Dizzy with wonder

Copyright: Bjørn Opsahl

There were buildings here long ago
But now the blade of grass cuts my feet
I proceed with caution and lay low
Just visible through the trees

Breathing carefully I crawl up
Onto the surface of tension
I glimpse the rocks from below
What I see will never be mentioned

Dizzy with wonder
I shake my head to clear the view
With a hunger to know
I come to this place to be close to you

Lit from inside
I go to the switch
I rise quickly from the dark
Through white clouds that I tear apart
Releasing drops of water
All over

Dizzy with wonder
I shake my head to clear the view
With a hunger to know
I come to this place to be close to you

Dizzy with wonder
I shake my head to clear the view
With a hunger to know
I come to this place to be close to you

Dizzy with wonder
I shake my head to clear the view
With a hunger to know
I come to this place to be close to you

Dizzy with wonder
I shake my head to clear the view
With a hunger to know
I come to this place to be close

--
Anja Garbarek, vom 2006er Album Briefly Shaking

Im höchsten Maße inspirierend sind die Lieder dieser Dame. Das obige habe ich als eines der überraschendsten Stücke ausgewählt. Es ist hier zu hören.

Shell! Shell! Shell!

In Margate auf der Promenade hing ein blechernes Ladenschild
vor einer Bude mit Souvenirs eine grosse Muschel im Bild.
Da bot ein alter Mann bemalte Muscheln an.
Ganz Margate kannte sein Gebell: Shell! Shell! Shell!

Muschel von Margate bringt ihnen Glück,
Muschel im goldenen Grunde,
Muschel von Margate, fällt auf sie ihr Blick,
denken sie zurück an manche unvergessliche Stunde.

In Margate auf der Promenade erhob sich ein Gestank.
Wo einst die Bude mit Muscheln stand, steht ein Petroleum–Tank.
Der Sohn von jenem alten Mann fing einen andern Laden an:
ein Naphta- und Benzin-Kartell: Shell! Shell! Shell!

Muschel von Margate brachte ihm Glück,
Muschel in goldenem Grunde,
Muschel von Margate, fällt auf sie sein Blick,
denkt er gern zurück an manche unvergessliche Funde.

Und als der Tank zu pumpen anfing in Margate auf der Promenade,
ein Dutzend an jedem Bohrturm hing, der über Öl bei Baku steht,
Kolchak und Denikin, da wurde aus Blut Benzin,
aus Tausend Hälsen sprang der Quell: Shell! Shell! Shell!

Muschel von Margate bringt ihnen Glück,
Muschel in goldenem Grunde,
Muschel von Margate, fällt auf sie ihr Blick,
denken sie zurück an manche Rede im Völkerbunde.

Und als die Sonne am höchsten stand in Margate auf der Promenade,
da fing das Öl zu brennen an von Aserbeidschan bis Tibet,
es steckte die Welt in Brand. Petroleum heißt unser Vaterland,
dafür zerlöchern wir uns das Fell: Shell! Shell! Shell!

Muschel von Margate bringt Ihnen Glück,
Wir aber geh’n vor die Hunde!
Muschel von Margate, fällt auf sie der Blick,
zahlen wir zurück in letzter entscheidender Stunde.


"Die Muschel von Margate: Petroleum Song" (1928)
Musik: Kurt Weill; Text: Felix Gasbarra
Gesungen von Teresa Stratas auf dem Album
"The Unknown Kurt Weill"





Erstaunlicherweise ist dieser Text im gesamten Netz nicht vollständig auf deutsch zu finden. Eine Version ohne dritte Strophe fand ich hier, ein kurzes Zitat hier und einen Hinweis auf ein U.S. copyright hier - komischerweise aber auch die vollständige englische Version.
Zum Anhören habe ich leider nur diese Version bei YouTube gefunden... :-D
Im Ernst - Teresa Stratas ist einfach nur unübertroffen in der Interpretation von Weills Musik - ich kann jedem dieses Album (hier im iTunes-Store) nur ans Herz legen...


"Der Mensch lernt aus seinen Fehlern" - sagt man... Das Lied ist von 1928 - mag sich jeder sein Urteil selbst bilden - beziehungsweise das Offensichtliche selbst sehen...

