跑步者

dear friend, they'll destroy you
but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me
[disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation,
the only thing, the only thing you need]

veil of the departed is alive, is alive

honesty, on a string

disappeared in isolation, irretrievable salvation,
the only thing, the only thing you need
[different, they'll destroy you
but it ain't nothing, it ain't nothing to me]

şizofreni

there's no end to the love you can give
when you change your point of view to underfoot
very good, you may be flat but you're breathing

and there's no doubt he's at home in his room,
probably watching porn of you from the fall
it's last call, and you're the last one leaving

and you thought you could change the world by opening your legs
well it isn't very hard, try kicking them instead
and you thought you could change his mind
by changing your perfume to the kind his mother wore
oh god, delilah, why? i've never met a more impossible girl

in this same bar, where you slammed down your hand and said:
"amanda, i'm in love"
no you're not, you're just a sucker for the ones who use you
and it doesn't matter what i say or do,
the stupid bastard's gonna have his way with you

you're an unrescuable schizo, or else you're on the rag
and if you take him back, i'm gonna lose my nerve
i've never met a more impossible girl

at four o'clock he got off, and you called up
"i'm down at denny's on route one, and you won't guess what he's done"
is that a fact, delilah? larry tap let you in through the back
and use his calling card again for a quick hand of gin

you are impossible, delilah, the princess of denial
and after seven years in advertising, you are none the wiser

you're an unrescuable schizo, or else you're on the rag
and if you take him back, i'm gonna lose my nerve
he's gonna beat you like a pillow, you schizos never learn
and if you take him home, you'll get what you deserve
i never met a more impossible girl

so don't cry, delilah,
you're still alive, delilah
you need a ride, delilah?
let's see how fast this thing can go

barya

they used to tell me i was building a dream,
and so i followed the mob,
when there was earth to plow, or guns to bear,
i was always there right on the job.
they used to tell me i was building a dream,
with peace and glory ahead,
why should i be standing in line, just waiting for bread?

once i built a railroad, i made it run,
made it race against time
once i built a railroad, now it's done
brother, can you spare a dime?
once i built a tower, up to the sun,
brick, and rivet, and lime
once i built a tower, now it's done
brother, can you spare a dime?

once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
full of that yankee doodly dum,
half a million boots went slogging through hell,
and i was the kid with the drum
say, don't you remember, they called me al
it was al all the time.
why don't you remember, i'm your pal?
buddy, can you spare a dime?

naujas

ich verbrenn mein studio, schnupfe die asche wie koks
ich erschlag meinen goldfisch, vergrab ihn im hof
ich jag meine bude hoch, alles was ich hab lass ich los
mein altes leben, schmeckt wie 'n labbriger toast
brat mir ein prachtsteak, peter kocht jetzt feinstes fleisch
ich bin das update, peter fox 1.1
ich will abshaken, feiern, doch mein teich ist zu klein
mir wächst neue reihe beißer wie be dem weißen hai
gewachst, gedopet, poliert, nagelneue zähne
ich bin euphorisiert, und habe teure pläne
ich kaufe mir baumaschinen, bagger und walzen und kräne
stürze mich auf berlin, drück die sirene
ich baue schöne boxentürme, bässe massieren eure seele
ich bin die abrissbirne für die deutsche szene

hey, alles glänzt so schön neu
hey, wenns dir nicht gefällt mach neu
die welt mit staub bedeckt, doch ich will sehn wo's hingeht
steig auf den berg aus dreck, weil oben frischer wind weht
hey, alles glänzt so schön neu

