Smiles


	Lyrics
	The ocean 2010 in Cornwall am Meer entstanden… Gedanken über das Ausgesetztsein ins Leben..		You can’t keep the ocean from taking your tears You can’t keep emotion from mixing with fear Why do you want to change the way things tend to be? Set out in the sun set out in the rain we’re floating on the sea Set out in the heat set out in the cold we’re floating on the sea

	The heartbeat of the land 2011 in Devon… das morgendliche Erwachen im Dorf… morning tea out in the country.		The morning dawns on English soil First you bring the kettle to the boil The morning dawns on hills and trees And the pasture shines so green beneath my feet How I love the land it is my heart and soul It is my joy it is my goal

	Call it September 2012: Die Unbeschwertheit des Sommers ist vergangen und nur noch Erinnerung, der Herbst bringt Regen und Schmerz.		Summer days are over and summer life is gone Living was just easy and love was nothing wrong With bluish nights on balconies and outings on the lawn Summertime is vanishing with the coming of the dawn Call it September bringing back rain Call it September bringing pain

	Riding through the night Der Irrsinn eines Autorennens in der Nacht… Lichter rasen vorbei… dann der Schwebe-zustand zwischen Tod und Leben… 2012 als Musikvideo im Kopf entstanden, während des Corona-Lockdowns 2021 dann als richtiges Video produziert.		Riding through the night trying to catch the lights Dealing with unfinished dreams tonight Riding through the night gliding past your sight Hoping that you stand the test of time Turning to the other side you don’t need to run and hide soon you die Turning to the other side you will live an easy life Passing through the canyons of your mind Watching and waiting tonight

	Hollywood Ein weiterer Kopf-Film aus 2008, in denen der Mob die Hollywood-Villen stürmt… nächtlicher Grusel mit Szenen wie aus einem Roger-Corman-Film… the Night of the Mob Monster.		Run through the night as everybody fights You’d better run into the woods Run with the masses hear their battle cries They’re gonna run from Hollywood They’ll burn their splendid castles spoil their brilliant pools Drown their life-long hassles and shed the blood of fools You’d better run better run If you are a master if you are a slave You’re heading for disaster as you’re heading for the rave

	Sea of tranquility Aus einem Songzyklus von 1979 über die Nahtod-forschungen von R. Moody in seinem Buch “Life and after life“, in einer SPIEGEL-Titelstory.		I sail across the sea of tranquility my mind is wandering as far as can be I close my eyes and drift away there is no word I cannot see There is no view I cannot see I am free All is left behind concealed by silence nothing that’s material exists any more Nothing that is real and I feel I’m absolutely disengaged

	Angeline 2020 im ersten Lockdown entstanden, ein unerwarteter Musenkuss.		Dancing in the courtyard feeling eight miles high Living close to neverland see you on the other side Spinning round in circles crossing different lines Mesmerized forever in the light

	The scent of you Ein End-of-Love-Song aus 2007, eine der ersten Kompositionen nach zwanzig Jahren Pause, entstanden im Landhaus einer gemeinsamen Freundin in Mecklenburg.		Wouldn’t I wouldn’t I wouldn’t I show you the door If you came back tomorrow as you said before Why couldn’t we couldn’t we couldn’t we try to start a new I wonder what went wrong this time that you took me for a fool The keeper of desire left for the other side He took our vows and blew them all away We fell from paradise into bleak mid-winter life With freezing breath yet nothing to say The scent of you scent of you scent of you scent of you in my room The scent of you scent of you scent of you scent of you left to my doom

	Through 2011 in London geschrieben. Das Schöne beim Songtexten ist: Du schlüpfst in eine Rolle, wie ein Schauspieler, Du erzählst eine Geschichte, die nicht die Deine ist, so wie in einem Film auch.		Of all the loves I had there was not one like you Of all the loves I had there was no love like you If ever I could see the future that will be for me If ever I could feel like you But now that we are through I don’t know what to do Through – I don’t know what to do Wherever I look there is you Whenever I dream there is you Wherever I go whenever I roam there is you

	Feel the love Ein Song aus der Zeit mit LADY OF THE LAKE aus 2010 – innerhalb von fünf Minuten geschrieben… let it flow.		Feel the love let it shine through take it with you Feel the pain feel it slowly fade let it be true If you turn your troubled mind at the peace that you will find Relax and float in the sun And if the light will guide you through you will feel almost renewed Safe in the heart of the One

	The soundtrack of our lives Es gab eine Zeit, da war die aktuelle Musik das unsere Generation über alles Verbindende, und selbst der Mainstream war aufregend und neu. Und wie ist es heute? Der Song ist über drei Wochen in 2010 entstanden. Inspiriert von Steven Wilsons 2002er „The Sound of Muzak“. Steven bringt es auf den Punkt: „One of the wonders of the world is going down.”		The TV shows a beauty queen a singing botoxed seventeen The kind of girl you like when she’s drunk A contest in conformity a battle of mediocrity The kind of show that makes you feel numb The radio spits out some more crap by wicked kids who need a slap The kind of stuff they use to kill your soul It’s just this constant stream of noise that makes you lose your inner poise But we deserve a better fate than this Oh it’s coming to an end the world on which depends the music of our lives Ah it’s going pretty fast we lose our common past And blow away the soundtrack of our lives

	Love Militia Mein persönliches „All you need is love” aus 2008. Hippies rule, ein schöner Traum aus den Sixties… Woodstock und das Isle-of-Wight-Festival erscheinen uns Heutigen wie aus einer fernen Galaxis. Aber der Traum lebt, solange es Menschen gibt.		Let’s draw another picture play a different drum Let go of all the wasted fears Let’s find a better meaning of living truth on earth To overcome the killing years I don’t want to lose it at all the love that is around If you don’t use it it leaves without a single sound Let love grow let love flow let love be now Love Militia rule the world Come on boys and girls let’s take the vow let love grow let love be now Love Militia rule the world let’s do it now