So here I am
Just a man with his empty hands
Right here I'd go down on my knees
And offer submission
If it made my grey skies blue
So hear my call
Well, it won't make no difference at all
Right here I would speak any vow
And promise I'd give
If it made my grey skies blue
I know that I have a habit
Of taking things too hard
How often you've almost got mad about that
Well, I know what you mean
When you say things are never as bad as they seem
Although I don't really think
That you are truly right
Every word I'll deny
If I get through this night
So here I am
Just a man with his empty hands
Right here I'd go down on my knees
And offer submission
If it made my grey skies blue
So hear my call
Well, it won't make no difference at all
Right here I would speak any vow
And promise I'd give
If it made my grey skies blue
Sometimes I wonder
Why we try to plan anything at all
It never works out
And life goes on its own secret ways
When I feel like I'm losing my grip
I remind you still saying
"Those days won't last forever,
I swear you'll be back under skies of blue"
Well, I know what you mean
When you say life is not as unfair as it seems
Although I don't really think
That you are truly right
Every word I'll deny
If I get through this night
So here I am
Just a man with his empty hands
Right here I'd go down on my knees
And offer submission
If it made my grey skies blue
So hear my call
Well, it won't make no difference at all
Right here I would speak any vow
And promise I'd give
Your life and you, always had different plans
And never shared one point of view
So no one even comes halfway near you
In terms of making their life a mess
My life and me, we've never been best friends
But somehow learnt to coexist
Why be afraid of things getting even worse
They're already as bad as can be
But after all, what it boils down to is
Whatever we need is right here by our side
When the rain goes down
When the rain goes down
When it pours out over you
Then I will harbour you
Until the sun comes out
It seems you and I
We were made for each other
Though naturally we'd both disagree
If you take the elevator
Then I will walk the stairs
If you choose coffee
I'll have tea
But after all, what it boils down to is
Whatever we need is right here by our side
When the rain goes down
When the rain goes down
When it pours out over you
Then I will harbour you
I'd go working in daytime
Instead of staying out all night
And if I felt bad and sick
I'd pretend I'm alright
Every day I'd bring you flowers
I'd go walking your dog
I would do it all right this time
I wouldn't mind doing the dishes
I would not let you wait
Would play your favourite records
And pretend they're just great
And if you like I'd sell my car
And ride a bike instead
I would do it all right this time
And I swear I'd still be right here in twenty-five years from now
And I'd mean it when I say I love you, and I'd let it show
Each day I'm alive I would only live to make you feel fine
All that and more I would do
If you were still mine...
I'd join you on those parties
And pretend I have fun
I'd see the bright side of things
Even if there is none
And I would swallow all my fear
To not make you concerned
I would do it all right this time
And when you're lying to yourself
I'd notice but wouldn't tell
Whenever you're fooling yourself
I'd let you fool me as well
So if my eyes were your mirror
I'd swear you'd like what you see
I would do it all right this time
And I swear I'd still be right here in twenty-five years from now
And I'd mean it when I say I love you, and I'd let it show
Each day I'm alive I would only live to make you feel fine
All that and more I would do
In a silent world
I had lived without sight or sound
In all that time
You know I felt that shame
But I put the blame on everyone around
In all that time
And I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief
In all that time
And I had lost those wings that carried me
To any place I longed to be
In all that time
I should have
Let you know one thing
That what you saw
Was just my shadow
A picture black and white
The colours shining bright
Were washed away
In that rain still falling down on me
Was all that a curse
Whatever promised to get better
Turned out worse
In all that time
I lived under that spell
I was caught in my own private hell
In all that time
And I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief
In all that time
And I had lost all hope
I was clutching at a burning rope
Helpless like a child
In all that time
I should have
Let you know one thing
That what you saw
Was just my shadow
A skeleton disguised
A soul devitalised
A body caught in automation
I lay awake that night
Wishing you could hold me tight
I could as well have been dead
I never dared to say the words I should have said
I should have known
That it won't get better just by waiting
Or telling myself
That I would try to be a better man
And I should have known
That I ran away too often
Instead of moving on
In a silent world
I had lived without sight or sound
In all that time
You felt my distress
And I can only guess
What you've been through
In all that time
I should have let you know
That I had lost all of my power, my faith and my belief
In all that time
And I had lost all hope
I was clutching at a burning rope
Helpless like a child
In all that time
I should have
Let you know one thing
That what you saw
Was just my shadow
A skeleton disguised
A soul devitalised
A body caught in automation
I lay awake that night
Wishing you could hold me tight
I could as well have been dead
I never dared to say the words I should have said
I should have known
That it won't get better just by waiting
Or telling myself
That I would try to be a better man
And I should have known
That I ran away too often
Instead of moving on
Big sun, up in the sky
You burn my skin
And you hurt my eyes
Big river, closing in upon us
Our lives are swept away
In your floods that rise
The farmer lays the crop
Down into deadly ground
Growing our children's food
One day I walked in a river bed
A silent trace of waters that once flew
One day I stood on a mountain top
The world below was not the one I knew
We dance and laugh out in the acid rain
Are we travellers on a ship of fools?
Are we all blind
Are we all blind or maybe
We just don't want to see
But want to trust that man on TV
Who's saying everything's going to be alright
Be alright for you and me
We walk right on the edge of nowhere
With our heads held high
And obviously nobody cares
They all walk on by
As if they were not concerned at all
You better look twice
At each line in the papers
You better look twice
At that man on TV
You better look twice
Into the eyes of your leaders
Or just look around
See the dying world
Don't you see it fade away
In silent grace
One day I walked in a river bed
A silent trace of waters that once flew
One day I stood on a mountain top
The world below was not the one I knew
We dance and laugh out in the acid rain
Are we travellers on a ship of fools?
Are we all blind
Are we all blind or maybe
We just don't want to see
But want to trust that man on TV
Who's saying everything's going to be alright
Be alright for you and me
We walk right on the edge of nowhere
With our heads held high
And obviously nobody cares
They all walk on by
There you sit with glassy eyes
Staring at that oversized
Computer-screen in front of you
The whole day and night long
Entangled in that world wide web
Did the head below your baseball-cap
Ever wonder if in your life something
Might be going wrong
You've got an information overdose
That's a fact that you can't conceal
Your world is made of bits and bytes
But there's a world outside that is for real
Your girlfriend lives in New York
You've got to know her in cyberspace
You say that you're in love but will you
Ever meet her face to face
To have a thousand friends
Around the whole wide world is what you claim
But how come in your neighbourhood
No one at all knows your name
You've got an information overdose
That's a fact that you can't conceal
Your world is made of bits and bytes
But there's a world outside that is for real
This world's become a crazy place
The magic left without a trace
Sober-minded concepts took the place
That dreams once had
We've got pills for every little thing
Only health they never seem to bring
It's a crazy place indeed
Everyone is smiling bright
Everybody feels allright
For every problem there's another drug
To drown the pain
Technology saves time they say
So who took all the time away
It's a crazy place indeed
There you sit with glassy eyes
Staring at that oversized
Computer-screen in front of you
The whole day and night long
Entangled in that world wide web
Did the head below your baseball-cap
Ever wonder if in your life something
Might be going wrong
You've got an information overdose
That's a fact that you can't conceal
Your world is made of bits and bytes
It feels like time is running backwards
Somehow it don't want to pass by
But I get so nervous and afraid of what is to come
And I just cannot tell you why
I can hear all the words you say
But I don't understand
Should I have looked at your smiling face
When I looked at your shivering hands
It is a game of hope and glory
It is a game of shame and pride
It is a never ending story
And it never turns out right
So don't ask me, if you need good advice
Maybe I could find some friendly words
But my heart is cold as ice
I can hear all the words you say
But I don't understand
Should I have looked at your smiling face
When I looked at your shivering hands
It is a game of hope and glory
It is a game of shame and pride
It is a never ending story
And it never turns out right
It is a game of hope and glory
It is a game of shame and pride
It is a never ending story
And it never turns out right
It could have almost turned out right
It almost turned out right
What a happy couple
These two used to be
Just like Romeo and Juliet
In perfect harmony
See them now...
Every secret wish he ever had
She read from his eyes
And so did he with hers
To her great delight
Such true luck don't come often
But when it comes, then it comes
See them now...
Take a look at them now
In her eyes, in her eyes
There was all he desired
For a love that would last forever and a day
On their way to heaven
Somehow they both lost track
Just a few steps off the main road
But enough to not find a way back
See them now...
His sensitivity she loved
Did last just for a while
So did her bedroom voice
And her Sunday smile
Her true face doesn't show often
But when it shows, then it shows
See them now...
