NOT A LIFE SAVING DEVICE (2005)
01 - The Way You Look At Me
(V. Hinkel/P. Freudenthaler)
You were my lifeline
when I lost the key
you stopped the heartache
it was a heartache disease
you were my daylight
just hold me and glow
you put all my pieces together
I can't let go - you from here
do you really wanna stop
before we take it to the top
we will never ever win
this world we're living it
and we will never find
the way you stopped me being blind
you give meaning to my life
with the way you look at me
if I would lose another battle in my life
I'd always know the way to rattle off the devil
because you make me see
with the way you look at me
if we can save it now
if we can save it now
did we ever try to find
the way you stopped me being blind
you give meaning to my life
with the way you look at me
if I would lose another battle in my life
I'd always know the way to rattle off the devil
because you make me see
with the way you look at me
--
02 - Rumours
(V. Hinkel)
I wonder what it is
that makes me feel so sad
why the silence of the night
is like a rumour in my head
don't ask me to pretend
there's some illusion in the end
I don't know what it is
but it gets me down
and when I close my eyes
and try to look inside
when the only thing I miss
is even more than I can find
don't ask me to believe
there's something higher to achieve
I don't know what it is
but it gets me down...
Just ask me to recall
and find the meaning of it all
still I don't know what it is
but it gets me down
--
03 - House Of Love
(V. Hinkel/P. Freudenthaler)
See what you still want to see
if you want you can crucify me
but you will never
you will never break me
the sky set my heart on fire
while I was running on the edge of my life
with lead in my bones
I´m heading back home
tonight
it´s my world - it´s my sun
it´s my time - and it´s my run
it´s my life and I´m living
in a house of love
don´t say it hurts when you cry
just tear down the walls and say goodbye
and all you´ve needed will be
so meaningless and small
lay down your thoughts you will see
the meaning of your life will be
so different and clear
just open it now and break free
it´s my world - it´s my sun
it´s my time - and it´s my run
it´s my life and I´m living
in a house of love
it´s my world - it´s my sun
it´s my game - and I won
it´s my life and I´m living
in a house of love
--
04 - Run
(V. Hinkel)
You should run
you should hide
cos it won´t be easy
when you´re tied
what you gained and enjoyed
will be confiscated
and destroyed
you should run...
do not waste
any time
all the fortunes you made
will be mine
I can trace
where you are
even on your jetplane
or in your car
you´d better run
don´t wake up the neighbors
they might keep an eye on you
it won´t be long
´til your luck is running out
it will be hell you´re goin´ through
you´d better run
and all your sympathetics
will be useless too
cos all you´ve done
is setting up my anger
and it´s breaking over you
breaking over you
I´m wide awake now...
all you built
I will break
ev´rything that you love
I will take
your gathered wealth
I´m gonna steal
the only thing I´m leaving
is the pain you feel
you´d better run...
--
05 - When I Die
(V. Hinkel)
it's in my heart
it's in my soul
it's in my daily life but it's not under control
it's in my head
inside my bed
but i don't believe it
i don't believe it
it's in ev'ry word you said
when i die will i find out
what was life all about
when i die will my heart be with love or without
when i die
it's in my dreams
it's in my look
it's on my tv screen and inside ev'ry book
it's in my mind
beneath my skin
but i don't believe it - i won't believe but
it's inside eve'rything
when i die will i find out
what was life all about
when i die will my heart be with love or without
for all games we played
for all the money made
all that we denied
for all the tears we cried
for all the pain and joy
for all that we destroyed
for envy
greed
am i too indiscrete ? but it's all unreal
it was no big deal
so what do i feel ...
