Riven Earth Lyrics

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

High above on pinewood castle,
so proudly waves the flag
but he could see from far away
it´s time for coming back.
Horsemen brave and faithful
defended walls of stone
so many of them lost their lives
they´re dying all alone

I went so many miles, I went so many times
I walked around all over the world
I fought so many wars I knew they were in vaine
all alone I fought against the rain

All the way, all this time
just to find that all is waisted
tears will turn him blind.

I went so many miles, I went so many times
I walked around all over the world
I fought so many wars I knew they were in vaine
all alone I fought against the rain

High above on pinewood castle
now he wants to take a rest
he wants to lay his head down
feels a squeeze around his chest
All the way , all this time
just to find that all is waisted
tears will turn him blind.

All the strain, all the pain
the bitter smell of death and ravage
confused his good old brain

All the way , all this time
just to find that all is waisted
tears will turn him blind.
he wants to lay his head down,
just to take a rest

All the way , all this time
just to find that all is waisted
tears will turn him blind.

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

A million miles away from here
another place another kind of race
or is it just dream
we´re in a state of inbetween
In far out distant galaxies
On milky ways on orbit streets
A million miles away from here
A million miles away from there

Refrain:
We´ll never find a way to see when things go wrong
we´ll never find another earth where life just can go on
and mother earth will be the only one we ever have
there´s no time left to turn the wheel against the course of time
Radio speaker:
This is the first time in history that a nation explores if there is a
chance to find out how live can go on on another planet.
Could there be human life the way we know up to now
or is it just a dream?
We can fly, we can fly so high
round the world in a plane
so insane
mankind is just so vaine
they never win the game
the message came from outer space
it read these are your last days
there´s no chance to escape
those were the days, those were the days

Refrain:
We´ll never find a way to see when things go wrong
we´ll never find another earth where life just can go on
and mother earth will be the only one we ever have
there´s no time left to turn the wheel against the course of time

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

I was eighteen when I left home
I gotta do something on my own
so I got to go away
sometimes it seems like time stands still
cause nothing happens and I feel
I can´t stand it anymore

Feelin homeless, I can´t stand it any more
need a change now, walking around from door to door
and every day another place
so many roads , so many ways

I saw London bridge and heard Big Ben
I watched the the Eiffel tower and
I went to Dali´s house in Spain
I went all the way to China, I went all the way to Greece
eating Couscous in Afghanistan, Bac klaba in Istanbul
feelin homesick, tired and I miss my friends
where´s my brother, where´s my sister and my son
and every day another place
just different roads and different ways

Ref. :
You can´t come back believin
that everything remains the same
your lonely heart is grieving now
you can´t come back believin
your mum and dad grew older now
your neighbours don´t know who you are
you can´t come back believin that everything remains the same

And one fine day I looked around
considering what I have found
wondering what I´ve been searching for
I got my things packed, booked a flight
so I could be at home tonight
I wanna be back home tonight

feelin homesick, tired and I miss my friends
where´s my brother, where´s my sister and my son
How will they feel when I come back
Is everybody still on deck

Ref. :
You can´t come back believin
that everything remains the same
your lonely heart is grieving now
you can´t come back believin
your mum and dad grew older now
your neighbours don´t know who you are
you can´t come back believin that everything remains the same

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

Walking through the streets at night
blinded by the city lights
movie palace closed the doors
De Niro´s smiling from the wall
from far away I heard that melody on Broadway
I heard that melody on broadway

the walk of fame ´s now frozen ground
and suddenly I heard that sound
someone falls on to his knees
right beside me , right beside me
I looked into a hundred eyes
I heared them shout and hear their cries

sirenes wailing on the roof
I´m surrounded and i prove
how my chance is to escape
but I see my chances fade
shall I shoot to free my way
and try again another day
this is what I´m waiting for
try to reach the iron door

Shivering to the bone,
frozen like a stone
climbing up and down the walls-
I can hear their calls
stop the fucking bastard,
this would be your last word
this would be your last word
I turn around and see them catch up
I´m out of breath, I know-
they can´t be far away

I hide behind the corner, jump across the edge
try to reach the wood before they could sourround me
I can hear the bloodhounds barking deep and loud
Straight across the park I´m haunted, time is running out.
I turn around and see them catch up
I´m out of breath, I know- they can´t be far away

Refrain :
I never had a chance, I never had a romance
all my life I´ve been running away
I never saw the the sun, no matter what I begun
I´ve been running away

But at last they caught me hands cuffed on my back,
they found a bit of grass found a bit of crack
Fell into a deep hole, see the iron door
Feel the burdon on my back, feel it on my back
They said it´s just enought to put me into jail
and that I lost my last chance anyway

Just the same old story in the land of glory
it doesn´t matter what you´ve done
they don´like explaining, is it wrong or right
it´s just a matter of being black or white
They said it´s just enought to put me into jail
and that I lost my last chance anyway

Refrain :
I never had a chance, I never had a romance
all my life I´ve been running away
I never saw the the sun, no matter what I begun
I´ve been running away

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

Let me tell you a story
Let me tell you a story of ancient times
about a landscape so great and wild
with buffallo tracks and wild horses to ride.
in the mountains and in the lakes
in the deep wild waters and canyon creeks
they could look at the sky above
where Manitou lives

