Lyrics

Napokania

Welcome to our part of the universe
where the traffic lights are just suggestions
Find us in the third galaxy on the right,
go left at the end of the milky-way
We hope you will enjoy your stay
The drummer plays on a violin bow
and the guitar sounds like it’s broken

Hating means loving and kissing means coughing
In this country the king is a peppermint

Even though it is divergent
I’m learning to live
Far away from my base
I’m trying to grow new roots
Even though
I’m not sure
Will you let them grow

Most people cry when they
hear major chords
And at your birthday
we’ll sing you the blues
The length of a traffic jam
varies between 2 and 8 weeks
Complain and you’re placed at the back
Put on your warmest sweater,
the temperature instantly drops ten degrees

Dating means cheating
Avoiding means greeting
The queen is the polisher of coins

Even though it is divergent
I’m learning to live
Far away from my base
I’m trying to grow new roots
Even though
I’m not sure
Will you let them grow

I’m trying
to learn backwards,
but it’s harder than learning Dutch
Will you be kind to me if I fail
I’m learning your language
What good is it if no-one talks to me

I can give you the rest of my life,
but what will you give me in return
I’m learning the geography of a place
whose name I don’t know
But give me the time I need

I want to laugh with your daughters
I want to cheer with your sons
I want to learn from your fathers
I’d like to be me and one of you

High Dive Jump

Fear feels familiar
and I’m still sitting in these old pajamas
High dive is staring at me like a lion from above

We’re like two boiling frogs living in a dirty bucket,
and we’re going back to our warm bed which
stands at the edge of the canyon

If I don’t choose at all, I won’t feel regret
Won’t go back won’t go further in this no-man’s-land
No-one to hold on to no one to grab my hand but myself
Just an empty horizon with some barren plants

Grey upon black upon grey
Day upon day upon day

Jump from that dive and even though I’m falling
it feels like I climbed the highest peak
For the first time alone on a train
Leaving my roots behind me

Cabin crew prepare for landing
Asking someone on a date
That feeling
It will get easier
easier

If you like scary movies,
grab some popcorn and face your fears
You don’t always need to be brave
immediately

Can I have time to doubt
to overthink life’s options
Would you recall any first time
if it wasn’t scary

Twenty dresses later

When I woke up to the melody of my phone
I saw it was you
I felt like 10 exuberant dogs jumping
after hearing the doorbell
You wanted to see me
I tried to act casually but something felt different in our bond
20 dresses later I walked into the bar and ooh

What is this connection
High voltage lightning electrifies us both,
the sparks fly around us
Can we move the borders can we tear them apart
with just a little more wine

Sitting beside you
trying to say something
but I can only stammer like like like
I answer your stories with nice nice nice nice
Nice that you do everything that I’d never do
No no no keep me waiting keep me hanging
in any position you’d like your marionette
I’m so tired of being lost in love
But my feet always walk back to you

What is this connection
High voltage lightning electrifies us both,
the sparks fly around us
Can we move the borders can we tear them apart
with just a little more wine

Running cheerfully behind your white horse
Tons of energy and the wind at my back
Running for hours and hours
Then I noticed I lost sight of you

Should I keep on running
even if can’t keep up with you,
or should I run away and risk losing
these feelings and that a part of me dies

What is it I like about you
What is it I admire
Maybe something that I have
to integrate more in my life

Researching my feelings
Diggin deeper to find meanings

Thank you for helping me open this new door
Thank you for giving me the flow to write this song
Let’s meet again underneath the pedestal
But for now I’m going back
home

The Final Curtain

Hurry hurry
No time to lose
It’s your last call
before the final curtain falls

Days are passing
Make it now
You should have been there
3 years ago

Or should I
become a teacher
Hit the blackboard
with my worn-out guitar chords

Don’t give me a limit
Just give me faith
I’ll follow my own flow
It’s about time to take it slow

No time to waste
No time to waste
No time to waste
No time to waste time

If the curtain falls,
you have to grow up
At least a house and a dog and
two cats in the yard

Ironed towels
Iron smiles
For the first time in my life
I own a vacuum cleaner bag

Hurry hurry
Time is ticking
Wasn’t it giving me all along
the beat for my next song

Don’t give me limit
just give me faith
Cause I can tell you I’m already
11minuteslate

No time to waste
No time to waste
No time to waste
No time to waste time