I´m not talking
And when I´m walking
I make my steps as quiet as they can be
And you´re not talking
And when you´re walking
I try my best to hide or disappear
It´s crystal clear
What we´re doing here
Is not what we intended us to be
(I guess) we screwed up
(I guess) the truth sucks
But if this goes on another day I´ll have to hand you my keys

I don´t wanna be
A ghost in my house
Haunting the place I used to live
I don´t wanna be
A ghost in my house
Holding on to what we used to have
I don´t wanna be …
How much longer and why do we put up with this?

I was hoping
Now I´m choking
As if there was a chain around my neck
We must be joking
If we´re still hoping
That this will help to bring the good times back

It´s a cul-de-sac
That´s where it´s at
Things will never be the same again
We can make up
Or we can break up
It may be hard to take but it´s not hard to understand

I don´t wanna be
A ghost in my house
Haunting the place I used to live
I don´t wanna be
A ghost in my house
Holding on to what we used to have
I don´t wanna be …
Tell me
How much longer and why do we put up with this?

If you peeked into my room
You could catch me cryin´
I can´t look you in the eye
That´s why I´m droppin´ you a line

Now that all our hopeful days are gone
I´ll be off to leave this city soon
Where I´m gonna go-o-o-o-o
I can´t let you know-o-o-o-o

All the promises I´ve made
I wish I´d kept them yesterday
Anyway today it´s not too late
But it might be if I stayed

Now that all our hopeful days are gone
I´ll be off to leave this city soon
Where I´m gonna go-o-o-o-o
I can´t let you know-o-o-o-o

I´m so sick of makin´ you sick
I´m so tired of makin´ you tired
I´m so sad I´m makin´ you sad
I´m so badly tryin´ to be good

I know that I am out of favor with your friends
They keep asking you where all your marbles went
You have been warned of all my plans not getting´ done
Now it´s up to me to prove you´re right and they are wrong

Now that all our hopeful days are gone
I´ll be off to leave this city soon
Where I´m gonna go-o-o-o-o
I can´t let you know-o-o-o-o

It´s just another gloomy afternoon
I´ll be off to leave this city soon
Where I´m gonna go-o-o-o-o
I can´t let you know-o-o-o-o

Baby I will find a chance to finally make it
Somewhere someone´s wasted chance is waiting
For a man to take it
I´m gonna do my very best to be that man
And get back home to you
Hopefully it´s goin´ to be soon enough to find
You´re not sharin´ it with someone new

The train is running on and on
Destination and route unknown
I watch it pass along
While I´m trying to get back on
I got off and I don´t know when
But since that day I´m a different man
I´m trying to understand
How it all got so out of hand

Is anybody near who can get me out of here
Just in case I can´t make it on my own
Does anybody care
Anybody anywhere
If I ever make it home

Lost in an endless grey
Time´s shadow is on my tail
How can I get away
When I´m not ready for the fray?

No strength, no courage
No hope, no faith
Just the memory of better days
I´m too young to feel this way
So won´t somebody please come to my aid

Is anybody near who can get me out of here
Just in case I can´t make it on my own
Does anybody care
Anybody anywhere
If I ever make it home

I climbed high
And I dug deep
I ran fast
I walked cautiously
I went everywhere
I´ve done everything
To make sure that I´m not a victim of circumstance

Is anybody near who can get me out of here
Just in case I can´t make it on my own
Does anybody care
Anybody anywhere
If I ever make it home

They tell you it´s no good
They tell you to get real
They tell you it can´t be done

They tell you to wake up
You can´t become what you´re not
And you´re better off moving along
But it´s all in your head, yes it´s all in your head, you´ve got it all in your hand
Go on and use it
Get out of your head, get it out of your head, get it into the world
Before you lose it

You better go out now and do it your way
If you really want to live without chains
´Cause if you try to win someone else´s game
You might end up drinking bitter champagne
Bitter Champagne
Bitter Champagne

They don´t get how you think
They don´t get how you feel
They don´t seem to get you at all

They don´t see what you see
They don´t know what you know
No, they don´t get you at all

And they´re wondering why
You don´t listen and why
You´re so distant and why
You´re so defiant

But they don´t look through your eyes
So they don´t realize
There is more to your life
Than money´s buying

You better go out now and do it your way
If you really want to live without chains
´Cause if you try to win someone else´s game
You might end up drinking bitter champagne
Bitter Champagne
Bitter Champagne

Don´t let anyone draw dark clouds into your blue sky
Life is for living so don´t just watch it go by
With a strong enough why there´s no need to be terrified
And the slightest chance becomes a perfect reason to try

So you better go out now and do it your way
If you really want to live without chains
´Cause if you try to win someone else´s game
You might end up drinking bitter champagne
Bitter Champagne
Bitter Champagne

 

From strangers in the dark
To lovers in one night
From innocent laughs to out and out lust
All in the blink of an eye

I didn´t know her name
She didn´t ask for mine
We were only two souls that seeked to be close
Sayin´hello and then kissing goodbye

She left a hole in my heart
A black hole that drew me in and sucked me up
And her gravity keeps a-tugging at me
While I´m struggling and trying to get out
She tore a hole into my heart
A black hole that swallowed all my self esteem
And I still can´t velieve that it happened to me
A bad dream but the pain is all too real

I was hungry for someone
Who was hungry for someone
To be more than a friend, more than a man,
More than the means to an end

That picture in my mind
I searched with all my might
And then out of thin air there I was holding her
In the raw, face to face, side by side

I´ve let my passion decide
I´ve let it be my guide
It was love at first sight and she made it feel right
Before it turned and became my kryptonite

Now who can mend my heart
Who can mend my soul
Who can heal all the wounds, all the bruises and scars
Who can bring back the moon and the stars?

