■■■■■■■■ You seldom seek what you find ■ But you know there is something ■ In a subtle and different light ■ You start your trip ■ Though you don't know how far you have to go ■ You're new here, a young and beautiful face ■■■■■■■■ It's OK ■ You're not alone ■■■■■■■■ Because I will wait for you tonight ■ You will see me, I will be there ■ The loveliest losers ■ That's what we are ■■■■■■■■ That you will be left with nothing ■ Is a harsh reality ■ And the root never changes ■ A cold stone ■ Is glistening in the sun ■ It's old, but still beautiful ■■■■■■■■ It's OK ■ You're not alone ■■■■■■■■ Because I will wait for you tonight ■ You will see me, I will be there ■ The loveliest losers ■ That's what we are ■ The loveliest losers ■ That's what we are ■■■■■■■■ While the moon is climbing the sky and you bathe in silver ■ Her light shines on the lights on the steet ■ You made you to be you ■ You look back, but ah well, it is too late anyway ■ You still don't know what you were looking for ■ Bu you do know what you have lost ■■■■■■■■ It's OK ■■■■■■■■ I will wait for you tonight ■ You will see me, I will be there ■ The loveliest losers ■ That's what we are ■■■■■■■■ It's OK ■ The loveliest losers ■ That's what we are ■
■■■■■■■■ Hoping for the best ■ I came all this way ■ And with rain backing me up ■ I know where I am at ■ I know what I can dream ■ I will never return ■ No, I will never return ■■■■■■■■ I'm almost where I should be ■ Almost where I should be ■ Almost at my destiny ■ The space belongs to me ■ And if I won't make it after all ■ I was too close anyway ■ I am almost where I should be ■■■■■■■■ Closer to the ground ■ I wrote myself down ■ And lighter in my head ■ Know who I am ■ Know that I will live ■ I will never return ■ No, I will never return ■■■■■■■■ I'm almost where I should be ■ Almost where I should be ■ Almost at my destiny ■ The space belongs to me ■ And if I won't make it after all ■ I was too close anyway ■ I am almost where I should be ■■■■■■■■ Almost where I should be ... ■
■■■■■■■■ How far you go ■ Has nothing to do with the distance ■ At best with the time ■ And I don't know why ■ I want to leave ■ But it hits me hard and pure ■ And it stubbornly persists ■ So here I stand ■ With my hand stretched out ■■■■■■■■ Love, come with me ■ Embrace me ■ Embrace me, embrace me ■ Love, come with me ■ Embrace me ■ Embrace me, embrace me ■ And take me nowhere ■■■■■■■■ How deep you go ■ Has nothing to do with the thought ■ At best with the will ■ And it feels like I know ■ Where I am going ■ It leads me into darkness ■ And it mocks my wit ■ So here I stand ■ With my hand stretched out ■■■■■■■■ Love, come with me ■ Embrace me ■ Embrace me, embrace me ■ Love, come with me ■ Embrace me ■ Embrace me, embrace me ■ And take me nowhere ■■■■■■■■ Love, come with me ■ Embrace my body and soul ■ Embrace my delusions ■ Embrace me, embrace me ■ Embrace my entire past ■ Embrace my seven seas ■ Embrace me, embrace me ■ And take me nowhere ■■■■■■■■ How tall you stand ■ Has nothing to do with the weight ■ At best with the wind ■
■■■■■■■■ Don't be afraid, carry on straight forward and say soft sweet things ■ The door is wide open, I hope that you are smiling and that you are able to hear me ■ If I think out loud about the night ■ We found on the street and which nobody really expected ■ And if I say that wild confusion suits you much better ■ Than you could ever have thought ■■■■■■■■ Heart against heart ■ Can't get closer ■ Mine holds me back ■ Yours sets me free ■ Heart against heart ■ They both beat ■ Mine in yours, yours in mine ■■■■■■■■ Don't you doubt, see right through me, our souls are old ■ Leave the door open, and don't linger around things you don't trust ■ Take from me the power and passion ■ You need to learn to walk again ■ And don't be afraid of the fact that that wild confusion suits me much better ■ Than I