Hints

José González


While the crowd is waiting for the final kiss
The one which allows them to sleep well
We walk along the wrong path
The one which will lead us to our own bliss

We need hints
Before we get tired
But we need hints
Before we get tired
Now we need speed
Before we lose pace
Now we need a hint to know we're on the right track

We need hints
Before we get tired
But we need hints
Before we get tired
Now we need speed
Before we lose pace
Now we need a hint to know we're on the right track




@ID: Wörtlich? Warum nicht? ;)

Geh Aufrecht

'N weiten Weg zu geh’n, 'n Hoffnungsschimmer seh’n, am Horizont, am Horizont...
Es tut auch manchmal weh, erst recht, wenn nichts mehr geht, wie’s vorher war, wie’s vorher war...

Lass mich bloß nicht hier steh’n, so im Regen...

Geh aufrecht und du siehst das Andere, geh aufrecht und du siehst das Andere, in dir, in dir, in dir...
Geh aufrecht und du siehst das Andere, geh aufrecht und du siehst das Andere, in dir, in dir, in dir...

Deine Zeit, sie kommt, schneller als du glaubst, wenn du erwachst, in diesem Leben...
Dabei bist du doch längst, längst auf deinem Weg, du musst dich nur erheben...

Lass mich bloß nicht hier steh’n, so im Regen...

Geh aufrecht und du siehst das Andere, geh aufrecht und du siehst das Andere, in dir, in dir, in dir...
Geh aufrecht und du siehst das Andere, geh aufrecht und du siehst das Andere, in dir, in dir, in dir...

So lang warst du fort, hat sich der Stachel gebohrt, da hinein wo dein Kopf sitzt, da hinein wo dein Licht ist...
Und du trugst schwer, jetzt gibst du ihn her, du brauchst ihn nicht mehr, du brauchst ihn nicht mehr...

Geh aufrecht und du siehst das Andere, geh aufrecht und du siehst das Andere, in dir, in dir, in dir...
Geh aufrecht und sie seh’n das Andere, geh aufrecht und sie seh’n das Andere, in dir, in dir, in dir...


Katja Werker - Geh Aufrecht (vom bald erscheinenden Album Operation Herz)

Lord Baker

There was a Lord who lived in this land
He being a Lord of high degree
He left his foot down a ship's board
And swore strange countries he would go see.

He's travelled east and he's travelled west
Half the north and the south also
Until he arrived into Turkey land.
There he was taken and bound in prison
Until his life it grew weary.

And Turkey bold had one only daughter
As fair a lady, as the eye could see
She stole the key to her Daddy's harbour
And swore Lord Baker, she would set free.

Singing, 'You have houses and you have linen,
All Northumber belongs to thee
What would you give to Turkey's daughter
If out of prison she'd set you free?'

Singing, 'I have houses, I have linen,
All Northumber belongs to me
I would will them all to you my darling,
If out of prison you set me free?'

She's brought him down to her Daddy's harbour
And filled for him was the ship of fame
And every toast that she did drink round him,
'I wish Lord Baker that you were mine.'

They made a vow for seven years
And seven more for to keep it strong
Saying 'If you don't wed with no other woman
I'm sure I'll wed with no other man.'



And seven years been past and over
And seven more they were rolling on
She's bundled up all her golden clothing
And swore Lord Baker she would go find.

She's travelled East and she's travelled West
Until she came to the palace of fame
'Who is that, who is that?' called the young foot soldier
'Who knocks so gently and can't get in?'

'Is this Lord Baker's palace?' replied the lady
'Or is his lordship himself within?'
'This is Lord Baker's palace' replied the porter,
'This very day took a new bride in.'

'Well ask him send me a cut of his wedding cake
A glass of his wine that been e'er so strong
And to remember the brave young lady
Who did release him in Turkey land.'

In goes, in goes, the young foot soldier
Kneels down gently on his right knee
'Rise up, rise up now the brave young porter,
What news, what news have you got for me?'

Singing, 'I have news of a grand arrival,
As fair a lady as the eye could see
She is at the gate
Waiting for your charity.'

'She wears a gold ring on every finger,
And on the middle one where she wears three,
She has more gold hanging around her middle
Than'd buy Northumber and family.'

'She asked you send her a cut of your wedding cake
A glass of your wine, it been e'er so strong,
And to remember the brave young lady
Who did release you in Turkey land.'

Down comes, down comes the new bride's mother
'What will I do with my daughter dear?'
'I know your daughter, she's not been covered
Nor has she shown any love for me.

Your daughter came with one pack of gold
I'll avert her home now, with thirty-three.'
He took his sword all by the handle
And cut the wedding cake, in pieces three
Singing 'here's a slice for the new bride's mother
A slice for me new love and one for me.'

