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like a friend
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like I’m consigned to the ocean
I have never been so alone
lost my grip on a melting ground
the hell is near, can see it through my toes
I like that, it’s like a friend
like a bloody friend coming through my veins
now they’re dancing on the ashes
on the ashes of a thing once called life
isolated, annihilated
what’s been left besides the fact that I’m alive?
still like a friend
tell me something to believe in
that the end is near my friend
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he’s laying there numb
the new year started well
the same rat race, on and on
time and tide wait for no man
and you still exert yourself for things like that?
now he’s waiting, empty hands
gather himself, anchors aweigh
then it all comes crashing down
and afterwards they say
“I knew this right away”
the guns are smoking
all his wad is shot
a miss is as good as a mile
but half a loaf is better than none
all these things that should be said
if this glance could speak
this situation seems so plain
smiling at the devil’s face
and when the heads hit the ground
everything starts again
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all my life I wanted to drink from the fountain of love
to wipe out all feelings I’ve got
every time I express something that I feel
something else withers away
who’s afraid of Virginia Wolf?
who’s afraid of the big bad?
all my love I wanted to drink from the fountain of life
to get rid of this pain in my guts
you mirror everything I hate about myself and the coldness in this world
but it’s the viewer that makes the image
there’s a thirst you can’t satisfy
the more you drink, the more you want
and in the end there’s nothing else
who’s afraid of the abyss?
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all theory, dear friend, is gray
but the tree of life springs ever green
and everything makes sense when a spark brings the end
whatever we’ve been through
we’ve never been to that place
where real wild flowers bloom
we’ve never been to that place
no one has ever seen things like that
I thought I could if I close my eyes
what issues from the heart alone
will bend the hearts of others to your own
and everything makes sense when the heart breaks
don’t know when we’ll see that we were
not right, not wise, not clear, not free
because we’ll never be
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this place is my home
at least that’s what I’m told
you know what they say
about the devil and the hindmost
a cat gone missing
a tiger on the station square
the surge hits me like a stroke
but the train takes it away
where’s the heart, there’s home
so never follow or surrender
but I don’t know if I have one
the only thing that lasts forever
the delusion of the lost and found
this place is my curse
at least that’s how it feels
there’s an ocean behind the eyes
but no one’s ever seen
and if I’d pour out my heart
I’d wonder if you’d care at all
every shining star faded away
and artful cats don’t come back
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future, present, past
the world is melting away
the crop can’t satisfy the hunger
the pills can’t kill the aching pain
do you think you really know
what it means to be free?
when you just take and never give
freedom’s just an empty shell
the bomb in my head, ready to explode
all the wars I waged, I fought against myself
the light of cathode rays, a flickering glow
that lines the path for the living dead
minds torn into a million pieces
when you grasp and start to know
this cell may be so warm and safe
but I don’t want to die alone
who are we to spread this disease?
this is our self-defeat
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the DJ said, make a sound when there’s none
we want a life between the cry and the eyes shut down
but we can’t drink up or sing away
this hole inside our chests or the pain
this walk and this posture
made us shake with laughter
and if there’s ever been a god of the sun
with every passing day
I recall the tune of the last day
and if there’s ever really been, then he’s gone
the marshal said, see a light when there’s none
all we want is company on our way home
but we can’t back off or run away
in the very end
but I’ve made a friend
like I’ll never make again
this tune resounds everywhere we go, everywhere we are
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never wanted to harm anyone
but with the back against the wall
all the best falls overboard
never wanted to let anyone down
but when the heart aches for more
there seems to be just one way out
out of place, out of time, out of mind
out of this, out of here
but there’s more that unites than separates
because we refuse to suffer from twists of fate
and when our heartbeats are in time we might get a chance
when you gather everything within yourself
beneath these layers of tears and hate
there seems to be just one way out
no one needs to apologize for his tears
no one needs to apologize for her fears
swallow a mine
destroy everything inside
as if wrong heroism wasn’t wrong enough
but when you gather everything that’s left
beneath the wreckage of your counterfeit
there seems to be just one way out
and those who don’t move don’t feel
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a drop in the ocean, day in
matter in motion, day out
dim memories, repetition included
the good things just flash by
always treading on the same ground
the daily grind leaves you numb
neon lights blind your eyes
something I must figure out
every track that you have left
time washes it away
every move that you make
fades away with the day
shaking strongholds, day in
the same story retold, day out
soak up their ideals, swallow
and puke them over your life
always treading on the same ground
close your eyes, fold your hands
and wait for better times
something I must figure out
let’s say what needs to be said
let’s reveal the great fake
let’s sing all our songs with honesty
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if it wasn’t hard enough to be alone
when everything within you aches for home
don’t know when we turned
jet black and stone cold
loved ones turn into ghosts
first they’re dreary, then become clear
and when you can see through their bodies, their hearts
a big fat lie appears
if it wasn’t hard enough just to be in love
when you’re born, live and die lonesome
my head’s a time bomb, my heart’s made of stone
and a woollen hat won’t make you feel at home
the echo of a tune trails away
so uselessly beautiful
maybe I should pack up my tracks and leave this place
but it’s freaking cold
it’s freaking cold
these footprints in the sand leave a bad taste in my mind
and it’s cold
the echo of desolation wakes me up
memories buzzing around the room
maybe I should get out of bed and leave my head
but it’s freaking cold
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life passes me like a river
and I feel like a stone
a bloody nose
dogs fighting over a bone
thrown into this turmoil
all thought seems error prone
leaving nights unsound
I get myself out of line and
I see it all melting away
this urge comes through all pores
runs through all veins
can’t take the bait
scattered bits of hate
my mind in the hourglass
another grain of sand
thoughts left astray
and when there’s nothing left but the sea
all my thoughts carved in wood
I’ll be a boat, I’ll be all hopes
gather all that we forgot
and start to float
carry those who are alone
through the storm
back home
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