Beyond The E Horizon

we are the lonely people
always looking down
searching on the ether
for what in the real world...can't be found
we like to give an appearance
that we're normal
that we're sane
but behind the stone walls we hide
a fortune in pain

lonely people reaching out
for a hand they cannot touch
lonely people holding on
to a dream that always lives
beyond the e horizon

we are the lonely settlers
in these electric plains
the heart in the real world
short circuits...in the pouring rain
we like to dream that we're happy
that we're solid
we're not fake
but behind the facade we build
a mountain of pain

lonely people reaching out
for a hand they cannot touch
lonely people holding on
to a dream that always lives
beyond the e horizon

(2008 db michel)

Ringing Bells

the ice and snowy weather
wintertime is closing in
soon it will be Christmas
i can hear the ringing bells begin

ringing sounds of glory
ring the song of the Christmas story
they ring for you and me

ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
i can't wait for Christmas day to come
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
ring a song of peace for everyone

the children look in wonder
at the season in their midst
soon that day is coming
they can hear the ringing bells begin

ringing sounds of glory
ring the song of the Christmas story
they ring for you and me

ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
i can't wait for Christmas day to come
ring on Christmas bells
ring on Christmas bells
ring a song of peace for everyone


(2008 db michel)

One Man Band

if i could give you one reason
why he plays on and he stays on
i would
but i don't know the magic he's hearing
as he plays on
for a world that just don't care

one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone

if i could tell you the secret
why he dreams on and he goes on
i would
but i can't reach the place he goes to
when he plays on
for a world that just don't care

one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone

and if i could get there
i'd be goin'
if i could be there
i'd be knowin'

one man band...playin' on
after all of his mates gone home
one man band...sings his song
after all of the people gone

(2008 db michel)

Serbian Snow

it looks just like Serbian snow
but it's miles away you know
from my Serbian home
so far away

this place has a similar look
but it comes from an alien book
it's not like my home
so far away

i miss the sunrise in Vojvodina
i miss the people who i know so well
i miss the way my heart would be beating
when it snowed back home
anyone can tell

it looks just like Serbian skies
although it could fool my eyes
it can't fool my heart
so far away

i miss the sunrise in Vojvodina
i miss the people who i know so well
i miss the way my heart would be beating
when it snowed back home
anyone can tell

it looks just like Serbian snow
but it's miles away you know
from my Serbian home
so far away

(db michel)

The Days Roll By

i have a problem with doubt
i'm doubting me
don't know what i'm all about
and it bothers me
i'm just another stranger
like the ones i've known

i have some reasons to change
but i won't go
i keep 'em all on the shelf
just so i know
i'm just another slacker
i play wait and see

and the days roll by
like steamrollers runnin'
the engines...roaring
reaching for heaven
but the skies still cloudy
and the sun won't shine
it's the same damn thing
happenin' all the time

i never listen to me
so why should you?
so hey whatever i say
could not be true
i'm just another head
on the TV screen

and the days roll by
like steamrollers runnin'
the engines...roaring
reaching for heaven
but the skies still cloudy
and the sun won't shine
it's the same damn thing
happens all the time

(2008 db michel)

Crazy Dream Wedding

i went to sleep this afternoon
dog tired and full of my lunch
the fever took hold
and took me right under
and there i was dressed to the nines
there was a wedding in progress
the reception was right after that
when i saw the scene
if you know what i mean
i wouldn't want to do it like that

i had a crazy dream about a wedding
that nearly destroyed a luxury hotel
there was a door that went to nowhere
but down you would fall like a well
children threw tantrums at parents
who gave them whatever they wanted
people were dazed by the music
the song would play on and on

they had a big stone for bowling
aimed it at a big palm tree
it went down a big ramp
and then the tree went over
the press had a field day with that
there was a din of news helicopters
trying to get a good shot of the tree
yeah i saw it all
the palm tree did fall
then i saw it again on TV

i had a crazy dream about a wedding
that nearly destroyed a luxury hotel
there was a door that went to nowhere
but down if you would fall like a well
children threw tantrums at parents
who gave them whatever they wanted
people were dazed by the music
the song would play on and on

(2008 db michel)

I was trying to reconstruct a crazy dream i had this afternoon after i ate too much Bratwurst.

