1. |
anthem for
03:32
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the pills in my mouth
and the furniture in your house
should i swallow them
the new clear energy
and the private property
are they better than
the genuine approach
and the blood on your torch
it could be anything
are the pictures that i see
windows made for me
by the
or the
the flowers on tv
and last night´s referee
would you trust in them
those men in uniforms
and the daily thunder storms
they will come and then
a five years warranty
and the so called history
what would happen when
are the windows that i break
the happiest mistake
i´ve ever made
i won´t repeat
what is written on the receipts
and you won´t get through
with injecting more solitude
i won´t repeat
what is written on the receipts
and you won´t get through
with injecting more solitude
imprecision of position
position and decision
decision and condition
condition and collision
collision and condition
condition and decision
decision and position
and
this place is that place
so displaced a dead place
it displays that this place
and that place are screenplays
this place is that place
so displaced a dead place
it displays that this place
and that place are screenplays
but how to call them
and how not to fall into despair
oh this procedure of
positions and decisions
decisions and conditions
conditions and collisions
collisions of positions of
positions and decisions
decisions and conditions
conditions and collisions
collisions of positions
and me
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2. |
survival kit
02:45
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so how long since she
managed not to break your nose
and how short until
that day is long ago
i took the stairs up while
you waited for the elevator
to come down
could you please calm down
and how long since she
dropped no coins on
a kitchen table
some water was boiling
you took the long way through
the bathroom door
i stood there on a window sill
trying not to look down
could you please keep still
so how close to the
orange suburban skies
and how far from her
pulse running out of time
you stayed in the refrigerator
without a survival kit
i focused on the map to get where
they are selling sleeping bags
could you please stand in line
could you stand in line
could you please stand in line
could you please
could you
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3. |
the island
03:06
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arriving at your grandparents house
we could see three horses
between the clouds
let´s go and discover the island
let´s not waste our time
you would show me the way
even though it´s not mine
through seventeen syllables we will be connected to the world
there´s some european tourists
they are wearing multi-colored raincoats
better leave your hands on the railing
cause you never know
i could take you to the habour
you could tell me where the ships go
far below the mountain there´s a hallway where we put up our tent
boiling home grown vegetables
and mix them with the traces in the sand
once there were drums in the distance
it´s been a while
do you feel safe living
alcatraz style
arriving at your grandparents house
we could see three horses
between the clouds
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4. |
a tree
02:48
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are we lying underneath
a swimming pool full of leaves
and are our ankles covered with glass
appear our hearts like a collage
of bits and pieces which maybe
once were falling from a tree
into that painted hole we used
for going round and round like ghosts
and are the animals we´ve trapped
still in those places that are kept
quite separated from the rest
by fences and guards and kind requests
and tell me is it just the same
for all those humans who might gain
a chance for changing how things go
how i wish for them that they can do so
but i am still lying underneath
that painted hole it´s filled with leaves
my ankles are broken my heart came undone
and the century has just begun
i´d rather be up in a tree
so i could tell you all that i see
not a single ghost but hopefully
all kinds of beings living free
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5. |
rickety rackety
02:40
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they say your father surely was
ruined by green lemons and cartoons
and his mother she swam
out of her old neighborhood again
her high-school teacher was featured
in a wild life documentary
on tv
i have seen it
with my own three eyes
his tax advisor he had heard
about a man who likes wearing blue skirts
rickety rackety
rickety rackety
rickety racket
t-rex
rickety rackety
rickety rackety
rickety oh wicked
t-rex
they say your uncle used to live
in a cabin on a mountain top near a cliff
one of his aunties she had gone
long before the war and everything else was won
her favorite cousin had a crush on a nun
who helped teaching geography
and was fond of seeing
the whole wide world
beyond her pond
or a book
well it took her quite a while
to get around the globe
she was traveling with a couple
they directed daily soaps
rickety rackety
rickety rackety
rickety racket
t rex
rickety rackety
rickety rackety
rickety oh wicked
t rex
my boyfriend's girlfriend always longs
for election posters and late-night copy shops
she´s from that patchwork family
of marathon runners and strangers raising bees
some older sister was assisting
the vice president of a bank
they had made & lost a great fortune
on a black friday
but it´s hard to say