She left a hole in my heart
A black hole that drew me in and sucked me up
And her gravity keeps a-tugging at me
While I´m struggling and trying to get out
She tore a hole into my heart
A black hole that swallowed all my self esteem
And I still can´t velieve that it happened to me
A bad dream but the pain is all too real

Keep on pushing me until you see me fall
Keep on kicking me until you see me crawl
Keep on getting at me to see if I cave in
Keep on laughing at me everytime you win

You can cut me down any way that you want
Nothing that you do to keep me down
Will ever make me lose my ground
It´s not a question of if or where
But of how and when
Everything that you do to me comes back at you
Like a boomerang

Bang – bang – bang – like a boomerang
Bang – bang – bang – like a boomerang

Keep on jacking me around with my name on your payroll
Keep on wasting my time as if it was your own
Keep on playing on me while holding all the cards
Keep on patting my back and then taking me apart

Keep on picking my pocket and mucking up my mind
Keep on blaming the world to justify your lies
Keep on hiding your schemes in a fog of idle talk
Keep on making your treaties and writing them in chalk

You can cut me down any way that you want
Nothing that you do to keep me down
Will ever make me lose my ground
It´s not a question of if or where
But of how and when
Everything that you do to me comes back at you
Like a boomerang

Mother taught me all that she knew
About duty and respect and gratefulness
She said I would love my life
If I only learned to know my place
Now if this is mine I´m not gonna stay
I´m not scared of anything behind these walls I´ll have to scale
And if I fall I won´t crawl at your feet
I´m gonna get back up
Before you push me down
This ain´t no peaceful place for me while you´re around

You can cut me down any way that you want
Nothing that you do to keep me down
Will ever make me lose my ground
It´s not a question of if or where
But of how and when
Everything that you do to me comes back at you

You can cut me down any way that you want
Nothing that you do to keep me down
Will ever make me lose my ground
It´s not a question of if or where
But of how and when
Everything that you do to me comes back
Everything that you do to me comes back
Everything that you do to me comes back at you
Like a boomerang
Boomerang

Like a wave from the ocean
She rushes in and rushes out
Leaves my heart in commotion
As I´m still tryin´ to figure her out

When the night falls and the lights are low
She whispers sweet things in my ear
But in the morning way before the dawn
I always find she´s disappeared, disappeared

Cruel love – got me walkin´ on a wire
Cruel love – she has me on my toes
Cruel love – she always keeps me guessin´
Cruel love is it yes or is it no?

Cruel love – I´m burnin´ for her fire
Cruel love – it´s drivin´ me insane
Cruel love – I can´t stand it any longer
Cruel love – I´m runnin´ out of self restraint

Her love is an earthquake
On a roller coaster ride
She´s the peak in my heart rate
She´s the turbulence on my flight

Sometimes she tells me that she´s gone for good
And she won´t see me anymore
But just when I start to think it´s real this time
She´s right back knockin´ on my door, on my door

Cruel love – got me walkin´ on a wire
Cruel love – she has me on my toes
Cruel love – she always keeps me guessin´
Cruel love is it yes or is it no?

Cruel love – I´m burnin´ for her fire
Cruel love – it´s drivin´ me insane
Cruel love – I can´t stand it any longer
Cruel love – I´m runnin´ out of self restraint

Bridge!
I´ve had it with this vicious game we play
I´m gonna take a stand today
It´s kill or cure for sure it´s heaven or hell
And nothin´ will ever be the same
But anything is better than this limbo
Happy end or knockout blow
No more maybes only yes or no
No more love that´s touch and go

Cruel love – got me walkin´ on a wire
Cruel love – she has me on my toes
Cruel love – she always keeps me guessin´
Cruel love is it yes or is it no?

Cruel love – I´m burnin´ for her fire
Cruel love – it´s drivin´ me insane
Cruel love – I can´t stand it any longer
Cruel love – I´m runnin´ out of self restraint
Out of self restraint
Oh, that girl is strange
Cruel love

 

She´s got a sharp tongue giving you the damn hots when she sleeps
She´s a knockout stalking the sidewalk on high heels
She´s so contagious, she´s made of steam
She´s pure attraction there is no vaccine

She´s hot
She´s cool
She´s a daydream
She´s hot
She´s cool
She´s a daydream

She leaves faint clouds of shampoo and perfume in your sheets
Watching her sleep you´re wondering ´bout the secrets that she keeps
She looks so calm and so contained
But when she´s up she can´t be tamed

She´s hot
She´s cool
She´s a daydream
She´s hot
She´s cool
She´s a daydream

Boy she´s gotcha hooked on her poison in your veins
You´re like metal to a magnet when she´s calling out your name
With your body at her will and your hands at her command
She´s gotcha dancing to her tune in a mesmeric trance

She´s got a sharp tongue giving you the damn hots when she sleeps
She´s a knockout stalking the sidewalk on high heels
She´s so contagious, she´s made of steam
She´s pure attraction there is no vaccine
She´s hot
She´s cool
She´s a daydream
She´s hot
She´s cool
She´s a daydream

I guess that you don´t love me
Like I wish you would
I guess you don´t need me to love you
Like I know I could
´Cause nothing that I tell you
Is ever strong enough
To make it through these castle walls
And get your little heart unlocked

Do you wanna be saved
Or do you wanna hang on?
Do you wanna get out
Or did I get it all wrong?

When I´m making my confessions
What do they mean to you?
Do they stir a little passion
Or am I just another fool?
Are you simply undecided?
Or do I somehow make you shy?
Do you hide behind your silence
While you´re screaming out inside?

Do you wanna be saved
Or do you wanna hang on?
Do you wanna get out
Or did I get it all wrong?

What do you want me to be?
What do you want me to be?
What do you want me to be?
What do you want me to be?

I´m never gonna be your voice of reason
But I´m always gonna be the one who says “you can”
I´m never gonna be a man for all seasons
But I´m always gonna love you like no other man

What do you want me to do?
What do you want me to do?
What do you want me to do?
What do you want me to do?

Do you want me to push a little harder?
Or do you want me to pretend that I don´t care?
Or do you want me to love you like there´s no tomorrow?
Do you want me to love you like there´s no tomorrow?

Do you wanna be saved
Or do you wanna hang on
Do you wanna get out
Or did I get it all wrong?
Do you wanna be free
Or do you wanna hang on
Do you wanna come out
Or did I get it all wrong?

Do you wanna be loved
And dance on through the dawn
Do you wanna live loud
Or did I get it all wrong?