The King of Nothing

it's no longer a mystery...i found out today
i'm less than nothing...and that's how it will stay
look up and look over me...while i look down
you wear a smile...but i see a frown

and if there were to be a king
of this realm i know...if i know a thing
i should be the one at the the top
the top of the bottom is where the buck stops
and i'll be the king of nothing

so put on your dress clothes...and smile a fake smile
for those at the bottom...who are too tired to try
they'll never know it...you know that it's true
they don't aspire...to be someone like you

and if there were to be a king
of this realm i know...if i know a thing
i should be the one at the the top
the top of the bottom is where the buck stops
and i'll be the king of nothing

(bridge)
here with forgotten people
here with with their trampled dreams
i'll be the king of nothing
where nothing is everything

it's no longer a mystery...i found out today
i'm less than nothing...and that's how it will stay
look up and look over me...while i look down
you wear a smile...but i see a frown

and i'll be the king of nothing
i'll be the king of nothing

(2008 db michel)

The Roaring Silence

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If It's Over

An Original song (2008 db michel)

It's a Big Old Mountain

Lloyd Thaxton

What can be said?...He was the greatest.

Cigarette Smoke

you wake to cigarette smoke and whiskey vapors
you grab a cup of coffee...time to read the paper
the paper's late...so you go on-line again
nothing is real 'cause it's all a game
play it over and over...still it ends the same
the news is out...no one's gonna win

we have our trials
we have our doubts
we want it all
we do without
we cry to heaven
we want to try again

but it's the same old thing on a brand new day
we go on in the same old way
we look to the sky
and search for God again

(2008 db michel)

Fading Away

i can't feel the way you want me to
i can't be the one you want me to be
and you know it ain't easy

i can't stay until the bitter end
why hold out for a tearful scene for lies?
don't you know it ain't easy

i could stay another day
pretend there's nothing's wrong
but that won't change nothin'
'cause i'm fading away
one day you'll turn and see that i'm not there
by then you might not even care
so it won't matter

you won't even know that i have gone
until i've been gone most of a week
and it won't be easy

i'll skip the kiss and the last goodbye
hit the road and be gone tonight
but it won't be easy

i could stay another day
pretend there's nothing's wrong
but that won't change nothin'
'cause i'm fading away
one day you'll turn and see that i'm not there
by then you might not even care
so it won't matter


(2008 db michel)

Bad News

and i'm feeling down again
but i know it isn't over
i feel the pain again
but i won't walk out the door
i'm sitting here all by myself
i see my heart upon the shelf
i know tomorrow i'll be coming back for more

bad news is the kind of news that makes good news so much sweeter
like sunrise would be nothing without the long dark night
joy would be an empty thing...without the corresponding pain
if there were to be no darkness...how could we see the light?

and i'll find myself again
'cause i remember all that's happened
i'll be myself again
just like i was before
while the tears are falling down
dripping slowly down my frown
i know tomorrow they won't be there anymore

bad news is the kind of news that makes good news so much sweeter
like sunrise would be nothing without the long dark night
joy would be an empty thing...without the corresponding pain
if there were to be no darkness...how could we see the light?

(bridge)
daylight is calling me to answer
tomorrow's at my window
and soon sorrow's out the door

bad news is the kind of news that makes good news so much sweeter
like sunrise would be nothing without the long dark night
joy would be an empty thing...without the corresponding pain
if there were to be no darkness...how could we see the light?