ich hab meine alten sachen satt, und lass sie in 'nem sack verrotten
motte die klamotten ein, und dan geh ich nackt shoppen
ich bin komplett renoviert, bräute haben was zu glotzen
kerngesund, durchtrainiert, weltmeister im schach und boxen
nur noch konkret reden, gib mir ein ja oder nein
schluss mit larifari, ich lass all die alten faxen sein
sollt ich je wieder kiffer, hau ich mir 'ne axt ins bein
ich will nie mehr lügen, ich will jeden satz auch so meinen
mir platzt der kopf, alles muss ich verändern
ich such den knopf, treffe die mächtigen männer
zwing das land zum glück, kaufe banken und sender
alles spielt verrückt, zitternde schafe und lämmer
ich seh besser aus als bono, und bin' n mann des volkes
bereit die welt zu retten, auch wenn das vielleicht zu viel gewollt ist

hey, alles glänzt so schön neu
hey, wenns dir nicht gefällt mach neu
hier ist die luft verbraucht, das atmen fällt mir schwer
bye bye ich muss hier raus, die wände kommen näher
die welt mit staub bedeckt, doch ich will sehn wo's hingeht
steig auf den berg aus dreck, weil oben frischer wind weht
hey, alles glänzt so schön neu

fratino

oh sister, what's wrong with your mind?
you used to be so strong and stable
my sister, what made you fall from grace?
i'm sorry that i was not there to catch you

what have the demons done?
what have the demons done,
with the the luminous light that once shined from your eyes?
what makes you feel so alone?
is it the whispering ghosts that you feared the most?

oh sister, those lines etched in your hands
they're hardened and rough like a road map of sorrow
my sister, there is a sadness on your face
you're like a motherless child who's longing for comfort

what's running though your veins,
that's causing you such pain?
does it have something to do with the pills they gave to you?
what is eating at your soul?
was it the whispering ghosts that left you out in the cold?

but the blackness in your heart won't last forever
i know it's tearing you apart, but it's a storm you can weather

podłoga

with hand on heart, you're right from the start,
you taught me to take my part
no cross to bear, no reason to care,
my life was all up in the air

four to the floor, i was sure, never seeing clear,
i could have it all whenever you are near

the iron hand did not understand
the plight of the common man

four to the floor, i was sure she would be my girl
we'd rent a little world, we'd have a little girl

ch'uju

hello, darkness, my old friend, i've come to talk with you again,
because a vision softly creeping left its seeds while i was sleeping
and the vision that was planted in my brain still remains,
within the sound of silence

in restless dreams i walked alone, narrow streets of cobblestone,
'neath the halo of a street lamp, i turned my collar to the cold and damp
when my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light that split the night
and touched the sound of silence

and in the naked light, i saw ten thousand people, maybe more
people talking without speaking, people hearing without listening
people writing songs that voices never shared,
and no one dared disturb the sound of silence

'fools', i said, 'you do not know, silence like a cancer grows
hear my words that i might teach you, take my arms that i might reach you'
but my words, like silent raindrops, fell and echoed
in the wells of silence

and the people bowed and prayed to the neon god they made,
and the sign flashed its warning in the words that it was forming
and the sign said:
'the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls'
and whispered in the sounds of silence

ĝemo

serve god, love me, and mend
this is not the end
live unbruised, we are friends
and i'm sorry, i'm sorry

sigh no more, no more
one foot in sea and one on shore
my heart was never pure,
and you know me, you know me

but man is a giddy thing

love, it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you,
it will set you free
be more like the man you were made to be
there is a design, an alignment, a cry of my heart to see
the beauty of love is it was made to be

nalěćo

it's the first day of spring, and my life is starting over again
the trees grow, the river flows, and its water will wash away my sins
for i do believe that everyone has one chance to fuck up their lives
but like a cut-down tree i will rise again,
and i'll be bigger and stronger than ever before

there's a hope in every new seed and every flower that grows upon the earth
and though i love you and you know that, well i no longer know what that's worth
but i'll come back to you in a year or so, and i'll rebuild, be ready to become
oh, the person you believed in, oh, the person that you used to love

for i'm still here hoping that one day you may come back

eàrr

when the world ends, collect your things, you're coming with me
when the world ends, you tuckle up yourself with me
watch it as the stars disappear to nothing
the day the world is over, we'll be lying in bed