Take a look at them now
In her eyes, in her eyes
There was all he desired
For a love that would last forever and a day
In her eyes, in her eyes
He sees all he despises
As all her disguises
Got lost along the way
Romeo is bleeding
While Juliet gladly smiles
'Cause only when he's bleeding
Juliet feels alright
In her eyes, in her eyes
There was all he desired
For a love that would last forever and a day
In her eyes, in her eyes
He sees all he despises
As all her disguises
Got lost along the way
Romeo is bleeding
While Juliet gladly smiles
'Cause only when he's bleeding
Juliet feels alright
She knows that she can kill him
With just a word or two
So the last thing that he heard
I may not be one to rely on
Too often I'm not even there
It may be that I don't care
The way I should do
And all of that may be unfair
I know it's true
That I could have made more out of my life
But we have us, and bit of all we need
So I won't complain
And I need no lame excuses
To be just what I am
Nothing more
Probably it's true
That I am sometimes too proud
Of a career that might be even
Not worth talking about
I know that all our friends
Might make more money than I do
But I don't want to be in their shoes
Because that's my point of view
I know it's true
That I could have made more out of my life
But we have us, and bit of all we need
So I won't complain
And I need no lame excuses
To be just what I am
Nothing more
I could be a man of means
With a big house and a limousine
I could be all of that and more
And I could work all day
And work all night as well
Oh yes, I know
I know too well
That it's true
That I could have made more out of my life
But we have us, and a bit of all we need
So I won't complain
And I need no lame excuses
To be just what I am
Nothing more
None of us would need any lame excuses
If we were what we are
With cooling rain and warming sun
So long we lived here, disturbed by none
In freedom, peace and harmony
Like this it should forever be
The forest was our generous host
Until the day when we have lost
All that life once meant for us
It started long before
In another time, another wood
We heard about, but did not care
How could we know how much we should
Then dark clouds came upon our sky
We raised our eyes and wondered why
If only lion, eagle, ox and man
Had changed the world as long as they still could
Do you remember how it was before
Will those times never come back
Time never stands still
Clouds in the sky
It is too dark to see the sun
Shine on me
Clouds in the sky
Sun, shine on me now
Like a tempest they came over us
With a thousand hands
To take away in a minute
What took a hundred years to build up
They made us homeless, hopeless, helpless
They built their city, showed no pity
And as we run away
Always one step behind
We hear the sound of marching feet on burnt down ground
Once we will be the ones that are free
Will be the lords of the world
Dreams will be unfurled
If we unite and stand side by side
We can survive
Please let the sun shine on me
Shine on me now
And as we leave the tempest, we stare at all the strange shapes
And we don't know, where our journey goes
It is quiet in this dark land, so cold in this hard land
No matter how we try, we cannot read the signs
This place of misery lies far behind us now
But still we walk on
And as we lay down
At night we still can hear
The sound of marching feet on burnt down ground
Do you remember how it was before
Will those times never come back
Why can't time stand still
Clouds in the sky
It is too dark to see the sun
Shine on me
Clouds in the sky
Sun, shine on me now
Shine on, let it shine on
We hide when it's close
But reach out from the distance
For the love we need
For the warmth we seek
We all share the same hope
That one day we'll find the right one
Who is worth our trust
Whose heart beats just for us, but...
What if that was here all the time only we never noticed
What if that was here but we've been to blind to see it
What if that was here only we did never reach out for it
What if we already had the best there was to come
Plans that we made
All vanished into nowhere
We carried too much load
Down a winding road
Fragile we are
Sometimes we all need someone
Need a heart that feels
Need a hand that heals us
What if that was here all the time only we never noticed
What if that was here but we've been to blind to see it
What if that was here only we did never reach out for it
What if we already had the best there was to come
I hope it wasn't here
Let's hope it was not here
What if that was here all the time only we never noticed
What if that was here but we've been to blind to see it
Let's hope it was not here only we did never reach out for it
Hope ahead of us is still the best there is to come...
So may you find luck
May you become as happy as can be
May the sun shine on whichever way you'll choose to take
May you feel allright
May you have all that you have been dreaming of
And may your smile come from your heart and be no fake
May you find love
May someone give you all I just could not give
And may he still love you when you are old and gray
So take good care of yourself
And I hope you know I really mean it when I say
There was a time when we were
As close as hearts can be
Your pain and fear, your dreams and hopes
All that you shared with me
I was just a child back then
As I grew up I had to see
Not all those wishes that we have
Become reality
In all those years of doing nothing
But killing time
Having lost my faith, my strength, my power
Was my hardest crime...
I know that you tried hard to save me
When I was about to drown
But your way of trying to help me up
In fact just dragged me down
You've put me in a golden cage
All luxuries we shared
You hoped I would feel safe and warm
But in fact I just felt scared
After all those years of doing nothing
But killing time
In the end I felt like a prisoner
Of my image you designed...
In a moment of rage I broke out of that cage
Spread my wings and found I could fly
In a moment of pain I broke free from the chain
Much too long I had lived a lie
In the end I just had too much
Of the getting in and out of touch
Of all that moving forth and moving back again
Men of steel turn into men of rust
Before they either bite the dust
If you feel, that you once loved
Too much to ever love again
Don't think nobody else
Feels the same or understands
Half my life, I've been waiting just like you
Half the world, I've travelled all in vain
Half my life, I've been searching just like you
To find that link gone missing from the chain
In a thousand miles of crashing waves
Just once, one might kiss the shore
And so does love take its time
But is still worth waiting for
There's a willing crowd
In a distant land
Clinging to the words of their leader
There's a censored press
Printing propaganda
Disguised as the truth for the reader
For food or religion
For land or for pride
For traditions or just for the glory
The page is turned
For another chapter
Of the same old story
Again we see how they are marching on
To the beat of the same old drum
Don't they know this mad story has
No happy ending
So far, so good
Here we are
The clean slate is showing a red stain
So far, so good
Here we are
And hope that we're not missing the last train
But as life makes no deal
We can't turn back the wheel
And the last train leaves right on time
All of them have their own reasons
All of them have their own fears
All of them pray to some God
To make it turn out right
All of them leave their own families
And think it's worth the price
Because everyone thinks it's him
Who's fighting the good fight
So here they are in the same old church
There's a priest who's blessing arms one more time
They say their prayers to a wooden cross
But who will listen
So far, so good
Here we are
The clean slate is showing a red stain
So far, so good
Here we are
And hope that we're not missing the last train
But as life makes no deal
We can't turn back the wheel
And the last train leaves right on time
Again we see how they are marching on
To the beat of the same old drum
Don't they know this mad story has
No happy ending
So far, so good
Here we are
The clean slate is showing a red stain
So far, so good
Here we are
And hope that we're not missing the last train
But as life makes no deal
We can't turn back the wheel
I don't love you, and you don't love me
But with no one else right now I'd rather be
For since the day when we first met it seems that
When it rains I only get half as wet
We don't meet much we rather talk on the phone
But you make me feel only half as alone
You're not the girl of my dreams, though I may dream of you
Don't really know what it is, but this much is true:
You're a shade of grey when my world turns blue
In a world of lies you are at least half way true
You don't love me, well, but you kind of like me instead
That's good enough to make me feel only half as bad
Of all second choices you'd be my first
Of all those bad solutions you are not the worst
Amongst these ugly faces yours looks kind of cute
And you have a way to lighten my mood
We haven't got much in common, but that's one thing we share
And we won't call it love when it's just an affair
So while we are both waiting for the right one to come
We may as well wait together until we find the one
You're a shade of grey...
If we give up before we ever fought
If we only do what we are told
And think we know it all, but never really learnt
If we turn the page before the page has turned
If we close doors, we never opened up
If we don't really start a thing before we stop
And never speak the truth although we do not lie
If we're full of plans but never dare to try...
Ghosts we are, made of flesh and bone
With empty minds and hearts of stone
The seed that was not meant to thrive
Existing but not really alive
Ghosts we are, though there's blood in our veins
Born free we chose to live in chains
Thought we were on our way, but in fact we weren't
So we burned out, before we ever burned...
If we take no risk, afraid that we might loose
And neverever make a choice, but let the others choose
If we don't love, afraid we won't be loved
If we long for touch but keep our fingers gloved
If we've got it good but even though feel bad
And should be happy but always feel sad
If we crash down before we tried to fly
Then we are dead so long before we die
Ghosts we are, made of flesh and bone
With empty minds and hearts of stone
The seed that was not meant to thrive
Existing but not really alive
Ghosts we are, though there' blood in our veins
Born free we chose to live in chains
Thought we were on our way, but in fact we weren't
The wind and the rain
And the deep blue sea
Ahead and around
As far as the eye can see
Is it only cheap comfort
Or an easy way out
But did I have any choice
But breaking out?