When you´re close I can feel my circuits glow
When we kiss I can feel the neutrons flow
You make me shake, shake, shake
And sizzle with delight
You flick all my secret switches that make me come alive

Electricity
You make all my fuses blow
You put my mind out of control
Electricity
You are the light that fills my soul
You are the ground on which I grow
Electricity
You are the light that fills my soul

You are my recharge when all in me is low
You´ve got me so
Every time we touch I can´t let go
Of you
You get me high, high, high
Like I´m on constant overload
Turn it up a little more
Until all my senses go

Electricity
You make all my fuses blow
You put my mind out of control
Electricity
You are the light that fills my soul
You are the ground on which I grow
Electricity
You are the light that fills my soul

I don´t want to talk about how good it feels to know you
How all the things you say just turn me on
The way you look at me gets me so excited
`Cause it shows I didn´t get you wrong

Everything I want is just to spend the night with you

I don´t care about the reasons why we can´t stay together
Why every single try we didn´t last
Ain´t it just this kind of love that makes it so much better
Than any other love we used to have

Everything I want is just to spend the night with you

I just can´t get enough of all the hot talking, baby
Like I say a word and baby you tell me the rhyme
Make love to me like they do in a Hollywood movie, baby
And keep it between play, pause, and rewind

I can´t wait to put my hands all over your body, baby
I long for the magic moment our motions combine
I love the way we kiss each other into heaven, baby
Taking it slow as if we did it for the first last time

Everything I want is just to spend the night with you
Everything I want is just to spend the night with you
Everything I want is just to spend the night with you
Everything I want is just to spend the night with you
Everything I want is just to spend the night with you
Everything I want is just to spend the night with you
Everything I want is just to spend the night with you
Everything I want is just to spend the night with you

Are you ready for a revolution?
But this is one without the combat boots on
There´ll be no marching and no bloodshed in the streets
But the fire in your heart is gonna make them feel the heat
We´re gonna turn the world inside out

We´re not into ideology
Pseudo science and technology
For the sake of your economy
This rat race through a maze in a gilded cage

Where freedom is only for a chosen few
Who get to do what we all want to do
With all the money that they earn with you

While they keep you selling your days

We may not change the system
But we´re playing hard
They call it wishful thinking
We call it living from the heart
We may not change the system
But we´re playing hard
Life is our religion
We take it to the limit ´cause we live it from the inside out
From the inside out

They try to run us through their institutions
To teach us how to make our contribution
And they pitch it as the best solution
To the problems that we never really knew we had

To escape this kind of mass-confusion

You gotta come to only one conclusion
That your dreams are not the real illusion
But you gotta wake up to yourself instead
and then

We may not change the system
But we´re playing hard
They call it wishful thinking
We call it living from the heart

We may not change the system
But we´re playing hard
Life is our religion
We take it to the limit ´cause we live it from the inside out
From the inside out

So they told you what is good for you
And everything you need to do
To make it to the promised land
That always seemed to lie ahead

And you stuck to their golden rules
And thought you´d gain more than you´d lose

But never seemed to make it anyway

Now you really wanna know it, don´t ya?
Come on and listen to me closely, won´t ya?
If you let me I´m – a – gonna – show ya

A way that´s off the beaten path
Come on

We may not change the system
But we´re playing hard
They call it wishful thinking
We call it living from the heart
We may not change the system
But we´re playing hard
Life is our religion
We take it to the limit ´cause we live it from the inside out
From the inside out

You take it to the limit when you´re livin´ from the inside out

You take it to the limit when you´re livin´ from the inside out

My back is sore and sweaty
My legs are stiff and heavy but I´m ready
When it´s time to get going I´ll be faster than lightning, you´ll see
When it´s going down I´ll have your belly on the ground before I call it a day
But for now I have to wait it out with an eye on you

Well and it´s hot in the city, even in the shadow that I hide in
And every breathing soul is waiting for a cooling breeze
Tired blood thick as lava ready to erupt underneath my skin
The pressure´s boiling up and now it slowly gets to me

I can feel the heat – burn me up
I can feel the heat – burn me up

The man with the suitcase eventually appears
You think you´re in the winning team
But you´ll find that you have crowed too soon
I´m getting ready to go
I see him drop his cigarette, and that is my cue, in a minute you´ll know he fooled you
And when you hand him the cash he´ll show you his badge
And when the jig is up you´ll better not mess with that cop
You better drop that gun, turn around, hands on the car and “spread them now”
You have the right to keep it shut but you better start singing when we get downtown

Can you feel the heat – burn you up?
Can you feel the heat – burn you up?

It´s time to go on
You shouldn´t wait too long
You´ve got to move on
Or time will wear you out
Yes we could wait until the wind and rain have gone
But how are we to know that perfect day will ever come?

Life won´t wait for you

Look ahead
There´s no reason to hang you head in shame
Don´t fool yourself
Giving up won´t ever ease you pain
Yes we could wait until the wind and rain have gone
But how are we to know that perfect day will ever come?

Like a fly against the window pane
You kept tryin´ and tryin´ again
Without thinking of another way
Now it´s time for you to change
To tear down and rearrange

(spoken) Man, you better stop chasing your own tail

You can sit and pray for help
Or get up and help yourself
Set the course – set the sail
Only you can spark the flame
Only you can break the chains
Cut loose, believe and blaze a trail

Grab you bold dreams
Don´t let them slip away
Live to live them
Don´t you waste another day
Yes we could wait until the wind and rain have gone
But how are we to know that perfect day will ever come?

How are we to know?
How are we to know?

Yes we could wait until the wind and rain have gone
But how are we to know that perfect day will ever come?

I give myself to you
I leave it up to you
To agonize or love me
I´m fine with what you do
I´ll take it all today
Go and take me all the way
You´ll help me either way
Just fill this void with something I can feel

Hush

I was bleeding from my eyes
I was breathing my own dust
I was wailing at the heavens
While crumbling to the ground
I was cursing all my blessings
I was mourning my defeat
I was praying for some mercy
From an angel that would flap her wings for me

Hush

I´m shattered on the floor
I´m drained and I am sore
I´m battered to the core
Like so many times before
But the weight of anguish fades
As I succumb to your embrace
All bitterness erased
As I´m drifting back to my teenage days

Hush

I don´t expect to hear you say you love me
Or that I make my father proud
I was hoping for some words of wisdom
That teach me what this mess is all about

Much more than the fruit of your loins
I´m a product of the grape and some brand of brew
So I guess it´s no surprise I´m running round in circles
While trying to be so different from you

If I knew the words to make up for your hurt I would say them
I would say them now
If I knew the words to break that family curse I would say them
I would say them now
If I knew the words that´d let you take on all the world
I would say them and ask you to show me how

I know that life was hitting hard on you
For sure you rarely really had your way
But how could you pass that burden on to me
While having me pretend that I´m okay

I´ve learned struggle, I´ve learned hard work
I´ve learned that life is constant pain
But what is fun, what is joy, what is purpose
A moment free from guilt and shame?

