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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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Morning Wolf [11/1/2017]
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Wistful in Dm [2/8/2017]
10:01
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Wistful
(Translation by Teek@kompoz.com)
The end so close
Death so far
Life in the face of promises
Are we destined
To live among the stars
When we seek and never find
Almost seems a senseless search
We seek an answer to a question
Which does not exist
Life without meaning
Life without sense
How much do we need to Believe in nothingness
Admirable they are
That die for a life of freedom
But the absurdity of this search
Can be assured only for them
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Wistful
(German lyrics by elmentraudt)
Das Ende so nah – der Tod so fern
Leben im Angesicht von Versprechungen
Leben im Suchen vergangen
Milliardenfach vergangen im Licht der Sehnsucht
Leben im Angesicht eines phantastischen Sinns
den wir suchen und doch nie finden werden
Fast scheint der Sinn die Suche zu sein
Aber auch das nur eine weitere Antwort auf eine Frage,
die es nicht gibt.
(Leben ohne Sinn)
Wieviel Kraft braucht der Glaube an das Nichts?
(Leben ohne Sinn)
Bewundernswert, wer da nicht sterben will.
Kann eine Suche einen Sinn ergeben?
Ist es nicht vielmehr die Absurdität dieser Suche
die allein für uns Gewissheit sein kann?
Wie glücklich könnten wir doch sein,
wenn wir uns mit der Absurdität zufrieden gäben.
(Ein Leben ohne Sinn)
Wieviel Kraft braucht der Glaube an das Nichts
(Ein Leben in Absurdität)
Bewundernswert, wer da noch sterben will
Ein Leben in Freiheit vom Sinn
Nicht mehr gekettet an die Knechte der Versprechung
Wie frei wir doch sind – wie menschlich wir doch sind
In dem einen Augenblick, der uns die Stärke gibt
das Absurde zu überwinden, indem wir leben
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Mountain View (4U 9525)
lyrics by elmentraudt
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A (male, spoken)
helpless - trying to conquer the clouds
inconspicuous - falling from heaven
B (female)
innocent - trying to cross the clouds
inconspicuous - a creature from heaven
C (male, spoken)
majestic - an attractive force
to end all - now and at no time
D (female)
majestic mountain - tiny lives
end of all things - so near
E (male female
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
F (male)
help me, help me, where are you
(female)
let me help - I am with you
G/H (male spoken,
to end life is to stop the world spinning around
female choir "Ah")
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
I (female)
what will the earth be without me
what is the worth of everyone's life without me
J (male, spoken)
to end life is to stop the world spinning
not inconspicuous
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