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WHAT DO YOU FEAR

you were the one who invited me out in the first place

you were the one who asked me out for a second date

so if i fall, what do you fear?

am i the honey you think will hurt your feelings

are you the bear who knows too well how the bee stings

that if you fall- that’s what you fear

that if you fall- that’s what you fear?

Do you fear that we’ll crash and burn together

do you fear that this thing could last forever

do you fear that i’ll end up as your mother

do you fear that we’ll start to love each other

do you fear?

You are the one who always wants to see me

you are the one obviously likes to be near me

so if i fall, what do you fear?

Do you fear that we’ll crash and burn together

do you fear that this thing could last forever

do you fear that i’ll end up as your mother

do you fear that we’ll start to love each other

do you fear?

BREATHE

you are like a dream to me

never wake me up

you are like awakening

i’ll never let you down

you don’t have to say a thing

if only you would breathe

and you don’t have to do a thing

if only you don’t leave

and i don’t wanna hear about your future worries

i don’t wanna know about your past failings

i just wanna lie right here and breathe with you closely

breathe with you closely

breathe with you closely

i

you are like the wind to me

blowing me away

you are like the still to me

willing me to stay

you don’t have to say a thing

if only you would breathe

and you don’t have to do a thing

if only you don’t leave

and i don’t wanna hear about your future worries

i don’t wanna know about your past failings

i just wanna lie right here and breathe with you closely

breathe with you closely

breathe with you closely

i

IN THE AIR

i saw the earth wrapped in darkness

its ribbons were glowing lights

floating over mountains and forests

i saw the days and the nights

i saw the sun drown in water

its blood would color the clouds

crossing all nations’ borders

my loneliness arose

i’ll be home by midnight

but i don’t know where you are

i saw paris come and disappear

amsterdam a shining star

with copenhagen drawing near

i realized i’d traveled far

but you’re not in the darkness

you are not in the light

you are not in the forest

you won’t be here tonight

i’ll be home by midnight

but i don’t know where you are

i’ll be home by midnight

but i don’t know where you are

i traveled the world to forget you

still i see you everywhere

i hurried back to meet you

but you vanished in the air

i’ll be home by midnight

but i don’t know where you are

i’ll be home by midnight

but i don’t know where you are

I STILL SPEAK

you spoke to me of colors

of the changing of the seasons

you showed me where the birds fly

in the land of the eagles

you spoke to me of music

and you taught me how to spell it

i’ve always been articulate

but with you i never needed it

well i still speak your language, i do

and in time you’re gonna teach it to someone new

i will carry your words in my mouth

they are safe here with me though

our dreams went south

you spoke to me of life and death

and you taught me how to laugh at it

your laughter is a river

how i love to bathe in it

you spoke to me of angels

and i prayed that you would be one

you broke my heart in pieces

when you taught me how a love’s gone

well i still speak your language, i do

and in time you’re gonna teach it to someone new

i will carry your words in my mouth

they are safe here with me though

our dreams went south

WHO SAID

darling i’ve been so afraid

i’ve been afraid to choose

what if i’m wrong

what if i lose

darling i’ve been so afraid

to let myself go

to not be in control

i’ve been afraid of the joy

but who said that our days would come for free

that we should always be happy?

that every day would hit the jackpot in life’s lottery

who said that

where did we get that idea?

darling i would always run

to get the better seat

at every show

guess i forgot how to listen

darling i’ve been so afraid

i’ve been afraid to dance

i’ve turned down every chance

and i’ve turned down you

but who said that our days would come for free

that we should always be happy?

that every day would hit the jackpot in life’s lottery

who said that

where did we get that idea?

where did we get that idea?

WHERE DOES THE LOVE GO

he passed away last year

he was a loving man

and for the first time since junior high

she was without her best friend

and sometimes when i talk to her

she forgets that he is dead

and she talks about him in her sleep

and to him before she goes to bed

where is the wind when all is still

where is is a heart when it can’t feel

what is a memory when it’s gone

what is the past when you must go on

where does the love go?

where does the love go?

he passed away last year

and we’re all gonna die

and maybe we’ll never meet again

i realized for the first time

cause maybe there’s no afterlife

this is all we have

and maybe i will disappear

just like my grandad

where is the wind when all is still

where is is a heart when it can’t feel

what is a memory when it’s gone

what is the past when you must go on

where does the love go?

where does the love go?

where does the love go?

where does the love go?

