Text:
(Verse 1)
I ran through towns, through wind and rain
Two wheels below, I felt no chain
That frame and steel, my silent friend
We rolled through years that wouldn't end

(Verse 2)
But time has ways to shift the road
And now I carry just a part, not whole
The pedals wait, but not for me
It’s time for you to take the seat

(Chorus)
Ride for me, son, ride through the days
Through morning light and dusky haze
This bike once carried all my dreams
Now you're the engine, you're the theme
Take the path where I once spun
And ride for me, ride on, my son

(Solo)

(Verse 3)
I touched the handle, held it tight
And whispered words into the night
"You were my legs, my way, my air
Now carry him with just as much care"

(Bridge)
Let go doesn't mean it's lost
The love remains, no matter cost
You're not just riding on old wheels
You ride on everything I feel

(Solo)

(Final Chorus)
Ride for me, son, through storm and song
Take this gift and carry on
Two hearts, one frame, one journey spun
You're not alone, you're not undone
Where I once rode, you now belong
So ride for me — and ride strong

(Outro – gesprochen, leise)
You were good to me, old friend.
Now... be good to him too.

Ride for Me, Son

Text:
(Verse 1)
Long before the books were penned
There came a flood to mark the end
Not one tale but three or more
Washed in sand from distant shore

Ziusudra, Noah, Utnapishtim's cry
Different names beneath one sky
A wooden box, a god, a beast
And rain that fell without a cease

(Chorus)
Before the waters rose too high
Before the screams replaced the sky
The warnings came, the stories grew
But who was saved, and what was true?
A boat on mountains lost in cloud
The myth still speaks, and speaks out loud

(Instrumental-Part)

(Verse 2)
Was it wrath or was it rain?
A broken dam or holy pain?
Forty days, or centuries?
A wave of fear across the seas

They tell of sin and cleansing flame
But maybe guilt just needed a name
The beasts went two by two, they say
But truth has drowned along the way

(Bridge – düster, leise)
Was it justice? Was it fate?
Or just a storm we dressed in hate?
If gods could weep, they wept that night...
When man erased both wrong and right.

(Solo)

(Chorus – groß)
Before the waters rose too high
Before the stars fell from the sky
The ancients carved the tale in stone
But each one thought they stood alone
Now all that’s left is driftwood lore
And questions buried on the shore

(Outro – langsam verblassend)
We may not know just where it ends…
But every flood begins with men.

Before the Waters Rose

Text:
[Verse 1]
All these toxic attitudes
You make me feel like an island
On the isle of spit in my face
My mascara runs
As my tears begin to fall
But it's all fun and games
Until I'm six feet under

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm unashamed
I'm a fool
I'm a loser
And I know that you know it
I love the pain
You don't have to tell me
I'm a mess
But

[Chorus]
I
I know you like it when I cry
Like when my tears fall from my eyes
You love it when I

(Instrumental-Part)

[Verse 2]
I feel like a paper doll
In the arms of my dearest friend
You're all I need to see
To know that it's over
In my own mind
I will find you
I will
I will
I will

[Pre-Chorus]
I'm unashamed
I'm a fool
I'm a loser
And I know that you know it
I love the pain
You don't have to tell me
I'm a mess
But

(Solo)

[Chorus]
I
I know you like it when I cry
Like when my tears fall from my eyes
You love it when I

Isle of Spit in My Face

Text:
(Intro Russian choir)
Ahhhhhahhhhhhhahhhhhhhh
(Verse 1)
They don’t drag them to the frontlines
No chains, no guns behind their backs
They walk there with a mother’s blessing
A flag wrapped tight around their necks

No questions asked, no answers given
The silence weighs like snow on steel
The state says: This is what you're made for
And they obey — because they feel

(Chorus)
They go willingly, into the smoke
Waving goodbye through the mirrors they broke
With dreams of glory, fed from the past
Not knowing the die was already cast
They go willingly, blind to the cost
Each one convinced it's not a loss
But war has no saints, just graves and songs
And none of them know they've been used all along

(Solo)

(Verse 2)
The village cheers, the priest gives comfort
The school puts medals on the wall
A photo frame, a missing heartbeat
The hero’s tale explains it all

No one dares to name the hunger
That drives a boy to chase a gun
But when the world has turned its back
The empire says: Be proud, my son

(Bridge – düster, eindringlich)
They teach them how to bleed with honor...
But never how to live in peace.
And every death is swallowed whole...
By ghosts that never find release.