how that story would end
in the end
they signed a lot of papers
with a pen from the last century
that was when they succeeded in
flying to the moon and back
with a hacky sack kind of
machinery
kind of machinery
kind of machinery
rickety rackety
rickety rackety
rickety racket
t rex
hacky sack moon and back
hacky sack where it´s at
rickety racket
machinery
oh wicked prehistoric t rex
i can sense that you were a vegetarian
now i know that we all misunderstood you
rickety rackety
t rex
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6. |
porcelain
03:04
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when the sun is up
when the days are bright
when we sleep beneath
the traffic lights
when my eyes they turn
from green to red
is it of your concern
what is in my head
there´s cemeteries
there´s public life
there´s governments
suggesting lies
i wish i was
made of porcelain
that´s what you said
with a stupid grin
and if i hold my hands
upon my knees
and if we had a chance
to move our feet
can you find the right words
to fill the gap
can you make that happen
do you understand
here i am with my objective decisions
here i am producing hollow bones
here i am in my cozy perfect prison
here i am drinking fair-trade orange juice
you should go prepare yourself a proper meal
you should go and think of good fortune
you should go and come up with a better deal
you should go and sign a resolution
you should go and find out how to fix yourself
you should go and live with the pollution
you should go no matter what the forecast said
you should go and be part of the solution
but since we forgot our enemies
and since we changed our batteries
and since we have talked it all through
and since we believe in the same news
but since they repeat themselves obviously
and since we agree not to disagree
and since this is all just made up
and since we adopted the anonymous part
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7. |
noah you or me
03:46
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so i can see you at the center of the periphery
with some middle-aged hipsters suffering from their recipes
how come they know your best friend´s nicknames
and i swear i could hunt that great onion down
it seems tough it seems crucial and it makes us frown
would you notice which spring keeps spilling kerosene
so his arms they were tied to a white plastic chair
and his traveling pillow keeps flying through a concrete air
while they suppose that´s how things should be
a boat
a whale
a person
in a walnut scale
i know
that there is life
beyond this balcony
so i could meet you on the corner of that circle at high noon
to where some former volunteers escaped from their storage rooms
now one of them would like to give a speech
about our cherry-flavored bruises constant oxygen abuses
all those narrow-minded diseases and his doctoral thesis
let´s stir them up he said and spread them among the beasts
and did you find out that for years i lived on a shelf in your garage
a swallowed tiny glimpse of precious sabotage that doubted you
not to mention your beliefs
electric birds
eclectic trees
a roller-coaster
you or me
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8. |
birdwatcher's wife
01:17
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i can hear them call me
the birdwatcher´s wife
and they say that i got
the most beautiful eyes
so tell me why do i
ever feel so blue
since i came across
all these things that
are worrying you
and the sky has wrinkles
and the sky it could fall
why do i always bring death
to everyone i know
you can hear them call me
the birdwatcher´s wife
and they say that i got
the most beautiful eyes
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9. |
modern art
03:15
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put your swimsuit on
we are going to the museum
of modern art and western decay
please put your helmet on
we are heading to the parliament
on our bicycles packed with guilt
and i am a terrorist
a human terrorist
i work for free
i work forever and a day
since this is an advertisement
that is the reason
for buying and selling
for thinking and telling
for spending and stealing
your precious time again
you can take a one-way ticket
you can choose your currencies
you prefer the beautiful landscapes
they represent that we are free
you can stick to your own ideas
you can fit in a team
you can sing all the recent love songs
and the national anthem
when the salary is right
and the salary is right
and since the salary is right
everything seems quite fine here
please
put your lampshade on
we are visiting the embassy
of ancient hearts and constant betrayal
from the outside of the building
we might adore several paintings
from the inside of the canvas
everything looks blurry and blue
we keep our legs at a certain distance
we feed our mouths with our tongues
we sweep the dust into our old pockets
no one will stay here for long
once upon a time
once upon a time
once upon a time
in the contemporary future
please
put your best smile on
we are returning to the aquarium
where we tattoo boats on our metal chests
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10. |
scissors
01:52
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follow me to the store
where the goods are waiting for
kaleidoscope people like us
we book the planes and we might miss the bus
now take all your random interviews
and send them out in silver envelopes
to the main office or a person that you adore
if i could only recommend it
and among your favorite cakes
we found everything it takes
