1 Veins

 

be it the one moon we look upon

it binds and defines

the different grounds

that we‘re standing on

be it the one moon we look upon

it binds and defines

the different grounds

that we‘re standing on

 

now that we‘re apart for good

I sit in my own chair

I´m too tired to tear down the bridges

that you keep building and building again 

and again

I let you go

I let the whole thing go

I am a hundred years old

and you are a new born baby

 

to the spitting capillaries 

to my veins

I dedicate this ride again

to the spitting capillaries 

to my veins

I dedicate this ride again

 

on a lucid screen

you saw me flying the night sky

matter pulls my strings

and my reflection sings

 

to the spitting capillaries 

to my veins

I dedicate this ride again

to the spitting capillaries 

to my veins

I dedicate this ride again

 

be it the one moon we look upon

it binds and defines

the different grounds

that we‘re standing on

be it the one moon we look upon

it binds and defines

the different grounds

that we‘re standing on

 

 

2 Defenseless

 

the road leads to a junction

and that is the place

where the ancestors scream from their graves

and through the air from far far away

your words come like cutting blades

I can smell spring like a hint of fate

dissolving into cardinal points

 

I have not been able to build a

solid fortress

oh little do we know

and at last 

I somehow  

am defenseless

defenseless

 

brother in spirit don‘t disappoint me

come and carry me I won‘t resist you

tomorrow 

today 

right now

and on every piece of drift wood lies a trap

it is for the birds that you use

to build a cage, build a cage

I am the bird you will use

to build a cage, build a cage

 

it‘s not possible

I‘m lacking everything it would take

you are wrong my friend

all I can see are the palms of my own hands

at least

ten times a day

 

I have not been able to build a

solid fortress

oh little do we know

and at last 

I somehow  

am defenseless

defenseless

 

brother in spirit don‘t disappoint me

come and carry me I won‘t resist you

tomorrow 

today 

right now

and on every piece of drift wood lies a trap

it is for the birds that you use

to build a cage build a cage

I am the bird you will use

to build a cage build a cage

 

 

3 My Days In The Cell

 

as time bends

it bends me too

relentlessly

and in the nights

oh oh the nights

they‘re my touchstone

 

oh in the nights

I can feel it

there‘s an end

to everything

 

to my shy smile 

your soft hands

to my days in the cell

 

me awaiting 

me concentrating

as humans did 

throughout the times

 

as time forces us down

one by one

the task remains

what‘s left to do

 

enduring my life in the waiting line

counting sour days of these acid time

my roots grow from my soles

on down

 

my cranium is thick

and it is heaven bound

my cranium is thick

and anchored to the ground

 

I gave all my intuition

to your slippery hands

how could you dare 

not see how precious I am 

oh in the nights

I can feel it

there´s an end to everything

to my shy smile

your soft hands

to our days in the cell

 

 

4 Two Rows

 

on a track

far from home

you bring your ears to the steal

but the beat

of your own heart

is all that you hear

the lady

on the bench

in the hall

the dog

in the sun

heating up the platform

 

if there‘s no 

distinct sign at all

you can always 

baby always

give me a call

you came here

four weeks ago

just to find yourself

between two rows

 

you count the days

you see them pass

only you´re not taking part

on the iron sea

there comes a breeze

from a different direction

you take a breath

she takes a breath

you heard that is what people do 

what else is it

that they do

 

if there‘s no 

distinct sign at all

you can always 

baby always

give me a call

you came here

four weeks ago

just to find yourself

between two rows

 

from the other end

of this continent

you keep stirring up my insides

like two times

a half moon

above the rotating earth  

I say one thing at a time

one thing at a time

 

 

5 Jenny In Spirit

 

it all begins and ends with sound

my voice in an empty depot

where my efficiency amounts 

to four percent of what I‘d hoped

 

his well-meant laughter struggles hard

through his stunning handsomeness

can‘t help it I can see the mark

and I can‘t help following it

 

inside her seclusion

she has grown like a garden

and after all of these years

she hasn‘t learned how to love him

inside her seclusion

she has grown like a garden

under the sun and the moon

she keeps weaving my dreams

 

today I heard an echo coming

from far so far across the sea

that made me run

since then I've been running

around the globe devotedly

 

inside her seclusion

she has grown like a garden

and from across the big sea

she sends me dreams in the night 

 

 

6 Sitting Bull

 

 

 

