"The Hammer Strikes"

(1993-1994)

Prophet And Loss

On beautiful afternoons

Should we work together

She has me and I her

Friends are always there for each other


She tells me secrets

I can keep silent

She knows I like to talk to her

Friends are always there for each other


How come I'm right

Her boyfriend left her

I told her

I always predicted it to her


Prophet and loss go together

The loss of a loved one

Prophet and loss go together


She comes right up to me

In the red glow of the dim light

She donates body heat

Or is it on fire here


She comes right up to me

In the red glow of the dim light

She donates body heat

Or is it on fire here


She sheds her red hair

Consciously in my face

Her rescuer out of distress

Thinks she has him in front of her


Prophet and loss go together

The loss of a loved one

Prophet and loss go together

Boiling Point

There is no cure yet

To stop thieves

From taking the weaker ones

Is there an end


If the boiling point is steaming

The boiling point steams

The boiling point steams

Point and out

Help me blow off steam


I'm not saying goodbye now

Because I almost envy you

You are now free

Free from a world empire

Which is always under control


If the boiling point is steaming

The boiling point steams

The boiling point steams

Point and out

Help me blow off steam


I'm blowing that smelly steam

It gets hotter in that infernal steam

I'm blowing that smelly steam

Deliver me from that infernal steam

The Resurrection Of The Hammer

It's a real nightmare

I wake up and everything is over

I'm not afraid of him and the hammer

The resurrection of the hammer


The truth matters a lot to me

And

I get questions that I can't

Answer

I'm not afraid of him and the hammer

The resurrection of the hammer


Look at me


Look at me


It's strange because she doesn't ask me anything

Is it she who wants to warn me

I'm not afraid of him and the hammer

The resurrection of the hammer


He tells me how powerful he is

We look at each other in

The darkness

Don't be afraid of the hammer

The resurrection of the hammer


Look at me


Look at me


Look at me


Look at me


What does she want

I'm ready

Shards fall

And there is laughter


It's a real nightmare

I wake up and everything is over

I'm not afraid of him and the hammer

The resurrection of the hammer

Devastated By Reality

The rotation of the Earth

Makes her order tonight

It causes insomnia

Disrupts the tides

Don't put it off if it has

Far-reaching consequences


Uncontrollable earthquake

Several hundred dead

Thousands injured

Hundreds of homeless people

Bodies crushed

Dying wounded and suffering


Devastated by reality

All gone in one second

Years saved for work

Now all lost

But say I still have my life

Devastated by reality


I can't be close enough

I can't get you out of my mind

The bleeding won't stop

I can still feel you

As a wounded man

Feels his missing leg


Devastated by reality

All gone in one second

Years saved for work

Now all lost

But say I still have my life

Devastated by reality


A mental sensation

A smoking memory

But she's long gone


Devastated by reality

All gone in one second

Years saved for work

Now all lost

But say I still have my life

Devastated by reality

The Hammer Strikes

The hammer strikes

Unexpectedly the hammer strikes

And I don't even know

What I do

Because my stomach is tired

Hunger suddenly stops


But it is short-lived

A conversation begins

And you know it clicks right away

But it is short-lived

A conversation begins

And you know it's about time

That leads

To beauty


The hammer strikes

Unexpectedly the hammer strikes

You give me more

I stand still

Time originated here

She won't let me go


But it is short-lived

A conversation begins

And you know it clicks right away

But it is short-lived

A conversation begins

And you know it's about time

That leads

To beauty


Suddenly a language sounds

So very brutal

That leads

Before the end in sight

Be reminded of your duty

Not even time

For morning light

Horns Of A Dilemma

Why am I going there

What is it that drives me

Stay home says a voice

The moon in the sky

Standing high and full

Slowly the voice disappears


Welcome the sultry air

This party is busy

You see strangers

But look at their faces

They seem so familiar

Nightlife is busy


What is going on

Is it the night that calls

Or will the beast awaken now

Am I man or beast?