And then Lord Baker, ran to his darling
Of twenty-one steps, he made but three
He put his arms around Turkey's daughter
And kissed his true love, most tenderly.

(Sinéad O'Connor - Lord Baker, vom Album Sean-Nós Nua)

Seek Up

Sometimes I feel like I'm falling
Fall back again, fall back again,
Fall back again, fall back again

Oh, life it seems a struggle between
What we see what we do
I'm not going to change my ways
Just to please you or appease you
Look at this crowd, five billion proud
Willing to punch it out
Right, wrong, weak, strong
Ashes to ashes all fall down
Look around about this round
About this merry-go-round around
If at all God's gaze upon us fall
It's with a mischievous grin, look at him

Forget about the reason
The treasons we are seeking
Forget about the notion that
Our emotions can be kept at bay
Forget about being guilty,
We are innocent instead
For soon we will all find our lives swept away

Sit awhile with TV's hungry child
Big belly swelled
Oh, for a price of a coke or a smoke
Keep alive those hungry eyes
Take a look at me, what you see in me,
Mirror look at me
Face it all, face it all again

Forget about the reasons and
The treasons we are seeking
Forget about the notion that your emotions can be
Wept away, kept at bay
Forget about being guilty, I am innocent instead
For soon we will all find our lives swept away

You seek up an emotion
And our cup is overflowing
You seek up an emotion,
Sometimes your well is dry
You seek up a big monster
For him to fight your wars for you
But when he finds his way to you, the devil's not
Going--ha, ha

Say, say

Look at me in my fancy car
And my bank account
Oh, how I wish I could take it all down
Into my grave, God knows I'd save
Take a look again, take a look again,
Take a look again
Everyday things change... basically they stay the same

Forget about the reasons and
The treasons we are seeking
Forget about the notion that
Your emotions can be swept away
Intentions are not wicked,
Don't be tricked into thinking so
Soon we will all find our lives swept away

You seek up an emotion
And our cup is overflowing
You seek up an emotion,
Sometimes your well is dry
You seek up a big monster
For him to fight your wars for you
But when he finds his way to you,
The devil's not going - ha, ha
Fall back again, fall back again, fall back again

(Dave Matthews - am besten zu genießen in der leichten Variation mit Tim Reynolds an der 2. Gitarre auf "Live at Luther College")

Like A Beautiful Smile

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summmer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd;

Like a beautiful smile
That fills I know why
Such a beauty won't die
It's eternity's mile
That we walk all this while

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possesion of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to thime thou grow'st;

Like a beautiful smile
That fills I know why
Such a beauty won't die
It's eternity's mile
That we walk all this while



Like a beautiful dream
That is just what it seems
We're just floating upstream
On eternity's beam
So long as men can breath, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summmer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possesion of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to thime thou grow'st;

So long as men can breath, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee

(Sting)

Düster bist du schön

Alles plötzlich still und vor mir stehen
Millionen Jahre Sklaverei
Und Wärme leuchtet durch den Staub auf deinen Augen
Okay das bringt nichts, aber düster bist du schön

Zwanzigtausend Zigaretten zaubern hier
Schutt und Asche in den Raum
Und Wärme leuchtet durch den Staub auf deinen Augen
Okay das bringt nichts, aber düster bist du schön

Oh wie weit ist der Tag
Wie tief ist die Nacht
Meister in der Sonne
Was hast du dir gedacht

Dieser kleine Kopf ist kostbar
Wenn auch drinnen Panzer fahren
Und Blei liegt auf dem Lächeln
Und Ruß auf Haut und Haaren

Die Schwermut gießt aus Kübeln
Man kann lang schon nicht mehr stehen
Und düster
Bist du schön

Langsam kommt mit Macht die Welt zurück
Voller Jux und Dollerei
Und Wärme blutet durch den Staub auf deinen Augen
Okay das bringt nichts, aber düster bist du schön

Oh wie weit ist der Tag
Wie tief ist die Nacht
Meister in der Sonne
Was hast du dir gedacht

Dieser kleine Kopf ist kostbar
Wenn auch drinnen Panzer fahren
Und Blei liegt auf dem Lächeln
Und Ruß auf Haut und Haaren

Die Schwermut gießt aus Kübeln
Man kann lang schon nicht mehr stehen
Und düster

Bist du schön

(Das Lied ist von Tex, man findet es hier zum Anhören.)

Hat mir mein Mitbewohner, Ruchters Michael, vorgestellt.
Hab selten sowas unglaublich Schönes gehört.
Danke, Tex.