What good is a life
If all that it brings
Is the pain and frustration
To dance on the strings
What good is a man
If he's got nothing to give
If he's too strong to die
I went down to the sea
Alone on that stormy day
Hoped the wind and the rain
Might wash my pain away
So I took that ring
And I threw it out on the sea
The ring just sank down
But the pain still was there with me
Picking up the pieces of my life
When I look back it still cuts like a knife
To see us both give up so easily
And much too soon
Did you really think it was too late
The only thing you should have done was to have some faith
In me when I needed it the most
But you never did
We have only two hands
So we can't hold too much at once
And for some things in life
We just get one single chance
As long as it's good
We wish it may never stop
But to pick up something new
There's always one thing we have to drop
Those mistakes we made
May help us to make amends
But it is so hard to see things like that
While you stand there with empty hands
But I know one day love
Is going to come back on silent wings
Now that we know what we have lost
We're born wild and free
And everything seems to make sense
But the trouble starts
As soon as man tries to make amends
From times of hardship to times of bliss
We ponder over the same old questions
Until we understand life is...
A way that twists and turns
The fire that always burns
It's the riddle no one solves
Around which the world revolves
It's an endless walk uphill
Until fear submits to will
It's our plans gone out of hand
A wild flight across the land
It's a rapid journey
And wherever it may lead
We're all just passengers
That don't know who's in the driver's seat
From times of hardship to times of bliss
We ponder over the same old questions
Until we understand life is...
A way that twists and turns
The fire that always burns
It's the riddle no one solves
Around which the world revolves
It's an endless walk uphill
Until fear submits to will
It's our plans gone out of hand
A wild flight across the land
I read all those good books, that claim to hold the key
But at last they all just made no sense to me
Behind walls of science, moral, faith or spirituality
No matter where you hide life catches up with you eventually
It's the twinkle in her eye
A train that passed you by
It's the love you left behind
And the sense you could not find
A system overload
A path that leads abroad
It's a chance you did not use
The hand that you refused
Try to take my breath away
As long as I'm still breathing
Try to take my breath away
As long as you still can
Try to make me burn for you
Boil my blood until it's screaming
Try to make me burn for you
As long as you still can
Only tonight I'll be yours
When the morning breaks I will be gone for sure
I won't wait for you to leave me
So I will leave you instead
Never again love will kill me
Because I am already dead
Try to feel this heart of mine
As long as it's still beating
Try to feel this heart of mine
As long as you still can
Try to taste this blood of mine
As long as I'm still bleeding
Try to taste this blood of mine
As long as you still can
Only tonight I'll be yours...
If I had, if I only had
A heart to give, I'd surely give it to you
If I had, if I only had
A heart to give then I would gladly
I'd gladly make it yours
I saw you walking round the house tonight
Trying to catch a glimpse of what's inside
Driven by some mix of curiosity
And a bit of nostalgia
This advice you should take seriously
What you seek is not in here
So don't come knocking at my door
For you should know that no one lives here
No more...
A glass of wine stands on the table still
And flowers grace the window sill
You see a dim light shining from the fireplace
I notice you stare freezing cold
This advice you should...
In this house
No one lives here
No more...
A love unbreakable until it broke
A dream so real until I awoke
So what you see inside this house tonight
Is the mess you left behind
This advice you should...
In this house
No one lives here
No more...
Don't come here, don't cross my way
Stay out of sight, I don't want to see your face
Don't come here, don't you hear what I say
Leave me alone, I don't want your cold embrace
What you've done to me in the name of love
Wasn't quite what I had been thinking of
My wounded flesh lies open to your scorn
Each and every time we meet
And still it bleeds...
Some experiences in life leave us with wounds,
that keep bleeding even many years after the injury.
They say that time heals all the wounds,
She found a withered flower
Between the pages of a book
This book's her book of memories
Which off the shelf she took
Tonight without a reason
Except for feeling in the mood
For a little journey backward
To give her weary soul some food
Some memories prick her like thorns
Some really make her smile
But she can't stop holding that flower
That speaks of a life that once was hers
Out of reach, out of touch
But right now back in sight
She wishes she knew how to get back there
With her eyes closed she lets her
Memories take her on a ride
She relives all she has been through
And all she's put aside
It seems she had been walking
Down a long and rocky road
Sometimes she has been mourning
Her head she never bowed
Out of reach, out of touch
But right now back in sight
She wishes she'd know how to get back there
Out of reach, out of touch
But right now back in sight
I know that you are worth waiting for
But I don't have the time
I've been waiting for years already
But that didn't make you mine
My clock is ticking faster
Than I ever thought it would
So I can't wait for your love
God knows I wish I could
Right there in the mist before me
I see its ghostly scheme
Stretching cast-iron fingers
Upon a blood-red stream
This bridge has been the hope of many
For just as many it has been the end
Now I'm the next in line to lay my life
Faithfully into this hand
I know that you are worth waiting for
But I don't have the time
I've been waiting for years already
But that didn't make you mine
My clock is ticking faster
Than I ever thought it would
So I can't wait for your love
God knows I wish I could
There's a bridge ahead that spans a river wide
If you don't dare the walk, you won't reach my side
If you walk that bridge, the bridge may break
But that's a risk that you will have to take
If it breaks, the river takes you in
And a whole new journey will begin
There's a secret down in that river deep
I hope one day I will grow out of this
Then I will leave this battlefield
Good or bad depends on your point of view
And I can see things from both sides
Just one more classic case of catch-22
Things don't have a simple truth
So you ask where this is leading me
Only I don't have an answer yet
Seeing things black and white is for the weak
I'm strong enough for shades of grey
While searching for the perfect compromise
I am driven to despair
So my thoughts are spinning around
For I know my problem well
And I wonder, will I ever get
Out of this carousel
You are trying in vain
To reach me with your hands
But all that I can say
Is I hope you understand
So I am caught between the chairs again
While everybody else does fine
It's just my nature to move back and forth
Always trying not to offend
I cannot decide whether to refuse
Or to reach out for your helping hand
So my thoughts are spinning around
For I know my problem well
And I wonder, will I ever get
Out of this carousel
You are trying in vain
To reach me with your hands
But all that I can say
Is I hope you understand
Meanwhile I'm trying to make up my mind
Feeling like I'm paralysed
What's the sense of it all, is it...
Because of you and I
Because of fear
Or just because of all
That I wish to have near
It's about really stupid things
But they keep growing until
They seem to tear me apart
So my thoughts are spinning around
For I know my problem well
And I wonder, will I ever get
Out of this carousel
You are trying in vain
To reach me with your hands
You ask for explanations
Until things make sense
Well, I don't have any
So all that I can say is
I hope you understand
It is because you and I
Because of fear
Because of all
That I wish to have near
It's about really stupid things
Of no major size
But they keep on growing
It's a golden age you say
But not for those
That choose to go their way
And not the way you chose
Why do you tell your son
What he has got to do
Why do you want him
To become exactly like you?
