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Behind the Scenes
06:18
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(30 November 2015)
no one’s listening
to the words I sing
no one’s watching this
there’s nothing to be missed
how I wish I could just call you now
and you’d come to stay around
no one’s waiting here
to assuage my fear
no matter where I go
I have nothing to show
but I wish you would just welcome me
when I return
with grim lessons learnt
saviours roam the lands
in legend, myth and prayer
sent here to defend
the shining surface layer
but I defy them all
my mask is growing dull
and below I’m withering
withering
when the night is long and cold
my thoughts are of you alone
when all the bitter words are sold
no one will ever know
no one’s listening
as I cease to sing
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2. |
No Expert
06:38
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(27 April 2015)
you seem stranded on a shore
of hopes and opportunities
there’s too much of everything
and every choice is wrong, it seems
so afraid to lose yourself now
you are struggling to be free
well I’m no expert, but I’d guess
it’s something else entirely
‘cos despite
all the million ways to quench your thirst
there’s an empty spot in your heart
and it grows and it hurts
but then again
I’ve been wrong before
who am I to say
there’s something missing
on your overflowing shore
you’re in a blizzard dreaming someone’s dreams
and singing someone’s songs
and I can’t find the proper language
for this song that lingers on
and though I know
that what I’m reading into it may be a lie
it doesn’t mean
that the connection we are feeling can’t survive
‘cos we are here
this very moment in time
and I’m as ready
as I’ll ever be in this life
no, I’m no expert
but the timing and all the signs seem right
don’t turn your back on life
‘cos life’s a sneaky bastard
and when you finally come around
nothing will be the same
so trust me, darling
life won’t wait around forever
and neither will I
I’m not sixteen and my waiting years are over
so tell me, darling
am I astray and is my faith misplaced
‘cos I can look for it
in other places than your sweet face
and then again
I may be right this once
this may be your best chance
to be free at last
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3. |
The Coming of May
02:19
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Savour
06:16
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(01 June 2016)
savour the memory
of savoured moments
don’t let it fade into
these painful thoughts
don’t let it give in to
this sense of loss
savour the scent of you
lingering in this room
don’t let it turn into
the smell of smoke
don’t let it slip out through
a blind window
my struggle isn’t yours
your path isn’t mine to choose
but our paths have crossed
and now you’re mine to lose
you don’t have to share
in all the hurt I’m feeling
but just by being there
you help to start the healing
some crosses remain yours
I can’t carry them for you
but after years of loss
please let me try to mend your wounds
we’re not saviours
we don’t need halos
but won’t you hold on to
this sense of care
won’t you see the truth
that I’ll be there
for you
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5. |
Good News
08:26
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(04/09 May 2016)
tell me something new
no matter if it’s true
tell me something
that makes me the one for you
let me take you out someday
to my favourite place
once I find it
there’ll be much to share with you
when all is said and nothing’s done
there’s one last chance to stop the sun
from setting without hope of a new day
can we prevail?
can we leave our reflections behind?
the mirror inside
is what’s keeping us blind
take me somewhere new
anywhere will do
take me somewhere
I can hold the line with you
let me tell you how I feel
no matter if it’s real
a feeling that will break
new common ground with you
in good times and in bad the pain
that eats me up will stay the same
regardless of you it will take its toll
I’ve said enough, the harm is done
I shield my eyes to spot the sun
amongst the towering shadows of our souls
will we prevail?
are we willing to open our eyes
and share our li(v)es
with the one we’ll recognise?
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6. |
Bad Riddance
01:43
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7. |
The Water Falls for Us
05:32
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(30 June 2016)
the soul’s pool overflows
the mind is shutting down
the heart is a warzone
nerves crack at every sound
it’s painful being alone
it’s painful with you around
we’re not made of stone
so let’s not sink to the ground
our song is unsung
unwritten the chorus lines
the waves will push on
against shore lines still undefined
nothing’s undone
by a couple of broken rhymes
the source remains strong
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8. |
Ghost Stories
09:05
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(31 March 2015)
I’ll take that as a no
I know how it goes
and I never asked anything
from any of you
guess I’ll just move on
same as I’ve always done
pretending I never lost
any of you
your faces are ghosts
distorting the walls of my restless mind
a graveyard of hopes
and clandestine calls buried inside
the pictures unseen
of what might have been
have withered and died
and lives unlived
and songs unsung
and tears uncried
the stories untold
are wiped from the page
the ink never dried
your voices are
a torrent of lies
besieging my nights
get on with your lives
take what you can find
and carry the light
that you never saw in me
to keep you safe at night
please remember my name
please remember the day
when you saw my face
as real as it gets
remember I tried
never mind
I will be fine
I can fend for myself
and who needs affection anyway?
and who can shine like that without it?
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9. |
Order of the Day
05:26
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(04 August 2015)
tell me, where can I go?
help me see the road
for I will never find my way
long as dead ends are the order of the day
father, crush my belief
mother, put me to sleep
for why should I stay awake
when nightmares are the order of the day?
lover, sell me your lies
I will pay any price
for I’ve got no other bills to pay
isolation is the order of the day
dear friend, where did you go?
let me join you on your last road
for you’re right: it is the only way
when the order of the day
brings us nothing but pain
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10. |
The Closing of May
06:54
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(30 May 2015)
so I’m leaving this stage
with another song of emptiness
as if nothing had changed
and I was still the same old mess
when I’m not
don’t sing along this time
don’t claim to understand
all you see in me right now
is an image of yourself
but I won’t stop being who I am
my petals petrify
my roots are starving in the frozen earth
this May will not survive
drawing to its close without a second birth
so who can flourish in the night
and in the shade and in the undergrowth?
I know I can’t
I know I can’t
for I am not the underdog
I am no child of the night
I am no friend to the dark
I crave the light just like the rest of us
there is no hand in the world
whose touch could ever melt this ice again
there are no words to be said
that could restore the shattered faith again
so it’s okay to close the door
when all that’s coming in
are withered autumn leaves carried by the wind
of this unforgiving spring
and the promise of summer
is thrown to the wolves
and the glory of morning
is inherited by fools
it’s okay to close the door on all of them
once and for all
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11. |
Coda
03:12
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Sidetrack Walker Kiel, Germany
Sidetrack Walker is an independent music project focusing on atmosphere and honest, emotional songwriting. Headed by German
artist Dominik Sonders, it draws on genres such as Art Rock, Trip-Hop, Drum’n’Bass, Dark Folk and Modern Classical.
(Photo: Nikita Mädge)
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