New Age
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
The snow is falling silently
The roof outside is almost white
The radio's talking 'bout the fab four
The rooftop concert was their last
All things must end
All things must pass
I think about that strange last year
A new guitar and nine new songs
Grandfather died, father was lucky
The secretary had no chance
All things must end
All things must pass
Forty years ago
They played "Don't let me Down"
And "All I want is You"
"I've got a feeling" inside
That something soon will change
And slowly I realize the new age
The music's over for the news
A thousand more will loose their jobs
Because the stocks keep falling down
The holy country 's burning still
All things must end
All things must pass
And forty years ago…
But I will not complain
I'll take it as it comes
I'll try that I remain to love
But if I had the choice
To keep a single thing
I'd keep the one between the two of us
I think 'bout you and me
I think 'bout you and me
Copyright © 30-01-2009 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, electric guitars, bass, drum arrangement
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Fever
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
The fever's hunting after me
So many vampires I see
They stare at me with blank, white teeth
So shall I stay or shall I run
Or shall I shoot them with a gun
I have to fight for not to freeze, not to freeze
My cousin brings a sailing ship
He carries it just with his hip
I wonder why he is so strong
An ugly man runs after us
To tell that we shall take the bus
From far away I hear a song, just a song
I do love you
Allthough I know the fever tricks me
I do love you
I try to squeeze you into my fever dreams
Then Darwin tells on the TV
How he has found his theory
Confessing murder was the same
I try to evolute my dream
And force your picture in-between
I hope this trial is not in vain, not in vain
I do love you…
The TV lets a bishop say
that men are ill when they are gay
And then of course this wise, old man
Knows why god sends a hurricane
I'd better dream my fever dreams
The fever's hunting after me
So many vampires I see
They stare at me with blank, white teeth
So shall I stay or shall I run
Or shall I shoot them with a gun
I have to fight for not to freeze, not to freeze
I do love you
Allthough I know the fever tricks me
I do love you
I try to squeeze you into my fever dreams
I do love you
Allthough I know the fever tricks me
I do love you
Allthough I know the fever tricks me
Will you be here then when the fever's gone?
Copyright © 2/2009 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, piano, ....
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Do We Have To Lose?
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
Dark clouds are covering the sky
The sun behind could be a lie
We never miss someone
Until we have to stay alone too long
Do we have to lose something
To understand its real meaning?
Do we have to lose to understand?
You're gone, your voice is in my ear
Much clearer than when you were here
The words you never used to say
Make sense now that you're far away
Do we have to lose something
To understand its real meaning?
Do we have to lose to understand?
I never see the sun
Until the rain has come
I never saw your heart
Until we fell apart
If I had known earlier
I would have talked before
But so it's just the way it is
Copyright © 3/2009 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, guitar, bass, drum-editing
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Bookends (Book´s End)
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
Page after page chapters fly by
Each word is squeezed through focused eyes
The story unfolds within your head
You long to know how it will end
You just forget the world around
Words turn to pictures, words turn to sounds
Stories create worlds in your mind
You enter places you'd never find
You lose yourself inbetween lines
Which lead you to invented times
Pain disappears in printed words
You're scared of the day the book´s end occurs
The last page comes near and in the end
You feel like you're going to lose a friend
You slow down until the last word is read
You realize bookends are sad
You realize bookends are sad
You realize bookends are sad
Even with happy-ends
Bookends are sad
Copyright © 4/2009 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, piano
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The Sun Will Shine
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
Another strike, we're in the street
We try to save our rights against the industry
They make the profits we shall pay
But once the greed will kill them, fear will come to stay
The old are dying day by day
The young ones are the next in line to fade away
But after all in any case
Just let me see a smile in your lovely face
Another strike, we're in the street
We try to save our rights against the industry
The sun will shine even when we all are gone
Our solar friend will be alone
So just lay done with me, let's watch our brother sun
And maybe we'll be memorized
And in a billion years the sun will make a smile
Because the memory to us
Oho, the sun will shine
Oho, the sun will shine
Oho, the sun will shine
The trumpets in the theater
Are playing songs that one day I would like to write
Just brass and vocals form a sound
That makes me shiver like one of our former nights
The weekend in your small, big town
With science makes me happy like a funny clown
Some sonic talks but you're not here
You try to spend your weekends out of town this year
The trumpets in the theater
Are playing songs that one day I would like to write
The sun will shine…
The old are dying day by day
The young ones are the next in line to fade away
But after all in any case
Just let me see a smile in your lovely face
The sun will shine…
Copyright © 5/2009 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, guitar
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I Won't Cry