could ever have thought ■■■■■■■■ Heart against heart ■ Can't get closer ■ Mine holds me back ■ Yours sets me free ■ Heart against heart ■ They both beat ■ Mine in yours, yours in mine ■■■■■■■■ A large and great desire ■ Put us next to each other ■ Don't explain it, don't explain it ■ The world is never at an end ■ I kiss your tears away ■ Fare well on mine ■ But don't leave me, don't leave me ... ■ ■■■■■■■■ Heart against heart ■ Can't get closer ■ Mine holds me back ■ Yours sets me free ■ Heart against heart ■ They both beat ■ Mine in yours, yours in mine ■ I am you ■ You are me ■
■■■■■■■■ Do you see them walking? ■ Over there in the distance ■ They seem to be happy and free ■ They greet us friendly, like they know us ■ Although they see us for the first and the last time ■ They walk further down the road, almost out of sight ■ And we want us to be them so much ■■■■■■■■ We all dream of others ■ We all dream that that's us ■ We all dream of wild hands ■ We all dream that they're ours ■■■■■■■■ They twist and they turn ■ Around each other ■ Love, infatuation, what is it? ■ Their arms entwinded underneath her coat ■ Surely it must be warm there, and moist and soft ■ And we want us to be them so much ■■■■■■■■ We all dream of others ■ We all dream that that's us ■ We all dream of wild hands ■ We all dream that they're ours ■■■■■■■■ So let's pretend ■ It is us walking there ■ The sky opens up ■ For the very last time ■ And we fantasize ourselves ■ In there ... ■■■■■■■■ We all dream of others ■ We all dream that that's us ■ We all dream of wild hands ■ We all dream that they're ours ■
■■■■■■■■ With every sun that rises ■ You push me farther away ■ The sea looks calm, but appearances can be deceptive ■ The undercurrent is strong ■ I see you as in a dream ■ Beckoning me ■ I don't have to save you ■ You're not drowning ■■■■■■■■ Ooooooh ■ Everything in me colors ■ Impossibly red ■ Impossibly red ■■■■■■■■ With every sun that rises ■ You stay within me ■ My blood seems calm, but appearances can be deceptive ■ The undercurrent is strong ■ I notice as if in a dream ■ That I am not here ■ You don't have to wake me ■ I am awake and aware ■■■■■■■■ Ooooooh ■ Everything in me colors ■ Impossibly red ■ Impossibly red ■■■■■■■■ Your face changes ■ But never entirely disappears ■ The moon pulls on the water surface ■ Tide is not turning for the good ■ And the storm is increasing in strength ■■■■■■■■ I notice as if in a dream ■ That I am not here ■ You don't have to wake me ■ I trust the undercurrent ■ ■■■■■■■■ Ooooooh ■ Everything in me colors ■ Impossibly red ■ Impossibly red ■
■■■■■■■■ The 30th floor wasn't high enough up for me ■ I overlooked the city and the sea ■ I looked for something that was yours, but I only found things that were mine ■ It didn't mean anything to me, that was meant for later ■■■■■■■■ I sat in Park Guell ■ Between Gaudi's mosaics ■ So battered and broken and so balck and blue ■ Like everything in my head and in my heart ■ I walked up and down the Ramblas, hearing the music ■ But I knew that it had changed for good ■ And there was nothing in Barcelona, nothing in Barcelona ■ There was nothing in Barcelona, nothing in Barcelona ■■■■■■■■ More than once I though I saw somewhere in this town ■ That you were waiting for me somewhere if only for a minute ■ At a table in the middle, but when I looked closely there was nothing ■ A vision breaks apart at just the thought of it ■■■■■■■■ I ate on the street ■ And I drank myself through rough times ■ I let myself drive through the city ■ Past the hookers, past the bars and harbours ■ From north to south, without finding anything ■ And I knew I had changed for good ■ And there was nothing in Barcelona, nothing in Barcelona ■ There was nothing in Barcelona, nothing in Barcelona ■■■■■■■■ One day I will return ■ I will chase Picasso ■ The strong, precise strokes ■ Of a shimmering brush ■ A memory preluding it ■ The memory of you ■ Of how you weren't there ■ And how you would never be there ■ Painted in your favorite yellow ■ Then there will be something in Barcelona, something in Barcelona ■■■■■■■■ There was nothing in Barcelona, nothing in Barcelona ■
