Saturday evening fun jam project while we're waiting for midnight to go to a Halloween Party.
It's the first Party after a... i don't know... 15 months?
We'll get in the right mood. Because soon we're going "Where there's music and there's people And they're young and alive"
"Because we want to see people And we want to see life."

so: take me out!!!

Oli Boli - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (saturday fun jam "Smiths" cover)

A fun Corona-Lockdown-Project from 2020.
Cover "The Beaten Generation" by The The (Matt Johnson)
I created a video with my childhood puppets. It was a great fun

I created also a fun video: https://youtu.be/eReS_WmwEMY

Oli Boli - Beaten Generation

The Beaten Generation

Beaten Generation (The the Cover Version 2020)

My small contribution to do something against this terrible war. The only thing I can do at the moment.
This is my very first DemoRecording Attempt.
VideoLink: https://youtu.be/WN3zEOmBduM

Song description and explanations:
Katyusha:
Katyusha is a russian patriotic folk song. It's about a Russian woman called Katyusha.
"Standing on a steep riverbank, she sends her song to her beloved, a soldier serving far away."
In Nat King Cole's english version, one line of the song reads: "Purple skies Remind me of Katyusha"
Another line in other translation reads: "Apple trees and pear trees went into blooming,"

The russians named also the "Katyusha Rocket Launcher" after it.
This was the idea for the line in my own lyrics. "these are the strange love greetings sent to us by Katyusha from afar."

The Herald was an officer whose duty it was to proclaim war or peace, carry challenges to battle, and messages between sovereigns etc.

"Roundup your sheeps and wolves back home to the flock"
Get your soldiers back. Those who did not want to go there and also those who fought there.

Full Lyrics:
I stand alone here on the steep curled riverbank border
watch how the sky reflects deep purple in the mirrorblank water.
How could it happen that my thoughts revolve only around this war?
these are the strange love greetings sent to us by Katyusha from afar.

I ask myself if it’s okay to wish for spring come to arrive
while all the people close to us are trying to survive
Will all the pear and apple trees - start bloom again this year
or do they let it be ’cause they can also feel the fear?

How can we carry on - when everything goes wrong?
how can we worry in the morning - when our shower goes not warm?
when all the brave ones stay behind - defend our liberty and life
We just watch swooning and afraid - without rushing to their aid. 

N O W - i swallow my fears - inside myself
W I P E - away all my tears from my face
B U R Y my anger - and this indescribable swoon
I summon all my courage - so that peace can return

Let light - get back into your eyes
Let love - return to your heart
Let trust - retrieve to your soul
But do not let his lies near you - better "Put-In"-To a deep burning hole 

Keep them away from us
Make him clear that we don’t trust
These words that seemed spoken by insane
We stand together, cause we all want the same

Lets send a Herald to proclaim the peace in the world - we all are united
Lets spread the news and the truth. And let our thoughts unfurled - we all have the power
Roundup your sheeps and wolves back home to the flock
Your hate will never win a war against us
united and in love It’s time for you to see - Who has the power

Oli Boli - Dear W.P.

Dear W.P. - We have the Power

Put In'Sane' In A Deep Burning Hole. - (We have the Power)

This is my new project. I upload every step of this new song and replace the older version to see how it develops.

This is the first melody attemp for my new song. Its absolutley unfinished. I have this melody in my head and try to find the right chords. I'm courious for the endproduct.

I like the way to discover when anyone developes a song from the first idae to the complete song.

So here is the History
1.) May 7th. first step: finding a melody, record and upload
2.) May 8th. : Replacing with No. 2 after find the right notes to the chords.
3.) May 2th. Finishing the lyrics. New song "Download Code for a Memory from your Soul"
4.) May 29th. Adding first attempt for Piano. Old Guitar Track starts in the middle of this track

The first Demo-Version with lyrics is uploaded here:
Download Code for a Memory from your Soul:
https://soundcloud.com/oli-boli-684914260/download-code-for-a-memory-from-your-soul?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing




Any Comments and hints are welcome.

Oli Boli - Paperbag

Developing my new song - Melody finding in continuous working steps. Act. #4

got a birthday gift for recordingand mastering a song from a professional. Here is the result.

Session-Video: https://youtu.be/syIfReiImRk

Lyrics:
Part1:
Everything began
with that tear that ran
soaked in black through your make-up kohl 
filled with thoughts from your broken soul

When you running away from your worries 
And there is no time left for a word of apology
Climb up to the tallest tree you can find
Immerse yourself in the deepest sea where you can't stand

When you reach the point of no return 
Watch how the memories of your past life begins to burn
Make you realize how far you can fall from this tree.
Drown in your sorrows without hope for sympathy

If you are looking for a way out
Use your fears to let your heart beat loud
You can count on me to heed that sound
so i will save you before you hit the ground 

Before you threaten to drown
I will hand you Poseidon’s trident and the crown
when you struck on the rock, at the bottom of the sea
it will cause an earthquake that will set you free 

You still believe your heart is cold enough 
to stop melting the ice on the polar caps.
But you are under 
Misapprehension 
Let the sun's rays warmth your dreams
Stop crying to the moon and scream
Let the long forgotten feelings 
from your heart free from their chains 
And give them free rein
Feel how your heart returns to glow
The black full circle rainbow 
above you regains its splendor

Part2:
But then your tears returned
Through those fears that burned
Old scars will tear open again
The coldness come to freeze the blood in your veins

Before you fall into your old habits
think about what happened last time
when you chased the white rabbits
After taking pills and drinking unknown liquid
you changed your size and became tremendously wicked

With this emotions you will enter into regions
Where’s not healthy to be there when you taste the magic potion
Better try to get your life back under control
or Lucifer will swallow your body in a whole

If you are looking for a way out
Use your fears to let your heart beat loud
You can count on me to heed that sound
so i will save you before you hit the ground 

Before you threaten to drown
I will hand you Poseidon’s trident and the crown
when you struck on the rock, at the bottom of the sea
it will cause an earthquake that will set you free 

- Instrumental Bridge -

When you reach the point of no return 
Watch how the memories of your past life begins to burn
Make you realize how far you can fall from this tree.
Drown in your sorrows without hope for sympathy

When you feel your heart is running out of love
Watch at the angels spreading their wings above the clouds
Like a butterfly drifting through the storm
Flying forwards never looking back at its cocoon

Now when you feeeel so alone
There is only one way to escape the burden and the throne
Don't be seduced by power which is boon and the bane
Let your hair down from the tower 
leave the curse and mark of cain

Now you are dressed in black for your final show
Lie back relax and turn your heartbeat low
You won't believe 
How much it hurts us
Torn from this life like heated steam
Start crying to the moon and scream (dream)
You project all your sad feelings 
of your life onto your friends
And show them how it ends
when you're breathing very slow
The black full circle rainbow 
above you
shines like a halo

Oli Boli - Black Full Circle Rainbow

Black Full Circle Rainbow

Black Full Circle Rainbow - Final Mastering Guitar and Piano

A song about unused memories and the way to bring them back.
Videolink: https://youtu.be/M1rGy_xYQaQ

Lyrics 
Part I:

Once, on a cold november day             - Thoughts only circling 'round this gray
Sittin' lonely on the railroad track     - 'til i met a lady with a paper bag

With a brand of a long forgotten store   - that i could only hardly remember
a store with lots small beautiful things - of arts and design
with some old records, movies and books  - you can’t buy anymore
told, how she loved browsing and shopping 'round there 
She kept that bag for all those years 
then she reached for the bag and smiles  - i'm sure I look like a fool