Questions without answers

Horns of a dilemma


Then it resounds in the night

Laughter and some shouting

Music here and there

Dragged along with people

The direction is not desired

No place to stand here


There is a young woman

She has bare shoulders

She stares with wide eyes

A smile on her lips

But doesn't her boyfriend arrive there

Into nothing she disappears again


What is going on

Is it the night that calls

Or will the beast awaken now

Am I man or beast?

Questions without answers

Horns of a dilemma


The party is ending

Time to go home

Is there something in the air

Is a bird spying on me

Footsteps behind me

Make me look around


There is a lonely one

A delight to the eye

She's far from here

Her jeans are molded

She steps in front of me

Slow down into that warm night


What is going on

Is it the night that calls

Or will the beast awaken now

Am I man or beast?

Questions without answers

Horns of a dilemma


There she suddenly stops

She turns to me

Hear the voice that warns

This is her true face

She stops in front of this hotel

This woman is at work

 

What is going on

Is it the night that calls

Or will the beast awaken now

Am I man or beast?

Questions without answers

Horns of a dilemma

Unexpected Strike

I'm afraid of losing you

And you have already noticed that

Are you doing it intentionally

Because you know everything about me


And I will never forget you

I wish you all the luck

Some are easy

You can count on my help


Unexpected strike

Where is that smile of yours now?

Around those pretty lips of yours

Have you forgotten how to laugh forever?

You suddenly stopped fighting

Mysterious and enchanting

You suddenly stopped playing


Beauty radiates from your face

I'm afraid you don't see me

Are you ignoring me or are you playing again

Tell me how do I address you now

 

Unexpected strike

Where is that smile of yours now?

Around those pretty lips of yours

Have you forgotten how to laugh forever?

You suddenly stopped fighting

Mysterious and enchanting

You suddenly stopped playing


That smile returns

The sun glistens on your teeth

Your light shade makes me melt

Should I say goodbye or not

 

Unexpected strike

Where is that smile of yours now?

Around those pretty lips of yours

Have you forgotten how to laugh forever?

You suddenly stopped fighting

Mysterious and enchanting

You suddenly stopped playing

The Anvil Or The Hammer

Not the size of the heart counts

But how you use it

Everyone has a goal

And you are mine

Be master and win


We're having a discussion

I hate repeating myself

It's a waste of time

Of lives and energy

Or serve and lose


The real world is not

What it is meant to be

War hunger racism

Tell me who needs it

Suffering or victory


I care about that smart woman

With every fiber in me

She is the central hearth

From my once cold world

Be the anvil or the hammer


Be master and win

Or serve and lose

Suffering or victory

Be the anvil or the hammer

All For One

What's her secret

Give her a sign

Give her a signal

Her eyes are open

Her strength is broken


The divorce hurts

No time for weakness

I have to be strong at home

They are ready for me

My strength seizes here


She is now missing

Nobody knows where

Only restless

Will we become one more

She has magical power


He doesn't know what to do

His warm heart yields

Understands no betrayal

Help is our duty

He dedicates his powers to her


Her boyfriend likes to hit

The pain she describes

No one can understand

Why she stays with him

Her strength lies in that


Everything that moves

She sees as her goal

Contemplating abuse

In her hunt for feeling

She has the force of law


The marriage is fixed

Parents show their backs

Everything happens in a hurry

The break has no way back

She shows her strength


Sometimes she is touchy

Sometimes she is witty

The slap in my face

Unforeseen but not powerful

She is the appropriate force


Loose life

It's hard for him

To give love

His childhood was not fair

He has fierce power


You don't get hold

Because she is innocent

And as you see

Carefree

Her strength is diminishing


No eye for the gesture

She has her dreams

Vulnerable at times

Will she get there

She grows out of her strength


Eleven to one

The power of friendship

All for one

Help step by step

One of eleven

Ye Gods

Any religion

It's about a great genius

Everything everything I see

Speaks of gods

Proclaimed

By someone

Who lives by lives by

Lives by an old book

With the truth in the corner

Which he wants to get rid of


Ye Gods

Be dead

The man in white

The one with words

Ye Gods do not listen

Ye Gods do not listen


Their essence transcends us

Can we believe

If Their understanding

If Their existence

Doesn't seem so grand

Until she realizes

By her deed

Who lives by lives by

Lives by a lot of money

What a person tells them

And don't rush to help

Instead

 

