States Of Aggregation (2011) 1 Silver Screen 4:19 (Music and lyrics: Hans Maier) My dream was to be a movie star I started as an extra driving a car I showed up as a bandit who was shot dead Next role was a waiter who stumbled on a cat After a cook, a trucker, and a passer-by My first bigger part was to sing a lullaby In thirty movies I died thousands of deaths By knives, guns, chain saws, accidents, by stones and naked hands My first part as a dandy brought me the fame I became the super lover, young women screamed my name So I moved to L.A. and spent all free time With a celluloid goddess I thought she was mine Then I found her in bed with a so-called friend And a huge dose of blow put her to an end Watch your heroes on the silver screen, silver screen See them suffer on the silver screen, silver screen Heroes love and hate on the silver screen, silver screen Actors often die on the silver screen, silver screen Watch your heroes on the silver screen, silver screen They suffer not only on the silver screen, silver screen Heroes love not only on the silver screen, silver screen Actors die not only on the silver screen, silver screen  2 Not The Devil 4:41 (Music and lyrics: Hans Maier) Some say I am cruel Iniquitous and vicious Some say I want to harm them And sadistically tease them All not true Some say I want to take them out To foil their future plans To impede their career They say I am the Devil All not true As if I wear horns As if I am covered with hairs As if I have a tail with tassle As if I reek of brimstone Nooo I am not the devil I am not the devil I am not the devil I am worse than the devil I am the evil incarnate I am the Joker I do not understand Why people do not like me I do not understand Why people fear my smile  3 In A Hurry 4:35 (Music and lyrics: Hans Maier) I run up the stairs I take two steps at once I must not miss that date I have to meet that guy I run down the stairs Take two, three steps at once Got to attend that meeting I must not miss that talk I run up to my room I got to write that message I must not miss to phone I have to go to lunch I try to escape My end of life The faster I run The nearer it comes It breathes down my neck I know I never can ever win this race I run down the stairs I hasten to my next talk I sprint to my office I must not miss that guy I run to get my coat on I have to reach my bus I take three steps at once I run to see my mistress I struggle to get supper I hurry for a bath I try to flee from sleep Each time I lose this race I try to escape My end of life The faster I run The nearer it comes It breathes down my neck I know I never can ever win this race I know  4
Sleeping With Hares 4:14
(Music and lyrics: Hans Maier) When the sun goes down The day makes way for night Shadows grow until they fade And tinge all with grey light And go diving through neon - who cares Others prefer to close the day Watch their kids sleeping with hares Twilight gets the upper hand Dark guises stray tired and drunk A couple remains in kisses Some hoboes dig into junk The last pub spews, revellers leave Still they have time to spare Others suspire in cushions deep And keep sleeping with hares So some go to bed When others yet get up The rising sun glows orange and red Fingers are warmed on a coffee cup The night ebbs away, a short phase of calm The day takes a run-up for a start All night owls go home and seek their beds Sleeping with hares or sleeping apart With these two worlds I picture for you I am familiar since I can think No sense to complain, nothing to do Long sleep is my missing link My dreams are short, even so they are wild Folks, listen, that is hardly fair I envy every little child Who lies in the arms of a hare My dreams are short, my dreams are wild I can not sleep long that is hardly fair Give me back my missing link Let me stay sleeping with hares  5
Stronghold 6:04
INSTRUMENTAL (Music: Hans Maier)  6 Equilibrium 5:49 (Music and lyrics: Hans Maier) You came into my life and mixed it all up My first reflex has been to grab For all the fragments floating away It made no sense to lute all what was torn No way to hold the disintegrating system together I had lost ground in my former life I felt alone and forsaken Then your gravity trapped me A path opened up Since then I orbit around you So see me stand here With my both feet firmly on the ground A worthy state of equilibrium Do not tell me fairy tales Do not tell me chimeraes I have seen the truth I have found the sense of all  7
Sometimes You Are 5:15
(Music and lyrics: Hans Maier) Sometimes you are like a gentle breeze Gracefully you hover around me Sometimes you are like a burbling brook Meandering through my mind Sometimes you are like a plate of granite Immoveable and bullet-proof Sometimes you are like a puff of air Waving through my hair Sometimes you seem to me to be like a steep A careless step makes me slide Sometimes you are like a vivid liquid You wash around my feet Sometimes you are like a rambler in the storm Seeking shelter from wind and rain Sometimes I see high spirits in your eyes You pit your strength against my ready wit and you win Sometimes you are like a burbling brook Meandering through my mind Sometimes you are like a gentle breeze Gracefully you hover around me Sometimes you are  8
Crimson Secret 5:03
(Music and lyrics: Hans Maier) There is a little secret I keep since I was young I found it hidden under fern leaves Between the roots of ancient trunks Deeply hidden in my hand I hold this smooth round stone Of blue and green I watch it change to orange When darkness comes I hold it up to the stars and see it glow I look through it And see things get clear and sharp I lay it upon my heart And feel you are a part of me The only human I ever let this know was you We sat under a sea of stars And I freed it from my pocket deep The stone in my hand shed crimson light And covered us with silvery sparkling flour These are the moments Which only we both can share Nobody else understands What is the secret Behind our love Which links us together Maybe forever  9
Gender Stereotypes
5:00
(Music and lyrics: Hans Maier) I open the door and enter the room Some shoes on the floor thrown down like for doom I find one drawer unclosed, the laundry stacked neatly All nightgowns I suppose, its smell reminds me sweetly of you Your table at the right its mirror reflects me A necklace shining bright, some bracelets made of birch tree All gems there on the surface seem to be left for years Just like my lonely heart although I had shed no tears This morning when we were torn apart I put the kids to bed, tell them they are not alone Soon you will return from work into our home I prepare the meal to make your palate swing Some purple wine takes breath, my arms wide open like wings When you leave me in the morning We are riven brutally In the evening we are rewarded When you cast a spell on me  10
Unhealthy
Addiction
3:57
(Music and
lyrics: Hans Maier)
You
are my treasure
In all these years we share For you I will care You are my pleasure You are a fountain Of youth you donate to me You lick my wounds So they won´t sting anymore Cheek in my palm Hands grab and let down my hair Arms around my neck Mouth opens like a dragon´s lair Your tongue just so sweet Now fires with words They hit my heart offbeat And flush up like birds To make room For your lips in full bloom Addicted to you I will stand all you do For you I want to care Over years we will share Love causes pain Pain causes love again Addicted to you  The states of aggregation of the Maier Project are: Hans Maier - vocals, guitars Peter Monk - electric guitars, backing vocals Willy Monk - electric guitars, backing vocals Ludwig Sander - bass, backing vocals Arthur Belovic - drums and percussion Paul Wallner - keyboards, organ, piano  Recorded and mixed from March to September 2011. Studio crew: the Tendini brothers. Mixed and arranged by Hans Maier and Robert Parker Thanks to Sandra, Marie and Romy. Thanks for help, advice and support to: Fabian, Walter, June, Julie and Trevor |