She said: "it's a ... download code for a memory from your soul"

which you can ...
...recall a memory from inside    - retrive old pictures from your life
some of them are very colourful   - others appear in black and white
It could be long forgotten impressions from your past
or the melody that once healed your broken heart
or the infinitive love - that you felt when you lie in your mothers arms

They were never really lost
Stored deep inside your mind
Waiting for a sign
When your senses will be crossed, assambled and combined

Hold on your treasures         - Always take care of them 
                                                 (never let them go) 
Keep all the precious thoughts - that are really important in your life
                                                 (let your feelings flow)
Lay down your worries          - Remember all, the good times of your life 
                                                 (listen to your soul)
Hold on                        - To your self

Part II

When i look into your eyes                           - I wish i could read whats in your mind
Imagine a flower that arise after the rain           - from a long sown seed that germinates again

The taste of a wild cherry, picked for yourself      - offside the road on your way
Reminds how much youu loved hanging upside down      - from your favorite tree.
So sweet as a kiss from an old love                  - under the stars on your tree.
where you wished together something                  - to a shooting star
But it never came true, but the stars you wished for - are already still there
if youu discover this one star again                 - your old love takes control

Shines like a ... download code for a memory from your soul"


...recall a memory from inside    - retrive old pictures from your life
some of them are very colourful   - others appear in black and white
It could be long forgotten impressions from your past
or the melody that once healed your broken heart
or the infinitive love - that you felt when you lie in your mothers arms

They were never really lost
Stored deep inside your mind
Waiting for a sign
When your senses will be crossed, assambled and combined

Hold on your treasures         - Always take care of them 
                                                 (never let them go) 
Keep all the precious thoughts - that are really important in your life
                                                 (let your feelings flow)
Lay down your worries          - Remember all, the good times of your life 
                                                 (listen to your soul)
Ba da da da                    - Ba da da da
                                                 (Ba da da da) 
Ba da da da                    - Ba da da da
                                                 (da da da da daa) 
Hold on                        - Hold on
To your self

Oli Boli - Download Code

Downloadcode for a Memory from your Soul

Download Code for a Memory from your Soul

- Jun. 5th: Transpose this song from Guitar to Piano.
- Jun. 17th Update: after practicing my piano skills i replaced the first version with the new one. It sounds more smooth
- Jun 28th Update: I replaced the latest version, that sounds more like a balldad with a new little faster.

Once, on a cold november day - Thoughts only circling 'round this gray
Sittin' lonely on the railroad track - 'til i met a lady with a paper bag

With a brand of a long forgotten store - that i could only hardly remember
a store with lots small beautiful things - of arts and design
with some old records, movies and books - you can’t buy anymore
told, how she loved browsing and shopping 'round there
She kept that bag for all those years
then she reached for the bag and smiles - i'm sure I look like a fool

She said: "it's a ... download code for a memory from your soul"

which you can ...
...recall a memory from inside - retrive old pictures from your life
some of them are very colourful - others appear in black and white
It could be long forgotten impressions from your past
or the melody that once healed your broken heart
or the infinitive love - that you felt when you lie in your mothers arms

They were never really lost
Stored deep inside your mind
Waiting for a sign
When your senses will be crossed, assambled and combined

Hold on your treasures - Always take care of them
(never let them go)
Keep all the precious thoughts - that are really important in your life
(let your feelings flow)
Lay down your worries - Remember all, the good times of your life
(listen to your soul)
Hold on - To yourself

Part II

When i look into your eyes - I wish i could read whats in your mind
Imagine a flower that arise after the rain - from a long sown seed that germinates again

The taste of a wild cherry, picked for yourself - offside the road on your way
Reminds how much youu loved hanging upside down - from your favorite tree.
So sweet as a kiss from an old love - under the stars on your tree.
where you wished together something - to a shooting star
But it never came true, but the stars you wished for - are already still there
if youu discover this one star again - your old love takes control

Shines like a ... download code for a memory from your soul"

which you can...
...recall a memory from inside - retrive old pictures from your life
some of them are very colourful - others appear in black and white
It could be long forgotten impressions from your past
or the melody that once healed your broken heart
or the infinitive love - that you felt when you lie in your mothers arms

They were never really lost
Stored deep inside your mind
Waiting for a sign
When your senses will be crossed, assambled and combined

Hold on your treasures - Always take care of them
(never let them go)
Keep all the precious thoughts - that are really important in your life
(let your feelings flow)
Lay down your worries - Remember all, the good times of your life
(listen to your soul)
Ba da da da - Ba da da da
(Ba da da da)
Ba da da da - Ba da da da
(da da da da daa)
Hold on - Hold on
To yourself

Download Code for a Memory from your Soul - Piano

Download Code for a Memory from your Soul (Piano Version)

My very first Demoversion of this song.
Sunday, sitting in the sun with a mobile recorder.
I recorded it again but i can't destroy this lively first version. My wife was laughing with her friend while i was recording. 
So this is the final first demo recording.
I will update the other version step by step: 
https://soundcloud.com/oli-boli-684914260/things-fall-from-your-shelf-second-demo?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Lyrics:
Sometimes things will happen, that can never be explained 
As if by magic, they will stagger fall to the ground in pain.
Like a statue, anchored to its grounding 
They’ve lost the touch.

The stone you picked up at the shore on your holiday.
Has been lain under water for many, many centuries
Moved only at low tide by the waves and the current.
now gets out of balance

And the things that fall off your shelf
Make me think about myself
How it must feel when there, where once was my place
All that's remains of me is this empty space
 
And while I fall off your shelf.
Pass all these things of beauty and grace
That you have placed with your skill for design and flair
As if between you and them would be a love affair

All seems arranged like a map of your mind 
mirrored on the wooden boards I left behind.
Each place was chosen with deliberate and care.
Some in a way that no one else would dare.
Some do not seem to fit together at all.
Without you, i feel so small.

And when i reenter my place
you can see the tears that run down my face.
Of Joy and Fear 
I swore to you my dear
i will never leave this place near you again

Oli Boli - Things Fall From Your Shelf

Things Fall of your Shelf

Things Fall From Your Shelf (Absolutly first Demo Version)

R-Soul Collab-Version: https://soundcloud.com/russell-lorenz-526500824/things-that-fall-from-your?si=30e3493221994c559bf30b37bf59e333&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

I don't want to destroy my first Demo-Upload. 
It is so sweet with the background laughing. So i create a new Version of this song.
Please check out the collab of this song with R-Soul. He lovingly added drums and backing vocals to this song.


Lyrics:
Sometimes things will happen, that can never be explained 
As by magic, they will stagger fall to the ground in pain.
Like a statue, anchored to its grounding 
They’ve lost the touch.

