1. |
fixing a riddle
01:40
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who stole your cotton lungs today
who broke your bamboo spine
who wove my limbs into the dusk
for i had watched you turn the tide
who brought another hour down
who came for what ain’t here
who whispered through the rustling trees
who stood and stared in tears
who followed you on railroad tracks
who left the outskirts once
who scratched these sorrows of our cheeks
for they would call us by their name
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2. |
jet lag song
02:13
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when your mother called
you were still on the plane
high above the sea
to scratch the surface
a fever in the first place
caught beneath your skin
when your father called
we were still on the train
beside the river and the trees
to paint the birds pale
an earring like a fishtail
found behind the scene
now your cousins talk
to your sisters child
and the house is brightly lit
no time to go through
each memory in ink blue
for both our hearts eclipse
when your mother called
you were still on the plane
not too far from mars
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3. |
escape room
03:04
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you’ve put all alarms to sleep
now you’re wide awake
and from your door to the next
i guess it’s just one step
see all around and in-between
there are stones and these stones end
for tonight as we charged them
with light
so only once
or maybe twice
your were out
of sight
take a pen a paper a pause
now we can make that crack
for when you love your prison
and then you burn it down
from time to time
there’s rumours and these rumours end
just for a while and surely when they
can start again
so all at once
but only twice
you were out of
your mind
like in a rush to call your patterns
this time you won’t get through
you broke a piece out of the puzzle
are you completed by it
so far away and oh so close
there are details and no detail ends
right by your side all by yourself
with empty hands
not even once
and hardly twice
we were out of
this place
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4. |
leuchtende vögel
01:51
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leuchtende vögel
auf deinem haus
aus deinem haus
ein rauch
der rauch
steigt zur wolke
die wolke regnet aufs feld
sieh der rauch
er steigt zur wolke
die wolke sie regnet aufs feld
im feld dort stehen die schnitter
die schnitter sie gehen ins dorf
im dorf versteckt die katzen
die katzen sie laufen zum see
im dorf dort stehen die schnitter
die schnitter sie gehen zum feld
im feld versteckt die katzen
die katzen sie laufen zum see
am see finden sie mich
am see finden sie mich
am see finden sie mich
am see finden sie
am see
leuchtende vögel
auf deinem haus
aus deinem haus
ein rauch
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5. |
8:46
01:20
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for how long
they hold you down
eight minutes
forty-six
and who has heard
they shot her down
several bullets
in her back
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6. |
late night song
03:12
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so sister did you ever
reach the shore
they say in every friendship
there is a boat
but how do i know
made out of the contemporary
how do we know
somebody else
and brother did you ever
leave saturn
from every spot you could see
a different moon
and where do we go
out of the contemporary
how can we get
somewhere else
and mother did the wind
catch all of your sorrows
they say that there is beauty
in every growth
but how do they choose
the first over the secondary
how can they get
anywhere else
and father did i ever
raise my voice
the most fragile tiger
to jump the past
so how did you go
from the first to the secondary
how can we know
anyone else
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7. |
state of denial
02:46
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what is it that makes your hands start shaking
what in the world could it be
is it how to pronounce our fears
is it the foreign policy
so in your head you just outsourced the pain
and your thoughts they would never disobey
but down your spine i can find sleepy mammals
do they mean a lot to me
they do mean a lot to me
it’s pretty clear that the balance is off
and now the markets refuse to grow
and i bet you would beg their pardon
for letting none of those prime ministers go
devouring pearls and digesting loans
another year of measuring the symptoms
while your mixed feelings stay in a gated community
they can make an appointment with our agents for a summary
is there a start is there a point of reference
are there positions not coming to an end
what have you found what was so easy to assume
are we just trying to save our bubbles with balloons
from the delivery of all those tendencies
to getting tired of speculations and conspiracies