If I knew the words to make up for your hurt I would say them
I would say them now
If I knew the words to break that family curse I would say them
I would say them now
If I knew the words that´d let you take on all the world
I would say them and ask you to show me how

I´m not here to blame you
I´m not here to point my finger at you
I´m only here to tell you
That I´m fighting all your demons, too

 

If I knew the words to make up for your hurt I would say them
I would say them now
If I knew the words to break that family curse I would say them
I would say them now
If I knew the words that´d let you take on all the world
I would say them and ask you to show me
Ask you to show me
Ask you to show me
How

I´m such a fool to believe that you want me
The same way that I want you
It´s the same kind of game that you played on me
Ever so often before

You talk to me in your sweet voice
And everything seems to make sense
But before I know it I find myself
With my heart all in pieces again

You´ve got me wrapped around your finger
Trapped your truth or dare
You draw me out and then you´re leaving me
In the middle of nowhere

Baby – I hate the way you keep me chasing rainbows all the time
You´re messing with my heart and soul but baby you don´t mind
`Cause you know I love you anyway

I freeze in the air of your coolness
How you put nothing above yourself
Blessed with a heart that beats with or without
The love of somebody else

So you turn me on when you want me
And blank me out when you don´t
And I know I should go and forget you
While you know too well that I won´t

If I could wave a magic wand at you
I´d let you be me for a day
`Cause if you felt the things that you put me through
I´m sure you´d stop pushing me away

Baby – I hate the way you keep me chasing rainbows all the time
You´re messing with my heart and soul but baby you don´t mind
`Cause you know I love you anyway

Touch me – I want to feel your soul
Underneath my skin
Hold me – while I melt into you
And soothe you from within

And the stars align
As we create our own space and time

I touch you – so you can feel my soul
Underneath your skin
I hold you – while you melt into me
Cut loose from all your strings

As destiny unfurls
It´s us against the world

Breathing the air of eternity
While we´re safe from harm
In each others´ arms
Baptized by the hand of divinity
In immortal love
As we stand in the eye of the storm

Palm to palm and face to face
Rapt in each others´ eyes
The circle´s closed as we shine our own
And in each others´ light

As we rewrite the old
A new story will be told

Breathing the air of eternity
While we´re safe from harm
In each others´ arms
Baptized by the hand of divinity
In immortal love
As we stand in the eye of the storm

And we will not retreat
Even when the war drums beat
Our love will be our shield
So anything that´s thrown at us
Ricochets
And falls as petals on our feet

Breathing the air of eternity
While we´re safe from harm
In each others´ arms

Baptized by the hand of divinity
In immortal love
As we stand in the eye of the storm

Bring me on to the sound of my song
You get me weak at the knees
One on one all my balance is gone
You sweep me off my feet

Bring me on – you´ve got all I could want
I´m too impatient to wait
One more song and you´ve got me ready for anything
Rock on now cinderella just kick off your heels while I take care of those shoes
Well I – don´t need a fortune teller to predict where it all goes – yeah

Fly baby fly baby – take me away
Groove baby , smooth baby be my escape
Tease baby, please baby lower the shades
Let´s dive right into the haze

Fly baby fly baby – take me away
Groove baby , smooth baby be my escape
Tease baby, please baby lower the shades
Let´s dive right into the haze
Oh into the haze

Into the haze

Keep it up like you´d never stop
And be the air that I breathe
A sugar rush so sweet in my blood
You´re just the fix that I need
Keep it up – give it all that you´ve got
I take it in ´til I drop
Then pick me up and start me up all over again

You put your moves on me as I sit back and watch the revelation unfold
Well you´re my epiphany as I lay back let go and go with your flow

Fly baby fly baby – take me away
Groove baby , smooth baby be my escape
Tease baby, please baby lower the shades
Let´s dive right into the haze

Fly baby fly baby – take me away
Groove baby , smooth baby be my escape
Tease baby, please baby lower the shades
Let´s dive right into the haze

Zoom Baby, Boom baby, turn it up loud
Sway baby, play baby – spin me around
Jam baby, slam baby – you´ve got the bounce
So get down and boogie with me

Rap baby, sweat baby make my heart pound
Jump baby, stomp baby, give me that pound
We can break out like it´s saturday night

Fly baby fly baby – take me away
Groove baby , smooth baby be my escape
Tease baby, please baby lower the shades
Let´s dive right into the haze

Fly baby fly baby – take me away
Groove baby , smooth baby be my escape
Tease baby, please baby lower the shades
Let´s dive right into the haze

Don´t tell me it´s difficult
I know that myself
Don´t say it´s a different world
And we´ve got to learn the rules

When you´re dreaming big you can´t be thinking small
So why should we talk about the cold hard facts at all?

Don´t give up on this
Before we even started
It doesn´t take a miracle
To work it out somehow
There ain´t no wrong time
Unless we let it get too late
´Cause what good is a perfect plan
That will perish while we wait

It´s alright that we don´t know
It´s alright if we learn it as we go
It´s alright if it takes more than one try
It´s alright – if we make it so

Let´s pack our things and set out
To conquer new frontiers
Travel the uncharted
And challenge our fears

Like soldiers of fortune who let their colors wave
On the peak of every mountain we encounter on our way

It´s alright that we don´t know
It´s alright if we learn it as we go
It´s alright if it takes more than one try
It´s alright – if we make it so

Someday might never happen, actually
But today´s tomorrow´s yesterday

So let´s make it count

It´s alright that we don´t know
It´s alright if we learn it as we go
It´s alright if it takes more than one try
It´s alright – if we make it so

I´m afraid I made one more promise I couldn´t keep
Although I´ve tried harder than ever before
I gave my best to embrace the things I couldn´t change
I tried to say yes instead of asking why

And I´ve sown wind and I reaped fire
And when I whispered the echo was thunder
Meanwhile the tide was getting higher and higher
Too high for me to keep myself from going under