--
06 - Lights
(V. Hinkel)
I see the lights in front of me
but they can´t make a blind man see
losing my ability
to run and be free
all those headlights in the dark
disappeared and left no mark
no helping hands no quiet place
since I lost the trace
I´ve been on this road for so long
and we´re heading for a star
even though the times were changing
how could we ever get that far
maybe I should turn around
maybe I should leave this town
maybe I should run and let you down
I see the fire but feel no heat
lost the ground beneath my feet
and the shoes I wear
can´t lead me there
all those people stare at me
showing things that I won´t see
speaking words that I can´t hear
while you disappear
--
07 - Reprise (instrumental)
(V. Hinkel)
--
08 - All It Takes
(V. Hinkel)
All goes wrong but you take it easy
and for all I've done you're still trying to please me
you're standing strong while ev'rything falls apart
shattered dreams you treat with caution
enjoy the beach when you cried an ocean
out of reach but you say it won't be far
all that it takes
that's all I need to know
we make you cry but you will be laughing
we pass you by
to you that means nothing
and when you die it just means a brand you start
endless rain but you don't mind the weather
all you say is it's gonna get better
by the way
did we break your heart
the more the world gets weird
the harder you try
to find a way out of here
or simply fly... away...
what makes you weak will make you shine
what makes you seek will make you find
all that aches will heal the pain so easy
'cos all it takes is just a little bit of love
--
09 - The Beauty Of It
(V. Hinkel)
Hurry up and be too late
sweep the board and don´t hesitate
to promise things you won´t fulfill
name the prize and I´ll pay the bill
if you will save me now ...
be like water down the drain
tell the rules and I´ll play the game
do anything against my will
name the prize and I´ll pay the bill
if you will save me now ...
after leaving this battlefield
there´ll be no regrets
after burying all you´ve killed
there´ll be no regrets
if your heart´s a rock
and as cold as ice
you can pass the buck
and I will fall like flies
you can laugh at me
you can turn me on
you can freeze my blood
but I won´t be gone
you could be the devil
doin´anything -
or just the opposite
you can gauge my eyes out
but I still can see ...
the beauty of it
--
10 - Save Your Life (instrumental)
(V. Hinkel)
--
11 - Shine
(V. Hinkel/D. Blümlein/C. Müller)
If I´m lost in space you´re gravity
for all my faults - apology
no prison walls that you won´t undermine
if you make it shine
what falls apart - you reunite
the darkest dreams you can fill with light
make it shine all over me
make it shine
before I´m goin´ down
before I hit the ground
save me-
from all this heavy loads that will
break me -
and from the freezing cold that will
shake me -
and if you want to-
make it shine
if I lose control you´re sanity
and if I slow down you´re the ecstasy
there´s no bad taste you won´t refine
if you make it shine
save me-
from all this heavy loads that will
break me -
and from the freezing cold that will
shake me -
and if you want to-
make it shine
´cos where would I be
if there´s no one here
watching over me
save me ...
--
12 - You Can't Fall Down
(V. Hinkel/C. Gauntt)
You try to please me
good intentions only fade away
you count the hours `til some saviour
comes and saves the day
but you can’t fall down
you can’t fall down
scared of lonely
scared you’ll give yourself away
got to find the lights at night again
like a moth you try to fly away
but you can’t fall down
you can’t fall down
close the door
lock it tight
I’ll say the things
you need to hear tonight
you can scream and cry
do anything at all
but I will never
I’ll never let you fall
think tomorrow
you will find that I have gone away
better think that through again my love
´cos I am in your life to stay
every day
and you can’t fall down
you can’t fall down
close the door
lock it tight
it’s just us
in here tonight
we can fight and scream and cry
do anything at all
but I will never
I’ll never let you fall
it doesn’t matter
where you’ll be
it could be new york or germany
´cos any time
that you reach for me
then you can’t fall down
you can’t fall down
--
13 - Run To Seed (bonus track)
(V. Hinkel)
You don't talk to anyone in need don't wanna wake up your remorses,
you just deny the things you see, you see the names but not the crosses
and what should they tell you while you're living so secure
and why should they haunt you in your dreams so sweet and pure -
Let's wake it up now.
If this life is just a battle it's up to you to clear the battlefield.
It's the reverse of the medal,
if you complain about the losses that we share,
can't you see it in the childrens' eyes
that we play this game of loaded dice, you know
if this life was just a battle.