This song is dedicated to  Lou Ottens (died Mar, 6th 2021).
He was Dutch engineer and inventor, best known as the inventor of the cassette tape. There were so many memories to an audio tape. Here is my song. Thanks Lou!

This is my first record attemp. Any comments and suggestions are welcome.

Lyrics:
Remember the time when everything that was valuable for you
Could kept in a - plastic treasure chest.
Held on a band of chrome
wound up on to reels - where it moves   back and forth 
to release its worth - at anytime

You took care of it - as if it’s a part of yourself 
  Like your teeth - that you wont loose out of your mouth
It was always accompanied by you
you haven't gone anywhere  -  without

You impressed all your friends with your taste for art
   With the music that touches the bottom of their hearts.
It was always a pleasure for you
to make them smile - when the first song starts

You can - catch your emotions     (on a tape)
You can - save all the good times (of your life)
Don't let it                     - be forgotten
And press the record button on your stereo tapedeck

You can - store that feeling     (when you want)
You can - hold on your memories  (before they're gone) 
If you want protect it in Fort Knox          
Press reject - and break the safety lock 

Lou'    Lou'   Lou'
The inventor who knew how to build a machine
    which can store all your feelings and capture your dreams
 
When you drop your old tape in your player today and let it play 
Watch how the wheels roll at a steady pace
After a few seconds of space
The counter starts to race - as a smile crosses your face
as the sound bring back the good old days

You place all of your heroes and stars in a row 
From now on they will follow you wherever you go
Start with an intro, very slow
Then let start the rock'n'roll show

And when the counter reach the part at the end
You have to select the perfect song to attend
You can't cut them or can leave some space
That's the important rule of a record-race 

Remember your first kiss                  (with a song)
The one that we both heard                (all night long)
When you listen to that - song again  
It will bring back –to you- your butterfly feelings

And when your radio show – will           (goes on Air)
Your triggering finger                    (will be there)
To release the button when needle sink
And you have timed the right moment

Remember how you drove                   (in a open car)
everyone you passes                      (knows who you are)
The guy with the loudest speakers in town
You want to share your sound around

You can listen to the dark songs         (in the night) 
You enjoyed all the love songs,          (they shine so bright)
Put your headphones on your ear
And step inside, to disappear

The most impressive thing, that I ever  remember
Is when I listen to the voice of my mom.
She records all of my comics, 
when i was in hospital and feeling alone

You can dance to the good times          (with your friends)
waving a goodbye                         (to your love)
It can keeps a lost friend in your mind
The music can bring him back again.

Enjoy that feeling.                      (of a holiday).
When the sun is shining                  (the whole long day)
Having a good time when we walk at the beach
and only the horizon is within reach

It can keeps you closer                  (when you apart)
When you far away                        (from your sweetheart)
I shortens the time to see each other again
Until we're back united together

Lou'    Lou'   Lou'
The inventor who knew how to build a machine
    which can store all your feelings and capture your dreams

You can listen to the music              (in a train)
It can wash away your worries            (like the rain)
Your live will never be the same
When you record it on a audio tape

Oli Boli - Tape Song

Tape Song (Lou Ottens Legacy) - Oli Boli (First demo record attemp)

This is my first instrumental attempt of my new song. I've tried to connect two small tricky main part melodies. All other chords only serve as a transition to the new key. 

Update! Lyrics are finished and complete in the Song Zaubertraumjagd
- https://soundcloud.com/oli-boli-684914260/traumjagd-german-chasing-a-dream-by-oli-boli
- https://soundcloud.com/oli-boli-684914260/zaubertraumjagd-acoustic-piano-session

Oli Boli - Licht

unfinished complex song (instrumental demo Guitar + Piano)

This is my first try to compose a song with lyrics in my native language (german). 

It is about chasing a dream. Split in two parts. 
part one tries to describe how dreams invade us. chemical neuronal.
part two tries to capture a dream to keep it in memory.

