all lyrics (c) Kartini Music Verlag (GEMA)

dissident song

he took his flag to the middle of the square
to remember all the people that were lying there
they said he must be crazy, they couldn’t understand
he knows he‘s doomed to failure
why does he raise his hand?
so they locked him up
just to save him from himself
why can’t he be the same as everybody else?
the doctors raised their eyebrows, said it was hard to tell
but it stands to reason
he’s politically unwell
a worldwide team of experts, just could not agree
whether it was bullshit
or real psychology
so they locked him up
just to save him from himself
why can’t he be the same as everybody else?
save my life when the cold winds blow
save my life from the poison snow
save my life from the burning fire
standing there together
waiting for the answer to come
as the night was falling
holding back the darkness with a song
we’re waiting for a change
we’re waiting for a change
well i’ve been put upon, i’ve been set-upon
but I’ll be back up on my feet again
i’ve been pushed around, been turned upside down
but you’ll see me around on the street again
on the street again

so hard to say goodbye

a row of empty tables
left standing in the rain
waiting at the station
for the early morning train
i must have said i‘m sorry
Just one too many times
now the words that pass between us
just add up to goodbye
waking up the neighbours
with all the slamming doors
it seems shouting comes much easier
than talking anymore
all we had between us
was it only a lie?
now all we can do, is ask ourselves why
but oh it’s so hard to say goodbye
been through all the hard times
and when the tide was high
but we just can’t seem to change it
seems there’s nothing left to try
but oh it’s so hard to say goodbye

AS We Say Goodbye

Knowing it’s wrong if I take it too lightly
Trying to change but you know it’s not likely

All of the time we wasted then
We spent it as we got it
But it was on another planet
Far far away from here

Trying to think but you know they won’t let me
Tell me the truth if you want to upset me

You opened the door and let me in
I was a boy believing nothing
I guess I had it coming
But I never will complain

Now we‘ve seen it all
And we don’t need to ask why
As we say goodbye

Don’t have much time so I’m taking it slowly
I’m holding my ground but there’s nothing below me

It’s too near the end to start again
And I’ve forgotten how to do it
You’d have to talk me through it
But there’s nothing left to say

Now we’ve seen it all
And we don’t need to ask why
As we say goodbye

Slow Train

Slow train in the back of my head
Can’t think how I got up the stairs
Alarm bells are ringing
Rattlesnakes in my bed
Can’t remember
Anything that I said

Slow train blowing steam
Running through my restless dreams
Just another early warning
Get me started, working morning
But you’re never on time, not again
Oh never again

Wake me up
Shake me down
Take me outside
Walk me around
Give me a moment
I can’t find my shoes
Don’t know how it happened
It’s the Slow Train Blues

talk to me

they never understood you
so why should you care?
why do you need approval?
or need them to be there?
you left home so many years ago
you must know it’s true
the only person who can help you now is you
you think it’s not funny
but it’s really absurd
i know what you’re saying
i’m hanging on every word
don’t know if I can help you
i can hardly help myself
but maybe you can see more clearly
if you talk to someone else
all that excess baggage clutters up your mind
throw it out the window, leave it all behind
talk to me, talk to me
tell me about it
come and talk to me
don’t say you don’t know
let your mind run free
tell me about it
come and talk to me
how can you miss something
that you never had?
is existentialism just a passing fad?
what’s humanity’s mission?
why won’t anybody listen?
so many questions, you can see
why don’t you talk to me?


in the meantime

and now i'm standing here watching as you disappear
and i'm over the borderline
and i am not so surei haven't been here once before
but i never could read the signs
ride into the setting sun
as the day is nearly done
and i'm going to spend some time
over the boderline
and the dawn is breaking on another day
somewhere far away
and i know you're sleeping through the strangest dream
of someone you've never seen
over the boderline, way across the sea
living in the meantime, permanently
listen to the siren song from a distant shore
but you can't be tempted anymore
in the meantime
life goes on
in the meantime
the siren's song

when will you ever learn?

grey city street in the winter rain
the mist dissolves, the lamplight glows
you hurry on, you stop again
you ask the way, nobody knows
how to to give and what to take
how to know the love you make is real
letting go just what you feel to be true
because only love that’s given can return
when will you ever learn?
all you wanted to say
but you kept it underneath your skin
waiting for the sunny day
when your ship comes sailing in
from beyond the blue horizon
white sails against the sky
bringing you all your heart’s desire
but only love that’s given can return
when will you ever learn?

one small moment

she wrote me a letter today
filled with golden promises
i was a boy going off of the rails
getting so high and crazy
running aground with the wind in in my sails
didn’t have a care in the world
maybe something‘s there but i...
i’m always still dreaming
i’m just going to set you down
one small moment
if i don’t come back today
don’t think i don’t care any more
care any more for you
and before you grow much older
before the time has gone
i will lift you on my shoulder
and carry you back home
one small moment
and on the road before you
if you should think of me
keep me there beside you
wherever you may be
one small moment