In the end he will learn to know better
Than to trust in somebody like you
I don't believe in democracy's voice
I won't rely on a king to be wise
I won't give in to the majority's choice
Because I don't think that the majority's right
In the end I learnt to know better
Than to trust in the majority
So this time I won't be a victim
In all of these years I have learned to defend
My army's marched up and my strategy's clear
I'm back in the real life again
So watch out, I'll shoot without warning
If you get too close I will bite
We're always pretending to be civilized
Behaving like cavemen
A chain will only be as strong
As its weakest link
I won't rely on your tribal spirit
Because to me it is nothing but herd instinct
In the end I learnt to know better
Than to trust in a tribe like this
So this time I won't be a victim
In all of these years I have learned to defend
My army's marched up and my strategy's clear
I'm back in the real life again
So watch out, I'll shoot without warning
Don't get too close, I will bite
We're always pretending to be civilized
Behaving like cavemen
In the end I learnt to know better
Than to trust in a tribe like this
So this time I won't be a victim
In all of these years I have learned to defend
My army's marched up and my strategy's clear
I'm back in the real life again
So watch out, I'll shoot without warning
Don't get too close, I will bite
We're always pretending to be civilized
Trying to get it all out of my mind
Searching for sentences, trying to put down some lines
That say how it feels
That say all those things we left unsaid
Fragments of pictures, like flickering lights
Come into my mind and then they get out of my sight
But each one leaves a dark dark trace behind
It was one of the days
When it feels like we could lose anything that's worth keeping
And it makes me confused
But maybe tomorrow brings more than what we hoped to find
Hold on, when the bridges in between are broken
Let us hold on to that day that lies ahead
Let us hold on, and say the words we have never spoken
Hold on, anything we do is better than
Moving in circles of sadness
Missed opportunities and chances passed
Cautious hopes that dissolved at last
Have brought me here
Made me cry those bitter tears
In circles I go round and round
One day lost and one day found
I hoped in vain that it could ease my pain
To think it over, again and again
It was one of the days
When it feels like we could lose anything that's worth keeping
And it makes me confused
But maybe tomorrow brings more than what we hoped to find
Hold on, when the bridges in between are broken
Let us hold on to that day that lies ahead
Let us hold on, and say the words we have never spoken
Hold on, anything we do is better than
Moving in circles of sadness
I know wherever the wind may blow
Might be the place
Where I should go
The tears will be gone before tomorrow is there
I can feel my heart beat faster
As I finally raise my head and swear
I will hold on
I will hold on
Let us hold on
Let us hold on
Hold on, when the bridges in between are broken
Let us hold on to that day that lies ahead
Let us hold on, and say the words we have never spoken
Hold on, anything we do is better than
I've been roaming about the streets of New York City
I've been strolling down the beaches of South France
I've been to the desert, I've been to Scandinavia
Some have it all but don't see what they're given
Some always lose but still they keep on trying
I wish that I could have that gift of feeling happy
Even if inside you really feel like crying
God knows I've tried hard to forgive her
God knows I've tried hard to forget her
God knows I've loved, God knows I've given
God knows I'm mad, God knows I'm driven
I tried to hide away in lonely places
Tried to disappear in crowded city streets
I've been seeking comfort in too many cold embraces
Some still feel the warmth upon their skin
Long after the sun's already gone
I wish that I could have that gift of feeling rich
Even if you hardly have enough to get along
God knows I've tried hard to forgive her
God knows I've tried hard to forget her
God knows I've loved, God knows I've given
God knows I'm mad, God knows I'm driven
Wherever I've been going to
Trying to escape from you
You've been there
Why don't you realise
There are things that are so clear
And pretend that everything is alright
While you try to make believe
That there ain't nothing wrong
You can't count your sleepless nights
What can you say at the point of no return
No use to ask for right or wrong
What will you say when the fire stops to burn
And there's no place left where you belong
We won't be happy
With all the things we have
If we can't stop thinking of the cost
We won't be happy
With all our friends we have
Filled up with fear
That they might once get lost
What can you say at the point of no return
No use to ask for right or wrong
What will you say when the fire stops to burn
And there's no place left where you belong
Go face the world
Take things just the way they are
Face the world
Let honesty be our guiding star
We face the world
There ain't no use to lie to yourself
Face the world always eye to eye
When the world is facing you
You can say it gets better
When it won't
You can say age makes you wiser
But it don't
You can plead, you can preach
You can knock on wood until your fingers bleed
But you will not change a fact ...
Go face the world
Take things just the way they are
Face the world
Let honesty be our guiding star
We face the world
There ain't no use to lie to yourself
Face the world always eye to eye
When the world is facing you
What can you say at the point of no return
No use to ask for right or wrong
What will you say when the fire stops to burn
And there's no place left where you belong
Go face the world
Take things just the way they are
Face the world
Let honesty be our guiding star
We face the world
There ain't no use to lie to yourself
Face the world always eye to eye
Caught in ambitions, but without any idea
Focused on expectations, but driven be fear
With irrational movements of no rhythm or rhyme
We are performing a most absurd play
All those actors are crazy
The director is on drugs
But I found it's the much better way
To look into the sun
And leave my shadow behind
Set sail for the open sea
So whatever may come
Or whatever may go
In the end it's all fine with me...
...I really don? t care
I'm arriving on schedule, only I don't know where
With your purse full of money, but nothing to spend it on
Too busy to get anything done
Always in a hurry, and still always too late
Your battle just cannot be won, you better look
Into the sun
And leave your shadow behind
Set sail for the open sea
So whatever may come
Or whatever may go
In the end it's all fine with me...
That journey we're on does not follow our ideas and plans
We're clutching at deadlines and schedules that never make sense
How stupid those things upon which we all seem to depend
Here in this night
In the darkest of hours
I feel a cold wind that tells
Of a storm front drawing near
It speaks of greed and of hunger
Of envy and dread
Tells of the anger and hate
That arose from the fear
Who said life's easy
Who said life's fair
Who said good luck will be with those who dare
To follow their heart, and not follow their fear
And if the good all die young
Then who are all those still here
Take a look around you
See what you've got
You just see what you don't have
And of that you still have a lot
The sky is the limit
The sky's not enough
The tough keep going
Not only when the going gets rough
It seems we all
Don't worry much
About what is happening
Left and right of us
But even if I try my hardest
Not to care
One question remains
And I'd like to hear your answer
Acting on target
At robotic speed
Recklessly feeding
Your robotic needs
No minute wasted
Emotions refused
Your brain's exploited
Your heart remains unused
It seems we all...
Name your price
How much is it to buy your loyalty
I'll do so, if I can afford
Name your price
How much do you charge to show remorse
To throw your indifference overboard
Won't you once
Think just a little while about
What you will leave behind
When you decease
Won't you once
Just once be good for something
Good for someone
Good for yourself at least
Here in this night
In the darkest of hours
I feel a cold wind that tells
Of a storm front drawing near
It speaks of greed and of hunger
Of envy and dread
Tells of the anger and hate
That arose from the fear
Who said life's easy
And who said life's fair
Who said good luck will be with those who dare
To follow their heart not their fear
And if it's hope that dies last
Why do all us hopeless still live
Brother kills sister
Father kills son
Religion kills reason
Reason becomes undone
The end always
Justifies the means
Just running a program
Rooted deeply in our genes
It seems we all...
Name your price...
I have no faith
In a God above
But if I had
Then this would be my prayer:
Oh Seven Seas
Raise all your waves
Just another Monday morning
I'm pushing my way through the traffic jam
Nothing really seems to move
I'm trying to get ahead the best I can
I start thinking about my life
And about what let me get this far
Is a tiny little wheel inside a big machine
Really all we are
Not today
This day is mine
Everything's just perfect
I can feel the whole world's gently swinging my way
After all
That I've been through
All that lies behind me
It feels like there's a whole new life and it's just begun
I get right out of my car
I feel that I've got better things to do
Can't see yet what that might be
But it's a fact a change was overdue
I know it is not always wise
To simply run away
But I don't mind the consequences
At least not today
This day is mine
Everything's just perfect
I can feel the whole world's gently swinging my way
After all
That I've been through
All that lies behind me
It feels like there's a whole new life and it's just begun
Ask yourself if you really are
The one you want to be
Look around and say if you see
What you wish there would be
Every now and then our balance slips away
Every now and then what we get isn't worth the price we pay
I'm tired of trying to meet
Someone else's expectations
For the price of missing my own
That just gave me frustration
That chase for money
Was a plan that surely had to fail
So my decision's clear, from this day on I am
Not for sale
This day is mine
Everything's just perfect
I can feel the whole world's gently swinging my way
After all
That I've been through
All that lies behind me
Bound to a vow that you once gave
To keep that secret 'til they take you to grave
To all the world you show a smiling face
But inside of you pain burns like hell
Only breaking the silence will break the spell
But inside of you pain burns like hell
Only breaking the silence will break the spell
Twenty years have passed and nothing has changed
For all the world to see your life's well arranged
You've never said a word to anyone
But inside of you pain burns like hell
Only breaking the silence will break the spell
But inside of you pain burns like hell
Only breaking the silence will break the spell
So was he worth your loyalty?
So was he worth the pain you feel?
Will you ever see
That your bravery is just slavery?
So don't be afraid of life
It's good that you're alive
You're still alive
The fault for which you pay is not your own
The silence that you chose turns you into stone
Yours you make the blame, that should be his
But inside of you pain burns like hell
Only breaking the silence will break the spell
But inside of you pain burns like hell
Only breaking the silence will break the spell
So was he worth your loyalty?
So was he worth the pain you feel?
Will you ever see
That your bravery is just slavery?
So don't be afraid of life
It's good that you're alive
And life goes on...
