appearing on EP "Common Grounds", Release Date: 14.01.2017

Lyrics:

Take the mainstreet in front of our house If you want to come back
and follow it right out of town if you want to come back
Turn to the left when you get to the corner  
Where we had this discussion about 
Whether we should go on westwards or straight downtown

But that engines breaking down
and the creepy sound it made

You gotta drive all night through until dawn if you want to get back  
You better watch out for that bent street sign If you want to come back 
Slow down when you cross the old river
the bridge it might dangle and creak
You don’t have to be concearned it only tries to speak  

and it whispers, and it whispers

That this engine's broken down
the creapy sound it made from day one
and its hunger for fuel
that almost left us broke
Don't you remember how the dust made us choke 

it seems like there's no
maps back to love 
and if there is 
we can't read it right

Common Grounds

If you want to come back

appearing on EP "Common Grounds", Release Date: 14.01.2017

Intro

appearing on EP "Common Grounds", Release Date: 14.01.2017

Lyrics:

To touch the cracks and fractures 
gets so much more disturbing when
your fingertipps are used to smoothness 
you had a taste of perfection 
Your smell still lingers here 
And the mirror in the hall 
remembers your face and misses it
Like I do.

Chorus;
And I just can't wrap my head around the way you used to bring me down 
And I just can't stand to be around when you fall and hit the ground 

These eyes once focusing 
those tiny cracks 
as they're calling for attention 
from every windows glass
Especially when it’s offering 
a view that leaves you stumbling
and lets you freeze and stare 
gaze and gasp

Fractures

appearing on EP "Common Grounds", Release Date: 14.01.2017

Lyrics:

See, the sooner you fall asleep the faster tomorrow comes  
And you won’t keep this change from coming to your door
Just by fearing on and on, and hoping to get along

So get used to the thought of a whole life’s sense in bearing witness of itself!
I'm misleading too, lets take a walk around the bend, on many ways to bear away.  

And the faster you come to terms with motion the sooner you    
will realize  that you won’t make it out of here
Just by fearing on and on, and hoping to get along

Let's found another bright academy award
let's screw up every single thing that it stands for
let's draw a line between to fuck and to adore
or let's at least try to divide

Serpentine

appearing on EP "Common Grounds", Release Date: 14.01.2017

Lyrics:

an old familiar drink / at the downtime dance 
“by invitation only (please) use your verbs in past tense” 
says a sign on the entrance of your home coming fair
hey nothing happened I'm still the one I used to be 
back then, I swear

come on, come on, come on, come on cuddle along 
to our favourite songs 

this chocolate bar's taste 
that tv-show's tune
on cardboardcollections our fondness for quotes  
we can all agree on  

come on, come on, come on, come on cuddle along 
to our favourite songs 
if you got nothing to hold on to, stop moving on, moving on, moving on 

And if you doubt let me prove how I'm one of your kind
I can stand still for days and keep my breath the whole night  

come on, come on, come on, come on cuddle along 
to our favourite songs  
find someone, get along, be assured we all went wrong
the shaking stops we're standing on 
cozy comfort common ground

Homecoming

appearing on EP "Common Grounds", Release Date: 14.01.2017

Lyrics:

Fading / slowly I / still found time to tear them down
the boundaries / the parting lines / deviding your swingstates from mine  
well I've never been keen on crossing (them)
no I've always been keen at all

So you say how you’ve grown on me
me and you
I must admit that I’ve somehow grown
On you too

closing / tired eyes / from the matches that we strike
for candles / burning bright / still the shadows will grow and grow
And I've never been keen on burning (down)
I'd rather choose to fade away 

maybe that's why I got tired 
of banging my head on the door frame 
again and again
maybe the air's getting thinner 
and my head is in such a daze
because I'm breaking the frame  
 
Inch by inch, bit by bit, 
if you silently listen 
you can hear it split...

Breaking the Frame

appearing on EP "The Swaying Kids", Release Date: 02.11.2019
Recorded at Tonmeisterei 2019

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