I AM MY OWN

i am my own

i am my only one

i’m not alone

i am my home

and all the lights i couldn’t see

were shining deep inside of me

and all the love i gave away

i’ll give it to myself today

JOY

once i was so sad, i ran a whole day

i see the road and know this is true

imagine then what joy could do to you

once i was so hurt, i thought i’d go mad

i wrote a hundred songs to make it through

imagine then what love could do to you

oooh, ooooh, oooh

once i’ll be so glad, i’ll dance a whole day

but i’m not gonna rest my feet until i do

cause you never know what some dance could do to you

could do to you, ooooh, ooooh

do to you, oooh, oooh

once i was so sad, i ran a whole day

i see the road and know this is true

imagine then what joy could do to you

LOOKING FORWARD

i’m really looking forward to the song i’ll sing to you

when all of this is over and i’m done with feeling blue

i’m really looking forward till the day that you are mine

and i don’t have to explain to my friends all the time who you are

and what i see in your eyes, what i feel when you smile

what it is that makes me come alive

i’m looking forward

i’m looking forward

i’m really looking forward, and by looking i am glad

the looking and the singing makes the waiting not that bad

i’m really looking forward and perhaps there is a plan

that god himself invented when he made you as the man that i want

that in the wanting i’ll be more prepared for the we

i can see when i am looking forward

you wanna go forward?

you better look forward!

I’m really looking forward if there ever was a doubt

i see us in the future north and east and west and south

i’m really looking forward to the song i’ll sing from there

perhaps i’m getting closer just pretending that i’m there already now

cause i have seen you in dreams and i am sure to believe

that the ending’s already conceived

all else is backwards

and i’m going forward

by looking forward

YOUR BODY KNOWS

when all your hope is lost at sea

when you’re more sad than sad can be

when you’re too tired to think it through

when all is lies and nothing’s true

when your best friend gives up on you

you’ve lost your faith in all you knew

when heavy clouds hide every star

you don’t know who and where you are

your body is, your body knows

your body heals, your body grows

your body can, your body will

oh, rest your mind, it happens still

when all your hope is lost at sea

when you’re more sad than sad can be

when you’re too tired to think it through

when all is lies and nothing’s true

your stomach aches, your mind is blurred

your spirit wakes, your soul is stirred

you live and breathe a protest march

when all you have’s an empty heart

your body is, your body knows

your body heals, your body grows

your body can, your body will

oh, rest your mind, it happens still

in all that’s lost, there’s something new

what brought you here will bring you through

your will to love will bring you pain

if you hurt this much- you’ll love again

Y BELIEVE

i believe

i believe in jesus and a good bass line

in the rising sun and falling rain

i believe in five year olds and hitting the wave,

in trying again

i don’t know if i am lost or saved or if

everyone already is

but my skin is soft and my heart is full and

sometimes there’s even peace

i believe that you are beautiful and that

deep down we are free and i,

i don’t need you to give me anything but i could

use some company

this ghost

today i had a coffee

with a man i once loved endlessly

he didn’t look me in the eye

we talked a while and said goodbye

today i walked past the place

where once he had caressed my face

i stopped and stared at what once were

of all the love that disappeared

what is this ghost i am chasing

what am i desperately replacing

is it you you is it you

is it you you you is it you?

tonight the stars light up the sky

and i’m just a blink in the universe’s eye

if everyone is just as small

why do i feel so all alone

to heal a wound i cannot see

what is this hurt that’s hurting me

where did i fall and how to rise again

does someone out there know my name

what is this ghost i am chasing

what am i desperately replacing

is it you you is it you,

is it you you you

is it you?

pink petals

pink petals on a dusty street

what a beautiful waste

you may never turn into fruitful ground but i

saw you and it lit up my face

i saw you and it lit up my face

pink petals on a dusty street

life is not like your dreams

all around you they’re making plans

of growing and sowing new seeds

while you’re lying here all useless, it seems

but pink petals on a dusty street

life’s abundance is you

you’re the meaning of life itself

just lying there the way that you do

just lying there the way that you do

my father’s faith

my father’s faith can’t save me

my brother’s doubt can’t set me free

my sister’s joy can’t lift me and

my mother’s grief can’t release me

where are you now, where are you now

i gotta find the light in me somehow

where are you now, where are you now

i gotta see the light in me somehow

someway, somehow

i asked the moon for answers

i chased the sun for yes and no

i lit up all my candles

and all i found was my own ghost

where are you now, where are you now

i gotta find the light in me somehow

where are you now, where are you now

i gotta see the light in me somehow

someway, somehow

my father’s faith can’t save me

but we are still a family

let’s walk this walk together

with all the things we still can’t see

here are we now, here are we now

and that is all that matters to me now

here are we now, here are we now

and that is all that matters to me now

someway, somehow

phantom pain

i cut off a man last year

it hurt more than i thought i could bear

i cut off a man last year

they say it was for the best

but it feels like i’m walking with one foot left

they say it was for the best

i think it’s the feeling of phantom pain

it’s one of the losses that’s really a gain

i’m sure it’s the feeling of phantom pain

i’m just waiting for when finally

my body will agree with me

how do you scratch your toe

on a limb that was cut off long ago

tell me how do you scratch your toe

and what does it take to see

that the only one losing here is me

tell me what does it take to see

i think it’s the feeling of phantom pain...

