I think of the times
When we argued in rhymes
Through a cord we had tied up to cans.
Will our visions steer our hands
Or go by?

I call up the day
When we wrestled in the hay
Until we were thrown down by sleep.
Will all our dreams eventually
Fight their way?

There are so many castles above our heads,
Would you climb one with me?
I know they are hard to spot among the clouds,
But don’t worry, we’ll just have to blow!

A boy and a bird
Are playing in the dirt,
Ignoring all dirt of the past.
Will Eden’s curse forever last
Or go by?

12 Blow (Ode to Innocence)

I whisper goodnight
And go out for a ride,
I'm on the run.
Then you come along
And you sing me a song,
A lullaby.

I fall asleep and steer
The car into the ocean,
Now look what you have done!

How can we save us?
We'll just live on algae & love.
How can we build our homes?
On algae & love.
In love I'll keep alive our dream,
The dream of algae & love.
Thank you for what you've done!

I spin a cocoon
Where I hum my old tune
'bout the eclipse of the sun.
I've left out the window,
Your pollen blows in, though,
And it burns my eyes.

Wild tears pour out
Until we're flooded by the incoming tide,
Look what you've done!

How can we save us?
We'll just live on algae & love.
How can we build our homes?
On algae & love.
In love I'll keep alive our dream,
The dream of algae & love,
And I wanna thank you for the faith you put in our dreams!

We dream of algae & love,
And that's our anchor.
I know we can live on our dreams,
Our dreams are truly the purest we have,
And they shall overcome!

13 The Dream of Algae & Love

I stay on my balcony.
But if I can ever breathe
In outer space,
I'll lift off to be free.

I reach out for Andromeda,
Gather kerosene.
Open up Orions's Belt,
Pour your starlight over me!

I stay within gravity.
But if I can ever flee,
I'll find my way
To Alpha Centauri.

I reach out for Andromeda,
Gather kerosene.
Open up Orions's Belt,
Pour your starlight over us!

Same old floodlight flows,
(over us)
Same old stellar wind blows,
(over us)
And inside it grows:
(over us)
The Blue Flower looking out for a prima donna rose.

I stay on my earthy way.
And if I can't ever seize
The starlight,
So can the Little Prince in me.

I pour my starlight over you, my world.

14 Starlight Spring Tide

Magst Du den Wein, oder willst Du vergessen?
Teilst Du Deinen Becher, oder wäre das vermessen
Für einen Schluck Unsterblichkeit?
Suchst Du nach Worten, oder wartest Du auf Menschen,
Die für Dich sorgen und Dir sagen, dass Du richtig bist?
Du wartest nicht allein.

Ich weiß nicht, was ich will,
Die Sterne sind so still.
Ich weiß nicht, was ich träumen soll,
Die Erinnerung bleibt stumm.

Und es ist alles anders, alles gleich,
Gestern war'n wir hammer, heut' sind wir high.
Mach Dir keine Sorgen,
Übermorgen sind die Dächer wieder frei.
Und dann ist alles anders, alles leicht,
Weißt Du noch, wie Dein Wunderkind mit Rufnamen heißt?
Der Weg ist noch weit,
Und die Sterne steh'n...

Kannst Du denn weinen, oder wirst Du verdrängen?
Teilst Du Deine Schulter, oder wäre das beengend
Für einen Tropfen Dreisamkeit?
Suchst Du nach Orten, oder ahnst Du, wo die Winde wohnen,
Die Dich treu nur dahin tragen, wo Du glücklich bist?
Du ahnst, das geht zu zweit.

Ich weiß nicht, wo ich bin,
Der Himmel zieht dahin.
Ich weiß nicht, wo ich fliegen soll,
Götterdämmerung greift um sich.

Es ist alles anders, alles gleich,
Gestern Harry Potter, heut' Gaukelei.
Mach Dir keine Sorgen,
Übermorgen ist Dein Lächeln wieder frei.
Und dann ist alles anders, alles leicht,
Zeigst Du mir, wie Dein Zauberkind die Kaninchen befreit?
Der Weg ist noch weit,
Und die Sterne...

