Text:
Verse 1:
You built your walls of mirrors high,
believed your own reflection’s lie.
The louder you shout, the less we hear,
truth doesn’t bend to hate or fear.

Pre-Chorus:
You can buy the crowd, but not their hearts,
history keeps the truest parts.

Chorus:
This light — not for you,
this peace — not for you.
The Nobel’s for the brave and kind,
not the blind who lead the blind.

Oh, this song — not for you,
this hope — not for you.
We dance for love, not for your fame,
you can’t own a sacred flame.

(solo)

Verse 2:
She stood where silence used to reign,
spoke her truth through years of pain.
They tried to break her, still she rose —
Maria walks where freedom grows.

Pre-Chorus:
And every lie you ever sold,
melts away in her heart of gold.

Chorus:
This light — not for you,
this peace — not for you.
She fights for those without a voice,
we cheer the world’s right choice.

Bridge (spoken, anthem build-up):
We don’t worship gold or crowns,
just the courage to stand when the world falls down.

Call it a prize, call it a sign —
truth still shines, and the light is mine.

(Guitar-Solo)

Final Chorus (with full choir + band):
This light — not for you,
this world — not for you.
The liar falls, the brave pull through,
this love will never, ever be — for you.

Outro (echo):
Not for you… not for you…
(for the ones who dare the truth.)

Not For You

Text:
Intro (space sounds + whispers):
static whispers in the satellite rain,
voices fading through the static chain,
where do we run when home feels strange?
when will the madness end?

Verse 1:
I see her on the screen, she says she’ll leave,
I feel that ache, yeah, I can’t believe.
We built this dream on fragile ground,
now every truth is lost in sound.

The lights still shine, but the soul feels cold,
we traded warmth for silver and gold.
I’d pack my heart, I’d fade away,
if silence meant I could stay.

Pre-Chorus (strings + rising synths):
Neon tears in the city rain,
who’s to blame for the echo pain?
Satellites cry in a lonely sky,
freedom fades, but the stars don’t lie.

Chorus (massive, emotional):
When will the madness end?
We keep pretending, we just defend.
I’m losing faith in the noise we send,
oh tell me, tell me — when will it end?

I understand, I wanna go too,
this isn’t the world I once knew.
Hold my hand, don’t let it bend,
when will the madness end?

(solo)

Verse 2 (funk groove with guitar):
The city moves in coded lies,
digital gods with plastic eyes.
We pray to screens, forget the sound,
of hearts that beat underground.

We used to dance, we used to feel,
now even love feels unreal.
I’m still here, yeah, holding tight —
to the last pure spark of light.

Bridge (ambient breakdown, space effects):
I hear you, I hear you calling,
through the static, through the falling.
A single tone, a human blend,
whispers softly: this can’t be the end.

(Guitar-Solo)

Final Chorus (full orchestral-trance fusion):
When will the madness end?
I’m tired of breaking to just pretend.
We’ll build again where truth can bend —
not for the power, but to mend.

I understand, I wanna go too,
but something tells me we’ll break through.
In the ruins, my voice I’ll send —
when will the madness end?

When Will the Madness End

Text:
Verse 1:
You walk in shadows, afraid to feel,
I see the scars that never heal.
Your heart’s a code I long to break,
a whispered truth I can’t forsake.

The city sleeps, but I’m awake,
chasing ghosts I didn’t make.
Love’s not sin, it’s sacrifice,
it cuts so deep — but it’s paradise.

Chorus (soft but wide, deep pads + slow beat):
Open your hands,
don’t hide from the rain.
Let it fall, let it cleanse the pain.
You don’t have to beg for grace again.
Just open your hands.

(solo)

Verse 2:
The static hum beneath your skin,
the fear of losing, not to win.
Every truth we try to hold,
turns to dust when hearts grow cold.

I’m not your savior, just a spark,
lighting hope inside the dark.
No religion, no command —
just you and me, with open hands.

Bridge (filtered synth arps + whisper vocals):
Breathe in slow — let go of control.
Breathe out low — feel the soul unfold.
The world won’t stop, but we can stand,
together still — with open hands.

(Guitar-solo)

Final Chorus (layered harmonies + cinematic pads):
Open your hands,
we’re dust and desire.
Falling slow through the static wire.
Love’s not fear — it’s fire.
Open your hands…

Outro (ambient fade, reversed synth, analog warmth):
The silence understands.
(fade to hum of tape hiss)

Open Hands

Text:
Verse 1:
Neon rivers in my veins,
I breathe in sound, forget my name.
Cities blur, the lights collide,
I’m alive — just electrified.

Pre-Chorus:
Every beat pulls me higher,
fragments of fire,
falling through wire —
no control, just desire.

Chorus:
Running through light, I dissolve in the night,
gravity fades — I’m out of sight.
Hearts like machines, still trying to dream,
lost in the rhythm — it’s more than it seems.

(solo)

Verse 2:
Time bends, no past, no pain,
only pulse inside my brain.
Truth is noise, and love’s a spark,
dancing ghosts inside the dark.

Breakdown (spoken / vocoder):
“We fall apart, to feel complete.
We lose the beat, to find the heat.”

(solo)

Drop / Refrain:
Running through light... running through light...
(echoed, layered, dissolving in reverb)

Running Through Light

Now We Are Free

Text:
Verse 1:
Shadows fall across my name,
I’ve walked through fire, through guilt and shame.
Every lie I told to feel alive,
cut another scar inside.

