On the RiverGetting on the 1 O 5
Seen these streets more than twice
Walking throught the underpass
Why was this not to last
I still remember you
In this dress of navy blue
Reaching out for my hand
Dancing to playing of the band.
When we were on the river Thames
It was all a big romance
Never looking in the past
Thought this feeling was to last
Working 7 until late
In a dead end job I hate
People talk behind my back
Never to cut me any slack
When I get home to the house
Don’t get greeted by a mouse
Just the landlord bugging me
About the cutting of a tree
When we were on the river Thames
It was all a big romance
Never looking in the past
Thought this feeling was to last
I want to leave this place behind
Just transcend for all of time
See the beauty in the world
No more gray empty desert.
If it was not meant to be
Why did you say that to me
That the feelings were to last
And all bad things were to pass.
When we were on the river Thames
It was all a big romance
Never looking in the past
Thought this feeling was to last
When we were on the river Thames
It was all a big romance
Never looking in the past
Thought this feeling was to last
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Wos is?I steh' In der Au
und woart auf an Bus
des Wetter is lau
was muss jo des muss
Da foart er scho her
am Steier da Ferdl
der wü immer mehr
doch hot er ka Mädl.
I steig aus in Kagran
Und kaum fong I an
hob I scho wiada gnua
der Tog ziagt wieder zua
Siagts du do an Weg raus
I siag jetz' nix mehr
Da stesst es mir auf
I konn kane Tricks mehr
Wanns schaust über's Wosser
und eine in Himmel
Da Koarl is Grasser
ganz ohne Lüssel und Limmel.
Wo sama daham?
I siach nuar an Bam!
Nix is mehr wias woar
Des is mia jetzt kloar.
Nix is mehr wias woar
Des is mia jetzt kloar
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Live (again)All these green fields flying by
I have to try to fake a smile
But the view is very clear
hasn't been this way for a year
Learning to live again
Have good times with a friend
seeing out of the gray
into a brand new pleasent day
The sky is blue the air is fresh
I almost laugh at life itself
In the road again
Helping myself to see no end
Learning to live again
Have good times with a friend
seeing out of the gray
into a brand new pleasent day
When walking up the hill
the trees are tall the world is still
taking in a deep breath
no more considerations of death
As I am
Learning to live again
Have good times with a friend
seeing out of the gray
into a brand new pleasent day
Hooray
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WinterendGanz allein in diesem Park
die Nacht ist kühl wie ich es mag
Der Mond der spiegelt sich im See
Auf der Wiese wächst der Klee
Der Winter war dann doch sehr lang
es wurde Zeit für diesen Gang
in den Frühling der jetzt kommt
als hätte ich 'nen Berg erklomm'n
Ich sehe es zwar jedes Jahr
doch es bleibt besonders da
wenn immer neues Leben kommt
die Natur voll Wunder blumt.
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The Forest[Verse 1]:
Walking under the trees again
Rain is falling down ol' friend
It was in this clearing here
that we both had our first beer
Here we both had our first kiss
and helped each other when it was over with
always keeping close but free
our friendship under the tree
[Chorus]:
Where has the time gone far away
I still remember every day
we were talking, laughing and playing
our lives were serenading
[Verse 2]:
Always found a reason here
to just keep breathing holding it near
even when the rain came down
or with snow falling frowns turned around
Our families always there
although we had our own to bear
living there young, wild and free
our years under the tree
[Chorus]:
Where has the time gone far away
I still remember every day
we were talking, laughing and playing
our lives were serenading
[Bridge]:
But times are changing, disappearing
over hills, the daylight's fading
when it was all seeming bright
suddenly out went a light
[End]:
Now it is that I'm standing here
brought with me your fave root beer.
This cross right here on the tree
shall remind all, that you were here!
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YoudunitThe court has held me
in contempt
And I curse you for it
every saturday of sept-ember
you only left three months later
and that is where
you will find I'm your hater
There is no need for
any and all of this
I will send you a letter
into the abyss.
Just hoping you would just
jump after it
and would humour me with that
end of you, you git.
But what do I want from
such a person at all
I keep staring blindly
at the duck on the wall
the duck on the wall
white duck on the wall
the white duck on the wall
And nothing happens at all
The people keep talking
of the beauty that was here
and I keep on walking
locking you up in my snear
As all that is holy
falls down into hell
and none of my loyal
friend here can tell
I have given up
on giving up me
I'm sorry not being sorry
for spilling the tea
Because the court will have held me
in contempt
no roses or violins
from Inverness to Kent
Apologizing
to zero of ten
and for the white duck though
it is fixed to some tin.