What's wrong with the world, Mama?

What's wrong with the world, Mama?
People living like they ain't got no Mamas!
I think the whole world’s addicted to the drama,
Only attracted to things that'll bring you trauma.
Overseas, yeah, we try to stop terrorism,
But we still got terrorists here living
In the USA, the big CIA,
The Bloods and The Crips and the KKK.
But if you only have love for your own race
Then you only leave space to discriminate,
And to discriminate only generates hate,
And when you hate then you're bound to get irate, yeah.
Madness is what you demonstrate
And that's exactly how anger works and operates.
Man, you gotta have love just to set it straight
Take control of your mind and meditate,
Let your soul gravitate to the love, y'all…

People killing, people dying,
Children hurt and you hear them crying,
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek…

Father, Father, Father help us,
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questioning…

Where is the love…?

It just ain't the same, always unchanged,
New days are strange, is the world insane?
If love and peace is so strong
Why are there pieces of love that don't belong?
Nations dropping bombs,
Chemical gasses filling lungs of little ones,
With ongoing suffering as the youth die young.
So ask yourself: Is the loving really gone?
So I could ask myself really what is going wrong
In this world that we living in, people keep on giving in,
Making wrong decisions, only visions of them dividends,
Not respecting each other, deny thy brother,
A war is going on but the reason's undercover.
The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug,
If you never know truth then you’ll never know love
Where's the love, y'all, come on… I don't know…
Where's the truth, y'all, come on… I don't know…
Where's the love, y'all…

People killing, people dying,
Children hurt and you hear them crying,
Can you practice what you preach
And would you turn the other cheek…

Father, Father, Father help us,
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questioning…

Where is the love…?

I feel the weight of the world on my shoulder,
As I'm getting older, y'all, people get colder.
Most of us only care about money making,
Selfishness got us following the wrong direction,
Wrong information always shown by the media,
Negative images is the main criteria,
Infecting the young minds faster than bacteria,
Kids wanna act like what they see in the cinema.
Yo, whatever happened to the values of humanity,
Whatever happened to the fairness in equality,
Instead of spreading love we're spreading animosity,
Lack of understanding, leading lives away from unity.
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling under,
That's the reason why sometimes I'm feeling down,
There's no wonder why sometimes I'm feeling under,
Gotta keep my faith alive till love is found…

(Black Eyed Peas - Where Is the Love?)

I Was Hoping

As we were talking outside it was cold -
We were shivering yet warmed by the subject matter:
"My wife is in the next room,
We’ve been having troubles, you know.
Please don’t tell her or anyone,
But I need to talk to somebody."

You said "Wouldn’t it be a shame
If I knew how great I was five minutes before I died?
I’d be filled with such regret
Before I took my last breath" and I said
"But you’re willing to tell me this now
And you’re not going to die any time soon."

And I said “I haven’t been eating chicken or meat
or anything” and you said
“Yes but you’ve been wearing leather
and laughed and said we’re at the top of the food chain.
And yes you’re still a fine woman”
And I cringed.

I was hoping, I was hoping we could heal each other.
I was hoping, I was hoping we could be raw together.

We left the restaurant where the head waiter (in his 60s) said
"Good-bye Sir, thank you for your business Sir,
You’re successful and established, Sir.
And we like the frequency with
Which you dine here Sir
And your mone.y"

And when I walked by they said
"Thank you, too, dear."
I was all pigtails and cords
And there was a day when I would’ve said something like
"Hey dude I could buy and sell this place
So kiss it"
I too once thought I was owed something.

I was hoping, I was hoping we could challenge each other.
I was hoping, I was hoping we could crack each other up.



I too once thought that when proved wrong that I lost somehow.
I too once thought life was cruel.
It’s a cycle really I think I’m withdrawing and guilt tripping
You - I think you’re insensitive.
And I don’t feel heard and I said "Do you believe we are
Fundamentally judgmental? Fundamentally evil?

And you said “Yes”, I said “I don’t believe in revenge
In right or wrong, good or bad, you said
"Well what about the man that I saw handcuffed in the emergency room
Bleeding after beating his kid
And she threw a shoe at his head.
I think what he did was wrong and I would’ve had a hard time
Feeling compassion for him."
I had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged.

I was hoping, I was hoping we could dance together.
I was hoping, I was hoping we could be creamy together.


(Von Alanis Morissette, in wunderbarer Version zu finden auf ihrem MTV unplugged-Album.)

