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Avocado Song
02:36
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Avocado Song
Job and household, obligations
Take my time and try my patience
Still I jump at every task
I volunteer before you even ask
You invite me to a party?
I can make snacks, sweet or hearty
Decorate the room for you?
I´ll help you pack the special gift bags, too!
Cause I have a dozen hands and my day has extra hours
And eating avocados surely gives me super powers
I whirl and twirl and sing a happy tune
I think that I won´t need a break too soon
Fever shivers, brain like cotton
Honestly I feel quite rotten
Still I carry me to work
Because my brain is definitely a jerk
If I stayed home I´d thought me lazy,
Now my colleagues call me crazy
And a bio hazard too –
I would say the same if it was you
But I have a dozen hands and my day has extra hours
And eating avocados surely gives me super powers
I whirl and twirl and sing a happy tune
And promise I will take a break quite soon
Vacation time, I am so tired
Rest and sleep are much desired
But I have so much to do
And not much time in which to see it through
I hop to, if only slowly
In the name of all that´s holy
How did I fall into this trap?
When all I really wanted was a nap!
Because I have just two hands and my day no extra hours
Not even avocados can give me super powers
To whirl and twirl and sing a happy tune
I promise I will take a break-
I fear that I will break my neck
If I don´t really take a break quite soon!
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2. |
Around the Bend
02:44
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Around the bend
From my office window I can see a path by the garden gate
In my mind I've walked it often but I always work too late
The path it leads into the woods and then bends out of sight
One day I'll be exploring there but just no tonight
When I walk out the door the path is calling me
The trees they beckon, come and see
What hides behind the bend
What can be seen beyond the rolling hills
What lies across the brook
Maybe I should heed that call today and just go have a look?
But everyday I leave that path alone
Everyday I head straight on for home
There is not many a mystery in an ordinary day
Adventures surely wait for me but I just can't find the way
Only when I close my eyes I can follow the path, you see
Around the bend, I am sure, a new world waits for me
When I walk out the door the path is calling me
The trees they beckon, come and see
What hides behind the bend
What can be seen beyond the rolling hills
What lies across the brook
Maybe I should heed that call today and just go have a look?
But everyday I leave that path alone
Everyday I head straight on for home
What hides behind the bend
What can be seen beyond the rolling hills
What lies across the brook
Maybe I should heed that call today and just go have a look?
But everyday I leave that path alone
Everyday I head straight on for home
What hides behind the bend?
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3. |
Cinderella Story
03:35
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A Cinderella Story
I lived in a fairytale that is both new and old
You've heard it often but there are things you're never told
I will not lie but I will try to tell the other side
Of tears and of pain, of love that's been denied
I tell you of a girl who has always been alone, of a mother, who was evil, and a house that was no home
He was her second husband, she was his second wife
They married in the hope to start a second life
He could not learn to love her ambition and her pride
She could not forgive that he still mourned his first bride
He and his daughter had a bond we could not share, so my mother, she turned evil, my new father didn't care
I’d longed to have a sister, a friend to share my heart
But she resented me and mother as intruders, from the start
I did not wish her harm, but I envied what she had
A home a place and friends, a kind and caring dad
I was afraid of many things but what scared me most, was a mother who was evil and a man who loved a ghost
When my sister met her destiny, a prince she could wed
The house turned cold and empty, my new fathers' eyes turned sad
His grief turned to anger and so he turned on me
My mother locked me out and I had nowhere to flee
He had lost at his daughters wedding all that he held dear, for my mother was still evil so my nights were filled with fear
May they live forever after, happy, or near enough
Romance will turn to partnership, as the fairytale wears off
My sister'll be content as any mother sure can be
Her prince, the gentle ruler, will bounce babies on his knee
But amid all that glory, I just want to remind, every Cinderella Story holds a girl who's left behind
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4. |
Doctor Who
03:46
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Doctor Who
Doctor when, Doctor how, Doctor where/ Will you ever find someone to share
More than the adventure, more than just space
To ease the pain being the last of your race
Our sky is not orange, the grass only green
But in eyes simply human real love can be seen
Will you ever feel so safe as to try? Doctor how, Doctor what, Doctor why?
Doctor which, Doctor why, Doctor who/ If you lost Rose, just what would you do?
