No Balance Palace (2005)

yes the black magic worked
and it might be well deserved
with a pin through my third eye
but the long frozen stare
shooting holes in stagnant air
sends me off to die
waltzing out through your clouds
and I know there is no doubt
venus is your star.

"Ophelia" Live Amsterdam 2006

Zitilites (2003)

I miss you so much boy
will we be coming on again
don't ever loose your ropes
this man is hanging by the ends
I owe you so much time
yes you might say it isn't like that at all
but now it's coming back to you
these open moments that I blew

1991년 덴마크에서 결성된 밴드.
덴마크, Frederiksberg 에 있는 기숙학교인 Kastanievejens Efterskole 에서 Eistrup, Tunebjerg와 Techau는 'Nirvana' 란 이름으로 헤비 블루스밴드를 결성했다.
미국 밴드 'Nirvana'가 인기를 얻어갈 즈음에 'Led Zeppelin'의 "Kashmir" 곡에서 밴드명을 빌려왔다.
1993년에 DM i Rock 에서 2위를 차지하고, 점차적으로 자국내에서 인기를 모아갔다.
Danish Music Awards 2000에서 'Best Danish Band', 'Best Danish Album' - The Good Life, 'Best Danish Songwriter', 'Best Danish Rock Album' - The Good Life, 'Best Danish Producer', 'Best Danish Music Video'- "Morn In Love","Daddy In Space" 로 6개의 상을 받았다.
2001년도엔 Lindstrand가 합류했다.
2004년도 Danish Music Awards 에선 'Best Danish Band', 'Best Danish Rock Album',- Zitilites , 'Best Danish Music Video'- "Rocket Brothers", 'Best Album Cover'- Zitilites 를 받았다.

"Rocket Brothers" M/V


"Rocket Brothers" Live @ Boogie 2003-03-26 

Zitilites (2003)

the city is a trap
in which we fling our worries
and grasp for somebody's promise
of the good life
forever changing plans
restrained by envious spirits
and wanting to want to give in
and go for the country
my love will always be
of vibrent and dense traffic music
that fills me up when nothing is expected

the push
and the shock
the handshake that could be changing your direction
the mess
and the chaos
the sounds of someone close to falling apart

don't wake me from the dream
don't shake me from the notion
that the day will come
and I'll belong and not be lost
so far away from hell
from unpaid debts and world war
where my bare feet are walking on dew
whituot treading a needle
on a needle

the push
and the fall
the handshake to the change of your direction
the mess
and the chaos
the sounds of someone close to falling apart

1. The Push.mp3

Home Dead EP (2001)

The good is yet to come
is what I'm hanging from
With frozen fingers
and one parched eye on
the match box jam below

Floating World (2006)

One: became the widowed son.
Them, to me, "Out of sight, out of mind."
Someone said that to me and I smiled.

Two: Listen as he sings through you.

Chapters (2006)

Hey, I want to talk to you but it's too late.
The silence that you've kept
has brought us here to the middle of the road.
Now, I want to be the savior in this mess.

I’ve waited here for hours by the phone.
When will you call me back?
All that we have shared is not lost.
You know history will never change.

Here and now, I want to know the truth.
You’ve got to let me down slowly.

Wait, we never had a chance to build our life.
If it was only me and you I’d be all right.
I need to let you go.
All that you have shared with me,
I guess this is how it’s meant to be.

Here and now, I want to know the truth.
You’ve got to let me down slowly.

I could never be the one you want — it's understood.
Apparently you moved on a long time ago with love.

Here and now, I want to know the truth.
You’ve got to let me down slowly.

플로리다의 Tallahassee 와 Orlando 에서 1999년에 결성되어 2006년에 해체한 크리스찬 락밴드.
Drifting Into Amazing (2002), The Need to Feel Alive (2005), Chapters (2006) 의 정규앨범과
데모 앨범인 2003demo (2003), 두 곳의 레이블에서 동명의 The Existence EP (2004) 앨범을
각각 1장씩 발표했다.

Mark Nicks

The Sleeping House (2008)

If I had a dime for every dollar I’ve wasted trying to be happy
I could retire because I would be miserably wealthy
Then I’d have the time to see that I’d thrown out my life like the paper
And maybe the time by God’s grace to start it all over and

Buy the Truth
Though it costs all you have (Proverbs 4:7)
Buy the truth
Don’t ever sell it out
What good is a tool in the hand of a fool if you don’t buy wisdom?
(Proverbs 17:16)

If I sold You out, I could make enough money to live for a while
Walk in the room and important people would smile
Hold my head proud, and know I had made the best business decision
Wave at the crowds who give me their money like it was religion

Buy the Truth
Though it costs all you have
Buy the truth
Don’t ever sell it out
What good is a tool in the hand of a fool if you don’t buy wisdom?