All the Colours of the World

Dies ist für:Hans - schnell wieder gesund werden, hörst du?!


Don't have a cent
Will I pay my rent?
And even my car doesn't work
Me and my man
He's the one to die for
We have split up

Can't you see
Life's easy
If you consider things
From another point of view
Oh yeah
In another way
From another point of view

I see life and light
All the colours of the world
So beautiful
Won't you come with me
I see birds and trees
All the flowers of the world
So beautiful
Won't you come with me

Oh yeah
In another way
From another point of view
Can't you see
Life's easy
If you consider things
From another point of view
Oh yeah
In another way
From another point of view

(DB Boulevard - Point of View)

I was brought to my senses

Alone with my thoughts this evening
I walked on the banks of Tyne.
I wondered how I could win you
of if I could make you mine,
or if I could make you mine.

The wind it was so insistent
with tales of a stormy south,
but when I spied two birds in a sycamore tree,
there came a dryness in my mouth,
came a dryness in my mouth.

For then without rhyme or reason
the two birds did rise up to fly.
And where the two birds were flying,
I swear I saw you and I,
I swear I saw you and I.



I walked out this morning,
it was like a veil had been removed from before my eyes,
for the first time I saw the work of heaven
in the line where the hills had been married to the sky.
And all around me
every blade of singing grass
was calling out your name
and that our love would always last.

And inside every turning leave
is the pattern of an older tree,
the shape of our future,
the shape of all our history.
And out of the confusion
where the river meets the sea
came things I'd never seen,
things I'd never seen.

I was brought to my senses,
I was blind but now that I can see
every signpost in nature
said you belong to me.

I know it's true,
it's written in a sky as blue
as blue as your eyes, as blue as your eyes.
If nature's red in tooth and claw
like winter's freeze and summer's thaw,
the wounds she gave me
were the wounds that would heal me.

And we'd be like the moon and sun,
and when our courtly dance had run
it's course across the sky,
then together we would lie.

And out of the confusion
where the river meets the sea
something new would arrive,
something better would arrive.

I was brought to my senses,
I was blind but now that I can see
every signpost in nature
said you belong to me.

Zu finden auf Stings 96er Album «Mercury Falling»

Feel the Way That Every Child Should

All around me are familiar faces

Worn out places
Worn out faces

Bright and early for the daily races

Going nowhere
Going nowhere

Their tears are filling up their glasses

No expression
No expression

Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow

No tomorrow
No tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very

Mad world
Mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good

Happy birthday
Happy birthday

And to feel the way that every child should

Sit and listen
Sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous

No one knew me
No one knew me

Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson

Look right through me
Look right through me

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very very

Mad world
Mad world

Enlarging your world

Mad world


(Gary Jules - Mad World)

The Story of Carpenter Mike

Washed my face in the rivers of empire
Made a bed from a cardboard crate
Down in the city of quartz



No news, no new regrets
Tossed a Susan B. over my shoulder
And prayed it would rain and rain
Submerge the whole western states
Call it a last fair deal
With an American seal
And corporate hand shake


Take the story of carpenter Mike
Dropped his tools and the keys and left
And headed out as straight as he could
Passed the cities and gated neighbourhood
And slept 'neath the stars
Wrote down what he dreamt
And he built a machine
For no one to see
Then took flight,
First light
Of new morning

(Calexico - Sunken Waltz)

Nothing's Fixed

Nothing's fixed,
I can't pin down
These times that left me where I am.
This shouldn't be,
This really wasn't supposed to happen.
This fiction of demand,
You put an end to well laid plans.
I’m not leaving, it hasn't left you far behind

I'm silently drawn to you
I’m so deeply drawn to you
You quietly draw me to you
I'm silently drawn to you

This torture through control,
I miss my faith, I miss my hope.
No, this distance can't deliver me from you.
Was it designed to come to this?
Are you fonder for the absence?
What am I, what is left for me to do?