Why can't you forget the shame
Why don't you call him by his name
And point your finger straight at him
Don't be afraid no more
He can't break you
Don't let him break you
He won't break you
A cold winter's night
Quiet and black
There's no one but us
And the whole world stands back
While we lose ourselves
In stories we tell
Suddenly everything changes
As we open doors into a different world
Everything that I knew
Seems to become untrue
And the sky changes colours
From grey into blue
Why wonder what's won
Why wonder what's lost
Why wonder if what we have
Was worth the cost
When we have all
That we could ever need to have
Sometimes we all feel discouraged
Are tired and sad
Or just in a strange mood
In the darkest of hours
Faced with the bitter truth
We need to find ways to make
Grey skies seem blue
I know a story
That I'd really like to tell you
You might not believe me
But I swear every word is true
It sounds like one of those
That you normally read
In strange and cheap magazines
But this one is different
You can take it from me
Because the person it tells of is me
Moonlight
You're my only reason to live (tonight)
Stir my passion, stir my instincts
Cast my shadow on the wall
Moonlight
You're the only bride that I need (by my side)
Feed my senses, feed my hunger
Feed my spirit, feed my soul
When I was a young boy
I felt I did not have the same
Ideas as the others
So at first I was hiding in shame
Something was calling me outside
In cold and moonlit nights
So I had to accept I possessed
Some really strange passions
But the strangest obsession
Was a certain preference for blood
Moonlight
You're my only reason to live (tonight)
Stir my passion, stir my instincts
Cast my shadow on the wall
Moonlight
You're the only bride that I need (by my side)
Feed my senses, feed my hunger
Feed my spirit, feed my soul
You all know who I am
You meet me every now and then
Before the day breaks
My guise is not what it seems
I'll haunt you in your dreams
Until the day breaks
You deny me in daylight
But you're afraid every night
Until the day breaks
I'll haunt you like your shadow
I'm your illegal child
That you're trying to hide
I'm your secret lover
You're trying to keep undercover
The black page in your past
That she'll find out at last
I'm every sleepless night
I'm your hopeless fight
I'm the promise you did break
I'm the truth that you can't fake
I'm your conscience, your fear
So I will always be here
I'll haunt you like your shadow
Moonlight
You're my only reason to live (tonight)
Stir my passion, stir my instincts
Cast my shadow on the wall
Moonlight
You're the only bride that I need (by my side)
Feed my senses, feed my hunger
Catch a dream and let it
Take you by the hand
Follow your imagination
And you will discover wonderland
That place is nowhere to be found
But once in a while it may come around
You won't find it if you seek
But it can find you any time
Into clear water I look down
And I see strange creatures moving around
Is it a completely different world
Or a reflection that I see
A strange place is where they live
In a fragile dream they act as if
They were the only ones around
And that world was
Their very own design
Call it kind of madness
Call it just a dream
Call it lack of reason
Or you can call it lack of self-esteem
Sometimes when there is no way out
It may be wise to take the way inside
When you come back
You see thing clearer every time
Into clear water I look down
And I see strange creatures moving around
Is it a completely different world
Or a reflection that I see
A strange place is where they live
In a fragile dream they act as if
They were the only ones around
And that world was
Their very own design
We work hard all our lifetime
For a little place to call our own
Or anything, strong enough for clutching at
We're driven to go on and on
To ignore our broken pride, our broken hearts
And all those broken dreams we had
Take me away
I want to lay that pressure down
The daily treadmill eats us up
And when it spits us out again
We all have gone half the way to insanity
So what else could keep our souls alive but the hope
There's more to our lives
That there's another wilder bright reality
Take me away
I want to lay that pressure down
This is more than I can take
Sometimes when there is no way out
It may be wise to take the way inside
When you come back
You see things clearer every time
Into clear water I dive down
And I touch the creatures moving around
This is a completely different world
But truly this is real
A strange place is where we live
And from down here it looks as if
We were the only ones around
And this world was
Since the first days
Of mankind's existence
We have spent most of the time
Searching for answers
To all of the questions
Going around in our minds
What do we know
About the plans life makes for us
What do we know
About what we really are
What do we know
Now and then
There were people pretending
They had all the answers in store
Prophets, magicians
Experts and politicians
What were they ever good for
How could they know
What tomorrow holds for us
What do they know
That we don't know ourselves
Bring on all those experts
Let them show what they have got
Until we come to the conclusion
It is better they shut up
Hot air is all they can offer
Their empty hands have nothing to show
Hot air packed in technical terms
To explain what they don't know
Expert predictions
We all used to trust
Have led us into more than one mess
To me there's just one
Logical explanation
In fact they're just making a guess
How could they know
What tomorrow holds for us
What do they know
That we don't know ourselves
Bring on all those experts
Let them show what they have got
Until we come to the conclusion
It is better they shut up
Hot air is all they can offer
Their empty hands have nothing to show
Hot air packed in technical terms
To explain what they don't know
Can you imagine
Living in a world without mysteries
How would that feel
All I can say is
I honestly hope
Some secrets remain unrevealed
What do we know
About the plans life makes for us
What do we know
About what we really are
So whatever it takes
With every dream that first broke
And then moved out of sight
Another door to my heart
Has been closed and locked tight
So nothing gets in there
And there can be no doubt
There is so much inside
That can't find a way out
So whatever it takes
I will do it to unlock these doors
Don't you think this is
What life is about after all
We must stand up no matter
How often we fall
Because once we give in
All the doors remain closed
And under lock and key they will keep
The things we need most
So whatever it takes
Days feel like minutes
A lifetime is rushing by
You are moving in circles
It seems you're going nowhere
Keep moving, keep moving
At night you can't find sleep
And your headaches don't go away
Always giving your best
Knowing it won't be near enough
Keep moving, keep moving
Always keep moving
Or be removed
So what is that mission we're on
And when did I sign in
Is there anything in it for me at all
Still lies the ocean wide
And I hear it's calling me
To a place beyond wrong and right
Where the sky meets the sea
There's a deadline approaching
Your tax statement's overdue
An invoice unsettled
And too many bills to be paid
Keep pushing, keep pushing
There's a loan from the bank
A sales-target out of reach
A project waiting in the pipeline
And another one unfinished still
Keep pushing, keep pushing
Always keep pushing
Or be pushed around
So what is that mission we're on
And when did I sign in
Is there anything in it for me at all
Still lies the ocean wide
And I hear it's calling me
To a place beyond wrong and right
Where the sky meets the sea
Still lies the ocean deep
Such grace never met the eye
A whole world in peaceful sleep
Under a star covered sky
It's a rat race we're in
And this game that we play
Has no winner, just losers
Or total refusers that just break away
All your friends feel neglected
And your wife says that you don't care
And they all have a point
But there is a job to be done
Keep running, keep running
Always keep running
Until your time has run out
So what is that mission we're on
And when did I sign in
Is there anything in it for me at all
Still lies the ocean wide
And I hear it's calling me
To a place beyond wrong and right
Where the sky meets the sea
Still lies the ocean deep
Such grace never met the eye
A whole world in peaceful sleep
Alone in his empty room
He read that book page by page
In search of truth
Of comfort or some hope
He read 'If you knock, my door will open'
But those he tried were all locked tight
Like flickering lights
Bits of memories crossed his mind
Countless shattered pieces
That refused to fall in place
He read 'I'll search for all the lost ones'
But how much more lost could he be
He shook his fist at heaven
Stood up for all the broken souls
I will not forget the words
He spoke to me that day
He said 'Man, if you believe, would you ask one question
In my name because to me God never speaks:
Does he still rest on Sundays, and look at his creation,
And think it was good?
He could barely breathe
Hardly grab just one clear thought
The walls were closing in on him
His time was running out
He read 'If you ask, you will be given'
And he thought of everything he had lost
He shook his fist at heaven
Stood up for all the broken souls
I will not forget the words
He spoke to me that day
He said 'Man, if you believe, would you ask one question
In my name because to me God never speaks:
Does he still rest on Sundays, and look at his creation,
And think it was good?
Does he think it was good?
