1. |
No One Else
03:12
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1. NO ONE ELSE
I want to, one day,
live up to the love
that you taught me
as in dancing around
wildly in the kitchen
for no reason at all
rolling on the floor
laughing weird image
makes the best sense with you
I know, you know, you know
I know, you know, you know
you know me too
like no one else
like no one else
like no one else
No matter what
we made us work
through fears and highs
shared every chapter
the train rides and fuckups
the tears and the laughter
our silhouettes and echoes collide
low or high tide
I know, you know, you know
I know, you know, you know
you know me too
like no one else
like no one else
like no one else
Sharing our secrets in
one million phone calls
little girls dreams
concerts and heartbreaks
you’re warm solid ground
whenever the earth shakes
you have a front row seat
reserved in my simple heart
I’ve got you, you’ve had me
right from the start, right from the start
I know, you know, you know
I know, you know, you know
you know me too
like no one else
like no one else
like no one else
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2. |
No Walls
03:10
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2. NO WALLS
The water in this river runs
faster than I do
I am walking slowly
contemplating what to do
I am waiting on myself to grow
as the days keep passing by
I know that I got lost somewhere
I just can’t remember why
It’s like I have
no walls
no walls
no walls at all
every little thing
hits me
hits me
hits my heart
Brown and golden leaves are
covering the ground
with every gentle step i take
i Like the crackling sound
The sunbeams highlight this or that
while i just sit and stare
some branches or a spiderweb
i can‘t be everywhere
It’s like I have
no walls
no walls
no walls at all
every little thing
hits me
hits me
hits my heart
I can’t be everywhere... (no walls...)
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3. |
Morning Song
02:09
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3. MORNING SONG
Eyes open after a
starry cold night
my body so heavy
with old pain inside
My heart‘s pounding
Like a volcano
that slowly erupts
can‘t swallow, can‘t move
I feel trapped
Fear and weakness are
coming for me
I feel faint, I black out
can‘t you see
A new morning for me
A new morning for me
i can‘t breathe
A new morning for me
These pictures of horror
creep down my spine
this tightness won‘t leave
this body ain‘t mine
I‘m staring at the ceiling as
the walls start to shift
coming closer and closer
my sanity drifts
Fear and weakness are
coming for me
I feel faint, I black out
can‘t you see
A new morning for me
A new morning for me
i can‘t breathe
A new morning for me
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4. |
See It All
02:19
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4. SEE IT ALL
I wish I was there with you
I wish I could look you
in the eyes
and tell you where you
see imperfection
is where all your beauty hides
And I always feel honoured
anytime you open up
and let the curtain fall
I want to see it all
I hope that you always knew
I hope that you always knew
your place, your place in my deepest heart
is steady and safe
And I’m always
gonna come there
anytime I need a breath
And when I think I’m gonna fall
I want to see it all
I want you to know I’m here
I want you to know
that I will stay
Whatever you ask I’ll try
I’ll even go away
And if our bodies change
we get wrinkles and grow old
If we’re trembling
and If we fall
i want to stay to see it all.
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5. |
Visitors
05:02
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5. VISITORS
Hey you strong one over there
the weight of the world on your shoulders
has it been getting too much to bear?
You sweet scared self-centered being
can we share?
relax, you’re not alone, just hang in there
This planet is light and heavy
at the same time
It’s unresolved and beautiful
and it’s neither yours nor mine
we’re all just visitors
and we are trying
we’re all just visitors
and we are trying
You’re yearning for solutions
and for clarity
but you’re crying your eyes out so hard
that you can barely see
let’s be kinder with each other
while all here comes and goes
i know you wanna solve this
but noone really knows and…
This planet is light and heavy
at the same time
It’s unresolved and beautiful
and it’s neither yours nor mine
we’re all just visitors
and we are trying
we’re all just visitors
and we are trying
The world is watching us struggle
and dance, calm and from afar
there is no judgement, just reaction
it is watching as we are
frightened or fighting
or swimming with the tide
can we change together
and also still enjoy this ride?
This planet is light and heavy
at the same time
It’s unresolved and beautiful
and it’s neither yours nor mine
we’re all just visitors
and we are trying
we’re all just visitors
and we are trying
The weight of the world
is carrying itself
just like it always did
and you and me,
we’re here now,
and we’re a part of it.
This planet is light and heavy
at the same time
It’s unresolved and beautiful
and it’s neither yours nor mine
we’re all just visitors
and we are trying
we’re all just visitors
and we are trying
we’re all just visitors
and we are trying
we’re all just visitors
and we are trying
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6. |
Color Of The Rain
02:41
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6. COLOR OF THE RAIN
So this is a new day
feels like everything changed
well the sun shines as always
but I’m on my way
The train leaves the platform
one very last gaze
I’ll remember the good times
all of that stays
But tonight
the truth changed
and the color of the rain
I need to protect me
is all that I’m saying
Tears stream down my face, oh,
what have I done
I still feel it’s the right thing
I love you, I’m gone
Now the open road and empty days
unfold in front of me
I’m scared as hell, I’m trembling
and free
Cause tonight
the truth changed
and the color of the rain
I need to protect me
is all that I’m saying
It’s the right thing
it’s the right thing
it’s the right thing to do
I am leaving tonight because
I love me and you
'Cause tonight
the truth changed
and the color of the rain
I need to protect me
is all that I’m saying
Is all that I’m saying.