Please, don’t make yourself at home
Please, don’t make yourself at home
Please, don’t make yourself at home
Please, don’t make yourself at home
The Land of opportunity
And superficiality
Syncretized theology
A compromised reality

God, touch our eyes
Expose the lies
That waste our lives
And block the light
A future hope (Proverbs 24:14)
That we’ll wake up
And see the Truth for what’s it’s worth

Buy the Truth
Though it costs all you have
Buy the truth
Don’t ever sell it out
What good is a tool in the hand of a fool if you don’t buy wisdom?

1. 04. Buy The Truth.mp3

"Buy The Truth" Live at Cornerstone 2008...from their The Sleeping House CD

The Sleeping House (2008)

For all the spires this city raised
You’d think this is a holy place
The shadow of a cross descends
But it’s swallowed by the haze
You never sleep do you?
Always pouring smoke into
The atmosphere
What happens here stays with us till the grave

Wisdom cries out in the streets (Proverbs 1:20)

But the sirens are singing us to sleep
They’re so loud that I can’t think
I hear voices but I just can’t tell
And when we’re dead, the city prevails

Countless walk the open streets
With shackles chained around their feet
Wisdom says to fly away
But they cannot see their wings
Water, water everywhere
But not a drop that I would dare
Drink and so we think we’ll go
Imbibe the filthy air

Wisdom cries out in the streets

But the sirens are singing us to sleep
They’re so loud that I can’t think
I hear voices but I just can’t tell
And when we’re dead, the city prevails

Don’t be silent, God
Don’t be silent
Please, don’t be silent (Psalm 83:1)

Or I will fall into the world
I will fall into the world
Don’t be silent
Please, God, don’t be silent
Don’t be silent
Please, God, don’t be silent
Or I will fall into the world
Or I will fall into the world

1. 07. The City Prevails.mp3

The Sleeping House (2008)

All grown up with nowhere to go
How come nothing feels quite like home?
Sometimes it hurts to be awake
What’s the plan when we’ve got no plan?
A costly piece of paper in hand
But that’s not what it takes

Spirit, sing out a little louder
My flesh is so weak
But it screams with all its strength
Spirit grow up, into a flower
My flesh is like a weed
That strangles out the seed
And blocks out the sunlight

You could say we’re living on prayer
Boomerangs that fly in the air
We’re back where we started from

Spirit, sing out a little louder
My flesh is so weak
But it screams with all its strength
Spirit grow up, into a flower
My flesh is like a weed
That strangles out the seed
And blocks out the sunlight

Don’t we need something, need something to live for? It’s You
Don’t we all need something, need something we’d die for? It’s You
That’s all I know to do, so please

Spirit, sing out a little louder
My flesh is so weak
But it screams with all its strength
Spirit grow up, into a flower
My flesh is like a weed
That strangles out the seed
And blocks out the sunlight

1. 08. Spirit Sing.mp3

The Sleeping House (2008)

I got the call at 2am, it awoke me from my sleep
I didn’t recognize the voice, it was nervous and quite deep
He said that she was taken fast, she probably never knew
Maybe he was comforting me, or maybe it was true

The last time that I saw her she was walking out the door
I didn’t think to hug her, it was just a trip to the store
Did I say I love you? Did she know it when she died?
When she had her last glance at me, did I look her in the eye?

Though I don’t see, I still believe
There’s a purpose
You’re the eye of the storm
We fall asleep but we believe
You will wake us
And Your bride will come home

I took her to a restaurant, she spilled her drink on me
In anger I belittled her, I never said I was sorry
And now it’s those memories that haunt me in my sleep
How often we love someone, but we’re just to proud to speak

Though I don’t see, I still believe
There’s a purpose
You’re the eye of the storm
We fall asleep but we believe
You will wake us
And Your bride will come home

When I was at the funeral
I tried hard not to cry
I didn’t want to grieve like the world
As though the lost had died

She’s my sleeping beauty
For now she’s resting in peace
But one day, Redeemer, Redeemer
You’ll wake her from her sleep

I did alright till I went in her room
I buckled under the load
Tomorrow if the rain stops
we’ll put a cross on the side of the road

God is good all the time
Even when little girls die

1. 06.EyeOfTheStorm.mp3

The Sleeping House (2008)

Our lives up to this point have lead to this
A garden in the dark, a deadly kiss (Matthew 36:47-49)
If you want to follow me
We’ll walk into suffering
It’s this act that will distinguish us

My disciples, those I’ve chosen (John 15:16)
Don’t listen to the sirens
Don’t you know that I would never lead you astray
Tie yourself to the mast and cover your ears with wax and
Keep your gaze on me, for God’s sake stay awake

Sometimes you have to close your eyes to see.
Sometimes to walk you have to get down on your knees.
All I ask is that you pray
All I ask is that you stay awake
But your dreams betray me

My disciples, those I’ve chosen
Don’t listen to the sirens
Don’t you know that I would never lead you astray
Tie yourself to the mast and cover your ears with wax and
Keep your gaze on me, for God’s sake stay awake

Wake up.

