


[Songwriters: Lentz, Mikel; Madsen, Soren; Richter, Jascha; Wanscher, Kare;]





Mothers giving birth to a little son
Crying in the rain of falling bombs
Father he is young but deep and wise
You see the fighter inside his eyes

Hold me, cover my sight
This is no paradise
Don't show me
The evil sides of the world

How many hours and how many days
Love is just slipping away?
How many seasons and how many years in tears?
How many centuries and how many lives in fear?

People selling flowers like nothing's going on
Turning their backs on a world gone wrong
Children play around I guess they found some wheels
You see them running down the naked fields

Hold me, cover my sight
This is no paradise
Don't show me
The evil sides of the world

How many hours and how many days
Love is just slipping away?
How many seasons and how many years in tears?
How many centuries and how many lives in fear?

How many hours and how many days
Love is just slipping away?
How many seasons and how many years in tears?
How many centuries and how many lives in fear?


VIDEO



3. BREAKING MY HEART


[Songwriters: Richter, Jascha;]

I'm on the floor counting one minute more
No one to break the silence
Staring into the night all alone but that's alright
It's the feeling deep inside I don't like

There is no excuse my friend
For breaking my heart, breaking my heart again
This is where our journey ends
You're breaking my heart again

Here in my bed counting the words you've said
They linger in the shadows
Coming home late at night drunk again but that's alright
It's the look in your eyes I don't like

There is no excuse my friend
For breaking my heart, breaking my heart again
This is where our journey ends
You're breaking my heart again

There is no excuse my friend
For breaking my heart, breaking my heart again
This is where our journey ends
You're breaking my heart again

There is no excuse my friend
For breaking my heart, breaking my heart again
This is where our journey ends
You're breaking my heart again

VIDEO


4. SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW



Drifting back to a time gone by
she was in my life
now I'm watching her from the car
Someone bought her rollerskates
God am I too late
did somebody else take my place
She's getting closer
and as I roll the window down
I spoke and then she turned around
And I said
there is something you should know
I could never let you go
because I miss you so
Baby when the time is right
together we will fight
to get you in my life
Looking back through misty eyes
but with a fathers pride
I drive away in my car
It doesn't matter baby
if it takes a year or two
someday you're gonna find the truth
And I thought
There is something you should know
I could never let you go
because I miss you so
Baby when the time is right
together we will fight
to get you in my life

VIDEO


5. YOU'LL NEVER KNOW


Take a look around this lonely place
Where mask is worn on every face
and painted lips gently kiss
the end of their cigarettes
This world is dressed in such finesse
to cover all the emptiness
We're standing here in between
the pages of a magazine
Chorus :
You'll never know what I feel inside
I'll never know what you think about
Until we share what we keep in private
Until we find what we're living without
Our shadows move across the wall
No promises no talk at all
Inside the crowd we dance alone
with faces made of stone
Chorus

alt.VIDEO



6. LOOKING AT LOVE


A man stands next to at great wall
He's too close he can't see at all
But if he doesn't stand so near
The bigger picture become so clear
I've been so into myself now
In my world I saw nothing else
So many times I made you cry
I never knew the reason why

I couldn't face the truth that was inside
But as the world is turning
You know I'm slowly learning

Chorus:
Looking at love from a different view
Seeing my self the way you do
Checking my self checking myself searching my soul
Looking at love through anothers eyes
Seeing things I never realize
Kicking my self kicking my self I was
But now I'm looking at love

I stared deep into the mirror
A hard look I ain't no hero
For the first time I can see
How hard it's been to love a man like me
Your give me love with no conditions
Your trust me with no suspicios
I know I haven't done the same
I never really sww your pain

I couldn't face the truth that was inside
But as the world is turning
You know I'm slowly learning

Chorus:
Looking at love from a different view
Seeing my self the way you do
Checking my self checking myself searching my soul
Looking at love through anothers eyes
Seeing things I never realize
Kicking my self kicking my self I was
But now I'm looking at love

paint my love


7. A KISS IN THE RAIN


wake up in a sweat can't sleep I'm soaking wet
I toss and turn the whole night through
I keep going in and out of time (ahh ahh)
I just can't seem to bear my world without you there
You've gone back to the life you knew
But somehow I just can't get back to mine (ahh ahh)


When you went away nothing I could say
Could ever bring you back to me
Your lipstick cherry red the hours in my bed
Still haunts my memory

Chorus:
A kiss in the rain on a dark afternoon
A heart so in pain cos' love came too soon
A taste of her lips still lingers in vain
A sad souvenir of a kiss in the rain

He could offer more than long walks on the shore
My love for you was not enough
Girl I couldn't keep the flame alive (ahh ahh)
Still when I close my eyes it's you I visualize
Though I try to shout it out
Don't you know these feelings still survive

Was it just a fling at temporary thing
I find the letters that you wrote
And though I set you free you're still a part of me
The spell can not be broke

Chorus:
A kiss in the rain on a dark afternoon
A heart so in pain cos' love came too soon
A taste of her lips still lingers in vain
A sad souvenir of a kiss in the rain

25 mtsVIDEO



8. NAKED LIKE THE MOON

I catch a word of the universal rhyme
in the summertimes in the summertimes
The river flows and I wonder where it goes
only heaven knows only heaven knows

Inpatient with the human race
still Nature shows a friendly face
And I believe in paradise on Earth

But then tonight I had this dream
so horrible I had to scream
I saw the Earth naked like the Moon
naked like the Moon

(Piano)

Inpatient with the human race
still Nature shows a friendly face
And I believe in paradise on Earth

But when I saw the News today
so horrible I had to pray
Don't leave the Earth naked like the Moon
naked like the Moon


VIDEO




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