The stone you picked up at the shore on your holiday.
Has lain under water for many, many centuries
Moved only at low tide by the waves and the current.
now gets out of balance

And the things that fall off your shelf
Make me think about myself
How it must feel when there, where once was my place
All that's remains of me is this empty space
 
And while I fall off your shelf.
Pass all these things of beauty and grace
That you have placed with your skill for design and flair
As if between you and them would be a love affair

Everything arranged like a map of your mind 
mirrored on the wooden boards I left behind.
Each place was chosen with precission and care.
Some in a way that no one else would dare.
Some do not seem to fit together at all.
Without you, i feel so small

And when i reenter my place
you can see the tears that run down my face.
Of Joy and Fear 
I swore to you my dear
i will never leave this place here, without you again

Things Fall From Your Shelf - Second Demo

Song Explanations at the end!:

If i could ever got the chance to met the man with the hat 
i would ask him about the meaning of the words that he said (1)
and how he knows so many things aboutthe past, the present and the future (1)

twenty years of boredom is just a blink of an eye (2)
Against the fears for freedom which is threatened to die
how many why's are justified when the answer stands written by the clouds in the sky

the holy dove moved back to it's cote to hatch the egg
with every single breath she drew full of love she awaits birth (3)
how many miracles do you waiting for?
if they've already catch the sight light of day before (4)

His songs of hope are not like songs of people in danger 
who whish that their desasters would not last any longer (5)
He does not have to drown out the sirens of warning
To amplify his feelings that want to be listened 

he looked at me and asked me why? I wanted to know this from him
especially now, on a Wednesday evening of all nights?  
I wondered and asked him what? difference does it make  
He said wendsday seems to be the symbol of randomly choosen time   
Without beginning and without any end like a clock that will never chime  
It does not matter what was before or what happen after that (6)

And his eyes told me that he had seen more than
we might imagine together at all  
But everybody knows, that it's now or never  (7)

He was lost for so long his voice has falling in silent 
From the distance of the past only his verses reminded 
but he came back to close the gashes
reappear and rise like the phoenix from the ashes (8)

With wine and cigarettes as a formula with which 
he’s searching for his golden voice like an alchemist (9)
Without any choice he reaches our hearts  (10)
so calm and gentle, so somber and 

if i ever come by, to that hotel in New York 
i devote myself to his paintings and his art works (11)
climb into one of the waiting limousines
sit next to the figures of beauty from his dreams (11)

the lock of hair, one of his sleeping enemies (12)
has falling to the ground right in front of my knees (13)
while i listen to these poems, of which he can be very proud
But he has just turned his back from the crowd (also 11)

As he looked at her, she started to cry! Impressed by his enchanting charm 
so many ladies have fallen for him 
and to be for him at his feet   (14)
it was just simply his own way   
Without any self-conceit  

He is the keeper of truth, the guardian of beauty 
his vision can’t never be wrong  (15)
A relentless seeker with deep suffering 
who became, who he really was  
filled with loneliness, success and love
he was able to pass them on to us  
And his songs are the proves how we can achieve
so much, with every single word  
But everybody knows, that it's now or never
1:"The Future". 
- Give me back the Berlin wall
- Won't be nothing, Nothing you can measure anymore
- I've seen the future, it is murder
- You never will, you never did 
2:"First we Take Manhtten"
- They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom 
3:"Hallelujah"
- the dove is now "pregnant" and must hatch the egg
4: Refers to "Waiting for the Miracle"
5: Songs singing in air raid shelter bunker during Worl War II
6: personal story
7: Means that many people are not interested in this kind of lyrics. They are only concerned with the now
8: 1996, Cohen was ordained until he returned in 2001 
9:"Tower of Song" born with a golden voice
10:"A singer must die"
11:"Chelsea Hotel #2"
Visit Chelsea Hotel wher  hung some artworkds paintings
- "While the limousines wait in the street."
- "Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,"
- "You just turned your back on the crowd" (This line appears later in my lyrics)
12:"Famous Blue Raincoat"
- Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
- Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
13:"I'm Your Man"
- "Not by begging on his knees"
14:a lady boarded the stage, fell at his feet and gave him a rose.
he took it  andSmiledCharmingly.
15:Singer mustDie

Oli Boli - Man With The Hat

Man With The Hat

Man With The Hat (Homage to Leonard Cohen)

My weekend project for my Last Song.
A tribute to the Poems ans Lyrics of Leonard Cohen.

It seems my lyrics needs a little explanation.
In my head the connections are clear, but even my wife has not quite understood what I was getting at.

"Man with the Hat.., how he knows so much about the past, the present and the future"
"The Future".
- Give me back the Berlin wall
- I've seen the future, it is murder
- You never will, you never did
It was the last song on "Natural Born Killers" and probably the moment
when I first noticed Leonard Cohen as a really cool artist. When we got married in the USA in 2010, we rented a Mustang
Convertible for our honeymoon and drove it through the desert. We were often greeted with Mickey and Malory. That was quite amusing.

"twenty years of boredom is just a blink of an eye"
"First we Take Manhtten"
- They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom

"the holy dove..."
"Hallelujah"
- "And I remember when I moved in you and the holy dove she was moving too and eery single breath we drew was Hallelujah"
this is obviously a very erotic allusion. In my imagination, the dove is now "pregnant" and must hatch the egg. She will raise it full of love.

"how many miracles ..."
"Waiting for the Miracle" First song on "Natural Born Killers"
- But i was waiting for the Miracle
- I've been waiting night and day

"His songs of hope are not like songs of people in danger..."
In connection with the Ukraine conflict, my father just told me how he sat in the air raid shelter bunker during Worl War II and sang together to drown out the sirens.
They were certainly not poetic songs, but they served to spread hope. Today, when he listens to the news about Russian War he remembers how scared he was by the sirens.

"especially now, on a Wednesday"
this has no relation to Cohen. My wife reported to me last Wednesday walking down the street. An ambulance came across the redlightning crossroads at high speed.
She was trying to warn a woman who was carelessly walking across the street with her cell phone to her ear.
Instead of thanking her she was insulted in what tone she was talking to her. In the context of the sentence: "would you rather die? On a Wednesday of all days?"

"Everybody knows..." song with this title.
Means that many people are not interested in this kind of lyrics. They are only concerned with the now.

"Lost for so long...rise like the phoenix from the ashes"
- 1996, Cohen was ordained as a monk until he returned in 2001 with "ten new songs"

"With wine and cigarettes..."
"Tower of Song"
- I was born with the gift of a golden voice
- he started smoking again at 80 finally live it up and stop worrying about the consequences shortening your life by much

"Without any choice he reaches our hearts"
"A singer must die"
- And all the ladies go moist and the judge has no choice

"..come to that hotel in New York.."
"Chelsea Hotel #2"
During a visit to New York we of course also visited the Chelsea Hotel. In the lobby hung some artworkds painting by Leonard Cohen.
Lyrics of "Chelsea Hotel #2"
- "While the limousines wait in the street."
- "Who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,"
- "You just turned your back on the crowd" (This line appears later in my lyrics)

"the lock of hair, one of his sleeping enemies"
"Famous Blue Raincoat"
- "Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair "
- "Well, your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free"

"has falling to the ground ..."
"I'm Your Man"
- "Ah, but a man never got a woman back Not by begging on his knees"

"As he looked at her, she started to cry..."
During a concert in Las Vegas, a lady boarded the stage, fell at his feet and gave him a rose.
The security guards panicked, but he took the rose and just smiled charmingly.

"He is the keeper of truth..."
"A singer must die"
- "you keepers of truth, you guardians of beauty"
- "Your vision is right, my vision is wrong"

Other  lyrics are freely invented by me but inspired by him to create a framework for this song..