(2008 db michel)

I Kissed You First

you been around and up and down
you been so many places
i don't know the faces
of the people that you see
we used to run together
but we really weren't together
it was over once it started
it was just a passing thing

but i kissed you first
bet you never thought i'd do it
i kissed you first
so you knew it wouldn't hurt
i know there's lots of other guys
who don't know i exist
i may have been the worst
but i was the one
who kissed you first

you been away from me so long
but that doesn't leave me troubled
i can't see those places
much too far for me to go
we had our thing together
it was just one day and over
i know for sure it's over
now it doesn't mean a thing

but i kissed you first
bet you never thought i'd do it
i kissed you first
so you knew it wouldn't hurt
i know there's lots of other guys
who don't know i exist
i may have been the worst
but i was the one
who kissed you first

life goes on for those who live it
i wouldn't miss the day i did it
but that was all it was
i still think of you because

yeah i kissed you first
bet you never thought i'd do it
i kissed you first
so you knew it wouldn't hurt
i know there's lots of other guys
who don't know i exist
i may have been the worst
but i was the one
who kissed you first

(2008 db michel)

Song Of My Life

if i could make a song of my life
would anybody care to listen?
would it be bright like a summer day?
should i send the truth to hide away?

if i could make a song of my life
would the lies outshine the music?
would it make me stop and wonder why?
could i hide the tears and fake the smile?

and it's a long, long, way
but i try to find my world
i've been searching for a long, long, time
has anybody seen my world?

if i could make a song of my life
could i paint the tears with music?
would the lyrics drip with empty lies?
would it be a waste of time?

and it's a long, long, way
but i try to find my world
i've been searching for a long, long, time
has anybody seen my world?

(2008 db michel)

I Can't Touch You There

and i know...what i know
but that's as far as i can go
there's no place...for the dream
in the waking world

and i feel...what i feel
but i can't believe that it is real
there's no place...for a heart
in the waking world

'cause i can't touch you there
all is get is psychic emotion
can't get beyond the door to the floor
or wherever it is you go
'cause i can't touch you there
spotlight would shine on the forbidden lovers
can't reach beyond the wall of my dreams
never know if it is what it seems

and i see...what i see
but that's as close as i can be
there's no place...for my thoughts
in the waking world

i hear...what i hear
but reality is what i fear
there's no place...for that sound
in the waking world

'cause i can't touch you there
all is get is psychic emotion
can't get beyond the door to the floor
or wherever it is you go
'cause i can't touch you there
spotlight would shine on the forbidden lovers
can't reach beyond the wall of my dreams
never know if it is what it seems

i'll have to wait for a day past forever
and even then never...will i know

'cause i can't touch you there
all is get is psychic emotion
can't get beyond the door to the floor
or wherever it is you go
'cause i can't touch you there
spotlight would shine on the forbidden lovers
can't reach beyond the wall of my dreams
never know if it is what it seems

(2008 db michel)

Stood In Your Rain

i see you in the corner
looks like you're waiting for something
what it is i don't really know
it's like your life is misdirection
you want to say
but the truth ain't no protection
so you live another day
feeling that way

(chorus)
i know your pain
i have stood in your rain
i've felt it before
and i didn't wanna face it
i've lived my life
ask once
deny twice
don't want to try anymore

it see you in the corner
seems like you've been waiting for someone
who it is i don't really know
it's like you want some information
you want to ask
but you don't want affirmation
so you live another day
feeling that way

(chorus)
i know your pain
i have stood in your rain
i've felt it before
and i didn't wanna face it
i've lived my life
ask once
deny twice
don't want to try anymore

(bridge)
and in the grand expanse of time
are we really all that different?
this pain is yours and it's mine
and it's hard to get over

(chorus)
i know your pain
i've stood in your rain
i've felt it before
and i didn't wanna face it
i've lived my life
ask once
deny twice
don't want to try anymore

(2008 db michel)

The Message (Empty Is My World)

empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

somewhere in the stars
way out there past mars
there's a beacon in the sky
and it's callin'
sends it's best to you
all it says is true
when the time is right
they'll be comin'

empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

tell it to your soul
the part of you that knows
that the voices in the sky
have been callin'
something we don't know
in the distant shadow glows
we are in their sights
they've been watchin'

empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

(bridge)
in the silence of the night
when they reach out
gonna feel it in your bones
getting closer every day
without a doubt
hope is movin' in
will we be foe or friend?

empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you
empty is my world...
empty is my world
empty is my world
without you

(2008 db michel)

Btw...For those who may be curious...This was written as a take on what a friendly message from an extra-terrestrial intelligence might be if decoded...And human reflection on what such an experience might be like...The friendly and rather lonely alien message...Empty is my world...without you...

