Riven Earth Lyrics

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

The world is tumbling down
our time has come to end
still some nations stick together
trying to defend
their civil rights and the rules of human life
they learned their lesson since 1945
all in all people like to rest in peace
but there´s always one who suffers from desease
still the world is ruled by maniacs and their money
always wanting more,
they think that war is funny

Chorus:
No place to go and there´s no place to hide
there´s no excuse to insist in that fight
there is no reason to kill them at all
you´ll stand alone with your back against the wall

Half the world is suffering from hunger
lack of fresh water and the oceans level up
but the world is ruled by maniacs and their money
always wanting more, they think that war is funny

Chorus:
No place to go and there´s no place to hide
there´s no excuse to insist in that fight
there is no reason to kill them at all
you´ll stand alone with your back against the wall

all in all people like to rest in peace
but there´s always one who suffers from desease
still the world is ruled by maniacs and their money
always wanting more, they think that war is funny

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

He was born at the edge of the town
on lower east side where no cop comes around
corruption grows wherever you go
tailer-made suits up from top to toe
italian kids work as shoeshine boys
while the others played with expensive toys
he grew up in these streets of violence
only survived by the means of self-defence

Lucky got a gun and he learned to shoot at everyone
Lucky never failed, his was keen-eyed
and his victims always died
Lucky got a gun, he had big fun
and he always did what´s to be done
Lucky never asked if it was right
that his victims always died

His father was a gambler and his brother too
His mother liked to drink before afternoon
and after dinner she was that high
snoring stardust before the ride
his sister died at the age of 16
she was addicted to heroin
her young life ended with an overdose
and Lucky swore revenge by holy Mary`s rose

Lucky got a gun and he learned to shoot at everyone
Lucky never failed, his was keen-eyed
and his victims always died
Lucky got a gun, he had big fun
and he always did what´s to be done
Lucky never asked if it was right
that his victims always died

1929, St. Valentine´s day
Lucky shot them down, he wants to free his way
he wants to be their number one
but from now on he´s always on the run

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

All I remember that day in december
everything changed in my world
Now that you´re gone and you left us behind
feels like a cut in my life
thousands of mothers and thousands of men
lost in this fight without sense
looks like they all know that this is the last fight
forever they want to be free

Chorus:
Still I can see that look in her eyes
Her face was quiet frozen by surprise
The moment she died, when she passed away
I whish I could look the other way
Just so shocked, my heart beat so wild
Just take a look through the eyes
of a child,
take a look through the eyes of a child
take a look through the eyes of a child

Calm down the waves in your mind
trying to erase what you left behind
only forward, you don´t understand
all of the wasting in your homeland
Maybe one day the clouds disappear
maybe the storm can be stopped
you´re so young, but there´s noone around
to reach out a helping hand, a helping hand

Chorus:
Still I can see that look in her eyes
Her face was quiet frozen by surprise
The moment she died, when she passed away
I whish I could look the other way
Just so shocked, my heart beat so wild
Just take a look through the eyes
of a child,
take a look through the eyes of a child
take a look through the eyes of a child

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

It was just a normal day, you decided not to stay
I know it wasn´t easy but at last you went away
you broke down all our bridges and our time ran out at once
you had to find out who you are, thats what I heard you say

One more night and one more chance
was all I said it made no sense
it was too late for one more night

I can see by the look in your eyes
you wanna tell me that it´s no surprise
and I know we didn´t talk anymore
you felt so lonely and you´re waiting for
the one word, waiting for the one word
this tiny little one word, the word you never heard

I didn´t start the fire,
I didn´t start the game at all
now, I´m calling out your name
through the wind and through the rain
a storm is raging in my heart
it even couldn´t ease my pain
I wonder if you found out,
never looking back
never looking back
I´m no longer calling out your name
no more wind and no more rain

now all the tears on my pillow
are dried out in the heat
and the sound of your laughter is fading to the beat

It was just a normal day, you decided not to stay
I know it wasn´t easy but at last you went away
you broke down all our bridges and our time ran out at once
you had to find out who you are, thats what I heard you say

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

The track is moving westwards and
a young man carries all he can
mothers with their new born kids
with blisters on their feet
It seems to be a long way to go
some thousand miles to walk on and so
I bought a second pair of shoes
cause I got nothing more to lose

