Donnerstag, 17. April 2014

#146: "Favela" (2004)

Akkorde sind Lügen.

LYRICS
you swallow the mud
you sleep on the ground
favela, little township girl
favela, get on up
now it's over, now it's over
the lights go down
the mouth is closed forever
my nut-shell in a pocket
monster in a sleeve
tiny little rocket
oh, it's time to grieve
now
you're almost dead now.

Dienstag, 15. April 2014

#144: "Schichten" (2003)

Eine Miniatur für das Mädchen, das den Himmel zeichnen konnte.

LYRICS
jeder weiß und keiner will.

Wie der Morgen so neu
Ist der Wunsch nach Musik
jeden Tag wieder
wird aus Versehen ein Lied

Wie die Hoffnung so frisch
füllt die Stimme die Gläser
jedes Mal wieder
wird's ein klein wenig besser

Wie ein Luftsprung so frei
fliegt ein Ton durch die Tür
hinaus in die Welt
und landet bei dir.

federleicht und endlich still.

Montag, 14. April 2014

Sonntag, 13. April 2014

#142: "Nine past ten" (2005)

Trinklieder sind die schönsten Lieder. Mit Harmoniegesang erst recht!

LYRICS

It's nine past ten
and the glasses are filled
my friends are around me
but there's an emptiness

deep inside me
like a black hole it's sucking
myself out of me
and I'm beating the air
and I'm smashing the chair
that I'm sitting on

too liquid to die
too dried out to try
to fight, to survive
it's over...

Melila, Delilah
Karakorum girls
shiny cloudy grey.


Samstag, 12. April 2014

#141: "Tombs" (2005)

Spaß.

LYRICS
I'm rid of everything
I'm through with it,
under my smile
I'm untertaking myself.

rain down on me,
love of the century
Could you please bury me?
show me a tomb.

And there are no more directions
there's no use for perfection
there's just us in the dirt
we're lonely and hurt.

I'll be walking right on.
With my head in the sand.
so why can't you hear me?
I'm trying again.

rain down on me
love of the century
could please bury me?
Come on, be my tomb.

(Chorus)

we're the perfect addition,
the checksum of life.
we're on our mission
to reach neon light.

the nights we lose
are the ones we use
to break it all up,
to fuck ourselves up.

to fuck.