©Hans-Michael Albers

lyrics Google translation:

There are moments that cannot be described.
They always come differently than you think.
No matter how often you imagine them.
And guide them in your thoughts.

There are seconds that turn the world and create.
What never happens in human lifetimes.
They make possible what you never believed.
So that you can feel them just once.

And so I jump into your water.
Dive into your sea.
Your whole life surrounds me.
And I no longer know who
I once was.

Your dreams are like swarms.
They avoid everything.
No one has ever caught them.
No one has ever found them out.

There are feelings that need no words.
They would be over if they were spoken.
They carry us to the farthest places.
And allow everything.

And so I jump into your water.
Dive into your sea.
Your whole life surrounds me.
And I no longer know who
I once was.

Your dreams are like swarms.
They avoid everything.
No one has ever caught them.
No one has ever found them out.

And So I dive into your waters
So much depth before me
Like a sea of ​​pure love
I am in the midst of you

If I were to drown in you
I would always be a part of you
If it cost me my life
I would still risk it for you

Könnte ich in dir ertrinken

©Hans-Michael Albers

lyrics Google translation:

You were the belief in life after death
Infinitely beautiful
You were the dream of an eternal time
Together

Such pure happiness shone in your eyes
Out and never back
With your words, the meaning of this world swayed
Which without you crumbles into nothing

You gave me peace and you made my heart
Free of all pain
Thanks to your warmth, it found its way out of the ice
Black became white

You silently forgave me all my mistakes
Even when it broke your soul
And your longing wasn't even fulfilled
You only shrouded them in silence

You woke up and cried alone in the night
And yet you only thought of me
Now time has passed, taking with it everything that once was
Only the memory remains

I look at her and it hurts me so much
Because I see her like this for the first time today
Your image stares into my face, so unattainable
More than this image I don't have it

You're in heaven, which I'll probably never reach.
You wave to me as if you were saying, "See you soon."
Then you're gone, and I'm left alone.
I'll never be an angel like you.

I love you infinitely, but alone.
I'll never be your angel.

Engel

©Hans-Michael Albers

lyrics Google translation:

Your golden body, your precious radiance
Your wealth of beauty, so precious and whole
The jewel in your eyes, full of crowning light
Your pure appearance, your noble face

You were the princess and I was the thief
All your dreams, and none remained
The longing for love, the fairy tale of happiness
I'll never give you all that back

You sparkled with life, and I was death
You were all that was good, and I was the prohibition
Your heart is broken, lost, and empty
Stolen, betrayed, you are no more

You were the princess and I was the thief
All your dreams, and none remained
The longing for love, the fairy tale of happiness
I'll never give you all that back

Die Prinzessin und der Dieb

©Hans-Michael Albers

lyrics Google translation:

I still remember how we both met for the first time.
You stood there in the room.
You were a dream from the beginning.

You saw me too,
Looked into me, only in your thoughts,
But that very thing
Won't let me go.

We bumped into each other as if someone had pushed us together.
We were both surprised,
but we were never astonished.

We didn't need to know anything,
no proof of whether it was right.
We both just let each other be - you and me.

Somewhere I, somewhere you.
Somewhere you, somewhere I.
Somewhere I, somewhere you.
Somewhere you, somewhere I.

Whether we truly loved each other,
or whether each of us was just searching.
Wherever that led,
we were indescribably close.

What has come of it?
Is there anything left
that can be grasped?
Do we let go, or do we hold on?

Somewhere I, somewhere you
Somewhere you, somewhere me
Somewhere me, somewhere you
Somewhere you, somewhere me
Somewhere me, somewhere you - Let's let go
Somewhere you, somewhere me - Or let's hold on tight
Somewhere me, somewhere you - Let's set ourselves on fire
Somewhere you, somewhere me - Or let's burn ourselves out
Somewhere
Somewhere

Irgendwo

©Hans-Michael Albers 

lyrics Google translation:

No one can remember how it all began.
No one knew exactly who she was – that wasn't the point.
It wasn't her eyes, it wasn't her face.
It wasn't her dreamy gaze either – no, none of that was it.

But there was something that captivated everyone, and she bore it with pain.
For she didn't know what adorned her so, and it broke her heart.

Yet she was the queen of all.
And she danced her sorrow.
Everyone saw her and dreamed forever.
Only of this dress.
This snow-white dress.
Her snow-white dress.

She was there like a miracle; it touched everyone.
Everyone thought what was happening only affected them.

While she only danced and thought it was hopeless.
That someone would just notice her once, she wished so much.

Yet she was the queen of all.
And she danced her Suffering
Everyone saw her and dreamed forever
Only of this dress
This snow-white dress
Her snow-white dress

How she came, how she saw, how she conquered,
remained simply denied to her
And the less she noticed it
The more she became so desired

Yet she was the queen of all
And she danced her sorrow
Everyone saw her and dreamed forever
Only of this dress
This snow-white dress
Her snow-white dress

Yet she was the queen of all
And she danced her sorrow
Everyone saw her and dreamed forever
Only of this dress
This snow-white dress
Her snow-white dress

Schneeweißes Kleid

©Hans-Michael Albers

lyrics Google translation:

We had sworn so much to each other
A lifetime divided by two
We won and lost
And didn't think much of it

We didn't need to pretend
We were fine the way we were
We swam with and against the waves
And danced with the strongest wind

Our dreams were like journeys
They carried us wherever we went
We never rode on fixed tracks
We preferred to drift

Where is that from?
How far away?
So strange and yet
You look at me
And whisper softly:
Do you remember?
Do you remember?

We were free to pursue all goals
And wandered aimlessly through the world
We had thousands of feelings
And each one counted for its own

We danced through life night after night
Slept through the time for days
What didn't work out just went wrong
We didn't regret any of it

We didn't understand some things
We never thought long about it
We never reached for the stars
We just lived

Where did that come from?
How far away?
So strange and yet
You look at me
And whisper softly:
Do you remember?
Where did that go?
It all fell into a deep hole
We look at each other
And both think
Do you remember?
Do you remember?
We look at each other
And both think
Do you remember?
Do you remember?