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
I won't cry
´Cause you gave me some reasons to believe
No, I won't sigh
Allthough I know that one day you will leave
Oh, don't you realize
That everything I need and everything you need
Is just the little faith we used to have
Oh, don't you realize
That if we don't believe in us we'll be alone
I won't deny
My love for you just because we had some strifes
No, I won't die
Without a thought of thankfullness for life
Oh, don't you realize…
Sit down let's talk about the past
And let me see a smile that's gonna last
The present is our fading friend
The future could be ours in the end
So don't you worry now
'Cause we'll get through somehow
Oh, don't you realize…
I won't cry
´Cause you gave me some reasons to believe
Copyright © 6/2009 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, e-piano, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drum-programming
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Break The Wall
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
Some say what the others shall do
They don't doubt that they could be wrong
No wisdom but power they've got
Unconcerned they believe to be strong
They are sure their rules are the truth
Just to money and stocks they obey
To think of a different world
's far beyond their material way
But there are quite a lot
Who think in different ways
They give us hope at all
In all those harder days
Oh, we all are free
To think our thoughts alone
There is so much love outside for all
Oh, we all can see
When unfair things are done
We can stand up, we can break the wall
Some put economical aims
High above humanity needs
They hire and fire for gold
Burning harvests for high prices indeed
Some say what the others shall do
But all the others are on their own way
Copyright © 7/2009 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, guitar
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Mi Día De Ayer
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
Ayer no fui a ningùn lugar
Estuve en la cama para descansar
Vinieron sueños diferentes
Unos eran divertidos, otras extraños
Entre sueños leì en un libro
Leì, dormì, creì
Pensè en ti
Una frase del libro dijo
Que solò recordamos lo que nunca sucediò
La describciòn perfecta de mi dìa de ayer,
De mi dìa, mi dìa de ayer,
De mi dìa de ayer
Y al final hice un paseo
Para ver el mar, para descansar
Era real, no ningùn sueño
Era suceso real
Entre pasos recordè mis sueños
Pensè, andè, supe
Soñè con ti
Copyright © 9/2009 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, guitar
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Der Teddybär
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
Weißt du noch vor vielen Jahren
als wir beide Kinder waren
du kamst oft zu mir nach Haus´
doch dein Höschen zogst du leider niemals aus
Du wolltest auch nicht mit mehr spielen
andre gab`s, die dir gefielen
Du kamst zu mir nicht wegen mir,
nein, zu mir kamst du wegn dem Kuscheltier
Dem Teddybärn
er war so riesengroß und schwer
Ja, ja der Teddybär
wir alle liebten ihn so sehr
Oh, der Teddybär
Du kamst nur wegn ihm zu mir her
Später als wir dann studierten
saß ich oft allein beim "Wirtn"
Du warst aus mit irgendwem
Ich trank mein Bier um alles zu verstehen
Deine Affärn warn schnell vorbei
ich zählte einfach eins, zwei, drei
und schon kamst du her zu mir
und suchtest trost bei meinem Kuscheltier
Dem Teddybärn...
Heute sieht es anders aus
du kommst nicht mehr zu mir nach Haus´
Dein dritter Mann der will das nicht
verlör er doch vor andern sein Gesicht
Und so kannst du heut´ nur noch träumen
vom Teddybärn in deinen Räumen
Und ich weiß dich zieht`s zu mir
Denn du willst her zu meinem Kuscheltier
Dem Teddybärn
er ist so riesengroß und schwer
Ja, ja der Teddybär
wir alle lieben ihn so sehr
Oh, der Teddybär
Oh, der Teddybär
Oh, der Teddybär
Oh, der Teddybär
Du kamst nur wegn ihm zu mir her
Für ihn gäbst du dein Höschen her
Copyright © ~1982 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, guitars
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Dream Your Dreams (Lullaby)
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
Aren't you tired, can't you sleep?
Do not dig your mind too deep
Leave the world outside alone
Dream your dreams, create your own
Don't you worry, don't you weep
I am here so fall asleep
Like all stars I'll fade away
But in your mind I'll always stay
The sun is fading
The moon comes with the stars
They are special
as unique as you are
Once you'll meet some know-it-alls
Just forget them when night falls
Don't believe them when they pray
Trust yourself in your own way
The sun is fading
The moon comes with the stars
They are special
as unique as you are
Leave the world outside alone
Dream your dreams, create your own
Dream your dreams, create your own
Copyright © 27/11/2009 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, piano
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History
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
The snow has come back to the roof outside
A crow has left a trace within the white
Another year has just begun
I'm crying for no one
I've heard you talking on the phone again
It seems that sometimes life can be insane
The piano's song can not be sung
It's crying for no one
A Jewish house of wood that never has been built
is standing still although sometimes the water streams in
Friends of mine who live there try to reconstruct
the house and all its memories and all its history
Oho, oh, its history
Oho, oh, its history
Oho, oh, that's history
You `re on my mind although
I should read Kant's imperative
You irritate my thoughts,
but they would need some education:
Disciplination, and cultivation,
socialization, moralization
You 're on my mind although
I know the two of us are history
Oho, oh, we're history
The two of us are history
Oho, oh, we're history
The two of us are history
Aho, ah, ya, ya, ya, ya
The two of us are history right now!