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The door[Verse]:
Walking up the steps below
The towering buildings, a sight to behold
Scraping there up in the sky
Giving each panorama a try
I remember counting down
The staircase numbers smile or frown
It was not just this part of town
That at the time just had me down
[Chorus]:
I still don’t fully understand
If it was the move taking it out of my hand
Or if other things could have been done
To remove the fear for one
[Verse]:
But just as I am walking by,
The door right there I could not lie
The fear again began to grow
Must really have been this place though
So I just gladly passed on by
Not needing to enter here today
Going back to the one home
I can bare to be alone
[Chorus]:
I still don’t fully understand
If it was the move taking it out of my hand
Or if other things could have been done
To remove the fear for one
[x2]
To remove the fear for one.
[End]
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My beginnings / Just crazy enough[Verse 1]
Gathering sticks and some bamboo stalks
trading them in for pearls galore
finding a portal in the depth
building a bridge into darkness' rath
[Verse 2]
getting the wings that allow us to glide
maybe a storage box on the side
as a gift for everyone
getting on good sides one-by-one
[Chorus]
I'm not kind just crazy enough
to do these things that can be rough
the motive here is never clear
I simply exist, yes I am here
[Verse 3]
what a surprise it has been
Seems like I'm the harlequin
giving them what they desire
will be their downfall off the spire
[Chorus]
I'm not kind just crazy enough
to do these things that can be rough
the motive here is never clear
I simply exist, yes I am here
[Bridge]
And that means it shall be so
a reign of terror incognito
starting out just with a smile
things will simply go awry
[Chorus]
I'm not kind just crazy enough
to do these things that can be rough
the motive here is never clear
I simply exist, yes I am here
[End]
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Holterdipolter[Strophe 1]
I siach des Haus scho' vo da weit'n
Über's Gerüst om Doch kumma streit'n
Die Wände die san a so schief
ois ob a Riese darauf schlief
[Strophe 2]
Des Vurzimmer is a Skandal
I denk a Boden woarat trivial
Im Badezimmer schwimman de Fisch
und da blade Hund liegt ob'n am Tisch
[Refrain]
und I her nur holterdipolter
wö die Stufen owe foit er
und sie ruaf‘n oiter foilter
des is des Ende vom Herrn Woilter
[Strophe 3]
De Kinder spüln im Zementmixa
De Kab‘l hängen nur owa
Des Gos sommelt si im Kella
A Explosion wird woarscheinlicher
[Refrain]
und I her nur holterdipolter
wö die Stufen owe foit er
und sie ruaf‘n oiter foilter
des is des Ende vom Herrn Woilter
[Brücke]
Dem Herrn vum Omt is olles Recht
Wö eh da Stoot dafiar nix blecht
Nur wennst donn frogst des Woilters Frau
do wird de gleich zur Rampensau
[Refrain]
und I her nur holterdipolter
wö die Stufen owe foit er
und sie ruaf‘n oiter foilter
des is des Ende vom Herrn Woilter
(des Ende)
(vom Herrn Woilter)
(des Ende)
(des is des Ende vom Herrn Woilter)
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Thyme to rhyme[Verse 1]
Don’t chuck the cheese
Over your knees
Climb on the trees
Or call Eloise
[Verse 2]
Don’t fly to high,
High-five a spy,
Sit on a fly
Or rotate the rye
[Chorus]
If I only could rhyme,
Rosemary and thyme
Into a big vine
On brimstone and lime
[Verse 3]
Set out with the dawn
Be seen while you yawn
Good clothing is worn
No thing has been torn
[Verse 4]
Roll on like a stone
Bring pebbles to Rome
Your lifeforce has grown
To build a new home
[Chorus]
If I only could rhyme,
Rosemary and thyme
Into a big vine
On brimstone and lime
[Verse 5]
Look over the streets
And all the good deeds
When someone you greet
gets all of the wheat
[Verse 6]
When day turns to dusk
The animals tusk
will lift up a bust
without any rust
[Chorus]
If I only could rhyme,
Rosemary and thyme
Into a big vine
On brimstone and lime
[Bridge]
Over the hills
(there are)
boats in the pills
(a-ha)
One's painting stills
(hu-ha)
With all of our wills
(I will)
[Chorus]
If I only could rhyme,
Rosemary and thyme
Into a big vine
On brimstone and lime
But there’s only so much time.