Weißt du noch?

©Hans-Michael Albers

lyrics Google translation:
(Verse)

You dream so often that he wonders,
What you're thinking and feeling?
You look out into the night
And hope that he's doing the same.

You let yourself believe that
You wouldn't be alone.
Wherever he is.
It won't be any different for him.

(Chorus)

Were you really so wrong?
Did you feel so over?
Was that just a stupid illusion?
Didn't it really exist?

Were you just holding on too tightly?
What was never meant to last?
Was your beginning never a beginning?
Was what you saw never there?

(Verse)

You only live for this happiness.
You love to embellish it.
You take it with you into every dream.
And wake up with it.

You imagine a life.
So wonderfully normal.
You're so safe, so certain.
He cares about you.

(Chorus)

Were you really so wrong
Did you feel so over?
Was that just a stupid illusion?
Didn't it really exist?

Were you simply holding on too tightly?
What was never meant to last?
Was your beginning never a beginning?
Was what you saw never there?

Were you really so wrong?
Did you feel so over?
Was your beginning never a beginning?
Was what you saw never there?

So geirrt

©Hans-Michael Albers

lyrics Google translation:

(Verse)

The rain is dripping on my nerves
The clouds are crushing me to death
There's just nothing more to be had
Only black and white on offer

So I see gray in all colors
And I paint everything with it
Nothing I do seems to work
Nothing can really pull me out of it today

(Chorus)

But then you come
And everything else
Becomes so irrelevant
Actually, it's even good
You whisper to me
How about life
And everything you do is good

(Verse)

Only catastrophes around me
It seems like there's no fun left
The world is just full of idiots
Nothing is as it used to be

The whole country is going under right now
It's never been as bad as today
I wonder what was missing
Without a tomorrow tomorrow morning

(Chorus)

But then you come
And everything else
Becomes so irrelevant
Actually even good
Whisper to me
How about life
And everything you do feels good

But then you come
And everything else
Becomes irrelevant
Actually even good
Whisper to me
How about life
And everything you do feels good

Wie wär's mit Leben?

©Hans-Michael Albers

lyrics Google translation:
(massively apart from language specific meaning and poetic expressiveness) 

Love
What is Love?

Love is a love song
Love is full of longing
Love is a fairytale picture
Love is a dream

Love is a moment
Love is a miracle
Love comes and takes you away
Love passes by

Love is a sea of tears
Love is like fire
Love is the brightest light
Love burns

Love is a lustful urge
Love makes us children
Love is a thief of innocence
Love blinds us

Love is the meaning of the world
Love makes us happy
Love is what never falls apart
Love is what lasts

Love is no matter what happens
Love is a mirror
Love is how you see yourself
Love is what is

Love is a brothel
Love can be bought
Love switches off thinking
Love is a game

Love is what sets us free
Love is a sacrifice
Love is what you regret
Love ends empty

Love cannot be a sin
Love is sent from heaven
Love is so tender and pure
Love breaks

Love is a heavy storm
Love brings us peace
Love simply knocks you down
Love fades

Love does what it pleases
Couples make love
Love is what you make of it
Love is what is

Love
What is love?


Liebe

©hans-michael albers

lyrics Google translation

The night searches for lights,
because without lights,
even the night sees nothing anymore.
The moon searches for the distance,
faded and half empty.

Where are the stars,
that show us
how they stand for us right now?
We're just groping in the dark,
no one can see anything.

There must be a ray of light somewhere,
somehow it always came.
Why is nothing bright anymore?
Does anyone know where?
Everything seems to be painted black,
The whole world has no glimmer.
Everything searches and searches for itself.
Nothing makes sense anymore.

You find a lot,
but a lot
you don't really like.
And what once burned is no longer even embers.
You search for enlightenment,
for sparks of hope,
for a flash of light that ignites something
That opens up something new at the end of the tunnel.

Somewhere There must be a ray of hope,
somehow it always came.
Why does nothing make sense anymore?
Does anyone know where?
Everything seems to be painted black,
The whole world has no glimmer.
Everything searches and searches for itself.
Nothing makes sense anymore.

There must be a sun somewhere,
because it can't disappear.
All dreams, all happiness.
Everything will find itself again.
Someday there will be sun again,
because it can't disappear.
All dreams, all happiness.
Everything will find itself again.

Gibt's noch mal Sonne?

©hans-michael albers

lyrics Google-translation:

Down at the harbor, you often sit for hours
You look into the water and all you see is him
Down at the harbor, that's where he found you
When he appeared to you like a strange angel

Down at the harbor, that's where he arrived
On a large ship from far away
Down at the harbor, that's where he took you
You gave him everything, and now you're so empty

Down at the harbor, he chose you
He held you tight and you cried for happiness
Down at the harbor, he swore to you
He would come back, back again and again

he was like no other
he was your hero
will he ever return
into your world

Down at the harbor, that's where it had to happen to you
You were so young and he wasn't old either
Down at the harbor, you lay in the bushes
The night so black and the ground so cold

Down at the harbor you lost your soul
your whole heart and all hope
Down at the harbor it constricts your throat
And your search will never leave you in peace

Down at the harbor you probably sit there today too
You look out where your dreams fade
Down at the harbor only the water waits
To pull you into the depths forever.

he was like no other
he was your hero
will he ever return
to your world

he has forgotten
the sea is cold
he never returns
never stops again

Kehrwiederspitze

©hans-michael albers

lyrics Google-translation:

Sometimes when I close my eyes
And I look for light
Sometimes when I enjoy being alone
It's not me after all

You, I
Don't know who that is
You, I
Don't know who you are
You, I

Sometimes when I stand deep in the fog
Where you float
Sometimes when I look in the mirror
Where you live

You, I
Don't know who that is
You, I
Don't know who you are
You, I

Sometimes when I look at your face
And I still don't see it
Sometimes when I build us a castle in the air
You stay standing and I go

You, I
Don't know who that is
You, I
Don't know who you are
You, I

Sometimes when I'm as strong as a tree
You knock me down
Sometimes when I'm as hard as steel
You bend me crooked

You, I
Don't know who that is
You, I
Don't know who you are
You I

You I
Don't know who that is
You I
Don't know who you are
You I


dedicated to the tragedy of a life lost long before passing. 
Nadja Abd el Farrag – a public/media puppet who became synonymous with alcoholism, losing control, and tumbling from one embarrassment to the next. died on may 9th.

