Text:
[Verse 1 – English]
From ancient sands your stories rise,
Carried by a thousand cries,
A people walking through the fire,
Keeping heart and hope entire.
I stand here humble, from a land
Where darkest shadows stained our hands.
I kneel in memory, bow in shame,
No words can carry all that pain.

[Pre-Chorus – English]
But still you live, you breathe, you shine,
A rooted stone against all time.
Israel, your soul survives,
Through broken nights and burning skies.

[Chorus – Hebrew]
אֵשׁ וְאוֹר—עַם שֶׁקוּם מֵעָפָר
לֵב שֶׁמֵבִיא אֶת הָאוֹר לְמָחָר
שָׁלוֹם יָבוֹא, אַל נִפֹּל עוֹד לְחֹשֶׁךְ
כֻּלָּנוּ בָּנִים לְאוֹר אֶחָד
(Esh ve’or — am she’kum me’afar
Lev she’mevi et ha’or lemachar
Shalom yavo, al nipol od lechoshech
Kulanu banim le’or echad)

(Feuer und Licht — ein Volk, das aus der Asche steht.
Ein Herz, das das Licht von morgen trägt.
Frieden wird kommen, fall’n wir nicht zurück ins Dunkel.
Wir alle sind Kinder desselben Lichts.)

[Verse 2 – English]
I cannot judge your wounds or scars,
I only see how deep they are.
I cry for those who fell in fear,
For mothers whispering prayers in tears.
And though I also grieve for lives
On every side where sorrow thrives,
I hold one truth above the war:
A child is never an enemy’s core.

[Bridge – English]
I’m German born — I carry this,
History’s weight that can’t be dismissed.
I say these words with open hands:
Never again, in any land.
Not for your children, not for theirs,
Not for a world in shattered prayers.
Compassion is the only way
For dawn to break a longer day.

[Chorus – Hebrew]
אֵשׁ וְאוֹר—עַם שֶׁלוֹחֵם עַל חַיִּים
אֲנִי עוֹמֵד לִצִדְּכֶם בַּשִּׁירִים
שָׁלוֹם יָבוֹא, לֹא דָּם וְלֹא שִׂנְאָה
אַךְ תִּקְוָה, תִּקְוָה מְעִירָה
(Esh ve’or — am she’lochem al chayim
Ani omed letzidchem ba’shirim
Shalom yavo, lo dam v’lo sin’ah
Ach tikvah, tikvah me’irah)

(Feuer und Licht — ein Volk, das um Leben ringt.
Ich stehe an eurer Seite im Lied.
Frieden wird kommen — nicht Blut, nicht Hass,
nur Hoffnung, Hoffnung, die leuchtet.)

[Final Outro – English]
May every heart in every land
Learn mercy, take each other’s hand.
No more walls of fear or flame —
Only humans, only names.

Ashan ve’Or (Smoke and Light)

Text:
Verse 1
I say the words out loud — “Everything will be fine”,
though the scars beneath my skin still whisper other lines.
I smile and nod, pretend the sun will rise again,
while inside I bleed in silence, hiding all the pain.

But I have little eyes, two little lights that need their dawn,
so I walk this broken road — though every step inside is torn.
They trust the man who stands — even when his bones grow old,
so I hold onto every breath, though the world feels far too cold.

Pre-Chorus
‘Cause sometimes hope’s a whisper,
in the dark before the flame.
You pray the night will soften —
but you don’t know who you became.

Chorus
While I’m still standing — I fight for you, my child.
While I’m still standing — I carry the heavy miles.
Though the ground is shaking, though the storm may never end,
I promise you tomorrow — I’ll still try to stand.

(solo)

Verse 2
I lost a part of me along the way,
but kept the fragments, though they screamed and swayed.
I saw the walls close in, the future slip through gripped hands,
but your laughter pulled me back — like promise from a land.

You don’t know the ghosts I fight, you just know my hands hold you tight,
you don’t know the nights I cried — but you believe in morning light.
So I build with broken bricks, your world from my last breath,
because love’s the only fortress that can stand beyond death.

Pre-Chorus 2
I’ll whisper truth, not comfort,
you’ll see the scars, I won’t pretend.
But I’ll walk the line between hope and doubt —
so you’ll know what I defend.

Chorus
While I’m still standing — I fight for you, my child.
While I’m still standing — I carry the heavy miles.
Though the ground is shaking, though the storm may never end,
I promise you tomorrow — I’ll still try to stand.

Bridge (quiet)
Not every pain has a sunrise,
not every storm clears the sky.
But in your eyes I find a reason —
to breathe, to hold, to not comply.

(solo)

Final Chorus (full, emotional)
While I’m still standing — you are my truth, my light.
While I’m still standing — I chose to fight the night.
If hope is all I have left, I give you every part,
I may be broken — but you rebuild my heart.