i'm gonna rock you like a baby when the cities fall
we will rise as the buildings crumble, float there and watch it all
amidst the burning we'll be churning, you know love will be our wings
the passion rises up from the ashes when the world ends

when the world ends you're gonna come with me, we're going to be crazy
like a river bends, we're going to float through the criss–cross of the mountains
watch them fade to nothing
when world ends, you know, that's what's happening now
i'm going to be there with you, somehow

i'm gonna tie you up like a baby in a carriage car
your legs won't work 'cuz you want me so, you just lie spread to the wall
the love you got is surely all the love that i would ever need
i'm going to take you by my side, and love you tall 'til the world ends

you here with me, just you and me, floating through the empty empty
but don't you worry about a thing 'cuz i got you here with me
oh graces, oh grace,
when the world ends we'll be burning one,
when the world ends we'll be sweet makin' love

we're gonna dive into the emptyness, we'll be swimming
i'm going to walk you through the pathless roads
i'm going to take you to the top of the mountain that's no longer there
i'm going to take you to bed and love you, i swear, like the end is here

i'm going to take you up to,
i'm going to take you down on you
i'm going to hold you like an angel, angel
i'm going to love you, i'm going to love you
when the world ends i'm going to hold you
when the world is over, we'll just be beginning

namnlösa

i was born in a big gray cloud screamin' out a love song
all the broken chords and unnamed cries, what a place to come from
i wish to remain nameless and live without shame
cuz what's in a name? oh, i still remain the same

you can call it what you want, you can call me anything you want

everybody lets you down in this brief hole of a town
what a difference of the rushing out, tell me what you're running from
i know everybody lets you down, i'll do the same
but know i'll always be around, this can remain the same

call me when you need me, call me anything you want
darling, believe me, nothing i haven't done before

ströddes

been climbing trees, i've skinned my knees
my hands are black, the sun is going down
she scruffs my hair in the kitchen steam
she's listening to the dream i weaved today

crosswords through the bathroom door,
while someone sings the theme tune to the news
and my sister buzzes through the room,
leaving perfume in the air
and that's what's triggered this

a high–back chair, he sits and stares,
a thousand yards and whistles marching band
kneeling by and speaking up,
he reaches out and i take a massive hand

disjointed tales that flit between
short trousers and a full dress uniform,
and he talks of people ten years gone
like i've known them all my life,
like scattered black and whites

i come back here from time to time,
i shelter here somedays

pluèja

und der regen rinnt, und der regen rinnt,
ich denk im dunklen an dich, mein kind.
hoch sind die berge und tief ist das meer,
mein herz ist müd und sehnsuchtsschwer.
und der regen rinnt, und der regen rinnt,
warum bist du so fern, mein kind?

und der regen rinnt, und der regen rinnt,
gott selbst hat uns getrennt, mein kind.
du sollst nicht leid und elend sehn,
sollst nicht auf steinigen gassen gehn,
und der regen rinnt, und der regen rinnt,
hast du mich nicht vergessen, kind?

грінго

father says head down, we don't want them finding you
mother says practice now all the words you now
oh, arizona's burning, they say the fence turned round
and now the razor wire keeps us out
mother says with luck we'll sleep under a roof tonight
father says in the truck we'll be crushed in tight

oh chicago, don't forget me as the miles between us grow
keep the maple tree carved with the name of my love
the hills we would sled down
lake michigan stay endless and painted in sky, goodbye

mother says years ago, the whole world was ours to rule
father says let it go those days are gone for good
all the signs read 'no gringo', but somehow we'll find out way
maybe waiting at dawn by the factory doors,
sun burnt and bent in the fields
hey don't us in, we'll be silent as the grave this time

no gringo, no gringo aquí, words as levies against the flood
hoy cerrado, there's too many to feed, room for only our kind, our own blood
no gringo, no gringo aquí, you have stayed in this land for too long
tan amargo, but there's no time to grieve, you just pack up your things and move on