©Hans-Michael Albers

lyrics Google translation:

You knew, someday it would happen.
You knew, someday it would be time.
You never wanted it, yet you searched.
You wished for it, yet you cursed it.

You were living a nightmare.
You were more afraid of waking up.
You never wanted to find anything, you only wanted
To finally be free of your search.

But this poison was always there.
You knew it would hit you in the end.
You didn't want to see any other way.
You only wanted to take this one.

All your happiness was like a deep stab.
Through which it kept receding from you.
You warmed yourself by ice-cold embers.
Even though it destroyed you, it did you good.

And all you had was you.
You weren't living, you were just constantly dying.
It was too difficult to change that.
Even though you were already wondering what that would be like.

Maybe there was never anything else in it.
Maybe everything made a difference. Meaning
Maybe it was all predetermined
By something that gives us and takes us away

If that's the case, you've achieved it now
And it was anything but easy
You wish it were over long ago
You wish you were finally free

You take one last heavy breath
You tell yourself only one thing: enough is enough
Your heart beats one last beat
And you will be no more after this day

Your heart beats one last beat
And you will be no more after this day

Herz

©Hans-Michael Albers
Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures | Blade Runner 2049

lyrics Google-translation:

Dreams sometimes never want to go away.
Pure fantasy
Which, unfortunately, somehow,
numbs everything else
and in the end, nothing remains.

Like a star in the deepest night,
You've managed, with strange power,
That I lose myself
in you.

You come like a white glow.
Stride by and smile softly into the world.
You will always be.
Like the light, the air, a life I seek.
And you take in everything you touch with your wonderful gaze.
You only leave me behind.
You only leave me behind.

I run after you,
but your trail
Blows away, and wherever I am,
Only a breath of you remains.
I freeze and search for you so much.

Why doesn't the gentle light warm me?
That your eyes deny no one else.
As if they were suns.
Just not for me.

You come like a white glow
You walk by and smile softly at the world
You will always be
Like the light, the air, a life I seek
And you take in everything you touch with your wonderful gaze
You leave only me behind
You leave only me behind


Zurück

©Hans-Michael Albers
out of turn, some recent lyrics inspired by and dedicated to the non-fiction-book 'Männer, die die Welt verbrennen' by Christian Stöcker (published by Ullstein).

Google-translation:

(verses)

Men who burn the world
And call the fires lies 
Their glow wants to blind everything
Your greed never wants to end

They have always been warriors
Never a loser, always a winner
Always need new enemies
They all have the same friends

(chorus)

1000 worlds could die
Everything would be in shambles long ago
They would find themselves in ruins
But just take care of themselves
Destroying everything 
Only in order not to look like a loser

(verses)

For them, yesterday represents values
Because hardly anyone complained
No limits, no rules
Is it possible to sail to the sun?

Losers are afraid of the future
Change is a non-starter
Truth can easily be twisted
Everything can be seen differently

(chorus)

1000 worlds could die
Everything would be in shambles long ago
They would find themselves in ruins
But just take care of themselves
Destroying everything 
Only in order not to look like a loser

What they want will be torn
Anyone who resists will be bitten to death
Show strength, trick, beat
Only those who shout have something to say

Dominate over everything
Be superior and lead
Always be at the top
Win or perish

(chorus)

1000 worlds could die
Everything would be in shambles long ago
They would find themselves in ruins
But just take care of themselves 
Destroying everything 
Only in order not to look like a loser

Stand above everyone else
Win or perish
Win or perish

Männer, die die Welt verbrennen

music & lyrics written by ©Hans-Michael Albers
vocal performance by suno 4.5 

Sie sitzt mit feinen roten Haaren
Und lächelt still in eine Welt
Die einfach weiter läuft wie immer  
Während die eigene zerfällt

Vorm Fenster schwirren Tausend Mücken
Wie viele Sommerlüfte schon 
Um sich im Fluge zu beglücken
Und dabei tanzen ohne Ton

Tick, 
Tack, 
Tick, 
Tack, 

Sie blickt hinaus in so viel Leben
Nicht mehr voraus oder zurück
Sie denkt nicht mal an andere Zeiten
Nur hier und jetzt, der Augenblick

Schwarzer Kaffee, zwei Zigaretten
Vor einem stummen Fensterbild
Ein Film mit immer gleichen Szenen 
Der stundenlange Leere füllt

Tick, 
Tack, 
Tick, 
Tack, 

Sie lebt und stellt sich keine Fragen
Es gibt nichts mehr, das wohin führt
In ihrem kleinen leisen Dasein
Das niemanden mehr interessiert

Tick, 
Tack, 
Tick, 
Tack, 
 
Google translation

She sits with fine red hair
And smiles quietly at a world
That simply carries on as always
While her own is disintegrating

A thousand flies buzz outside the window
How many summer breezes have already
To delight in flight
And dance without sound

Tick,
tock,
tick,
tock,

She looks out into so much life
No longer forward or back
She doesn't even think about other times
Only here and now, the moment

Black coffee, two cigarettes
In front of a silent window image
A film with the same scenes over and over
Filling hours of emptiness

Tick,
tock,
tick,
tock,

She lives and doesn't ask herself any questions
There is nothing that leads anywhere anymore
In her small, quiet existence
That no one cares about anymore

Tick,
tock,
tick,
tock,


Tick, Tack

some recent lyrics written with kind of street ballad in my head (german ‘moritat’) – pure, uncontrolled and intense. as usual it took well over a hundred of attempts (low-key!!!) and never-ending novels of prompts to get my AI-voice ‘carina’ close to my imaginations. anyway, at the end she delivered a challenging match. 