Are you resting? Are you still asleep?

Wake Up, O Sleeper (Ephesians 5:14)
Wake Up and say a prayer
Wake Up, O Sleeper
Are you my betrayer?
Wake up, O Sleeper
Wake up, O Sleeper
Incomprehensible, Incomprehensible

1. 11. The Incomprehensible Sleep.mp3

"The Incomprehensible Sleep" Live at Cornerstone 2008. from their The Sleeping House CD

The Balancing Act (2007)

I've got to climb to the top
Never stop til I reach it
Til I feel that I'm good and that I'm in control
Of life and my thought
When I'm not I still preach it
Cause they're all gonna see if I start to fall or lose control
I'm losing control of this

I've been balancing on suspended pianos
And trying to appear composed
It makes the loudest noise when they begin to crash
With eyes on me I force a laugh
You come to me and set me free

Cross my arms across my chest
This is not a gift I can accept
But I appreciate the sentiment
I worked too hard for righteousness
To just lay down while You hand me this
And put my faith in something You call grace
From You

I've been lost inside a cave without a lantern
At every sound I start to run
Feel my way around the dark without a pattern
If I would wait You'd come
To rescue me and show the way

Cross my arms across my chest
This is not a gift I can accept
But I appreciate the sentiment
I worked too hard for righteousness
To just lay down while You hand me this
And put my faith in something You call grace
From You

Son, you're trying to earn
What is far beyond you
Son, you're trying to earn
What is freely given

Every time that you try to just reduce
This to a give and take
You spit in my face
And tell Me that this blood was shed in vain

1. 01 The Balancing Act.mp3

"The Balancing Act" Live at The Black Box Theatre Concordia University Ann Arbor September 4th 2006

Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Balancing Act (2007)

You've already made too many mistakes
To ever amount to anything great
You're not allowed to dream out loud

You're far too young to even count
You're much to poor without any doubt
And you haven't done nearly enough
To deserve any grace or anyone's love

God, speak true.
To the lies we've believed instead of you

You're in the wrong city for that line of work
And you'll never make it unless you're a jerk
Live for yourself and store up more wealth
We've traded in dreams and youthful ideals
For less noble things of paying the bills
And trying our best to look like the rest
While hiding our fears by the way we all dress

God, speak true
To the paychecks we have trusted instead of you.

Wake Up, O Sleeper (2003)

Let me tell you what he did for me,
with the weight of my worries tearing my sleeve.
I cried to my father the other
night, the end of all hope.
"Show me the rope, which way to go"
As I fell asleep, he took away my worries.
He picked me up put me on his shoulders.

I could see for miles.
He showed me that the mountain I'm climbing,
is not a mountain at all,
but a gentel slope leading home.

There are mountains
towering ahead.
He says to me "These are mine.
Hold my hand, you'll be fine"

I could see for miles.
He showed me that the mountain I'm climbing,
is not a mountain at all,
but a gentle slope leading home.

"The mountains are mine"

1. 02 - One Time.mp3
2. 10 One Time.mp3

"One Time" Live feat. Aaron Roche 05.11.08 Playing at the Treehouse in Lawrenceville, Georgia

Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

Wake Up, O Sleeper (2003)

Out here its live and learn,
so you can rush and earn,
a peice of this pie.
Its work today and rest tomorrow,
but it's never tomorrow.
untill we die.

We strive to find contentment,
and so often we miss it,
when it's knocking at the door.
We're too busy to open up,
busy with other stuff,
so we go on as before.

Like a pencil you hold dear,
but you lose behind your ear.
You won't find it 'cause its already here.
You can't see it with those
eyes so tightly closed.
Its right here in front of your nose.

What are we fighting for?
Are the spoils of war,
all they're meant to be?
We strive for 401k,
but we could make a trade,
for eternity.
Put down those papers,
put down that phone.
Put down those fake diamond and imposter cologne.
Yes, theres contentment.
No, its not free.
You have to lay down your anxiety.

If you were trying to end change,
you're wishing for the grave.
This is the flux of things,
in the rain you will get wet.
And there is trouble yet,
this is how we pay our debt.
Running past the things you want,
it was always here.
You just closed your eyes and couldn't see it.
Open your eyes.
You'll see it's still here.
But you can't chase this world and find contentment.

