“BLACK HAPPY” (Exile on Mainstream Records, 2O12)

1 EXILE

Come in all of you demons and restless spirits / we´re having us a party and you are all invited / have it your way, have it your way / have it your own way / you´re welcome aboard, you´re welcome aboard / we´re gonna sail out to another shore / and nothing´s gonna hold us down / i´m too sad i think i´m dying without being born at all / and i can´t find no words and no pictures for shelter anymore / have it your way, have it your way / have it your own way / you´re welcome aboard, you´re welcome aboard / we´re gonna sail out to another shore / and nothing´s gonna hold us down

2 NO SLEEP TONIGHT

She´s pale and she is trembling / at the backdoor of a day / she smiles while she is crying / but the pain don´t go away / and everybody´s flying / across the stars tonight / and death lives right amongst us / and takes a soul away / scorched earth amongst the chatter / of visions rushing by / death lives and rocks the stranded / where life curls up to die / and everybody´s flying / across the stars tonight / and death lives right amongst us / and takes a soul away / no sleep tonight / no sleep tomorrow / no sleep never ever again / no sleep tonight / no more sorrows / no more pain

3 DIE IN YOUR ARMS

Something naked this way comes / would you mind me dancing along / and if you come to pick me up / and pour a glass and fill a cup / do you mind if i die in your arms / do you mind if i die in your arms / somewhere someone on the run / bullet stars under the gun / and if you come to pick me up / and pour a glass and fill a cup / do you mind if i die in your arms / do you mind if i die in your arms / it´s cold outside, so cold tonight / a place that warms right there in your arms / and if you come to pick me up / and pour a glass and fill a cup / do you mind if i die in your arms / you mind if i die in your arms / you mind if i die in your arm / you mind if i die in your arms

4 FACES IN THE CROWD

Faces in the crowd / keep quiet screaming loud / I want to believe / more than i see now / you say i feel something is coming / and you know you´re right / as in the river we are drowning / just to come to life / miracles come true baby / everything circulates / around black holes and bright shades / miracles make sense babe

5 STABLE CHAOS

Crashed gods stand by the roadway / thumbs up in the vast / skies of memory´s portraits / all that comes to pass / nights drawn in all colours / that this day didn’t have / just as love comes forth / with one final breath / broken wings / and broken hearts / broken strings / back to the start / speak to me / blue skies and stars / of our hopes and dreams / the scars upon our hearts / standing by the window / knocking at the door / through and through all over / life forevermore / set up to change / always the same / fast love gets / away again / broken wings / and broken hearts / broken strings / back to the start / speak to me / blue skies and stars / of our hopes and dreams / the scars upon our hearts / speak to me / blue skies and stars / of our hopes and dreams / the scars upon our hearts

6 TRUST IN LOVE

Who needs anybody / here to be to love and hold / someone somebody / with the heart of gold / when it´s getting dark / and you fall apart / oh who´s ever lonely? / who needs anybody, hey hey hey / who needs anybody? / space fires out in the cold / fade-in fade-out in the vast / empires to be destroyed / what is meant to last / we´ll be falling down / together alone / oh i can´t see clearly / who needs anybody? / oh who´s ever lonely? / who needs anybody, hey hey hey / who needs anybody, hey hey hey / who needs anybody? / mmh, mmh, mmh, mmh / mmh, mmh, mmh, mmh / oh who´s ever lonely / who needs anybody?

7 BORDERLINE

Here´s a song for my friends / with the dark star in the eye, tired on the floor / one song for my man / with the head on fire, who comes knocking on my door / it´s alright / it´s alright / it´s our time / by the borderline / there´s a crack in the yard / there´s a crack in the heart that don´t go away / our eyes bleed and our ears are sore / from the trash of everything / gold of everything / it´s alright / it´s our time / it´s alright / by the borderline / it´s alright / it´s alright / it´s our time / by the borderline

8 PHANTOM PAIN

He´s got no bones in his body / he´s got beans enough to go / the light fades in the country / i´m not here anymore / disaster is heading my way / but i´m heading forward anyway / what´s the prize you pay / a life for love and a phantom pain / you wake pure in the morning / and you got so torn tonight / all your bridges are burning / you´re clearly out of sight / disaster is heading your way / but you´re heading forward anyway / what´s the prize you pay / a life for love and a phantom pain / you´re not loosing your grip / but the world just slips / away from you / when the day turns to night / don´t give up the fight / when it hurts all the way through / disaster is heading our way / but we´re heading forward anyway / what´s the prize you pay / a life for love and a phantom pain / a life for love and a phantom pain

9 LEAD-OUT

Lead-out / write me a line / on the walls of the maze / of my burning mind / lead-out / i´m in the seat / in the back of a theatre by the corner of my dreams / now that my world has come / undone all my hope is somewhere else / i´m okay / for today / spinning ´round / lead me out / watch out for your burning mind / watch out from a curious sky / oh what a beautiful life / i´m standing up for days now / break through the roof / I look at the stars for proof / i´m okay / for today / spin me around / lead me out / now that my world has come / undone all my hope is gone / far away i´ll keep moving on / i´ll keep movin´on

10 BLUES FOR MY BABY

I´m standing on the junction / i´m standing on my own / yea it´s the same old story / every lonely one has told / alright and i will do it / alright i let you know / how it´s cold and dark out here / that´s how it feels to be alone / please believe me, when I say / i´d rather be with my baby / than sing this song anyway / here´s a blues for my baby / here´s a blues for my baby / oh most beautiful death / come and get me now / if anything ever was worth anything / it´s to live and die for love / now start your yelling, yelling at a fool / for the people who know everything / we don´t play by your rules / i don´t need names for colors / they all faded to grey / since i woke up without my baby / me bed was lonely as a grave / here´s a blues for my baby / here´s a blues for my baby / here´s a blues for my baby / here´s a blues for my baby / please believe me, when I say / i would rather be with my baby / than sing this song anyway / here´s a blues for my baby / here´s a blues for my baby / here´s a blues for my baby / here´s a blues for my baby

11 MOUTH

I´m feeling the treason / and i´m feeling the gap / i feel the disconnection / and it feels like a trap / and i´m feeling lonely / and i´m feeling small / and my name is a number / that i can´t recall / i´m seeing the child / and i´m seeing the ghost / and the factories draining / the fountain of youth / and if i had a mouth / i´d cry out for what i need / but my mouth is a number / that i cannot read / and it´s dangerous to dream of liberation / says the nursery ward and blocks the information / and i peel through the window / and i see me in there / and i´m so comfortable / that it hurts everywhere / and if i had a mouth i´d cry out for what i need / but my mouth is a number / that i cannot speak