I didn’t have the chance to get a barrel organ for the final embedment (just used a reed one, accompanied by an erhu sound and other stuff), but I like the result very much because this song means a most personal topic to me.

©Hans-Michael Albers
lyrics, composition and production by hans-michael albers, 
vocal performance by suno 4.5

Oh kein Gott

Hat man dich jemals schrei‘n gehört
Gespürt, dass es dich schmerzt, entsetzt, verstört
Weil alles, was du einmal machtest
Ganz anders läuft, als du es dachtest

Gab‘s da mal Zeichen, die der Himmel schickte
Ein Schwert, das einer deiner Engel zückte
Spürtest du Verzweiflung, Sorgen, Nöte
Milliarden mal Millionen Gebete

Nicht ein Versucht, ein Leid zu drehen
Du lässt es einfach so geschehen
Du duldest schweigend all die kranken Köpfe 
Das Treiben deiner tödlichen Geschöpfe

Ist das ein Spiel für dauernde Verlierer
Sehende Puppen, blinde Führer
Hat sich darin ein großer Plan erfüllt 
Ist alles noch dein Ebenbild

Macht euch die Erde Untertan
Folgt Selbstgefälligkeit und Wahn
Nehmt was ihr wollt, ihr müsst nichts geben
Ihr habt ja nur dies eine Leben

Ist Schicksal, was passieren muss?
Gibt’s niemals einen guten Schluss?
So siehst du zu, ums wie es ist, zu lassen
Statt anzubeten, müsste man dich hassen

Oh, Oh, Oh, kein Gott
Oh, Oh, Oh, kein Gott
 
lyrics google translation 

Oh no god

Have you ever been heard screaming?
Felt that it hurts you, horrifies you, disturbs you?
Because everything you once did
Turns out completely differently than you thought it would

Were there ever signs sent from heaven?
A sword unsheathed by one of your angels?
Did you feel despair, worry, hardship?
Billions of millions of prayers?

Ever tried to turn a suffering around?
You just let it happen.
You silently tolerate all the sick minds.
The doings of your deadly creatures.

Is this a game for perpetual losers?
Seeing puppets, blind guides.
Has a great plan been fulfilled in this?
Is everything still in your image?

Subdue the earth.
Follow complacency and delusion.
Take what you want, you don't have to give anything.
You only have this one life.

Is fate what must happen?
Is there never a happy ending?
Are you just watching to let things be?
Instead of worshipping, people should hate you.

Oh, oh, oh, no God.
Oh, oh, oh, no God.


Oh kein Gott

it frequently occurs that I have to face up to a hundred of attempts when working on virtual vocals for my stuff – though I created a particular persona (defined in many details such as voice character and stuff) in order to work with a ‘familiar’ singer. anyway, this time it actually took almost 250 working versions and the entire amount of my suno pro credits to direct the machine towards a vocal performance matching with my musically concept, the backing tracks and even more: my massive thoughts and emotions in terms of topic. I was looking for a genre or a way to capture a story going back a thousand of years – and going on and on and on. everyday. around the planet. becoming ever worse, especially nowadays…

music, lyrics and production by ©Hans-Michael Albers – vocal performance by suno4.5

Leben über Leben
Alle gerade eben
Zwischen zwei Sekunden
Ausgelöscht verschwunden
 
Grauenhafter Schrecken
Eingestürzte Decken
Ängste, Schreie, Schmerzen
Lauter tote Herzen
 
Wimmern und Entsetzen
Kinderkörperfetzen
Reste von Figuren
Wie zertretene Uhren
 
Graue Trümmerorte
Blut und Ohnmachtsworte
Schneidend tiefer Kummer
Eine Opfernummer
  
Es wird weiter, weitergehen
Weiter über Leichen 
Ist noch nicht genug geschehen
Wird uns niemals reichen
Alles wird so weitergehen
weiter, weiter, weiter
  
Wünsche, Pläne, Ziele
Sorgenfreie Spiele
Freude, Lachen, Scherze
Alles nur noch Schwärze
 
Atmen, Leben spüren
Sehen und berühren
Träumen, küssen, lieben
Nichts davon geblieben
 
Unendliches Sterben
Grauen und Verderben
Bomben, Morden, Brennen
Es Konflikte nennen
 
Schlachten wie von Sinnen
Siegen, nie gewinnen
Ewig gleiche Sache
Männer, Macht und Rache
  
Es wird weiter, weitergehen
Weiter über Leichen 
Ist noch nicht genug geschehen
Wird uns niemals reichen
Alles wird so weitergehen
weiter, weiter, weiter
 
Es wird immer wieder gehen
Für ein Meer aus Tränen
Alle haben hingesehen
Niemand muss sich schämen
So wird alles weiter weitergehen
weiter, weiter, weiter

trying to translate:  

Untold lives
All just
Between two seconds
Destroyed, erased

Terrible fright
Collapsed ceilings
Fears, screams, pain
Shredded hearts

Whimpering and horror
Children's body scraps
Remains of limbs
Like trampled watches

Gray places of rubble
Blood and fainting words
Cutting deep sorrow
A victim number

It will go on and on
Over dead bodies 
Not enough has happened yet
Will never be enough for us
Everything will continue like this
On and on and on

Wishes, plans, goals
Worry-free games
Joy, laughter, jokes
Everything is just blackness

Breathe, feel life
See and touch
Dream, kiss, love
Nothing remained of it

Infinite dying
Terror and ruin
Bombs, murder, burning
Named conflict

Slaughtering insanity
Triumphing, never winning
Always the same thing
Men, power and revenge

