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Racer
04:38
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Racer
Traffic jam on the boulevard
She´s like a vision
Shades, lipstick, overall suit
In a race car
A few more miles to black market place
She can smell the gasoline
Her favorite perfume it has always been
She´s all touch-and-go
Never take it slow
Down in the motordrome
Is where she feels that rush
Them bumper chaser try to disgrace her
But she´s a racer
Yes she is!
In the mountains she does her laps
Between the rocks
In the heat, in the dust
Against the clock
Sometimes she gets carried out to far
She doesn´t mind the dents and bruises
The one or other battle scar
She´s all touch-and-go
Never take it slow
Down in the motordrome
Is where she feels that rush
Them bumper chaser try to disgrace her
But she´s a racer
Stop signs everywhere she goes
She understood soon how the wind blows
it´s in your face!
But one day she had cut her strings
To take a leap, unfold her wings
If you go all in, life won´t keep back
Her road to happiness is black
She´s all touch-and-go
Never take it slow
Down in the motordrome
Is where she feels that rush
Them bumper chaser try to disgrace her
But she´s a racer
She´s all touch-and-go
Never take it slow
Down in the motordrome
Is where she feels that rush
Them bumper chaser try to disgrace her
But she´s a racer
Yes she is!
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2. |
Gust Of Wind
03:45
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Gust Of Wind
How will things end? Nobody knows
When the wind turns , how a tree grows
But I do know, how things can begin
Here and today, if I dare to give in
Will I find comfort in your arms
When I come back a battered dog?
Now´s the time, open the window wide
It takes a gust of wind under their wings
Most of them crash and die, others take the sky
Don´t mourn , don´t regret!
We are what we dream, they give us cover
We need some cosiness in a big world
Would you leave home, give in to wanderlust
And risk to prove the world is unjust?
Would you dare to go where to it all leads?
Thoughts to words, words to deeds?
Now´s the time, open the window wide
It takes a gust of wind under their wings
Most of them crash and die, others take the sky
Don´t mourn , don´t regret!
We make big plans, but don´t take them on
Afraid of the pain of the fall
We live with a stuffed heart
Unfulfilled hopes still warm the soul, other than shattered dreams
An aired heart calls for new Ideas
Now´s the time, open the window wide
It takes a gust of wind under their wings
Most of them crash and die, others take the sky
Don´t mourn , don´t regret!
Now´s the time, await the gust of wind
Await the gust of wind, don´t mourn , don´t regret!
Await the gust of wind, don´t mourn , don´t regret!
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Testify
04:11
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Testify
The girl in the mirror openly shows her despite
You turn away before she can pick a fight
I feel you shiver when I hold you tight
You turn to me and demand that I testify
The search for an answer, the reason why
Is water on the seed of doubt in your mind
You’re judge and you’re jury in this unfair trial
Please, please don’t make me testify
You try to connect the dots
But love is a riddle to be left unsolved
It defies reasoning, bows to no law
Can’t be explained by logical thought
You don’t feel entitled when love jumps the gun
We cannot see just how the strings run
And If we want to make them undone
The heart is a Gordian knot
You ask me if we can stand the test of time
Don’t be afraid, there’s a low after every high
No matter what comes, my word I’ll stand by
Before all who judge us, I will testify
Before all who judge us, I will testify
Before all who judge us, I will testify
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4. |
The Game
04:30
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The Game
One single thought
A faint desire
Seed in your heart
Certain to flower
It can´t be ignored
Soon it gets under your skin
It tugs and pulls
Love made you blossom
You burned from head to toe
With Hair and skin
New thoughts came down like a rug
You wouldn’t speak
You did not want to stain our memories
You took the next step on a path I didn´t see
Soon I was lost, you were too far ahead of me
Isn´t love a game, asking for a playful heart
To cherish the day?
When your grown-up world becomes too cold and hard
Come back to play
I was so green
Always the boy, not the man I should be
So foolishly I mistook sex for love
Sex is all play, love has to grow up
You, all by yourself
Decided to go down that new road
Us, you had outgrown
Isn´t love a game, asking for a playful heart
To cherish the day?
When your grown-up world becomes too cold and hard
Come back to play
You heard the call
Eyes in the distance
Following the song of life in transition
I kept our vow
Tomorrow is the hangman
Of the here and now
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When Rock 'n' Roll Was Young
Dusting off some old vinyl
World starts to spin with a crackling
From Pete Seeger to the King
Songs from a world in divide
White dove labours under the olive branch
People singing give peace a chance
To the head a gun
A bomb for a second sun, yes a deadly one
In times when rock ‘n’ roll was young
I hear the beat, feel the pulse of the time
Songs against battle cries
When I see the pictures of Vietnam
I can hear Jimi´s Machine Gun
James Brown was no smooth crooner
He said it loud, you should be proud
Show yourself, go dancing in the streets
These days demand a new sound
MLK he lead the way from
Selma to Montgomery
Left and right in one big fray
A fight for a new era, a brighter dawn
In times when rock ‘n’ roll was young
The zeitgeist is the poet´s muse
And words can be like tinder
Before they stood up and took to the streets
People hung on his Lip, sat at her feet
To liberate the body, mind and soul
They pray to the gods of rock ‘n’ roll
It can´t be stopped by no rain and mud
A mass with hundred thousand at Woodstock
Girls in short skirts, flowers in the hair
Make love not war, sounding through the air
Turn on, tune it, then drop out
Old certainties called into doubt, they´ve come undone
In times when rock ‘n’ roll was young
Has our world become a better place?
There is a new divide!
Those same dreams are still alive and
We are hammer and anvil shaping the times
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6. |
No Man's Land
06:02
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No Man's Land
I only mind my business, I hear you say
They leave me be if I stay out of the fray
What am I supposed to do, a single man alone?