Rifles and guns never
saved anyone all the
weapons of war
always used what they´re for

night falls and it´s cold and wet
wearing all the clothes we had
wind is blowing dust in our eyes
we´re all awaiting the the sunrise

life is lost by innocents
there was no way of self defense
they didn´t get a chance at all
their names appearing anywhere on a stony wall

Chorus
anyway, if you try to change the world
you´re not alone to walk that way
you can try to lift that
heavy stone
but you know you´re not alone
you couldn´t do it on your own

Refrain:
Rifles and guns never
saved anyone all the
weapons of war
always used what they´re for

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

When I was young I never thought I'll grow old
felt so strong and healthy, but I've been told
there could come times when things go wrong
but until then it would last long
I liked to move in every thinkable way
I lived so naturally every single day.
I never caught any serious disease
and I´m so greatful, would you believe me please
Chorus:
But I'm still alive , 64 or 65
I'm still alive, always trying to survive
Yes I am still here, with my anger and my fear
With a brain sharp as a knife
I'm no longer 65, but still alive

when I lean back thinking of the past
some friends have gone but friendship always lasts
where are the years and days that have all gone
all the millions of minutes so quickly passed along

Chorus:
It´s no use trying to ease the pain
so many tears have been cried, but all in vane
so many useless words we said
about what´s good and what is bad
what is wrong and what is right
my friends good night

Chorus:
But I´m still alive

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

Once in a dim and distant time I walked with you
so long ago that I forgot the changes we been through
I heard you cry, I knew you are the one
but I just left you here, so many things undone
I´m staring from my window sill
the empty playground left so still
and in the mirror I see someone I don´t know
that man and me had different ways to go
Chorus:
there´s no reason for looking back
it doesn´t help to step back instead
facing the future right in front of your face
you shouldn´t look back to these days
the face in the water isn´t just the same
I even don´t know what´s the strangers name
only ripples left on surface
and all my memories burried in this cold place
and in my eyes I feel the tears
cold as ice and in my ears
I hear a voice shouting
hey Jack don´t look back, don´t look back
I hear a voice shouting
hey Jack don´t look back, don´t look back
Your book of life is almost written to the end
just turn the pages, you will find the promised land
the days went by they are fading out of sight
never looking back the future will be bright
and in the mirror I see someone else like me
never looking back the future´s plain to see
when there´s no quieter place than deep inside your heart
the actor of your life prefers to play another part

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

Lying awake in my basement flat
thoughts go round and round still in my head
considering what I have done today
was it the right decision anyway
turning around
turning around from left to right
I hope that I could find my sleep tonight
the wind is whispering in my ear
words and phrases I don´t wanna hear

No matter what you´ve done that day
your mind constructions bluff you anyway
your brain decides what´s bad or good for you
and in your dreams sometimes a dream comes true

The rain is slowly pouring down my window sill
my eyelids going heavy and I´m thinking still
of all the stuff I talked about with you
and what I watched on TV, was it true?
Was it true that someone killed someone
or was it just a dream that I begun

I was haunted by a million men
they trying to find me where ever they can
I don´t know why the are chasing me
and my heart is beating restlessly
I try to hide, try to escape
the sun is beating down and in the shade
regaining consciousness, my throat is dry
all I can do is a silent cry

It´s getting colder and the sun goes down
looking upwards and I turn around
all of a sudden I heard a sound
and in the distance the lights of a town
is it real or just a dream
although my lips move, I don´t hear my scream
only trees and leaves, the wood is thick
and my brain is playing dirty tricks

Lyrics by Uli Krücken

You say it´s for your comfort,
you need something to hold on
you must know that when your´gone
it´s not forever done

All the rules are written down
in a holy ancient book
but noone knows if it is true
and if you take a look
on other books like these
it´s not so different what you read
you´ll find it´s just a copy
of the same odd cheese

All the things you´ve done here
on this planet mother earth
can´t be good for nothing
there must a rebirth

If you are a moslem, a christian or a jew
believe whatever you want
please don´t mind what I do
Chorus:
Stop trying to tell us the same old lies
about the virgin and the birth of Jesus Christ
about godfather and the holy ghost
the greatest bullshit ever told from coast to coast

who, who´s that man in that ankle-deep white robe and
why people cry when he talks

They killed Sinead o Conner
cause she only told the truth
a question of honour,
the alliance got the blues cause
she damaged the repute of holy father on earth
but they may kill a woman just by printed words
if their god is so almighty
why does he permit
that they fight against each other
just to get rid of
each and everybody who won´t believe
2000 year-old fairy-tales,
they´re just like fallen leaves