Ye Gods

Be dead

The man in white

The one with words

Ye Gods do not listen

Ye Gods do not listen


I'm crazier

I'm crazier

But I'm not dumber

Short Circuit

It is unnecessary to think

That I say nothing more

I want answers

Answers to your questions

I would do anything for you

Give up a kingdom

I’m in your power


I grant you my freedom

Remember that closure

Back in time

The cold warmth around you

My shadow beats me again


I safely distance myself from loneliness

Peaceful silence without pain

I feel years younger

By a lost empire

That was once in a past tense


A virus causes a

Short circuit

Disorganizes my organs

My heart frozen like a thing for years

In a deep freeze of feelings

Thaws due to short circuit


The wonders are the world

Almost out

The circle is round

Without sound

Walk the straight path

Don't use force

Our world is already fed up


You change my life

And you cut off all my electricity

Tell me

I put my spotless

Good name at stake

Let's talk on Valentine's Day


A virus causes a

Short circuit

Disorganizes my organs

My heart frozen like a thing for years

In a deep freeze of feelings

Thaws due to short circuit


Do you also feel your heart stop

So much has gone wrong

Beat for a few seconds

Do you still believe in me after all because

 

A virus causes a

Short circuit

Disorganizes my organs

My heart frozen like a thing for years

In a deep freeze of feelings

Thaws due to short circuit

School Numb

She was restless

She looked around a lot

Something was in the air

Something I would lose

Something that would last a long time


Her wet hair

Flew in my face

Not entirely coincidental

A stab in my heart

Something seemed to have changed


Later it turned out to be true

A good friend at school

Once a confidant

Was her bishop in play

That she played so well


I was dangerous

The rebel who proved something

People looked up to

Who everyone wanted to be

Except myself


I quickly understood his role

He became careless

Thought to serve me

But I was underestimated

And I could serve him


Later it turned out to be true

A good friend at school

Once a confidant

Was her bishop in play

That she played so well


A friend

A traitor

His job

Numb me

At school

Blind me

To break me

 

Later it turned out to be true

A good friend at school

Once a confidant

Was her bishop in play

That she played so well

Merge

I walk here again

On my own way

I just got everything back together

If only I could if only for a moment

Be with you and hear your voice

Pleasing your sweet lips

If you answer my questions

Because how far have you gotten alone now

How far did you dare to go alone


That much I wish to know about your life

You can't ignore

Coincidence for a while

Never really believed in it

And never really hoped for it

You know I'm there

And know who I am

Because how far have you gotten alone now

How far did you dare to go alone


Merge

And melt down

Old and new together

It leads to my end

Release my suffering


The twists and turns

From personal trips

Are inscrutable you know

But chance is a support to he

Who doth not deceive

The path of destiny without help

Because how far have you gotten alone now

How far did you dare to go alone


Merge

And melt down

Old and new together

It leads to my end

Release my suffering

 

I walk here again

On my own way

I just got everything back together

If only I could if only for a moment

Be with you and hear your voice

Pleasing your sweet lips

If you answer my questions

Because how far have you gotten alone now

How far did you dare to go alone

Orientation

Her inner peace

Is so visible

That no one sees

She closed

All her entrances


Sometimes when she says something

Is she that close

That no one feels it

A door ajar

But the wind won't go away


Nobody knows her story

Her body an empty shell

Now lost her orientation

What is real what is fake

Somebody hold her


The pain of the past

Breaks her inside

That no one hears

The walls of her soul

Are so bare and smooth


Her room of love

So covered in dust

That no one smells it

She sinks deeper and deeper

In vague thoughts


Nobody knows her story

Her body an empty shell

Now lost her orientation

What is real what is fake

Somebody hold her


She builds a wall around her

Made of reinforced concrete

Where no one can pass

Her world turns black

She doesn't remember anything

 

