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What if Love was for Everyone?
They say
fighting hate with hate will just make it stay,
that love alone is the way to hate’s decay.
If love is that spark,
why is it still so dark?
What if love really was genuine?
Not something you’d have to win?
Not withheld because of what you’ve done?
What if love was for everyone?
What if love was for everyone?
Why do we compare our mistakes,
if it’s for forgiveness our heart aches?
Though we all, we all do wrong,
we can, we must get along.
What if love really was genuine?
Not something you’d have to win?
Not withheld because of what you’ve done?
What if love was for everyone?
What if love was for everyone?
It’s easy to love the kind ones,
the brave souls, the helping sons,
the songbirds, the well-dressed,
the children and the oppressed.
What if we loved the betrayers,
bullies, liars, naysayers,
those who mistreat their wives,
those who end other people’s lives?
What if change began
with loving the loveless human?
What if love really was genuine?
Not something you’d have to win?
Not withheld because of what you’ve done?
What if love was for everyone?
What if love was for everyone?
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What I wish for more than Snow
Waking up to everything covered in snow,
playing outside, nicking cookie dough,
singing carols while putting up the lights,
everyone was too happy for fights.
Decorating the Christmas tree,
watching them unwrap gifts, their faces full of glee,
thanking God for this Holy Night
and that this Christmas was indeed white.
What I wish for more than snow
is that we could quit looking at the shadow,
forgive each other, leave the hurt behind
start something new while always being kind,
that even in the midst of our own stress
we’d decide to make room for togetherness.
That’s what I wish for more than snow.
Tell me what happened to this most special day.
What used to sparkle white is now a foggy grey.
I’m longing for this feeling of home and peace,
thanks for your effort but my soul is not at ease.
What I wish for more than snow
is that we could quit looking at the shadow,
forgive each other, leave the hurt behind
start something new while always being kind,
that even in the midst of our own stress
we’d decide to make room for togetherness.
That’s what I wish for more than snow.
How can we wish for global peace
if we can’t get the discords at home to cease?
Let’s find a better way to live
where we’re slow to anger and willing to forgive.
Maybe if we started here and now
it would eventually stretch out upon the world somehow.
What I wish for more than snow
is that we could quit looking at the shadow,
forgive each other, leave the hurt behind
start something new while always being kind,
that even in the midst of our own stress
we’d decide to make room for togetherness.
That’s what I wish for more than snow.
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Errors in Disguise
Träume sind oft bloss nichts anderes als verkleidete Irrtümer.
Sie kommen in fantastisch schillernden Fasnachtsgewändern daher,
doch bei genauerer Prüfung sind es dann doch bloss Lumpen, ist es Tand.
-- Max Küng
precious dreams
they must not get to you
with their choccolate chips
they are tracking us down
because they know too well
that despite your dazzling dress
you are really errors in disguise
I must resist
when they’re targeting me
to make me believe
fulfilling you will make me happy
after all a wish fulfilled
may not be a dream come true
but merely one dream less to dream
let me protect you
I will neglect you
my iridescent errors in disguise
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Less less than perfect
the square is slightly tilted
this tile is upside down
a child dies from starvation
my bus is five minutes late
I’m lost between first world problems
And the desire to fix the world
A world that’s less than perfect
Too beautiful to be understood
We have this crazy human ambition
To draw the big picture
A picture that’s washed away
Like chalk in a global tide
So let me make the world a little
A little less less than perfect
Let me do smalls things right
After all there’s billions of ants
But not a single living dinosaur
we don’t have to be in control
To make the world a little less less than perfect
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A lalala Song
This little girl
Black hair curled
Her dark skin like glitter in our eyes
But they pushed her at the schoolyard
Tears in her eyes
They said: you’re not one of us“
She asks mama: „what’s wrong with me?“
But she (betonen) says: „nothing my dear“.
Lalalalalalalalalalalala
The girl becomes a woman
And white people more hateful
She wants to sit in the train
But a white man leaves… „ I don’t wanna sit with you people.“
Lalalalalalalalalala
And now she has kids
Her little boy comes home in tears
„What’s wrong with me?“ He asks
„Nothing“ she says…
„Nothing“
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Bluemechleid
Strophe 1
Sich nit Ok normal z’ässä
sunsh gish mer kei flat-belly-like.
Ich hoff ich verlier mini followers nit
Bi all mim fake glimmer
Die gmeinsamä Däg uf Snapchat,
sind dr Inbegriff wie vil Fründä mä het.
Uf insta gseni wie d’Welt Frauekörper will,
Und frog mi was alles an mim nit stimmt
Pre-Chorus
Aber öbis lot mi doch lo guet fühlä,
sish so schön do ussä z blibä.
