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Facing Her Silhouette

by Rider Where The Trees Are Low

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1.
She rapidly moves on Walks in the lanterns' shine As if she's being followed She nervously looks back from time to time No, we will never know Why she decides to run She listens to the dark street To realize the chase has just begun And the story continues He has spotted her Watched her for a while He takes a silent breath Astonished at her desperate denial To stay and face what she So thoughtlessly has done The reason why they sent him To release the safety of his gun And the story continues He's in pursuit of you He will get you soon And I think there'll be no mercy for your deeds You don't know his name But certainly his aim And your heart won't be the only part that bleeds She slowly turns around Although it's hard to dare She doesn't know this man But feels the icy coldness in his stare They stand face to face Her eyes do not say "Why?" She's ready to give in But at the same time not ready to die And the story continues A sudden shot, it rips The air without a sound Her last groan can be heard In slow motion, her body hits the ground Before they lose their light Her eyes are open wide And the guy with the black suit Turns around and vanishes in the night Seems like the story is over Don't be frightened now It was just a story But I thought a happy end Might be a little boring So I told you this dark tale Of how people try hard and fail And if you're going out tonight You better watch your back
2.
I don't see a public clock Like people don't want to share their time I've got a watch upon my wrist It's cheap and old but it is mine I don't see a library Like people don't share what they know I've got some books upon my shelf I've read them but I won't show I don't see a cross or church Like people don't believe anymore "He doesn't look and doesn't care So what the hell should we pray for?" I don't see a monument Like people have no heroes to adore When there's no war, nobody knows The grimness of a cannon's roar These are the things I think about when I'm sitting On the bus that takes me to the city Following the streets with my eyes, I realize that I just had A new idea for a song Endless chains of words that go through my head when Strangers rush into my view and out of it again All the different people traveling to all the different places Tell me the stories behind the faces
3.
Sleep is slowly fading from your eyes The unknown room catches you by suprise The rising heat in here is hard to bear Just open up the door to get some air The others still embrace their pillows You want to go and tell the willows Of all these strange dreams you had last night As you walk into the kitchen You lay your eyes upon the fridge and The magnetic words upon its side Stare at the sun and recall smooth pictures of summer Your elaborate language is void You lie down again and grab a book It might not be wrong to have look You read a while, your mind's starting to stray And finally, you put the thing away She was nice, you liked her smile Even smiled back for a while Why didn't you get her number then? The others wanted to go home You had to leave her all alone Will you ever see this girl again? Stare at the sun and recall smooth pictures of summer Your elaborate language is void Stare at the sun and recall smooth pictures of summer Your elaborate language is void Stare at the sun and recall smooth pictures of summer Your elaborate language is void To Me
4.
It's not my turn to wipe away The lack of faith we both display It starts to influence our everyday behaviour The barkeeper won't be our saviour Chewing icecubes may be fun But finish up your drink and come To my car it's waiting in the dark street outside I'm still sober and I'll take you for a ride We don't have the time To try all the ways in life But if we go slow we will find A fairly good one Maybe not the best But still better than most of the rest For practical purpose that is All we need You don't have to say a word In fact, every one might hurt And shatter this strange mood of glass that we have built up We could do anything I know we have the will but We don't have the time To try all the ways in life But if we go slow we will find A fairly good one Maybe not the best But still better than most of the rest For practical purpose that is All we need Anneal me, conceal me, heal me, feel me, Hear me, rear me, appeal to me Anneal me, conceal me, heal me, feel me, Hear me, rear me, appeal to me Anneal me, conceal me, heal me, feel me, Hear me, rear me, appeal to me A theory is really and only a good one If it can be applied to reality Once again, I saved our week In the drivethrough, so to speak For this time, our problems vanished in the dark night Let's not worry too much, we will be alright We don't have the time To try all the ways in life But if we go slow we will find A fairly good one Maybe not the best But still better than most of the rest For practical purpose that is All we need
5.
Candlelight 05:22
Facing her silhouette I remain motionless Chasing words that I said While her hand more or less Lingers upon my tips Asking for my guidance Fingers close to her lips They are demanding silence But how can I confess to you that I have got a crush on you And even though the fuss is through, in darkness I am blushing, too Luckily, we're sitting by candlelight Candlelight [change of perspective] Why does he hesitate? He's the one I adore Shyness, it levitates What are we waiting for? Shivering shadows play On your face and on mine Quivering words that say What you thought all the time I'm so glad that you have said what lately went around in my head I feared to tread where doubts I had, it felt like wearing shoes of lead But now the spell is broken by candlelight Candlelight Came the night Candlelight
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On The Bus 00:48
7.
