Personal Stereo

My wings are clipped. I cannot fly.
I'm lost in trust. A crust of dye.
Upon the surface of my heart that rusts alive.
Unreal the fog that clouds my eye.
My vision blurred by vicious lies.
My edge-pins in a world of fiction shrink to size.

The ground's not sound. It starts to slide.
The hope once found is laid aside.
I'm not at all prepared for the coming cold of night.
Can't lift my thoughts to conquer time.
Can't put up with the rising tide.
The world still turns. Those words still burn against my pride.

How would it be if I'd believe?
Could I make my way to greet the sea?
How would I take it to be free?
If I bent the bars and tore down the seal?
What if I got myself some air to breathe?

A cooler wind inside my mind.
Peculiar thoughts with rules denied.
The seed is cast. I read the past. I'm changing sides.

Words:

David Zintl

Music:

David Zintl, Alexander Rudolph, Maurice Hüsni

With a cup of tea on a summer's eve.
With a highland breeze coming from the sea.
It's easy to believe that you're really free.
Think of reaching out to the horizon now.
Think of letting go all that you have known.
Think of everything you ever want to be.

Sitting in the grass. Watching fire sparks.
Dreaming of the past. Hoping this would last.
But farewell was only days to go from here.
Driving to the south. Get the guitar out.
Singing songs of hope that we'll come around.
Sometimes it's time that someone has to leave.

And I look up to the sky.
Can I capture this moment with camera eyes?
And I watch the stars tonight as they sigh.

There are carton tubes all around the room.
Searching for a truth we won't find too soon.
We've been thinking about how quickly scars can heal.
About how we dream our dreams. About the dreamer's disease.
About the way it feels when it all comes apart at the seams.
Sometimes understanding is all we need.

Words:

David Zintl

Music:

David Zintl, Alexander Rudolph

I can't remember. Where is my mind?
I can't remember. Where is my life?
Is it all just for nothing? I can't see no signs.
Have we forgotten to read between the lines?

I can't believe what we've become.
I thought I'd find you. Now you're gone.
I can't remember if it's true.
Have I always been waiting for you?

Is it all just for nothing? Have we lost our line?
Have we forgotten how to leave the past behind?
I can't remember if you told me lies.
and I can't remember if we were ever happy sometimes.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl

Sometimes it's hard to say. If you can really stay.
When things are turning wrong. Be sure to take it easy.
Sometimes it's hard to know. Just where you want to go.
When nothing's clear at all. Be sure to take it easy.

Something in your mind wants to change sometimes.
Something in your life has to stay behind.

Sometimes you wonder why. It all goes the other way.
When nothing's making sense. Be sure to take it easy.
Sometimes you're sure to drown. In floods of feeling down.
When all things look to end. Be sure to take it easy.

Something in your life can change sometimes.
Something in your mind wants to look behind.

This is not the time to cry. Things will always keep on changing.
This is not the time to say goodbye to it all.
You can stand up every time you fall.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl, Hendrik Schneider

Step by step we go alone. Guided by experience.
We don't know how much it takes. To discern the truth from all the fakes.
And still we make the same mistakes.

Maybe there is only chance. Maybe there's no way to do right.
No matter what we have said. Time reminds us: Don't forget.
Looking back feels better without regrets.

Certain things will remain. Held by remains of the past times.
Worries shrink and traces fade. But if we mean to redraw the lines of fate.
Some memories that hurt can't be erased.

I'll keep on waiting. Someday the clouds will clear.
And the sun will start to shine.
Don't you worry. I'll be alright...

Words:

Christian Schmidt, David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, Christian Schmidt, David Zintl

Days of splitting. Days of quitting. Days of hitting the ground.
Days of waking. Days of shaking. Days of breaking down.

Days of yearning. Days of learning. Days of turning around.
Days of racing. Days of tracing. Days of facing the cold.

Days of healing. Days of stealing. Days of dealing blows.
Days of fending. Days of mending. Days of ending the show.

We can strain to escape.
But there's no way back from here today.
And the pain is going to stay.
We are disconnected. All rejected. Stained.

Words:

David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl

No need to blame. No need to hate. No need to be afraid.
It seems so clear. Don't disappear. Don't be afraid.
There will be someone who helps you in fear.
A helpful word. A shining light.
Helps to keep a sense of life in your mind.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, Hendrik Schneider

I can't blame you for your fears. But I can blame myself for mine.
I don't know why. I don't know what to do.
And if I couldn't dry your tears. Would it be a risk worthwhile?
At a loss tonight. I'm close tonight to gloom.