Would you seek another garden,
Would you pluck another bloom
Would you ask her Mom’s pardon,
Would you dance again soon?
Would you go back to the day that she died?
Would you save her and then hold her tight?
Would you tell her you love her, would you tell her you care? Doctor when, Doctor how, Doctor where?
Doctor which, Doctor how, Doctor what/ Does it take to trust in your heart
And not keep it a secret, not hide it within
But to speak it out plainly to loose or to win
You are safe in your Tardis, safe out of time
You stay but a moment, to dazzle and shine
You break the hearts of those who have one
You have two and should be doubly strong
And yet, you don’t dare say the word
The last chance, to make yourself heard
Will you ever trust love again? Doctor how, Doctor where, Doctor when?
Pray that the world takes pity on you
Hope that Rose will find a way through
She will make it come true
Doctor when, Doctor what, Doctor who
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5. |
Fall in Love
03:01
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Fall in Love
Fall paints leaves in colors bright, wind is in my face
I walk among the trees, the light draws patterns in this place
Brown and golden, dusty dry, summer’s glory fallen down
Leaf by leaf, remembered life, covering the ground
And I miss you
Candles brighten up the room, a warm and gentle glow
The day is done the night is come, I let my worries go
Smoke of incense, shadow lines, difficult to see
I think about how I feel when you look at me
Remembered love fills my heart like echoes of the sun
While I miss you I still know, when the time has come
We’ll meet again and one touch will
Make the silence in my heart
Grow still
You do not see my imperfections, or rather yes, you do
But in your eyes they are all right, and when I look at you
My fears and doubts just melt away, my heart takes to the skies
It’s easier to love me, when I’m looking through your eyes
I wish that I could learn to look at me in the same way
Forgiving, loving, caring, kind as gentle as I may
And while I learn that maybe I can also do my part
And show you how to see yourself when looking through my heart
Remembered love fills my heart like echoes of the sun
While I miss you I still know, when the time has come
We’ll meet again and one touch will
Make the silence in my heart
Grow still
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6. |
Hold my Light
03:26
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Hold my Light
I am always surprised that not everybody knows
The feeling of dread and fear that only grows and grows
Until it covers everything, swallows every hope
And I just wish someone could help me cope
When the brightness hurts my eyes, will you hold my light?
Will you keep it safe, burning through the night?
So my darkness does not dim it, does not steal the glow
So I can rest and sleep and be sure to know
That when the shadows lift and I can once more see
You are there and can return my light to me
I know that when it hits me, I always turn away
That I grow cold and distant and keep people at bay
When you cannot read my tone, my stance or my face
It means I have already lost the race
When the brightness hurts my eyes, will you hold my light?
Will you keep it safe, burning through the night?
So my darkness does not dim it, does not steal the glow
So I can rest and sleep and be sure to know
That when the shadows lift and I can once more see
You are there and can return my light to me
When I push you away, is when I need your aid
When I say „oh its nothing“ it means that I‘m afraid
When I end each sentence laughing, when I smile too bright
It means I really need you by my side
When the brightness hurts my eyes, will you hold my light?
Will you keep it safe, burning through the night?
So my darkness does not dim it, does not steal the glow
So I can rest and sleep and be sure to know
That when the shadows lift and I can once more see
You are there and can return my light to me
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7. |
Mosaic
03:21
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Mosaic
Walls are everywhere around me
Tight passages, corners, shadowplay
No beginning or end that I can see
If that is not enough who is to blame?
Every wall that’s standing in my way or only in my view
Offers safety and protection but I just want to break through
I am lost in a labyrinth of dreams
Caged, kept behind glass
What is really me, what do I try to be
So that I would not have to be alone?
Stone on stone I see only where I fail
Am I too large or is the path too tight?
Is there a meaning hidden in the veil?
Where does this lead? No answer that I find!
