WHERE CORPSE REPLACE BODY
[music & lyrics by L. Gritsch]

I'd run back to you
if only I had legs to cover the distance
I swear it was true
burnt in a moment, the doubt of existance

And now things come back
selling false promises, stuck in my head
and now things come back,
but they're all in my head

your empty eyeballs stare at my face
lord, don't be afraid
things got no meaning and I got no choice
I lie here and wait
I ask my mind what happened
and you cried
why?

(if you betray me, you will suffer)

I'd run back to you
if only you had arms to hug with a smile
it wasn't my fault
if you crossed the line where "corpse" replace "body"
my fingers in flesh
wet in blood and tears
an iron and salty kiss
the awareness that I've already killed you

I came from work yelling I hate mankind
you ran up the stairs
you locked the door and hid under the bed
while I grabbed the knife
I lied and said: "I'm sorry, I love you"
and begged: "please, forgive me"
when you opened the door
I jumped over you
my madness, my sickness told me
what to do
and when you looked back at me
with your black, lonely eyes
you screamed
you screamed
why?

(if you betray me, you will suffer)

Where Corpse Replace Body

NEAR TO FALL
[music & lyrics by L. Gritsch]

I wake up every morning
While Sun is rising my mind starts warning
‘cause all those stains are so dark
‘cause sorrows are filling my brain and my heart
and strength is not enough to climb this wall
and I feel near to fall
Shadows dance on the wall in the still of the night

Our life’s not easy to understand
Fight for so long just to end up turned to sand
Turned to sand
And my bones will crumble in the wind
And my memories will be forgotten and oh..
and I feel near to fall
Shadows dance on the wall in the thrill of the night

Why are we living, living this life
If what we build will fly away?
What is the reason of what we do
If we don’t even know what is true?

Places where I’ve been, where I’ll go
Not even children are innocent and pure
But I’m sure
That I may found out the end of the night
Not to be lonely and lost in this world anymore
Not to feel near to fall
Because I feel near to fall
Shadows dance on the wall in the still of the night

Why are we living, living this life?
Everything’s here to be destroyed
and what is the reason of what I do?
Maybe I’m here just to love you
and to lose you
and to love you
and to lose you
because I feel near to fall

Near To Fall

IL GIORNO INUTILE
[music & lyrics by L.Gritsch]
[artwork by Renee Bolinger]

casomai ti vedessi
con un altro che non sono io

casomai ti incontrassi
un salutino fugace e via

casomai ti ricordassi
i blackout etilici
deliri alcolici
malsana liturgia

prigionia
fisiologica
di una coscienza esigente
in un corpo che muore

se c'è una cosa
che dell'esistenza fa schifo
beh, quella è il vomito

se c'è qualcosa
che il mondo non mi ha negato
l'ennesimo livido


e se poi conoscessi
me stesso
e non un altro straniero inutile

e se poi, così, riconoscessi
il confine delle storie
il naufragio già dal varo, senza limiti

se magari la finissi
di vedermi negli specchi
come un gatto privo di autocoscienza

se io solo la finissi
di sfondare gli specchi
sperando invano
di spezzare l'afasia

e quando non mi risponderai
capirò di non avere
più orecchie per ascoltare

e quando infine non ci sarà
più niente da dire
io sarò stato muto già per secoli

anni e anni
a rimuginare
sui segreti della tirannia


non inibisco l'inadeguatezza
che è il mio unico dono da dio
padre onnipotente che non sa nemmeno esistere
ma noi si!
ci dimeniamo convulsi e folli.


cerchiamo di concludere qualcosa nella vita
e lei finisce
in un giorno inutile

e panta rei
tutto il resto va da sé
che tu lo voglia
o no

prigionia
psicologica
la mia coscienza è perdente
in un corpo che non la smette di morire

se c'è una cosa che
che ho sempre voluto
beh io questo non lo so

se c'è una cosa
che la vita mi ha donato
è soffrire quando amo

nel fumo denso,
nella nebbia della Val Padana
un tiepido brivido

Il Giorno Inutile

PRICKLY PEAR:
[music & lyrics by Lukas Gritsch]


wait two days
and the city snow
will soon turn from white to grey
and I don't personally agree
with those people who like it.
I prefer rain.

Except for those time
when it protects you
from the world's hungry eyes
when you crawl, you hide,
ignoring weather forecasting
and believe in your own lies
"it'll be forever lasting"...

Nice words to say,
but I, I didn't mean to!
someone told me
that's what to be said
when I like to spend
my time with you

I'm just a boy,
I can give names to feelings,
but I can't feel anything

I'm just a boy,
a useless wind-up toy
you're better than me...


And every time I gaze
at the sky, at the sea, all these big things
I remember how fuckin' little I am.
My eight-days-old mini-cousin
don't look much different!

And it's just a matter of size,
a matter of muscles
too weak to carry
the consequences of our actions
the consequences of erections...