Man With The Hat - Swinging Leonard Cohen Tribute

Song explanation below the lyrics. For those who want to understand the meaning.
Video:
https://youtu.be/gzq6AXS-STg

Lyrics:

It absorbs, and swallows the shine of our love every day 
from above the pale blue light irradiates
our faces, turns them into gray
While the screen feeds us incoherently with news
about crime entertainment and sports
trying to suggest things to us we don't need
but desperately want to have

too fascinated by the vastness of the sea of electromagnetic energy
transformed into a blinded vision the illusion of happiness in disguise
Through this presented absurdity,
we're blunted, stunned and paralyzed
but in this state of our adversity
climb to the car next to me this is no place to be 
We’r better disappear from here

we’re driving through this city at night.
makes my heartbeat rise with every light 
that shines and dyes your eyes into the colours
into the changing traffic signs

Red, makes my breath hold on for one heartbeat
'til our wheels underneath, cooled down from overheating
we defeat the death in this moment of silence
when we beat for the length of a minute defiance

a minute lasts a year, when we turning down the gear
bring all our sense and lear to bear, let's throw away our fears
In this real world we will crossing the lines
while we’re waiting for the green light that allows our love to shine.

driving with you through this city at night
through a cardiogram with its lows and highs
any reflected light is a peak on this scale
together we’ll spend this fairy tale

i will swimming with you through the ocean of hope
we’re playing our way through the keys to the notes
chasing the ghosts through the castle of haunting and creepiness
In harmony we bring all the best things back to us

winding our chains through the eye of a needle
together we fight against injustice and evil
the arrow of Armor has pierced through our hearts
we’re driving through the night at its most beautiful part

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

Singing with you through the symphony of love
to reach you, I will crawl through the memories of our past
Walking to you through a desert of sand
that won't fall through my fingers when you take my hand

Diving with you, on your wings through the clouds
Let my blood turns to heat and let me cry out loud
i’m driving with you through this city at night
by your side our lights will shine so bright

And if you finally could see yourself through my eyes
You will recognize and realize
How much I love you when I ride by your side through the night
let our engines roam and we will never feel alone
---
Song explanation. 
---
Apparently I think too complicated in my songs. To better understand my thoughts and words, I would like to go into the story behind them.

I will never forget the look on a friend's face after we kidnapped him from the hospital many weeks after his serious traffic accident to drive a little through the night. The happiness of still being alive and regaining freedom. At the end of that ride we brought him save back to the hospital. 

This song is a fictional story about a couple in a many year relationship where the beloved wife is in the hospital with a terrible illness.
If it were based on a real story, I don't think I could sing about it in the same way.

The idea of being incurable in a hospital, monitored only by machines. The only distraction seems to be the television in the room. But everything reported there seems meaningless and unimportant in such a situation.

in my mind about this I would wish to spend some more time together alone and escape from this situation.
And how precious every second becomes that you can still spend together.
One probably wishes that this time should last for eternity.

With this background the song seems a little different than planned despite the happy melody.

Oli Boli - Through The Night

Through The Night

Got a Songwriter-Challange to add some lyrics to a keyphrase.

Many thanks for this insperation to: "Songwriter's Thread"
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069098963703

Lyrics:
I'm not ready to have this conversation with you, 
although we both had it times before
We end up in the same situation again the lack of
comprehension grows 'cause you wanted more

Rather let the truth remain unspoken
then more of theses lies. Our trust has broken
'cause the words won't come without tears and desperation 
I could never guide the way to your salvation 
But I'm afraid of losing your company
I could never give you what you need 
I'm just not ready.. to have.. this conversation again

I know you're ready to pull the trigger on it 
I just handed you the ammunition for it
Your desire warms only the barrel for the bullet 
the way you armed i just can wait for you until you pull it
So make me the target I'll take all of the hits 
I won't throw it in your face that you're the one who started this shit

Rather let the truth remain unspoken
then more of theses lies. Our trust has broken
'cause the words won't come without tears and desperation 
I could never guide the way to your salvation 
But I'm afraid of losing your company
I could never give you what you need 
I'm just not ready.. to have.. this conversation again.

Oli Boli - I'm not ready to have this conversation

I'm not ready to have this conversation

Born To Run - Early "Spring"-Steen Garden Session Cover.

Bruce Springsteen Cover. Sing when the first Spring-Sun came to my Garden.
Video: https://youtu.be/edo9-Qz_AlQ

Born To Run - Early "Spring"-Steen Garden Session Cover

Lyrics:
[Part MOVED TO US"]
  The Day you moved to us
  Was the way - you found your trust - in us
  A bumblebee - with disability
  Born without wings - and so fragility

[Part "HOT DAY"]
  On that day it was so hot
  As i bent down to her - she's got - "my heart"
  There is no way - to survive in this heat
  As she crawled helpless - and alone on the street

[Part "FOUND AND TAKE WITH ME"]
  As she crawled onto my hands - so quickly
  I took her in the car - and  take her with me
  I guess i never understood - that the feelings she could give me 
  Would be as - great as her pain - she’s born so sickly 

[Part "FEEDING AND TRAINING"]
  I just put treacle on some sponges
  And drizzled with honey - she began - to lick with fondness
  I teach her how to climb up high - on a stem towards to the sky 
  Training to strengthen her legs - had commenced

[Part "CLIMB THE FLOWERS"]
  And you began to climb the stem
  Hoping that you will find them
  The blossoms of your dreams
  At least that's how it seems
  That she didn't forget - her native tongue - "i guess"

[Part "MEET THE BEES]
  Climb up to the blossom - at the top 
  I hope you find some sweet - nectar drops 
  The bees which fly with care - you will met up there 
  Tell them which pollen - are the best to gather here
 
[Part "FANCY MELODY"]
  Little bumble bee - without wings 
  Dance the sunlight melody - when she sings 
  The song 'bout redolance - and the joy of this life
  She's dances for us - so grateful to be alive 

[Part "CHOSEN FOR US"]
  When you stepped into our life 
  Was the point we realized 
  How precious it is - to found someone to trust
  You have carefully considered - and chosen for us

[Part "COMMUNICATE"]
  You was pretty god at knowing
  What you want to eat - with the flowers and blossoms
  She had a personality -trying communicate with me
  And i'd be like - "What are you try ing to tell me?"

[Part "MUSIC"]
  She likes nice music - i think
  Vibrations of our voices - when we sing 
  She would listen to that sound
  Whenever we're around
  It really - calmed her down 

[Part "THE EYES"]
  The bees flying their rounds - when she dance
  With the bittersweeting sound - of buzzing wings 
  Her pair of large - compound eyes
  Which covers - much of her surface
  Makes her smile - and let the world embrace


[PART [Happy Ending The Waggle Dance]
  'Come on, let's do the waggle dance
  Dance the figure eight and clap your hands
  Put your heads into the blossoms to taste the sweet honey
  Is much better than be lonesome without wasting any money

  Fly! little bee jump off on my knee
  I fly you through the galaxy
  Through the garden of lilys, roses and lavender
  I ride with you together from april 'til september

  Between and above there are three simple eyes
  Which are able to provide information of the light
  The lovely waggle dancing bumblebee 
  Crawls close to our hearts - in full intensity
  
  The wisdom she has gained has spent her time again
  Throw off your load of the day and do the waggledance again
  We're all will dance through the day and night 
  We're all are fight for the waggledance right
  
  Without any confession without any professsion 
  The bumblebee will teach us, the waggledance lesson
  Thirty days to live is a lot quite short
  But it's long enough for you and me to fell in love

  We don't need any wings we don't feel any shame
  We're all want to dance and we're all want the same
  We're all are equal - we're all feel the gain
  'Come on - let's do the waggle dance again
  
  Fin:
  And when she flies in her dreams - into the wide open sky
  The sun warms her body and she began to cry
  The scents are carried through the air and the heat
  All that we need,.. is the waggledance beat

A Bumblebee With Disability (Waggledance Demo Acoustic)

Through The Night - Live @Bambi Galore @Hamburg
#sphmusicmasters Band-Songwriter Competition
Jun, 02nd 2023.

