Surprised

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

Is it real or is it not?
I can’t tell from this spot
I must see from behind
What you try to hide

And sometimes a song is just a song
And sometimes the obvious is not so wrong

If you never trust your eyes
You can never be surprised

Is it real or is it not?
For every yes, there is a but
The cynic talks right from the start
He only hides his broken heart

And sometimes the words are only words
There’s no hidden sense nothing that hurts

If you never trust your eyes
You can never be surprised

27.03.08

Chase the moon

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

Run as fast you can
Still it feels you stand
Nailed into the ground

How come that the sun
Already sets down
Has it made its circle around?

I can’t let go
There’s more, I know
Just give more of your light

This is too soon
Go chase the moon
And ban it for tonight

You can sleep but can you wake up
Can you go back and erase it what if not?
You can wait but can you catch up
You cannot fail if you never really stop

Day has passed but I
Cannot close my eyes
Put my head to rest

This day could be the last
Becomes part of the past
Have I really given my best?

And the answer I don’t know
To a question that I don’t
Even know how to ask in my head

How could the sun
Even think of getting down
And leave me stand alone here in the dark

You can sleep but can you wake up
Can you go back and erase it what if not?
You can wait but can you catch up
You cannot fail if you never really stop

I/U

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

I’m finally here,
the gate was small, the way was long,
I’m so glad we made it home

I hear the talk,
they say that they new all along,
but I was the only one for so long

I irritate you, irritate me

They are finding ways
to make it seem so easy done,
diminish all your efforts, tear them down

They are sowing doubt
and it will make you change your course,
if you want or if you don’t

Outside

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

You don’t need to be afraid
I’m sure we both will find a way
Life is not so bad to us
We got food and drinks en masse
We can stay inside and hide for a while
We don’t need to go outside

This is not what we intended to do
But you know things mostly don’t go
Like you want them to
Looking back later on, we’ll have something to smile upon
And I’m sure this will end up right, we don’t need to go outside

Ocean

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

We fell into an ocean
We fell into the sea
And suddenly it strikes me
No one’s here to look after me

I’m all alone

No one’s going to save us now
Out here

We fell into oblivion
We fell into a hole in the ground
There’s not one ray of light here
The hole is way to deep and profound

Where are you now?

No one’s going to save us now
In here

Where are you now?

A to E

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

No wrong assumption
No comfort please
And all we sang and wrote
Could bring us some relief

My head’s becoming
A barricade
The revolution’s near but
Maybe it’s too late

Help me tear down the walls, can you?

For once is just what you expect
This time it’s from A to E and back

No fast conclusions
We’re not there yet
Of all the things I lack
I really miss my bed

No false illusions
Not really sad
The only thing I need
A place to rest my head

We have climbed up the stairs
Let our lungs fill with air
But for us I didn’t smell so right up there

At least I know where I stand

For once is just what you expect
This time it’s from A to E and back

I fell down

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

I fell down but I got up
Two seconds later and
You fell down and you’re still
Lying there on the ground

With your face in the dirt
And there’s mud on your shirt

And you cry, cry, cry, cry, cry
And you wish you would die

I fell down but I got up
Two seconds later and

You fell down and you could not
Find a reason to get up again
And you started liking
Your life there on the ground

With your faith in the dirt
And there’s mud on your shirt

You don’t need to cry, cry, cry
If you don’t ever live, you don’t ever die

If I was a better friend I would
Take you by the hand but
You stopped so long ago
To reach out for someone you know

Now I cry, cry, cry, cry, cry
Because I wish you would try

Accidentally

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

When you said you’re never going back, well
Did you mean that?
We haven’t talked for a while but talk is cheap
Did you know that?

If you’ve stayed who you were
I mean a little bit
I will know who you are
When we meet accidentally in the streets

When we meet again I will still know you
When we meet again I will not forget you
When you’re gone
When you’re gone I will pretend to sleep

When I said, “forget about the past”, well
I didn’t mean that
Yes, I know, it makes us who we are but
I sometimes forget that

If you’ve stayed who you were
Not a person I can see trough the very first minute
Don’t you think we should try
Someday soon to meet accidentally in the streets?

When we meet again I will still know you
When we meet again I will not forget you
When you’re gone
When you’re gone I will pretend to sleep

Yes, it’s time to catch up on the wasted time
Yes, I feel fine but how are you?
You’ve got a family, that is so great news
I never thought we’d get this old, did you?

When we meet again I will still know you
When we meet again I will not forget you
When you’re gone
When you’re gone I will pretend to sleep

Lock

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

Let’s fake the the silence
and do as if nobody’s home,
pretend we’re all alone

Let’s form a circle
and do as if we’re only one,
this knot can’t be undone

Wherever you go
there’s always a door
nobody can lock

No cold and no heat
we could not defeat,
just grap the phone and talk

Let’s form a spell to
keep all the cold-hearted out,
they always talk so loud

Let’s built a wall to
keep all the trouble apart,
no one gets to our heart

Wherever you go
there’s always a door
nobody can lock

No wind and no storm
can make us fall down,
just grap the phone and talk

When I go,
will you follow?
When I leave,
will you borrow me
all your fears and your sorrows?
All your needs

Wherever you go
there’s always a door
nobody can lock

No fist and no word
can make us feel hurt,
just grap the phone and talk

Now

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

Choose your words and make a rime
You never know when it’s the time
Get everything out that is inside
Clear what’s on your mind
Silence is good, darkness and light
Start to fill the lines on the blank page in my head

Waiting for you now
Come to me again
Waiting for you now
Will we meet again?

I always hear you but you won’t
Use the same language every time you speak to me
You never dictate twice the same phrase
Never show your face out of focus in the shade

10 years

Words & music: Daniel Balthasar

10 years from now is tomorrow
After them 10 more will follow

10 years from now is tomorrow
After them 10 more will follow
How could I have been so wrong?
10 years is not really long

Come back to me again

10 years from now is tomorrow
After them 10 more will follow
It will just go on and on
Even after we have gone

Come back to me again

10 years from now is tomorrow
After them 10 more will follow
How could I have been so wrong?
10 years pass just like this song

Come back to me again