I have tried to hide my thoughts. But I can't hide them all the time.
Open eyes would see the strife within.
And with prospects cut too short. Can I dare to break the ice?
Can't decide. I've changed my mind again.

Can't trace back the reasons now. All I saw was that all seemed fine.
I closed my eyes. I closed my mind to you.
And with chances running out. Can we find the guiding sign?
We fall behind. Let's hope the time's not through.

Can't take back what I have said. But I can pray my words don't kill.
Hoping still. Affection will not fade.

Words:

David Zintl

Music:

David Zintl, Alexander Rudolph, Hendrik Schneider

Now I only can say that I miss you today. Missing all of you.
And from all of my dreams. Only one of all seems to be important for me.
Where have you been? All the times I was in need for you?
I can't explain. No doubt will remain.
I only wanna say: Won't you come with me?

I wrote this for you. Hope you like it too. I really do.
And from all of my dreams. Only one of all seems to be important for me.
And you should know that I won't let you go.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, Hendrik Schneider, Christian Schmidt

Been holding my tongue for so long. Giving way each time you're not that strong.
Constantly cautious where we are. For fear we walk a single step too far.

Left out once again. I strain to wish away those things you can't explain.
Do you know how testing patience grows? 'Whatever you demand' can wear me out.

Not long till I run out of wit. I dig for solutions while I bite my lips.
Not really sure if I can keep the dam to hold it back when I feel weak.

And even if it's hard for you. And even if you don't know how.
Could you please try to keep me in mind?
And only for a single time. And only for a little while.
Could you try to see things through my eyes?

Words:

David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, Hendrik Schneider, David Zintl

Just black and grey. Not even white.
Birds of prey on our track tonight.
Navigation at shortest sight.
Lured away by northern lights.

I'll lift the anchor from the ground. And drift with the tides now.
Leave it all behind. Leave it all behind. Leave it all...

The pins still hold. The colours fade.
The bill too old to be repaid.
The boat is sold. A bargain trade.
The story's told but much too late.

I can't ask you to guide me now. I'll go where it leads me.
I won't cry this time. I won't cry this time. I won't cry...

Follow the stars.
On a sea that's full of sharks.
Into the dark.

Words:

David Zintl

Music:

Hendrik Schneider, Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl, Christian Schmidt

It's where you stand. It's where you stay.
It's how you plan. It's how you play.
It's not your day. It's not the winning way.

Can you feel gravity pull at your feet?
Can you see the road lead away from what you need?

It's what you fear. It's what you are.
It's why you're here. It's why you should care.
It's what you should try. It's what you should dare.

Can't you use gravity for gaining more speed?
Can't you take the road to where your hopes and dreams meet?

Let go the brakes. Life will only take what's at stake.
Let go the brakes. Don't be too late. The jaded fail. And the lazy only fade.

Words:

David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl, Hendrik Schneider, Christian Schmidt

When you are down. When you're hanging around. When there is no sound. What did you wait for?
When you're walking alone. Being on your own. In silence too loud. What did you wait for?
You can dream your dream. But without me.

Like a bullet that falls down without changing shape.
That's the life you hate. Without reaching your aims.

When you don't know what you're running from. When there's a quiet hum. What did you wait for?
You can dream your dream. If you believe.

To be insane. It's all that will remain.
To be insane. It's not a shame, my friend.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph

Music:

Alexander Rudolph

Who cares about all the trouble that's far away?
'Not our business' is much too easy to say.
Who cares about all these rockets that only fly away.
And never come back to the place where we stay.

Who cares about an accident that won't happen to you?
Why should you think about it? Why should you?
But can't you care about some little things? Not about all.
There is a difference between two ways to fall.

They only care about money. They can't get enough.
They're drinking all that honey. And all the liars' stuff.
The talk of trifles is the talk of the town.
Making stories. Creating monsters. Born to go down.

I'd leave this world to steal the clouds. Refuel my heart with sunbeams.
I'd turn the stream. Attain the dream. And turn back home again with steam.
For all those little things to achieve.

Little things. Could change a whole direction.
Little things. A piece of our whole perfection.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl

The same old game. The same old names.
Empathy from hidden frames.
Soothing words from unknown worlds.
Characters from tales unheard.

Lost in time. The last in a line of rusting minds.
Lost in time. A fading smile. The rhyme will stay unsigned.

The killer's near. A silent fear.
The rain returns, and with it tears.
The healer comes. With heaving lungs.
We've been waiting much too long.