µήδεια

inside the labyrinth walls there lies a tiny child who sleeps alone
and as the daylight falls the wind becomes so wild across the stone
for i have made her prison be her every step away from me
and this child i would destroy if you tried to set her free

so come to me, my love, i'll tap into your strength and drain it dry
can never have enough, for you i'd burn the length and breadth of sky
for it's my thoughts that bind me here, it's this love that i most fear
and this child i would destroy, for i hold her pain most dear

no haven for this heart, no shelter for this child in mazes lost
heaven keep us apart, a curse for every mile of ocean crossed
for i must die for what i've done, a twist of fate, a desert sun
for i see what i destroy, sweet reflection knife into me
for i see what i destroy, i can see what i've begun

sonkasedo

there is a tiny voice and it says "i love you"
on an old cassette tape, you know it
we're always older now and we still love each other,
but now we share our hearts with others

if i could tell you just one thing, it's that you're beautiful
and there's no need for changing,
like that old cassette playing over and over
until it finally sets in

and it doesn't really matter that much to me
cuz what you want for yourself isn't what i want for me
so it doesn't really matter that much to me
except when i think about your broken heart

ch'iyara

whatsoever i've feared has come to live
and whatsoever i've fought off became my life
just when everyday seemed to greet me with a smile
sunspots have faded and  now i'm doing time
now i'm doing time

whomsoever i've cured, i've sickened now
and whomsoever i've cradled, i've put you down
i'm a searchlight soul, they say but i can't see it in the night
i'm only faking when i get it right
when i get it right

and what you wanted to see good has made you blind
and what you wanted to be youds has made it mine
so don't you lock up something that you wanted to see fly
hands are for shaking, no not tying
no, not tying

cuz i fell on black days
how would i know that this could be my fate?

i sure don't mind a change

ntorcia

well i need something to soothe this pain
to cool the love you pumped through my veins
cuz i'm burnin', i'm burnin' up for you

and i need somethin' to quench this fire
before it becomes a funeral pyre
yeah i'm burnin' with yearnin' so much for you

your love's a drug i have to drop
it hurts me so much, but i just can't stop,
i can't stop burnin' i'm yearning so much, for you

you struck the sparks
you fire the flames in me
and now my heart's a blazin' ruin
you say that you were only foolin'

don't walk away, don't do me wrong
don't leave me this way, singing this torched song
don't leave me burnin', i'm burnin' up for you

akarni

i'm always screaming my lungs out,
till my head starts spinning
playing my songs is the way i cope with life
won't keep my voice down
know the words i speak are the thoughts i think out loud

i like to keep things honest
i'm a safe bet like your life's staked on it, for real
i'd hate to keep you all wondering
i'm constant like the seasons, and i will never be forgotten, man

still got something left to prove
it tends to keep things moving
while everyone around me says my last days are looming overhead
but what the hell do they think they know?
i keep my head above water while they drown in the undertow

if you take it from me,
live your life for yourself
cause when it's all said and done, you don't need anyone else


so let's get back to when everything seemed perfect
not a worry in the world, tell me was it all worth it?
i get what i want, so everyone's always judging me
i'm not afraid of anything, i've got the whole world in front of me.

let's leave no words unspoken
and save regrets for the broken
will you even look back when you think of me?

all i want is a place to call my own
and mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone
you know to keep your hopes up high and your head down low

hvězda

e lucevan le stelle,
ed olezzava la terra
stridea l'uscio dell'orto
ed un passo sfiorava la rena
entrava ella fragrante,
mi cadea tra le braccia

o dolci baci, o languide carezze,
mentr'io fremente le belle forme disciogliea dai veli
svanì per sempre il sogno mio d'amore
l'ora è fuggita, e muoio disperato
e non ho amato mai tanto la vita