Literatur Club

Never again...

They had a frightening desire for genocide
They wouldn't stop till what was left of my family died
Hell-bent on taking over the world
You couldn't hide in the shroud of conformity
We can't forget how we were devastated by the beast
And how we pleaded with our captors for release
We were hunted for no reason at all
One of the darkest times in our history

All that I have left inside
Is a soul that's filled with pride
I tell you, never again! Oh!
Their depraved society
Didn't end up killing me
Scream with me: "Never again!"

Not again

A generation that was persecuted endlessly
Exterminated by the Nazi war machine
We will remember; let the story be told
To realize how we'd lost our humanity
You dare to tell me that there never was a Holocaust?
You think that history will leave their memory lost?
Another Hitler, using fear to control
You're gonna fail this time, for the world to see

All that I have left inside
Is a soul that's filled with pride
I tell you, never again! Oh!
Their depraved society
Didn't end up killing me
Scream with me: "Never again!"

Not again!

All that I have left inside
Is a soul that's filled with pride
I tell you, never again! Oh!
Their depraved society
Didn't end up killing me
Scream with me: "Never again!"

For the countless souls who've died
Let our voices fill this night
Sing with me: "Never again!" Oh!
Oh, they aren't lost, you see (they aren't lost...)
For the truth will live in me
Believe me—never again!

When the last eagle flies
Over the last crumbling mountain
And the last lion roars
At the last dusty fountain
In the shadow of the forest
Though she may be old and worn
They will stare unbelieving
At the Last Unicorn

When the first breath of winter
Through the flowers is icing
And you look to the north
As the pale moon is rising
And it seems like all is dying
And would leave the world to mourn
In the distance hear the laughter
Of the Last Unicorn

I'm alive, I'm alive

When the last moon is cast
Over the last star of morning
And the future has passed
Without even a last desperate warning
Then look into the sky where through
The clouds a path is formed
Look and see her how she sparkles
It's the Last Unicorn!

I'm alive, I'm alive
I'm alive

Ich war auf einer wunderbaren Party
die, die da waren, waren wunderbar
Ich legte mich rein in die, die da waren legte ich mich rein, wie in Badewannen
Und leckte ihr Lächeln wie den Tau von den Blättern

Und wir flogen umher als Schmetterlinge
Und steckten die Rüssel in wunderbare stumme Gefäße
Und rührten in ihnen bis sich Glück einstellte
Versonnen und selig

bababadabdabdabdadada

Und wir liefen über Nahrungsmittel
Wir hielten inne auf Puddinghäuten stehend
Und drückten die Häute nicht ein!
Weil wir leicht waren, weil unsere Leichtigkeit uns leicht machte

Und ich hörte ein Klirren, ein Würfel aus Eis stürzte in ein Gläschen mit süßem Zülles drin
Und ich rühre um mit einem Puppenbein
das war ein sanfter Scherz, der uns gütig dreinblicken ließ
Wie Schmetterlinge!

Wir entspannten aufgespannte Schmetterlinge!

Ich brauchte 1000 lange Jahre, ich brauchte 1000 lange Jahre, um meinen Kopf zu wenden
Dem Potpourri zuzuschauen
Blütenmeer – lächelndes Blütenmeer
Kelche mit Politik drin, wir nippten dran Igitt! Bäh geh mir weg damit will lieber was von dem süßen Zeug aus dem Topf mit der Marmelade, an dem draußen die Albaner hängen
Wir nippten dran mmmh – mjam, mjam, mjam schon besser, schon besser

Jemand pinkelt in ein Lächeln und verschwindet im Schaum
Mit einem Lächeln, das sich zum Lachen verzieht verzeih mir
Hier unten im Schaum liegt jemand hat nur Schaum im Kopf
Könnte zum Beispiel ich sein

Ich als Karneval in Rio ich war auf einer wunderbaren Party
Mit Gorillas und transsexuellen Elefanten
Mit amputierten Sportmoderatoren zugenähten Sexbomben lispelnden Juristen
Und der gefönte Hausnazi saß mir aufm Schoß
Und ich rühre um mit einem Puppenbein

Unter der Pasta ja, ja da liegt der Strand
Komm reis' auch du über die Berge ins Mutterland
Zur Mutter
Zur Mutter
Zur Mutter aller Parties
Mutter aller Parties

Wake up my dear, wake up
We've found a new industry
Investments will pay off the products, the truth
People will pay for the answers that we deliver
While their neighbour's lawns greener and the worlds in a mess.

