One of the Good Ones

drinkers, junkies and gamblers
living on the dark side of the moon
liars, traitors and manipulators
dealing secretly in the shadows

don’t go behind that door
there’s a world willfully hidden
you shouldn’t see what they have seen
you’re either out or you’re in

so do you think
that he’s just like them?
don’t you deny
you are a bit like him?
-and you think of yourself-
you are one of the good ones
you, you are one of the good
you are one of the good ones

crusaders, their appetite and egomania
the holy grail is hidden in Romania
opacity though you’re open-eyed, and false friends
hiding the truth even from themselves

 

C: III
v: Dm Am G
b: D Dm F G
c: F C G

Wild Dog

I’ve been free to love anybody
still it never felt so
driven by madness
and patterns in my head

I can choose my education
and what I want to learn
but in fact it is a path
a beacon in the dark woods

and one day I’ll wake up
under the leaves in the woods
like a wild dog
free and free to be shot

I build a business
to get me off-line
it was tough to learn
rules and laws were giving me a hard time

I bought a house
on a solitary lake
and i sat there on my own
with my poor and solitary breakfast

C: III
v: Am G Em F
c: F G Em G, F G Em D

Micro Situation

she sleeps long into the day
there is nothing to be late for
nothing to be right on time
no spinning thoughts in her mind

she wakes up to the call of a wren
singing through the roof light
singing the local line
it could be any time

this is her micro space she conceals
this is a micro situation and a rare feeling
this is her micro space
this is a micro situation and a rare feeling

she makes herself a coffee on the old stove
for the smell and the comfort
could be an old love
she is thinking of

Everything that Brought Us here

the rush of the stream
peace of mind
fog in the fields
the breath of our souls
she sings in the morning
a song that sticks in her ear
for this phrase i join her
to celebrate everything that brought us here
frost on the panes
art without strains
birds on the sills
joy that don’t explain itself
she sings in the morning
a song that sticks in her ear
for this phrase i join her
to celebrate everything that brought us here
everything that brought us here
everything that brought us together here
while this note rings i will not
allow time to age us
we are the cause of our being
we are the center of ourselves
V: Em D Am Em / G
C: C Em D Am / Em A
B: Em D Am Em / Em C D, Em D C G

Bonfire Secrets

shadows dancing around you and me
in the twilight of August
shadows dancing around you and me
oh I never knew what love was

you sketch our dreams in the clouds
ambitious and loud
you are neither bound by fear nor fences
you are the artist painting the sky
everybody knows you are fire
you’re a dreamer daring to dream
am I the ground beneath your feet?

shadows dancing around you and me
in the twilight of August
dancing around shadows of you and me
oh I never knew what love was
the heat of desire is whispering bonfire secrets
we’re stirring the embers
whispering bonfire secrets

you are a cryptic compass
guiding us through uncharted waters
you hit right where my heart beats
you make love like no one else
I’m tangeled up in your wires
in this stream of space and time
you are a beacon in the sky

shadows dancing around you and me
in the twilight of August
dancing around shadows of you and me
oh I never knew what love was
the heat of desire is whispering bonfire secrets
we’re stirring the embers
whispering bonfire secrets

 

capo: V
verse: Am, D
chorus: G, Em, D | G, C | Em, C, D | G, C | C, D, G, C | C, D, G, D

Considering Death

red is the dawn
I forget all that’s gone
is it a color that I see
or just a word that we’ve agreed on?

is it the ways of the shadows
that dig through your soul?
is it the aftermath of your youth?
or only bending the truth?

considering death
and the size of the universe
all I can contribute is:
my life is too short for this

exposed to sound waves
I had long forgotten to love
is it trust in your own death?
is your brain just a mess?

is it the change of the weather?
no that can’t be the cause
does it feel like a release
that you won’t live forever

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capo: II
verse: Em – C – D
chorus: Em – D – C – D

No Allies

the helmsman shall be asked before one unties a knot
unlike surviving, death is a solitary act
oh any longer I can’t hold on tight
to the ropes of this loosened sail dragging us overboard
black is the ocean
that we are sailing on
rare are the islands
and so are our allies
no allies!
no land in sight, but the transit to Hades
a desire and a promise for those who dare to rest
oh any longer I can’t stay on course
the spinning needle of the compass makes us sail in circles
black is the ocean
that we are sailing on
rare are the islands
and so are our allies
no allies!
one single light is guiding us, we navigate
please give us passage to wherever it is pointing at
V: Am Am/G F D
C: Dm F, F Am, G F
I: Am Am/G Dm Am, D C F G D, D C F Em A

Czech Capitol

children’s laughter fades
and mowers‘ engines are turned off
pools are covered and cicadas stop
with a sudden final stroke

we could all use a last sip of that drink

and so, summer is gone
you are in the Czech capitol
and we are bound by memories
so the summer is gone

umbrellas are folded
and hotels drop their prices
waiters now wipe rain drops off their tables
like i am swiping pictures on my phone

highway traffic is the last rebellion of the year

and so, summer is gone
you are in the Czech capitol
and we are bound by memories
so the summer is gone

I’m stacking chairs, I’ll bring the ashtrays in
and all things left outside are waiting for the next year to begin

and so, summer is gone
you are in the Czech capitol
and we are bound by memories
so the summer is gone

verse: Am, C, D, D
pre-chorus: C
chorus 1 and 2: Em, G, D, C, G
bridge: C, Am, G
chorus 3: Em, C, G, D
outro: like bridge