Lost in time. A fading rhyme inside my mind.
Lost in time. A lazy smile. That lights up shielded eyes.

Reload. Reset. Walk by. Forget.
Familiar maps are brilliant traps.

Words:

David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl, Christian Schmidt

No use for faith. Because the steps I take.
And all the moves I make just drag me out.
Into an ocean without ground.

No use for flags. Because I'm losing track.
And I can't just go back behind the lines.
Or shift and redirect my mind.

No use for goals. 'Cause though I stand on tip-toes.
The questions that I posed remain alone.
And wait for answers that are gone.

And I don't know what I really need this time.
Nothing seems to come out right.
But still I hold on and hope for a better life.

Words:

David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, Hendrik Schneider, David Zintl

The angels keep on falling. Down to our hopeless skies.
The clouds are like a ceiling. Hiding thoughts that could clear our minds.
The shadows were like hunters I instructed to hunt myself.
No matter if I'm running. Or hiding behind a shell.

The memories are fading. My heart is an empty room.
A penny for a kingdom. A million for a glimpse of truth.
The demons keep on calling. For drinks from the poisoned well.
No matter if I'm turning. Determined to ring the bell.

Why all these lights? Why all these scars? Why all these trials before we start?
Why all these lines? Why all these charts? Why all these spires? Where to depart?
Why all these lies? Why these remarks? Why all these words for one minute of arc?

The way it starts. With open arms.
Is the way it ends. With frozen hearts.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl

Live. Give. Feel. Believe.

Try to make a choice. Throw the 'maybe' away.
Make decisions clear. And show it to yourself everyday. In any way.
There's something else than this. Some secret to know.
Some things to try. Before you leave the show. Before you go.

Try to speak your wish. Make up your mind.
Open your eyes for what you will find. It might be fine.
There's nothing more than me. Nothing more than you.
Nothing more to see. Nothing to be confused. Just the truth.

Did you pull the strings in a puppet show?
Or did you enjoy to be the doll?

Free yourself from all that leads you away.
From yourself. And from the focused things that call.
Free yourself from all these games you play.
Read the spell. Better turn before you fall.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, David Zintl, Christian Schmidt

Smile for me. Like a star falling down on my knees.
The smile that I see. Your smile is given from heaven to me.
I try to keep my mind in me. it's fading. My mind is going free.
I've gone blind. 'Cause it's already fading away. Always.

My little star please light up my way. Until the night is gone for the new coming day.
Then I know you're with me. Feeling your heat. And you're closer to me with every heartbeat.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, Hendrik Schneider

Something is strange inside my mind. I guess that's life.
My body feels like it's not mine. All the time.
Everything seems to be wrong. Should I be strong?
All those useless ways I came along.

These strange feelings that hurt. Can make you feel the dirt.
I want to take off mine. Wish I could sometimes...

Words:

Alexander Rudolph

Music:

Alexander Rudolph

Dream and drink. No time to think about what's up in life. So what?
It's all okay. More than it's right. So please shut up. Don't start a fight.
You need to hurry up. So slow to realize what's truth. Oh no!

Dream and drink. It's time to sink into hypnotic sleep. So what?
It's all the same each day and night. The screen is always shining bright.
The channel switch is a mighty tool to rule the teleworld. You fool!

Television. Telewaste. God-given knowledge in the telespace.
On television you will see the real big life. God bless TV.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph

Music:

Alexander Rudolph, Hendrik Schneider

Forgot tonight to spot the light. And fought no fight. Too wrong. Too right.
Tonight a song. Not right, not wrong. Been blind too long. Alive but numb.

Try to cry out loud this time. Try to figure out what's wrong inside.

Combine. Consume. Confine the moon. In time. So soon. So fine a clue.
Define the sun. The blinding one. Behind what's done the light will come.

Words:

David Zintl

Music:

Maurice Hüsni, Alexander Rudolph, Hendrik Schneider

It seems to me you wanna be. Alone and free.
All the time that's passing by. You feel the pain but you don't cry.

It seems to me you're trying to hide. From all those thoughts you bear inside.
There's not a moment you don't shake. From decisions soon to take.

You say nothing but I know you're thinking about the time to go.
When you're awake you wish to be asleep. Nobody sees that you are in need.
You say nothing but I see you're tired of all. Even of me.
In aimless search of something not real.
Can't understand you. But I wanna feel it too.

Words:

Alexander Rudolph

Music:

Alexander Rudolph