- 100 Years
I carved my name in the summer (of two thousand and two)
Into the trunk of a great tree I lay down under (and soon)
I fell asleep for a hundred years (next thing I knew)
I awoke in the future
Entire cities of old folks homes
In every household a hospital bed for everyone
They laid me down and they stripped my clothes
- Artificial Light
In the beginning there was one source of light
It would die and come back every night
As a woman showing off her thighs
Just a little bit at a time
In the beginning
Everyone bowed their heads towards the light
They would dance and eat their friends alive
- Dreams of Cannibalism
Unhand me, I am not a criminal
But I've played a guilty part
In the modern sense that one pretends
That love is original
I wrote a book, and I will call it something cynical
The story is slow, the hero does not change
And if he can, then he won't anyway
- Hunger And Thirst
i’m hoping for
a song that will come to me when i’m asleep
because i can’t lie
and so i can’t write
eyes in the dark
and it occurred to me that i have spent
my whole life
- Old Haunts, New Cities
i was cruisin' in the night streets
i was looking for my hotel
i was lost in some strange city
and i couldn't find my hotel-room
i was desperate in the midnight hour
i needed sleep, a sink and shower
but when one room's like the next
it's hard to tell
- Post Script
I would never leave you broken hearted
You'll never be alone nor made to feel discarded
As long as I'm alive I'll finish what I started
Years'll go on your pretty face'll grow strong and hardened
We'll own a small patch of land outside of the town we'll grow a garden
And after I've departed you will never know if your love was unconditional
- Prosthetic Love
My folks they left the TV on
I was falling in love years before I ever met someone
Like a prayer you donu0027t expect an answer
Though you ask for one
Assured my love would come along
Like some rare bird and only I would recognize its song
Like the actress Iu0027d seen on the television
- The Lake
A northern state in the summer time
My uncleu0027s lake on the fourth of July
Outside the cabin my sister tried
To call like the loon with her hands cupped tight
Up against her mouth as the fireflies
Became visible in the failing summer light
A sparkler in my hand I went after them
As they went out in the night
- Van De Regen Naar De Zon
Weet jij wat ik heb gezien
Zoveel gezichten , zoveel plekken, zoveel verdiend
Huizen zijn verwarmd , grachten zijn verlicht
Wij kijken naar morgen , altijd wat nieuws in zicht
Refrein : Van de regen naar de zon
Van de hemel tot de grond
Van de regels , naar de waarde
- Young Fathers
I was born in September
And like everything else, I can't remember
I replaced it with scenes from a film that I will never know
And I blinked, it was over
I was thinking my life would get slower
That I would sort this shit out when I'm sober
- Zo Niet Mij
Hoe stom kan ik zijn mijn pen doet het woord
Hoe blind kan ik zijn of had ik oogkleppen op
Ik ben een stotteraar maar een met de beats
Waar woorden eindigen begint mijn muziek
Denk mij te kennen en creëer een afstand
Tussen dat wat ik koester en afdank
fuck mensen ben liever remi
Ik identificeer me meer met dieren en baby's