■■■■■■■■ Here in the high grass ■ No-one can see us ■ No-one wonders where we are ■ I lied down next to you ■ We can hear the cars go by ■ But they are far away ■ We have all the time in the world ■■■■■■■■ Maybe not forever ■ Maybe not forever ■ But long enough for me ■■■■■■■■ I see the clouds drift by ■ And I think of the imprint ■ Of our bodies next to each other ■ If we get up in a minute ■ Then it will be over ■ Still we don't leave ■ We still lie there ■ For a long time ■■■■■■■■ Maybe not forever ■ Maybe not forever ■■■■■■■■ What will stay in my memory ■ Month after month, year after year ■ Not the smile around your lips ■ Not your hands, not your eyes ■ Not your T-shirt on the ground ■ But the plastic butterfly in your hair ■■■■■■■■ Maybe not forever ■ Maybe not forever ■ Maybe not forever ■ Maybe not forever ■ Maybe not forever ■ But long enough for me ■■■■■■■■ There in the high grass ■ No-one can see us ■
■■■■■■■■ Colors are colors ■ I used to think ■ Not much is happening with that in this country ■ Through the glass in my hand ■ In the south of France ■ I suddenly see ■ The light changes subtly ■ And it does something to me ■■■■■■■■ Because the position of the sun ■ Make the bougainville look like fireworks ■■■■■■■■ Colors are colors ■ I think from time to time ■ They deserve each other sooner or later ■ And while I keep talking ■ On a sunny mountain ■ I know all of a sudden ■ That the light changes me ■ And what it all is about ■■■■■■■■ Because my heart knows why ■ I notice this all ■ And the position of the sun ■ Make the bougainville look like fireworks ■■■■■■■■ Colors are colors ■ I think from time to time ■ They deserve each other sooner or later ■
■■■■■■■■ Keep me close to your heart ■ I am already at your feet ■ And I feel right at ease ■ Who wants more will have to suffer ■ Sooner or later ■■■■■■■■ If you want to see blood ■ My love, here, it flows for you ■ And if I want to see right ■ Then I won't watch, but I will dream of you ■ Nightfall shows no mercy ■ Stay with me ■ West of the sun ■■■■■■■■ Pull me towards you ■ If only for one minute ■ Because I can't leave now ■ Not before I have written down ■ And said ■ That the knives are whetted ■ This pain is real ■■■■■■■■ If you want to see blood ■ My love, here, it flows for you ■ And if I want to see right ■ Then I won't watch, but I will dream of you ■ Nightfall shows no mercy ■ Stay with me ■ West of the sun ■■■■■■■■ Most of all I liked being alone ■ Wrap your arms around me ■ Move that one stone ■ Wrap your legs around me ■ And bring me inside you ■■■■■■■■ If you want to see blood ■ My love, here, it flows for you ■ And if I want to see right ■ Then I won't watch, but I will dream of you ■ If you want to see blood ■ My love, here, it flows for you ■ And if I want to see right ■ Then I won't watch, but I will dream of you ■ Nightfall shows no mercy ■ Stay with me ■ West of the sun ■
■■■■■■■■ I love all those things ■ That I see when I look intently ■ They show me something else ■ You are not what you seem to be ■■■■■■■■ I grow attached to it ■ I see them from aside ■ They change you and they change me ■ They make you real ■ Revealing and fierce ■ It's your story told to me ■■■■■■■■ You hit me right in the face ■ And right in the heart ■ You put me in the light ■ The light of day ■■■■■■■■ My cheeks were pale ■ So much time behind me ■ My eyes were dull and dry ■ But slowly I will come back ■■■■■■■■ I am focussing on it ■ You drop right to the floor right in front of me ■ You change the day and you change so much more ■ And I am illuminated brightly ■ Like sometimes the moon is by the sun ■ It's all ready just for us ■■■■■■■■ You hit me right in the face ■ And right in the heart ■ Even with your eyes closed ■ You put me in the light ■ The light of day ■■■■■■■■ You burn on my face ■ You drop right to the floor right in front of me ■ You change the light and you change so much more ■■■■■■■■ You hit me right in the face ■ And right in the heart ■ Even with your eyes closed ■ You put me in the light ■ The light of day ■
