The song is sung in Viennese dialect and tells of the longing for simplicity in a world of too much. I live just around the corner from Vienna's biggest shopping street. The consumer mania is reflected there. People spend their free time in department stores and have little time for themselves and their fellow human beings. The forest is my place of longing in this song. The verses are in a rather melancholy mood, whereas the choruses are energetic and positively upbeat.

Leben wias mi gfreit

Cover song originally by SLANDER and Dylan Matthew.
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Don't go tonight
Stay here one more time
Remind me what it's like
And let's fall in love one more time
I need you now by my side
It tears me up when you turn me down
I'm begging please, just stick around

I'm sorry, don't leave me, I want you here with me
I know that your love is gone
I can't breathe, I'm so weak, I know this isn't easy
Don't tell me that your love is gone
That your love is gone

Don't tell me that your love is gone
That your love is gone

I'm sorry, don't leave me, I want you here with me
I know that your love is gone
I can't breathe, I'm so weak, I know this isn't easy
Don't tell me that your love is gone
That your love is gone
That your love is gone, hmm

I can't breathe, I'm so weak, I know this isn't easy
Don't tell me that your love is gone
That your love is gone

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Love Is Gone

Lucy performing a smooth Jazzsong. Written and recorded in Berlin / Germany.

Here are the lyrics:

[Verse]
You whispered things that made me shiver,
Promises that felt like gold.
But darling, I’m no fool or giver,
I’ve heard those lines of old.

[Chorus]
You’ve said you love me 99 times,
Each word a sugar-coated crime.
I’ve danced this dance to your sweet rhymes,
But where’s the hundredth, oh sublime?

[Verse]
You said you’d stay till morning light,
Then vanished into shadows thin.
I watched the dawn alone in spite,
A lonely game you always win.

[Chorus]
You’ve said you love me 99 times,
Each word a sugar-coated crime.
I’ve danced this dance to your sweet rhymes,
But where’s the hundredth, oh sublime?

[Bridge]
Promises like smoke-filled air,
Dissipate and leave despair.
But I keep fooling my own heart,
With hopes that bind and then depart.

[Verse]
So tell me once, just once again,
Make me believe in where we’re bound.
For I can’t bear this aching bend,
My hope a fool’s merry-go-round.

99 Times

A Journey with You

Sunrise paints the window pane
Another day begins again
But something's different in the air
A lightness I can almost share

[Pre-Chorus] [Gentle Piano Enters]
Yesterday is fading fast
The shadows of the die are cast
But hope remains, a fragile thing
A melody the robins sing

[Chorus] [Uplifting Pop]
We can rewrite the stars tonight
Make everything feel right
Let go of all the hurt and pain
Dance in the sun, and feel the rain
We can rewrite the stars, you and I
Reach for a dream that fills the sky

[Verse 2] [Female Vocal]
I used to hide behind a wall
Afraid to stumble, scared to fall
But now I see a different view
A world of chances, fresh and new

[Pre-Chorus] [Building Intensity]
The whispers turn into a shout
There is no room for fear and doubt
Embrace the change, the open door
There's so much life to still explore

[Chorus] [Uplifting Pop]
We can rewrite the stars tonight
Make everything feel right
Let go of all the hurt and pain
Dance in the sun, and feel the rain
We can rewrite the stars, you and I
Reach for a dream that fills the sky

[Bridge] [Slightly Slower Tempo] [Strings Added]
Maybe it won't be easy, no
But nothing worthwhile ever goes
Without a fight, a leap of faith
To find our own authentic place

[Chorus] [Uplifting Pop]
We can rewrite the stars tonight
Make everything feel right
Let go of all the hurt and pain
Dance in the sun, and feel the rain
We can rewrite the stars, you and I
Reach for a dream that fills the sky

[Outro] [Acoustic Guitar and Piano]
(Fading out)
Rewrite the stars...
You and I...


Rewrite The Stars

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Song I wrote a few years back and forgot about

Deeper

Two Long Weeks - Stripped

The DKT enjoyed a nice day playing for the fine audience at Lone Pint Brewery

Margharitaville theDKT Lone Pint 12-2023

A powerful emotional gut-punch wrapped in an immersive, high-energy sonic trance. Where Time Went is a heartfelt letter to the moments we missed—capturing the pain of watching children grow while life pulls us away. With hypnotic bass, trippy textures, and tear-streaked lyricism, this track is made for late-night reflections and tear-soaked headphones. For anyone who's ever blinked and realized the years ran faster than they could follow. Save it, share it, and let it hit home.

Lyrics:
I found your old drawings in a box by the door
Crayon hearts and dragons sprawled out on the floor
I smiled like I used to, then the silence hit hard
Can’t remember the last time I held every part

You were small, then you weren’t, and I don’t know the day
That the bedtime stories started slipping away
I was there but not always, caught up in the fight
Trying to keep us afloat in the middle of night

And I told myself, “One day, we’ll get all this back”
But life doesn’t offer no second-hand tracks

Where did the time go?
It slipped through my hands
Like sand in the driveway, or footprints in land
I missed the small voices
I missed the soft calls
And now you’re taller than pain ever was

I blinked—and you grew
Now I talk to your door
And wonder what pieces of me you ignore
I swear I was trying
But trying ain’t proof
So I sit with this ache
And hope you know the truth

I still hear your laughter in rooms I don’t stay
And your coats still hang where they used to play
I missed a few birthdays, I missed a few games
I missed the whole version where you learned my name

And I never meant to be a ghost in your skies
Just a man with too many “maybes” and tries

Where did the time go?
It slipped through my hands
Like water from promises nobody planned
I missed your soft mornings
I missed your last tears
Now I measure my love in the sum of the years

I blinked—and you grew
Now you drive past my street
And I wave to a shadow that used to be me
I swear I was fighting
But I never won
Just hope when you look back, you see more than “gone”

If I could go back, I’d drop everything—
I’d sit on the floor, hear every story
Watch every show
Laugh at every joke
And hold you like I should’ve known how

Where did the time go?
It lives in your eyes
In the way that you smile when you’re hiding goodbyes
I hope you remember
Some part of me stayed
Even when distance was all that I gave

I blinked—and you grew
Now I write songs instead
And sing them to moments that live in my head
I swear I still love you
That much is true
If time stole me from you—
Let this bring me back through



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