Refrain
Und dorum träg i jetzt das Bluemechleid,
Es seit mir niemerts was mä treit.
ich cha eifach alles sii,
Ich eintscheid do sälber weri bii
Strophe 2
Ich chan mit Gummistiefel im Fluss stoh
Ich muss nümme träume ich chan alles sii.
Niemert seht wie ich zu der Sunne strahl
Ich fühl mi frei und mis Herz wird liecht.
Pre-Chorus
Nei ich will doch chönne ganz ich sie
Und nit wie s’Ideal müsse sii
denn, liebi Lüt, s’ goht nit ums chleid,
s’goht nit drum wellä rock mä treit.
Refrain
Und dorum träg i jetzt das Bluemechleid…
s seit mir niemerts was mä treit.
ich cha eifach alles sii,
Ich eintscheid do sälber weri bii
Bridge
Und plötzlig merki, sish schön so z’ träumä,
dusse ufere Wiese z’stoh oder sunst neume.
Eifach Ich mi Körper und mis Herz,
Wäg vo all däm oberflächliche scheiss
Bridge-Refrain
Und jetzt merki äntlich, dass ich die bi wo entscheid,
dass ich, ich cha sii, ganz ich, ich und mis Blumechleid.
Refrain
Und dorum träg i jetzt das Bluemechleid…
s seit mir niemerts was mä treit.
ich cha eifach alles sii,
Ich eintscheid do sälber weri bii
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Amour dénué
Losgelöste Liebe
Je rentre à la maison
J’ôte mes souliers
J’entre dans la cuisine
Je prends un verre
Ich komme nach Hause
Ich ziehe meine Schuhe aus
Ich komme in die Küche
Ich nehme ein Glas
J’entend bouger en haut
Elle descend l’escalier
Vient vers moi et met sa main
Sur mon épaule
Ich höre es oben bewegen
Sie kommt die Treppe herunter
Sie kommt zu mir und legt ihre Hand
Auf meine Schulter
Elle dit que c’est le temps
De trouver son espace
Pour vivre sa vie
Qu’elle languissait
Sie sagt, es sei Zeit
Ihren Raum zu finden
Um ihr Leben zu leben
Nach dieser sie sich sehnte
Non, je ne quitte pas
Non, c’est pas à cause de toi
C’est le fil du temps
C’est le soin de mon sang
Nein, ich gehe nicht
Nein, es ist nicht wegen dir
Es ist der Gang der Zeit
Es ist die Pflege meines Blutes
Je t’aime, elle me dit
Je t’aime d’une façon inédite
Je t’aime, elle me dit
Je t’aime de tout mon être insolite
Ich liebe dich, sagt sie mir
Ich liebe dich auf eine unbeschriebene Art
Ich liebe dich, sagt sie mir
Ich liebe dich von meinem ganzen ungewöhnlichen Sein
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Dis-moi, c’que c’est l’amour
Non, pas celui en lit
Dis-moi, c’que c’est l’amour
Qui dit:
Sag’ mir, was ist die Liebe
Nein, nicht jene im Bett
Sag’ mir, was ist die Liebe
Die sagt:
Je suis l’amour
Dénué de sens
Je suis l’amour
Dépourvu de semence
Ich bin die Liebe
Losgelöst von Sinnen
Ich bin die Liebe
Frei von Saatgut
Son regard d’un nouveau jour
Plein d’amour sûr de retour
Dénué de sens
Mais drôlement intense
Ihr Blick eines neuen Tages
Voll von Liebe, klar zurückgekehrt
Losgelöst von Sinnen
Aber eigenartig verdichtet
Je comprend maintenant
Que c’est l’amour pur
La condition humaine
Qu'offre la nature
Ich verstehe jetzt
Dass es die reine Liebe ist
Das menschliche Dasein
Das die Natur bereithält
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Je t’aime, elle me dit [Ton c, Quinte]
Je t’aime d’une façon inédite
Je t’aime, elle me dit
Je t’aime de tout mon être insolite
Ich liebe dich, sagt sie mir
Ich liebe dich auf eine unbeschriebene Art
Ich liebe dich, sagt sie mir
Ich liebe dich von meinem ganzen ungewöhnlichen Sein
Je t’aime, je réplique.
Je t’aime d’une façon bénéfique.
Je t’aime
Ich liebe dich, erwidere ich
Ich liebe dich in einer wohltuenden Art
Ich liebe dich
Je comprend maintenant
Que c’est l’amour pur
La condition humaine
Qu'offre la nature
Ich verstehe jetzt
Dass es die reine Liebe ist
Das menschliche Dasein
Das die Natur bereithält
Je t'aime
Ich liebe dich
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My Stern
U u u u u u u u u
U u u u u u u u u
Du bisch dr Stern und ig dr Schweif.