And so
They´ll find my body floating on the lake
In the pale light of a harvest moon
They´ll drag me out onto the shore we used to sit
They´ll say I´ve drowned myself in you
They´ll say I´ve drowned myself in you
And they´re right, they´re right
I´ve drowned myself in you

It was no one´s fault and there was nothing you could have said or done
There was no way out and no going back to the start
Every move I made ended up in tears for me or someone else
When all I wanted was to love with all my heart

And so
I cut myself open and started to run
The pain was dripping from my wrists
And when I laid myself into the water
I went peacefully with your name on my yearning lips

They´ll find my body floating on the lake
In the pale light of a harvest moon
They´ll drag me out onto the shore we used to sit
They´ll say I´ve drowned myself in you
And yes, I´ve drowned myself in you

It´s so damn complicated
But the longer we delay it
The harder we make it for ourselves

The odds are on our side
If we´re bold enough to try it
Instead of dropping dimes into a wishing well

I know the price and I´m willing and ready to pay it
But before I do I´ve got to hear you say it

Tell me this is not just a part of my fantasy
Tell me this is more than the heat of an old flame
Tell me that you feel it, too
And that you want it to be real
And if you do

I´m gonna pour my love all over you
I wanna rock the world with you

Let´s fix this situation
Of constant hesitation
Let´s rise to the occasion faithfully
´Cause what´s the point of waiting
When things are ever changing
And no one ever knows what they turn out to be

I know the price and I´m willing and ready to pay it
But before I do I´ve got to hear you say it

Tell me this is not just a part of my fantasy
Tell me this is more than the heat of an old flame
Tell me that you feel it, too
And that you want it to be real
And if you do

I´m gonna pour my love all over you
I wanna rock the world with you

I followed my heart and I followed your lead
Now we´re on the edge of what we could be
Although I know you´d never admit it to me
I can see why you´re scared of taking the leap

Now I know my part and I´m willing and ready to play it
Maybe all your need is to hear me say it

I tell you this is not just a part of our fantasy
I tell you this is more than the heat of an old flame
I tell you how I feel for you
And that I want it to be real
Yes I do

I wanna pour my love all over you
I wanna rock the world with you
The way that we´re supposed to do
I wanna rock the world with you

Ain´t no limit to what we can do

I wanna rock the world with you
I wanna rock the world with you
I wanna rock the world with you

When you need light I will be your torch
I´ll be your fountain when your well runs dry
I´ll do anything I can to help you carry on
When all bridges are burnt and all your faith has gone

 

My love is the rope you can cling to
It´s your shelter and your lifeboat and your parachute
My love is the one thing you can count on
Every day
My love is the force you can rely on
When you feel that there is nothing you can hold on to
Just let go
And I will carry you

When the water´s getting deep
And there´s not an inch of ground beneath your feet
Just hold on to me
And I´ll save your soul from stormy skies and raging seas

I´ll do anything I can to help you carry on
When all bridges are burnt and all your faith has gone

My love is the rope you can cling to
It´s your shelter and your lifeboat and your parachute
My love is the one thing you can count on
Every day
My love is the force you can rely on
When you feel that there is nothing you can hold on to
Just let go
And I will carry you
Just let go
And I will carry you

My love is the rope you can cling to
It´s your shelter and your lifeboat and your parachute
My love is the one thing you can count on
Every day
My love is the force you can rely on
When you feel that there is nothing you can hold on to
Just let go
And I will carry you
Just let go
And I will carry you
My love is the rope you can cling to
It´s your shelter and your lifeboat and your parachute
My love is the one thing you can count on
Every day
My love is the force you can rely on
When you feel that there is nothing you can hold on to
Baby, Just let go
And I will carry you
Just let go
And I will carry you
Just let go
And I will carry you

Just let go, just let go, just let go
Just let go , just let go, just let go
I´ll carry you

Just let go, just let go, just let go

You don´t have to understand
You don´t have to hold my hand
You won´t find me on my knees
You won´t hear me beg and plead

There is nothing new I could say to you
I love you
There is nothing you couldn´t get me to
If you love me

I won´t tell you I´ll be true
I won´t tell you I´d do anything for you
I won´t promise I´ll be there on your call
I won´t promise I will catch you if you fall

There is nothing new I could say to you
I love you
There is nothing you couldn´t get me to
If you love me

I don´t care about advertised beauty
I don´t care how it relates to you
To me you are the definition of a woman
There is grace and dignity in all you say and do

It´s not just the way you walk
It´s not just the way you talk
There ain´t no law and no formula
No rule of thumb for what you are

There is nothing new I could say to you
I love you
There is nothing you couldn´t get me to
If you love me

There is nothing new I could say to you
I love you
There is nothing you couldn´t get me to
If you love me

There is nothing new I could say to you
I love you
There is nothing you couldn´t get me to
If you love me

I wasn´t quite sure what to make of all this
And god I was scared I might have lost you again
I felt like you cut the ground from under my feet
I wouldn´t have thought all the while you felt just the same
Until you said

Never ever do that to me again
Never ever do that to me again
I was hurt, I was hurt

We stood in the light of a streetlamp out in the cold
In the wake of a fall that was our moment of truth
Talking for hours with our souls all bare
I never knew there could be any other words as strong as “I love you”
Until you said

Never ever do that to me again
Never ever do that to me again
I was hurt, I was hurt

Hurt souls do strange things
Like running away from the ones they dearly love
Not allowing themselves the only thing they really want
Yes, hurt souls do strange things
Like holding back without a reason to be shy
Struggling for words when a single kiss would say it all

Come closer so I can hold you to my heart
I´ll shed the tears that you were to proud to cry

I promise you I won´t let anything unspoken lurk in the dark and tear us apart

I´ll never ever do that to you again
I´ll never ever do that to you again

 

The time has come to push on through your pain
The time has come to face it was all in vain
It may be hard for you to realize that all your efforts failed
But the worst is yet to come if you don´t dare to go the other way

You´ve got to
Purge yourself – if you feel it is going all wrong
Purge yourself – if you know you can´t let it go on

The time has come to doubt the truth that you´ve been taught
The time has come to question all the things you´ve been sold
It may hard for you to realize you´re living as a prisoner of your thoughts
And if you want to break free you´ve got to kick in each and every door

You´ve got to
Purge yourself – if you feel it is going all wrong
Purge yourself – if you know you can´t let it go on

The time has come to stand up for yourself
The time has come to stop being someone else
The time has come to light the fire and walk right through the flames
And when you´ve turned yourself to ashes you´ll be ready to be born again

You´ve got to
Purge yourself – if you feel it is going all wrong
Purge yourself – if you know you can´t let it go on

Riding on a subway train
With my guitar in a ragged case
An empty belly and a dream I chase

I´m not a beggar or a vagabond
Not a hero of the underground
Not another noble king without a crown

I´m a sinner who will not repent
I´m the leaf that´s swaying in the wind
I´m the reed that will not crack or break but bend

Oooh..