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RhymdomI'm investor in your company
you're not just another honey bee
I know that you have planted a tree
at the Edge of Tennessee
I should better start writing it down
or the singers will all start to frown
as it would be you who would drown
and I would be killed by a clown
how do texts like this come to me
late at night under the willow tree
where only the crow can hear
all that my mind needs to be clear
It is a mess - together or alone
You in that dress - Me playing the trombone
Will we ever rest or return home
In the sixteenth line we roam - are you playing with your comb
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Personify[Verse 1]
Sitting at night, home alone
Hearing nothing, no single groan
Darkness outside and maybe in
Empty glasses, bottle of gin
[Verse 2]
Flowers on the window sill
Pills on the desk
Can not run or stand still
But also not rest
[Chorus]
When it feels like you’ve lived three lives
But right now you’re out of re-tries
As the darkness creeps in again
Is it always that kind of bane
[Verse 3]
Turning fans and honking cars
Ready meals and water jars
Was there once a child in there
A murder of crows now lays it bare
[Verse 4]
The unkind raven pecks out the eye
Cannot scream and also not cry
Hyenas cackle with dark thought.
Now again all things are nought/lost
[Chorus]
When it feels like you’ve lived three lives
But right now you’re out of re-tries
As the darkness creeps in again
Is it always that kind of bane
[Bridge]
Stop again!
Feel and hear
No one’s slain
All are here
Walk the lane
Ignore the fear
No one to blame
No blood, no tear!
[Chorus]
When it feels like you’ve lived three lives
But right now you’re out of re-tries
As the darkness creeps in again
Is it always that kind of bane
(But I remain!)
[End]
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M.O.T.S. (more of the same)[Intro]
Cars driving by on B17
The trains on the line are so pristine
Setting sun light in the trees
where the little bird now sleeps
[Verse 1]
Nothing changed in thirty years
looking out the window feels
still the same as times gone by
early childhood days would fly
[Chorus]
No need to be holding on
as the past is not yet gone
I will never be to blame
as it's just more of the same
[Verse 2]
Looking out the school window
At the dense tree line below
people crossing the nearby road
each carrying their own load
[Chorus]
No need to be holding on
as the past is not yet gone
I will never be to blame
as it's just more of the same
[Verse 3]
Running on the street and field
nothing new that I should heed
Feels like they did say it in vain
that nothing ever stays the same
[Bridge]
Willing change but nothing moves
Pushing up towards the roofs
When it's ridden with the bane
that all things shall just remain
all the same
[Chorus]
No need to be holding on
as the past is not yet gone
I will never be to blame
as it's just more of the same
[Ending]
But there's still hope
for change
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Loud and clear[Verse 1]
First you put me on the spot
then you nail me down
criticising all on top
always make me frown
[Verse 2]
I just wanted an exchange
fair and on the point
you go outside of the range
agreements won’t be joined
[Chorus]
I have heard it
loud and clear
you want to hurt me
strike me with fear
until I will hide away
calling off every single day
[Verse 3]
How many unfortunate
poor souls will it take
to finally satiate
all of your big hate
[Verse 4]
I won’t let myself
be your victim anymore
I shall remove you of that shelf
sweep the floor and close the door
[Chorus]
I have heard it
loud and clear
you want to hurt me
strike me with fear
until I will hide away
calling off every single day
[Bridge]
If that was the end of you
celebrations would be due
finally the witch is dead
onto the pitch-fork goes her head
[Chorus]
I have heard it
loud and clear
you want to hurt me
strike me with fear
until I will hide away
calling off every single day
[quick end]
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Concept Call
The idea In my head
A concept on paper
Words heavy like lead
Sentences float and waver
Dark hills in the distance
Bright lights close by
Stars perform their dance
Inbetween satellites fly
When being so small
Is the greatest of all
We see no wall
Only hear the call
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Click[Verse 1]
Pitter-patter on the platter
Never knowing what’s the matter
Trying here to find the wrongs
Never getting a response
[Verse 2]
Ancient writings on the wall
Never meant to let me fall
Careful testing out the land
Only rough, coarse dirt and sand
[Chorus]
Living in a phantasy
Asking what it is to me
Letting you go, a mistake
I am unable to shake
[Verse 3]
Clicking unconsciously
Asking, “Who is he?”