Refrain :
But the white man came and wanted all
The white man came and hit the ball
the white man taught him not to think
he taught the red man how to drink

living there in the prairie
red skinned indians and they carry
meat and water, all they all need is
just a tent to sleep, no borders
only the mountains and rapids in a stream

The black slave from west Africa
was forced to do their work so hard
on cottonfields and in the mine
the rain pours down, the sun won´t shine.
Building railways and streets so long
where so many died, so many have gone
only laws they don´t understand
forced to fight for a foreign land

Refrain :
The white man came and wanted all
The white man came and hit the Ball
the white man taught him not to think
he taught the black man how to drink

Always and everywhere
trying to lead a life noone cares
all their stories, that´the use
they could sing out that is blues
only the mountains and rapids in a stream
only the mountains and rapids in a stream
green trees and fountains
the air is full of steam.

fight raging waters and helplessly hoping
they all could survive
only the mountains and rapids in a stream

Proud to be born in the USA
in the land of the free,
in the land of the free
you can do whatever you want
and as long as you ´re white
you can fight for your right.

Refrain :
But the white man came and wanted all
The white man came and hit the Ball
you can do whatever you want
and as long as you ´re white
you can fight for your right.

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

All of my life I´ve been trying to find out
the sense of it all and I´m thinking about
will I come back after I´m gone
or if this chapter is forever done.

Refrain :
We all hope for better times to come
watchin the wheel going on and on
whishing to turn back or stop it at all
We all hope for better times to come

I walked to Santiago on the way of St. James
watchin how life is going on in Spain
I enjoyed the way of life in France
savoir vivre, they love to dance.

And if ever lose my way
just think it doesn't matter where I stay
live the moment, don't think twice
it doesn't come back,
come on close your eyes

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

This is the last time, this is the last dance
and in the inn the lights are dim
one last pint and one last word
we will never meet again

We both know this is the last time
Cause our time is running out
you and I know that's a good old story
you and I we had a real good time
we had a real good time

There´s no reason to grieve for you
no more time left for feeling blue
and in the end there´s no word left say
you stay here , I go another way

this is the way that all things go
this is the way that all the waters flow

Deep inside me I feel the pain
Please don´t worry, it will be in vaine

I go the way that all things go
I go the way that all the waters flow

I'm lying here with you
in the tall green grass
the sky so blue and the wind blows fast
and in the air the birds are soring high
I whish I could be with them till I die

And in the distance I see a light
Fading away the light so bright

the wind is rising and the tide is high
the rain is pouring down, the sun is shy
and deep inside the pain grows up
I feel it come, I need another cup

I go the way that all things go
I go the way that all the waters flow

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

It's not easy to get through to you
it's hard to explain
but I hope you can understand
what I want to say.
It seems you're lost and lonely anyway
it is so hard to see
and I whish I could turn back time
to the days when our lives were in line

See you smiling in the evening sun
just the way you can do
but I realize in your face
something's going wrong in your head
so many questions, so many words
I don't know what to do
but I can't get a reason or answer
what are you going through

Burn down the bridges, throw it all away
clean up your cicumstances day by day
who's your friend and who's your enemy
who you can trust and if it's your biographie

every picture leaves a clean space on the wall
all your memories and your worries long time gone
don't hang on relying to the past
cause your time is moving fast

Burn down the bridges, throw it all away
clean up your cicumstances day by day
who's your friend and who's your enemy
who you can trust and if it's your biographie

every picture leaves a clean space on the wall
all your memories and your worries long time gone
don't hang on relying to the past
cause your time is moving, moving

It's not a war you got to fight
there is no enemy and no one else to blame
and if you feel ashamed
I can tell you there is no reason
once on the wrong way you go on
and what you see is just colliding
just colliding with your view of the world

Refrain :
The world is turning round and round
your picture's hanging upside down
the world is turning round and round
your castle's burning to the ground

It's not a war you got to fight
It's not a war you got to fight

And every picture leaves a clean space on the wall
once on the wrong way you go on
and what you see is just colliding
just colliding with your view of the world
Refrain :
The world is turning round and round
your picture's hanging upside down
the world is turning round and round
your castle's burning to the ground

I´m fed up of the lies you tell
I´m fed up to my nose
I have enough of your excuses
and what you´re waiting for
don´t put the blame on someone else
just put the blame on yourself

And late at night I wake up
in the middle of a dream
I dreamt the same old story
the scene gets lost in steam
your face is lost in the fading light
I want to hold my baby tight
But it feels like you´re forever gone
you are my son you are my son

Years went by and you're growing older
you lost your hair and you don't feel stronger
and all the friends in your virtual world
forever gone or mentally hurt
It's too late now trying to make change
some things can never be rearranged
no chance to put your life on reset
too late to grieve too late to regret...

Still not easy to get through to you
and I don´t understand
what do you think how life should go on
just reach out your hand
all in all we are not the same kind
I did what I could
and I still can remember the days
when I could read in your face

Seems your smile is as it ever was
you and I know it´s done
it´s so sad but I know it´s all gone
but you are still my son
there´s a place in my heart forever
feels like a lost space
the world´s turning round and round
but you are still my son, still my son