Nine turns to ten But please count me out When night turns to day I rather think about What lies behind me And what lies ahead Why I didn't go out And stayed here instead So this is the end of the year Some things closer than they appear A bunch of memories come back to you When you revisit a place you once knew He lacks the nose, his eyes are closed But I can still see This grayish giant by the road Is our rhinoceros tree He's standing there, head in the air His feet in the ground A strange outsider if compared To all the trees around I just wonder when It retransforms again And ambles to the horizon He's seen so many seasons come and go Blossom, wither, die It all got him so tired He closed his eyes and said good night To dream of sand and the hot days Of an sunny southern land Just like what I'm dreaming of Except for the sand Once upon a time, his body turned to wood He quickly got used to the new neighbourhood Shakes of his leaves and grows a new green vest Year after year and never feels distressed A broken horn, the wood is torn But I can still see This common beech beside the road Is our rhinoceros tree He's standing there, head in the air His feet in the ground Judging all the people Walking by, without a sound I just wonder when It retransforms again And ambles to the horizon If they come to cut you down one day I won't sigh or groan Because I know that when they burn you in the oven You can fly back home At least you lived in peace for long As far as I can tell So if these lines are a good bye Fare thee well, rhino friend, fare thee well
8.
You always shook the right hands and smiled at the right times Now you're member of a group spending dollars and not dimes Can rising people understand the pain of those that fell? Whatever you have done, you've done it well You enjoy your coffee from a pricey gold rimmed cup There's no need to mention that you are on your way up The wealth you came to have by fraud it grows the more you sell Whatever you have done, you've done it well A lesson you have learned: corruption is the fastest lift If someone's not on your side you'll convince him with a gift One could write a book about the tricks that you can tell Whatever you have done, you've done it well It's a cruel society of rich folks, I've been told Where selfishness is silver and the ruthlessness is gold A,r,r,o,g,a,n,c,e - what does that spell? Whatever you have done, you've done it well Once your house said "come right in" and your face said "hello" Now they both look locked, rejecting people they don't know You traded your doormat for a rifle and a shell Whatever you have done, you've done it well Staring at the ceiling, in the night awake you keep Afraid of all the have-nots who might robb you in your sleep The sweet scent of sharing things to you is a bad smell Whatever you have done, you've done it well All the human problems, they were never in your head Why should you then care about environment instead? Acid raining from the sky, the oceans start to swell Whatever you have done, you've done it well Rebellious, planless, careless, easy, not taking advice In your eyes and those of god I'm a sinner in disguise You will go to heaven as sure as I will go to hell Whatever you have done, you've done it well You're the kind of person who would sneak into a hearse And take the old lady's precious jewelry and her purse Stealing candy from a child even if it starts to yell Whatever you have done, you've done it well If there is the rapture you will sure be left behind There's no place in paradise for people of your kind You will go to hell as sure as I will go to heaven So if you're six six six I'm six six seven
9.
The story of a wolf Straying through the woods nearby Is scaring all the people in this town They entreat me to stay As if I ever wanted to go away Shepherd's blood In my veins Thin but stronger than ever Shepherd's blood Driving me I will keep my herd together The stillness of the grass The bleating of the sheep around I just couldn't live without that sound Look across the green plain I'm on its face on sunny days and in the rain Shepherd's blood In my veins Thin but stronger than ever Shepherd's blood Driving me I will keep my herd together People are like sheep Peaceful if just left alone But sensible to threats and lack of food Someone has to provide A place where they can be safe side by side
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For Anne 05:11
At the end of our relationship I thought about how we first met And I won't ever forget Standing in the pouring rain In a sink without a drain I wore my rain jacket in vain But now I'm dry and wide awake I felt my future was at stake I grabbed the wheel and hit the brake You'll be meeting other boys And I would love to raise my voice But it was me who made this choice You never told me what you went through And you never showed me I was special for you How can you question my sincerity When I said I needed thee (I need thee) I hate myself today There's nothing left to say I hate myself today There's so much left So much left to say in this song For one day a little much But we do both not hold a grudge I hope that we will keep in touch One last word of good advice Just shake your hand and throw the dice The game is that you realize How can you be so sure everything you do will turn out wrong? How can you forget that what doesn't kill you will make you strong? We will be okay There's nothing left to say Yeah, we will be okay There's nothing left Nothing left to say
12.
When I go out for distraction Lonely searching a new start There's a deep warm satisfaction Crawling to my aching heart Hurry is a foreign word Ground feels good below my feet I don't care about the dirt As I walk this empty street Sometimes in the arms of nature Silence is the only sound But my ears and eyes, they try to Get impressions from around Blades of grass are waving slidely Sounds of birds around my face And my eyes are opened widely Sucking in the natural grace Down the greenest dreams of pastures Up the endless sky in blue Summer clouds are passing slowly Let me fly away with you Flowers greeting from the roadside Watchers of the way I roam Smell the sweetness of the landscape Seems that we are coming home

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released April 1, 2010

Jan Hendrik Thiede - guitars, voices & noises, harmonica, glockenspiel, genuine f*ck-ups

Recorded 03/11/10-03/18/10 and 03/23/10-03/28/10 at Home, Marburg.
Outside noises for "Sunday Afternoon Idyll" recorded on a Thursday. All songs written, produced and mixed by Jan Thiede.

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Rider Where The Trees Are Low Marburg, Germany

RWTTAL is singer​/songw​riter Jan Thiede from Marburg, Germany. In his songs, he explores the possibilities of acoustic yet progressive music where folk miniatures and complex conceptual longtracks enjoy equal rights.

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