It was a brief encounter
But after all these years it's still on my mind
Nobody mourned for him
There were no flowers on his grave
I hope at last you got your answer
Yet another election
In late 2004
One stupid little man
Four years more
I saw you on TV
Heard your rhetoric of power
Spoken in the tongue of fear
Star spangled banner
Stained with blood
Coercing allies
In the name of God
You will learn I am the Hydra
Cut my head off and two new ones will
Spring right from the wound
You've been a caring father
I'm the monster you created
In the end I'll be your doom
I'm somewhere south of London
Somewhere north of Rome
Somewhere west of Baghdad
East of LA or near your home
I am waiting for you
Until the day I die
I'm playing tricks on you
So come and catch me, if you dare to try
I know your secrets
I sense your fear
The scent of your blood
Has led me here
I am feasting in your garden
I am eating at your table
And I am sleeping in your bed
I am the yield of your investment
The assets you have gathered
I'm the big catch in your net
I'm somewhere south of London
Somewhere north of Rome
Somewhere west of Baghdad
East of LA or near your home
I am waiting for you
Until the day I die
I'm playing tricks on you
So tired of living in this exile I once chose
Sheltered by a levy I have built with my own hands
So tired of waiting for the flood to take me in
Or a ship to pick me up and carry me to solid land
From all I know and all I've seen
There's not a lot left in between
It's a choice to either do or die
A choice you've got to make
Catch that ship right on time
Wherever it may sail
Catch that ship right on time
Your choice will tip the scale
Catch that ship right on time
Don't be left behind
So tired of walking in someone else's shoes
Of being hooked on dreams so vague, that were not meant for me
So tired of paying someone else's dues
Of seeking the warmth of a sun that I will never see
From all I know and all I've seen
There's not a lot left in between
It's a choice to either do or die
A choice you've got to make
Catch that ship right on time
Wherever it may sail
Catch that ship right on time
Your choice will tip the scale
Catch that ship right on time
Don't be left behind
We're islanders, both you and me
Trapped on an island on our own
To share a form of loneliness
That company won't ease
The sea around that has no end
Taught us there's no solid land
For islanders like you
For islanders like me
From all I know and all I've seen
There's not a lot left in between
It's a choice to either do or die
A choice you've got to make
Catch that ship right on time
Wherever it may sail
Catch that ship right on time
Your choice will tip the scale
Catch that ship right on time
Focused on the things we're missing
Ignoring everything we've got
A thousand doors that stand wide open
Won't make up for just one that's shut
Seeking nearness from the distance
But scared whenever it comes close
Frozen hearts exposed too briefly
To the sun to melt the floes
All my secrets, dreams and wishes
Freely laid into your hands
My faith and my self-esteem
Rise and fall at your command
All my nerves and all my senses
In constant state of red alert
A mind in pointless, restless motion
A body hopelessly inert
Hiding behind walls of silence
When there would have been so much to say
Whoever said Silence is golden
For sure he'd never come our way
Nostalgia is a dangerous poison
If mixed with bitterness and grief
Makes the past look so much brighter
Forms illusions of relief
Makes what's lost still seem an option
Though it failed the test of time
Pretends the years have done no damage
That we're still in our prime
Wasn't it good, good just the way it was
Wasn't it good, before we first tasted loss
When it felt real, and not too good to be true
When we were young and free, and unafraid
And when time was on our side
Wasn't it good, as long as we still had hope
And firmly believed, that we had the strength to cope
With whatever would come and stand in our way
When we thought the life ahead of us
Would unfold to our demands
In life we get a thousand chances
But less they get with every year
We hoped that time would be on our side
But it moved on and left us here
Wasn't it good, good just the way it was
Wasn't it good, before we first tasted loss
When it felt real, and not too good to be true
When we were young and free, and unafraid
And when time was on our side
Wasn't it good, as long as we still had hope
And firmly believed, that we had the strength to cope
With whatever would come and stand in our way
When we thought the life ahead of us
They reach out to the world
They carry our fortune
Written firmly into their palm
They may tremble and shiver
When we need it the least
But as well they may be all safe and calm
They give and take
They tease and taunt
They salute or wave goodbye
They caress a lover
Pull the trigger of a gun
Sign a treaty that seals the peace
They build cars and houses
And at times they save a life
Or go spreading the disease
They give and take
They tease and taunt
They salute or wave goodbye
They push and shove
They clutch and cling
Or hold somebody tight
It's all in those hands
They can do so much good
Can be so destructive
Hands shape the world
Hands break it down
They may clench into fists
Or as well be opened wide
Invite you or push you back
They may pin the words down
Of the book that will change your life
Or close around a victim's neck
They give and take
They tease and taunt
They salute or wave goodbye
They push and shove
They clutch and cling
Or hold somebody tight
It's all in those hands
They can do so much good
Can be so destructive
Hands shape the world
Hands break it down
I was born
As just another small town boy in '69
I had only little worries on my mind
The world seemed kind when I was young
An endless gentle flow of days
Not a lot in life seemed really serious
As time moved on
There were lots of things I had to learn
Such as, if you want to take you've got to
Give a little in return
And though life seemed gentle still
Somehow it got slightly more serious
A winner, in our times, is someone
Who sells his soul at the highest price
To be a slave to profession
Slave to the grind
To whatever other master
The test of time shows what we're made of
The test of time will reveal the truth
The test of time will see us stay afloat or drown, win or lose
All at once
We look back on the best days of our lives
Find out none of our teenage dreams hold water
By the age of thirty-five
Time's not in endless supply
And that's why all in life is serious
A winner, in our times, is someone
Who sells his soul at the highest price
To be a slave to profession
Slave to the grind
To whatever other master
The test of time shows what we're made of
The test of time will reveal the truth
The test of time will see us stay afloat or drown, win or lose
The test of time tells how much we can carry
The test of time will see us flex or break
You've been my last outpost
Before the wild open sea
Suddenly promising rescue when I
Was just about to give in
But could it be, could it be
I just fooled myself
I've been your last wall of defense
Against the truth flooding in
You were dying of thirst and so gladly you drank
When I offered you poison for wine
But could it be, could it be
You just fooled yourself
From where I stand
It all seems pretty clear
From where I stand
There is not much left but fear
Not much left but fear...
Of being alone once again
So we close our eyes and count slowly to ten
Giving truth time enough to get out of our sight
And when we seek we make sure we don't find
If ignorance was really bliss
Then the world's seen no happier couple than this
You and I struggling to not get too close
While our hearts are so firmly entwined
We're a match made in heaven
For a life down in hell
A broken promise to ease each other's pain
A cure failing to deliver relief
So could it be, could it be
We just fooled ourselves
From where I stand
It all seems pretty clear
From where I stand
There is not much left but fear
Not much left but fear...
Of being alone once again
So we close our eyes and count slowly to ten
Giving truth time enough to get out of our sight
And when we seek we make sure we don't find
If ignorance was really bliss
Then the world's seen no happier couple than this
You and I struggling to not get too close
While our hearts are so firmly entwined
So we are watching our world slowly turn into grey
While fear drives its claws
Deeper into our flesh with every new day
From where I stand
It all seems pretty clear
From where I stand
There is not much left but fear
Not much left but fear...
Of being alone once again
So we close our eyes and count slowly to ten
Giving truth time enough to get out of our sight
And when we seek we make sure we don't find
If ignorance was really bliss
Then the world's seen no happier couple than this
You and I struggling to not get too close
While our hearts are so firmly entwined
My dear old friend, I hope you will forgive
If you feel left alone, if you feel left alone
We had been friends for too long
To be anything but that
And that's a thing I should have known
A funny couple we must have seemed, you and I
I was trying so hard to fall in love with you
But you had your travelling shoes already on
While I was so obviously still wearing her tattoo...
My dear old friend, I hope you will forgive
If you're running from me, then please don't run too far
We've been friends for too long
To ever let that go
So what you're really trying to say
Is you don't want me to stand in your way
Is that all that you feel right now
My Dear, I wish that you would understand
Sometimes things just go out of hand
And some things just happen somehow
For a shred of hope you would follow the devil
For a sense of bliss you would sell all of your dreams
For a trace of love we may lose mind completely
And there is not a lot that we can do
Is there nothing that we could do...
Are we caught up in that river's flow
And for every new way that we go
Do we have to leave something behind
My Dear, it's that river that gives and that takes
So for every new turn that it makes
We lose one thing but another we find
For a shred of hope...