Nobody knows her story

Her body an empty shell

Now lost her orientation

What is real what is fake

Somebody hold her

Crack And Burn

Crack and burn

Then from the beginning

How could you do it

Crack and clean up

To hurt someone and then 

Make a fool of them

To be fooled


It wasn't your plan

You betrayed me

Not your

But their intention

Their intention

Their intention

Crack and burn


Crack and burn

You are behind the walls

Keep saving me without

Crack and heal

Always spying on me

To put to shame

To be fooled


It wasn't your plan

You betrayed me

Not your

But their intention

Their intention

Their intention

Crack and burn


Crack and kill

Put out my warm fire

Crack and

Crack and kill

Put out my warm fire

Crack and

And burn


I lost class

And did not reach for the bottle

Not to drugs to drugs

Crack and burn

And burn

Come Deep Inside

I sit inside and outside the night reigns

With darkness that carries me away

The dark becomes my second home

And slowly I digress

I'm going on a trip in mind

Come along and find yourself


Come deep inside


Welcome to that silent world

So unknown to everyone

A world full of corridors and rooms

Some of which are already explored

What will you meet on this journey

What are you doing to yourself


Come deep inside


So many people wander around here

From times then and later

People with beautiful faces

They fade but not ours

Who is that woman traveling there

Who are you in yourself


Come deep inside


You know this is no coincidence anymore

But simple destiny

Just on the street or in dreams

You appear as a wonder of the night

Where will this journey lead

Where do you learn from yourself


Come deep inside


Here you want to be closer and closer

Decide not to do it anyway

Here I want you closer and closer

And don't allow it

When does this journey end

When do you know yourself


Come deep inside


There is a crescent moon in the sky

Hear the howling of the dog

I'm sorry if you startled

From the wind that whispers your name

How will this journey end

How do you look at yourself


Come deep inside

Dangerous Games

Look at the square box

Life in sight

Is this fiction or not

Look at the square box

Dangerous games dangerous games


Our eyes are deceived

Misled by this light box

Nothing seems serious anymore

Dangerous games dangerous games


I try not to think about them anymore

Don't think about the body

I try not to think about them anymore

Not to think about the body the body


Look at the square box

Sharing the violence of man

Look at the square box

Dangerous games dangerous games


Nobody cares when

Thrown with broken glass

Thoughtless blood is spilled

Dangerous games dangerous games


I try not to think about them anymore

Don't think about the body

I try not to think about them anymore

Not to think about the body the body


Being a red whole on the street

And don't think about the pain

Children play in the square

The scene of pain


Look at the square box

The word for the people is not yet heard

Look at the square box

You look at

Disposable products only

I hate that

You Just Said

I'm stuck with this disease

The infatuation

In my closet

It will take you to get over it

After

A game of water and fire

You took this feeling from me

Much later you gave it back


I have this disease again

And you're not really pretty

But inside you something is shining

It shimmers and sparkles

Not all that glitters is gold

You took this feeling from me

Much later you gave it back


And suddenly you just said something to me

You just said

You just said

Hello to me

You just said

Hello to me


I have this disease again

You suddenly release something in me

A great feeling

But also

A bit alienating

You took this feeling from me

Much later you gave it back


And suddenly you just said something to me

You just said

You just said

Hello to me

You just said

Hello to me


And suddenly you just said something to me

You just said

You just said

Hello to me

You just said

Hello to me


Do you still have my

Envelopes

So filled with feelings that I

Couldn't articulate


And suddenly you just said something to me

You just said

You just said

Hello to me

You just said

Hello to me


And suddenly you just said something to me

You just said

You just said

Hello to me

You just said

Hello to me


You just said

Dead Guys Float

Dead guys float

But I'm still alive

I enjoy the scent of the flowers

I enjoy the buzzing of the bees

Do I then not have the right

To Recognition of Existence?