While I’m Still Standing

Text:
[Verse]
A cello screams while the synths collide
Tick tock the banjo’s taking a ride
Guitar strings snap like lightning bolts
The drummer laughs but the rhythm revolts

[Chorus]
It’s a chaos symphony
Nothing here makes sense to me
Boom crash ding let it be
It’s a chaos symphony

[Verse 2]
Trumpets wail and the bassline stutters
Accordion whispers while the tuba mutters
A harp just broke but it keeps on humming
Through the noise you can feel it coming

[Prechorus]
Stop the clock
Rewind the sun
Every sound a loaded gun

[Chorus]
It’s a chaos symphony
Nothing here makes sense to me
Boom crash ding let it be
It’s a chaos symphony

[Bridge]
The violins shriek
The DJs spin
The flute gets lost in a whirlwind grin
Clap your hands
Stomp your feet
Disorder never sounded this sweet

Chaos in Harmony

Big Strong Gordon - Series 2

Text:
Verse 1
I walk through rooms where laughter echoes loud,
But inside me there’s a silence — heavy, cold, and proud.
I greet the world with jokes, a grin, a smoke, a lie,
While deep within my mind, a storm begins to cry.

The lights are bright, the music plays, the faces smile so wide —
But under all the masks I wear, there’s a tear I cannot hide.
I dance, I work, I speak — I function every day,
Yet in the corners of my mind the colors fade to grey.

Pre-Chorus
And when they ask me “How are you?”
I lie and say, “I’m fine.”
They don’t see the cracks underneath,
The cracks within the mind.

Chorus
Shadows behind the smile, I’m holding up a wall of glass,
Shadows that I carry — silent ruin from the past.
Don’t see the tears, don’t hear the screams —
I play the part, but drown in dreams.
Shadows behind the smile —
I’m still standing, but I’m not alive.

(solo)

Verse 2
The sun will rise, the world will move, they say “tomorrow, new day”.
But who will mend the broken inside that night stole far away?
I feel the weight, I feel the doubt, I feel the emptiness inside,
A hollow echo of my voice, a soul that’s cast aside.

I’m master of the masquerade — applause when curtains fall,
But when the crowd is gone, I’m lost — behind this fragile wall.
And every breath I take reminds me of the fight inside,
Between the me I show the world, and the me that wants to hide.

Pre-Chorus 2
And when they ask me “Are you ok?”
I laugh and say, “Just tired.”
They don’t see the darkness creeping,
The cracks within my light.

Chorus
Shadows behind the smile, I’m holding up a wall of glass,
Shadows that I carry — silent ruin from the past.
Don’t see the tears, don’t hear the screams —
I play the part, but drown in dreams.
Shadows behind the smile —
I’m still standing, but I’m not alive.

Bridge (atmospheric, instrumental with echo-vocal)
(whispered)
Inside I burn — but no one sees the flame.
Inside I fade — but nobody knows my name.
I built a world of noise and colour,
To hide the blackout underneath.

(solo)

Final Chorus (raw, emotional)
Shadows behind the smile,
I won’t pretend I’m fine.
Shadows behind the smile,
I’ll tear down this false shine.
May the music burn the darkness,
May the light pierce through the lies.
Shadows behind the smile —
I want to feel alive.

Shadows Behind the Smile

Text:
[Intro – English]
We roll — louder than your walls,
We roll — breaking every fall.
No pity, no luxury — just rights.
Tonight we rise.

[Verse 1 – Deutsch]
Barrieren wohin ich seh’,
Urlaub teuer wie noch nie,
Barrierefrei? Ein leeres Wort,
Ich zahl’ doppelt — komm nicht fort.

„Nimm den Stuhl und bleib doch da“,
Sagst du leise, unsichtbar.
Doch wir rollen durch Beton,
Hörst du uns? Wir kommen schon.

[Pre-Chorus – English]
Why do we pay more just to feel the same?
Why is inclusion treated like a game?
We roll, we rise — no compromise,
Open your doors — open your eyes.

[Chorus – Deutsch + Englisch]
Wir rollen — durch die Welt, durch die Zeit,
We roll — and we’re done being polite.
Wir kämpfen — für Rechte, nicht Gnade,
We roll together — starke Brigade.

[Verse 2 – English]
Hotels lying in their glossy ads,
“Accessible” — but man, it’s bad.
One step here, a narrow door,
Feels like we’re crawling on the floor.

We’re humans — not a luxury class,
Your price tags? Kiss my ass.
From Munich to London, LA to Berlin —
We roll together, thick and thin.

[Pre-Chorus – Deutsch]
Warum ist Teilhabe Luxus pur?
Warum fehlt immer die Infrastruktur?
Wir fragen laut — wir geben Gas,
Wir rollen — und brechen das System aus Glas.

[Chorus – gemischt]
Wir rollen — durch die Welt, durch die Zeit,
We roll — and we’re done being polite.
Wir kämpfen — zusammen, vereint,
We roll — no one left behind.

[Bridge – Spoken / Rap / English]
Not broken — just blocked.
Not weak — just locked.
Unlock the doors.
Unlock the streets.
Access is justice —
And justice repeats.