The song is based on a complex melody model in which two different main parts exist in different keys. To add to the transition, I had to go back a long way and string a lot of chords together.
Video: https://youtu.be/mHqZyrGvtw4

Lyrics:
Part 1:
Hast du gesehen wie die Sterne heute stehen?
Die Konstellation aus der Träume entstehen
Wie leuchtende Speere durchdringen sie die Sphäre
Der Angriff auf unser Bewusstsein beginnt

Die Kristallklare Luft verbreitet den Duft
von Pheromonen die unsere Sinne betrübt
Orientierungsverlust, ganz unbewusst
Wechsel von Realität zu Fiktion
Physiologische Korrelate
von Verstand und Vernunft außer Kraft
unreales Geschehen
ergreift über uns seine Macht

Ein Abbild aus unserem Leben
So sinnlich und doch so lebendig
oh - könnt ich nur - ständig - diese Klarheit sehen
Um Zusammenhänge verstehen
Ohne Bedeutung für mich   von Zeit und Raum
mit dir zusammen, in      deinem Traum

Könnt ich nur - bis in alle Zeiten
durch das Universum gleiten
Doch wenn der Traum einmal entrinnt
und du dich kaum an ihn entsinnst
bleibt nicht viel Zeit ihn zu erzählen
man muss ihn in deinen Augen lesen

Und das Licht, welches au deinen Augen strahlt
fällt wie ein Pinsel, der Farben auf die Leinwand malt
doch die Farben die du wählst,
verblassen in der Realität
Sie sind gewählt aus den Weiten des Traum’s wo sie schweben
Sie erzählen von den Zeiten, wo alles Glück in deinem Leben
einfach wie ein Apfel
an den Bäumen hing


Doch die Säure und die Kerne
gehören dazu - oh wie gerne
wäre ich die Frucht an diesem Baum
zusammen mit dir - in deinem Traum

PART TWO
Was wir auch tun, um uns auszuruhen
unsere Gedanken zum schlafen zusammentun
So sehr wir versuchen die Traumwelt zu besuchen
Es will nicht gelingen dorthin zu springen

erst mit Halluzinogenen Substanzen 
versuchen wir gemeinsam in den Schlaf zu tanzen
Durch Opferbereitschaft, mit voller Hingabe
fördern wir Unterbewusstsein zu Tage
kognitiv luzide Momente
bringen symbolische Fragmente
setzen Akzente aus dem Zwischenraum
entrissen aus unserem Traum

Die Süße an diese Erinnerung
so flüchtig und vergänglich
Vielleicht gelingt es mir mit dir zusammen
einen Zaubertraum zu fangen
der bis in alle Ewigkeit uns verbindet und vereint 
eine Erinnerung die uns zusammenhält

Ein Funke aus unserer Vergangenheit
Der unser Feuer am Leben hält
Doch wenn die Sonne den Tag erhellt
und wie ein Pfeil vom Bogen nach oben schnellt
ist es wieder die Zeit, die rinnt
und die Suche nach dem Traum beginnt von neuem

Wenn deine Hand am Morgen, neben mir, durch meine Haare fährt
sehe ich das strahlen in deinen Augen, und weiß, es war die Mühe wert
gemeinsam haben wir es vollbracht
unseren Traum gefangen,  mitten in der Nacht
Er geht nicht erneut verloren, wir haben ihn geboren
er gehört zu unserem Leben genauso wie das Streben
nach Glück und Zuversicht
und unserer Zweisamkeit

Und neben dir sitz ich so gerne
schau auf die Sterne in der Ferne
Soweit das Auge reicht so glitzernd und so seicht
ist die Erinnerung an unseren Traum.

Oli Boli - Traumjagd

Traumjagd

Zaubertraumjagd (Chasing the spell of a dream) - by Oli Boli

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)

Walking in Memphis - Marc Cohn - Fun Jam Cover - Oli Style

Oli Boli - Walking In Memphis

Walking in Memphis

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)

my nephew Stefen improvised a little to my piano melody on the electric guitar. Let's see if there is a reaction

Black Full Circle Rainbow Guitar Impro

Black Full Circle Rainbow (Instrumental Family Guitar Impro)

Jamming today on the piano to my own song. Its a long time ago since i played it on the piano

Oli Boli - Actress

Actress Piano Jamming

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

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

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

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

2023 on May 24, we were at an OpenMic when we heard the news of Tina Turner's passing. We spontaneously tried to play this song in her honor but completely failed. 

Not one of us really knew the lyrics and the only thing left was to hum the melody together.

I was never really a big Tina Turner fan, it was always a little too mainstream for me. But I admired her work, her charisma, her energy to participate in life.

I felt it was my duty to learn and play at least one song. 
During this process I really listened to this song for the first time and learned to love it.

Tina, Respect! You're the best.
I owed it to you.

Oli Boli - Cover Versions

The Best - Tina Turner Cover

simply "The Best" - Oli Boli - Tina Turner Tribute

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

The ideas at the beginning of the composition of this song just flowed out of me. However, there seems to be an infinite variety of topics.