Only in your presence

Do I swim through the earth

I walk in the air

I fly underwater

But judging by your reaction

Am I as dead as a doornail


Dead guys float

But I'm still alive

I enjoy the scent of the flowers

I enjoy the buzzing of the bees

Do I then not have the right

To Recognition of Existence?


Dust in the cold wind

It comes across like this

Am I no more than that

A vague memory

Dust I am and to dust

Shall I return to you


Dead guys float

But I'm still alive

I enjoy the scent of the flowers

I enjoy the buzzing of the bees

Do I then not have the right

To Recognition of Existence?


Rest in peace

Written on your face

Rust in Vrede

Written on your face

Requiscat in pace

But I'm still alive

As long as you carry me

In your bleeding heart

Filled with tears

Where dead guys float

A living dead


Dead guys float

But I'm still alive

I enjoy the scent of the flowers

I enjoy the buzzing of the bees

Do I then not have the right

To Recognition of Existence?

No Anger

Just watch

As he comes to inquire

To our dreams

To get me loose

With all times

Learning life

I feel I feel I feel

No anger rises in my mind


Let's make it up

You have changed

According to rumors

Boring and arrogant

Mouths full of words

The words without truth

I feel I feel I feel

No anger rises in my mind


With the god of lies

Not a fake full of deceit either

Can't you speak

So don't listen to him

The stories are not real

Kindle no more anger there

Whatever you hear in the streets

I know what I am doing

Make me crazy


We do not know each other

It's silly maybe

But it drives me crazy

Seeing you like this

Why are you doing this

The desire is so strong

I feel I feel I feel

No anger rises in my mind


With the god of lies

Not a fake full of deceit either

Can't you speak

So don't listen to him

The stories are not real

Kindle no more anger there

Whatever you hear in the streets

I know what I am doing

Make me crazy


With the god of lies

Not a fake full of deceit either

Can't you speak

So don't listen to him

The stories are not real

Kindle no more anger there

Whatever you hear in the streets

I know what I am doing

Make me crazy


No anger

Can destroy this

No anger

Can destroy this

No anger

Can destroy this


With the god of lies

Not a fake full of deceit either

Can't you speak

So don't listen to him

The stories are not real

Kindle no more anger there

Whatever you hear in the streets

I know what I am doing

Make me crazy


No anger

Can destroy this

No anger

Can destroy this

No anger

Who wins who wins who wins

No anger

Who wins who wins who wins

Visit Day

We live under a sun

We live under a sky

But the planet is getting hotter

The change is not visible


The smell of a jungle burning

The smell of scorching grass

The signature of stoves

In the warm darkness

The change becomes visible


Images of the white sand

Images of otters in the sea

Stained with black oil

Soon only on TV

The change is visible


What is needed

A baby's cry

In the suffocating smog


Everywhere you see pictures of our nature

The poisonous bouquet of pipes

Bleached and silent woods

Beautiful and poison-dead lakes


You can read books about our nature everywhere

Heat wave disrupts the ocean current

Sunshade sales are on the rise

Islands flooded by the tide


What is needed

A baby's cry

In the suffocating smog

What is needed

The drama of the Gulf

Where people die for justice

To live in the smog


Where are the fables

Which a mother reads

To her child before sleeping

What does she say when asked

Why we dig in the earth

When a man walks on the moon


Then she answers the child

Everyone is responsible

Some more than others

We call them ministers

We call them businesspeople

Are we controlled by

An internal network

From power-hungry lunatics


What is needed

A baby's cry

In the suffocating smog

What is needed

The drama of the Gulf

Where people die for justice

To live in the smog


And the child dreams

Frees his thoughts

Turns weapons into solar cells

Turns aggression into progression

Nuclear fusion in an illusion

Ride the waves of the future


What is needed

A baby's cry

In the suffocating smog

What is needed

The drama of the Gulf

Where people die for justice

To live in the smog


Or should the child one day

In the next century

For a bit of nature

Visit museums

Leap Of Faith

Look at those men

So intact

Look at those men

With beer in hand

Look at those men

From the early country


Look at those men

They don't eat

Look at those men

Even the displaced

Look at those men

They hate the strangers


They are in front of his picture