Baby, we're heading for profit
We'll have no worries no more
We'll be the first of a move, and
We're reaching out for the stars, and
We'll be told the people are for you.

Now that we're rich and we own half of Asia
We'll use our money to change the world
Baby, we'll reinvent monarchy
We will rule the whole world
You will be king, and you'll be queen
Your profits are well, then
We'll be told the people are for you.

When we're alone, we are still the same
That we used to be when we were young.
And people will know that we've tricked them all
And that we still hide the truth under our bed
In our castle.

Tonight two great ships will pull back to their ports
Depleted of everything that shoots flames and reports
And in the morning the shells will wash up on the shore
And the mighty of Earth will have no other recourse

But to shiver and shake and make shit in their shorts
Because we have been told that if you've been assured
There's a way to live the values your forefathers gave you
Prepare to be told "That shit's gay, dude"

Well, I guess that what they say is true
That there is no race more human
No one throws it away like they do

The things I used to love, I have come to reject
The things I used to hate, I have learned to accept
And the worst of the three, you now have to expect
Satan ain't hard to see without craning your neck

He'll be seventy-some inches tall
He'll be chugging a beer and he'll be grabbing his balls
He's a remote explosive waiting for someone to call
He's just eighteen for now but he's going to murder us all

Solidarity's going to give a lot less than it'll take
Is there a girl at this college who hasn't been raped?
Is there a boy in this town that's not exploding with hate?
Is there a human alive that can look themselves in the face

Without winking?
Or say what they mean without drinking?
Or believe in something without thinking, "What if somebody doesn't approve?"
Is there a soul on this Earth that isn't too frightened to move?

I think the wrong people got a hold of your brain
When it was nothing but a piece of putty
So now try as you may
But you will always be a tourist, little buddy

And half the time I open my mouth to speak
It's to repeat something that I heard on TV
And I've destroyed everything that wouldn't make me more like Bruce Springsteen
So I'm going back to New Jersey, I do believe they've had enough of me

So when I leave Boston, my tail is between my legs
After deep cups of patience have been drunk to the dregs
And now I'm heading west on 84 again
And I'm as much of an asshole as I've ever been

And there is still nothing about myself I respect
Still haven't done anything I did not later regret
I've a hand and a napkin when I'm looking for sex
And that's no one to talk to when feeling depressed

And so now when I drink, I'm going to drink to excess
And when I smoke, I will smoke gaping holes in my chest
And when I scream, I will scream until I'm gasping for breath
And when I get sick, I will stay sick for the rest

Of my days peddling hate out the back of a Chevy Express
Each one a fart in the face of your idea of success
And if this be thy will, then fucking pass me the cup
And I'm sorry, Dad, no, I'm not making this up

But my enemy, it's your name on my lips as I go to sleep
And I know what little I've known of peace
Yes, I've done to you what you've done to me
And I'd be nothing without you, my darling, please don't ever leave