That's So Beautiful

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After All Of These Things

i can listen to what you have to say when you say it
i can take the look in your eyes...and try to understand it
i can dream that i will know what i need to know to love you
i can sleep and see you in a dream

but after all of these things
i don't really know you
i only know i want you
but i won't ask you anything at all

i can read between your lines in line when you say it
i can see your body language...and try to understand it
i can feel like i must be the one from all the things i see of you
i can wake and remember the dream

but after all of these things
i don't really know you
i only know i want you
but i won't ask you anything at all

there is something hidden
maybe i don't want to know
maybe goodbye doesn't really mean hello

but after all of these things
i don't really know you
i only know i want you
but i won't ask you anything at all

(db michel)

I Don't Miss Her (I Miss the Dream She Was)

she was my miracle
she was the only one could save me
she was the girl of my dreams
and i kept my heart trained fast on her
but now i know
those foolish dreams were never meant to grow
and so it seems
i gotta carry on alone

But I don't miss her
i miss the dream she was
and just because
i know i'll never know
the dream that got me through the haze
no i don't miss her
i miss the light she cast
but now it's passed
and she won't think of me
the way i wanted it to be

she was my angel in the dark
she was the only dream worth dreaming
she was the story in my heart
and i could picture every scene
but now i know
those foolish dreams were never meant to grow
and so it seems
i gotta carry on alone

But I don't miss her
i miss the dream she was
and just because
i know i'll never know
the dream that got me through the haze
no i don't miss her
i miss the light she cast
but now it's passed
and she won't think of me
the way i wanted it to be

(db michel)

The Cryptics

when ancient history is painfully read
in come the cryptics with sin in their heads
trying in vain to restore the old sheen
that's been ripped to shreds by the faces they've been

warriors battled with nothing but words
intelligence settles for what could be heard
nothing could hasten or dampen their fall
now livith the cryptics backs up to the wall

and they can't save face or advantage
by griping of tactics they've used for themselves
they can't find faith in the tragic
the verdict is written
now please go to hell

when all these days are long over and done
who will cry for the cryptics when their race is run
sniping and gloating in their cryptic way
steeped in the bitterness that emptiness made

(2008 db michel)

You Don't Know The First Thing

you say you used to be happy
but it was a lie
'cause for everytime you laughed
a thousand times you cried inside
it just seemed to easy
to deny the pain
to say you hated sunshine
you were waitin' for the rain

and you know i know what you've been dreamin' of
but you don't know the first thing about love, love, love

you think love is a feeling
for everyone else
you had your heart thrown back at you
so you put it on the shelf
you say you don't need it
but you lie in vain
'cause i really don't believe
that you're still waitin' for the rain

and you know i know what you've been dreamin' of
but you don't know the first thing about love, love, love

(bridge)
now i know that we've both been there
thinkin' love is just for fools
making all those promises
and breakin' all those rules
but if it's really useless
if all it brings is tears
why is it the one thing
that we've wanted all these years

you still can imagine
it's a dreamlike place
even after all the tears you've cried
you still might find a way
and it won't be easy
to just let go
you've come to far to go back now
i guess you never know

and you know i know what you've been dreamin' of
but you don't know the first thing about love, love, love
yeah, you know i know what you've been dreamin' of
but you don't know the first thing about love, love, love

(db michel)

If I Have To Have The Blues

if i have to have the blues
to understand you
then i'll have the blues
if i have to choose
to understand you
then you know that i'm gonna choose
if i have to feel the pain
to believe you
then i'm gonna feel the pain
to believe you
then you know i'll feel that pain

i won't come marching in with sunshine
if i know that's not how you feel
i'll get to know you in the dark times
maybe we can find the light together

if i have to get lose myself
to find you
then you know i will get lost
if i have to turn away
to see you
then you know i'll be turning away
if i have to find myself
to know you
then i'm gonna learn who i am
to know you
when i'm learning who i am

i won't come marching in with sunshine
if i know that's not how you feel
i'll get to know you in the dark times
maybe we can find the light together

i'll find a better way
even if i have to give up everything
i will find a better way

i won't come marching in with sunshine
if i know that's not how you feel
i'll get to know you in the dark times
maybe we can find the light together

