This music is a draft. I will be released in autumn 2025 because we are fed up. Fed up with old, white men who dare to accumulate so much money and power and so few brain, heart and soul that they might be able to push our world into oblivion. We will not allow that. ANY of that.
A LIFE
23627 days have passed since my birth.
I am 64 years old, I have four children, 5 step children and three grand children. The youngest is only one and a half years old and my eldest daughter gave birth to her. My daughter is an officer of the German federal police AND used to work for the LAST GENERATION. WHAT A STEP towards hope and confidence.
This song is almost 30 minutes long and comprises speeches from the last almost one hundred years by men, who tried to make the world a better place or failed to make it worse. And most of them I witnessed without a war in Europe. They are:
Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Konrad Adenauer, Walter Ulbricht, Helmut Schmidt, John F. Kennedy, Willy Brandt, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Günther Schabowski, Barack Obama, Steve Jobs.
SON
Dedicated to my two sons who are young enough to change EVERYTHING!
This is a song for
The times we reached here
When everything comes to a halt
The things we longed for
The facts we taught were
Made and built
In a different world
We’ve gone too far, boy
And I was part of
Crossing line after line
I wanna try to
Apologize for
Not knowing, seeing all
The wrongs around
You have the chance now
To change the lane for
Slowing down and start again
But we could fail, boy
And reach the edge where we
Might fall down
And won’t get up again
– Acoustic Guitar Solo –
Will there be a way
To try to cope
With what we have
What would be
If every one just stops
To crave for more
To chase the stocks
To run for bucks and cash
If everyone would think
For others all around
You are my son, boy
For the day to come
You have the chance
To make things right
You’ll be the one, boy
To leave the dark story
And reach the shining light
Again at last
We crossed the line, boy
When it was time for
A stop, we didn’t take the break
We’ve gone too far boy
Our world is not a toy, boy
And everyone of us is at stake
– Sax & Synth Solo –
You have the chance now
To change the lane for
Slowing down and start again
You’ll be the one, boy
To leave the dark story
And reach the shining light again at last
– e-Guitar Solo –
You have the chance now
To change the lane for
Slowing down and start again
You’ll be the one, boy
To leave the dark story
And reach the shining light again at last
THE LAST SONG
Written in Australia in 1983 this song has never lost its power and is AGAIN so very present. I.C.U. is – after all these years – still a collaboration of Nicolas Grant (now in Dublin, git, voc) and me (kb, voc, mix, master)
V1
There was a time when I was younger
Now we’re just counting out the days
V2
We used to have no fear of evil
But now it seems so far away
V3
Could it be that I am dying
Or that they have pressed the button
V4
Perhaps they no where I am hiding
And know I’m writing this song
C1
I can’t explain what is happening
I can’t control the steps of my own life
There is nobody who can help me
I will be alone
V5
The end is here, I know, I feel it
People are running round out there
V6
Someone shout in pain – I must ignore it
I will be the only one in tears
C2
I can’t explain what is happening
I can’t control the steps of my own life
There is nobody who can help me
I will be alone
– e-Git Solo –
C3
I can’t explain what is happening
I can’t control the steps of my own life
There is nobody who can help me
I will be
I will be
I will be
Alone