7 Aliferous 

 

from the very first day on

you threw yourself before me in the sand

then stood up and built a boat 

with splinters in your hands 

diligent little soul 

with an unspoken pain 

all air but all earth as well 

nothing can be done in vain 

 

you tear me apart my love

no one is as tender as you

you seem to breathe for me

one day I‘ll breathe for you

 

as winter had cracked the town

you had found us a lair 

and sometimes when you stand before me today, I

can still see us there

 

the horror waited two years

and ever since has whispered into our ears

 

you tear me apart my love

no one is as tender as you

you seem to breathe for me

one day I‘ll breathe for you

 

and as the rain drops down from your weasel head

how can both bowed shoulders get this wet

I can feel the years 

in my bones

but I'll take the chance to speak again 

It‘s like an undertow 

I can never shut my mouth

it comes out in a heap

in a monologue

with one little watcher

or listener

and the search gets strained with every other man

I can only speak open with you

your moony face leaves it open to me

if you heard me or not

if you heard me or not

 

you tear me apart my love

no one is as tender as you

you seem to breathe for me

one day I´ll breathe for you

 

 

8 A Sting

 

a sting once pierced my heart and stayed

in there for one day or for two

so proud that I still welcome stings

I observed my wound

 

I stood up and I took some steps 

towards my front door

and it took me by surprise

that I only felt an itch and nothing more

 

you see justice is a rumour

I could go wherever I want

with two bloody hands and my old seabag

noone would come and stop me

in about two weeks 

I‘m gonna go to

long hedge street

I will tear down the house 

not because I want to go back there   

just

only 

to make it even 

 

with one lame foot I had to walk

with one split tongue I had to talk

call both my arms a set of scales

that balances every injustice

 

there‘s a lot you can do from one desk

there‘s little you can shake off your chest

as the vicious cycle takes its turn

you gotta get your lesson learned

 

you see justice is a rumour

I could go wherever I want

with two bloody hands and my old seabag

noone would come and stop me

in about two weeks 

I‘m gonna go to

long hedge street

I will tear down the house 

not because I want to go back there   

just

only 

to make it even 

 

 

9 A Word

 

a word is stronger than a hint

it is what they´ve built cathedrals for

I´m a leaf and you are the wind

or was it the other way around

 

a look is what could bring us closer

I cannot get away from that

 

and you

have to buy more time

and I

have to save my skin

 

the weeks I went down that road

with both my eyes wide open

have sunk inside my back

all the time I was two people

two souls two hearts four eyes

 

and you

have to buy more time

and I

have to save my skin 

and you

want to buy more time

but I

have to save my skin

 

 

10 Where The Wind Blows

 

it is a physical impossibility

that you will fall in love with me

it´s an improbability 

that you can see what I can see 

 

where the wind blows

I´m gonna kneel

face up high 

ass on my heels

folded hands and a buckled lap

a deep flying 

birdies trap

 

roots growing slowly out of my soles

and in my t-shirt two bullet holes

I lose a lash I make a wish

an ambos strike a sigh a squish

my blankets are my memories

so holey like swiss cheese

but somewhere in between the lines 

I kiss your head and you kiss mine

 

my best friend is a voyager

paints warpaint on the void

my lover was a passenger

who I‘m trying to avoid 

 

my art was eaten and excreted

my person was destroyed

but where wind blows

I remain seated

a chunk round and ovoid

 

11 New Linen

 

what if there was no dream 

what I´m in new linen now 

what if I stood here bright clean 

what if I‘d say no holy vow 

what if we only shared a spot 

what if all of their stories told 

that‘s really not a lot 

but your hands would still provide a warm hold 

 

what helped you through the night 

what came and held your hand 

it was a glimpse of light 

it was the angel of the Enlightenment 

because good thoughts they heal 

at least in stage one they do 

maybe even in stage two 

if they try to reveal the truth 

 

you dance with fire 

you‘re in control 

and the flames they grow higher 

you got a lucid soul 

the band keeps playing 

at your command 

so don‘t you bite 

into the wrong hand 

 

I didn‘t have you in mind 

I think I´m going mad 

this day is one of a kind 

baby let‘s shut up and take a bath 

my friends they say 

you‘re using me 

I think they´re right you‘ve tried 

but I‘m locked up as a safe babe 

my soul switched sides 

 

you dance with fire 

you‘re in control 

and the flames they grow higher 

you got a lucid soul 

the band keeps playing 

at your command 

so don‘t you bite 

into the wrong hand 

you make out with the devil‘s son 

how was that game 

ever

won by someone 

you spin through the ballroom 

so childishly 

but a lucid soul 

can never move weightlessly