The wall that’s standing in my way can no longer hold me
Bit by bit I tear it down – and I am free
But everywhere I just see broken dreams
Fragments of colored glass
I’m surrounded by light, but every step‘s a plight
Not one way leads through this shattered sea
Only time that you grant yourself can smooth a fractured heart
Calm and serenity will link shard to shard
The space between is filled when it sounds as from afar
with a song of wind and leaf and like a falling star
Glows under me a mosaic of dreams
And I am dancing on colored glass
Carried by maybe, and by no longer me
From not wanted anymore to change from shore to shore
Flows under me a mosaic of dreams
Shimmering shining glass
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8. |
Pyjama Song
02:41
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Pyjama Song
Some people want to live among the stars
They yearn to see Mercury, Venus or Mars
Space calls out to their soul and sings in their heart
With every shuttle that leaves for the sky
They wish that one day they also could fly
Even if there was no return they would long to depart
But we already are among the stars
We have a place in endless space
Earth is a planet too
We call her planet blue
In the vastness of space with stars all around
Why should I seek what I have already found
We all live among the stars from the day we are born
Saturn and Neptune both circle our sun
They have their moons just like we have one
When I look up at the sky how could I feel forlorn?
Because we already are among the stars
We have a place in endless space
Earth is a planet too
We call her planet blue
We´ll keep dreaming and searching til we find a way
Knowing even if we have to stay
Pluto and Jupiter are our homeworlds´ kin
Even if we never leave earth behind
There is comfort if we keep in mind
Space is not only the goal, but where our journeys begin
As we already are among the stars
We have a place in endless space
Earth is a planet too
We call her planet blue
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9. |
Red Bull
02:41
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The Red Bull
I might be caged though I have not been caught
But my fire burns too strong to rage unbound
Everywhere I went only fear and death I brought
Until a master for my flame I found
Now a cave is my prison and my shield
Every night I leave on master’s will
I roam far afield, my hooves burn the ground
To chase the prey but nevermore to kill
They are fleet of foot and moonlight pale of hide
The creatures that I hunt, magical like me
One by one I’d find and chase them through the night
And herd them unrelenting to the sea
And the cave is my prison and my shield
Every night I leave on master’s will
I roam far afield, my hooves burn the ground
To chase the prey but nevermore to kill
When the last silver horn stood before my flame
I knew my time as servant must now end
My master would not need me and would forget my name
Thus freeing me to once more burn the land
The cave will not hold me anymore
Unbound my flame only knows to kill
So I walk down the shore, just once I turn around
And drown my flame before I lose my will
I free my prey and nevermore will kill
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10. |
Silver Scars
02:27
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Silver Scars
The wounds on my skin are just mirroring
Mirroring
The wounds on my soul that no one can see
As long as I keep the pain flowing in
I have an anchor
Something that’s real
Scars cross my skin in a pattern, tracing them, reading them, like books on a shelf
Each tells a story, each one is different, the memory treasured despite itself
They take me away from my pain
To somewhere safe and somewhere alone
If I follow the lines I know I will find my way home
Most have faded away into nothing, I can still see them clearly as on the first day
Silvery lifelines hold me together, mark me forever – a small price to pay
The scars on my skin are just mirroring
Mirroring
The wounds on my soul that turned to fading scars
As long as I can remember them
They still are my anchor
My guiding stars
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11. |
Try Harder/Just the Same
04:17
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Try harder/Just the same
Day by day you smile and fake it
Because it´s easier that way
They say it helps, until you make it
And you try to do as they say
Still your soul lies shattered in the grass
Like all the stars are spread across the sky
Still you try to pick up all the pieces
Oh you try and try and try
And some will say you must try harder
Some will say it is your fault
And they will say you would feel better
If you would do as you are told
But nothing helps to fight the notion
Of just not being good enough
While inside you battle with emotion
You still smile and play it tough
In your mind you hear so many voices
Pulling you where you just cannot go
They seem to think that you have all the choices
But they just do not know
That you still try to work harder
That you still think it is your fault
That you try to feel better
By doing just as you are told
Maybe you just need to hear that feeling broken is okay
Give yourself time to find your way
To a better day by better day by better day by better day
And if the voices once more get too loud
And they just won´t quiet down
Then you don´t have to blend in with the crowd
And you don´t have to play the clown
You are loved, just the way you are
You are not too much to bear
And if your hiding like a clouded star
I hope that you are still there
Just please do not try harder
Do not feel like you´re to blame
You don´t have to feel better
I still love you just the same
We still love you just the same
Please still love me just the same
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Jela Schmidt Germany
I make music for fun. Some of my music is fun, some is serious, some is both.
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