Pre-Chorus:
I tried to drown the sound of me,
in echoes of what I used to be.
But silence spoke, and whispered clear,
the way back home begins right here.

Chorus:
Return to me — the part I’ve lost,
beneath the fear, beneath the cost.
I’m done with ghosts that call my name,
return to me — I’m not the same.

(solo)

Verse 2:
I dreamed in static, lived in code,
no soul, just systems in overload.
But when the music broke my fall,
I heard my heart above it all.

Bridge (Strings swell + whispered vocal):
Forgive the distance, forgive the night,
I’m learning slowly to face the light.
Home was never a place to find,
it’s the peace I built inside my mind.

(solo)

Final Chorus:
Return to me — the storm is gone,
I’ve been away for far too long.
Now every note that sets me free,
is just the sound of you in me.

Return to Me

Text:
Intro (spoken, filtered):
“In every breath, a memory.
In every cell, a spark of sea and sky.”

Verse 1:
Floating dust on solar air,
a fragile dream begins to flare.
Through cosmic frost and ocean flame,
life learns to whisper its first name.

Verse 2:
Hydrothermal light below,
black and white where currents flow.
Walls of lipids, thin and round,
keep the chaos safe and sound.

Chorus:
We are the breath of origins,
born where the silence sings.
Neither heaven, nor the deep alone —
life found its way to call us home.

(solo)

Verse 3:
Molecules play, collide, align,
chance becomes design.
From ocean heart to cosmic shore,
the code repeats forevermore.

Bridge (spoken, robotic whisper):
“Fifty years, a billion tries.
Still we ask — where does life rise?”

(solo)

Final Chorus:
We are the breath of origins,
the sound of stars beneath the skin.
Tomorrow’s mind may finally know —
what set the first cell’s fire aglow.

Outro (softly sung / fading echo):
Maybe the ocean...
Maybe the stars...
Maybe both.

Origin Unknown

Genesis Waves

Text:
Intro (0:00–0:45)
(Voice whispers:) “I thought the fire made me free…”

Verse 1
(sung, low and calm)
I used to chase the lightning,
thought the fire made me free.
But every spark I followed
just burned a hole in me.
The mirror whispered “higher,”
the poison said “you’re divine.”
But truth was just a liar
wearing my old mind.

Chorus
Now I see it clear as rain —
the dream was just decay.
The high was just a chain,
disguised as getaway.
No smoke, no pill, no flame —
just breath, just pain,
and that’s okay.

(solo)

Verse 2
They sold us doors to heaven,
but the keys were made of lies.
We opened them with needles,
and drowned in open skies.
I met my ghosts on sidewalks,
they smiled and said “you won.”
But freedom’s not a feeling —
it’s waking up, undone.

🎙️ Spoken Strophe (vor der Bridge, Morrison-Stimme, leicht verhallt)

Brian Jones… drowned before the dawn.
Jimi lit the sky, and vanished in his song.
Janis burned like wine — too sweet, too strong.
Amy sang her pain till the bottle was gone.
Kurt pulled the silence over his sound.
Whitney fell, and no one caught her crown.
Michael danced till his heart gave out…
The carousel keeps turning round and round —
round and round —
and somehow, I’m still here.

(kurze Pause, Wind, Regen nimmt zu)

Bridge (gesprochen → halb gesungen)
I walked through smoke, through the fire’s breath,
looking for life, but I was flirting with death.
Now I stand in the rain —
and it washes me clean.
No illusion. No dream. Just me.

(Guitar-Solo)

Final Chorus (mit Streicheraufbau)
Now I see it clear as rain —
the storm was in my brain.
The music’s still the same,
but I don’t need the pain.
No gods, no pills, no flame —
just life remains.

Outro (7:00–8:00)
(Soft ambient pad, thunder fading, distant guitar swells.
Regen klingt aus.
Letzter Satz, leise gesprochen:)

“And maybe this time… I’ll stay.”

Clear as Rain

Text:
[Verse]
There was a big old house on the hill
That nobody went near
They said the lady of the house
Died in a big fire years ago
And they still hear her callin'
So me and my brother
We said
Let's go up there and see if it's true
We told our mom we'd be back soon
And headed off

[Chorus]
On a scary night
Through the woods
The sky was clear
And the moon was bright
On a scary night
I had a feeling
We were gonna get a fright

(solo)

[Verse 2]
So we came up to the front door
And it was wide open
And I said
"That's a bit weird"
And my brother said
"I don't know
This whole thing seems a bit strange"
And I said
"That's just silly talk"
And I told him
"C'mon
Let's go in"
He was nervous and held onto my arm
But we headed off

[Chorus]
On a scary night
Through the woods
The sky was clear
And the moon was bright
On a scary night
I had a feeling
We were gonna get a fright

(solo)

[Bridge]
The floor was so dirty and old
The walls were full of mold
And then a door slammed
And the whole place was cold
And I told my brother
"Run
Run
Run
Run"
He was out the door in a flash
He took off like a bat outta hell
I could hardly keep up
But I said
"I'm right behind ya"
And we headed off

[Chorus]
On a scary night
Through the woods
The sky was clear
And the moon was bright
On a scary night
I had a feeling
We were gonna get a fright

Scary Night

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