1. |
Sleeping Beauty
09:50
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SLEEPING BEAUTY
(Lyrics based on poems by Mathias Claudius and Theodor Fontane)
[Prelude: Struggling with Death]
Go, savage man of bone!
I am still young
It's all over! alas, it's all over now!
Go, savage man of bone!
I am still young - go, devoted one!
And do not molest me.
[Main section: Struggling with Life]
Oh, do not cloud these days,
They are the last of Sunshine,
How long, before your light is gone,
And our winter sets in.
This is the time when every day
Is measured and truly valued,
Because one dare no longer hope,
That the same hour will return.
The flood of life is gone,
It ebbs in its pride and charm,
And look, it sneaks into our senses,
A frightful, unknown stinginess;
A sweet covetousness, that counts,
And checks each for its lustre,
Ensure that we have not missed,
And grant us every hour in full.
[Postlude]
He told me:
Give me your hand, you fair and tender form!
I am a friend; I do not come to punish.
Be of good cheer! I am not savage.
You shall sleep gently in my arms.
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2. |
Paradigm Shift
06:37
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PARADIGM SHIFT
instrumental
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3. |
Dawn
06:50
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DAWN
Der Nebel hat sich auf den Morgen gelegt
Die Sonne brennt am Horizont
Die Nacht verglüht im Morgenrot
Tau legt sich auf meine Haut
Der Abend noch so voller Glück
Nicht wissend, dass es der letzte war
Die Nacht hat sich über die Stadt gelegt
Dunkelheit, ich war allein
Es ist kalt – doch ich friere nicht
Ohne Atem – doch ich ersticke nicht
Wunden im Fleisch – doch sie schmerzen nicht
Herz ohne Schlag – ich spüre nichts
Es ist kalt
Ohne Atem
Wunden im Fleisch
Herz ohne Schlag
Der Nebel hat sich auf den Morgen gelegt
Die Sonne leckt am Horizont
Die Nacht verglüht im Morgenrot
Tau legt sich auf meine Haut
Menschen stehen um mich herum
Am Boden – jetzt ist es gut
Die Sonne strahlt am Horizont
Ein Lichtstrahl fällt auf’s tote Lied
Es ist kalt - doch ich friere nicht
Ohne Atem – doch ich ersticke nicht
Wunden im Fleisch – doch sie schmerzen nicht
Herz ohne Schlag – ich spüre nichts
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4. |
Chronos
09:58
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CHRONOS (Wistful in Dm)
instrumental
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5. |
4U9525
10:09
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4U9525 (Mountain View)
helpless - trying to conquer the clouds
inconspicuous - falling from heaven
innocent - trying to cross the clouds
inconspicuous - a creature from heaven
majestic - an attractive force
to end all - now and at no time
majestic mountain - tiny lives
end of all things - so near
what will the earth be without me
spoken simult.)
what is the worth of everyone's life without me
what will the earth be without me
what is the worth of life
help me, help me, where are you
let me help - I am with you
to end life is to stop the world spinning around
not inconspicuous
what will the earth be without me
what is the worth of everyone's life without me
to end the life is to stop the world spinning
to end life – life – life - end
what will the earth be without me
what is the worth of everyone's life without me
to end life is to stop the world spinning
not inconspicuous
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6. |
Morning Wolf
08:33
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MORNING WOLF
(lyrics are based on „Todesfuge“ by Paul Celan)
Black milk of daybreak we drink it at nightfall
we drink it at noon in the morning we drink it at night
we drink it and drink it
we are digging a grave in the sky where it’s roomy to lie
A man in the house he plays with the serpents he writes
he writes when the night falls to Deutschland your golden hair Margarete
he writes it and walks from the house the stars glitter he whistles his hounds to come close
he whistles his Jews out and orders a grave to be dug in the earth
he commands us to play the dance
Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night
we drink you in the morning at noon we drink you at nightfall
drink you and drink you
A man in the house he plays with the serpents he writes
he writes when the night falls to Deutschland your golden hair Margarete
Your ashen hair Shulamith we are digging a grave in the sky where it’s roomy to lie
He shouts stab deeper in earth you there and you others you sing and you play
he grabs at the iron in his belt and swings it and blue are his eyes
stab deeper your spades you there and you others play on for the dancing
Black milk of daybreak we drink you at nightfall
we drink you at noon in the mornings we drink you at nightfall
drink you and drink you
a man in the house your golden hair Margarete
your ashen hair Shulamith he plays with the serpents
He shouts play sweeter death’s music death comes as a master from Germany
he shouts stroke darker the strings and as smoke you shall climb to the sky
then you’ll have a grave in the clouds where it’s roomy to lie
Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night
we drink you at noon death comes as a master from Germany
we drink you at nightfall and morning
we drink you and drink you
a master from Germany death comes with eyes that are blue
with a bullet of lead he will hit in the mark he will hit you
a man in the house your golden hair Margarete
he hunts us down with his dogs in the sky he gives us a grave
he plays with the serpents and dreams
der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland
your golden hair Margarete
your ashen hair Shulamith.
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