Yanni live concert in Greece.

Duduk: Pedro Eustache (Venezuela),

Violin: Samvel Yervinyan (Armenia),

Violin: Armen Movsessian (Armenia),

Violin: Sayaka Katsuki (Japan)

Yanni (real name: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης / Yiannis Hrysomallis) born in November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece, is a Greek self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer.

Although many fans and critics call his music new age, Yanni himself has distanced himself from that label. In his autobiography, Yanni devotes an entire chapter to the subject, stating that he prefers to call his music contemporary instrumental.

We’re bound to wait all night
She’s bound to run amok
Invested enough in it anyhow
To each his own
The garden needs sorting out
She curls her lips on the bow
And I don’t know if i’m dead or not
To anyone

Come on and get the minimum
Before you open up your eyes
This army has so many heads
to analyze
Come on and get your overdose
Collect it at the borderline
And they want to get up in your head

[Chorus]
Cause they know, and so do I
The high road is hard to find
A detour to your new life
Tell all of your friends goodbye

The dawn to end all nights
That’s all we hoped it was
A break form the warfare in your house
To each his own
The soldier is bailing out
He curled his lips on a barrel
And I don’t know if the dead can talk
To anyone

Come on and get the minimum
Before you open up your eyes
This army has so many hands
are you one of us?
Come on and get your overdose
Collect it at the borderline
And they want to get up in your head

[Chorus]
Cause they know, and so do I
The high road is hard to find
A detour to your new life
Tell all of your friends goodbye

It’s too late to change your mind
You let loss be your guide
(repeat)

You’re as tight as a hunter’s trap
Hidden well, what are you concealing
Poker face, carved in stone
Amongst friends, but all alone
Why do you hide

Say something, say something, anything
I’ve shown you everything
Give me a sign
Say something, say something, anything
Your silence is deafening
Pay me in kind

Take a drug to set you free
Strange fruit from a forbidden tree
You’ve got to come down soon
More than a drug is what I need
Need a change of scenery
Need a new life

Say something, say something anything
I’ve shown you everything
Give me a sign
Say something, say something, anything
Your silence is deafening
Pay me in kind

Say something

I’m open wide, open wondering
Have you swallowed everything
Pay me in kind

This dress that I made out of the curtains
was on the line, dancing around
better than I can.
Now we walk up to the top of the street.

Once letting go, rain sails us in a leafy boat
down the street.
And we’ll be there before we know.

There go the lawn chairs.
Some frogs are racing them,
to catch up with me.
Gray buildings go by,
violety sky lit up with trees in yellow.

Once letting go, rain sails us in a leafy boat
down the street.
And we’ll be there before we know.

Hey, is that you, going by, swimming by?
Hey, is that you, zig-zagging, whizzing by?
Sailing up, sailing by?

Once letting go, rain sails us in a leafy boat,
down the street.
And we’ll be there before we know.

I fell in love and I fell hard
I’ll never feel that way again
i’m just too scared
You took something away from me
And I’ll never be the same again
To talk to you still feels like coming home
Oh I wanted to grow old by your side

Can’t I keep you
You just went away
Why can’t i keep you
The rest is silence
Why can’t I keep you
You just went away
And the rest is silence

I see it was right to separate and stop these fights
It seems that my dreams weren’t meant to be
To talk to you still feels like coming home
Oh I wanted to grow old by your side

Can’t I keep you
You just went away
Why can’t I keep you
The rest is silence
Why can’t I keep you
You just went away
And the rest is silence

Sometimes I think we might have lived too long together
But sometimes I wonder if we’d have made it if we’d just tried a little longer
Can’t I keep you
You just went away
Why can’t I keep you
The rest is silence
Why can’t I keep you
You just went away
And the rest is silence
Can’t I keep you
You just went away
Why can’t I keep you
The rest is silence

…LALALALALALALALA..

Dave Thomas is an English Pianist/Accordionist already familiar to many fans of French composer Yann Tiersen from his popular YouTube account – on which he covers, entirely by ear, works from the critically acclaimed Amelie soundtrack with an astonishing degree of musicality and touch. Dave is currently attempting to forge a solo career from a rapidly growing fanbase.

Source: Last.FM

Guillaume Yann Tiersen (born June 23, 1970 in Brest, Brittany, France) is a French musician who is best known for being the composer of the soundtrack for the popular 2001 movie “Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain”. He has received classical training at several musical academies, including those in Rennes, Nantes, and Boulogne.

His music is mostly instrumental, decorated with piano, accordion, harpsicord, violin, mandolin, bass, guitar, banjo, melodica, toy piano, typewriter, vibraphone and various rhythm instruments. Yann Tiersen has also collaborated with vocal artists like Claire Pichet (“Le Phare” and “Rue Des Cascades”),Elizabeth Fraser (“Les Retrouvailles”) and Shannon Wright (“Yann Tiersen and Shannon Wright”). Other musicians he has worked with include The Divine Comedy, Noir Désir, dominique A., Francoiz Breut,Les Têtes Raides, The Married Monk and Sage Francis

Source: Last.FM

Lord Have you noticed that I try?
Mom Have you noticed that I try?
Or maybe love have you noticed that, noticed that I try?

Lord can you please give me some time?
Mom can you please give me some time?

Or maybe love can you please give me , please give me some time?
Can anybody give me some more time?

Saw the world turning in my sheets and once again I cannot sleep.
Walk out the door and up the street; look at the stars beneath my feet.
Remember rights that I did wrong, so here I go.
Hello, hello. There is no place I cannot go.

My mind is muddy but my heart is heavy. Does it show?
I lose the track that loses me, so here I go.
And so I sent some men to fight, and one came back at dead of night.
Said he’d seen my enemy. Said he looked just like me,

So I set out to cut myself and here I go.
I’m not calling for a second chance,
I’m screaming at the top of my voice.
Give me reason but don’t give me choice.

‘Cause I’ll just make the same mistake again.
And maybe someday we will meet, and maybe talk and not just speak.
Don’t buy the promises ’cause, there are no promises I keep.
And my reflection troubles me, so here I go.

I’m not calling for a second chance,
I’m screaming at the top of my voice.
Give me reason but don’t give me choice.
‘Cause I’ll just make the same mistake,

I’m not calling for a second chance,
I’m screaming at the top of my voice.
Give me reason but don’t give me choice.
‘Cause I’ll just make the same mistake again.

Saw the world turning in my sheets and once again I cannot sleep.
Walk out the door and up the street; look at the stars.
Look at the stars fall down.
And wonder where did I go wrong.