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7. |
Waves
04:08
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7. WAVES
For so long I held on to hope
while I felt trapped
You felt like I was pushing you
and I felt like you held me back
I couldn’t find the strength in me
to open up my eyes and see
this hurts us both
and I should leave
So throw me into
the deep blue water
watch me swim
the waves
they have been calling me
and I was listening
On and on and on
I let them carry me home
On and on and on
I let them carry me home
where I belong. oooh.
It took a while to understand
that I really had to go
I guess I knew but well sometimes
It’s just not enough to know
The weight that we were carrying
it felt familiar to me
and to let go of it
I chose to leave
So throw me into
the deep blue water
watch me swim
the waves
they have been calling me
and I was listening
On and on and on
I let them carry me home
On and on and on
I let them carry me home
where I belong. oooh.
Remember all the fights and how hard
we tried, we couldn’t make it right
And when I look back at what we had,
I’m still grateful for that.
oooh...
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8. |
Polaroid
03:59
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8. POLAROID
Come on, come on, let‘s do something
that we‘ve been dreaming of
I thought that i was sick
But well i haven‘t had enough
Lets go a few more rounds
Around the sun on our boat
And paint these little stars here,
Little stars here while we float
We see sticks and stones
And mountain tops
All kinds of crazy silhouettes
colours full of sand
and dusty rain sounds like
our old tape decks
And i hold you in my arms
im leaning onto you
nowhere i would rather be
nothing i would rather do
Should‘ve, i should‘ve told you
should have told you right away
nothing weird or funny that you do
could ever make me go away
Bellybuttons air balloons
a fire by the sea
will this lousy polaroid
help us to hold on to you and me
And the loads we pulled aside
to make the other ones heart lighter
sure you do wanna go on
but you don‘t call yourself a fighter
And i hold you in my arms
im leaning onto you
nowhere i would rather be
nothing i would rather do
Hey, is this new furniture
you threw the old stuff out
you know, i liked the comfy pillows
the curtains kept us from the crowd
From the rooftop i can hear birds singing
or maybe from a tree nearby
i know you are my kind of someone
i made you applepie
I‘ve seen you dance in corridors
of hospitals and schools
dark may fit with someone else
but it doesn‘t go too well with you
And i hold you in my arms
im leaning onto you
nowhere i would rather be
nothing i would rather do
And i hold you in my arms
im leaning onto you
nowhere i would rather be
nothing i would rather do
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9. |
Joshua
03:23
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9. JOSHUA
Can you hear the birds sing
hey let‘s sit down in the shade
while they elegantly spread their wings
What do you think they say?
The wind is blowing softly
through my soul and through my hair
I wanna keep this calm in me
and take it everywhere
I can’t find the right words
to describe just how I feel
well maybe that doesn’t matter
and maybe I never will
oooh...
This landscape here is holding us
it is a warm embrace
some of the things I thought were lost
do now fall into place
These rocks we climb have been here
forever so it seems
still they change and get transformed
just like our hopes and dreams
I can’t find the right words
to describe just how I feel
well maybe that doesn’t matter
and maybe I never will
oooh...
Let’s stay a little longer
in this place, it cures my wounds
let’s just sit and stare and listen
to natures tunes
oooh, oooh...
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10. |
Lately
03:02
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10. LATELY
Lately I was wandering
and i watched the falling leaves
when suddenly a calming warmth
came over me
took my hand as if nothing
and we kept walking on
over the hills
beneath the trees
mhmmm mhmmm mhmmm…
I can feel the truth
of things I only knew
in my head
now in my heart, too
surrounded by the wind
and the rivers of this small town
I steadily walk on
every step feels like home now
mhmmm mhmmm mhmmm…
I’ve been longing for
this emptiness
I didn’t want more
I only searched for less
This small path
of stones and mud
the rain
and the sun
oh I have arrived
I could forever walk on
mhmmm mhmmm mhmmm…
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11. |
Rest
02:28
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11. REST
I am running, running, running
and then I am paralyzed
I am counting, counting, counting
days that just pass me by
Because all is too much
it all goes too fast
I can’t even breathe
and none of this lasts
So let me stop
and count the thoughts
that like lightning shake my head
I want to lie down on a meadow
And let soft green be my bed
And let the birds here sing my lullaby
just let me rest here for a while
I am checking, checking, checking
these messages while I walk
I am missing, missing, missing,
love, to just listen to you talk
And while we are here
we think of there
I want to take some time
to really care
So let me stop
and count the thoughts
that like lightning shake my head
I want to lie down on a meadow
And let soft green be my bed
And let the birds here sing my lullaby
just let me rest here for a while
Just let me rest here for a while.
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12. |
Snow
02:31
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12. SNOW
I sit here and I try
to figure out the patterns of
the snowflakes
passing by
I watch them with a mildness
that i sometimes miss
oh when this world scares me
I want to come back to this
And oooh, I want to learn
from the roots of the trees
and from the snow
when to hold on
and when to let go
They are leaving traces
and of some we’ll never know
why and where they are
They dance their little dances
and then they carry on
who knows what’s lost or won?
And oooh, I want to learn
from the roots of the trees
and from the snow
when to hold on
and when to let go
And now some coffee
or a fire to warm my hands
Winter reminds me that it’s ok
that all things end
Winter reminds me that it’s ok
that all things end.
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Jana Cohen Bamberg, Germany
singer-songwriter from Bamberg, writing mostly outdoors, lover of vocal harmonies, images and storytelling.
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