- A Fire
There's a pain in my lungs
I would like to scream out
But there's something that keeps me from screaming
And there are days in this life
When I feel without doubt
That my insides are boiling and steaming
There's a fear in my eyes
- A Trace
You and I, we're merely shadows,
And we will die away with the fading sun,
And everything I see, everything I know,
Will be forgotten tomorrow.
Everything you say, everything I know,
It will all vanish in time.
Everything I see, everything I know,
Will be forgotten tomorrow.
- Clouds And Swallows
I lay in the grass in the garden
I lay in the grass like I did it as a child
Counting the clouds that are drifting by
Imagine they were little islands
Made out of hope and of glued cotton wool
A floating colony in the evening sky
- Fences
You always were my refuge, were my shelter,
There was always a place to lay my head
And I should've taken your hand, should've held it as we stumbled,
But I'd let it slip, I'd let it go instead.
For I cannot give you as much as I owe you,
I don't have enough love to pay my debts,
I thought I'd have a plenty, but now I see I'm pretty empty,
- Home
I thought that you could be the ones,
who take my hands and show me how to carry on,
I thought with someone by my side life could be great,
but I was wrong, and it's too late.
I know there's hope beyond my fear,
but for now I only wish to disappear,
I thought that somebody could teach me how to speak,
- Hydrophobia
I've always liked to watch the sea,
its sight and sound are soothing me,
but I always preferred to keep a safe distance.
For if I drew nearer, the waves would swallow me
and pull my body down, down, down to the ground.
This heavy heart would make me sink like a stone and drown.
These waters are beautiful
- It Flew Away
Something left me
As the chlorophyll left the leaves
I put my hand on my chest
Just to feel if I still breathe
And yes, it rises slowly as I inhale
But the air tastes stale...
It was still dark this morning when I awoke
- Lighthouse
Where were you when I felt lonely,
When I was weak, where have you been?
I‘d be blessed if I could only
Find a way out of the mess I‘m in
Throw me a rope, light me a lantern
I‘m a sailor lost at sea
Need a lighthouse for my return
- Maybe
I lift my anchor and set my sails
Heading for the infinite blue
Not afraid to capsize
Not afraid to drown
(For I already drowned in you)
I see floating empires and sunken realms
I dwell amongst the branchiate folks
- My Pinions
Like clouds of dust
In stormy weather
Like a falling leaf on its way down
Whirling through the early afternoon
These are times that make me falter
Make me stagger all alone
Holding my head in my hands
I think I'm gonna fall quite soon
- New Year's Eve
Of so many words to choose
I don't know which ones to use
For the things I need to say
The syllables just melt away
Another year
Comes floating by
Now let us try
- Ordinary Sunday.
We're ordinary people doing ordinary things on an ordinary Sunday afternoon
We're ordinary people doing ordinary things on an ordinary Sunday afternoon
We crawled out of the basements craving for a light to shine on us
To melt away the frost and let us bloom
We crawled out of the basements craving for a light to shine on us
To melt away the frost and let us bloom
- paper
Oh, If this is your answer to the things that I said
I don't understand but nevermind
as long as you had a good time
as long as you don't regret
etching my name into your head
See I'm made out of paper
I'm being carried away by the slightest breeze
- Pirates
Don't you see my eye patch and the parrot on my shoulder?
Don't you see the broad sword on my belt?
I don't plan on staying in this bay
I'm gonna take what I need and sail away
I heard that's what pirates do
My ship doesn't need no anchor
My crew doesn't need no rest
- Sleeper
My city lies sleeping
And breeds in her sleep
As shadows are creeping
Through the streets and lanes;
To the river deep.
While buildings rise,
As others tumble
- The Dream
last night I had the same old dream again:
everything was coming to an end;
the trees were all trembling and smoke filled
the air and you looked so frightened
but I didn‘t care
and when I did my last breath I still
wondered what they were making such
a fuss about. I heard thunder rolling and
- What You Get
did you really think that everything would be alright?
you should've known better could've known it's not right
smashed all you have to pieces for a tiny little spark
for a glimpse of bliss, a fleeting light in the dark
I could've told you from the start
that this would make your whole world fall apart
- Winter
Daybreak comes and makes me shiver
Though I'm tightly wrapped in wool
The trees stand naked and embarrassed
Against a sky all pale and cruel
And even though all is lifeless I
Can't remember to have seen this wretched world so beautiful before