It will go on and on
Over dead bodies 
Not enough has happened yet
Will never be enough for us
Everything will continue like this
On and on and on

It will happen again and again
For a sea of tears
All eyes are on it
Nobody has to be ashamed
This is how everything will continue
On and on and on


Es wird weiter weitergehen

Is there any season as young as summertime? Is there any feeling as great as youth? Is there anything more worth protecting than a summer as we know it from our youth?

lyrics, music and production by ©Hans-Michael Albers – vocal performance by suno 4.5
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUzxoum-PQ

Still
This fragrance 
Like only
Summer air

Cloudless
Weightless
Wonderland
Life-size

Everything can be
Simply
Everywhere 
Sunshine

Warm light
A perfect world 
Sky high
Blue tent

Nobody knows
Or do they?
Whether and how
Long it will last?

Everyone sees
What happens
Everyone has
Got it

Never again like this
Never again like this
Everything is over
And over

Always young
Best time
All's well
Lightness

Popsicles
Convertible
Soul laughs
Just like that

Can do anything
Free choice
Tomorrow is
Doesn't matter

Nobody knows
Or do they?
Whether and how
Long it will last?

Everyone sees
What happens
Everyone has
Got it

Never again like this
Never again free
Everything is over
And over

No more good
Sun glow
Heat red
Hot death

Dry field
Desert world
Summerland 
Burnt down

Summerland 
burnt down

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)


Sommerland abgebrannt

Just a second version that I really too... I reckon human nature is easy to explain. either it’s driven by love, or it’s driven by hate, or most often: anything between. I also guess, love driven people tend to look for similarities between individuals, whereas hate driven people focus on differences. appetency towards friends vs appetency towards foes. that’s humans, just that easy, just that conflicting… 

anyway, here comes a song dedicated to something exclusively human. a very special kind of moment that connects all of us billions of times each day or rather night. a moment that should actually tell us how absurd hate is.

as usual, my vocal persona from suno challenged me with heaps of highly individual results and over a hundred of attempts made to end up in the trash. 

there’s also a very different version made for a video concept I just put on youtube, if you are interested, https://youtu.be/Xl8ACnyZFw0?si=7JKl8jbROj031M0U

lyrics, music and production by ©Hans-Michael Albers – vocal performance by suno.4.5

Google translation

Endlessly distant ceilings.
made of dark shadows and black corners.
a canvas of sleepless brooding
Of bright, beautiful, evil and sick thoughts.

Worrying, fearing, hoping, praying.
Smiling, loving, cursing and kicking.
Minutes, hours, night after night.
Not a single eye closed.

Sleep, people, sleep!
Sleep, people, sleep!

Same happiness, same sorrow.
Longing for a little slumber.
Heads full of similar things.
No matter what we argue about,

A sea of lonely human feelings.
Unfathomable deep and infinite.
Everything that turns dreams into thoughts.
Tonight, for night, for night, for night.

Sleep, people, sleep!
Sleep, people, sleep.

Original:

Unfassbar weite Zimmerdecken
Voll dunkler Schatten, schwarzer Ecken
Die Leinwand schlafloser Gedanken
Von hellen, schönen, bösen, kranken

Ein Sorgen, Fürchten, Hoffen, Beten
Ein Lächeln, Lieben, Fluchen, Treten
Minuten, Stunden, Nacht für Nacht
Nicht mal ein Auge zugemacht

Schlaft Menschen, schlaft 

Das gleiche Glück, derselbe Kummer
Die Sehnsucht nach ein bisschen Schlummer
Die Köpfe voll Gemeinsamkeiten
Egal, worüber wir uns streiten

Ein Meer einsamer Menschgefühle 
Unendlich tief, unendlich viele
Alles, was Träume zu Gedanken macht
Heut Nacht, für Nacht, für Nacht, für Nacht

Menschen, Schlaft, Menschen

I reckon human nature is easy to explain. either it’s driven by love, or it’s driven by hate, or most often: anything between. I also guess, love driven people tend to look for similarities between individuals, whereas hate driven people focus on differences. appetency towards friends vs appetency towards foes. that’s humans, just that easy, just that conflicting…

anyway, here comes a song dedicated to something most human. a very special kind of moment that connects all of us billions of times each day or rather night. a moment that should actually tell us how absurd hate is.

there’s also a very different version made for a video concept I just put on youtube, if you are interested, youtu.be/Xl8ACnyZFw0?si=7JKl8jbROj031M0U

lyrics, music and production by ©Hans-Michael Albers – vocal performance by suno.4.5

Google translation

Endlessly distant ceilings.
made of dark shadows and black corners.
a canvas of sleepless brooding
Of bright, beautiful, evil and sick thoughts.

Worrying, fearing, hoping, praying.
Smiling, loving, cursing and kicking.
Minutes, hours, night after night.
Not a single eye closed.

Sleep, people, sleep!
Sleep, people, sleep!

Same happiness, same sorrow.
Longing for a little slumber.
Heads full of similar things.
No matter what we argue about,

A sea of lonely human feelings.
Unfathomable deep and infinite.
Everything that turns dreams into thoughts.
Tonight, for night, for night, for night.

Sleep, people, sleep!
Sleep, people, sleep.

