CASTLE RUINS
YOU ARE THERE IN THE CROWD
WEARING A GENTLE SMILE AND AN OPEN HEART
PRETENDING JUST ONE SECOND MOMENT TO TALK TO YOU
A START OR AN END
IMAGINATIONS BUILDING UP LIKE CASTLES OF NEW KINGS
WE FOUND A GREAT DEAL IN COMMON WHILE WE WALKED NEARBY
CASTLE RUINS
THE LIGHT IN THE TREES SHADOWS GAPS
PAINTED FREE LAUGHTER ‘BOUT SMALL MISHAPS
AH THE LIGHT CONVERSATIONS HAVEN’T BEEN THAT BAD
BAD MEMORIES TURNED INTO
REAL HEALING RIGHT-NOW MOMENTS I WAS GLAD OF
YOUR SUN-KISSED NECK WITH GOLDEN HAIR’S
REMINDING ME OF SOMEONE ELSE
BAD MEMORIES FLOODING MY MIND
A BLINK OF AN EYE IT’S HAUNTING ME BLIND
IMAGINATIONS BUILDING UP LIKE CASTLES OF NEW KINGS
WE FOUND A GREAT DEAL IN COMMON WHILE WE WALKED NEARBY
CASTLE RUINS
PRETENDING
SETTING IMAGINATIONS FREE
PRETENDING TO NEVER BLEED
AH THE LIGHT CONVERSATIONS HAVEN’T BEEN THAT BAD
BAD MEMORIES TURNED INTO REAL HEALING RIGHT-NOW MOMENTS
THE LIGHT IN THE TREES SHADOWS GAPS
PAINTED FREE LAUGHTER ‘BOUT SMALL MISHAPS
AH THE LIGHT CONVERSATIONS HAVEN’T BEEN THAT BAD
BAD MEMORIES TURNED INTO REAL HEALING
REAL HEALING RIGHT-NOW MOMENTS I WAS GLAD OF
GLAD OF, GLAD OF
YOUR SUN-KISSED NECK WITH GOLDEN HAIR
GLAD OF, GLAD OF
YOU ARE THERE IN THE CROWD
I AM TALKING TO YOU
lyrics and melody by: Selina Graf
IRRELEVANT?
THIS IS ME BUT PLEASE DON’T SEE MYSELF LIKE THAT IN ME
TODAY AFTERNOON I THOUGHT I SAW YOU HIKIN’ UP THE HILL
SO MY FIRST ACTION WAS TO LOOK STRAIGHT AWAY
“WHAT IF THIS IS YOU?” SO I COULDN’T RESIST
TO TAKE A GLIMPSE AND CHECK WHAT YOUR REACTION WOULD DO
ALL THE TIME IN BETWEEN IT WAS NOT THEIRS AND NOT OURS
CAN’T REPLACE IT BY SOME GOAL
JUST SOME KIND OF GOAL AT LEAST
YOU DID NOT TELL ME ABOUT YOUR REASONS SO I WILL NEVER KNOW
MY EXPECTATIONS WILL STAY UNDONE LIKE YOURS
SLOWLY BUT UNSTOPPABLE WE GLIDED INTO IRRELEVANCE
BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T ANSWER MY CALLS AND I FELT SILLY ABOUT THAT
THIS IS ME DELIBERATING WHETHER IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IF I
SIT AT THE CO-DRIVER’S SEAT IN A ROLLS ROYCE OR A MAYBACH
YOU TAKE ME ACROSS THE CITY
THE LIGHTS BEAT AN OWN RHYTHM ONTO THE CAR DASHBOARD
WHAT IF THIS IS YOU?
IS IT SLOWER IN COSY HERE OR FASTER SOMEWHERE NORTH?
DRUNK OF THOUGHTS I LURCH FROM BAR TO BAR
CAN’T REPLACE IT BY ALCOHOL
YOU DID NOT TELL ME ABOUT YOUR REASONS SO I WILL NEVER KNOW
MY EXPECTATIONS WILL STAY UNDONE LIKE YOURS
SLOWLY BUT UNSTOPPABLE WE GLIDED INTO IRRELEVANCE
BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T ANSWER MY CALLS AND I FELT SILLY ABOUT THAT
SO WHERE CAN I FIND YOU?
WHERE CAN I FIND YOU TONIGHT?
STAY STILL THERE
I COME AND PICK YOU UP BEFORE THE NIGHT ENDS
SO WHERE CAN I FIND YOU?