what is it that makes your hands start shaking
what in the world could it be
is it how to pronounce our fears
is it the foreign policy
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8. |
ruth
03:44
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in manchen nächten liegen schwer
die wolken weich auf ihr
wenn sie im dunkel aufgewacht
hört man ihr weinen hier
die mutter hat sie ruth genannt
wie ihre großmutter hieß
den vater hat sie kaum gekannt
seit er die stadt verließ
im garten spielte sie und lag
am abend hinterm strauch
auf wiesen wurde laub verbrannt
gen himmel stieg der rauch
und wie der rauch nach oben stieg
zum himmel der war leer
hat ruth ihm nachgesehen und wuchs
dem rauch schnell hinterher
sie wurde wie die weide groß
die dort am ufer stand
sie legt der roten kirche schon
auf ihren turm die hand
so wuchs sie in die wolken rein
ihre augen sah keiner mehr
und keiner wusste ob sie tot
oder am leben wär
in manchen nächten liegen schwer
die wolken weich auf ihr
wenn sie im dunkel aufgewacht
hört sie uns rufen hier
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9. |
equinox #2
01:42
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you placed the spoon beneath your chin
a drop of honey on sunburned skin
i swallow photographs to get well soon
just like chasing garments to mask high noon
slow down showdown
night gown
lilac frown
to count the cracks of each touch screen home
to trace the monuments of our ghosts
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10. |
second skin
02:22
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get home and rinse your swollen soul
break a leg break a neck
step out and share your weary heart
i know those are tough to mend
and it’s time for the demons to face you
it’s time for the tower to fall
there’s a line we could never translate no
i missed you so much i turned into you
come by to meet from head to toe
our shadows fairly match
choose a door and grab a seat near a mountain
find a lake like a mirror in our hands
and it’s time for the void just to face you
it’s time for the hours to grow
there’s a sign we could never relate to
i miss you so much i turn into you
now the winters are here to embrace us
in the morning a lightning will strike
now the peak of the season erased us
will you speak up for us or do i
saw a sign that is hard remember
heard a line that is hard to forget
stole the time out of separate chambers
though nobody could kiss and tell
everybody can kiss and tell
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11. |
scaling a bruise
01:23
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to stumble and to fall
to stumble not to fall
inside out
to stutter and to call
to shatter not to solve
outside
there’s a world of snow
to whisper not to cry
to whisper and to cry
broken glass
no safe house
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12. |
equinox #1
01:56
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13. |
wounded song
03:17
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now we drop all the cat litter
in front of white house
now we climb the fence do wipe the lawn
our future came to an end here
ghosts they can see how
we arrive at our blind spot
you found half the moon wrapped in my palms
its presence has consequences
so do you love the information
and does it change the way we speak
to catch a stone in hesitation
to share a lifeline incomplete
let me spill all the sugar water
at the flagship store
let us burst into our midnight laughter
scars are plants on different planets
upwards we fall
to speak in tongues
to be humming low
downwards we grow
there is a pain going to break our bones
while we praise the new
say did you know the medication
and does it change the way we feel
to catch a glimpse of co-relation
to throw yourself out of the frame
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14. |
trümmer
01:35
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nacht oder tag oder jetzt
will ich bei dir liegen
vom schlimmsten frieden gehetzt
zwischen zwei kriegen
ich oder wir oder du
denken ohne gedanken
schließ deine augen zu
siehst du die städte schwanken
in den traum oder tod oder schlaf
komm zu dem steingarten
wo ich dich nie traf
dort will ich jetzt auf dich warten
wir oder ich oder du
denken ohne gedanken
schließ deine augen zu
hörst du die welten wanken
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15. |
rural rain
02:04
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you
song above muddy images
back of an afternoon
the thirst
the lack of birds and
the bleached clothes of
people here
a landscape of weather
they call your face
uplifted by the stiff wave of clouds
so suddenly all eyes are singing hope
against the fear
you
song above muddy images
back of an afternoon
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my sister grenadine Berlin, Germany
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