[Final Chorus – deutsch/englisch steigert sich]
Wir rollen — wir schreien, wir steh’n,
We roll — ‘cause freedom’s not a dream.
Wir rollen — gemeinsam, global,
We roll — unstoppable, unstoppable.

[Outro]
We roll.
Wir rollen.
Together.

We Roll - Wir rollen

Text:
Intro (spoken)
History burns… and they build again.

Verse 1 (Deutsch)
Fukushima im Staub, doch sie hören nicht zu,
Beton auf Rissen, und das Risiko wächst im Nu.
Erde bebt, doch der Reaktor bleibt kalt,
Profit schlägt Vernunft – immer das gleiche Gewalt.
Man nennt es Fortschritt, ich nenn es Wahnsinn,
Tanz auf Trümmern, wir tun so als wär nichts.
Strahlung im Wind, doch die Kasse klingelt laut,
wenn der Himmel brennt, habt ihr weg geschaut.

Hook (Deutsch/English)
Tanz auf dem Vulkan – dancing on the faultline,
no lessons learned, but the lights still shine.
Tanz auf dem Vulkan – nuclear game,
same old profit, different name.

(solo)

Verse 2 (English)
They said “safe now”, yeah, we heard that before,
Concrete dreams on a shaking floor.
Nature screams but the boardroom smiles,
counting money in radioactive miles.
Science talks, but money talks louder,
pressing history down, pushing the cloud darker.
We don’t need another ghost-town shore,
but they keep building, asking for more.

3. Strophe 
忘れたのか　福島の海
崩れた街と　消えない悲しみ
力の名で　賭ける命
誰も払えぬ　その代償

TEPCOへ
その炎は　人の手には重すぎる
どんな約束も
放射能は聞かない

Bridge (spoken, düster)
You can’t negotiate with physics.
You can’t lobby earthquakes.

(solo)

Final Chorus
Tanz auf dem Vulkan – this is not a game,
Atoms in the dark calling out their name.
Tanz auf dem Vulkan – we stand and warn,
Before the next disaster is born.

Tanz auf dem Vulkan (忘れたのか 福島の海)

Text:
Intro (gesprochen)
Heute ist Advent!
Halt! Stopp! Krrrsscchhhh…
Bevor Weihnachten kommt – erst kommt der Advent!

Strophe 1
Vier Kerzen stehen still bereit,
Woche für Woche strahlt mehr Licht, mehr Zeit.
Kein Konsum, kein Zwang, kein Stress,
nur leise Hoffnung im Kerzenschein fest.

Es geht um Warten, nicht um Rennen,
mal kurz still sein, sich selbst erkennen.
Ein Countdown, der nicht laut tickt,
sondern Herzen langsam schickt.

Refrain
Advent, Advent – ein Lichtlein brennt,
nicht für Likes, nur für den Moment.
Advent, Advent – mach langsam, Kind,
Zeit, die du im Herzen find’st.

Strophe 2
Advent ist mehr als Deko-Wahn,
mehr als Glühwein, Lichterbahn.
Ist ein Atemzug vor dem Fest,
ein leiser Neustart, der dich lässt.

Früher war’s Stille, heute laut,
doch der Sinn bleibt: komm, vertrau.
Nicht hetzen, nicht kaufen, nicht flieh’n,
ein bisschen Frieden in dir zieh’n.

Refrain
Advent, Advent – ein Lichtlein brennt,
nicht für Waren, sondern für den Moment.
Advent, Advent – bleib kurz steh’n,
lerne wieder still zu seh’n.

Bridge (ruhig, erklärend)
Advent heißt: Ankunft steht bereit,
nicht nur Geschenke – sondern Zeit.
Vier Wochen, Schritt für Schritt,
damit dein Herz wieder Hoffnung fühlt.

Outro
Halt… kein Stress…
Erst kommt der Advent.

Was ist eigentlich Advent?

Thomas is not in office

Text:
[Verse]
Streetlights bleedin' orange
On a midnight rain slicked road
My mind keeps playin' old tapes
A heavy heavy load

[Pre-Chorus]
Just one thing I wanna know
Before I let you go

[Chorus]
Tell me you still love me
Say it soft say it slow
Tell me you still love me
Where did our feelings go
Tell me you still love me
I just gotta know

(solo)

[Verse 2]
Remember summer nights
Laughing loud and free
Now it’s just echo fights
You and me against me

[Bridge]
Maybe I'm a fool for hope
Maybe a broken dream
Clinging to a fraying rope
Life ain't what it seems

[Chorus]
Tell me you still love me
Say it soft say it slow
Tell me you still love me
Where did our feelings go
Tell me you still love me
I just gotta know

(solo)

[Chorus]
Tell me you still love me
Say it soft say it slow
Tell me you still love me
Where did our feelings go
Tell me you still love me
I just gotta know

Whispers in the Dark

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