As one in ten
go hungry to bed
nature is dying
and a plague has spread

War is raging
constantly
whatever you do,
don’t follow me

What paths do we take
to get out of this
do we make up and find
the way to bliss
I hope I pray
but despair I see
whatever you do
don’t follow me

Get up, stand up
or lie down and breathe
the path that is yours
will show with ease
to take it, that’s
the challenge now
we’ll make it
if you show up somehow
whatever it takes
set your soul free
and no matter what
don’t follow me

Yes one in ten
go hungry to bed
I wanna cry, but my
tears have spread
turned into a coat
of deep protection
I take it and walk now
without perfection
Apocalypse Now
everywhere I see
whatever you do
don’t follow me

I know your heart
is beating strong
so many are in rhythm
with their souls song
together or one on one
I listen, I hear you
you found where you belong
I wish you perseverance
and may you be free
and whatever you do
don’t follow me

In the middle of everything
and deep inside
I found my blessing
can no longer hide
I know what to do
it’s no big riddle
may I follow through
and stay in my middle
no matter the screams
and calls of despair
I take a deep breath
must focus, now and here

Because this time
the plea that I follow
is the one of my soul
I will not wallow
neither in tears
nor in dreams of what could be
whatever you do
don’t follow me

For the one in ten
that goes hungry to bed
I will resist my false urges
and be true to me instead
Apocalypse Now
come what may
on my path
I will truly stay
please, stand up, get up
or lie down, breathe and be free
and whatever you do
don’t follow me

A breath we take
so easily
yet what is it that make
you you and me me?

Being alive
comes naturally
but to live fully we strive
just like to be free

No matter how hard I try
something remains fake
I’m honest, I won’t lie
you can see it in the face I make

Truthful and happy
is how I sometimes feel
but I seem to lack the key
to always be real

It’s either this or that trauma
that stands in the way
wanna call out for mama
but I’m grown up I say

Should be making it
on my own
instead I’m faking it
I’m not fully grown

You seem so strong they say
maybe it’s all just an act
I do feel weak and I sway
can tell you that is a fact

It might be like this for everyone
If so I wanna be the exception
to wake up with my freedom won
and thaw out what was frozen

Yet here I stand
right in my own way
like a statue, a brand
I know, I’m changing but hey

– it’s not enough
I want it now
I know I’m too tough
on myself somehow

But how can I feel
differently
just want to be real
now (fast, not meekly)

or never
phew, I have to stay focused
and very clever
I wonder, can I trust

that I will walk freely
somewhere, someday
take a chance to be me
come what may

Yes what is it that makes
a person who they are
and what is it that brakes
the lies and forms a star

Can I make it?
Don’t know, we will see
I might fall into a pit
or finally be free

I will do what I can
I assure you of that
it is my plan
my only combat

is within
a fight to be real
I relax and I win
feel what I really feel

One of these days
maybe I can say
it has been a maze
but I made my way

into being me
without masks or fakes
yes I will finally be free
whatever it takes

Equal resistance
equal flow
to where I will dance
nobody knows

What is behind me
can stay there in peace
I say farewell kindly
move forward, release

A wind of change
upon my breath
it is within range
my conscious death

Re-birth is next
I guess, I suppose
don’t know what to expect
but the future glows

Never before
have I felt like this
passion and more
touched by bliss

Pain screaming inside
I’m falling apart
can no longer hide
from the wish of my heart

Newborn I will be
come tomorrow, I’m in place
to deep and consciously
pick up the pace

Flow into a new dance
the steps I will know
I will take the chance
I’m ready to go

For all the chances that I blew
my fear I will take
turn it into something new
letting go of the fake

Real I will be
you can trust my word
it’s as easy as one, two, three
and jump on the third

Yes to change
no to stagnation
it will feel strange
but it is my salvation

Transformation is now
I wished and it came
with trust I vow
to release my aim

Tomorrow I will
think differently
new wishes to still
I hope I will be free

to consciously
follow my heart
bloom out and be
in this brand new start

Yes never before
have I felt like this
afraid no more
I will conquer this

Through surrendering
into what wants to be
falling apart and brewing
into a new me