(2008 db michel)

The Night Calls

what about my future heart?
diggin' in...trying to find a way to win
what about my future mind?
tired of being...the same old thing again

i used to find my strength in dreaming
i used to always find a way

always the night calls
answers in my sleep
when the night falls
some place my soul to keep
anybody
would find it easy to see
not me...no not me
when the night calls
i know i'm gonna fall alone
in the morning
another cold and lonely dawn
will i make it
through another empty day
just me...yeah just me

what about those yester-dreams?
breaking out...trying to see the morning sun
what about my future soul?
tired of waiting...for the other one

i used to find my strength in dreaming
i used to always find a way

always the night calls
answers in my sleep
when the night falls
some place my soul to keep
anybody
would find it easy to see
not me...no not me
when the night calls
i know i'm gonna fall alone
in the morning
another cold and lonely dawn
will i make it
through another empty day
just me...yeah just me

i believe my soul is in transition
i believe i'm gonna see the day

always the night calls
answers in my sleep
when the night falls
some place my soul to keep
anybody
would find it easy to see
i'll see...even me
when the night calls
i know it's gonna all come true
in the morning
i'll find the word i always knew
i will make it
through the dark to see the sun
i'll be...i'll be free

(2008 db michel)

My Nobility: The Video

That's So Beautiful-Redux

A remake of my original song.

My Nobility

This is a recorded version of my song "My Nobility"...My vocal performance was not good at all...I just wanted to give you a chance to hear the song.

On and On

with my creative mind
i make art for art's sake
i tell you that it's all real
although i know it's all fake
i let my mind run free
and then i make my own trap
i try to fence myself in
every time you react

sailing on and on and on
this sea of angst goes on and on
i try to find my star
but the radio don't see that far
sailing on and on and on
this sea of angst goes on and on
i try to find my way
i find another reason to stay

and that is how i do it
it's just the thing that i do
my emotions in circles
a ship at sea without crew
i could stay here forever
or i could leave you today
just another extension
of my greatest mistake

sailing on and on and on
this sea of angst goes on and on
i try to find my star
but the radio don't see that far
sailing on and on and on
this sea of angst goes on and on
i try to find my way
i find another reason to stay

(200b db michel)

Stand and Deliver

don't need no anger
to color your songs
you have all that you’re needin'
you don't have to do wrong
you can run with the others
turn your words into fights
or you can stand and deliver
something so right

you have something special
i can hear when you sing
so you don't need to answer
when the trouble boys ring
you can swear like the others
with their four letter words
or you can stand and deliver
what they never could

(chorus)
and the coal dark of night calls the soul
come to me she says
it's better than you've been told
that sweet song of satan
fill you up with those lies...lies...lies
what do you know of heaven?
until you've been tried

don't need no suitcase
to get where you're goin'
if you ride with the bad man
that is all you'll be knowin'
you can be like the others
take a stance so tough
or you can stand and deliver
say enough is enough

(chorus)
and the coal dark of night calls the soul
come to me she says
it's better than you've been told
that sweet song of satan
fill you up with those lies...lies...lies
what do you know of heaven?
until you've been tried

(2008 db michel)

My Nobility

wouldn't change a thing
don't want to see a different face in the mirror
it's really all the same
each passing day
gets clearer and clearer

follow me
if you will...if you want to
follow me
up that higher hill
follow me
we can stand on the heights and look down
on my nobility

wouldn't cast a shine
on any other place in the matrix
i live it all the time
i see the hours
falling all over me

follow me
if you will...if you want to
follow me
up that higher hill
follow me
we can stand on the heights and look down
on my nobility

take away the veil of civility
take away the lie of the frame
take away the smart decorations
you'll see
whatever you see

follow me
if you will...if you want to
follow me
up that higher hill
follow me
we can stand on the heights and look down
on my nobility

(2008 db michel)