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Take another pill to swallow my fears
Vanishing in warm vanilla clouds
Take me out into the world
Show me all the wonders worth
Looking at and being stunned
This is how far we have got
Sitting at your back for miles
Riding through the pouring rain
Riding till I fall asleep
Take me out into the world
Take me out into the world
Looking back now
I feel the end seemed closer
When nothing really mattered
Owls were being planted
One took love for granted
No dreams to be shattered
Sitting at your back for miles
Riding through the pouring rain
Riding till I fall asleep
Take me out into the world
Take me out into the world
Take me back into this world
Where nothing really mattered
Owls were being planted
One took love for granted
No dreams to be shattered
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Hommage
03:34
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Hommage
When the cow cries in the dark
The lord, she won’t help you
To fall asleep
When we lie awake at night
The charms of the day
Turn into childish fears
Listen to the whisper
That comes from the trees
The pink moon is glowing
We’re walking the cow
On the other grassy side
It sure is hard to be a green-eyed soul
So while we walk under the sun
I won’t forget the peace of the night
Listen to the whisper
That comes from the trees
The pink moon is glowing
We’re walking the cow
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These days I wonder
Are you aware of my love?
Knowing myself it can’t be easy to know
From paralyzed silence
From taking love for granted You’ll make it anyway
I could have seen you by now
Sometimes i wonder
Am I aware of your love?
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Leaving Cracks
03:12
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I stare at paper and out the window
While another year goes by
And friends turn into mothers and fathers
People of the sunrise
The unspoken rule gives us a purpose
A right to love in flesh and blood
Riding on beautiful horses
And I’m waiting for the sun to burst
Looking at the golden sky
Where you can see her pass again
Giving us a glimpse of eternal joy
Every day till we know
What’s the use of leaving cracks behind
When we’re not even sure about our own faith?
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Eddy
03:48
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Once there was a simple man
With a simple family
It’s so easy to forget
About perfect harmony
So he raised his glass
And made harmony stay
Cover up the darkness waiting in the day
Leaving home lead by his brother
Only fourteen years of age
Just away from war and slaughter
On the rail roads towards the south
From the last time I saw him in his backyard
Remains a picture of a laughing bloke
Searching for the light
As he drowns himself
There were stories of him fighting
There were stories of him dancing
There were stories that created
All those shadows from the past
So he danced and fought and raised his glass
For perfect harmony
As his path slowly narrowed down
Searching for the light
As he drowns himself
Searching for the light
As he drowns himself
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Nothing
02:58
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All this time we fall
Back to the womb of dirt
You don’t have to be scared
Bind a rock to your feet
Stone and flesh go down
In history as dust anyway
Don’t rush back to the womb
This might be the only time
To see the sun go down
To feel rain on your face
To hear the wind play with the trees
What do you see in nothing?
What do you see in nothing?
What do you see in nothing?
What do you see in nothing?
What do you see in nothing?
What do you see in nothing?
What do you see in nothing?
What do you see in nothing?
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Birds
06:31
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You seem ok but is that the truth?
Who knows
Feeding the birds like you always do
Alone
Three children living their own lives
Divided
You don’t seem to care much for your own
Existence
You taught me time will make us stronger
I wish I could do the same for you today
Remember the days
We were living by the station
He was driving strangers
All over town
And I felt safe in his room
Full of smoke
We lost our way
Somewhere along the lines
You take your ashes
Wherever you may go
I see you carrying his with poise before us
That day I learned what it means
To love someone
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Sleep
04:13
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At the start of the day
We get up and find the world
It's beautifiul
Only the mind can't take it
When I get up
In the town that we believe in
Believe in
Believe in me
I want you to see me
I'm afraid you won't see me
Is what I learned
What I learned after getting up
The sleep
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Taking Stock
02:07
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Once more you realise
Things could be worse
Your loved ones are still breathing
Sleeping just like stones
In time you’ll see them laughing again
As memories of this darkness fade
At home again, singing
The songs of the travellers
And sharing tales of valour
Or the times that we walked
'til we lost our way
Under the bluest southern sky
Fear not the future
Treasure the past
And all the little detours
All the ebbs and flows
Here’s to the sunrise
Lift your cup
We’re drinking to another day
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Knowing
02:00
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She cries at the dinner table
Love has failed her once more
I’m watching the scene in silence
Knowing it’s just us again
She has no choice
But to be strong
And carry on
Has that ever been different?
From the moment she brought me into this world
While a man was being sorry for himself
Again
So I too made her cry a thousand times
While she was there for me
While she gave all she had
While she is there for me
While she gave all she had
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Marek Johnson Cologne, Germany
Time is suspended twice, in that Marek Johnson's virtuoso singer-songwriter pop does not submit to trends, exudes timeless elegance and raises existential questions for eternity that anyone could actually ask themselves right now, should he or she be able to muster the strength. And also in that the songs lift up the past in the sense that they preserve it. ... more
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