Stepping out into the buzzing night
Into the glow of the city lights
Right into the flow of passers by

Another face in a faceless crowd
A tiny wave in a sea of sound
I´m looking for a joint to hang around

I´m a buddy and a ladies´ man
I´m the singer in a two piece band
And honestly I´d rather play than jam

Ooooh…

Standing on the creaky stage
With a barstool and a mic in place
A stomp box and a half stack just in case

Well I start out with a simple song
One that´s almost running on its´ own
Everybody can play or sing along

I´m a rebel with a proper cause
I get my kicks from cheers and from applause
And a little money for my bank account
If you ask me to come back
Next time round

Put it in the hat – please no checks
Put it in the hat – only good old paper cash
Put it in the hat – or your number or even your adress?

Put it in the hat
Put it in the hat
Put it in the hat

Newspeak has arrived
Opinion standardized
Check your box, don´t make remarks
Choose punishment or choose reward
Just stay in line to play your part
But don´t dispute the ruling class

Here´s the voice of freedom calling
We´re in a state of emergency
A new dark age is dawning
Under the cloak of democracy

Reclaim your mind
Their rhetoric is boiling, don´t take their verbal poison
Reclaim your mind
Don´t let them make you voiceless – stand up for your own choices
Reclaim your mind
Reclaim your life

Interest driven heads
Defining common sense
They synchronize and dogmatize
`til everything is black or white
They advertize you metabolize
´til you´re hungry without appetite

Here´s the voice of freedom calling
We´re in a state of emergency
A new dark age is dawning
Under the cloak of democracy

Reclaim your mind
Their rhetoric is boiling, don´t take their verbal poison
Reclaim your mind
Don´t let them make you voiceless – stand up for your own choices
Reclaim your mind
Reclaim your life

Thoughtcrime detected….

Reclaim your mind
Their rhetoric is boiling, don´t take their verbal poison
Reclaim your mind
Don´t let them make you voiceless – stand up for your own choices
Reclaim your mind
Reclaim your life

Oh yes, these jerky movements
Are my attempt at dancing
It took me quite a while to get them down
They may not look too sexy
As my hips are way too tight
But at least I´m swaying to the sound

So why don´t you come on over
Get your body on the floor
If I can do it you can do it
And very likely even more

Let´s try to get it right tonight
No need to stay alone tonight
If we unwind ourselves tonight
We won´t go home alone tonight

 

Yes you´re a little chubby, darling
But hell why would I care
I ain´t “Mr. Perfect Body” either
And if you don´t mind, lady
That my hair´s been thinning lately
We may find a way to be each other´s fever

Now why don´t you come on over
And we sit here at the bar
No need to rush, no need to blush
We´ll be just who we are

Let´s try to get it right tonight
No need to stay alone tonight
If we unwind ourselves tonight
We won´t go home alone tonight

I ain´t Mr. Universe
And you´re no beauty queen
The sexily unsexy
Are shaking up the scene

I ain´t Mr. Universe
And you´re no beauty queen
The sexily unsexy
Are shaking up the scene

Let´s try to get it right tonight
No need to stay alone tonight
If we unwind ourselves tonight
We won´t go home alone tonight

Oh her ways so wild
But her kiss so shy
I wanna make her smile
And hold her when she cries

Her eyes so pure
Yet so knowingly
Time stands still
When she looks at me

And suddenly
I am who I am
And I feel like a man with a purpose
who is living his own destiny

When I so much wanna be to her
All that she is to me

She´s a

Skybender – no horizon ever out of reach
Skybender – the saviour to a barren land
Skybender – in the twilight of uncertainty

She´s my Skybender
Oh how she bends those skies for me

Her skin as soft as silk
She wears her scars with pride
I wanna be the one
To soothe them every night

Even when she´s been kicked down and she´s on her knees
She keeps her head up high

I wanna be the one
Who gives her wings to fly

Thanks to her
I am who I am
And I feel like a man with a purpose
who is living his own destiny

When I so much wanna fight for her
Like she fought for me

She´s a
Skybender – no horizon ever out of reach
Skybender – the saviour to a barren land
Skybender – in the twilight of uncertainty

She´s my Skybender
Oh how she bends those skies for me

The way she changes the colours of the rainbow
The way she turns hailstones into snow
The way she paints those northern lights into my mind
She´s my perfect wish upon a star

She´s a

Skybender – no horizon ever out of reach
Skybender – the saviour to a barren land
Skybender – in the twilight of uncertainty

Oh my little Skybender
Would you bend those skies for you and me?

Here´s to you Mr. and Mrs. Politician:

If you think I´m angry you are so right
I guess that it´s written all over my face
The things you said turned out to be all lies
But after all I took the bait
The wine you poured has turned to water
Leaving a bad taste in my mouth
Next time I´ll do what I was ought to
And that´s taking a sip and spittin´ it out

Stay away from my soul, stay away from my soul
Keep all your fake gold, stay away from my soul

The lights are out , the party´s over
The noise still echoes all around
Your promises, your thank you´s and your warnings
To the frantic cheers of the whipped up crowd
I rub my eyes as I´m getting sober
And see I fell for you again
Next time you ask me to believe you
You´ll see me run the other way

Stay away from my soul, stay away from my soul
Keep all your fake gold, stay away from my soul

You won´t get anything from me
Not my hands, not my voice, not my vote
Please don´t do anything for me
Not for my gain, on my behalf or in my name

Although:
There´s one thing I want you to do for me and that´s :
Leave, go away and stay away

Stay away from my soul, stay away from my soul
Keep all your fake gold, stay away from my soul

What took us so long to get here?
What took us so long to make that call?
What´s wrong about our love that we can´t have it?
Well, nothing is if we commit to who we are

