Tune of sorrow

My heart is on fire
I can feel the cold veins tighten
The air is thin
But there is an escape

To sleep and awaken
Without the dread of going on
Among drunken friends
With a pink night sky

The promise of tomorrow
A journey beyond the black azur
The warm taste of lips
The tight embrace

Now and then
I live here for a fresh grasp of before
Innocent wanderings
Truth or a life of lies

Blue eyes
Sparkle for one glimpse
Of a time
When love triumphed

Take my hand and lead
The way
Oh touch of silver
And tears of gold

A bronze statue
Stands in the way of the cross
An image carved in flesh
That can never disappear

Breasts and blood
Polished fragments
Kept locked away
And no-one knew the treaures I held

Under this oak tree
On a road to heaven
Will anybody arrive
To tease the truth out of me

I swam in fields of stone
And waded through valleys
thick with broken dreams
And you whispered, I am here for you

Forever the echo of despair
The wind is cold
The rain beats my face
Everyone has Lazarus in them

If, for one crystal moment
You understood the beauty of it all
And took a chance
To be free

It is better to be alone
And sad like the pauper with a crooked smile
Who laughs like a dog
When his bowl is empty

Tomorrow offers another chance
To reign in this world of empty gestures
And futile talk
Of babble and froth

Trust in your talents
They are more fruitful than the stars
Take a handful of wisdom
And let the earth eat it up

Savour your last breath
among your friends
Who never knew you, and
Wanted to set you free

Eat cake, poor man
Dream you were never alive
Smoke black thoughts
And overthrow the Gods

My heart is on fire
It needs poison to hear sung
The tune of the wilderness
Come Wrap me in joy

Demo 02.09.2007