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See the ships
04:23
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See the ships that sail for foreign waters
In their sails I see the great flight of fathers
Oh, reasons I fail to see
When you’re with me
It’s all because of time that you are giving me
I lie awake until the morning hours
And tomorrow’s gonna set eyes on fire
I know I can rest assured
You give the word
That all the suffering will pass like fleeing birds
Oh, I am aware that in some time I'll leave here
With no sense of who I am I will disappear
When with you death seems surreal
Your light conceals
The darkness of the things I do not wish to see
See the ships that sail for foreign water
Loaded with the guilt of long lines of fathers
Oh, I do not feel the weight
The guilt can wait
'Cause we got other stuff here to investigate
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Montana
03:16
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I was cleaning out my kitchen
The morning after you had brought me the news
'Cause when I go I'll leave it nice and clean here
You don't have to worry 'bout a thing
I had my mind made up to stay here
But I can see through that I think I see through you
The things I've learned I'll try to take them with me
When I go they'll be like rocks in my bags
I am leaving for the plains my friend
And I won't come back again
There are limits to the love, friend
For all that life down here has given me
I guess there's people who would die to be here
But some, I guess, would also die to leave
I know I leave our plans behind me
Maybe it is unfair and selfish that I go
It depends on how you, choose to see it
Life is a line of choices we must make
I am leaving for the plains my friend
And I won't come back again
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Things I know
03:27
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You are so pretty when you sleep
Oh, yes, I watch you when you sleep
'Cause I cannot sleep babe, knowing what I know
Time flies and summer is now near
It's nice here, this time of the year
But I can't recall ever feeling so damn cold
And the walks I take are long and late
To the rougher parts
But when I go to you I do not speak, about the things that's tearing up my heart
Most days it seems I'm in control
My body's doing what it's told
But my mind is drifting to where it shouldn't go
You are so pretty in my arms
Oh, yes, in anybody's arms
I know lots of things that I wish I wouldn't know
And the walks I take are long and late
To the rougher parts
But when I go to you I do not speak about the things that's tearing up my heart
There are so many handsome men
I'm glad if you'll come home again
But still my love is hurting, doubts you've lit are strong
I feel what I don't wanna feel
I'd like to run but here I kneel
What I need will hurt me, what's hurting me I need
And the walks I take are long and late
To the rougher parts
But when I go to you I do not speak, about the things that's tearing up my heart
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House that I sleep in
03:28
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Dust in the light of the sun
and my mother's on the run
Silence is heavy at lunch
Dare not speak out through a munch
War in the pastures at night
My batallion is alright
Books on the shelf in my room
that I glance through in the gloom
Through my window darkness is slowly creeping
And through the floor I hear that my sister's weeping
This is my home, it's the house that I sleep in
Boy next door's good with the ball
So I stay home, with the wall
Gathering round our screen
Never asking what things mean
Dew falls so quickly at night
And as quickly flees the light
Mother's been sleeping since nine
And I go to the room that's mine
Through my window darkness is slowly creeping
And through the floor I hear my young sisters weeping
This is my home, it's the house that I sleep in
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Sweet world
04:28
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Oh, out on the street
Girls silly and sweet
No, they do not bother me
I am glad if they're able to
See what’s beautiful within you
Oh, sweet world they will make it through
Just like I’ll do
Now that I too
See the beauty in you
Oh, out on the trail
Sky’s looking so pale
It’s the beauty of the northlands
In the cities down by the sea
It is also quite nice to be
Sun shines down on the coconut trees
It's clear to me
Oh, my sweet world
Your beauty I see
Stretched out on the grass
No future nor past
In the faces of the crowd I'm in
I see versions of visions passed
That I've had but that didn't last
It's intriguing and funny how fast
Future becomes past
Oh, my sweet world,
You're the one that lasts
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Darling
04:03
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It seems the beauty of this wintry land
Depends so much on where you are
The sky once made my eyes all watery
When I watched it beside you
It seems the coldness of this winter wind
Is now so easy to endure
Once I was freezing and I thought of you
I wore a nice warm coat that day
Darling
Darling
Though every morning seems to prove I’m wrong
I trust this warmth will last
And parents strangling all the love they taught me to
Worship, trust and hold for true
It once was summer and I cursed the sun
And all that sunlight brings
It was before I let your pallet replace mine
Now sunlight shines upon your paint
Darling
Darling
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Letter to a bird
04:51
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Woke up in a pile
Hadn’t thought about you for a while
Kept myself busy with the girls here
Many things have changed
I have moved and it is nice but strange
I am finally on my own now
Tears of yesterday
No longer matter
Didn’t change my way
Though I’ve gotten fatter
How are things down there
Do you sell your art down at the fair
Do you still live with your boyfriend
Heard some things ’bout you
Makes me happy if it’s actually true
