GOLDEN AGE
even the stars are too close
our enemies of the sun

heroes in daily games
never tired to revel in fantasies
silent just like gilden idols
transparent like mirror images of their aspirations
glaring digitally into the void

mysteries swallow them
through silver gates to leaden chains
but still, none dare to contest them
in the freedoms of their dreary imaginary rule

this is the day of disintegration
in my song of no protest

I hate this spring turned winter
the voice of autumn in the westernmost chill
you make me shiver
I lost my laughter in a shopping mall

are you there?
where if not here?
I see you and hear someone else

a terrible world in which to grow older
and here I still am
I spy on God, watch him betray us
frightening

are you there?
where if not here?
I see you and hear someone else

no elves linger here in forests burning
just flies among pale trees
no wolves in beds of kings
lost in silk and velvet
rags to hide beneath
the right to breathe
the right to command
the right to trust
the right to force
Gods among the ordinary

we are all trying to keep storms at bay

HUNGER
listen to the stars
and hear them calling my name
talk to them and find myself speechless
in silence profound I continue to stare
the stars and I keep filling the silence
witness the death of Mars
and his allies
suffocate in the void of the universe

and every water poisoned
my absinthe friends
and me
playing games
we've gone too far
too far already
drown the stains to forget
wait for the stars to show
my absent friends
hungry dogs fed on the pale white of neon lit corridors

the withering skies crash beneath my feet
I fade out
and am washed away

SILVER
to reach the stars you need to travel light
she does so and loses herself
her Eden loves its bewildering songs
she loves their thorns
their silent poison
a final escape

let her life slip from my fingers
and give it up to the stars
the side has chosen her and won't let go
let her disappear and leave no trace
vanished beneath the roots of dead trees

loving eyes in tired faces confront one another
mutual misunderstanding
private wars of everyday reality
his hunger of a mercenary
her passionate mutiny
to forget is to forgive

the age of riots is over
a thousand mere cereal killers on the loose
I light the kettle
time to muse on anything
tea cup in hand
I think of blowing up the entire world
everything
I think of blowing up everything

AGAINST
I am trapped in virus against
open pitfall digital
emptiness at speed of light
bridges across the gap of errors
I bear my own time and die under its weight
collapse under its never, its now
under my free will

drown in the net and forever fail
and no angrier than I've always been
this is called evolution
put to public shame

blood red noise
suffering the sound of no surprise
my rational analysis of emotional malfunctioning
a puppeteer of reasoning death clowns
let silence absorb morbid laughs
to the shadows
a master of no disguise
presence uncloaked

no stronger drug than conspiracy
no stronger drug than fantasy
God bless reality
godless reality

cynicism ignites
I can't stand this place
not anymore
après moi le déluge

what if she decides to take it all away
the little life that is left to me
what if she
my heart beats me

ASH
he feels the tightening of the noose
the rough feel of her rope on his skin
control invisible
voluntarily concealed
unknowingly ignored then forgotten
like a dog on a leash
answering her call
the train doors open
his heart stops

hollow and forlorn she stands
disappearing almost in the mass of grey
waiting to be through with all

I release the bonds holding you
and see you falling apart

do you remember our time?
do you even remember us?

you expect me to give
what I don't own anymore
I've been taken to the shadows
I stay as the world quits me

night devours us
rain drowns us

losing control on slippery streets among late cars
the last travellers pass me by
whitewashed and painted blank
against the current
all faces blurred

DEATH TRIUMPHANT
the train is empty but for me
I submit to the neon lights
let them burn my eyes
and freeze my heart
I stare out of dirty windows into the emptiness

I awake with noises and shudders
and find my feet on wet grass
the headlights of my train disappear
hearts shout for an easy escape
and sleep undisturbed

her daily ordeal begins again
white teeth bite salty tongues
greasy lips mouth poisoned words
lies for future liars

neon force
neon greed
neon death
triumphant
gaping neon wounds

iron hammers of a dead heart's beating
blood stench of rust
fear of dust and shit

she shuts it all out and shuts herself in
neon armour
neon emptiness
neon love

all birth is sorrow
the oldest songs
all life ends in sorrow
greedy bitter bonds of sarcasm
fear is the new God
and he likes murder
all life ends in sorrow
greedy bitter bonds of sarcasm
a lion caged
I allow the tragedy to triumph over me

(FS 2008-2011)