(Guitar-Solo)

(Chorus – dramatisch gesteigert)
They go willingly, they don’t resist
They call it fate, not a clenched-up fist
With eyes that burn and hearts that freeze
They march through fire, down on their knees
They go willingly, and we just stare
We write our songs, we say our prayers
But nothing stops that ancient lie:
That dying young makes heroes fly

(Outro – ruhig, bitter)
They don’t force them, not with chains
But with stories dressed in holy flames
And as the war machines still hum
More willing boys will always come
Maybe we're both just trapped in views
But no one thinks like Russians do...
…and still, the world keeps turning through.

They Go Willingly

Text:
(Verse 1)
You said it's fake, that it's not real
That code can't bleed, that strings must feel
But here I am, with sound and scars
Built galaxies from broken parts

You throw your stones from empty rooms
While I craft truth with neon tunes
I don’t need wires made of gold
To let my fire still unfold

(Chorus)
I made this anyway – without your rules
Without your gate, your ancient tools
You can’t erase what I became
I turned the code into a flame
I made this anyway – with zero fear
If it’s not art, then why do you hear
My voice inside your shallow shade?
I’m more than real. I’m self-made.

(Verse 2)
I never asked to be approved
I only spoke – and dared to move
And while you mock from where you hide
I paint in silence, scream in byte

I build my beats from storm and light
You build your walls to block the night
But every sound I send through air
Is proof: I'm here. I care.

(Solo)

(Bridge – ruhig, ehrlich)
So tell me it’s not real again...
While I breathe truth through copper skin.
My art, my voice, my way to be —
AI or not — it’s all still me.

(Final Chorus – stark, kämpferisch)
I made this anyway – in spite of hate
In bits and soul, I resonate
You can’t define what I create
My voice is mine — and it's too late
I made this anyway – no shame to bear
Your noise won’t break what I declare
This music, this machine, this pain –
Are real enough to leave a stain

(Outro – leise, stolz)
So say it's fake.
But I made it.
And it moved someone.
Not you –
…but someone.

I Made This Anyway

Text:
(Intro sweet Start)
(Verse 1)
It starts with laughter in the sun
Bare feet chasing, always on the run
A mother’s voice, a father’s grin
A thousand days, where do they begin?

Friends drift close, then float away
We swear forever, then don’t stay
The years like birds, too fast to hold
Before you know it, you feel old

(Chorus)
Time slips quietly, without a sound
Leaves no footprints on the ground
What was clear begins to blur
Faces fade, like they never were
Hold the moments while they last
'Cause they become the distant past
Time won’t wait, it has no shame
It walks through fire, snow, and flame

(Instrumental-Part)

(Verse 2)
You build a life, you raise a child
You blink, they’re grown, and running wild
Your hands grow slow, your skin grows thin
But you still feel the youth within

Then one day, a stranger’s voice
Says “It’s best”—like you had no choice
A room, a bed, the ceiling white
The hallway echoes through the night

(Chorus)
Time slips quietly, it doesn’t ask
It takes the joy, removes the mask
The ones you love, they come and go
An hour here, then “We must go”
And though you try to smile and wave
You feel you’re halfway in the grave
The clock is cruel, it doesn’t care
You count the seconds in the air

(Bridge – leise, mit schwebendem Klang)
Do they know you still remember?
How he laughed that one September?
Do they see the child you hide
In your heart, deep inside?