I'm just a boy,
I can give names to feelings,
but I can't feel anything

I'm a thorny boy,
you can't hug me, I bet!
What should I be good at?

'Cause I, I had a netbook and now it's broken..
I had another guitar and now it's broken..
Once I had her heart and now it's broken..
I'm damn good in breaking things!

And I had plants on the balcony and now are dead..
I had red fishes and now are fuckin' dead..
I had a soul, but now it's dead!

I'm a natural killer
I'm a natural killer
I'm a natural killer
I'm a natural killer
I'm a natural killer
I'm a natural killer..

Prickly Pear

WHY DID YOU GET HERE?
[music & lyrics by Lukas Gritsch]


the light
I switched off the light
I don’t need a night-time
Sun who bothers me

the walls
collapsing the walls
air stolen from my lungs
I can’t breath

So why did you get here?
I thought I said
I wanted to stay alone,
on my own

yeah, why did you get here?
I thought I closed my eyes
and unplugged the phone
on my own

and how did you get here?
I thought I locked the door
and threw away the key
but you’re here with me

so, how did you get here?
I thought I never told anybody
about this place

tell me why
now I’m feeling safe

tell me why
all the walls break

I’ll tell you why
I can’t admit

I’m glad that you’re here
I’m glad that you came
beside my childish
attempt to stay alone,
rottening folded in my sorrow

I’m glad you came
but my dumb pride stops my mouth
and I can’t say, I can’t say

I can’t say that I love you

Why Did You Get Here?

THE FORSAKEN POOL
[music & lyrics by Lukas Gritsch]


How am I supposed to know why
if you're the truth in my lies?

the force, the love
helping me forsake the pool
of stories I don't care of

How can I pretend to know who I am
if your feelings are mine
and mine are yours instead?

[our only freedom
consists in choosing
our slavery]

I hold you tightly 
here and now
and I hope our love
will never get old

And I scream your name in pain
whenever you're away
grown happy, born sad
leave some space in your bed

'cause I'm here to stay

I'm here to stay
at least for another day.

The Forsaken Pool

EVELINE
[music & lyrics by L. Gritsch, quotes by J. Joyce]

(she was again in the close dark room
at the other side of the hall
and outside she heard
a melancholy air of Italy)

wake up
cloudy sky
window on the Liffey
good morning from Abigail's hosts
a coffee and a few toasts

walk down
Grafton Street
into the National Gallery
come back before the pubs close
a Bulmer's at the Gypsy Rose

May is so distant now,
but I won't forget anything
the first sip from a dark stout
and from the thick fog
of these cold months,
my love, it grows

that sweet dublin feeling
and the projects we made
that sweet Dublin feeling
we're not waiting in vain


icy rain
pouring down,
but we're safe at O'Donoghue's
15 on Merrion Row
hang together when it's cold

the paradox
of life
when you're healthy with a blinded eye
lost abroad, it feels like home,
pregnant with an empty womb

and dubliners swear
they have seen
two pirates at Stephen's Green
floating off over life,
warming to the same old fragile flame
when suddenly crawling came

that sweet dublin feeling
and the projects we made
that sweet dublin feeling
we're not waiting in vain

not waiting in vain


(she sat at the window
watching the evening
invade the avenue)

Eveline

URBAN ALLERGIES
[music & lyrics by L. Gritsch]

I’m sorry for every time
that I may offend you
but I’m sincere and I
can’t really bear you
and all the rules that I have to enforce

Can’t you feel pity?
Don’t you know what I’m about?

I’m allergic to your cities
and those moral values all around

There’s something wrong
come from the ancient times
There’s something wrong
and I own it, it’s mine!
There’s something wrong
don’t know how, don’t know why,
but there’s something wrong with my mind
And all the false masks I’ve been
all the taboos I’ve seen
I wish them to go away
someday


someday... my people will win this war
and all you call “nice and right” will disappear
old killers of moral principles
turning nightmares into dreams

why do you prevent my mission?
don’t you feel ashamed?

why?
have I to ask your permission?
iImperative’s a word you shouldn’t misuse

there’s something wrong
come from the ancient times
there’s something wrong
and I own it, it’s mine!
there’s something wrong
don’t know how, don’t know why,
but there’s something wrong with my mind
and all the false masks I’ve been
all the troubles I’ve seen
I wish them to go away
someday

Urban Allergies

[music & lyrics by Damien Jurado]

I'd call you now to tell you I'm thinking of you 
But it does me no good when the phone is just blocking my view 
And I would sail back to you 
And I would sail back to you 

And I would come back and admit that it wasn't your fault 
But I'm tired and unwilling to be the only one who was wrong 
And I would sail back to you 
And I would sail back to you 
And I would sail back to you 

Damien Jurado - Everything Trying (cover)

these are my handmade songs.
you will find a chunk of my body in each one of them.

Damien Jurado - Everything Trying (cover)

Words of Johnstone

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