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There's the city up ahead
those lights down there
Oh keep going, keep going
I'm rolling with the river now
I'm just headlights through the snow
Oh watch the road, watch the road
Ah close your eyes
and just dream
She flies by in a BMW
going like 90
I'm rolling with the window down
with the cold winter air on my face
It's halftime
I watch the trees go by
like a million of them
I'm rolling with the river again
I see the lights
they are getting bigger
the snow hits the windshield
and your mind is way off somewhere else
oh you are trying so hard
so hard to stay awake
There is Marzahn
out the window to your right
We head towards the city,
through the deep unseen snow
We head towards the city,
through the deep unseen snow
We head towards the city
and you were trying so hard to stay away
Oh here it goes
watch the road
I'm rolling with the river
I'm headlights through the snow
And now we head towards the city,
through the deep unseen snow
Towards the city,
through the deep unseen snow
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Konnekt Everything
02:18
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The empty meeting house
in the fading fluorescent red light
The sign says Konnekt Everything
So connect everything
He says, "Art for art's sake only"
and I, I tend to disagree
and I think you do too
All eyes on the wall
And there is stillness in the air
A low humming sound
it fills your mind
He says, "this one, is for art's sake only"
And again I disagree
and I think you do too
Falling, falling, falling
into the same routine
The sign says Konnekt Everything
So connect everything
Oh the winter nights
they hang heavy
outside the door
and we talk in the light
from your cigarette
Falling, falling, falling
into the same routine
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Cemetery
02:50
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Oh if there is one thing I know
we are miles from where we started
take my hand or don't take it
I don't know which way to go
and neither do you
The grass grows
so high
in the cemetery
The grass grows so high
We always lose our way
on this one block
all the apartment buildings
are perfect geometric forms
and they all look the same
I'm still walking
it's like 3 a.m.
All the apartment buildings
are the same color
and they look the same
There are more apartment buildings
I think that one over there is yours
but I can't tell
Oh here we go again
this feeling is fine with me
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5. |
My Revival
02:29
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I'm in my own forcefield now
but the walls are peeling away
We are in some artist's loft
looking out on the Spree River
Windows shake with the wind
The windows shake
and you watch a starling
circle around above the city
I'm in the middle of my revival
Oh I’m in the middle
of my revival
Then you stood up from the couch
and put a bookmark
in the book you were reading
and then you went to make tea
and it got darker outside
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The Firing Line
03:41
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Tony is by the wall kissing his girlfriend
David is up in the window
and now he has an idea for a song
The guard in the guardtower
He moves his gun to his other shoulder
Iggy is on the sidewalk
just trying to come clean
Oh it's one of those autumn days
everything so dangerously grey
The street is quiet now
and I have nothing to say
How come, how come
you took the words away
It's a three part program
I'm still on the first part
We walked across the bridge
in the fading evening light
and the birds rush away
and you brush the hair from your face
It's getting cold now
what happened to these words
you took the words away
We didn't talk at all
was the radio on?
That I don't remember
We are by the Wall again
and the guard moves his gun
to his other shoulder
I'm in the firing line
and you are in the firing line too
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Looking for Trouble
02:09
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If it's me it's ok
You are just standing there
throwing pills across the street
When you were sick
you had everything figured out
you just stayed in bed
but now you are looking for trouble
You took some matches
out of your pocket
there are only a few people
that you trust in this way
you are looking for trouble
and on it goes
They sweep the glass off the street
There is conflict coming
Next week
We crowded into the same apartment building
all to escape the rain
I'm going somewhere else
and you are too
there are too many nights
like this one
At heart I know
you have our best interests in mind
But you are looking for trouble
and trouble will find you
I went this way
and you went that way
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Windswept
02:21
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Oh man
I had a dream last night
I swear I saw David Bowie
on the other side of the street
The sky was wet
and the clouds were blue
Oh man
I forgot I had something to tell you
It goes on
this dream of mine
and you shake with the wind
(we were sitting outdoors)
This is not the first time
Oh my head is full of so many things
Now is not the right time
Things are shooting off all around us
I'm feeling windswept
right at this moment
where is your lust for life?
where is your devil may care attitude?
and you say, "I don't know,
things change rather quickly..."
I'm feeling windswept
and you're feeling windswept too
And then everything shoots off
all around us
and you don't make a sound
I'm so windswept
and you're windswept too
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Waiting for the Train
03:24
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Lights go off in the station
as you walk up the stairs
You feel the cold wind
on your back
You're waiting for the train
You're waiting for the pain
of another night
like this
You hear sirens
in the distance
Union and Hertha supporters
are fighting across the tracks
Oh let me in
I'm waiting for the train
I'm waiting for the pain
of another night
just like this one
I'm waiting for the train
I'm waiting for the pain
of another night
like this
again
In your eyes
I see an ending
In your eyes
I see an "I don't care" attitude
I'm waiting for the train
I'm waiting for the pain
of another night
just like this
again
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Windowpane
03:15
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Come on, Sally
who says that in mixed company now
We were at a restaurant
in Tiergarten
I tried to introduce you to my friend
Things got cold
right away
as I thought they would
but that is part of the fun
We went for a long walk afterwards
the sun started coming out
you could hear the birds
even in winter
something is still alive
I listen for my breath at night
just to make sure
just to make sure I'm alive
The wind hits the windowpane
the wind
it carries off down the street
There is someone standing
off by himself
in an overcoat
he turns around
I can tell he's smoking a cigarette
It starts to snow
and the wind hits the windowpane
again
the light from the streetlight
only goes so far
I didn't see you until almost two weeks later
not much had changed
the sky is overcast again
you are just finding your way
It is late afternoon
we run into each other
outside the department store
there are people outside
telling you not to go in
but you go in anyway
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No Lights Tonight
04:58
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The lights go off all over town
I know you know
but I want to say...
I can't tell at all
what you wrote on that wall
but it must be something worth it
to go through this effort tonight
No lights tonight
There are no lights tonight
No lights tonight
There are no more lights tonight
No lights tonight
There are no more lights
on this street tonight
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Lewis the Light San Francisco, California
"Satisfied with his care and the width of his belly, Lewis escaped and returned to San Francisco, where he was arrested after ripping open his clothing and asking passersbys to witness the divine light that burned in his breast."
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