Sie sind alle anders, alle gleich,
Gestern Großes Wagen und heute Kleinklein.
Mach Dir keine Sorgen,
Übermorgen sind die Dächer wieder sturmfrei.
Und dann ist alles anders, alles leicht,
Siehst Du nicht, wie Dein Sorgenkind am Leben gedeiht?
Der Weg ist noch weit,
Und die Sterne steh'n bereit.

Die Sterne steh'n bereit,
Alles anders, alles gleich.

Alles anders, alles reich.

15 Alles anders, alles gleich

Vicious cycle, veins of gold,
I'm sorry for the tales I've told
You about Eldorado,
Now, is it worth more than a new day-dream? No!

Lost in salvation,
I'll keep an eye on your monsters,
The little lodgers under your bed-ache.
You, infinite moment, the fever of revelation,
Elation,
Utopia.

If I could live a thousand years,
I'd sweat out a thousand summer tears
Into a spring, ambrosia fall,
Thick enough to tear off your winter wall?

Lost in salvation,
I'll keep an eye on your monsters,
The little lodgers under your bed-ache.
You, infinite moment, the fever of revelation,
Elation,
You...

A breath of dead air,
A pleading “take care“,
You whisper “what for“
And take the window as a door.
You broke both your legs,
Yet not your will,
Found a piece of peace lying still
In the four-poster bed on the top of your summer hill.

Lost in elevation,
You'll keep alive your brave monsters,
Let the lodgers under your bed awake
You, you live for the moment, it's summer, the fever, revelation,
Elation, elation, elation, elation, elation,
You, you, Utopia.

16 Utopia

Sway, father, sway!
Deep inside the realm of your dreams
A little boy’s ashamed to cry
For his blackbird gone before its time.

So he bothers his mom,
And says: “Mom, does he rest now with God?”
“Oh, boy, be quiet! You know your father’s out at war,
But one day he’ll get back home
And we’ll become a real family.
Everything it takes is to believe.”

So sway, father, sway!
Weep upon the graves of your fathers,
You ain’t got no others.
Sweet sigh of relief:
The minute you’ll bow to belief
Is eons away.
Keep your ears in reach of the sirens’
Echoes enticing the earth,
It’s tumbling down.
In a minute we’re inhaled by the ground,
Yeah, sway, father, sway!

Sway, father, sway!
Yes, in fact he returned to repair
Your little clan, yet left no doubt that in the end
It arose from an accident.

So you grew up a shade,
‘til one day you found that Johnnie Walker Red
Was more reliable than your father ever would be,
And you washed aside the never-ending
War on vacuum and grief.
You’ve got the liquor in your hand – why believe?

So sway, father, sway!
Weep upon the graves [...]

Sway, father, sway!
Yeah, I know there were times when you struggled a lot,
And I wanna thank you for the unquenchable thirst for new worlds that you’ve brought.
Let’s just create our own upright God.

07 Sway, Father, Sway

Hurray, hurray,
The world has gone astray,
Makes us focus on laughter and decay.
Needless to say:
The world has gone astray.

Hurray, we suffer like a lion
Whose royal fangs are bound to die,
And all that’s left to pray for is mash.
Don’t be afraid:
Until the dawn of the day
The world’s back on its way.

Hurray, hurray,
The world has gone astray,
And we spoon up the remnants of our pray.
But who’s gonna pay?
The world has gone astray.

Hurray, we offer up our past
For a grain of truth that’s going to last,
And all that’s worth retaining is ash.
We’ll have to wait
Until the dawn of the day:
The world will be okay.

Hurray, hurray,
The world has gone astray,
Time to swallow and make up our delay.

I miss you today, I miss you to sway,
I miss you to say the world is OK.
I miss you today, I miss you to sway,
I miss you to pray for the world to be OK.

I miss you, how I miss you,
How I miss to let you know that I miss you.
How I miss you, I miss you,
How do I miss the songs we sang yesterday.

(Yesterday) we used to sing for hours,
And today I’d like to sing for hours.

Today the world goes ‘round anyway.