Lyrics:

It absorbs, and swallows the shine of our love every day 
from above the pale blue light irradiates
our faces, turns them into gray
While the screen feeds us incoherently with news
about crime entertainment and sports
trying to suggest things to us we don't need
but desperately want to have

too fascinated by the vastness of the sea of electromagnetic energy
transformed into a blinded vision the illusion of happiness in disguise
Through this presented absurdity,
we're blunted, stunned and paralyzed
but in this state of our adversity
climb to the car next to me this is no place to be 
We’r better disappear from here

we’re driving through this city at night.
makes my heartbeat rise with every light 
that shines and dyes your eyes into the colours
into the changing traffic signs

Red, makes my breath hold on for one heartbeat
'til our wheels underneath, cooled down from overheating
we defeat the death in this moment of silence
when we beat for the length of a minute defiance

a minute lasts a year, when we turning down the gear
bring all our sense and lear to bear, let's throw away our fears
In this real world we will crossing the lines
while we’re waiting for the green light that allows our love to shine.

driving with you through this city at night
through a cardiogram with its lows and highs
any reflected light is a peak on this scale
together we’ll spend this fairy tale

i will swimming with you through the ocean of hope
we’re playing our way through the keys to the notes
chasing the ghosts through the castle of haunting and creepiness
In harmony we bring all the best things back to us

winding our chains through the eye of a needle
together we fight against injustice and evil
the arrow of Armor has pierced through our hearts
we’re driving through the night at its most beautiful part

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

Singing with you through the symphony of love
to reach you, I will crawl through the memories of our past
Walking to you through a desert of sand
that won't fall through my fingers when you take my hand

Diving with you, on your wings through the clouds
Let my blood turns to heat and let me cry out loud
i’m driving with you through this city at night
by your side our lights will shine so bright

And if you finally could see yourself through my eyes
You will recognize and realize
How much I love you when I ride by your side through the night
let our engines roam and we will never feel alone
---
Song explanation. 
---
Apparently I think too complicated in my songs. To better understand my thoughts and words, I would like to go into the story behind them.

I will never forget the look on a friend's face after we kidnapped him from the hospital many weeks after his serious traffic accident to drive a little through the night. The happiness of still being alive and regaining freedom. At the end of that ride we brought him save back to the hospital. 

This song is a fictional story about a couple in a many year relationship where the beloved wife is in the hospital with a terrible illness.
If it were based on a real story, I don't think I could sing about it in the same way.

The idea of being incurable in a hospital, monitored only by machines. The only distraction seems to be the television in the room. But everything reported there seems meaningless and unimportant in such a situation.

in my mind about this I would wish to spend some more time together alone and escape from this situation.
And how precious every second becomes that you can still spend together.
One probably wishes that this time should last for eternity.

With this background the song seems a little different than planned despite the happy melody.

Oli Boli SPH Music Masters

Through The Night - Live

Through The Night - Live @BambiGalore Hamburg

video: https://youtu.be/bo9ROimyZcM

A moment full of art
inspired by the longing of our loving hearts
engraved and incising for eternity
captured for our minds in our memories.

Hold me tight and give me a sign
I kiss you on your cheek for three times
One for the future and the things to come,
One for the past and the days are gone
One for this moment to hold the blast
to keep our love for everlast

We are the artists of this universe
create countless opportunities
do whatever we would like to do.
first we start to paint the sky blue  

Green we choose for the trees and the hope
Red for our love and the blossoms of the roses
White for the canvas, so innocent
On which we will keep everything  

Faithless lovers, always living in danger
When they ride down the river through the torrent of anger
We sail together through the im-penetrable tangle
let's take the feather to draw the guardian angel

following him now he protects our hearts
and leads our love to the Kingdom of art
where everything is possible
nothing remains improbable

A moment full of art
characterized by sympathy and harmony
how out of nothing we create this masterpiece
unprecedented crafted and designed with ease

Hold me tight and kiss me three times
For each kiss i will give you a rhyme
on the first i will play for you the glockenspiel
on the second kiss, a burst of crystal bells that peals
And the last kiss is a document of love
A picture of our life that holds this moment of art

A Moment Full Of Art

Oli Boli - A Moment Full Of Art

A Moment Full Of Art (Acoustc First Version)

After I wrote the line "First i will play for you the Glockenspiel" I had to get one for myself. Now, this is myfirst attempt with this sweet instrument.

A moment full of art
inspired by the longing of our loving hearts
engraved and incising for eternity
captured for our minds in our memories.

Hold me tight and give me a sign
I kiss you on your cheek for three times
One for the future and the things to come,
One for the past and the days are gone
One for this moment to hold the blast
to keep our love for everlast

We are the artists of this universe
create countless opportunities
do whatever we would like to do.
first we start to paint the sky blue

Green we choose for the trees and the hope
Red for our love and the blossoms of the roses
White for the canvas, so innocent
On which we will keep everything

Faithless lovers, always living in danger
When they ride down the river through the torrent of anger
We sail together through the im-penetrable tangle
With a feather i draw us the guardian angel

he follows now he will protect our hearts
and leads our love to the Kingdom of art
where everything is possible
nothing remains improbable

< - Glockenspiel - >

A moment full of art
characterized by sympathy and harmony
how out of nothing we create this masterpiece
unprecedented crafted and designed with ease

Hold me tight and kiss me three times
For each kiss i will give you a rhyme
on the first i will play for you the glockenspiel
on the second kiss, a burst of crystal bells that peals
And the last kiss is a document of love
A picture of our life that holds this moment of art

A moment full of art
inspired by the longing of our loving hearts
engraved and incising for eternity
captured for our minds in our memories.

How long might this moment of art last
once has taken root in our hearts
deeper and deeper, anchored inside
from the moment you kiss me and hold me tight.

How long...? how long..?
might this moment of art?
last taken root in our hearts.

This Moment Full of Art
For our loving hearts

Deeper and deeper, deeper and deeper
deeper and anchored inside.


A Moment Full Of Art

A Moment Full Of Art - Glockenspiel Version

R.I.P. Shane MacGowan  (1957 dec 25th - † nov. 30th 2023)

I recorded this song 2 days ago. I had no idea that the news of his passing would reach me today.

For me it was my first recording after a long cold when i finally had my voice back again. I had always wanted to record this Christmas song and my voice just seemed perfect for it.

Now it has become a sad reminder of the life of a great artist whom I liked very much as a child.

I am very grateful that I took the recording before the sad news. So it remains a tribute to his life and not to his death.

Video to this recording: https://youtu.be/o6Vek7n6oBg?si=r8XY7AGo9nyz8_0L

Fairytale of New York - Pogues Cover

Fairytale Of New York - R.I.P. Shane MacGowan (Pogues Christmas Garden Cover) 2023

This song is the continuation of my track: ‘Through The Night’.
A sad moment when you lose your beloved partner and can no longer get through to them. The song ends in a happy redemption.

Lyrics:
-------
What would you hear if my words, to you?
Would suddenly disappear, and who?
Will be there to dry your tears? 
When your love for me turns into fear?

So many words - to be unspoken
So many thoughts - not thought through the end
So many heartbeats - have beaten unshaken
So many breaths - that came to an end

So many days - not finished with the light
So many fears - just waiting for the night
So much darkness - wants to swallow my light
But my thoughts for you will shine so bright

On this night i send to you, the glimmer of the blazing moon
Which only shines through the reflection of my loving heart, for you
Creeps so deep inside your soul, where all your fears are all around
It will purge them all away, with your tears without a sound

With my mind, i'll try to reach you, in your sunken dream
I'll endeavour, to burst your nightmare, with a silent scream
No matter how hard I try to raise my voice, for you perceptible
Not sure how to succeed,  in making you feel anything suspectable

With the fever in my thoughts i'll push away all of your doubts
With my fervour and sincerely love, I wish you could perceive my heart
Strikes the flints against each other, to flame the fire of desire 
Let the long forgotten feeling, slowly fade into a healing?

