River of Days

[Verse 1]
Down by the water
a voice moves slow—
it tells me of places
I may never go

Leaves lean closer
whispering my name
shadows fold the shoreline
but nothing feels the same

[Pre-Chorus]
The river bends
carrying time away
I can't match the current
but I wade anyway

[Chorus]
Flow river flow—
take my sorrow downstream
carry all I know
into someone else's dream
I drift where the silence
teaches me to stay—
lost in the river
lost in the river of days

[Verse 2]
There's a figure waiting
in the fog's embrace
her hands are lanterns
her smile a trace

The sky dissolves
into purple mist
I reach but the moment
slips away again

[Pre-Chorus]
The river bends
turning thought to song
I follow where it leads me
even if it’s wrong

[Chorus]
Flow river flow—
take my sorrow downstream
carry all I know
into someone else's dream
I drift where the silence
teaches me to stay—
lost in the river
lost in the river of days

[Bridge]
Water knows the shape of me
keeps it for a while then lets it go

[Final Chorus]
Flow river flow—
take my sorrow downstream
carry all I know
into someone else's dream
I drift where the silence
teaches me to stay—
lost in the river
lost in the river of days

River of Days

Yeah…
Listen close.
’Cause what I’m about to say might shake everything you think you know—
about pain, failure, and your own mind.
[Verse 1]
There’s two kinds of people in this world, I’ve seen it,
Those who break down, tired, barely breathing,
And those who rise up when the weight gets heavy,
When the storm comes down, they stay steady.
It ain’t luck, it ain’t schooling, it ain’t IQ,
It’s a mindset—what’s inside you.
Ain’t about pretending when your soul’s in pieces,
It’s power, it’s faith, it’s your will through the seasons.
[Hook]
I keep my head high when the sky falls down,
Light in my chest when the dark comes around,
Ain’t no fear in my veins, I just breathe, I believe—
Positive mental attitude, that’s me.
Yeah, I rise when they quit, I smile through the pain,
Every loss that I take just fuels my flame,
They don’t see what I see, but I know what’s true—
I can’t lose with this mindset, I can’t lose.
[Verse 2]
Met the ghosts of giants, legends in their time,
Carnegie, Ford, Edison on the grind,
They built empires out of pressure and dirt,
They took every failure, turned it into work.
Didn’t run from the pain, they embraced it,
Didn’t cry when the game rearranged it.
They studied defeat, transmuted the pain,
Turned every setback into gain.
[Hook]
I keep my head high when the sky falls down,
Light in my chest when the dark comes around,
Ain’t no fear in my veins, I just breathe, I believe—
Positive mental attitude, that’s me.
Yeah, I rise when they quit, I smile through the pain,
Every loss that I take just fuels my flame,
They don’t see what I see, but I know what’s true—
I can’t lose with this mindset, I can’t lose.
[Bridge / Spoken Breakdown]
What’s controlling your mind today?
Fear? Doubt? Resentment? Self-pity?
Or faith… purpose… gratitude… desire?
Your mind ain’t neutral—it’s always under the influence of something.
If you don’t control it, the world will.
If you don’t master it, the devil will.
And when I faced my greatest enemy… it was me.
[Final Hook]
I keep my head high when the sky falls down,
Light in my chest when the dark comes around,
No chains on my soul, just the truth that I choose—
My attitude decides if I win or lose.
Yeah, I rise when they quit, I smile through the pain,
Every scar on my heart just calls my name,
They don’t see what I see, but I know what’s true—
Positive mental attitude…
That’s you.

i keep my head high

So we’re going to slow down COMPLETELY after the release of THE DARK SIDE

The song “MAKE IT RIGHT” is about breaking free from perfectionism and self-doubt. It reflects a journey toward self-acceptance, realizing that true strength comes from embracing imperfection. Instead of chasing approval or flawless performance, we should learn to live authentically — finding peace, confidence, and freedom in simply being ourselves.

LYRIC

Intro

I tried to walk a line that’s straight,
Always perfect, never late.
But the cracks inside still show,
Guess the rules won’t help me grow.

Verse

Counting every step I take,
Worried ‘bout the moves I make.
But the harder I pretend,
The less I know where I begin.

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need a flawless disguise,
I’ll let the real me rise.

Chorus 

I don’t have to make it right,
I just gotta live my life.
All the pressure falls away,
I’m enough, I’ll be okay.
I don’t have to make it right,
Being me is worth the fight.