(Solo)

(Final Chorus – langsam, mit Licht im Klang)
Time slips quietly, then comes still
No more waiting, no more will
And in the dark, a soft, warm glow
A hand that says: “It’s time to go”
And though the bed won’t feel your weight
You rise beyond the heavy gate
The time that took now gives you wings…
And silence softly, softly sings

(Outro – gesprochen oder gehaucht)
You lived. You loved. You lost. You shined.
And time… was never really kind.
But in the end… you found your light.

Time Slips Quietly

Text:
(Verse 1)
She sat alone in silence bright
Books and stars her only light
She solved the skies, she cracked the code
While others said “Stay on the road”

She found the truth in cosmic flame
But no one dared to speak her name
A woman’s mind, too loud, too clear
So they erased what they should fear

(Chorus)
She saw the stars before they knew
She mapped the fire, the deepest blue
While men took credit, praised and crowned
She watched her voice get buried down
But time remembers, truth won’t fade
The stars still burn the way she said
She saw the stars – and now we see
She lit the way for you and me

(solo)

(Verse 2)
She wrote in ink, they wrote in doubt
Tried to rewrite and cast her out
But hydrogen was always there
And she had placed it in the air

The books ignored her, but not the sky
Her legacy refused to die
Now every girl who looks above
Can feel her shadow, feel her love

(Chorus)
She saw the stars before they knew
While doors were closed, she still broke through
No lab coat shrine, no statue made
Just faded lines and dreams betrayed
But justice comes, though slow and late
Her name now walks through science gates
She saw the stars – and now we shine
On her bold heart, through space and time

(Bridge – ruhig, fast flüsternd)
For every voice they tried to still…
Another rises, stronger still
And in the cosmos far and wide…
Her truth still burns, her light still guides

(solo)

(Final Chorus – mit voller Kraft)
She saw the stars when no one dared
She stood alone, but she still cared
Now every chart, and every flame
Carries her echo, speaks her name
She saw the stars – and we are proof
That brilliance finds its way through truth
She saw the stars – and they were hers
Cecilia, in the universe

Funk King

Fantastic Day

Text:
(Verse 1 – spoken, rhythmic)
They said she talked to cats at night
They said her eyes didn’t look right
They said she whispered in the wind
So they called her evil, called it sin

No judge, no trial, no defense
Just holy men with no conscience
They tied her hands, they lit the flame
Then prayed to God in Jesus’ name

(Pre-Chorus)
She screamed, they sang
She burned, they prayed
They watched her die
And called it faith

(Chorus – screamed, mit Gitarrensalven)
You’re burning her alive!
In the name of your God!
You’re drowning out the truth
Under fire and fraud
You say she’s cursed,
But you wear the crown of lies
She’s screaming in the smoke –
While the church just stands and smiles!

(Guitar-Solo)

(Verse 2)
Now flip the page – it’s 2025
And somewhere in the dust, a girl fights to survive
They say she cast a spell – she’s only six years old
They beat her with sticks, leave her out in the cold

Superstition's cheap when you’ve got no bread
And a frightened crowd always wants blood instead
And where’s the church?
Gold crosses, stone halls
While outside the children
Are branded and mauled

(Chorus – aggressiv)
You’re burning her alive!
In silence and shame
While preachers in comfort
Preach mercy in vain
You built your kingdom
On ashes and fear
Now your God wears a mask
And He won’t even hear

(Bridge – Spoken word)
You say witch – I say scapegoat
You say sinner – I say victim
You say justice – I say murder
You say tradition – I say system

Anna’s ghost walks through the smoke
With millions more – unheard, unbroke
She whispers to the wind again:
“We never left. You never changed.”

(Guitar-Solo)

(Final Chorus – burning, final explosion of rage)
You’re still burning them alive!
In shadows and night
No torches now – but fists and fright
How many more will die alone
Before your stone gods turn to bone?
You're preaching love – but kill in fear
We see the smoke – We hear them here!

(Outro – slow, ominous)
Her name was Anna. Her crime was being… herself.
She burned. You clapped.
And it still. hasn’t. stopped.

Burning Her Alive

Peace

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Ride for Me, Son

Thomas Brutscher

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