Zäme vereint im Schwung vom Herz
Liecht so klar
Wie ds Wasser vo dr Quelle
Liecht so warm
Wie ne Umarmig vo dir
Liecht so wohlig
Wie dr Sunneschyn am Morge
So hell, wie ds Lache uf dym Gsicht
Du bisch my stärn
Ig ha dy gärn
Zäme vereint im Härz
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U u u u u u u u u
U u u u u u u u u
Du hesch dr Kern
Ig d’Schale drzue
Du dr Schatz
Ig d’Truhe
Du hesch d’Perle
Ig ha d’Mu u u schle
Und zäme hei mer was es bruucht
Du bisch my Stärn
Ig ha dy gärn
Zäme vereint im Härz
E Cherze uf em Tisch
Es Schächteli drnebe
Es Zündhölzli wo funkt
Em Docht es Müntschi git
E Cherze uf em Tisch
Es Lüchte i de n’Ouge
E Blick so liebevoll
Wie n’es Müntschi usem Härz
Du bisch my stärn
Ig ha dy gärn
Zäme vereint im Härz
U u u u u u u u u
U u u u u u u u u
Du bisch dr Stern und ig dr Schweif
Zäme vereint im Schwung vom Herz
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My Choice
Like a bird
You try to sing
But there’s a stone in your breast and you never wanna rest
And you know
That you should move
But your brain is just white
And you don’t know how to fight
There was a black spot
That we couldn’t see
There was a golden star
Which we never reached
Been trapped by routine
But we couldn’t see
There was this perfect sight
But it was just black and white
Yeah it’s your decision but it’s my choice
How to deal with it
And what to do with it
I know it’s your decision but it’s my choice
How to deal with it
And what to do with it
A restless brain
Too many waves
What is right, what is wrong
You hypocritical old stone
If you don’t like
The way I go
I dey fight for my own
Cause I don’t like smashing stones
Mh close your eyes now
And unwind the coil
I close my eyes now
And unwind the coil
And release the pain
Within a song
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Ignorance
Why should I ignore it
And why should I be quiet
The more you know
You alienate from black and white
You tell me names and frames
And your layers multiply
Yeah you telling me you’re smart
And your wisdom’s all-embracive
Why don’t you see mistakes
Tell me how will you improve
Meet your own ignorance
Say hello to your old vanity
Hmmm
Why should I approve this?
And why should I play games?
Tell me how come
There are millions of people walking
Who’s the power
And who is looser
You’re reputation multiplies
Yeah you telling me you’re smart
And your wisdom’s all-embracive
Why don’t you see mistakes
Tell me how will you improve
Meet your own ignorance
Say hello to your old vanity
Hmmm
Erase your traces and go wild with me
With an open mindset you’ll be free
And no power will ever be stonger than you
And like a jewel you will shine for me
(outro)
It’s like leaving an old relationship
And entering a new one
Finally after you’ve healed and everything
And you realise ah this is
What was I doing in the past you know like
This is this is great I’m happy now you know
I’m in a better place
Ahm so yeah that’s just me
And my long talks
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GLORIA
You hear the wind from the mountains Out of a fear you clean the whole mess you made yourself Like it’s your last cigarette Burning away
Gloria say goodbye, you slept for two hours a night
Gloria say goodbye, you slept for two hours a night
Gloria tell, you slept for two hours a night
And you do it now your own way
Our fire in the snow
Is Burning away
Gloria say goodbye, you slept for two hours a night
Gloria say goodbye, you slept for two hours a night
Text von Michael Bruderer
Musik von Michael Bruderer und Alexandra Werner
Vocals/ guitar: Michael Bruderer
Cello / vocals: Alexandra Werner (Nyfa)
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SCHWÖRE BRO
DU BISCH LOW
WENN DU BRUCHSCH SIMMER DO (DO DO)
ZISCHTIG MORGE
ALLES CLEAN
MIR GÖNN LOW (LOW LOW)
SAG MIR BSCHEID, SCHWÖRE BRO, TEIL DE SNOW SNOW
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MACH MIT UNS DR BATZÄ UF DR STROSS STROSS (STROSS STROSS)
GANG NID VOM WÄG, DÖRT ISCH DR WOLF (WOLF WOLF)
WIE DU WILLSCH, SCHWÖRE BRO, ES ISCH ESO
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klopfsch du a mim fänschter
hol isch schnäll mini milimeter
die gönn wherever the wind blows
zähtusig stei
het niemer gseh
spiel wenn du willsch dr falsch wolf
sig kei haas denn
das isch dr deal
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DINI CHAPPE ISCH SO ROT (ROT ROT ROT)
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ALLES KREIST
SAG MIR BSCHEID
SCHWÖRE BRO
DU BISCH LOW
WENN DU BRUCHSCH SIMMER DO (DO DO)
ZISCHTIG MORGE
ALLES CLEAN
MIR GÖNN LOW (LOW LOW)
SAG MIR BSCHEID, SCHWÖRE BRO, TEIL DE SNOW SNOW
