Rain comes down and changes windowsThat we looked through once as solid heroesWhen my thoughts were swift in peaceful silenceIn the house I lived unstained by violenceWhen the rain, lovely rain soothed my brain Times have changed and things I longed forAre now strange and old not what I cried forWhen my mind was young … Lees verder
(Thank you John Irving for your beautiful line: ‘Keep passing the open windows’ which I borrowed furtively from your novel ‘The Hotel New Hampshire’) You take the world upon your shouldersAnd you find as you grow older it collapsesIt collapses on you And for all your golden wordsStifled cries will not be heard so you … Lees verder
(Duet) Broken guitars on Lullaby BeachIn tune with the sea, its sad symphonyThe bluest of sounds rests here in the deepNow sing me a song that puts me to sleep Just look at how the sunrays placeTheir gold upon the wavesThen tell me you are blind to beautyPain, like happiness will passA piece of broken … Lees verder
(“Das Glück ist dort wo ich nicht bin” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) You grow up in films and pagesWait for your heart to bloomBut most love is kept in cagesAnd most hopes are led to ruin Your beauty’s begrudged yet fadingThe child that you were won’t sleepThe thieves of your years are raidingThe prizes you … Lees verder
The king bows downTo the girl on the groundAs he watches the sun move westHis empire lost to the lords he crossedOn his cold and ceaseless quests He wants to love herShe must be his queenTo cover his lossesTo soften his spleen Chorus (in melody, not words) He’s a king with no crownBut his mind … Lees verder
Sea weed in your hair at the sea pavilionjust sit and stare at the sea pavilionAt the sea pavilion everyone was drownedHad a certain charm, all those washed up clownsThat sat so still, so still Chorus: Such a peaceful place to beThe pavilion by the seaYou don’t have to talk to meThe pavilion by the … Lees verder
You hide down insideDeny the passing warmthYou cry out your eyesAnd you blame everyoneYou blame everyone In the dead of nightYou’re left without hopeBut continue to fightAt the end of your ropeAt the end of your rope Bridge: Why don’t you come to my doorTo see if I’m stillStill in love with you
Why does it touch me,This quiver in your voice when you are unsureAnd why do the corals moveWhen a bouquet is thrown by a bride in veilIt’s the build up that I feelOf things gone wrongOf indifference displayedTo brave and honest words They sing their little songsOutside my door and I manage a smileYour childhood … Lees verder
There’s a placeIn my mindIt’s where I goFrom time to time It’s where I walkWhen winter screamsAnd I’m in need ofSomething clean Sometimes when I dreamI’m going downGoing down there Chorus: Dolphin BayWhere the dolphins playDolphin BayAnd I can always stay When this is all overI’m going to build a homeIt’s going to be on … Lees verder
And if you come or goIt will no longer hurt me soTenderness or hateIt will be the easy stateFor a while, since nothing seems to lastMay there be the illusionOf our dances in the past And if you give awayWhat was ours some dayAnd you drown whatever there was leftDon’t tell meLet it go, let … Lees verder
Cold war, what’s it for You didn’t have to goI only tried to suggest a changeIn the streams that we followArrange the flowers of tomorrowWas it asking too much to alter your touch For the sake of JuneOr the lonely moonThese skies will leaveLooking for clouds to believeLooking for clouds when the rains won’t fallTo … Lees verder