Spinning in infinity
Down the spiral entity
[Verse 4]
Getting up just to fall down
All expressions are a frown
Are we dead inside and out
To have a break is not allowed
[Chorus]
Living in a phantasy
Asking what it is to me
Letting you go, a mistake
I am unable to shake
[Verse 5]
Seeing it all fall apart
Falling on the final yard
Never really wanted this
Staring into the abyss
[Bridge]
And finally…
One last click
Rolling barrel,
shutter, hit
As it turns
to red, then black
Never looking,
or going to be
…
BACK.
[Chorus - END]
Living in a phantasy
Asking what it is to me
Letting you go, a mistake
I am unable to shake
OFF.
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Sorcery
[Verse 1]
The journey didn’t seem that far
Sitting in this old train car
Not knowing what to expect here
Hopefully no regret and fear
[Verse 2]
Being different, yes it’s true
Has potential to ruin you
But the chance to make it work
Lays with you in deed and word
[Chorus]
Never knowing how to explain
abilities that can simply rain
power onto anything
not difficult, no need to sing
[Verse 3]
Requirements be less but more
Leave me standing at the door
Kept so locked out here inside
Not my task to make things right
[Verse 4]
Mysteries to be explored
Suddenly I won’t be bored
Now they ask my expertise
Usefulness that can increase
[Chorus]
Never knowing how to explain
abilities that can simply rain
power onto anything
not difficult, no need to sing
[Bridge]
There are some in similar boats
All we there can do is row
In the same direction then
Getting ever stronger than
Anyone would give us credit
It will be fine for we are at it
[End-Chorus]
Never knew how to explain
abilities could simply rain
power onto anything
without any need to sing
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Oxy, moron!
I want to write
About the light
Despite the night
Being so bright
Early morning
Dark and grey
Sad clowns shouting
Loud hooray
All the orcas
in the bay
Red birds flying
Wild cats stray
Finding life in cemeteries
Inconvenienced by amenities
Telling truths using only lies
A sheet of water in the skies
Days per second
Minutes per year
Has all perished
What we hold dear
Starting one life
Close to the ends
This straight line of cliff
Simply twists and bends
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Gstettn[Strophe 1]:
I und Robert auf der Gstettn
jo da homma viele Wetten
abgeschlossen und ob Mai
woar a oft a Boi dabei
[Strophe 2]:
Wir hom niemois aufgegeben
vüle Leitern kennan red'n
wos wir mocht'n des woar sehr
ausnahmslos und legendär
[Refrain]:
oba...
wann i zruckdenken tua zu donn
wos woaren wir zwa narrn
Dochten olles wissan mir
dobei woarma hegstns vier.
[Strophe 3]:
Mit unsre Freind do auf da Wiesn
woarma olle grosse Ries'n
wos hamma miteinonda gredet
ging auf koa Kuahhaut, ned veredelt
[Strophe 4]:
und de Mädls homma imma
nur verärgert oder schlimmer
wundern mias ma uns jetzt ned
woarma immer nua so bled
[Refrain]:
oba...
wann i zruckdenken tua zu donn
wos woaren wir zwa narrn
Dochten olles wissan mir
dobei woarma hegstns vier.
[Bridge]:
I wü zwoar ned zrück
oba a ned noch furn
I geh nur a klans stück
und scho kriag I an Zurn
wos wenn i's niemois schoff
do verende im Foss
jo de frog geht zu dir
sog moi stehst no zu mir?
[Refrain]:
wö...
wann i zruckdenken tua zu donn
wos woaren wir zwa narrn
Dochten olles wissan mir
dobei woarma hegstns vier.