How many times did I wish I could just end this pain
That I could go back in time
To where it began and then start again
Well, if we could so, it would be so easy to make amends
But the river doesn't stand still
And the river just gives no second chance
I took a look at myself
I dropped all my defenses
After fooling myself
For so long
I broke all my habits
I gave up my pretences
I faced all those things
So crazy and wrong
I had reached a point
Where I could fall no deeper
Right there I knew what to do
Eventually
I know you thought
I was just running away
But the real escape
I had made years ago
Deep inside of me
Are there just no Forevers in life
Are they all just illusion
Just something we build to protect us
From feeling so lost and lonely
Would it be wiser to be
Happy when things are just good
Instead of yearning for perfection
That we'll never find most likely
That advice I have given
To friends and that so much more
Applied to myself
Came back to my mind
How desperately I must have
Tried to believe
That in my own little world
Things were perfectly right
I lied to myself
I despised myself
I denied myself
But the pain grew stronger
I will lie to myself
I will despise myself
I will deny myself
Not one day longer
Because there is no such thing at all
Long ago it went out of our hands
We are believing in words that we don't understand
Trust in the media's honest appeal
And forgot to trust in what we feel
Set all your channels open to receive
It will not be in vain
Collecting and reflecting
Is the way that leads away from pain
Life behind the barriers, in invisible frontiers
In a jail of glass, with walls made of frozen tears
Through windows we see, in the papers, on TV
Those information cannot mean much
Through windows we see, but we cannot touch
It is not the tumble of the dice
Remove those hands from your eyes
Just open windows in your mind
Leave the barriers behind
It is just a different state of mind
A thinking of a different kind
A little bit more encouraged voice
Speaking for the right of choice
Farewell to all that lies behind
Farewell to this pair of tired eyes
The head in the sky, the feet on the ground
We break all the walls around
Life behind the barriers, in invisible frontiers
In a jail of glass, with walls made of frozen tears
Through windows we see, in the papers, on TV
Those information cannot mean much
Through windows we see, but we cannot touch
It is not the tumble of the dice
Remove those hands from your eyes
Just open windows in your mind
Leave the barriers behind
Open eyes and open ears
Won't let us get too far
If we can't lay down our masquerades
And stand for what we are
All these sheets of glass are the barries between
Those of us, who wish to be
Those, who don't wish to seem
It's time to open windows in our minds
It is not the tumble of the dice
Remove those hands from your eyes
Just open windows in your mind
The evening sun shines on the sea
Forgotten dreams come back to me
A river run dry returns in flood
Running through my veins
Running through my blood
It was a very special magic moment's glance
A dreamer back in paradise
A dancer lost in trance
Every word you said still echoes in my ears
When I close my eyes I still hear every noise
I would not waste a minute, if I had the choice
If I could make the winds raise with a prayer
I would call them all to take me there
Rivers run dry, but waters flow
No sun in the sky, but flowers grow
A silent scream that hurts my ears
A friendly word that causes fears
That's what we are
We live in the age of the paradox man
In riddles we speak and riddles we are
I cannot take anymore
From the day of our birth we are searching for tenderness
For the love we need and acceptance we seek without cautiousness
With every day that goes by our demands grow
While our conscience seems to get less
I am just like this myself
And so that is what I confess
It is a wired game we play
Everyone so led astray
How I wish there was somebody
That I could count upon
How many times in my life have I sold my own identity
Have I been the victim of my own incapacity
It's an endless flow
A constant up and down
Sometimes we are close to reach a shore
Sometimes we are close to drowning
Forever it goes on
From our first day to the last
There are some precious moments in between
They are all I need
They are all I care for
Rivers run dry, but waters flow
No sun in the sky, but flowers grow
"Yes" we say, but "No" we mean
Mostly things are not what they seem
That's how it is
We live in an age of paradoxes
Encoded in riddles
But nobody knows what they mean anymore
Wasting years with a second's levity
Undermining laws of gravity
Generations sacrificed on the altar of progress
If there would only be a place somewhere
That could offer me some rest
Where I could stay until this storm is over
So here is my request
It's an endless flow
A constant up and down
Sometimes we are close to reach a shore
Sometimes we are close to drowning
Forever it goes on
From our first day to the last
There are some precious moments in between
They are all I need
They are all I care for
Higher than high becomes lower than low
We go faster than fast, but move slower than slow
Perspectives change in the moment of truth
The travesty ends in the moment of proof
It was a very special magic moment's glance
A dreamer back in paradise
A dancer lost in trance
Every word you said still echoes in my ears
The shining sparkle in your eyes
This is all I need
People like us are never where they want to be
People like us suffer from their incapacity
People like us never trust the world they see
People like us are lacking self-security
People like us want to know the outcome in advance
People like us are afraid they might miss out on their one great chance
People like us are known for their sensitivity
People like us sometimes drown in melancholy
Am I good for you
Are you good for me
Are we each other's poison or each other's only therapy
If you believe in me
I will believe in you
I'll believe in all your crazy dreams
And keep fingers crossed one day they'll all come true
People like us always have their concerns and fears
People like us always have one eye filled with tears
People like us think a lot more than they speak
To people like us they all come when it's help they seek
People like us you all turn to when you feel bad
But those people like us are the first ones you forget
Because people like us don't fit into your world at all
But it's people like us that always catch you when you fall
Am I good for you
Are you good for me
Are we each other's poison or each other's only therapy
If you believe in me
I will believe in you
I'll believe in all your crazy dreams
And keep my fingers crossed one day they'll all come true
People like us always reach out for the stars
People like us have a heart covered with scars
People like us may not be easy, that is true
But only people like us can understand each other the way we do...
Am I good for you
Are you good for me
Are we each other's poison or each other's only therapy
I'll be good for you
Like you'll be good for me
You are my perfect remedy
If you believe in me
I had a dream of you tonight
I've been dreaming of a life we'd share
But when my hand reached out for you
I noticed there was no one there
Will you ever show up
Will you ever come here
And if you do, please give me a sign
To make sure I notice it's you
And not just anyone again
Before sunrise I woke up
I got up early on my feet
Knocked at the door of every house
Called out for you in every street
Will you ever show up...
I have never seen your face
I don't even know your name
So right now, all that I can do
While I sit and wait
Is painting pictures
Words used as weapons
Hurting like a knife
Violence, intolerance
Between man and wife
A little child that shivers
Afraid of its own daddy's touch
Those people look like you and me
Absolutely ordinary
Sometimes you even find them
On Sunday mornings in the church
But you can see it in their eyes
They are private warriors in disguise
It is a struggle for existence
For the right to disagree
This is private war behind closed doors
Where it leads nobody knows
They are conquerors in the name of ignorance
This is private war behind closed doors
Just a family affair, but a red river's source
This is private war
Two heads of state discussing
Find no way to compromise
They hold their different points of view
And the tension starts to rise
They are just like you and me
But they got something deep within
There is a time bomb ticking
Under those people's skin
A man and his wife
Mother and daughter
Brother and brother
Father and son
If they had an army to command
So what would they have done
You can see it in their eyes
They are private warriors in disguise
It is a struggle for existence
For the right to disagree
This is private war behind closed doors
Where it leads nobody knows
They are conquerors in the name of ignorance
This is private war behind closed doors
Just a family affair, but a red river's source
This is private war
You can see it in their eyes
They are private warriors in disguise
It is a struggle for existence
For the right to disagree
This is private war behind closed doors
Where it leads nobody knows
They are conquerors in the name of ignorance
This is private war behind closed doors
Just a family affair, but a red river's source
This is private war
I should have known in the beginning
It had to reach a bitter end
To play the knight in shining armour
When I was just a simple man
But I became the one you wanted
And for a while it all made perfect sense
So I believed telling you lies was
Just an act of self defense
So it goes
Don't we all know the story
Of princes and frogs
And dreams colliding with real life
Well, it shouldn't have come as a surprise
You could have been well prepared for this
You could have seen it in my eyes
If you had looked there once
I never liked telling you lies
I've always hoped at last you'd see
The man behind the disguise
Tell me how do you think about what I do
About the story you have heard
Tell me why does that man in the mirror not look like me
It all seems so absurd
I only tried to find out
What is wrong with me
Now I stare into these eyes
Of that man in the mirror that once was me
And I cannot believe
That it is real what I see
A broken heart lies on the floor and no one cares about
A man caught behind prison walls is trying to break out
But what I have to know is, if this is all I could expect
Because after all these years I thought you'd owe me some respect
At the end of each day, there is a hole in my heart
That reminds me of you
At the end of each day, there is a hole in my heart
Tell me what to do
Won't someone tell me what I can do
Ain't no explanation
I don't want to put the blame on you
I am not here to try
To turn false into true
I don't want to argue
I don't want to apologise
I am here to testify
And that is what I say
At the end of each day, there is a hole in my heart
That reminds me of you
At the end of each day, there is a hole in my heart
Tell me what to do
Won't someone tell me what I can do
When my castle collapses to sand
When the treasures I hold
Slip right through my hands
Do you know how that feels
I know I should stop to struggle with myself
To ponder and pore over things I cannot change
Whatever you say, whatever you will do
Somehow I am still yours
Although you are acting strange
No miracle cure, no magic boxes
To save me from drowning to rescue me
But I can't deny that while I stand here
The boat that I am on is sinking into the sea
A broken heart lies on the floor and no one cares about
A man caught behind prison walls is trying to break out
But what I have to know is, if this is all I could expect
Because after all these years I thought you'd owe me some respect
At the end of each day, there is a hole in my heart
That reminds me of you
At the end of each day, there is a hole in my heart
Tell me what to do
Won't someone tell me what I can do
And so I lay my defences down
When I listen to my heart
I hear the sound of a cold machine
That fills an empty space
Like a clockwork ticking
I found it right here on the table
That letter you left for me today
Just a handful of scribbled words
And most of it sounds quite absurd
Do you know the feeling
I know the feeling well
To go into the great unknown
Knowing all the doors behind are shut
You did not leave an address so I guess
You had no interest
In my possible reply
Though I've never been a man of words
Right now there is a thing or two
I would really like to say
Do you know the feeling
I know the feeling well
To be hurt but try to hide it
To know the truth but still deny it
To put on a brave face
I could have stood the pain
The tears and the blame
I could have stood those eyes fixed upon me
But what I just can't accept
Is the simple fact
You just quietly went out of here
I know we went from day to day
Trying not to state what was clear
For both of us to see
If it had to come to an end
Then why not do it with
A shred of honesty
Do you know the feeling
I know the feeling well
To always search but never find
To run but still be left behind
To finish second best
I could have stood the pain
The tears and the blame
I could have stood those eyes fixed upon me
But what I just can't accept
Is the simple fact
You just quietly went out of here
How could it ever hurt so bad
Where it used to feel so good
I won't ask you to come back
I won't ask you to stay
But I want you to listen to
What I've got to say
I don't want your apology
I don't need your sympathy
All I want from you is
Just a minute of your time
May I please remind you it was you who said
I was too reserved
Right from the start
And now you slam that door on me
When I was just about to come right in
And open up my heart
Do you know the feeling
I know the feeling well
When the best you give is not enough
To not let good times get rough
To not let it all start again
I could have stood the pain
The tears and the blame
I could have stood those eyes fixed upon me
But what I just can't accept
Is the simple fact
Love is a pretender, an actor, a clown
It lifts us higher, but it lets us down
Love is the traveller, that never arrives
But is love the saviour, that saves our lifes
All that I wanted...
