TEARS WE CRY, TEARS WE DRY

As a child you felt so old
Scared to Death by this cold World.
Then you suddenly grew young
And flew off to far-flung lands

Pain lingers on
Even if you thought you'd be strong
Enough to carry on
Don't stop now
Try to make it home

Ho ho ho
Dear Santa,
Take me to the North Pole
I've had enough
Of being swallowed by the black hole.

As a child you used to say
I'll be a snowflake on Christmas day
But on Christmas Eve
As all the guests start to leave

I'll be the mistletoe
Hanging right above
The heads of those in need of love
Don't stop now
Try to make it home

Ho ho ho
Dear Santa,
Take me to the North Pole
I've had enough
Of being swallowed by the black hole.

TEARS WE CRY, TEARS WE DRY

Oh Night is back
My days are black
My fingerprints are everywhere
I'm fighting a war in my head

Tears we cry
Tears we dry
Tears,
Goodbye!

Oh the pain I've caused you,
I want it back
The bad things I've said,
I want 'em back

Tears we cry
Tears we dry
Tears,
Goodbye!

THAT TRAIN

Take the train
And go to California
Where it never rains
Kiss the holy sea for me
And send me a postcard
To say

Now you're well
The journey has been less tiring
Than we thought.

Take my hand
And walk me away
From this place of Death of tears.
Take me to where
You know you are
I know, I hope it's not too far.

(And I'll say)
Now I'm well
The journey has been less tiring
Than we thought.

I take that train
And go to California
Where it never rains
Throw your ashes into the sea
Close my eyes
And see

Now you're well
The journey has been less tiring
Than we thought.

THIS SAD SAD SONG

This sad sad song
Is not for you
Not for me
But we can both just sit in silence
And listen to the melody
Of someone else’s frustrated thoughts,
Whispering memories
Just sit in silence
And listen carefully

THIS SONG IS OVER

When you’re down and lonely
You feel sick and think “If only
I hadn’t messed everything up
I could still be the King.”

When you feel your heart is dark
And every wandering bark
To you sounds like a reproach
And you whisper to the night
“I’m contagious, don’t approach me!”

Take your memories by the hand,
Give it up
There’s nothing to understand.
Close your eyes,
Life is so bright
It would make you blind.

When you’re down and lonely
You feel sick and think “If only
I hadn’t messed everything up
I could still be the King.”

But you see the throne is empty
The crown has fallen from your head
The Moon is shining
Some stars look red, some others green
And you feel as if you were long dead.

Take your memories by the hand,
Give it up
There’s nothing to understand.
Close your eyes,
Life is so bright
It would make you blind.

A TIME FOR CRIME

Your glove touched the ground
Time got away
And when Spring blessed the town
A kid found it in the hay
He took a look around
But couldn’t see your grave

Hmmm, time had come for crime
Hmmm, time had come for crime

Many faces suddenly disappeared
Every day became synonymous with Fear
No one pronounced your name anymore
And when the first snow fell
They came knocking upon my door

Hmmm, time had come for crime
Hmmm, time had come for crime

And while the mothers were taken to the jail
The children were taught to sing
A song that said
“Russia is the country of Democracy”
And they thanked Stalin for this.

Hmmm, time had come for crime
Hmmm, time had come for crime
Time had come to be blind
Time had come to die
Time had come to cry
Time had come for crime.

TONGIHT, TOO LATE

Tonight tonight
You see things
In black & white
But stars shine bright
The night you decide
You don’t want to fight
Anymore
Peace knocked upon your door
Tonight
You let it in, you shook hands
And that’s when
A bomb was dropped.

Tonight tonight
You see things
For the first time
As they really are
You watch the stars
And think
“I’m not alone in the dark
Anymore”
Hope knocked upon your door
Tonight
You let it in, you shook hands
And that’s when
You heart stopped.

TOWERPOWER

You say you are
Allergic to Life
Scared like a seagull
In an open sky.
You say you don’t know
How to fly
But you don’t mind
You don’t mind.

You say people
Are far better than crowd
Whatever it means
I repeat it out loud.
You say every time
You hear the sound of tears
You cry
But no one minds.

We are the shoulders
On which Time cries.
We are the shoulders
On which Time cries.

I say I don’t want to sit
I prefer to stand,
Why is it hard to understand?
You say they sell
Their souls
For a brand new body
But they don’t mind.

TRAVELLING SOUTH

The line of the horizon
Is like poison
To my eye today.

Eternity seems to come
To an end
Another road, another land.

“I’m traveling South
I’m traveling South
To see if I’ve been really
Emptied out.”

Memories never go to dinner
Never leave me
Alone.
Along every road,
In every land
With my sorrows I will always stand.

“I’m traveling South
I’m traveling South
To see if I’ve been really
Emptied out.”

Some people don’t know
What they’re missing
Blue skies, high mountains
And grass that once was green.

I had once so many things to give
But now I lost them
And I just want to live/leave.

“I’m traveling South
I’m traveling South
To see if I’ve been really
Emptied out.”

TREES ARE AT EASE

Walk out the door
Tiled floor
Disappear in a blur
I’m sure I was not sure
That’s not the store
I’m on the wrong shore

But I see seas
And rivers
Shaking hands
And I can think that
Trees are at ease

Put my shoes in a box
No clues
Only riot knots
My hands are
Five-pointed stars
Sealed in tar

But I see seas
And rivers
Shaking hands
And I can think that
Trees are at ease…

TREMBLING BLOOD

Then your face amazed me
When I saw it was livid and pale.
I knew for sure you were dying
A shade of sadness appeared in my eyes.
And then in my veins I felt only trembling blood.
They say it ain’t good to have trembling blood.

In a thickening of fear I thought even the book could hear.
But my words and my tears ran alone in my home.
And in my veins I felt only trembling blood.
And I had no strength to pray to God, I felt only my trembling blood.

In the mirror I saw my face, staring at me with a curious gaze.
And I knew for sure my life were to be too long.
I felt sick, and I asked for a Providence’s kick
And then in my veins I felt only trembling blood.
You were dead and I was living with my trembling blood.
You were dead and I was to live forever with my trembling blood.

TUNING THE PRESENT

Clouds are getting closer
To the Sun
And the Moon was alone
On the line of the Horizon.

And castles made of sand
Try to stand still
Despite the breeze
Blowing from the trees
That kiss the multitudinous seas.

And I didn’t know that
Present is just
A shade of rust
On your golden Past.
And you turn the radio
Up full blast
To hear this song
Made of dust.

The plane was getting closer
To the ground
And with no one around
I can get drowned in my tears.

I feel so hollow
Bent on the river
Like a weeping willow
I just cry.

And I didn’t know that
Present is just
A shade of rust
On your golden Past.
And you turn the radio
Up full blast
To hear this song
Made of dust.

TURN, TURN, TURN (THE RADIO ON)

For everything
There is a song
Turn, turn, turn
The radio on

And if you're not bound
To find in the others
What you still haven't found
Let them distract you
Catch your depression
In a web of conversations

And when they ask:
Where have you been?
Just say:
I'm back.
Maybe this time
I'll stay
For a while.