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fabiano matiolla - All guitars, bass, keyboards and drum samples...
Release Date: 2024-12-05

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► Lyrics ◄
'Only the Rats'

I walk around town
The moon rises
Shining stars
The breeze of life
Calm my eyes
A dog hugs me
That true love
Brings me joy
Drunk Encounter
They are fallen poets
Beggars on the floor
The sad social truth
Only the rats know
From the trash of each one
They walk the streets
Through the alleys that attracted them
In search of the remains
'Cause the city doesn't stop

Breaking the corners
I follow and go
Right or left
Very lightly I go
Haste is my enemy
Slow and steady
With your head held high
I follow and go
Very lightly I go

Only the Rats

Introduction in English:

Sometimes I wonder if there is some kind of ‘safe place’ in this world. Everywhere I look: Wars, climate disasters, starvation and poverty. Not to mention the increasing everyday violence at home, in the neighbourhood and on the streets.
As early as 1962, John Lennon described in the song ‘There's a Place’ (perhaps also under the impression of the Cuban Missile Crisis at the time with the acute threat of a third world war) that sometimes the only thing left to do is to retreat to an inner safe place when the outside world (as is now increasingly the case again) is increasingly on the brink of an abyss.
In this respect, this song is highly topical, although I would like to add that the search for the inner safe place should only ever be temporary, in order to regain strength there (for example through one's own musical creativity) in order to make a greater contribution to the preservation of the earth and human coexistence in the outer world.
I am sure that John Lennon meant this kind of fluid balance between gathering oneself inwardly and being lovingly in the world.       

Introduction in German:

Manchmal frage ich mich, ob es auf dieser Welt eine Art "Sicherer Ort" gibt. Wo ich hinschaue: Kriege, Klimakatastrophen, Hungern und Armut. Ganz zu schweigen von der zunehmenden alltäglichen Gewalt zu Hause, in der Nachbarschaft und auf den Strassen.
John Lennon hat (vielleicht auch unter dem Eindruck der damaligen Kuba-Krise mit akuter Dritte Weltkriegsgefahr) in dem Song "There's a Place" schon 1962 beschrieben, dass einem manchmal nur der Rückzug an einen inneren sicheren Ort verbleibt, wenn die äußere Welt (wie jetzt zusehends wieder) zusehends an einem Abgrund steht.
Insofern ist dieser Song brandaktuell, wobei ich hinzufügen möchte, dass das Aufsuchen des inneren sicheren Ortes immer wieder nur vorübergehend erfolgen sollte, um dort (etwa über eigenes musikalisches Schaffen) wieder Kraft zu sammeln, um in der äußeren Welt verstärkt einen eigenen Beitrag zum Erhalt der Erde und des menschlichen Miteinanders zu leisten.
Ich bin mir sicher, dass John Lennon diese Art von Fließgleichgewicht zwischen sich innerlich sammeln und liebevoll in der Welt sein gemeint hat.              


There`s a place (Lennon/Mccartney)

The flux of life keeps flowing and how we adapt and accept the joys and hurdles is the lesson on our   great journey through this human experience , 

Be Well with Yourself ,Be Kind  and Shine O n XXX

Cuir in Iúl Dom Nuair a Shroicheann Tú an Áit ar Mhaith Leat a Bheith( Let Me Know When You Arrive At Where You Want To Be )

Can You be Mine

You Love Me or You Dont

Introduction and Lyrics in English

This song was inspired by the images of war that I have been increasingly confronted with on the internet, television, and social media in recent years.
The verses are an attempt to translate the sometimes unspeakable horror of brutally extinguished lives and destroyed houses and cities into pictorial, metaphorical language.
The chorus expresses the longing to stop this creeping wave of destruction and counter it with a profound world peace. A world peace that will lead stray souls, who are currently being seduced by right-wing populist and ultimately warmongering slogans, to return to their true loving, deeply humanistic core selves.
Since the entire song is a kind of desperate plea for more love for oneself and others, I chose Picasso's famous painting “The Supplicant” as song-cover.

To Rest in Peace

Eyes run with pus
A freshly wilted bouquet of flowers
Bridges are broken
Rainbows are grey
A man cries
Before his wife's corpse

Glasses without stems and without shine
A shadow invites you to dance with death
A bed stands crooked and askew
Because it ran in circles
The shop door
With the inscription ‘No one here’

Inside, it's seething
Everything wants to burst
Rabies has taken hold of my soul
The river of balm fights its way through the narrowness
Perhaps it will take away this curse of haste

I'd like to lie down for a while
To Rest in Peace
Who will give me the liberating blessing
To rest in peace
To rest in peace

Chocolate runs into the stairwell
The fairy tale is about to end
Red mushrooms give us the last poison
A sarcophagus is shipped anonymously

Horses can no longer find their way
A lizard man steps up to swear an oath of truth
Prayers are said on combs
Bubbles burst
Urinary retention
Now takes its course

My senses are shattered
A thousand ears
My eyes are flooded
Glaring light
Can't smell
Nostrils beaten black and blue
My tongue swells from the fresh cactus sting

I want to lie down for a while
To Rest in Peace
Who will give me the liberating blessing
To rest in peace
To rest in peace