08 The World Has Gone Astray

Let me know, let me know, let me know
Why the blackbird you’ve grown up with had to go.
Let me know where you’d favor to hide
If you were a child.

Let me show, let me show, let me show
You the sweet naivety of my hope.
Let me show what in the depth of the day
Helps me float away.

Let’s meet up by the well
And watch go down our daily plans.
Do you know what it means
To get lost in sinking sands?

As long as we leave
Our fake promises behind
Our riots won’t die!

Let me know, let me know, let me know
‘bout the elegies you hum when you’re alone.
Let me know what you wish to bloom on
Your ash when you’re gone.

Let me show, let me show, let me show
You the primeval woods of my soul.
Let me make up the place where I’d like
To settle down and go white.

Let’s join hands ‘round the fire
And watch burn up our common sense.
We all know what it’s like
To bite into all helping hands.

But as long as inside
Our damn old warriors go by
Our riots won’t die,
They won’t die!

09 Primeval Woods

Would you recite the verses
You wrote for the purpose
Of silencing onto my neck?

Would you follow me down
To my realm underground,
And then gather dreams back to back?

Would you release them into daylight?
I guess they won’t reach full blossom inside
Out you can turn
Your whole life, just to learn
It’s the same old story again.

Would you come by for a moment?
Smile for me like you did when you said:
“Hey, come over, we’ll make it alright,
Or we’re wasting our time.”

Would you take all our silver-stained horses across?
Come, let’s create our providence
Before we die,
Or we’re wasting our life, our life, our life.

Would you paint out the mirror,
Make that clown disappear
Underneath your sweet magical ink?

Would you blindly insist
On that black bottled bliss
If you’d seen your own father sink?

Would you rely on me when you’re stuck?
Leave your grey foal in my hands to feed up
Until you’ve found
A new way to be proud
Of the same old story again.

Would you come by for a moment?
Smile for me like you did when you said:
“Hey, come over, we’ll make it alright,
Or we’re wasting our time.”

Would you take all our silver-stained horses across?
Come, let’s create our providence
Before we die,
Or we’re wasting our life, our life, our life.

Would you come by for a moment?
Smile for me like you did when you said:
“Hey, come over, we’ll make it alright,
Or we’re wasting our time.”

Would you take all our silver-stained horses across?
Or we're wasting, we're wasting, we're wasting our life.

10 Silver-Stained Horses

Once upon a time a boy was washed ashore,
And when he woke up he found nothing
But those ragged pants he wore.
“Hey freedom, how I’ve hungered for your kiss!
I swear I’ll take care of every single
Blade of grass this isle is armed with.”

One day he found a goddess statuette in the rye,
And his timidity surrendered
In the face of her smile.
“Wait for me, I’m an angel, I can fly.
Wait for me, the ocean
Is nothing more than a lie.”

So he took off to drift towards her threshold.

The end of the story:
She said, “boy, I’m sorry.
You fly, you’re a ghost,
Too diffuse to get close.
In the end I need more than that:
A true shoulder to lean on my head.”

The years went by, and so did his memories of her.
He tried to fall in love again
And be lovable for all he was worth.
And he thought, “how might be doing my first one?
So long ago our farewell,
A drop of nostalgia won’t do no harm.”

Ever since their common ground grew each time they met.
Everything was fine until the day
He tripped on his good old statuette.
She smiled as if nothing had ocurred.
Yeah, she smiled like the ocean
He once had crossed for this girl.

So he took off to plead on her threshold.

The end of the story:
She said, “man, I’m sorry.
I like you very much,
And I hope we’ll keep in touch
Though I can’t give you more than that:
A true smile in the face of a friend.”

No, it’s not the end of the story,
No need to feel sorry.
Whatever may arise,
It will strengthen our ties.
You’re a friend and much more than that:

A true mirror that shows
How my faith inside grows
In myself and in others,
In life and in love as
Its never running dry
Spring in the rye.

In the end you’re still more than that:
One of the most word-transcending women I’ve ever met.

11 Spring in the Rye

+++ release from 15.05.2016 +++

a new ukulele song: "Utopia"

+++ pictures by Thorsten Meyer, Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) 2011 +++

Kap Alamé