find me in the morning

it’s not the one in perfect peace that’ll go and save a nation it’s not the one who lives with ease that brings the true salvation

it’s not the one in broad daylight who’ll cast the longest shadow

it’s not the one who’s always right that changes our tomorrow

so find me in the morning

when the sun’s just started shining

and meet me in the evening

when my hope is reclining

it’s not the one who talks the most that hears the silent thunder

it’s not the one with perfect sight that’ll notice what lies under

it’s not the one in broad daylight who’ll cast the longest shadow

it’s not the one who’s always right that changes our tomorrow

so find me in the morning

when the city still is quiet

and meet me in the evening

that’s my silent riot

find me in the morning

a king on a donkey

and meet me in the evening

i’ll dance my honky tonky

find me in the morning

and join my new beginning

and meet me in the evening

when i’m struggling for meaning

find me in the morning

when the sun’s just started shining

and meet me in the evening

when my hope is reclining

milk and honey

well i don’t want milk and honey if it’s for just me and you

i need a god for the many and not a god for the few

i need an everyday jesus a truth as simple as true

i need a god for the many and not a god for the few

why do you think i was lonely why do you think i was blue

i left the god for the many in search for god of the few

so i don’t want milk and honey if it’s for just me and you

i need a god for the many and not a god for the few

there are no rules in nature

there are no rules in nature only nature’s law

and we are free to do whatever but we will reap what we sow it’s not a threat

it’s a relief to know, it’s a relief to know

because a cherry seed will always become a cherry tree

and your love is soil and water for that seed in me

there are no rules in nature but i need your love

like the light that every creature is dependent of

it’s not a threat

it’s a relief, i’d say that we all work that way

because a cherry seed will always become a cherry tree

and i don’t need no pretty words i need community

there are no rules in nature only nature’s law

and i won’t listen to their code of morals anymore

it’s not a threat,

it’s just that we all know deep inside we know

that a cherry seed will always become a cherry tree

and what is meant to be will be if only it’s set free

after all

i’ve been so angry

i’ve been so angry with you god

i’m sure you know

i’ve been so lonely

i’ve been so fucked up and confused

i’ve been so low

oh i’ve cursed angels and demons

leave me alone

after all, after all

after the gold rush and the fall

maybe you were there with me after all

after all, after all

when my world became to small

maybe you were there with me

after all

i’ve been disillusioned

thought i followed your plan it turned to fail

left me on the ground

so i went my own ways

searched comfort everywhere else

let myself down

do you teach me a lesson

cause i’m so slow to see

after all, after all…

help me remember

that in the dark you are the light

deep inside of me

help me discover

who you really are and what i really need

after all, after all

after the gold rush and the fall

maybe you are here with me after all

after all, after all

when my world became to small

maybe you are here with me

after all

i painted my toenails

i painted my toenails before our last date

cause he’s always early, but this time he turned up so late and how i hate to wait

the first time he left me i wasn’t prepared

he told me he loved me i guess he got scared but he returned

so i didn’t learn

the second time he left me i threw out his stuff

deleted his picture but secretly kept the cocoa cups

in case we made up, oh

the third time he left me i cried for us both

there’s still some red polish on some of my toes

i’ll allow it to stay there until it decides to let go

so when it’s time, i’ll know

everything is in the open

i go down to the ocean to pray

i go down to the ocean

i am out in the open today

and a soft wind blows

like it also knows

everything is in the open, everything is ok

i finally found a way to tell you

now come what may

i don’t know if i’m here tomorrow

i don’t know if you’ll return one day

but everything is in the open

now come what may

i know i make a lot of mistakes

but i try to be open

and i don’t know if you’ve got what it takes

but now i have let go

of what i can’t control

everything is in the open…

everything is in the open, everything is ok

i finally found a way to tell you

i meant what i said

and if i’m moving on tomorrow,

know i’ve tried in every single way

oh, everyhing is in the open

now come what may

everything is in the open…