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"Opus Magnum" über Träume und Alpträume.
*Update 2023, neu gemischt und entstaubt
Remix Version 2023
Text, Musik, Idee, Gesang, alle Instrumente Jo Simon
*Update 2023, neu gemischt und entstaubt
Remix Version 2023
Text, Musik, Idee, Gesang, alle Instrumente Jo Simon
LONG LIFE NIGHTMARE
I can see that the phone is ringing, I don’t hear it anymore
I can feel that the birds are singing, I don’t like it anymore
I can see the blossoms, I don’t smell them anymore
Can only hear the workers, they don’t bother me anymore
The silence within myself is not a sign of my own coolness
Rather a sign that I’ m drowning in my own dullness
I dive into a pool, the surface turns to glass
From here I can see people at the poolside, I’m in distress
No-one seems to take notice of me, I try to come up
The pane of glass is a barricade, so I wake up
When I was a child, I had the same dream for a long time
I sat in a sandpit alone in a playground, I dug deeper in the sand
Smoke rose and steam, when the devil appeared, I woke up and ran to mom
Who said that dreaming about death means a long life?
If you meet him, kill him !
I think I should sleep now to turn my brain off
All those senseless thoughts, I need to switch off
But when I close my tired eyes, I’ll have the same nightmare about long life
Why is there always someone who knocks my plans on the head?
Why is there always someone who knocks my plans on the head? Because:
Noises of a coughing man, noises of endless trains
Noises of cars and planes, noises of pouring rain
Noises of distant thunder, noises from the next veranda
Noises of another catfight, noises drive you out of your mind, out of your mind
Noises of a coughing man, noises of endless trains
Noises of cars and planes, noises of pouring rain
Noises of distant thunder, noises from the next veranda
Noises of another catfight, noises drive you out of your mind, out of your mind
When you try to sleep, they won’t let you and it makes you scream
The noises must have faded, can only have slept half an hour
I wake up in the dark, I can’t move, too paralyzed to reach the lamp
It feels like there’s something in my room, I can’t explain it, but it’s not you
It’s not a ghost, it’s not alive, not of this earth, only in my mind
It feels like there’s something in my room, I can’t explain it, but it’s not you
It’s not a ghost, it’s not alive, not of this earth, only in my mind
Not only the daily nightmare on the streets, not only the daily nightmare on TV
Even if you feel secure in your bed, you have your dreams
Perhaps it comes from under your pillow, pulls you down into the deep
I know there’s something in my room, and it’s not black and it’s not blue
And it’s not fish and it’s not bone, protect me from everything that may come
Text & Musik Jo Simon 2017/2023
I can see that the phone is ringing, I don’t hear it anymore
I can feel that the birds are singing, I don’t like it anymore
I can see the blossoms, I don’t smell them anymore
Can only hear the workers, they don’t bother me anymore
The silence within myself is not a sign of my own coolness
Rather a sign that I’ m drowning in my own dullness
I dive into a pool, the surface turns to glass
From here I can see people at the poolside, I’m in distress
No-one seems to take notice of me, I try to come up
The pane of glass is a barricade, so I wake up
When I was a child, I had the same dream for a long time
I sat in a sandpit alone in a playground, I dug deeper in the sand
Smoke rose and steam, when the devil appeared, I woke up and ran to mom
Who said that dreaming about death means a long life?
If you meet him, kill him !
I think I should sleep now to turn my brain off
All those senseless thoughts, I need to switch off
But when I close my tired eyes, I’ll have the same nightmare about long life
Why is there always someone who knocks my plans on the head?
Why is there always someone who knocks my plans on the head? Because:
Noises of a coughing man, noises of endless trains
Noises of cars and planes, noises of pouring rain
Noises of distant thunder, noises from the next veranda
Noises of another catfight, noises drive you out of your mind, out of your mind
Noises of a coughing man, noises of endless trains
Noises of cars and planes, noises of pouring rain
Noises of distant thunder, noises from the next veranda
Noises of another catfight, noises drive you out of your mind, out of your mind
When you try to sleep, they won’t let you and it makes you scream
The noises must have faded, can only have slept half an hour
I wake up in the dark, I can’t move, too paralyzed to reach the lamp
It feels like there’s something in my room, I can’t explain it, but it’s not you
It’s not a ghost, it’s not alive, not of this earth, only in my mind
It feels like there’s something in my room, I can’t explain it, but it’s not you
It’s not a ghost, it’s not alive, not of this earth, only in my mind
Not only the daily nightmare on the streets, not only the daily nightmare on TV
Even if you feel secure in your bed, you have your dreams
Perhaps it comes from under your pillow, pulls you down into the deep
I know there’s something in my room, and it’s not black and it’s not blue
And it’s not fish and it’s not bone, protect me from everything that may come
Text & Musik Jo Simon 2017/2023