Even if many things are going wrong in the world, it is far from me to raise my finger in warning. I myself do many things wrong of which I know that it is actually not okay.

so i deleted everything that seemed too concrete to me. In the end, I only used the beautiful abstract lyric parts.

Lyrics: 
Part I.
How could this happen that we
- Lost our skills in empathy
Why haven't we created a 
-Sophisticated strategy?
Lost how to read the stars above you 
in this bright sparkling night 
Stuck in the deepest forest can‘t name 
one tree around to find a trace
How can we heal our scars and not
renew them in another fight

Give us an hour of rest
to seek together for the best 
side of the trees where the moss grows
that leads us back to those
important things in life we’ve lost
from the day when our lives are crossed
and our agonizing sought seemed to be over and we..
..were like mesmerized
..and paralyzed
..to satisfied
To evolve ourselves

Part II.
How can we evolve so far when we.. 
-Fail to grasp the natures way 
Why haven’t we protect with all our
power, strength and energy
to blind to see and recognize
the lies we‘ve build around ourselves
rather glide down the hills on planks
till every thing that grew and thrived 
- was expelled
Why do we crave the thrill
of sawing off the branch we are all sitting on?

Without a compass or a map
we won’t escape out of this trap
we are off course 
and lost our bearings with this crap
Civilization is the word
for devastation of our living world
any further hesitation is irrevocable
With the right latitude
and longitude
we will find back to our gratitude

repeat Part I

Oli Boli - Lost Our Skills

Lost Our Skills

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 great song from Colin Hay, former of Men At Work. 
It has a greate open D Guitar Tuning.
Thats a lot of fun to play it.

Oli Boli - Melbourne Song

Melbourne Song (Colin Hay Cover)

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

Where The Flowers Bloom In The Snow - Oli Boli (first demo recording)
(just in time, before spring will come)
https://youtu.be/EA5dkwmM2JA

Lyrics:
When you feel like you're running away from this place.
Where the leaves are gone and you're looking for peace  / Trust me - you can follow me

When the ghosts of this city are haunting you 
and you feel that you need a sanctuary / I offer you to save you - if you follow me

The gray of this abandoned city in dust  
keeps your mood into sadness and you just /  Want to Cry - and say goodby

But i know how to lead ... you out of this predicament
follow me blind   ... to a secret land / Take my hand - and follow me

AND I WILL SHOW YOU: 
Where the flowers  bloom in the  Snow
Is such a wonderful world made just for you and me to go
everything is wrapped into white
only the colors of the flowers shine like the sunlight
From the highest mountain to the frozen lake
It's all covered under billions of snowflakes
In this deep white desert of hope
we will watch the flowers unfold their colorful splendor.

When we get tired and fall asleep, 
We close our eyes - so that - no tear can weep.
the white is no longer perceived    

red,    when the sun warms the blood in the eyelids
blue,   when the rain cools it down again            
black, in the night when the sun isn't shining

pink violet yellow, are the colours that glow
They belong to the flowers that bloom in the snow
You will see all the blossoms when you open your eyes
that's how it feels (when you're) in paradise
 
Now that you follow me - out of this misery
Found your peace 'cause you’ve started to trust me / Stay with me - no need to run away

It’s here where you finally found your white heaven
feel save from your ghosts and stop the persecution / I kept my promises - as i said

And when you scream and shout your farewell goodbyes - to the open sky
brings you back to happiness and let your dreams go fly / fly back home - you’ll never walk alone

And now you took my hand, my trust, my heart and my open mind
you following me blindly here to this secret land / now  you can see - how i set you free

AND NOW WE BOTH KNOW: 
    Where the flowers  bloom in the  Snow
is the place where our lonely hearts will grow together
everything is windet in harmony
The flowers spread their scent for the bumblebees
This white is no longer for smoke or fear
It's stand for innocence so clear and near
It’s like a great wide open heart -  where we
can step inside to be a part of this - grand orchestra

when were together with our open eyes
Can see the sky so blue - with this gigantic fireball
the gray is no longer present

it only appears in the shadow that will fall
cast by the flowers that have grown - so tall
driven away by this coulourful shining

and when we finally know, that the world will turn slow
We will be careful for everything that grows
But no one else will ever know
Where the flowers are that bloom in the snow

Oli Boli - Flowers In The Snow

Where The Flowers bloom in the Snow

Where The Flowers Bloom In The Snow - Oli Boli (first accoustic demo recording)

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

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

Oli Boli

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