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Paranoid Polaroid[Verse 1]:
Sometimes I recall special scenes
Were they my life or just a dream
Specific details here and there
What I’ve been up to everywhere
[Chorus]:
So it flashes white then turns to black
Developing in my minds back
All pictures that I can’t avoid
Like a paranoid polaroid
[Verse 2]:
At age seven before starting school
With my digi-cam at the pool
Petting cats on Santorin
Hiking on a hill so green
[Verse 3]:
Being told by an older kid
That middle school was simply shit
But also hearing from that same fool
Lots of things that I thought were cool
[Chorus]:
So it flashes white then turns to black
Developing in my minds back
All pictures that I can’t avoid
Like a paranoid polaroid
[Verse 4]:
Taking pictures with grandpa’s new phone
of buses and trains at the station near home
getting taken to the big park
nearby tall buildings glimmer and spark
[Verse 5]:
First time walking all alone
Looking at a construction zone
A summer night solemnly outside
On an island in the river, the moon so bright
[Chorus]:
So it flashes white then turns to black
Developing in my minds back
All pictures that I can’t avoid
Like a paranoid polaroid
[Verse 6]:
Going to Uni, or up a hill
Time’s moving fast, or standing still
A period of working from home
The memory will never be gone
[Verse 7]:
Figuring out more about me
Last time climbing up a tree
The view from the hotel at a work event
The realization of how most days will be spent
[Chorus]:
So it flashes white then turns to black
Developing in my minds back
All pictures that I can’t avoid
Like a paranoid polaroid
[Bridge]:
Visiting London, Paris and Rome
At the Danube skipping stones
Eating omelette in Portugal
Standing under a waterfall
Selected scenes that I recall
For no real reason at all
During the day or also the night
Just when things don’t seem quite right
[Chorus]:
So it flashes white then turns to black
Developing in my minds back
All pictures that I can’t avoid
Like a paranoid polaroid
[End]:
I’ll have the pictures to compare
From how my life used to be there
to what has stayed, remained the same
what has gone, and who’s to blame.
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Summer in Strobl[Strophe 1]
Da forma auf der Stroßn unter der Seilbahn
Vurbei beim Heisl vom Steckerlfischmann
Glei noch da Bushoitestölln Haberg, rechts hinauf
Und schon park ma, vurm Post.Sozial Haus.
[Strophe 2]
De Gästekoartn ausfülln, morgiges Fruahstuck bestölln,
De Koffer auffe auf’s Zimma stölln,
mit de Schwimmsochen, geht‘s „juch-hee“
obe donn, schwimma zum See
[Refrain]
A summa in Strobl om Woifgongsee
Jedes Joah, de Kindheit woar schee
De Aussicht über See und Berg
Vüh‘ Sterne und vielleicht a Feierwerk
[Strophe 3]
Die Fisch im Fuada-Kibl fonga om Kleeföd
Zum Wandern auf da Postalm, brauchst ned fü Göd
Im Dorf da Tiere spü’ma unter onderm mit Ziag‘n
Vo da Schafbergbahn loss‘ ma uns auf’n Berg aufezie‘n
[Strophe 4]
Am See entlang geht’s rund um den Bürglstein
Zum Mittag kehr’n wir im Weißen Rössl ein
De Sicht vo der Kapölln is‘ a OK.
Vom Zwölferhorn runter ruaf ma laut „Holaridiee“.
[Refrain]
A summa in Strobl om Woifgongsee
Jedes Joah, de Kindheit woar schee
De Aussicht über See und Berg
Vüh‘ Sterne und vielleicht a Feierwerk
[Strophe 5]
In de Therme Bad Ischl, schwimmen geh‘n
Oda abkühl’n in de Dachsteinhöhl‘n
Obe-rutschen in de Soizwölten Oid-ausee
A Gulasch ess’n beim hinteren Gosausee
[Strophe 6]
In späteren Joarn, bin I donn
Ongereist mit Bus und Båhn
Auf Spaghetti und Lasagne, ging ma donn
Zur Pizzaria Carl-Zone, a neiche Tradition
[Refrain]
A summa in Strobl om Woifgongsee
Jedes Joah, de Kindheit woar schee
De Aussicht über See und Berg
Vüh‘ Sterne und vielleicht a Feierwerk
[Brücke]
Vom Wassbod bis hie‘ zum Zaunerstoll’n
Im Soizkammerguat kumma immer ruhig roll’n.
Vom Ofenloch bis runter ins Toi.
Da Summerurlaub do woar imma geniål.
De Zeit vergeht, nur ans bleibt gleich‘.
De Erinnerung, de mocht uns reich.
[Refrain - Ende]
A summa in Strobl om Woifgongsee
Jedes Joah, de Kindheit woar schee
De Aussicht über See und Berg
Vüh‘ Sterne und vielleicht a Feierwerk
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