Substitute

Sometimes I feel like a substitute

For the real thing I‘ll never be

Sometimes I feel like a machine

Like nothing I do is for real

Pretty baby

Dreamboat guy

Interstate

Cheap motel

Fuck you mindless

Testosterone

Here‘s my body

But where‘s my soul?

Sometimes I feel like I give everything

All that I have, but never enough

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

A long way from home

And nobody knows

Do your job

Wannabe

Hide your love

In your messy place

Let‘s just be friends

And nothing more

Bring it on home,

Substitute

Death In The Afternoon

Did you hold your breath?

Did you stop to think?

Did you look over your shoulder?

Did you look around before you pulled this off?

Did you ever consider?

Welcome to the life that you will never have

Watch it pass in front of you

You‘re no Hemingway, no Maquis de Sade

You‘re just a fool without a clue

Take me and use me

Love me and confuse me

Stay here forever

You can have it all

Hold me and squeeze me

Life can be so easy

I‘m so in love with you

Take me, I am yours

Do you have a wish, do you have a dream?

Or some dirty desire?

Go ahead and look, look out for the one

That will take you higher

And when you‘ve finally found

That you‘re ugly and small

Turn around and run back home

They‘ll be waiting for you, they‘ll forgive everything

Just as always when you‘re done

Take me use me...

Overview

Looking out of my window

Time seems to be standing still

Nothing moves besides the cars on that highway

Far away

There‘s no sound, my room is on the highest floor

And I‘ve got an amazing view

Over the trees and on that castle on the hill

On the other side of the river

I feel that I must rearrange my life

I know there was a point where my decisions

Were so wrong

I want to change but I‘d better not try too hard

Because this might hurt me

Even more than it does now

I think I have to move to another place

I know that there‘s a way to lead a better life

I want to change, I feel the need to change right now

Because I‘ve got an overview

Looking out of my window

Time seems to be running away

Everything moves so fast

The cars, the autumn leaves, the water

There‘s so much noise from the traffic on the streets

My room is on the first floor

And I cannot see the river

There are too many trees and cars between us

Oh my God, what have I done?

Why did I move away?

I feel that I must rearrange my life

I think I found the point where my decisions

Were so wrong

I tried so hard to change that

I can‘t feel myself no more

Maybe I just should move again

Not too slow, not too fast, but maybe

I should climb up

To the highest floor again

Where I felt so much better

I‘m so sure, I‘m really sure now

Cause I need an overview

Keep Breathing

Keep breathing

Keep breathing

Keep breathing

Keep breathing

Tell me, am I running out of time?

– You are running out of time

Tell me, am I running out of time?

– You are running out of time

Keep breathing

Keep breathing

And even if you think that nothing‘s right

And even if you think your life‘s a mess

Even if it seems you have no choice

And everyone around you knows it better

You can still say no and turn around

You can still say yes to the real world

Even if it seems that nothing that you do

Will ever work

Take a look around

There‘s so much life around you

Breathing

Open up your heart

Reach out for this feeling

Running out of time

This much is true

But you must stop crying

Just keep breathing

And just keep on trying

Keep breathing

Keep breathing

Keep breathing

Keep breathing

Keep breathing

Keep breathing

Nineteen Years Later

Deep inside

Echoes of a thought I try to hide

I try to hide

Nights so cold

Days get shorter and there is no hold

There‘s no hold

Stay here

Stay with me

Can‘t you see

All the changes around you and me

You and me

Another time

With no one there to tell you wrong from right

Wrong from right

Stay here

Stay with me

Years from now, will you answer my call?

Or will you do as you‘re told and forget it all?

Will your stars feel the same? The sound of your name?

Will you stand up proud? Will you cover the shame?

Years from now, will you still feel the thrill?

Or lose yourself in dreams of what could have been?

Will you justify yourself while standing in line?

Will you cry out at night?

Will you wish back this time?

Stay here

Stay with me

Take Cover

I am about to explode

I am about to let go

I don‘t care if it‘s you

Anymore

I see neither reason nor rhyme

And you, you put your heart on the line

What for?

Take cover

For once in your life

Open your eyes

There‘s no love over here

Take cover

For once in your life

Open your eyes

Cause I‘ll never get it right

There‘s no love over here

I am about to explode

I rack my brain for the reason

For the thing I should change

I try not to think about you

And the things, all the things we would do

Don‘t you answer, I know

I‘m waiting in a line

Writing songs about your eyes

And you never realize

No, you don‘t see

With all of heaven in your laughter

And the music in your sighs

And the definite answer

That you had for me

Dreaming stupid summer dreams

Feeling ugly, feeling small

How could I ever believe?

No, it can‘t be!

Only if we‘d never met

Surely I could make it right

Be just like all the others

Make it happen tonight

Take cover...