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MACH MIT UNS DR BATZÄ UF DR STROSS STROSS (STROSS STROSS)
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WIE DU WILLSCH, SCHWÖRE BRO, ES ISCH ESO
DINI CHAPPE ISCH SO ROT (ROT ROT)
RUN DR FOREST SÜSCHT ISCH Z SPOT (SPOT SPOT SPOT)
DINI CHAPPE ISCH SO ROT (ROT ROT ROT)
RUN DR FOREST ES FLIESST BLUET
Text von Michael Bruderer
Musik von Michael Bruderer
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Dance With the Devil
Hold my hand
but not too tight
watch my steps
but lose me out of sight
keep your body close to mine
but let me dance with the devil tonight
yeah let me dance with the devil tonight
all night
I hope you don’t mind
and so I fall and I go higher
I lose control but I win it all
and so I fall and I go lighter
I’m free
and stuck in my own mind
I‘m free when stuck with my own mind
I’m free and I dance with the devil tonight
leave me now but you’re allowed to watch
don’t break me down but you’re allowed to touch
and let me be, the one I need
the one who’s closest to me
the one I dream to be
the one who’s closest to me
the one I want to be
it feels so right
I dance with your devil tonight
hold my hand but not too tight
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Please Don´t Fall in Love With Me
Refrain 1
Please don't fall in love with me
please don't fall at all
I myself will do my best
And I hope you do the rest
I will try until the end
to see you as a friend
I never wanna fall
fall at all
fall in a love again
Verse 1
so the kinder the words, the faster I run
yes we're allowed to be close
but without too much fun
yes we can go drinking
and dancing all night
in each other’s arms
but just don't hold me too tight
Refrain 2
Please don't fall in love with me
please don't fall at all
I myself will do my best
And I hope you do the rest
I will try until the end
to see you as a friend
I never wanna fall
fall at all
fall in a love again
Verse 2
yes I´ll keep my distance
because we want it so
I close my heart
but can you hold my hand and never let go?
I know, it´s not worth it
but a little hint of romance
won't kill our friendly dance
right?
Refrain 3
No no no,
Please don't let us fall in love
fall in love again
I don't want it, you don't need it
and love will be the start of the end
so I try not to see you
when I'm alone
although it´s hard
´cause you feel like a warm and cosy home
Verse 3
Go with the flow they say
but no we would never!
and so we fight this silly fight
look at us, we're so clever
I try not to text, and you try not to call
yes look at us, we are winning it all
Refrain 4
Please don't fall in love with me
please don't fall at all
I myself will do my best
And I hope you do the rest
I will try until the end
to see you as a friend
please don't let us fall in love
we never want to fall in love again
but… ehh… I mean, a little kiss wouldn't hurt, right?
The River
I'm going down, down to the river to pray
I'm going down, down to the waters to stay
Bring truth to this soul
Cut clean to the bone
Down in the dark, broken clay
Teach me to love, teach me to wait
Wash the lies, heal the pain
Make this ghost more humane
The days are short, the nights are long
But you're grace keeps singing songs
I'm going down, down to the river to pray
I'm going down, down to the waters to stay
Dead weight going down
Feet can't touch the ground
Fighting to give it up
Last breath rising up
Another fool's paradise
Dancing in my eyes
No more compromise
Dead weight going down
Fear can't touch the ground
A promise lifting up
Like breath that fills my cup
A wise man's paradise
Dancing in my eyes
Holy Ghost baptized
Life is realized, realized
I'm going down, down to the river to pray
I keep going down, down to the waters to stay
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FIND AN OPEN DOOR
I am right but you're wrong
The argument can go on
Play the rounds 'til you win
But don't expose your thin skin
Turning words into knives
Cutting you down to size
How can there be listening
If empathy is missing
We're walking down the fine line
Of digital and real time
Come on out of hiding
Speak instead of typing
This shouldn't be how it ends
Let's lay down our weapons
'Cause you and I were once friends
We have flesh, we have bones
A beating heart that we call home
We can fight and go to war
Or we can find an open door
An open door
Think about what you say
There's wisdom found in restraint
Stop the urge to shift blame
To deal justice in God's name
If you try decoding nuance
With one dimensional thoughts
The meaning can get so lost
We have flesh, we have bones
A beating heart that we call home
We can fight and go to war
Or we can find an open door
An open door
Let's find an open door