Original:

Unfassbar weite Zimmerdecken
Voll dunkler Schatten, schwarzer Ecken
Die Leinwand schlafloser Gedanken
Von hellen, schönen, bösen, kranken

Ein Sorgen, Fürchten, Hoffen, Beten
Ein Lächeln, Lieben, Fluchen, Treten
Minuten, Stunden, Nacht für Nacht
Nicht mal ein Auge zugemacht

Schlaft Menschen, schlaft

Das gleiche Glück, derselbe Kummer
Die Sehnsucht nach ein bisschen Schlummer
Die Köpfe voll Gemeinsamkeiten
Egal, worüber wir uns streiten

Ein Meer einsamer Menschgefühle
Unendlich tief, unendlich viele
Alles, was Träume zu Gedanken macht
Heut Nacht, für Nacht, für Nacht, für Nacht

Schlaft Menschen Schlaft

Poems and lyrics aren’t the same. In many ways. This made me even more interested in setting a poem I wrote ages ago to music. The story isn’t based on a personal experience but relates to a most personal and emotional topic. It’s about a classic source of human conflict and a major killer of relationships. An overinflated ego. Very complex, very human – a perfect subject to challenge the expressiveness of the machine and its skills to not just repeat words like a parrot or a voice robot but to give them the full depth of their meaning. 

Lyrics, music and production by © Hans-Michael Albers, vocal performance by suno 4.5, cover image by keenan constance 

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

You're like a movie I'll never see again
Last scene, last scare 
End, over, switch off
Cursed from the beginning, but held on till the end

Never again and again you
Never again and again
Never again lose my head 
That will never happen again
Never again like this, never again you
I'll never get involved with you again

Your world is a self-satisfied dream
The perfect ego planet
That revolves around itself
Your only feeling, nothing but a cold game
You love only yourself and will never be different
A black hole
And I fell in, and I fell in

Never again and again you
Never again and again
Never lose my head again 
That will never happen again
Never again like this, never again you
I'll never get involved with you again

Your only feeling, nothing but a cold game
You only love yourself and you'll never be different
A black hole
And I fell in, and I fell in

Never again ever again you
Never again ever again
Never lose my head again 
That will never happen again
Never again like this, never again you
I'll never get involved with you again
Never be just your mirror again
I won’t fall for you anymore

Never, never, never again
Never, never, never again
you

 

Du bist wie ein Film, den ich nie wieder seh 
Letzte Szene, letzter Schreck 
Ende, Aus, ich bin weg
Von Anfang an geflucht, doch bis zum Ende versucht

Nie wieder immer wieder du
Nie wieder immerzu
Nie wieder meinen Kopf verlier‘n 
Das wird nie mehr passier‘n
Nie wieder sowas, nie mehr du
Ich lass dich nie mehr zu

Deine Welt ist ein selbstgefälliger Traum
Der perfekte Ich-Planet
Der sich um sich selber dreht
Dein einziges Gefühl, nichts als ein kaltes Spiel
Du liebst nur dich allein und wirst nie anders sein
Ein schwarzes Loch
Und ich fiel rein, und ich fiel rein

Nie wieder immer wieder du
Nie wieder immerzu
Nie wieder meinen Kopf verlier‘n 
Das wird nie mehr passier’n
Nie wieder sowas, nie mehr du
Ich lass dich nie mehr zu

Dein einziges Gefühl, nichts als ein kaltes Spiel
Du liebst nur dich allein und wirst nie anders sein
Ein schwarzes Loch
Und ich fiel rein, und ich fiel rein

Nie wieder immer wieder du
Nie wieder immerzu
Nie wieder meinen Kopf verlier‘n 
Das wird nie mehr passier’n
Nie wieder sowas, nie mehr du
Ich lass dich nie mehr zu

Nie wieder nur dein Spiegel sein
Nie wieder fall ich rein
Nie, nie, nie wieder
Nie, nie, nie wieder
du


Nie wieder immer wieder du

Please excuse me for coming up with something new so quickly.

Tomorrow marks the 22nd anniversary of the death of French actress Marie Trintignant, who was beaten to death by her boyfriend, Bertrand Cantat, on 26 July 2003.

Some people will have seen the Netflix documentary about the case and will therefore also be familiar with the media and public debate at the time. This was a broad and heated discussion, as if the categorisation of such a brutal killing was a matter of opinion.

After that, one might have gained the impression that those who prioritise conservative values and traditional social and family roles tend to view domestic violence as an interpersonal tragedy rather than an unequivocal act of violence. ‘Arguments happen in even the best families.’ – ‘Doesn't an argument that gets out of hand often come from both sides?’ – ‘Did the victim overstep the mark and provoke an overreaction instead of making a diplomatic concession?’…

22 years have passed since then. In that time, #MeToo has emerged, alongside all kinds of discussions.

A lot of noise. A lot of media. A lot of talking-is-the-new-doing. But nothing has changed, apart from the number of reported cases of domestic violence, which continues to rise to this day. Whether this is because more and more offences are being reported instead of concealed is massively irrelevant:

In Germany, one woman or girl is beaten, abused or victimised by her partner or a male family member every single minute of every 24-hour day. According to official reporting statistics, this only happens every three minutes. What is clear, however, is that someone dies from their injuries almost every day.

The murder of Marie Trintignant is repeated every day.

There are many explanations for this. Psychological, social, political, and personal, to name a few. After all, we are living in an age of digital polyglotism where everyone has an answer to everything. Somehow, what you can explain is easier to accept. So, let’s talk about acceptance.

The number of car thefts registered in Germany each year amounts to around one sixth of the reported cases of domestic violence. The number of domestic burglaries is less than half.

What would happen if the number of domestic burglaries doubled, or if the number of car thefts increased sixfold? There might also be discussions about the thieves' psychological state of emergency or their possible negligence, provocation or shared guilt. But first and foremost, everyone would agree:

'This has to stop! We must stop it by any means necessary! … Zero acceptance!"

Is a stolen car, despite insurance reimbursement, really more painful, shocking and unacceptable than a woman being dragged through her flat by her hair?