is this a suburb or a park
and how to kill that paper shark
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11. |
earth lovers shampoo
02:26
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remember when there was nothing to do
all we drank was earth lovers shampoo
cause it contains the best ingredients for you
and me and society
no sulphates no parabens
even soap free and no colourants
and everyone who knew it
would take another sip or two
then all of them would never ever
go to work or go to school
again
remember when there was so much to do
we hardly ate we had no time for such a mood
that only takes the attention from the good
and necessary things
so no lunch breaks and no belly aches
no left overs on old dinner plates
everyone could constantly catch up with their priorities
and every minute would include a chance for you just to improve
even more
remember when we were remembering
that was when there was a name for everything
but how to know if i remember it right or wrong
what´s right or wrong
is there soap plates or any sulphate breaks
is there attention aches or a society
all that i can think of
is a bottle that is blue
the only words still in my mind
i am sure that they would go:
earth
lovers
shampoo
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12. |
plans
03:00
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steal some spoons from your long-term memory
i can make things rust or shine
point a direction with your delicate fingers
i can make things go that way
none of your plans sit upstairs waiting
none of the money you earn makes them right
from my grey-eyed window i am still observing
how from your face the sorrows rise
so you try to phone all your late-night numbers
you try to stitch my mind with your lullabies
keep your carpets clean and bleach the rainbows
i thought i saw you with a payback smile
and do we all just keep on looking at
and are we all just being looked at
and do we all just keep on wishing that
we are all just wishing well
and do we all just keep on looking at
and are we all just being looked at
and do we all just keep on wishing that
we are all just wishing well
that we are all just wishing well
that we are all just wishing well
that we are all just wishing well
well we are all just wishing
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13. |
theories
03:30
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dear mr and mrs efficiency
i wrote you a letter the other day
five thousand words of pure genius
five hundred thoughts on something hilarious
parachute parachute would you keep falling
i´d like to know will we land in the sand
i bring it on i can bring it all home
i got some weapons with me
dear mr and mrs i have never seen
how to dress up your reputation
you could kiss and embrace three technical engineers
you could copy and paste me for anything more severe
astronaut astronaut would you keep breathing
i´d like to know your point of view
we get along we can explain it so well
i got some opinions with me
dear mr and mrs hypocrisy
your pleasures are running out of date
two million light years of such great scenery
a fews little steps from all of this poverty
parallel parallels i keep my fingers crossed
who would want to know what lies ahead
they bring it on they would like to take us in
i got my theories right here
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14. |
stairs
02:02
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stairways
i have never climbed you
but i know you well
standing
right in front of my eyes
and creaking while i sleep
if there is a top
then there is a bottom
things are as easy as this
if there is a bottom
then there is a top
it´s easy with things like this
stairways
have you ever noticed me
since i do so great
running around
in a single apartment
with no doors to break
i stole from my own blood
i won´t do it again
a crack in the wall
is what i aim
since the virus is strong
catching a cold
won´t bother me
stairways
we would never agree
on how the world does turn
they say you are protected
to a certain degree
but i think you have to burn
i see you coming down
slowly coming down
it makes a lot of sound
and there is smoke all around
i see you coming down
slowly coming down
it makes a lot of sound
and there is smoke all around
stairways
this is maybe just a dream
but i will keep it up
until the day
i quit the routine
and make the fire start
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15. |
matter of fact
02:06
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bring all your spare parts
we can put them in a row
and figure out how they would work out
before we let go
and the longer it takes
the better it gets
i wish i could tell you so
and a matter of fact
is a matter of lack
adrenaline help us through
spend all your spare time
hours and minutes in years
let´s see how they would run out
some of them end right here
and the closer it gets
the faster it turns
didn´t you tell me so
and a matter of fact
is a matter of lack
our temperature fell below
and what´s on your spare mind
fragments and flickering lights
imagine all you would dare to
do with them if you could decide
and the better it gets
the faster it turns
the longer the closer the most
is a matter of lack
a matter of fact
or is it simply a sight
bring all your spare parts
we can put them in a row
and figure out how they would work out
before we let go
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my sister grenadine Berlin, Germany
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