... its all I wanted to know
... its all I wish you'd have shown me
... and still all I want to believe in
Right now til the end of time
Love pays us visits, but it never stays long
It may be righteous, but mostly it's wrong
Love is indifferent, it makes no deal
Love lasts forever, but is forever for real
All that I wanted...
... its all I wanted to know
... its all I wish you'd have shown me
... and still all I want to believe in
Right now til the end of time
Show me, tell me, save me,
Save this heart of mine
And I show you, tell you, hold you
Til the end of time
I know it is not fair
That I bring all that here
I hope you won't regret too soon
That I'm the one you chose
I know it ain't fair
And that I may ask too much
But it has been so long ago
That someone has come so close...
Love is posessive, love takes control
Love is a stealer,
Thoughts are moving slow
In constant fatal flow
In this labyrinth I'm in
On a sheet of ice too thin
No words for what I feel
I cannot describe
Why can no one understand this
I climbed the ladder stair by stair
I hoped that I would get somewhere
I found that movement is my way
To stop the world from turning grey
But now I reached a wall
It stands there high and tall
Once built for my protection
Now it stands right in my way
Courage is the spark, hope is the drive
Our passion, our hunger
Our aims let us strive
But my rose-coloured windows
Broke long ago
And the clear look that's left
Makes my tears sometimes flow
For some wounds we have
Only time knows the cure
There is nothing worse that we can do
Nothing worse for me and you
Than boxing shadows with our memories
Boxing shadows with our past
Never look back
Those walls we have inside
Those walls we built on pride
Every day they are growing higher
And cut the sunlight from our eyes
This is just another lesson
We must learn
Courage is the spark, hope is the drive
Our passion, our hunger
Our aims let us strive
But my rose-coloured windows
Broke long ago
And the clear look that's left
Makes my tears sometimes flow
For some wounds we have
Only time knows the cure
A step you dare
On unknown land
The common touch
Of a helping hand
A light that shines
Right through the mist
Or the desperate power
Of a clenching fist
Go on, when the whole world around you
Is falling to pieces
There is still something left
We have done everything to hurt
The other in this war without a word
We have fought for things that hardly were
Worth thinking about, so why don't you prefer
To break the silence
And put the weapons down
We can talk it over - still
Somehow we seem to have dislearned
To communicate, and that's why we have turned
To a form of silent conversation
That led us straight into alienation
I almost can't believe
That this is us, still you and me
That we just don't speak no more
What happened to the ones
We have been before?
Sometimes we just don't understand
That the stone we kick away
Is a precious diamond 'til it's gone
Sometimes we have to speak our mind
Just to get the proof
That there never is a simple truth
If you had let me be the one I am
If I had let you be the one you are
If we both had sometimes tried to understand
Certainly it would never have come that far
I almost can't believe
That this is us, still you and me
That we sit right here
With our lips sealed tight
Instead of speaking it out
To make everything turn out right
Sometimes we just don't understand
That the stone we kick away
Is a precious diamond 'til it's gone
Sometimes we have to speak our mind
Just to get the proof
That there never is a simple truth
Well, I know
For you it's perfectly clear
What is going on here
That's your simple truth
Don't you know
I've got my own point of view
That might be just as true
As your simple truth
So turn around and open up your mouth
And speak your mind
I almost can't believe
That this is us, still you and me
We could make it right
Or break it up instead
But anyway we should not forget
We never know what we'll find
But we know what we leave behind
Sometimes we just don't understand
That the stone we kick away
Is a precious diamond 'til it's gone
Sometimes we have to speak our mind
Just to get the proof
Around the world in just one day
Is way too fast, or so they say
But whenever we're together
We can easily go round twice
You're all I need and more
All I've been hoping for
But we both know it is
Not our turn this time
Up and down at rapid speed
Inside out I'm turned indeed
As soon as the command is yours
My whole world seems to change
You shine much brighter than
All the stars, but then again
Alas, it seems you came here
Just a bit too late
In another time, and in another place
Surely you'd be mine, but not here and now
I wish you would understand
You're ten years late
I wish you would understand
You're ten years late
And if you were the only rose
That stands in bloom amid all the weed
Still that won't help, and even if
In this world of willows, in which we live
You were the only giant
That won't change a single thing
In another time, and in another place
Surely you'd be mine, but not here and now
I wish you would understand
You're ten years late
I wish you would understand
Late at night we grab our things
Take the car and hit the road
Follow the old familiar trace
Laid in our secret code
The same old village by the sea
Once a second home for you and me
As we drive all through the night
We both don't dare to speak
So afraid we won't succeed
In finding what we seek
The same old village by the sea
Home of all our memories
That will hurt, rather than do us good
Life taught us many lessons
I thought we learned those lessons well
We should be old enough to face it
But we both don't say a word
Just speechlessly drive South
While emotionally, it feels
We're heading North
There are things that fall to dust
As soon as touched for real
They're meant to be kept safe deep inside
And not to be revealed
The same old village by the sea
Covered by the dust of centuries
That wiped out all the traces we had left
Life taught us many lessons
I thought we learned those lessons well
We should be old enough to face it
But we both don't say a word
Just speechlessly drive South
While emotionally, it feels
There's a black river flowing
A poisoned stream
Out of nowhere it comes
And nowhere it leads
There's no today, and no tomorrow
That river is fed
By the dark thoughts of those
That have a black heart inside
And I feel how I get close
To them myself, in all my sorrow
And the river starts dragging me in
Silently I watched and waited
Each and every night
You should have anticipated
That something was not right
Would you hold the line
In days like these my friend
Would you hold the line
Or would you cut it off at your end
Something crawls out of the river
Something crawls all over my skin
Something is trying to get hold of my heart
I'm losing my sense of direction
And I cannot remember
Anything but the world fading to grey
As the river is dragging me in
Silently I watched and waited
Each and every night
You should have anticipated
That something was not right
Would you hold the line
In days like these my friend
Would you hold the line
Or would you cut it off at your end
In a short clear moment
I force all my resistance
So I stretch out my hands to reach out
For the river's bank
I'm not yet ready to go under
I'm not yet giving up
There still is a chance to find
Someone that's worth
Taking any risk, and taking on any fight
That makes me put all of these sorrows aside
Sometimes it takes just a word
To save a life
So if you get to that river one day
You better take my advice
Don't forget what I say
It's not too late to turn around
So don't let it drag you in
Would you hold the line
In days like these my friend
Would you hold the line
Or would you cut it off at your end
Restless heart
Inside of me
Will you ever let me find the place
Where I was meant to be
Heart of stone
Heart of gold
One day full of love and warmth
But the next day full of cold
Sure, I remember
Those good days we had
It's true, we've been making plans
How could I forget
Sometimes "forever"
Means just "longer than a day"
Some say they'll never leave you
But then they simply turn and walk away
I don't know
The reason why
Against all my best intentions
My intentions always die
Though I try to stay
I will soon be gone
Somehow it seems that I am just not one
To rely on
Sure, I remember
Those good days we had
It's true, we've been making plans
How could I forget
Sometimes "forever"
Means just "longer than a day"
Some say they'll never leave you
But then they simply turn and walk away
Sure, I remember
Those good days we had
It's true, we've been making plans
How could I forget
Sometimes "forever"
Means just "longer than a day"
Some say they'll never leave you