Verse

Tired of wearing someone’s face,
Running in a losing race.
Now I see the truth is clear,
What I need is already here.

Pre-Chorus 

I won’t let the moment pass me by,
This is who I am inside.

Chorus

I don’t have to make it right,
I just gotta live my life.
All the pressure falls away,
I’m enough, I’ll be okay.
I don’t have to make it right,
Being me is worth the fight.

Bridge

Every scar has told my name,
Every fault is not a shame.
Perfect’s just a losing game,
But I won’t play it.

Final Chorus 

I don’t have to make it right,
I just gotta live my life.
All the pressure falls away,
I’m enough, I’ll be okay.
I don’t have to make it right,
Being me is worth the fight.

Outro

 “I’m enough, I’m enough”

Make it right

How Quiet the World Became

BLUES ON THE RAILS

Jane Maryam - Kianoush Kouroshi piano version

Six feet under

if you are interested, please read the background story under the first version.

©music and lyrics by Hans-Michael Albers, instrumental cover & vocal performance by suno 5

for reasons of space, the original french text can be found under the 1st version.

In an inn for those who laugh, I wonder,
If mirrors lie or dream of their reflections,
If God still writes when his pen trembles,
Or if time falls asleep in a glass of milk.

Why do chairs think of lost legs,
And windows pray to stay awake?
The passing wind writes unknown words
On the crumpled curtains of truth.

In an inn for those who laugh, I wonder,
In an inn for those who laugh, I explain the world.

A cat falls asleep standing up, prophet of the absurd,
Its eye understands what my head refuses,
It says: “To think is to dig a hole without walls,”
Then laughs at having understood that he enjoys himself there.

The watches slowly bleed their hollow hour,
An iron rooster announces a useless morning,
I search for meaning, it flees, laughing, under the lawn,
And beckons me with a motionless gesture.

In an inn for those who laugh, I wonder,
In an inn for those who laugh, I explain the world.

If silence fears singing clocks,
Then the cry of flowers becomes a prayer,
And nothingness, crowned with an elegant shadow,
Learns to dance in the clear dust.

I saw the sky write its weariness in blue,
The angels, weary, drank tea without eternity,
And each drop tasted of habits
That are hard to forget, even at the bottom of reality.

In an inn for those who laugh, I remain,
Between the cup and doubt, leaning slightly,
The world spins, drunk, searching for its rumour,
And I drink so as not to think about it.

L'Auberge Absurde 2

A reflective and emotional journey about learning to release what once held you. 

It tells the story of standing on the edge of memory, 
walking familiar paths, 
holding on to the small traces of someone who is gone, 
and finding freedom in letting go. 
Each verse flows like the current itself, gentle, relentless, honest.

When the chorus opens up, guitars and drums bloom into something wide and liberating, carrying the feeling of acceptance and peace. 
By the end, the river is no longer loss, it is renewal.

Written, produced by Conny (Ghostwriter)
© SpinningArtist / DistroKid 2025

Lyrics:

When the River Let Me Go

[Verse 1] 
I walked down to the bridge we used to cross 
The current whispered stories we both lost 
Your jacket still hangs in the back of my mind 
Like rain that never learned to dry in time 
The stones beneath my feet remember sound 
The kind that lingers long after goodbye was found 

[Pre-Chorus] 
I thought the river would hold your face 
But it carried only light and space 

[Chorus] 
When the river let me go 
I learned that endings still can flow 
Not every tear becomes a plea 
Not every heart breaks endlessly 
When the river let me go 
I felt the pull of something real 
To stand alone and slowly heal 
 
[Verse 2] 
I keep your old scarf on a chair by the door 
It smells like spring, but nothing more 
Some nights I walk the path where we once dreamed 
And see reflections of what might have been redeemed 
You taught me love is not a chain 
It’s water learning how to rain 

[Pre-Chorus] 
I thought the current would bring you home 
But it only showed me how to roam 

[Chorus] 
When the river let me go 
I stopped asking where you’d be 
Let the ripples fade from view 
And carry off the weight in me 
When the river let me go 
I felt the stillness start to grow 
And learned that peace is soft, not slow 

[Bridge] 
Some hearts are meant to drift apart 
Like two sparks fading in the dark 
And maybe loss is not a wound 
It’s space where something new can bloom 

[Final chorus] 
When the river let me go 
I turned and faced the open sky 
No more hands to pull me back 
No more reasons left to try 
When the river let me go 
I smiled into the undertow 
And knew I finally was my own

When the River Let Me Go

[Verse 1]
The shimmer, the shadow, so familiar in the glass,
Though I know it is near me, there’s a wall I can't surpass.
And so I stand with nothing left, no place for me to go,
Unless this wall gives way, and changes how I go.