It will blow by, soon will be gone
It’s time to take a stand
Before we wake up in no man’s land
Under fire from all sides
Hiding in castles made of sand
Right in no man’s land
With pride and a broad chest you declare
I´m a pacifist! The pacifist’s dilemma is
If he keeps out of it, he adds to the bully’s score
´cause it takes two for peace, but only one for war
It’s time to take a stand
Before we wake up in no man’s land
Under fire from all sides
Hiding in castles made of sand
Right in no man’s land
You have it comfy in your bubble
You don´t wanna stand on one side or the other
You choose your battles carefully, so you say
But It´s never the right place nor the right day
You cover your eyes, but they will see you
You cover your ears, but your heart talks too
You cover your mouth, and the silence pierces through
You have to do, what a single man can do
You have to do, what a single man can do
You have to do, what a single gal can do
You have to do, what a single gal can do
It’s time to take a stand
Before we wake up in no man’s land
Under fire from all sides
Hiding in castles made of sand
Right in no man’s land
It’s time to take a stand
Under fire from all sides
Taking a beating by every hand
Right in no man’s land
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7. |
Pharos
04:48
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PHAROS
Down many roads of mire, dirt, and dust
Years stilling wanderlust
Schooled by gambles, losses and dead ends
Lessons taught by snake oil salesmen
A wise man told him, don´t follow old paths
Challenge certainties
Strengthen your convictions, my son, they´ll be sword and shield
But It’s a lifelong quest to forge the adamant steel
Build a fortress once you are back home
Lay a foundation, let it grow
It will lift you up to a higher ground
Make you king without crown
Architect, foreman, worker, hand
Build to take a stand
Brick by brick, stone by stone, they build your castle home
With sunburned skin, sore back, and broken bones
The first wall folded to wind and storm
A tremor let the second one crumble to the ground
The third one vanity and pride put down
Slowly, it takes shape, at the horizon a spike
An arm reaching for the sky
With a sleight of hand they try to flip the truth
What is wrong? what is right?
We break to mend, attack to defend
We live and let die
The fire beacon in the night
Cuts through doubts like a knife
The needle dead sure guides the thread which holds it all together
A stinger that draws blood, the thorn in thy flesh
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8. |
The Nature Of Things
04:49
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The Nature Of Things
He can’t sleep, he watches the shadow play
The eldest chants a prayer for guidance along the way
It’s his first hunt, his heart is pounding inside his chest
His eyes won’t close tonight, the inner stage is set
In a world with more losses than wins
Man can’t grasp the nature of things
The spear won’t cut through, the mammoth’s fur is too thick
With claws like sharpened stone,the cat moves in a blitz
Gods must be soothed, they watch over the elements
Fires, floods, storms come down, should they fall out of balance
If they come back empty handed, there will be no offerings
Man then must suffer, it’s the nature of things
He stepped outside when he heard the underworld call
Countless fires in the sky, but the moon won’t calm
Day grapples night in the circle of seasons
In this strange world, without rhyme or reason
He wonders what the new day may bring
He will accept, it’s the nature of things
In a world with more losses than wins
Man can´t grasp the nature of things
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9. |
Mind Bomb
07:22
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Mind Bomb
Silent explosion in slow motion
Breaks my bubble, my silken slumber
I remember words, see images blurred
Was it just a bad dream?
I have to get over this killer hangover
My head feels like a snowglobe
A feeling of urgency starts to creep up on me
No early warning, how can this be?
Mindbomb sets off no alarm
Shockwaves rattle my cage
Propaganda coup blows off the roof
Time to wake up from this state of shock
Things remain in the back of your mind
Stick to the brain like glue
What goes around, soon comes around
Rumur becomes a social flue
A plague of fake news turns brain into brain juice
Bores holes into reasoning
I like straight lines and order in things
But nonsense over no sense?
Mindbomb sets off no alarm
Shockwaves rattle my cage
Propaganda coup blows off the roof
Time to wake up from this state of shock
One or two tweets a day
Keeps the royalists happy and gay
For the merch is to be sold
So the truth must be trolled
Beyond any doubt
His words are the gospel to the faithful
The tares must be gathered out
Gathered out from the wheat
You know it’s roots go deep
Tick tock – time is running down the clock
The impacts, they come closer
We must peel the layers, dismantle, deconstruct
Find the right wires to cut
We won’t duck away or wait for better days
We won’t yield or bend a knee
The lambs to the slaughter will put up a fight
They will scratch and they will bite
Mindbomb sets off no alarm
Shockwaves rattle my cage
Propaganda coup blows off the roof
Time to wake up from this state of shock
Time to wake up from this state of shock
Time to wake up from this state of shock
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10. |
Neon Light Faeries
05:27
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Neon Light Faeries
Shadow city has a grip on me
And just like her I cannot sleep
Will the drizzle help me drown my thoughts?
They meander without me
A flicker then cuts through the dark
Creatures of the night neon light faeries
Spring from my mind as to dance in
Water puddles and glass
Remind me that objects in the mirror
Are closer than they appear
They blink and taunt like fireflies
Under their spell I feel hypnotized
Sooner or later they lead me to her
She stands out everywhere
Does she follow me or do I follow her?
Creatures of the night neon light faeries
Spring from my mind as to dance in
Water puddles and glass
Remind me that objects in the mirror
Are closer than they appear
An echo of my hearts call
An appearance in a neon glow
The woman today
Is not the woman I know
Creatures of the night neon light faeries
Spring from my mind as to dance in
Water puddles and glass
Remind me that objects in the mirror are so close
Creatures of the night neon light faeries
Creatures of the night neon light faeries are so close
Creatures of the night
Creatures of the night neon light faeries are so close
Creatures of the night
Creatures of the night are closer than they appear
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