For their greeting

For their God

For their country

For their family

For their kin

For their Klan


Look at those men

With only one big goal

Look at those men

Colors are wrong

Look at those men

With white masks


They are in front of his picture

For their greeting

For their God

For their country

For their family

For their kin

For their Klan


Look at those men

Their new friends

Look at those men

With smooth skulls

Look at those men

At this birthday party


They are in front of his picture

For their greeting

For their God

For their country

For their family

For their kin

For their Klan


Look at that dead man

With the little moustache

Look at that dead man

With the tight uniform

Look at that dead man

He does not disappoint them


Look at that dead man

A war in his name

Look at that dead man

He allows himself to be believed

Look at that dead man

He wasn't fooled


They are in front of his picture

For their greeting

For their God

For their country

For their family

For their kin

For their people


Then look at yourself

Are you that kind of person

Then look at yourself

Are you the only seer

When you look at yourself

In the realm of the blind


Then don't make that jump

A leap of faith

Then don't make that jump

Before you hurt

Then don't make that jump

Have faith in yourself

Faith Healer

I do not know what to do

What is the purpose

Of my presence

A denouement follows


Why I suspect

That our great God

Loves an ending

Full of surprises


Is faith for them

A useful connection

For their ignorance

A sick stool

For an emotional cripple


Shouldn't we learn

From our missteps

Of the past

For a better time


Unlucky is the country

That has no heroes

Is to show mercy

No harder than killing


Is faith for them

A useful connection

For their ignorance

A sick stool

For an emotional cripple


If I'm to believe

In something or someone

If I have to trust

Then why not in myself

Deep Appearance

The words on this paper

They are not from a hopeless man

Time brought hope


These are flowers from the past

Sent to the future

Traveling in the present


View them as a congratulations

View them as a thank you

View them as a forgiveness


The flight of imagination is over

And the hammer strikes

After your acknowledgment

The deep appearance emerged

The words are back


The words are mine

A known unknown

Who now lives in this time


The flowers come from a life

A life in hell

Traveling in heaven


Know that someone is thinking of you

And you deserve these flowers

View them as a congratulations


The flight of imagination is over

And the hammer strikes

After your acknowledgment

The deep appearance emerged

The words are back


The words will perish

Full of darkness and light

Time brought an awakening


The flowers will wilt

Get some creases

Traveling in their age


Do you ever feel lonely

Or abandoned

View them as a thank you


The flight of imagination is over

And the hammer strikes

After your acknowledgment

The deep appearance emerged

The words are back


The words do not repeat

Although it seems so

Traveling in time


The flowers lose beauty

But realize that a wrinkle

Can also be beautiful


Do you have to step out of your shadow

Or will this cause you problems

View them as a forgiveness


The flight of imagination is over

And the hammer strikes

After your acknowledgment

The deep appearance emerged

The words are back

Abuses

Abuses follow us

Take your time

Before she gets it wrong

Take your time

She loses her time

And I my patience

It's just a matter of honor


How can she drink now

She tastes only oblivion

And I want to ignore it

Her world is liberated

Scared and ready to leave

I don't care

It's just a matter of honor


But maybe I'm doing something wrong

I'm drowning in data

Where she holds me

And our addiction

She is my everything


Maybe we'll see each other again

Love fades away

Love lasts forever

And I confess

Let this feeling grow into love

I don't want to hear it anymore

It's just a matter of honor


I'm paying the price now

I built high in my head

Her image as a miracle

Give me freedom

While I eat and sleep

While bleeding

And breathe


But maybe I'm doing something wrong

I'm drowning in data

Where she holds me

And our addiction

She is my everything


I act wrong

I act wrong

Or am I doing well

She blames it

It's just a matter of honor


Abuses follow us

Take your time

Before she gets it wrong

Take your time

She loses her time

And I my patience

It's just a matter of honor


But maybe I'm doing something wrong

I'm drowning in data

Where she holds me

And our addiction

She is my everything