Name: The Spire And The Old Bridge (2021 Version)
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Description: This is a new version of our 2017 song "The Spire And The Old Bridge". We re-rec orded all vocals and Percussion. It now features our fellows Simon Schröder (Percussion) and Mathias Ruck (Vocals)

The Spire And The Old Bridge (2021 Version)

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This is a new version of our 2017 song "The Spire And The Old Bridge". We re-rec orded all vocals and Percussion. It now features our fellows Simon Schröder (Percussion) and Mathias Ruck (Vocals)

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The Spire And The Old Bridge
music: Martin Schnella,
lyrics: Melanie Mau, Martin Schnella

Not all that long ago
Between the streams of the whitewater
Was a small town down below
A place of 300 souls
Most of them worked underground
In the silvermine Juliane-Sophie
And yet others
Support themselves as lumberjacks

Common people
So satisfied
Living peaceful
In such a perfect world
The day will dawn when everything will change
The people were so unaware only memories will remain

Below the lowest water level
The spire and the old bridge
Come to light
From the lake in the mist of the valley
You may hear the bells chime

Every spring after the thaw
The water flooded all the valleys
Many people lost their alls
Life an hometowns were destroyed
Rainmakers came to present their best solution
That ment a radical chance
Their small town had to make way for a catchment lake

The day had come
And everything had changed
The people had to face the truth
Only memories will remain

Below the lowest water level
The spire and the old bridge
Come to light
From the lake in the mist of the valley
You may hear the bells chime

Do you remember the long forgotten
Tales of this lost place
The spire and the old bridge
Come to light
From the lake in the mist of the valley
You may hear the bells chime

Below the lowest water level
The spire and the old bridge
Come to light
From the lake in the mist of the valley
You may hear the bells chime

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released December 3, 2021
Melanie Mau & Martin Schnella

The Spire And The Old Bridge (2021)

music: Martin Schnella
lyrics: Melanie Mau, Martin Schnella

Melanie Mau: Vocals
Martin Schnella: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Mathias Ruck: Vocals
Lars Lehmann: Bass Guita, Fretless Bass
Simon Schröder: Percussion
Jens Kommnick: Low Whistle, Uilleann Pipes, Cello

Guitars, Bass, Uilleann Pipes, Cello and Low Whistle recorded back in 2017. Vocals and Percussion re-recorded in 2021.

Mixed and mastered by Martin Schnella @ Overlodge Recording Studio, Germany 2021

Drawings and Illustrations by Daria Kotys

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