We´re two matches lighting up the same candle
Burning in the dark
A flame too precious
To be sacrificed or be abandoned
So let´s catch the fire and make it spark

Going deep
Slow and steep
As the music´s taking over
I feel you even louder in me
We shine with glee
Blazingly
´til we burst into our supernova
And then fade out – silently

Well, it´s only up to us to dare it
It´s up to us to claim what´s ours
And they can judge and dismiss
And say no such love exists
While we kiss,
Full of bliss
Above it all

We´re two matches lighting up the same candle
Burning in the dark
A flame too precious
To be sacrificed or be abandoned
So we catch the fire and make it spark

Going deep
Slow and steep
As the music´s taking over
I feel you even louder in me
We shine with glee
Blazingly
´til we burst into our supernova
And then fade out – silently

What took us so long to get here?
What took us so long to make that call?
What´s wrong about our love that we can´t have it?
Well, nothing is if we commit to who we are
Nothing is, so let´s commit to who we are

I hate it but I won´t show it
I fake it but you won´t know it
I keep smiling while I´m falling to pieces

I thought I got it but now I can´t find it?
If I don´t have it why do I keep trying?
There must be a reason I can´t reach it

How do I break the spell that´s keeping me away
From who I really am and who I want to be

Teach me – show me how to
Teach me – tell me why
Teach me – what´s the reason
I´ve got to know or I´ll lose my mind

I´m on it since I first felt it
I want it and I can´t help it
There is no way for me to escape it

I was willing to learn whatever the lesson
Again and again with all my attention
Now I know every rule and how to break it

So tell me
How do I break the spell that´s keeping me away
From who I really am and who I want to be

Teach me – show me how to
Teach me – tell me why
Teach me – what´s the reason
I´ve got to know or I´ll lose my mind

Teach me – show me how to
Teach me – tell me why
Teach me – what´s the reason
I´ve got to know or I´ll lose my mind

Slow gentle touch
Our bodies entwined
And your lips on mine
I can´t give in
Though you know that I want to
I wish that you could kiss the guilt away
Would you
Hold my hand ´til the morning light
All night long ´til the break of dawn

Love
Love

I´ve been waiting for eternities
The sun didn´t shine for me
Now that your near me
I can´t conceal it
Not from you

Give it to me
Tenderly
Give it to me
Tenderly

Don´t hide behind your oh so heart rending tears
Don´t hide behind your oh so heart rending tears
Didn´t you say it´s not my fault
If it is so why do you make me go

As matters now stand
We have not been careful with words
You made your vow and I made mine, too
Now I´ll be o.k. but don´t put me off this way

Tell me it´s not
That gimme time thing
Honey you know the next page
And baby so do I
Tell me it´s not that gimme time thing
Meaning nothing
Nothing but goodbye

Now that we´re here we should get this over with
Now that we´re here we should get this over with
Maybe it´s right – maybe it´s even wrong
Let´s not pretend we could still be friends

Tell me it´s not*
That gimme time thing
Honey, honey, honey
You know the next page
And baby so do I
(Tell me it´s not)
Tell me it´s not that
Tell me it´s not that
Tell me it´s not that gimme time thing

Tell me it´s not that gimme time thing
Meaning nothing
Nothing but goodbye

*Backing vocal lines:
I know what it´s gonna be like
I know what it´s gonna be like
I know what it´s gonna be when you´re asking for time
I know that you have decided
I know that you´re trying to hide it
But I´m reading the signs
I know what it´s gonna be like
I know what it´s gonna be

I´ve been walking this road to find out if you really cared
I thought you´d be waiting at the end of it
But when I finally made it through there was not the slightest trace of you
So I wondered aloud: “Have you ever been there?”

With a curse on my lips and the wind in my ears
I turned around to go back and saw the road had disappeared
There I was not knowing where to go
That´s how I got to learn what I now know

The kingdom you are looking for is already within you
Where all your doubts and hurts and fears are bound to fall apart
All you gotta do to get whatever you are seeking
Is to shape it in your mind and pursue it with your heart
And you´ll make it come true
`Cause the kingdom is you

The kingdom you are looking for is already within you
Where all your doubts and hurts and fears are bound to fall apart
All you gotta do to get whatever you are seeking
Is to shape it in your mind and pursue it with your heart
And you´ll make it come true
`Cause the kingdom is you

I don´t wanna compromise
I wanna be and feel alive
With no reason to apologize
To myself
You swallowed all their alibis
Crossed over to the other side
Now you´re dangling in their web of lies
And I can´t help

I leave my footprints in the snow
In the streets we used to roam
All my friends are long gone
I am still here
Where I belong

Everytime I close my eyes my soul gets on the move
I´m riding on a ray of light to the paradise I knew
The cold hands of time keep grabbing after me
But I´m hiding in a secret place that time can never reach

I remember vividly
The wild boys we used to be
Now, to you it´s just a memory
To me it´s not
I keep the fire burning deep inside
You can see it gleaming in my eyes
I won´t bow down to the slow decline
Of growing up

I leave my footprints in the snow
In the streets we used to roam
All my friends are long gone
I am still here
Where I belong

Everytime I close my eyes my soul gets on the move
I´m riding on a ray of light to the paradise I knew
The cold hands of time keep grabbing after me
But I´m hiding in a secret place that time can never reach

I haven´t done you wrong and I didn´t want to

But now I´m on my own, no one to talk to
Your line is always busy as if you want to tease me
Come on, hang up now baby, I´ve gotta get through to you

Sometimes I´m so tired of loving you

(spoken) And sometimes I´m getting tired of trying it, too

The way you always quiz me is making me so dizzy
I try to keep my cool but baby it´s not easy
I bear your evil moods, expect no gratitude
But there´s only so much I can take, that´s why

Sometimes I´m so tired of loving you
That´s why
Sometimes I´m so tired of loving you
Tired of loving you
I´m tired of loving you
Tired of loving you
I´m tired of loving you

The words you throw at me
Your violent jealousy
The things you say you feel
Are much too deep for me
´Cause why in the world would I stay with you
Despite all the hurtful things you do
If that´s not love then tell me now
What you think that this is all about

I haven´t done you wrong and I didn´t want to
Now I´m on my own and it´s you I want to talk to
Your line is always busy
I feel I´m going crazy
I´ll hang up now baby
I guess I have to wait until I hear from you
But don´t keep me waiting for too long

Sometimes I´m so tired of loving you
Tired of loving you
I´m tired of loving you
Sometimes I´m so tired of loving you
Sometimes I´m so tired of loving you
Tired of loving you
I´m tired of loving you
Tired of loving you
I´m tired of loving you

How many heartbreaks
How many “one of these days”
How many doors slammed into one´s face

How many nice tries
How many next times
How many heavy sighs and stifled cries

How many discards
How many new starts
How many falls on lonely paths

How much anger and despair
How much self doubt wear and tear
How much longer, how much more
How much harder than before

How many boulders up the hill
How many testings of the will
How many knock downs
How many more rounds

How many dead ends
How many last stands
How many futile and failed attemps

Until a dream dies?

