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The stopping train is heading to darker places
To the end of a city
That stretches itself out
Between the metal flanks
Of the purring animal
The dank atmosphere smells like damp fur
Wintertime justifies the toughness of the night
The windows sweat steam,
The corridor closed its sides
Haloes of the city light
Blur the translucent glass
Red and yellow, pink and blue.
An alien world of “life still goes on”
Surrounds the passing-by engine
When the set is absurd
And the aim is hazy
When there’s absolutely no reason
To freeze in vain

I cast my eyes on useless posts,
The set is absurd and Winter sighs
Winter grins. Winter wins.
I close my eyes and let Him pass

The formal ceiling leaks greasy droplets,
Trying to drown the dirty ground
But concrete does not drink
And puddles eat into the platform
A lousy weather splutters through the tunnel
To the faces of the weary commuters
Muffled voices float, flutter and sink,
By bribes, dragged down into the tunnel
Across the rails,
Hopping human shades
Have their eyes cast on the silent clock
Useless signposts in a deserted station
Are vital scribblings
To stick to.

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from The Truth is in the Swine, released November 1, 1997

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Kermess Belgium

Kermess a sévi de 1994 à 2000 un peu partout en Belgique mais aussi en France et en Suisse...

Près de 200 concerts boostés à l'adrénaline punk-folk multilingue du groupe où la bonne humeur générale était au rendez-vous. Des ballons et des rouleaux de PQ en guise de guirlandes... Ils ont paratgé la scène de groupes tels que UK Subs, Pigalle, PPz 30, Marcel et son Orchestre, Barking Dogs, etc ... more

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