Oh - La la la la - la la la - i love you when i ride 
La la la la - la la la -  by your side through the night
La la la la - la la la - let our engines roam
La la la la - and we will never feel alone

La la la la la - lay - Love is all around
La la la la - la - a Love without a sound

how can i reach you? In no time at all, from deep inside my burning soul
how can i reach you? In no time at all, from the deepest bottom of my burning, burning soul

F.E.A.R.

In the Christmas story, the wise men come from the East and follow the star of Bethlehem.
Once there, they ask:
- Where is he?
- The newborn and King of the Jews
- We have come to pay homage to him

King Herod has learnt that a rival has been born and orders an infanticide
Thanks to a warning from an angel, Mary and Joseph are able to leave for Egypt with the child in time.

The angels flap their wings together to remind the bumblebee of its colony

In winter, only the bumblebee queens from a bumblebee colony survive
Workers and drones die. Only the queen hibernates in a hole in the ground and has a reserve of honey to feed on.

Bumblebees have probably been around for 25 million years.
Mankind and its religions have only existed for a few thousand.
If bees and bumblebees are wiped out, the impact on flora and fauna will be so serious that the mass of humanity will probably only be able to survive for a few years.
So we should definitely pray for the preservation of bees and bumblebees.

Lyrics:
Someone, turned our world into white
With something, that can protect and hide
The panful loss of the sunny days, from last summer
Now it's time to play with our tiny tin toy drummers

It seems that everything is covered by a blanket
Completely embraced, cosily protected
All our worries are forgotton and our life is full of hope
Our world is slowing down, it seems to be enclosed in a snow globe

But I often think of someone, who is not mentioned in our tales
It has been in our world, much longer, than the Christchild himself
There is no sacrifice, of grains and seeds, as we give to the birds
With her golden treasure, made of honey, she would only feel disturbed

The lonely home for the Queen of the Bumblebees
Is a homely hole, deep under our Christmas tree
Where she's counting the days backwards til spring
And she's dreaming of a world, that will be greening again

And then the angels will ask: "Where is she"?
"Who has been born as the Queen of the Bumblebees"?
For we have seen her star, far in the east
And we have come down to earth, to worship her

And when the angels start sing, they buzzing with their wings
She senses cohesion and presence of her colony again
And thanked them, for giving shelter, to her family, in heaven 
On a flowerpollen cloud 

Now the flowers have faded and for the few that have gone 
To sleep underground, a hard time has come
Two feet under in the peat on this christmas eve 
- So alone!

Sometimes, when you feel lonely, in your heart
Remind the Bumblebee, she sleeps, abandon and apart
The scent of gingerbread and marzipan, cannot convince or seduce her
She waits for crocuses and snowdrops, that herald the end of winter

And she's, the one, who doesn't care what you believe
Mohammed, Jesus, Buddha or just any insane shopping disease
No gold, no myrrh or frankincense, in homage to someone
Pray for the Bumblebees instead, before it's all worthless when she's gone

The lonely home for the Queen of the Bumblebees
Is a homely hole, deep under our Christmas tree
Where she's counting the days backwards til spring
And she's dreaming of a world, that will be greening again

And then the angels will ask: "Where is she"?
"Who has been born as the Queen of the Bumblebees"?
We have followed the star, whose light shines so bright
It had lead us to her, in this holy night

And from this holy night, the days will be getting longer 
And slowly our love grows stronger and stronger
And now the christmasbells ringing and we dance and we singing 
And we get on our knees to pray for all the queens...

With all the other Bumblebees 
For her new colony 

And then she let's the bumblebells ring
And dreams of a world so green in spring
Two feet under in the peat 
On this christmas eve 
- So alone!

Oli Boli - A BumbleEve Tale

A BumbleEve Tale

A BumbleEve Tale - Acoustic Guitar Version

In der Weihnachtsgeschichte kommen die Weisen aus dem Morgenland und folgen dem Stern von Betlehem.
Dort angekommen fragen sie:
- Wo ist er?
- Der neugeborene und König der Juden
- Wir sind gekommen um ihn zu huldigen

König Herodes hat davon erfahren, dass ein Rivale geboren wurde und befiehlt einen Kindermord
Dank der Warnung durch einen Engel, können sich Maria und Josef mit dem Kind rechtzeitig nach Ägypten absetzen.

Die Engel lassen die Flügel aneinanderschlagen um die Hummel an ihre Kolonie zu erinnern

Im Winter überleben alleine die Hummel-Königinnen aus einem Hummelvolk
Arbeiterinnen und Drohnen sterben. Nur die Königin überwintert in einem Erdloch, hat eine Honig-Reserve die sie ernährt.

Hummeln gibt es wohl schon seit 25 Mio Jahren.
Die Menschheit und ihre Religionen erst seit ein paar Tausend.
Sollten Bienen und Hummeln ausgerottet werden werden die Auswirkungen auf die Flora un Fauna so gravierend sein, dass die Masse der Menschheit wohl nur noch
wenige Jahre überleben kann.
Man sollte also in jedem Fall für den erhalt der Bienen und Hummeln beten.

Lyrics:
Jemand, hat unsere Welt weiß gefärbt
Mit etwas, das alles Leben erhält
Das Licht und die Wärme, des Sommers ist vergangen
Der Winter ist eingekehrt und goldenen Sternlein prangen

Es wirkt fast so, als ob alles, was einst lebte und blühte
Vollständig geschützt liegt, behaglich und behütet
All unsere Sorgen scheinen verborgen, wir sind voller Zuversicht
In einer Schneekugel geborgen, die im Kerzenschein das Licht bricht

Doch ich kenne wen, für sie sind unsere Erzählungen meist blind
Dabei lebt sie schon länger auf der Welt, als selbst das Jesuskind
Wir stellen ihr keine Futtergaben, wie wir es für die Vögel tun
Aus ihrem Schatz aus Honig kann sie laben, wir würden sie ja doch nur stören

Die Hummel-Königin ruht, versunken im Traum
In ihrer Höhle unter unserem Weihnachtsbaum
Und sie zählt die Tage rückwärts, zum Frühling herunter
Und Träumt, die Welt wär' schon wieder voller Blumen und Wunder

Und die Engel werden fragen: "Wo ist sie"?
"Die geborene Königin aller Hummeln und Bienen"
"Ein Stern aus dem Morgenland und die Worte der Weisen"
"Sie wiesen uns den Weg zu ihr, um sie zu preisen"

Als die Engel mit ihren Flügeln, zu summen begannen
Spürte sie ihre Familie ganz nah und beisammen
Sie dankte, für ihre Güte, und einen Platz oben im Himmel
Auf einer Wolke aus Blütenstaub

Doch nur die Königinnen überwintern und bereiten sich vor
Denn ihnen steht eine enthaltsame Zeit bevor
An Heiligabend, unter dem Schnee, in ihrem Heim
So ganz allein

Manchmal, wenn du dich einsam fühlst, im Herz
Denk an die Hummelkönigin, sie kennt die Einsamkeit, den Schmerz
Der Duft von Lebkuchen und Marzipan, kann sie nicht weiter locken
Sie träumt von Schneeglöckchen und Krokussen, die aus dem Schnee hervor gucken