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Lyrics, music and production by ©Hans-Michael Albers. Vocal performance by suno4.5

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn16cxiq-64

Google translation:

I won't let you rest
It's the only reason you're hitting me
To get revenge for all your frustration
You just have to do so

It's not even good for you
But what are you going to do with your anger?
It's all my fault
I'm pushing your patience to the limit

Your pain should be mine
I deserve to feel it
You give it my face
So it can break me instead of you

What nobody sees or hears
It destroys the perfect world
Whenever it bangs
I wanted it that way

Only because of me do you see red
And because of me, you beat me to death
Only because of me do you see red
And because of me, you beat me to death

I would have liked to live
How I felt, how I moved freely.
One last pain, one moment
Then it's over, happy end

Ich hätte gern gelebt

I am anything but a pessimist. I am not depressed either. However, the world is in such a sad state that, when I look for song lyric topics, I can hardly find anything positive or fun. Instead of singing, you just want to cry. Or scream.

I wrote the following song in memory of the immeasurable pain and incredible will to survive of the Ukrainian people – neither as a lament nor as a protest song, just as an almost normal love song.

Although I don't know the basics of the Ukrainian language, I also decided to write this Ukrainian version too with a customized arrangement and the help of DeepL because this language sounds so extra beautiful – one special of so many diamonds of Europe's cultural diversity.

Image: Dmytro Kotenko who died on the third day of the Russian invasion. He was 21.

Music, lyrics, vocal prompt and production by ©Hans-Michael Albers. Vocal performance by suno4.5

Lyrics translation by DeepL:

Will I ever see you again?
Just once more?
Wandering through worlds, spaces and dreams.
No matter where, no matter when.

Losing all time forever
as if we were music.
Only us and nothing else anymore.
As if there were no war.

Coming together like two halves of a whole.
Barely able to breathe with happiness,
Your heart beating as loudly as mine.
In this moment.

Gazing at you silently as you sleep so beautifully.
So indescribably close,
I've never seen anything more beautiful.
And it was all true.

Why can't this continue?
Why are you a ghost?
Will I ever see you again,
Before it tears me apart?

Will I ever see you again,
Before it tears me apart?

Чи побачу я тебе ще колись? (Werd ich dich jemals wiedersehen?)

I am anything but a pessimist. I am not depressed either. However, the world is in such a sad state that, when I look for song lyric topics, I can hardly find anything positive or fun. Instead of singing, you just want to cry. Or scream. 

I wrote the following song in memory of the immeasurable pain and incredible will to survive of the Ukrainian people – neither as a lament nor as a protest song, just as an almost normal love song. 

Although I don't know the basics of the Ukrainian language, I also decided to write a Ukrainian version too (will be published soon) with the help of DeepL because this language sounds so extra beautiful – one special of so many diamonds of Europe's cultural diversity.

Image: Dmytro Kotenko who died on the third day of the Russian invasion. He was 21.

Music, lyrics, vocal prompt and production by ©Hans-Michael Albers. Vocal performance by suno4.5

Lyrics translation by DeepL:

Will I ever see you again?
Just once more?
Wandering through worlds, spaces and dreams.
No matter where, no matter when.

Losing all time forever
as if we were music.
Only us and nothing else anymore.
As if there were no war.

Coming together like two halves of a whole.
Barely able to breathe with happiness,
Your heart beating as loudly as mine.
In this moment.

Gazing at you silently as you sleep so beautifully.
So indescribably close,
I've never seen anything more beautiful.
And it was all true.

Why can't this continue?
Why are you a ghost?
Will I ever see you again,
Before it tears me apart?

Will I ever see you again,
Before it tears me apart?

Werd ich dich jemals wiedersehen?

hello friends, since I'm taking a break from german lyrics, I'd like to try something I know nothing about that will probably backfire: english lyrics (I wish I were just a fraction as talented as my fabulous friend terry reeves). 

I've chosen an instrumental piece I wrote 13 years ago as my very first upload to soundcloud under the name roth whyler. at the time, I had in mind the story of a woman who remembers the love of her life to whom she never confessed her feelings: her boyfriend's girlfriend. I had the machine create a playback based on my original piece as a test. after heaps of attempts, the result expressed such weird chaos of emotions that I left everything as it was. 

why bluegrass? because I just massively love the longing way of its dealing with 3/4 time.

©music & lyrics written by Hans-Michael Albers. Backing tracks and vocals by suno.4.5+

hopefully reasonably correct english:

Did you know that I loved you?

I am walking down Shepherd’s Alley
Yet I know that dreams never last
Every step will tell me a story 
After millions of stories have passed

Since those days when life felt like dancing
To the sultans of Friday night’s swing
As we raced through times full of madness
In the loop of an endless spring

You and Davie, me and Sebastian
Two and two, an immortal four
Til there was a growing sensation
Ever harder to ignore 
Such an overwhelming emotion
Never felt such before
While it got evermore

Did you know?

Did you know that I loved you?
I don’t think, babe, that you knew
That I secretly loved you
I so deeply did and still I do love you

Did you know that I loved you?
Much too late now to tell you
Was so crazy about you
A quiet truth and it’s still true

Things went on and we finally broke up
All our dreams sank into the past
Only one remained, never gave in
Still too strong to ignore 
Still an overwhelming emotion
Never felt such before
Will remain evermore

Did you know that I loved you?
I don’t think, babe, that you knew
That I secretly loved you
I so deeply did and still I do love you

Did you know that I loved you?
Much too late now to tell you
Was so crazy about you
A quiet truth and it’s still true

Did you know that I loved you?
I don’t think, babe, that you knew
That I secretly loved you
I so deeply did and still I do love you

I will always, always do.

Did you know that I loved you?

After an exceptionally English song (I now have a separate page for those), I would like to share an older song from the 80s, for which I have always been looking for a voice, as with all the songs here. It is about what are probably the most difficult moments after a breakup, when the conflict between pain and hope hits you the hardest.