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I used to know this woman who had the most beautiful
tattoos on the top sides of both of her hands
she was forty three years old and as far as I know
had never yet been with a man
its not that she wasn't attractive she was beatiful
but its the way that she interacted
she was aggressively passive to the point where she
would of intimidated any mitt that ever tried to catch her
on the right hand she had a tattoo of a nude girl
she claimed it is what God resembled
but on the left she had a mirrored image of the same female
and this one she explained looked like the devil
I remember once watching her touch her own breasts
how the tattoos smiled as they stared down her stomach
as if anticipating would they be allowed to caress
the sweet flower that they both seemed to hunger (sweet flower)
now maybe I was high but it felt so right
heaven and hell both take to this womans womb
it didn't make sense how she could commence
touching herself with me wide awake in the same room
now if I've learned anything in my years (my years)
I learned I no longer believe in surprise (in surprise)
but what happened next damn near stole my tears
the tattoos came alive right in front of my eyes
they both slowly stood up and climbed off her hands
and showed me why she never took some time with a man
they climbed deep inside of this woman's garden
she closed her eyes and she gently bit her bottom lip
I stepped I left and I don't regret leaving
and I'll never forget all the things I saw that evening
a glimpse of religion a piece of coming closer
to understanding more about what intrigues me most
I didn't get turned on I just got turned
I wasn't as aroused as I was concerned
for each one of em I've hurt
and every time I've been burned
I've got a lot to teach but even more to learn
so now I keep my eyes open hoping to take in all I can
about Woman taking in all she can
and for as long as I breath i'll save a seat in my memory
for that woman with the tattooed hands


There's good and evil in each individual fire
identifies needs and feeds our desires
as long as we keep our spirit inspired
she can bite her bottom lip all she wants

He grew up in a one-horse town
Wasn't much to do since all them bars had closed down
He'd stare up to the stars sometimes when no one was around
And he dreamed of getting out

So he bought himself a pick-up truck that was covered up in rust
He found a buddy for the shotgun seat that was someone he could trust
And they hit the gas, headed west out to the setting sun
When the dust had cleared, they were gone.

Well leaving just came natural, that's the way it seemed to him
He'd been doing it so long, that's the way he'd always been
And you can find him in some hotel room with the television on
He might be high and he'll probably ramble on
You can laugh beneath fluorescent lights and drink until the dawn
But in the morning... in the morning when you wake up he'll be gone.

So he met a girl in a town along the way
She had beautiful brown eyes and a place that he could stay
So he fell in love, and she fell in love in kind
It was so perfect that of course he lost his mind.

He snuck of the kitchen one day before the dawn
She called out after him and ran across the lawn
And he said some things that he didn't mean
That he'd best be travelin' on
She shed some tears and he was gone.

Well leaving just came natural, that's the way it seemed to him
He'd been doing it so long, that's the way he'd always been
And you can find him in some hotel room with the television on
He might be high and he'll probably ramble on
You can laugh beneath fluorescent lights and drink until the dawn
But in the morning... in the morning when you wake up he'll be gone.

Eighteen years later, fifteen-hundred miles from home
He can't shake her from his mind though the whiskey soaks his bones
He heads out on a back-roads in the middle of the night
Petal to the metal, you know he timed that curve just right
But some bridges you cross over but the rest you've got to burn
He may have lost the road the road but I know he made his turn

And as we pulled him from the wreckage, I promised him a song
Cause it was clear that he was gone.

Well leaving just came natural, that's the way it seemed to him
He'd been doing it so long, that's the way he'd always been
And you can find him in some hotel room with the television on
He might be high and he'll probably ramble on
You can laugh beneath fluorescent lights and drink until the dawn
But in the morning... in the morning when you wake up he'll be gone.

In the year 2525
If man is still alive if woman can survive they may find

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today

In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you

In the year 5555
Y our arms hanging' limp at your sides your legs got nothing' to do
Some machine's doing' that for you

In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need a wife you’ll pick your son, pick your daughter too from the bottom of a long glass tube

In the year 7510
If God’s a-coming, He ought a make it by then Maybe He'lI look around Himself and say "Guess it's time for the judgement day"

In the year 8510
God is gonna shake His mighty head
He’ll either say "I'm pleased where man has been" Or tear it down, and start again

In the year 9595
I'm kind of wondering' if man is gonna be alive He's taken everything this old earth can give and he ain't put back nothing

Now it's been ten thousand years Man has cried a billion tears for what, he never knew
Now man's reign is through

But through eternal night the twinkling of starlight so very far away
May be it's only yesterday

In the year 2525
If man is still alive if woman can survive they may thrive

In the year 3535
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