Und sie, ist die, die sich nicht schert woran du glaubst
Mohammed, Jesus, Buddha oder Weihnachts-Shopping-Kauf-rausch
Kein Gold, kein Weihrauch, Mhyrre, für eine Huldigung von irgendwem.
Bete lieber für die Hummelköniginen, es wird sonst wertlos, wenn sie von uns gehen

Die Hummel Königin ruht versunken im Traum
In ihrer Höhle, unter unserem Weihnachtsbaum
Und sie zählt die Tage rückwärts zum Frühling herunter
Träumt die Welt wär' schon wieder voller Blumen und Wunder

Und die Engel werden fragen: "Wo ist sie"?
"Die geborene Königin aller Hummeln und Bienen"
"Ein Stern wurde für sie am Himmel entfacht"
"Er Führte uns zu ihr, in dieser heiligen Nacht

Von dieser heiligen Nacht an, werden die Tage wieder länger,
Unsere Hoffnung entfacht, für das kommende Frühjahr
Weihnachtsglocken erklingen und wir tanzen und wir singen
Und wir gehen auf unsere Knie und beten, für all die Königinnen

Und ihre Kolonien...
Und wir zählen die Tage, bis die Hummeln unsere Welt
Zurück verwandeln in ein riesiges farbiges Blumenfeld 

Und dann fällt sie, zurück in ihren Traum
Träumt friedlich unter unserem Weihnachtsbaum 
An Heiligabend, unter dem Schnee, in ihrem Heim 
So ganz allein

Die Hummelkönigin unter unserem Weihnachtsbaum

Die Hummelkönigin unter unserem Weihnachtsbaum (A BumbleEve Tale)

A fancy-funny-oliboli Cover Version of a song that needs not further discriptions.

Last Christmas (Fancy Wham Cover)

Last Christmas - Fance-Funny-OliBoli Cover

A sad song based on a true story. To spend one last beautiful moment together, a partner picked up his girlfriend from the hospital to drive through the dark city alone by her side one more time. 
A song that aims to give hope and focuses on simply holding on to the beautiful moments in your memory.
I performed this song in the summer of 2025 with friends in a park on a sunny day.

Lyrics:
It absorbs, and swallows the shine of our love every day
from above the pale blue light irradiates
our faces, turns them into gray
While the screen feeds us incoherently with news
about crime entertainment and sports
trying to suggest things to us we don't need
but desperately want to have

too fascinated by the vastness of the sea of electromagnetic energy
transformed into a blinded vision the illusion of happiness in disguise
Through this presented absurdity,
we're blunted, stunned and paralyzed
but in this state of our adversity
climb to the car next to me this is no place to be
We’r better disappear from here

we’re driving through this city at night.
makes my heartbeat rise with every light
that shines and dyes your eyes into the colours
into the changing traffic signs

Red, makes my breath hold on for one heartbeat
'til our wheels underneath, cooled down from overheating
we defeat the death in this moment of silence
when we beat for the length of a minute defiance

a minute lasts a year, when we turning down the gear
bring all our sense and lear to bear, let's throw away our fears
In this real world we will crossing the lines
while we’re waiting for the green light that allows our love to shine.

driving with you through this city at night
through a cardiogram with its lows and highs
any reflected light is a peak on this scale
together we’ll spend this fairy tale

i will swimming with you through the ocean of hope
we’re playing our way through the keys to the notes
chasing the ghosts through the castle of haunting and creepiness
In harmony we bring all the best things back to us

winding our chains through the eye of a needle
together we fight against injustice and evil
the arrow of Armor has pierced through our hearts
we’re driving through the night at its most beautiful part

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO

Singing with you through the symphony of love
to reach you, I will crawl through the memories of our past
Walking to you through a desert of sand
that won't fall through my fingers when you take my hand

Diving with you, on your wings through the clouds
Let my blood turns to heat and let me cry out loud
i’m driving with you through this city at night
by your side our lights will shine so bright

And if you finally could see yourself through my eyes
You will recognize and realize
How much I love you when I ride by your side through the night
let our engines roam and we will never feel alone

Through The Night - Open Air Session 2025

See explanations of lyrics in the text markers below.

Lyrics
I can already feel                   these strange beats blows. 
But no one seems notice              or be bothered how it grows
Like a wave builds up slowly before, hitting at the shore
the self-proclaimed king             tries flooding everything [#1]

A long forgotten tree                of hope and liberty, [#2]
Resists the sea of lies, disguised untruths, stands anchored in the tide.
Grows for the bourgeoisie and free,  for the courage to be decency
Offers shelter for the crows,        imparts wisdom for the doves [#3]
refreshed from time to time          with blood of patriots and idiots.

A somber waltz slowly arise. 
From the room where its origin lies.
Composed in a narrow space, shaped like an egg, [#4]
where the king farts on his throne and spread his false facts

Aimlessly, he let the customs increase
Arbitrary, he signs faithless decrees.
Changing the colour from white to orange 
A somber waltz danced by a mad elephant. [#5]

in choreography with the I.C.E., out of democracy 

A lonesome blade of grass            in the sand seems to be helppless 
But as part - of the dune,           it guards over our rhythm and our tune
unlimited possibilities              are not exhausted by our ability, [#6]
to bury our heads in the sand,       We stand together, hand in hand
Our fathers message teaches us       unity and civic charity.[#7]

A colony of ants,                    immigrants from a foreign land. [#8]
Have built towers, tunnels, traffic lanes. Formed floating rafts, that help them,
not only to survive,                 they cross the boundaries of our minds.
They choosed the opportunity,        live in a free community.
To succeed and to attain             a better life for everyone. [#9]

A somber waltz slowly arise. 
From the room where its origin lies.
Composed in a narrow space, shaped like an egg, [#4]
where the king farts on his throne and spread his false facts

[Waltz - Bridge 2]
Lie la la la  - Lies!
Lie la la la  -- Lies!
What else is there, that he cannot revise?
With his propaganda advices?

[Bridge to verse]
And he danced in a somber waltz far away out of democracy

Lyrics Explanations

[#1] The selfproclaimed king tries flooding everything
The flood in the time of Deucalion was caused by the anger of Zeus.
King Lycaon of Arcadia had sacrificed a boy to Zeus, who, appalled by this offering, decided to put an end to the "Bronze" Age by unleashing a deluge. 

[#2] Tree of liberty
a quote by Thomas Jefferson.
In a 1787 letter to William Stephens Smith, John Adams' son in law, Thomas Jefferson wrote about a copy of the new constitution. 

[#3] Wisdom for the doves
comes from the biblical instruction to "be wise as serpents and innocent as doves" (Matthew 10:16), which advises a balance between shrewdness and harmlessness.

[#4] The room where its origin lies, shaped like an egg
The Oval Office ( An oval, from Latin ovum 'egg') is the formal working space of the president of the US 

[#5] Mad Elephant
The traditional mascot of the republican party is the elephant. A political cartoon by Thomas Nast 1874 during the debate over possibly run for third term from President Ulysses S. Grant.

[#6] Land of unlimited possibilities
The term was coined in 1902 by banker and writer Ludwig Max Goldberger after a study trip.

[#7] Our fathers messages teaches us unity and civic charity.
Declaration of Independence
Founding Fathers document of the US on July 4, 1776. Unity and Civic Charity, manifest by the Founders actions.

[#8] A Coloony of Ants
A metaphor for Chinese immigrants who arrived in the 19th century to participate in Gold Rush and the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad. 

[#9] to succeed and attain a better life
The american dream. That every person has the freedom and opportunity to succeed and attain a better life.