[Chorus 1]
There is another, waiting unseen,
Closer than silence, alive in the dream.
Beyond every question, whose answers are dim,
A Presence is waiting — inviting me to Him.

[Verse 2]
The Shimmer in the mirror, lingers, drawing near.
He whispers in the silence, but nothing I can hear.
He stops me at the edge, I look but cannot see,
He leads me to the pathway — He wants to set me free.

[Chorus 2]
There is another, waiting unseen,
Closer than silence, alive in the dream.
Beyond every question, whose answers are dim,
A Presence is waiting — inviting me to Him.


[Bridge]
I pray to Him in silence, and something starts to break,
The wall that held me back now trembles in its wake.
His Word becomes thunder — and cracks the sky in two,
The veil that hid His mercy now lets His Light shine through —

I fall to my knees unworthy, and still He draws me near,
The light reveals my failures, but it burns away my fear.
His Spirit starts the rumble, the clouds release their rain,
I am washed in holy waters, He calls me now by name —


[Chorus 3]
There is another, waiting unseen,
Closer than silence, alive in the dream.
Beyond every question, whose answers are dim,
A Presence is waiting — inviting me to Him.

[Final Bridge]
This thought keeps repeating — deep, deep in my soul.
I know I’m not the only one — I know I’m not alone.
The Spirit has been calling — to the many, and unknown,
Past, present, and future — waiting for all to come —

— — — — —

[Outro]
He speaks in a still, small voice, deep within your soul
The One who waits for ev'ryone — is waiting for you alone.

Shimmer Shine

Volker Carl Jacoby - Autor, Poet, Kabarettist, Comedian, Liedermacher, Synchronsprecher - https://www.literaturland-saar.de/personen/volker-carl-jacoby

Author, poet, cabaret artist, songwriter, voice actor, journalist and even pastor: Volker C. Jacoby is active in many fields.

He spent his childhood and youth in St. Ingbert. Saarland, Germany, where he attended the humanistic and classical language branch of the State Secondary School. After university and various jobs, he began working freelance for „Saarländischer Rundfunk“ Radio, initially as a correspondent for the SR 3 regional news program, in parallel with his readings and literary solo cabaret programs. This was followed by roles as a narrator for radio plays, as a voice actor, and for various commercials.

In 1977, Jacoby teamed up with Schorsch Seitz to form the duo "Jacoby & Schorsch." Together, they primarily composed humorous songs in Standard German and the Rhenish-Franconian-Saarland dialect with a cabaret-like, ironic touch. Their dialect songs, in particular, filled a clearly existing gap in the market, especially since "SR 3 Saarlandwelle" featured them permanently on their programming, thus making them known to a wider audience. Subsequently, "Jacoby and Schorsch" produced three vinyl albums and three singles. During their tours, they also performed open-air gigs with rock bands.

Soon well known beyond the borders of Saarland, the duo received engagements in Berlin, Stuttgart (Südfunk), Cologne (Westdeutscher Rundfunk), Frankfurt, Munich, Basel, and Brussels, among others. During a TV recording at the Renitenztheater in Stuttgart, they also met Mathias Richling and Karl Dall. Jacoby collaborated with the latter several times for RTL on the radio show "Die schlaue Stunde." In 1993, the popularity of "Jacoby & Schorsch" peaked – not least through their appearances with Hanns Dieter Hüsch  (A "Hüsch Evening" with music in memory of his friend and cabaret colleague Hanns Dieter Hüsch was added to the repertoire – later in 2010).

He moved to France 1994. Since then, he has been performed readings, including singing. His dialect contributions have provided him with a rewarding outlet in the "Mundartring Saar" (Saarland dialect circle), including as a reciter of poems by deceased fellow authors, to whom he lends his voice.

Constantly prolific in literary terms, his poems are in the tradition of comic poetry in the style of Wilhelm Busch, Christian Morgenstern, Joachim Ringelnatz, Eugen Roth, Heinz Erhardt, and Robert Gernhardt. Volker C. Jacoby also publishes his poetry and prose on LiteratPro, Facebook, and YouTube. Since 2025, he has been setting his poems to music and is constantly writing new songs. And, of course, he continues to write his cheerful, humorous, and often very quirky poems.

BLUES ON THE RAILS

VC JACOBY