Mankind probably never learns.
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just another foggy day
like a symbol for this game we play
they didn‘t tell us about the rules
we only know we have to play the fools
yesterday we got the order
to pack our things and cross the border
but no one surely knows what‘s going on

no matter how long it will take
we’re the smallest part of a big mistake
our luggage of anguish and pain
we go on, we go on again
the needle returns to the start
and plans and certainties break apart
for thoughts we don‘t understand
we go on, we go on again

like a million times before
we are chessmen in a game of war
do we fall or do we stand
it‘s everything but in our hands
will we build up barbed wire fences
or will we creep through muddy trenches
and when will our dirty work be done?

no matter how long it will take
we’re the smallest part of a big mistake
victims of their bloody campaign
we go on, we go on again
the needle returns to the start
and mothers die of a broken heart
for values they never had shared
we go on, we go on again

we go on and on
and we have long learned to pray
let us be the chosen ones who get up again
on every single day

We Go On

I never share my chips with anybody else ... ;-)
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how can you look as if i’m cruel
i only follow one golden rule
so don’t give yourself any hopes

i’d give you the shirt off my back
if i could i would buy you a cadillac
but in this case we both know the ropes

you needn’t entreat me for grace
there’s nothing to offer or sell
don’t pull such a long long long long face
why so confused? you know me so well

i’ll never break this taboo
and you should accept this golden rule
i never share my chips with you

i never share my chips with anybody else
no, never with anybody else
the only golden rule, the only one

Golden Rule

A song about the limits of growth and the decision to limit. We cannot go on as before.
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i’ve got a postcard from costa rica
have a look at this breathtaking sunset
the fishing boat and the waterfall
how i wish you could beam me there

but the point is: no one has called me
nobody’s waiting there for me
yeah, the truth is: i can’t go everywhere
it’s the light at last i have to see

so i stay here where i belong
i go fishing for myself
and i use my postcard from costa rica
as a bookmark on my shelf

i’ve seen the great wall of china in a coffee-table book
the magic colours of antarctica
the scary white sharks at the cape of good hope
there are plenty of reasons to leave

but the point is: no one has called me
nobody’s waiting there for me
yeah, the truth is: we have to change our minds
to save the places we’d actually like to see

so i stay here where i belong
and leave well enough alone
i plant magic colours in our flowerbed
and leave the white sharks on their own

i’ll never more leave this continent
to get a photo of me sitting on an elephant
i’ll never more pay the lowest price
for a flight that colours some exotic skies
why seek far afield when the good is close by

i’ll never more fly five thousand miles
just to bother some sleeping crocodiles
i’ll never more travel though i don’t know where
just to tell someone else that i’ve been there
why seek far afield when the good is close by

so i stay here where i belong
it’s the part that i can do
i watch the world through my binoculars
and i belong to you

Where I Belong

This song was created entirely with the apple software garageband. 
I sing it with my wife. 
May the words give hope in frustrating times.
Hope you like it.
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hey fellow, settle down
it’s time for us to come around
downhearted seekers never reach an aim
so start again

the villages and fields below us
are whispering in their sleep
they’ll always be the places that remind us
of the dreams we have to keep

so many ways are waiting		
so many doubts are fading		
as long our hearts beat we go on
another light will find us - we’re gonna cross that gap
another star will guide us - hand in hand – step by step
for sure the evening crowns the day		
anyway

this nasty world of greed
seems to be a dead-end street
and still we rush in tearing pace 
are we a basket case 

we’re not the only ones who pity
mother nature we attack
i can’t promise you the great solution
but i swear i’ve got your back

i share your disappointment - i’m gonna shelter you
but let’s have a new agreement - i go along with you
for every kid who clings to life - as long our hearts beat we’re alive
another light will find them - don’t lose your heart, buddy!
and other stars will guide them - we won’t fall apart, buddy!
when we are gone they certainly stay - we stand together every day
anyway

from now on till infinity - let’s be invisable
i’ll be in your vicinity - at least inseparable
lean on me, lean on me - so many hopes we have to keep
another light will find us - we’re gonna cross that gap
another star will guide us - hand in hand – step by step
for sure the evening crowns the day - we stand together every day
anyway

Anyway

Coverversion eines Klassikers von "Rheingold".

Dreiklangsdimensionen (2)

Set sail! What are you waiting for?
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all aboard, cast off
let’s see what we will find
take the helm, cheer up
we have no goal in mind

the sky is clearing and the lights go out ashore
so leave the emptiness behind: could we ask for more?

every wave's a proof of life
set sail - there's no need to be convinced
salted air - windforce five
straight ahead with following winds

glittering water everywhere 
out to sea without a wince
you let go and i'll take care
with following winds 

set sail - that's it
what we've been waiting for
wave goodbye, look ahead
we're gonna find our shore

the sun's refelected in the sea, 
there's nowhere else we wanna be
the world is waiting to be seen

another green light