In peace
In peace
In peace
In peace
In peace

Deutscher Originaltext

To Rest in Peace

Augen laufen eiternd aus
Ein frischverwelkter Blumenstrauß
Brücken sind zerbrochen
Regenbögen grau
Ein Mann weint
Vor der Leiche seiner Frau

Gläser ohne Stiel und ohne Glanz
Ein Schatten lädt zum Totentanz
Ein Bett steht krumm und schief
Weil es im Kreise lief
Die Ladentür
Mit Aufschrift "Niemand hier"

Im Innern brodelts
Alles will zerspringen
Die Tollwut hat meinen Seelenhain erfasst
Der Balsamfluss kämpft sich durch die Enge
Vielleicht nimmt er mir diesen Fluch zur Hast

Möchte mich ein wenig hinlegen
To Rest in Peace
Wer gibt mir den befreienden Segen
To Rest in Peace
To Rest in Peace

Schokolade läuft ins Treppenhaus
Das Märchen steht kurz vor dem Aus
Rote Pilze schenken uns das letzte Gift
Ein Sarkophag wird anonym verschifft

Pferde kommen nicht mehr in die Spur
Ein Echsenmensch tritt an zum Wahrheitsschwur
Auf Kämmen wird gebetet
Blasen springen auf
Die Harnverhaltung
Nimmt jetzt ihren Lauf

Meine Sinne sind geborsten
Tausend Ohren
Meine Augen sind geflutet
Greller Schein
Kann nicht riechen
Nasenflügel windelweich geprügelt
Mein Zunge schwillt vom frischen Kaktusstich

Möchte mich ein wenig hinlegen
To Rest in Peace
Wer gibt mir den befreienden Segen
To Rest in Peace
To Rest in Peace

In Peace
In Peace
In Peace
In Peace
In Peace

To Rest in Peace

Battlefield of Shadows

Intro – 0:00-0:25]
Soft guitar + airy synth pad
Whisper: “Come back and hear me out…”
Subtle electronic hi-hat enters gradually


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[Verse 1 – 0:25-1:05]
I’m not here for revenge,
I’ve just woken up.
You didn’t see my worth,
But now that kid’s shining like a star—dazzling.

Your choices,
Will fade beside me, just watch…
I stood in silence,
While you played your games.


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[Pre-Chorus – 1:05-1:25]
You trampled on my pride,
Did you ever love me?
Sweet on the outside,
But inside—a heartless monster…


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[Chorus – 1:25-2:05]
Don’t worry, I gave you one chance, I won’t give another!
You ignored my love that day,
But I’ll grow, I’ll rise…
And you won’t be by my side,
Someone else will take your place—so goodbye…


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[Verse 2 – 2:05-2:40]
While you’re not with me,
I’ve paved my way.
Even your shadow’s now fading.
I’ll become a great man, just remember…

I’ve learned the hard way,
Love can be cruel,
But I won’t let it break me,
I’ll shine through.


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[Bridge – 2:40-3:00]
You thought I’d fall,
You thought I’d stay the same,
But fire burns inside me,
And I’ll never play your game.


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[Chorus – 3:00-3:30]
Don’t worry, I gave you one chance, I won’t give another!
You ignored my love that day,
But I’ll grow, I’ll rise…
And you won’t be by my side,
Someone else will take your place—so goodbye…


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[Outro – 3:30-3:50]
Soft guitar fade out + airy pad
Whisper: “Goodbye…
I’ll be stronger, watch me rise…”


---

Star in My Place

[Verse 1]
My sleepless nights come from loving you more than myself
Our names are written in the sky like fate that never melts
But in your eyes I’m some cursed shadow you keep away
Is that why you run from me? Why you always fade?

[Pre-Chorus]
You don’t know…
You can’t escape the story written for us two
Maybe if your lips just touched mine once
This curse would fall right off of you…

[Chorus]
Will you deny us one more time again?
While I feel you in every breath I take
Sleepless nights, my heartbeat racing fast
Trying to run but you're still in my chest
I keep moving forward, you stay frozen there
Watching me in silence like you don’t care
I’m burning with the screams I hold inside
But you stay distant, hiding in the night

[Verse 2]
Sometimes I wonder, “Am I just a weaker man?”
But I’m the only one who tries while you just watch me stand
There’s a storm inside my chest, but you keep that same face
I’m on fire from the inside, and you turn away

[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe…
You never tried to truly feel my heart
But I felt you every time
Every beat, every spark…

[Chorus]
Will you deny us one more time again?
While I feel you in every breath I take
Sleepless nights, my heartbeat racing fast
Trying to run but you're still in my chest
I keep moving forward, you stay frozen there
Watching me in silence like you don’t care
I’m burning with the screams I hold inside
But you stay distant, hiding in the night

[Bridge – build up]
Don’t run from me, you can’t outrun destiny
I’m still the closest one to you, can’t you see?
One step is enough to break this in half
But you keep hiding in your shadow’s path

[Drop / Post-Chorus]
There’s no escape…
You’re written deep in me, too deep to erase
There’s no escape…
Your fire in me never fades
There’s no escape…


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VC JACOBY - POET ON MUSICAL WAYS

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.

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