Copyright © 01/2010 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, piano
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Åbndrot
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
Die Sun steht schon gånz tiaf
Die Traurigkeit vafliagt
Mei Freind, die Åmsl vom Balkon
Singt a åltes Liad
Da Mond im Osten woatet schon
Wie gean hätt i di jetzan gspiat
Da Himml leichtet rot
Und Rauch steigt aus an Schlot
I måch an Tee, des Wåssa kocht
Da Frühling is gånz nåh
Die Åmsl singt noch guate Nåcht
Nua du bist leida niama då
I trink noch an Schluck vom Tee
Draußn tropft vom Dåch da Schnee
Da Winta is båld vorbei
Da Frühling kummt, wia i mi gfrei
I bin zum Låchn bereit
Wie gean hätt i mi mit dia gfreit
Des Frühjåhr is schon ganz nåh
Nua du bist niama då
Die Sun steht schon gånz tiaf
Die Traurigkeit vafliagt
Mei Freind, die Åmsl vom Balkon
Singt a åltes Liad
Da Mond im Osten woatet schon
Wie gean hätt i di jetzan gspiat
Die Sun vasinkt in rota Gluat
Die Wölt is jetz im Lot
die Åmsl schlåft wohl a schon guat
Schaust Du jetz a ins Åbndrot?
Copyright © 3/2010 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, piano
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Tiny Blue Waltz (Vienna is a grumpy old man, they said. But isn`t it more like a tiny blue Waltz?)
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
Before Suzanne Vega played "New York is a Woman" in the concert hall of Vienna on the 1st of July 2010,
she asked us what we think about Vienna. Is it more like a woman or man?
And what kind of woman or man is Vienna to us. She gathered some answers from the audience and the final collection was:
"Vienna is a grumpy old man."
After the concert, I walked home and I was thinking about Suzanne's Vienna question. I could not figure out whether Vienna
was a woman or man to me. I tried to think what kind of things I am doing in and around the city.
And I thought about them as I would dance
them through the town: "I am dancing my life in Vienna."
In that moment, Vienna seemd to be like a waltz to me. I thought about
writing a song about that. Some kind of replay to Suzanne Vega's New York Song. While I was walking I started to sing some
lyrics in the rythm of a waltz:
"Vienna's a grumpy old men, they said. But isn't more like a tiny blue waltz?"
When I came home I took the guitar and started playing and singing the unwritten song.
The guitar arrengment came to me within a few minutes.
But it seemed to me more like a guitar solo piece.
So I stopped thinking about more lyrics but kept the ones I already had as the longest titel
I have ever given to a piece of music so far. And after all, I have to say thanks to Suzanne Vega,
who gave me the inspiration for this song, which has no words except a few ones in the titel.
Copyright © 7/2010 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - classical guitar
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Don't fall in Love
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
"Don't fall in love!", said the comprehension to the burning heart.
"You're just to old, and she's young and far away to make a start."
And so the heart tried to forget
about the things that she had said,
Tried not to see her deep dark eyes
Tried to forget her charming smiles
"Don't lose yourself in a fantasy that you'd be good for her!"
"No, I won't do, I know I'm not the one although I wish I were."
And so the heart tried to forget
And thought of sky diving instead
Tried to forget the way she walked
Tried not to kiss her while she talked
Oh, I'm on fire
I'm beating fast, I'm beating higher
Oh my desire
for these dark eyes, I can't deny her
Oh, I'm on fire
I think I can't forget her
"Shall I believe what the fucking comprehension has told me?
How could I leave without telling her what she meant to me?
And so now all that I can do
is singing this song just for you
I'll kiss you through a light blue note
And touch the words that you once wrote
Oh, I'm on fire...
"Don't fall in love!", said the comprehension to the burning heart.
"You're just to old, and she's young and far away to make a start."
And so the heart tried to forget
about the things that she had said,
Tried not to see her deep, dark eyes
Tried to forget her charming smiles
"Don't fall in love,
Don't fall in love,
No, don't fall in love!"
But the heart could not resist
and it fell in love with her
Copyright © 08/2010 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, guitar
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Next song to be written...
Music & Lyrics by Markus Lorber
Copyright © ???/2009 M. Lorber
Markus Lorber - vocals, piano, string arrangement
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