Polyester Skin

Noone comes knocking, I am done talking
love lies upon the road that i'm walking
tangled up in sheer uncertainty and barbed wire
planets are spinning, countries are winning
wars that were never in the beginning
meant to be now im naked in the crossfire

Like a perfect stranger to the pouring rain
running from a new reality
I let it wash me over like a tidal wave
like a blind slowly begins to see
like a lion lost inside a hurricane
out of touch and positively
puzzled by the world surrounding me
I want you to take a

Look at the light that
watches you from a far
and gives you shelter
does it help you to notice
all of the things you are
or make you laugh and forget
what is the point of
having a guiding star
if you wont listen
you will never find the pearl inside the shell
thats down the wishing well

Living forever close and together
through all kinds of clear and cloudy weather
could be the greatest thing you will ever know
I am done crying, caught myself trying
to understand why pqqqeople were dying
now i see passionate living everywhere I go

Life is full of boring technicalities
and too much for us to comprehend
little wonders, make believe and tragedys
will follow us till the very end
big decisions and a subtle irony
the amount of time we have is short
but surely also heaven sent
thats why I want you to

Look at the light that
watches you from a far
and gives you shelter
does it help you to notice
all of the things you are
or make you laugh and forget
what is the point of
having a guiding star
if you wont listen
you will never find the pearl inside the shell
thats down the wishing well

Count down from three to one
a new year has just begun again
high grounds and winter sun
cold wind and frosty violins

Will put everything back into place
and bring peace upon the gods who dare to test us
from down under deep out into space
hope everyone got what they asked for christmas

Hey hey the king is dead
won't someone make the music stop
while we danced among ourselves
they went and chopped his head right off

Your hand will hold the ace of spades
we will forget the melodies that haunt us
reindeers will go on holiday
as we rely on yet another chorus

To put everything back into place
and bring peace upon the gods who dare to test us
from down under deep out into space
hope everyone got what they asked for christmas

Where the moon glows in your hair
and the rain falls down
on a ground that’s cold and bare
dripping from the clouds
where I sing because I care
till my lungs fall out
I’m asleep but well aware
that the word is out

There's a love and a sense of direction
in the matter that keeps us apart
there’s a light coming out of the woodworks  
from a crack in the door to my heart
cause the summer is taking forever
cause i can’t take the heat anymore
cause i know that for worse or for better
i’m at war with the one that i want

A tree falls down
almost unintentional
the earth starts burning
with noone around
I hear you say
its not too late
and we become
brave and untouchable

Until the daylight comes around
and the morning breaks
in the center of this town
I’ll be wide awake
I’ll be out drifting about
with a heart that aches
and a head that’s spinning round
from the sound that it makes

Cause i feel like I’m walking a rainbow
cause i don’t know where I do belong
cause there’s noone above or beside you
because you have been crying too long
I’ve been climbing the walls of the city
on the run from the things that I miss
I’ve been drying my eyes to see clearly
cause i know that theres’s so much more than this

A tree falls down
almost unintentional
the earth starts burning
with noone around
I hear you say
its not too late
and we become
brave and untouchable

This crazy world will keep on spinning
clocks will keep on ticking
till its time to watch it burn
and right from the very beginning
we've been celebrating
past the point of no return
to the sounds that come when lonely planets
are gently falling in and out of time
where clouds of dust are broken into atoms
that brings a chill directly down my spine

Every legend I create
every move I ever make
every action and reaction in my life
every moment I'm awake
every chance I'll ever take
every dream and every sparkle in my eye
every second of my waking hours
and everything I ever say or do
leads me with all what's within my powers
directly home and always back to you

My friends are young and often talking
tripping out and walking
roads that never seem to end
like stars that sparkle in the morning
come without a warning
miracles are heaven sent
from way up high like rain or even rockets
exploding in a light and clear blue sky
like grains of gold falling out of my pockets
or actual pieces of paradise

Every legend I create
every move I ever make
every action and reaction in my life
every moment I'm awake
every chance I'll ever take
every dream and every sparkle in my eye
every second of my waking hours
and everything I ever say or do
leads me with all what's within my powers
directly home and always back to you

It’s the silence that comes
from the moon and the sun
and the cold in my nose
when the weather is wrong
the smoke and the girl I am running from
that keeps me alive

The winter, the church and the ones who know
what I am not telling the rest of you
the most of the world and the undertow
that gives me the right

A place in the eye of the universe
on a rock with a heart of manure
a city where the bullies and the mockingbirds
can live side by side

That’s where i want to begin when i reach the end
again and again and again and again
and stay with my family and my friends
in the lunar light

Inbetween the magic of the moment
and the hand that holds it all
coming from the paper moon
that hangs above our heads
the light that hits your hair is soft and gentle
like the flowers on the walls
of desert and evacuated old heartbreak hotels