WHERE CAN I FIND YOU TONIGHT?
STAY STILL THERE
I COME AND PICK YOU UP BEFORE THE NIGHT ENDS
lyrics and melody by: Selina Graf
ILLUSIONS
COME AND PICK ME UP HOW YOU DO IT
HELD UP HANDS ARE THE BEST SOLUTION IN RAINY STREETS
WE COMPLETE WHAT STARTED IN ALL OUR MID
YOUR SILHOUETTE FLICKERS LIKE A BROKEN HOLOGRAM
TWITCHES BRIGHT AND EARLY MY LEGS
OUR FEET TOUCH THE GROUND
SOON THE SAME WITH OUR MOUTHS
COME AND PICK ME UP HOW YOU DO IT
HELD UP HANDS ARE THE BEST SOLUTION IN RAINY STREETS
WE COMPLETE WHAT STARTED IN ALL OUR MID
YOUR WORDS CREATE CLOUDS
IT’S NOT DESIGNED FOR OURS
WE DO CHOOSE IT HOW YOU DO IT
COLOURED UMBRELLAS SEEM PURPLE
THE VISION SURREAL
WE ARE BY OURSELVES
COME AND PICK ME UP HOW YOU DO IT
HELD UP HANDS ARE THE BEST SOLUTION IN RAINY STREETS
WE COMPLETE WHAT STARTED IN ALL OUR MID
GREATER FEELINGS GREATER GIFTS THEY SAY
WE PROOF THEM WRONG FOR THEIR BLAME
CASTLE CRUMBLE
KINGS AND QUEENS DESTROY AT NIGHT THE DREAMS OF GIRLS AND BOYS
WE DO CHOOSE IT HOW YOU DO IT
COME AND PICK ME UP HOW YOU DO IT
HELD UP HANDS ARE THE BEST SOLUTION IN RAINY STREETS
WE COMPLETE WHAT STARTED IN ALL OUR MID
WE ARE BY OURSELVES
AREN’T WE?
lyrics and melody by: Selina Graf
Kindly Smiling Disappointment
Now I sit here waiting for you, no one’s gonna come
One call away from the message you can not make it this time
Was thinking about it a hundred times before
When something else crossed our way, you just let it happen one more time
Now we’re sitting here with no other plan than letting time pass and get on with ourselves
Why are we disappointed? We are already used to it
Hoping this would be the last experience while knowing it’s not going to be
I’m wasting time watching TV, soon looking out of the window
Feeling how I try so hard to be on the rebound, distracting myself
With flattening your pretty button-down
Shirts we bought together when we were young
Now we’re sitting here with no other plan than letting time pass and get on with ourselves
Why are we disappointed? We are already used to it
Hoping this would be the last experience while knowing it’s not going to be
I want to scream into your face and get you to understand
But I know it won’t change anything
How does it come you don’t see that I bleed?
But you only know the kindly smiling woman who is me
Now we’re sitting here with no other plan than letting time pass and get on with ourselves
Why are we disappointed? We are already used to it
Hoping this would be the last experience while knowing it’s not going to be
There’s one thing that could change it, maybe it has to be this way
So I sit here waiting for you, no one’s gonna come
One call away from the message you can not make it this time
Was thinking about it a hundred times before
You just let it happen
Just let it
Lyrics and Melody by: Selina Graf
Alive In Me
Mh, that wild man, big plans
Guitars and different grey hats
Coloured in blue that suit
One look and I know it’s you
I can see you, I feel you in my head, in my heart
The music dries me out the more it gets loud
You are alive in me and you don’t pay bills for it
Rain in my eyes, stare up high
Tried so many things, sang and danced until there was nothing left of us
Still you stay in my mind like a shady business
Mh, I call you, fall for you
Kind voice, I got no choice
Silver necklace, black dress
You face me naked and skinless
Feels like in former times
In my head, in my heart
The music dries me out the more it gets loud
You are alive in me and you don’t pay bills for it
Rain in my eyes, stare up high
Tried so many things, sang and danced until there was nothing left of us
Still you stay in my mind like a shady business
Feels like a race but I’m not fast enough
You drive an AMG, no one lends me their car
You know the steps at the first dance
I arrive, forgot to put on my dress
Mh my black dress
You put a leash on my necklace
Strain at it until I got no breath left
Still you stay in my mind like a shady business
Lyrics and Melody by: Selina Graf