You’ve got a child now, and you’re happy
It’s a cold hard place
To raise a child in
But with your embrace
I guess change will begin
With your kin, you’ll change Berlin
Winter has been grey
I guess spring will be here any day
But it always makes things harder
Left what could have been
It was April, I was tanned and thin
From the springdays in the Volkspark
April is like you
Doubts. hopes, and visions
Yellow, green and blue
Painful collision
Please don’t take this wrong
I know time has passed and we’ve moved on
And as I said, I am alright now
I just thought of you
Something beautiful that I once knew
But as I said, I am alright now
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8. |
Ten years
03:44
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Ten years can disappear
And leave you there alone with the beer
The fat on my belly’s still there
And all the lies
That built me up
They seem so far-fetched now
At last
The back was strong and straight
I waited by her parents’ tall gate
All memories coloured so bright
But it’s been a while
Yes, quite a while
That day was a long, long time
Ago
I grow my basil still
in tin cans on my window sill
It will grow in its splendor until
I devour it,
it’s what I do
Devouring’s all I do
these days
Falafel in the rain
I’m careful but my coat gets some stains
These nights make it all seem so clear
That it’s up to me
Well, it’s got to be
Who else can make me free
From her
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9. |
Through the city
05:05
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Through the city on my bike I ride the morning streets
Moving fast with aching thighs my dearest one to meet
The years of searching are now over
I have a partner by my side
I salute her with a song
‘Cause in a sweet song, that’s where she belongs
I have made my mind up now, to cherish what I’ve got
Time is running faster now, our lifelines are forming knots
So I deliberately gave up
The parts of me that didn’t fit
And it’s all part of growing up and then fall
In love with someone if that is your call
And all the maps I’ve drawn
And all the fearless visions
So very willingly I turned them down for her
And now they’re altered and well-suited for my darling
And some are buried and I don’t regret a thing
Just like many friends of mine I had mountains on my mind
Way back in the days when love was easy and I was blind
The wondrous fires melt the glaciers
And the nomadic visions fade
You know sometimes the greater purposes need
The space in your heart, you’ll have to concede
Through the city on my bike I ride the morning streets
Moving fast with aching thighs my dearest one to meet
The years of searching are now over
I have a partner by my side
I salute her with a song
Cause in a sweet song, that’s where she belongs
And all the maps I’ve drawn
And all the fearless visions
So very willingly I turned them down for her
And now they’re altered and well-suited for my darling
And some are buried and I don’t regret a thing
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Friends
07:02
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She was happy once
In the shadows
Of our youth
Before I knew her
That is what I saw
With my hungry wolf-eyes
Fell asleep so fast
On the last night
In my room
Before the mountains
And the boys up there
Used her up like air
She don’t care ’bout nothing
When she’s in town
No, she don’t care about nothing
When she feels down
The old man is gone
He got tired
He was once
A shiny vehicle
Leather jacket
And a three-day stubble
He had friends in town
In the shadows
Of his youth
Before I knew him
But I know he knew
Just what I think I know
Didn’t care about nothing,
Old man in town
Didn’t care about nothing
When he felt down
I’ve got friends in town
They are hungry
Times are hard
And time is precious
And they keep it all
Recreational
And they look so nice
And say wise things
Meat and men
Chickpeas and women
Everybody’s broken
Everything’s important
But they don’t care ’bout nothing
My friends in town
No, they don’t care ’bout nothing
When they feel down
I was drinking gin
I was nineteen
Ended up
Alone with sally
She was fragile then
But I’d just lost Annie
And I ran to town
Education
Shame and guilt
It never bit me
I still eat too fast
And I never listen
And I don’t care ’bout nothing
When I’m in town
No, I don’t care ’bout nothing
When I feel down
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11. |
Last time
05:30
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Last time you came here sun was coloring the trees green
You said the summer over there was way too hot
You looked for work here in the cradle of our longing
And it surprised me ’cause we both detest this spot
But while in this spot I’ve been working on my cabin
You worked your way down through the cellars of the south
And for a mind like yours, their beauty is like poison
And I believed that I could hear it from your mouth
Where you’ve been my sweetest friend
Will I ever comprehend
Just what could bend
Such a straight road, that for you I held for certain
Round here I always thought the one with plans were you
But since you left for unknown shores for unknown reasons
It seems the decadence has torn up what I knew
While I endured my Mondays all your days were Fridays
And though I envied you I hoped that all the time
That I’ve been longing for the fire in your brain cells
I hoped my friend that you were dying to put it out
And through the clouds I see a hint of ancient wisdom
I know it’s still in you, I’ve known it all the time
Your mind is delicate; I know it is a burden
And you can’t see it, all the beauty left behind
And as the summer passed, the images were brought out
A mix of memories was crushed under the news
And jealous, worried and still lacking your experience
I righteously accused you
Cause I endured my Mondays while your days were Fridays
And though I envied you I hoped that all the time
That I’ve been longing for the fire in your brain cells
I hoped my friend that you were dying to put it out
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