And looking in your eyes I’m trapped
inside a giant sea of neonlights
a tunnel of creation where I end and you begin
your heart is like a locomotive
driving patiently into the night
with every single touch I feel it beating from within
your polyester skin

Whether in a coma or a state of
total bliss and harmony
I am often feeling like a tourist in my time
no matter how far i walk or wherever
I run to chase my dreams
I always end up feeling
deaf and dumb and left behind

And looking in your eyes I’m trapped
inside a giant sea of neonlights
a tunnel of creation where I end and you begin
your heart is like a locomotive
driving patiently into the night
with every single touch I feel it beating from within
your polyester skin

Lately I've been thinking
about the birds and the bees
the heartbeats of the monkeys that sit in the trees
singing for tomorrow and the karma police
I am trying to be everything you want me to be
I try to remember but tend to forget
calm under pressure everywhere I tread
rugged or tender the chances i get
for worse or for better they all go to my head

On a day like today
where the sun has been shining
everything that you say
leads me to the question
do you want me to stay
I can tell you've been crying
that youre not quite okay
behind the barricades

Like the little voices in the back of your head
remind you of the monsters hiding under your bed
I speak of the future as i think to myself
that my memory will live on after my body is dead
that love is forever, that you will be mine
that life is a river, that both our hearts are blind
that we'll be together
through rain and through shine
as long as the weather and time is on our side

So is it time to begin
are you coming or going
are you betting to win
your one and only
should I fold and give in
is my vanity Showing
where it blows in the wind
the answer lies within

On a day like today
where the sun has been shining
everything that you say
leads me to the question
do you want me to stay
I can tell you've been crying
that youre not quite okay
behind the barricades

Out in the open
on the crowded streets
where friends can turn to strangers in a day
where people meet
I trip and fall down slowly
upon the hard concrete
my bones are soft and lonely
and break like glass inside my knees
and it gets me thinking

There's something about you
I dont know what it is
that makes me want you
more than you could know
on a day like this
theres no silver lining
just the tenderness
and the memory of me and you
caught in a kiss
somewhere up in the clouds

I feel my blood flow over
in my mouth and spine
it washes through my body and it tastes
sweeter than wine
noone stops to ask me
if I am okay
it's very ordinary and it happens
almost everyday
and It gets me thinking

There's something about you
I dont know what it is
that makes me want you
more than you could know
on a day like this
theres no silver lining
just the tenderness
and the memory of me and you
caught in a kiss
somewhere up in the clouds

Cars swim like fish in a swimming pool
quietly up the stream
seagulls and cats crawl across the moon
deep down within my dreams

I float about like a small balloon
stuck in the stratosphere
it’s springtime and it's raining parachutes
where do I go from here?

Winter has gone and I’m all alone
days tend to disappear
moments of clarity come and go
as they turn to months and years

I float about like a small balloon
stuck in the stratosphere
it’s springtime and It's raining parachutes
where do I go from here?

What should i do when the cows come home
where does my heart belong
who will teach me what I need to know
and help me tell right from wrong

Boredom is deep and mysterious
wicked like loss of sleep
laughing because its miraculous
how you mean the world to me

I float about like a small balloon
stuck in the stratosphere
it’s springtime and it's raining parachutes
where do I go from here?

The lights above the city
shines upon the velvet moon
to celebrate the living and the dead
the streets are filled with catarpillars
hanging from balloons
and everyone I know has gone to bed

Some are dreaming of a new beginning
some are dreaming of the days to come
the night is bright and I can see
from here to Katmandu
the planet is alive and very young

I sit inside a satellite and sing a song for you
a song of love to purify my heart
for every man and woman who is doing what I do
I fold my hands and wish upon a star

Some of you are trying to remember
some of you are hoping to forget
most of you are wild at heart
and seekers of the truth
and known for easily losing your heads

Some of you are punctual and tender
some of you will always be too late
most of you have never done
the things you’ve wanted to
the rest of you are keepers of the faith

Because I wonder
what you’re thinking about me
and if I’m ever gonna learn
because the power
of the feelings inside me
is both of your and my concern  
I let it wash over me like a fountain
sink into my skin and bones
like I was falling
from the top of a mountain
in the shadow of a rolling stone
I let the music hit me good

Let the weight come off my shoulders
love you more and more and more
let the winds of change blow over
kiss you like i’ve never
kissed anyone else before

With my heart
heating up from a fever
and my eyes crying
lonesome tears
I’ve been sitting here
with other believers
for just about a million years
where the moon watches over the city
while you are safe asleep at night
where the stars that hang up above me
shine like they were christmas lights
I let the music hit me good

Let the weight come off my shoulders
love you more and more and more
let the winds of change blow over
kiss you like I’ve never
kissed anyone else before

Let the weight come off my shoulders
love you more and more and more
let the winds of change blow over
kiss you like I’ve never
kissed anyone else before

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