I'm silently drawn to you
I’m so deeply drawn to you
You quietly draw me to you
I’m so deeply drawn to you

(Naked Raven - Drawn to You)

I Grieve

It was only one hour ago
It was all so different then
Nothing yet has really sunk in
Looks like it always did
This flesh and bone
Is just the way that you were tied in
Now there's no one home
I grieve... for you
You leave... me
So hard to move on
Still loving what's gone
They say life carries on
Carries on and on and on and on



The news that truly shocks
Is the empty, empty page
While the final rattle rocks
It's empty, empty cage
And I can't handle this
I grieve... for you
You leave... me
Let it out and move on
Missing what's gone
They say life carries on
They say life carries on and on and on

Life carries on in the people I meet
In everyone that's out on the street
In all the dogs and cats
In the flies and rats
In the rot and the rust
In the ashes and the dust
Life carries on and on and on and on
Life carries on and on and on
Life carries on and on and on and on
Life carries on and on and on
Just the car that we ride in
The home we reside in
The face that we hide in
The way we are tied in
As life carries on and on and on and on
Life carries on and on and on

Did I dream this belief
or did I believe this dream?
Now I will find relief
I grieve

(Peter Gabriel)

Paisteboard Tiger

Daddy lost his Mummy
In the Second World War,
He never told the story
And like this he went apart.

Looking for some comfort
In the colour TV screen,
Looking out for laughter,
That’s all that he’s been doing.



When we were kids
We had a paisteboard tiger
Leant against the wall,
Watching our nights,
Waited for the next day,
Took him with us to the forest again…

Brother’s hair was blond hair
That curlies made of sun,
Our laughter drifted down the road,
Those were the days of fun.

In winter we went out to play
And he returned alone,
I was found some blocks away,
I wanted to go home.

Brother’s hair was blonde
That Girlies made of sun,
All laughter […] down the road,
Those were the days of fun.

In winter we went out to play
And he returned alone,
I was found some walks away,
I wanted to go home.

When we were kids
We had a paisteboard tiger
Leant against the wall,
Watching our nights,
Waited for the next day,
Took him with us to the forest again…

Mother told me not to cry
When our Daddy said Goodbye,
Maybe she thought she’d be flushed away,
But still I wonder why she did this.

Never never never never never never never
Was all she was able to say,
I guess her mother let her alone
When her Daddy died the same.

When we were kids
We had a paisteboard tiger
Leant against the wall,
Watching our nights,
Waited for the next day,
Took him with us to the forest again…

When we were kids
We had a paisteboard tiger
Leant against the wall,
Watching our nights,
Waited for the next day,
Took him with us to the forest again…

(Katja Werker)

Diese Lyrics sind bisher noch nirgendwo veröffentlicht; wer (bessere) Ideen hat, was an den schwer verständlichen Stellen stehen könnte, teile dies doch bitte hier mit.

Vielen Dank an Lara für die Ergänzung und Berichtigung des Mittelteils! Ich habe es im Text eigefügt, meine alte, unvollständige Version aber auch noch stehengelassen (in hellgrau).

Wo ist das Was, wenn das Was im Warum ist?

What is a god of phoney creation,
Where am I going with no destination,
What if the fish came from the sea,
What if my lover made me feel free,
What if my intake caused revelation,
What if the point was reincarnation,
What if my shoes do'nt match my jacket,
If it's not working why don't you smack it,
What if your mamma said you were fat,
If you are lost find where your at,
What is a number without any time,
You can't get higher with nothing to climb,
Why have a body if you ain't got a mind,
What is a searcher with nothing to find,
Why is the traffic refusing to stop,
Why climb the ladder if you can't reach the top,
Where is the what if the what is in why,
Where is the what if the what is in why
Where is the what if the what is in why,
What do you dream of when you sleep at night,
Wee how the blind man fills up with light,
What is a bird with nowhere to fly,
How can you leave and not say goodbye,
What is a hunter with nothing to find,
What is the goodness without the unkind,
When did the outfit fall out of fashion,
When did the lover run out of passion,
My reincarnation time a phoney creation rhyme,
With no destination mine my information's fine,
Why did the voice say don't step on the floor,
Why did the sign say so float through the door,
What is a god of phoney creation,
Where am I going with no destination,
What if the fish came from the sea,
What if my lover made me feel free,
What if my intake caused revelation,
What if the point was reincarnation,
What if my shoes don't match my jacket,
If it's not working why don't you smack it,
What if your mamma said you were fat,
If you are lost find where you're at,
Where is the what if the what is in why,
Where is the what if the what is in why,
Where is the what if the what is in why,
How did the loser get to be rich,
What is a saleman with nothing to pitch,
When did the fool het to be king,
Why did you leave when they asked you to sing,
Why loose belief if you got a dream,
What is a train that ran out of steam,
what is a spy with no-one to spy,
On who do you sleep with nothing to lie on,
What if the fruit don't fall from the tree,
What if these questions just won't let you be,
Why waste your time looking for proof,
What if the answer is never the truth.