A Somber Waltz (out of democracy) DEMO VERSION

This song came about through a delightful, loving coincidence.

I responded a little flippantly to a new contact from Bangladesh, whom I really didn't feel like talking to at all.

With a wink, I replied that I would create a song for her if she gave me an inspiring topic.I thought that would end the conversation.

But what came back from Fauzia were these incredibly beautiful lines that inspired me to turn my joke into reality.

Out of respect for a distant part of the world that was foreign to me, I delved a little into the culture and art of Bangladesh. That's when I came across Kazi Nazrul. An energetic poet with ballad-like poems about rebellion and oppression.

I wanted to include some of his lines in this song, but Fauzia's words alone filled it with enough content that I didn't have to resort to that. 

However, I did choose him for the title of this song. As a metaphor for the fact that music and poetry know no boundaries.

My special thanks go to Fauzia, who brought the words and content of this song to life.

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
When I think about, something meaningful
A few simple moments from my childhood, so beautiful
Quit evenings comes to my mind, everything felt slower
Just sitting outside and alone, watching the sky change colors

[Bridge]
I'm feeling safe without knowing anything about reality
Remember small joys that felt huge back then
Running freely without any worries, holding onto memories
That need no words, i captured them, deep with my heart

[Faster]
One feeling that stays with me, is the comfort of innocence
The sense that life was open, gentle, and full of possibility
Even now this feeling reminds me, to love, peace, and honesty.
Whats truly matters is: Staying connected to who I really am

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I just sit and watch a bumblebee
On a magnificent blossom, she seems to me
Like a restless lover seeking, for the fragrance of wildflowers.
They remind me that life always comes, back with new colors.

[Bridge]
I ride on the wings of lightning, with joy and profundity,
In the sky and in the air, I feel free from our fears and worries
Where are no wars, no deaths, no suffering, no illnesses, no oppression.
In harmony and peace, I raise my head beyond this cruel world

[Faster]
One feeling that stays with me, is the comfort of innocence
The sense that life was open, gentle, and full of possibility
Even now this feeling reminds me, to love, peace, and honesty.
Whats truly matters is: Staying connected to who I really am

The Spirit of Kazi Nazrul

Tom Waits Cover - All the World is Green
Plays on a strange piano sound.

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All the World Is Green - (Tom Waits Cover)

I wrote this song based on a Charlie Chaplin Movie: "The Circus". 
A story about an actress who wants to break out of her life.
But then I found the old films from my mom in the attic.
It's so amazing, i love it.
The second girl on the uneven bars is my mom.
I dedicated this song to her.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5N3SCr5YYE

Lyrics:
When you’re ready for your breakneck feat
You’ve practiced hard to defeat

Focused on your skills than move your feet
Release yourself from the straining beat

Dressed in your stunning jersey you will start
to break their hearts with your magic part

Outsmarting gravity with your balance
Than dance, elegance, with a lance in your hand

But they cannot see, how sad your life seems to be.
In your lafayette dress they just see the actress
But not how much prevention you had

If you really wan’t to change your hard life
Like a picture crashed it’s frame
Oh, be care of the broken pane
It might cut you like a flame
And if the fire starts sparkling
There is no one left to blame.


When you dance upon the wire like a bird
No one makes you hurt.
Look at your shadow reflects on the wall
It can’t break into pieces when you fall
And your charme as the spotlight
Let it grows upon the big top.

Oli Boli - Actress

Oli Boli

Actress - Oli Boli

Saturday Home Recording, Sisyphus, Andrew Bird, Cover by Oli Boli.

Select a new song. FIrst try to cover it. Not the final version.

Oli Boli - Sisyphus

Sisyphus - Andrew Bird Cover 2020 - Working Snippet

Don't let me go tonight from here-Tell me i can stay with you
Give me an empty spot on your chandelier-And I will shine the night for you
Light me up and I will glow-Like a firefly
release the tense string of my bow-My rays will shoot in to your eyes

And if you starring at me-with a glint straight into the flame
I'll burn a little brighter now-to give you shelter for this game
And if a storm should come-and I have no-one where I can turn
Your arms protect my flame-like the panes of a lantern

But the lantern it ain't where I'm trapped in.-It's a place where I feel secure
Lay your arms around me and I feel save-on the top of your furniture

And when you softly touch in the warm melting wax-lightly next to the hot open flame
You can watch how it forms a thin silky film-that crawls to achive his aim

But it won't burn the skin on your fingertips-or contaminate your veins
We always surrender in our fusion together-our relationship has just started the game

But the rules are not made for dreamers like us.-We just can crack them away
As a defender against the diffusion of pressure-it's a pleasure to get closer and play
Still, we both will remember our exclusions forever-before our love was inflamed

Will we break the light-Will we light'up the night
Will you be the guardian of my flame-come'on let's play this candle love game
Light me up and i will glow-We are luminous actors in this show
If you able to tame the flame-then i will play with you this candle love game

Together we're fighting like a musketeer-One for all and all for one
Let the flickering flame dance like a puppeteer-who pulls the strings to cheer it on
the silver rain fountain of a firework-spread it's sparks out in the air
the crackeling sound of exploding pyrotecs-whispers i love you in your ear

And if you listen to me-hear how your breath gives me my base.
I'll burn a little louder now-to kick your fears out of this race
And if the silence came-and you need someone to take all your cares
Then i'll be there for you-and dry for you all of your shed tears

But with your last teardrop you can catch the light-break like a diamond that lets me ignite
a blazing fire in my beating heart-that will never tear us apart

And if the candle wick gets sick, the flame-ripped open lengthways my skirt
then the flame will strike it's path on my skin-i'm being peeled, ripped, burned and hurt

But with your tenderness you take care of me-you can heal the wound if you seal
Our relationship will be stronger an longer-until our scars have disappeared

And when you blow in the flame a vortex ring formed-rises up in the clear atmosphere
Will be carried away from my blown out flame-wrapped round your finger where it appears
So you can't leave that ring like a boxer the strings-waiting for the bells to ring

And when you smelling on me-my scent come over to you and tickle your nose
i'll spread even intensely-like lavender and rose
and when it gets odourless-and you won't smell it anymore
i can change the ingredients-so they are easier to ignore

And at the moment you light gently a cigarette-with my burning heart and inhale
the smoke that tastes like cinnamon and cloves[klooves]-won't slash a sailor's throat

and no poor sailorman will dies or starve-when nobody buys a match anymore
he returned to his ship and hoist the sails-and travels towards away from the shores

But don't let me be the flame that was lit-on a shot glass of alcohol
it numbs all your senses and let lost all your glance-from your eyes and can put you in trance

And in winter it seems that the nights won't end-the cold drills a big hole in your soul
My heat spins the wings of the crib carousel-and brings the angels dance as well
Oh i'll hope i wont leave on this cold christmas eve-so we can dancing with them like hell

Do you feel the same-Let us play the game
Don't feel any shame-come on light up my flame.
I'm the light that never goes out,-Let it all out, and then
SHOUT my Name

Oli Boli - Candle Love Game

Candle Love Game - Oli Boli -(Piano and Guitar)

a song from 2013, our cat "Devil" was snorring right in the mic (and hiss, but he was one of the cutest and nices cats we ever had).

Oli Boli - Devil Songs

Devil Song - Oli Boli - Eurasian Jay Hawk Remix. - 2013 remastered

Composer of Quirky Lyrics and Squiggly Melodies.
Author of "The BumbleBeatle Battle" Novel.

And a Part of this Grand Orchestra.
The One And OliBoli.

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