It has a face, it has a name.
Jesus Christ.
What if I told you,
you could live forever,
if you'd lay it all down?
What if I told you,
you could live forever?
Just lay it down.

1. Dreams For Sale.mp3

Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Fires of Life (2004)

It was a blessed day--
The day that I met you
Though at the time
I didn’t have a clue
As iron sharpens iron so does one man another
And that’s what God intended us to do (Psalm 27:17)

Flowers fall and seasons change (Isaiah 40:8)
And you know how we treat the rain
In times of drought we pray it comes
And when it falls we turn and run
The moon is new, you’ve left your seat (I Samuel 20:18)
The time has come to go in peace (I Samuel 20:42)
With my own hand the bow was strung
The arrow shot now falls beyond (I Samuel 20:36)

I thank my God for every (Philippians 1:3)
Memory of you
The lessons learned and
The way the Spirit moved
I remember hearing “church is more than just a building”
I remember when we proved it true

Flowers fall and seasons change
And you know how we treat the rain
In times of drought we pray it comes
And when it falls we turn and run
The moon is new; you’ve left your seat
The time has come to go in peace
With my own hand the bow was strung
The arrow shot now falls beyond

That day, I could have stared at the ocean forever
With a song for every grain beneath my feet
We were so young and brilliantly naïve
To the joy and the pain and the days that we would see

Everything has changed
But our hope remains the same
I want you to know that I’ll be here
Through a hundred years of rain

Together we run into what we do not know
Trusting our God who made tomorrow

Mark Nicks : Vocals/Drums/Keyboards/Piano
Joey Holman : Guitar
Casey McBride : Bass 

이전멤버
Jason Hammil : Guitar (1998-2003)
Chris Susi : Guitar (2004)
Brandon Morgan : Bass (1998-2004)
Philip Smith : Drums (Live) (2006-2008)

The Fires of Life (2004)

We’re like zombies
Like the walking dead
With X’s (excess) in our eyes
And music in our heads
We’ve forgotten
Our first love
And made it pictures

Of crosses and doves

Remember when we were real
Back when we could feel?
Once we were in this
Now we’re of this
Jesus, turn these tables over

We all follow
But we’re standing still
Reciting dead words
With hopeless zeal
We’re all preachers
With our mouths closed
Clothing messages
In sugar coats

Remember when we were real
Back when we could feel?
Once we were in this
Now we’re of this
Jesus, turn these tables over

I wanna hide beneath the pretty paint
I wanna be okay with everything
I wanna be transformed and stay the same
I wanna be dry in the rain

Remember when we were real
Back when we could feel?
Once we were in this
Now we’re of this
Jesus, turn these tables over

Running in this stupid circle
Running in the stupid circle
Our souvenirs won’t be worth a single thing
And Truth will never be “in”

Wilderness (2008)

As I sit and watch
The summertime,
And the shadow of
The cranes.
By the branches of
The cedar tree
And the beating of
The day.

You are the rose
Within my soul.
You are the reason
Why the wind blows.
By the meeting of
The roads
I will hold you
In my arms again.

And we'll sit under
The cedar tree
As the city
Fades away.
By the places
Where the blossom falls
And the shadow of
The cranes.

You are the rose
Within my soul,
You are the reason
Why the rain flows.
By the meeting of
The roads
I will hold you
In my arms again.

By the branches of
The cedar tree,
There's a bench
Beside the lake.
Take the bridge
Over the Serpentine,
And I'll see you
Once again.

Brett Anderson (2007)

Nothing ever goes right
Nothing really flows in my life
No one really cares if no one ever shares my care
People push by with fear in their eyes in my life

Love is dead, love is dead

The telephone rings, but no one ever thinks to speak to me
The traffic speeds by, but no one's ever stopped too late
Intelligent friends don't care in the end, believe me

Love is dead, love is dead

And plastic people with imaginary smiles
Exchanging secrets at the back of their minds
Plastic people
Plastic people

Nothing ever goes right
Nothing really flows in my life
No one really cares if this horror's inside my head

People push by with fear in their eyes in my life

Love is dead, love is dead
Love is dead, love is dead
Love is dead, love is dead

And all the lies that you've given us
And all the things things that you said

And all the lies that you've given us...
Blow like wind in my head

Brett Anderson (2007)

Called you on your private number
Left a message on your mobile phone
Even tried the operator
When I call, no one's home
Trying just so hard to reach you
Try to keep this thing alive
You are the woman I need to speak to
Didn't you know there's a monster inside

Brett Anderson (2007)

Now my body is sand and the wind blows through me
Like the soil on your hand I am compost and leaves

Bye Bye Beautiful (2007)