Since I saw you again yesterday

I don´t know how to get along
I guess I feel like you did before
I shiver at the thought that you are with another one

I toss and turn in my bed and find no sleep
I just can´t hold back the tears
Suffering the same way you did before
But Baby don´t you know I´m still craving for you

I wish you´d call to say everything will be alright
It´s a long way back to where we came from
Tell me you can touch me without getting this special feeling
I know you can´t that´s why I´m waiting my time
That´s why I´m waiting my time

I remember your head on my chest
And it feels like you´re still there
But when I turn around to take you in my arms
I realize I´ve never been more alone

Now I know what I have done to you
And I wish I never had
I´m sure I´m gonna live to regret it if I don´t learn
How to give my heart to somebody else

I wish you´d call to say everything will be alright
It´s a long way back to where we came from
Tell me you can touch me without getting this special feeling
I know you can´t that´s why I´m waiting my time
That´s why
That´s why I´m waiting my time

I wish you´d call to say everything will be alright
It´s a long way back to where we came from
Tell me you can touch me without getting this special feeling
I know you can´t that´s why I´m waiting my time
That´s why  I´m waiting my time

Butterflies every time we see
But there‘s no way anyone of us will ever say „Come home with me“
We both sleep in the arms of another
Until the moment that we meet again
When no spoken vow can tie us down
For some stolen secret hours
But when day turns into night
We have to say goodbye
And I remember…

 

The rain running down our faces
Soaken and tired but we were alright
Walking in the rain
Laughing it off like it was sunshine
Walking in the rain
Holding us close like there was no time
Walking in the rain, rain, rain

Walking in the middle of the rain, rain, rain
Kissing and hugging

I‘m living a life in the in-between
My head keeps playing back the same memories endlessly

Rain, rain, rain – we‘re walking in the rain

Everything is speeding up
I can‘t seem to make it stop
Everything is spinning round and round
Sends me skidding in and out of bounds
Whatever happened to my little world
I love it even though it hurts
With you there ain‘t no kind of pain

That can‘t be washed off by the…

Rain running down our faces
Soaken and tired but we were alright
Walking in the rain
Laughing it off like it was sunshine
Walking in the rain
Holding us close like there was no time
Walking in the rain, rain, rain

Walking in the middle of the rain, rain, rain

Kissing and hugging

When this is over
I want to sit down with you
In the grass by the river
And raise a glass or two
Fool around for what it´s worth
And laugh until it hurts

When this is over
I want to have a feast with you
In the warm light of a candle
That says “We have made it through”
Praising none and all the gods
Filling up on luscious food and thoughts

When this is over
Let´s ease our heavy hearts
And have ourselves delivered
From the burdens of this war
Mourn our losses, heal our wounds
Sing and dance to joyful tunes

When this is over
I want to feel your hand in mine
And sanctify the moment
That will be with us for all time
That will be with us for all time
That will be with us for all time

When this is over
When this is over
When this is over
When this is over

When the pen hits the paper
And ink flows like blood
There´s no time for later
Now is all I´ve got
So I tell you that I need you
and you´re the key to my every song
And that´d wait for you forever
If that is what you want

While we fall in love – Slowly
And raise it like a wanted child
When love grows – Slowly
It will not fade with time

You took me from hopeless
Back to head over heels
And I didn´t notice
What you planted in me
But when it sprung up it shot through me
Like a tidal wave
Now I live in that rush
Until the end of my final breath

While we fall in love – Slowly
And raise it like a wanted child
When love grows – Slowly
It will not fade with time

You were right all along that we couldn´t be wrong
To patiently keep us away from that door
Ever since we have found the right ground to build it upon
My love is stronger than ever before

While we fall in love – Slowly
And raise it like a wanted child
When love grows – Slowly It will not fade with time

When love grows – Slowly It will not fade with time

Ah, the petty neighbours with their tidy little front yards
I can‘t  help but smile at the look of disgust on their faces
Ah, with all their inhibitions, their ruts and their traditions
They sneer at anyone who drops the masquerade

They feel so right about themselves
For wishing us to hell
They see no virtue in our vices
So caught up in their self denial

Let them be carried by the angels
While we are flying with the crows
Let them climb the golden ladder
While we walk the dusty road
Let them go where the river takes them
While we swim the open sea
Let them have it real cozy and warm
While we keep our hearts on fire
Wild, young and free
Wild, young and free

The good and righteous people telling tales behind our backs
They call us names and know exactly who‘s to blame for what
They‘ve got simple explanations why we fail their expectations
To them we are the wolves among the flock

They pretend that everything is perfect
If you just never cross the line
That‘s why we are such a danger
To their tethered hearts and humble minds

Let them be carried by the angels
While we are flying with the crows
Let them climb the golden ladder
While we walk the dusty road
Let them go where the river takes them
While we swim the open sea
Let them have it real cozy and warm
While we keep our hearts on fire
Wild, young and free
Wild, young and free

Woman – I´m tired of all this hide and seek
Woman- I´m sick with what it does to me
Woman – you had me open up my heart
Woman – and now you´re tearing me apart

As if a man doesn´t feel
As if a man had no tears
As if a man can´t be real at all

As if a man was just a joke
As if a man deserved the cold
As if a man had no soul at all

Woman – I talked myself into it and out of it
Woman – Now I quit this masochistic trip
Woman – If you ever get to understand
Woman – you know where to find me then

And when you need me and you come to me
I will be there Unconditionally
I will never let you down you see

I will always take your side
I´ll be your first and last ally
Even if that´s all I´ll ever be

Even if that´s all I´ll ever be

Woman
Woman
Woman