©music and lyrics by Hans-Michael Albers, vocals by suno 4.5+

Silent, deep night
Still no word from you, not a sign
To tell me if you're coming
Tonight
It's not easy for me to understand
That you're somewhere
And forgetting me
Tonight

Waiting without purpose
So long, so many endless hours
And I can't find peace
Where are you?
I know you explained everything to me
And yet I still don't understand
That it
Was just that

But maybe
Someday
This night will pass too
It may be
That then
It won't hurt anymore, we'll see
But maybe
The day will come
When I can forget you
Someday
Someday
Someday

Sometimes a noise
I startle awake and think it's you
But I look into nothingness
Tonight
It captivates me and holds me captive
This waiting for you
And you
Don't come

But maybe
Someday
This night will also pass
It may be
That then
It won't hurt anymore, we'll see
But maybe
The day will come
When I can forget you
What I can't
Do yet
Maybe I can someday
But maybe
Someday
This night will pass too
It could be
Someday
And I'll get over it
But maybe
The day will come
When I can forget you
What I can't
Do yet

Stille

I'd like to add one more thing to my description, see ‘musical’: as always, it took quite a few attempts to get the machine, which I had fed with my backing tracks and lyrics, to accept my ideas for the vocals. an annoying process. this made me curious to hear how the very poetic lyrics from earlier would sound with a completely different meter and style. voilà...

©music and lyrics written by Hans-Michael Albers, instrumental cover and vocal performance by suno 4.5+

One last warm ray of sunlight.
reflected in the leaves' dance.
A flock of birds flies away.
A sky full of differences.

Nothing blooms or sparkles in the air anymore.
Only the weary scent of farewell.
Of all the strength that once was.
Now, only memories remain.

A quiet dying, piece by piece.
Looking forward, we look back.
To everything light and carefree,
that returned every morning.

as if nothing was ever too late.
Because time turns in circles.
in a boundless world,
where nothing lasts forever.

Do you feel it, too?
Do you feel it, too?

Colourful and enchantingly beautiful to this day.
A play of colours, no farewell.
One last warm ray of sunshine.
There won't be another one.

There won't be another one.

Do you feel it, too?
Do you feel it, too?

Spürst du dass auch? (Hip Hop Version)

here, too, an addition to the description above: this first version from 1981 was quickly done in the rehearsal room. 

record a continuous rhythm sequence. record rhythm guitar. record organ. combine the three tracks on the fourth free track. record vocals. record piano. combine both tracks on the third track. record solo guitar. record second vocal part. mix all 4 tracks and transfer them to a stereo mc as the ‘master’. that simple.

the lyrics were a mere working draft: somewhat muddled, silly, and padded with filler words. a few days later, when I sat down to write the lyrics, I played the vocal melody on the guitar and realized that I would rather use it as an instrumental line. it would serve as the central theme for the strings. I also needed a different flow for the lyrics. so, the whole thing took a different turn. here is the original from back then:

©music and lyrics written by Hans-Michael Albers

Spürst du das auch? (Original Sketch 1981)

maybe it's just me, but the end of summer has always felt like someone suddenly flipped a switch and changed everything overnight. the light, the air, the mood, everything. of course, there's this spectacularly beautiful transition called indian summer in canada and north america, and simply "herbst" here. but the beginning of this magnificent end always feels abrupt to me. recently, it happened again. just like when I was a child, I felt a sense of melancholy, as if it were a permanent farewell. maybe for it will actually be that way. someday.

anyway, in 1981, I had the bizarre idea of writing a musical. I was attracted by the complex challenge. but, above all, it was because I had always been immensely impressed by the musicals of the 60s and 70s: just freaking divine melodies, usually too dramatic, playful and operetta-like for radio.

I got started and wrote a musical about mice (while in london someone way more talented was creating one about cats;-) of course, autumn had to play a role, with all the feelings I associate with it, which I also attribute to mice. scene: two mice sitting together, watching a beautiful sunset, one of them starts singing and dancing.

over the past 40 years, I have reinterpreted the theme of this special part countless times (just example in the case of massive curiosity: ( https://youtu.be/az0T2Uzkgk0?si=QLOK4hJ5i5GcsDbr ), but it has only now become a song with the vocals written once.

I’d also like to share the very first sketch on the subject, once recorded in my band's rehearsal room with a working text. we shared the room with a keyboardist with an unimaginable amount of money. this allowed him to afford things I secretly used for this recording: a brand-new wonder machine called the teac tascam portastudio 244 80s 4 track multitrack cassette tape recorder!!! a yamaha cp 70 grand piano!!! a korg cx-3 organ!!! and a roland tr-808 rhythm composer!!! absolutely insane!!! the rest is my “voice” and, of course, the strat.

And since I’m already at it, I created a template-free hip hop interpretation of the lyrics that more closely reflects my current mood, which is certainly age-related;-)

©music and lyrics written by Hans-Michael Albers, instrumental cover and vocal performance by suno 4.5+

One last warm ray of sunlight.
reflected in the leaves' dance.
A flock of birds flies away.
A sky full of differences.

Nothing blooms or sparkles in the air anymore.
Only the weary scent of farewell.
Of all the strength that once was.
Now, only memories remain.

A quiet dying, piece by piece.
Looking forward, we look back.
To everything light and carefree,
that returned every morning.

as if nothing was ever too late.
Because time turns in circles.
in a boundless world,
where nothing lasts forever.

Do you feel it, too?
Do you feel it, too?

Colourful and enchantingly beautiful to this day.
A play of colours, no farewell.
One last warm ray of sunshine.
There won't be another one.

There won't be another one.

Do you feel it, too?
Do you feel it, too?


Spürst du das auch? (Musical Version)

no, I’m not an AI enthusiast, but I use AI as a singer I've been looking for all my life. I'm a guitarist and, in my spare time, a passionate songwriter and producer from hamburg, germany.
this page is a place to share some german lyrics written by me over the past few decades and sung by virtual vocalists from  suno 4.0 and, more recently, suno 4.5+. these are based on my compositions, pre-recorded backing tracks and 'prompts' to help the machine get half way close to my imagination.
thank you for listening, and for your indulgence with regard to the literal translations, which prove that there is a fine line between translation and interpretation...

hans-michael albers

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