■■■■■■■■ Sometimes you don't lie ■ Out of anger or out of hatred ■ But who tells the truth ■ Will fail in the end ■ So you hesitate and you stay silent for half of it ■ To spare me from the pain ■ A word is only a word ■ And it doesn't need to be more ■■■■■■■■ But you are just like me ■ You only have a name and a face ■ That is all I need ■ We are just a name and a face ■■■■■■■■ Sometimes you disagree ■ To what you know is right ■ But who tells the truth ■ Will fail, and who confesses ■ Might as well fall ■ And break his promise ■ A sentence is only a sentence ■ Even if everyone hears it ■■■■■■■■ But you are just like me ■ You only have a name and a face ■ That is all I need ■ We are just a name and a face ■■■■■■■■ But you are just like me ■ You only have a name and a face ■ We are the same differently ■ We are just a name and a face ■ You are just like me ■ You only have a name and a face ■ And isn't that enough? ■ Just a name and a face ■
■■■■■■■■ I think I'm gonna walk ■ To the end of the beginning ■ Within my body ■ Will the opening be there ■ Humble and small ■ Are my steps and my courage ■ But it feels good to set course ■ To the end of the beginning ■■■■■■■■ I think I'm gonna walk ■ Untill there is no more beginning ■ And the sand beneath my feet ■ Disappears in the open skies ■ If it is real or fake ■ Doesn't even really matter ■ Because I just have to get going ■ To the end of the beginning ■■■■■■■■ I think I'm gonna walk ■ I think I'm gonna walk ■■■■■■■■ I think I'm gonna walk ■ To the end of the beginning ■ There's not much more to it ■ But it does give me the time ■ And the sweet certainty ■ That depts and distance ■ Will always be the same ■ From the end to the beginning ■■■■■■■■ I think I'm gonna walk ■ Untill there is no more beginning ■ And I find what I wasn't looking for ■ I only hope that I will recognize it ■ And if I'm at the end ■ I keep on walking along the river ■ That meanders its course ■ Without an end at her beginning ■ ■■■■■■■■ I think I'm gonna walk ■ I think I'm gonna walk ■
■■■■■■■■ Peace of mind is never there, not in my sleep ■ And not when witness running circles around myself ■ Among people on the street I am by myself ■ And I speak and I know what I mean ■ And what I make up ■ It is reality and fantasy at the same time ■ Come into my night ■ Come lie with me ■ Come wake with me ■ Move my spirit ■ Move my spirit ■■■■■■■■ Sleep keeps me waiting, so I fantasize ■ My world like it is in real life ■ There's always a truth but how you view that ■ Depends on your courage and your outlook ■ On the things you do ■ And what do I do, ■ Daydreamer by profession? ■ Come into my night ■ Come lie with me ■ Come wake with me ■ And move my spirit ■ Move my spirit ■■■■■■■■ The less I sleep ■ The deeper I dream ■ The days slow down ■ Till they come to a full stop ■ While thinking it is listless ■ You keep unsettling me ■ My vision becomes sharper and clearer ■ Then I don't see anything anymore ■ For just a moment ■ I call it happiness ■ Spiritual happiness ■■■■■■■■ And what do I do, ■ Daydreamer by profession? ■ I ask of you, I beg of you ■ Come lie with me ■ Come wake with me ■ And move my spirit ■ Move my spirit ■■■■■■■■ Bring me time in a bottle ■ I give you my blood ■ And my head on a silver platter ■ Dance for me, naked ■ Come lie with me ■ Come wake with me ■ And move my spirit ■ Move my spirit ■
© René Wirtz 2003