How do you bond in thirty seconds?
I wish I would know
Since it happened to me
Just a quick gaze
A smile or a laugh
There is this one moment
When you feel someone's soul
It's just that quick
No words or actions
It just happens that way
So many I know
No matter how long
I keep on learning
How different they are
But in thirty seconds
I can bond with you somehow
I really don't know what else to say
It is not in a nod or in the clothes
It is not in a gesture or anything else
There is this one moment
When you feel someone's soul
That is how it happened
I bonded with you that day

I don't feel it is coming
I don't feel it at all
Somehow I'm numb
To the candles and the lights
Many are shopping
Or making big plans
While I'm just here
Wondering what's wrong
No white carpet outside
No excitement inside
It doesn't make sense
Every year I was joyful
Running up and down
Wrapping paper and bows
Surprises and thrills
Now it's all gone
I would rather fall asleep
A hug, a happy wish, a thank you and goodnight
Is it just me?
I hear cheerful songs
An emotional desert
All my own
No sun or clouds
No moon or stars
A dried creek
In my heart
Tomorrow is another day
I will do it all again
Maybe that is just me
I can do it if I want
Nothing stops me
But my own thoughts
I can smile, it's ok
Laugh but feel hollow
I have done that before
I want that old joy
I know it is in there
Come out I command you
Echoes in the dark
My family now surrounds me
Love in their embrace
Joy in their voice
Generations of traditions
Forget all the presents
My family is my joy

The end stares, straight in my eyes
I step back to see
The picture laid befor me
Broad is the horizon
But darkness appears close
Forever in my thoughts
Empty how it feels
It has not moved
Yet I have come closer
One step at a time
To dwell in my heart
It seeks to sneak in
And freeze each drop
Of blood that runs through
So giving me life
One beat for each breath
It roams, I retreat
Slowly giving me up
My land and my home
But I can still see
My family and friends
The dinners together
Laughter and tears
My time is now near
Goodbye is forever
I bid all farewell
Until we meet again
Once again to say cheers

Help me understand
The loneliness that you hide
Squeezing tight the heart
Letting spill out the courage
That could break free and fly
Help me understand
The fear that I hear
Flutter the air
In your voice
Taking away, the mighty strength
That could stand
And rise again
Help me understand
The confusion
That you hold
Running dry
All the will
That could power, it's way out
Help me understand
The resentment you keep in
Tearing down the love
That could bring us back together
To build a new life
I hope to understand
How our dreams
Crashed and burned
But more than anything else
I hope you understand
It all lies within
The union of our hearts

I looked up to you
I lost you
I lost me
I lost you as a part of me
That part now goes on
In search of who I was
You were my strength
For every lion
At least two cubs
Learn to fight
For survival
Grow to believe
In no doubts
Walk alone
One first time
Yearn for protection
And a word
Imagine a day
Forever shared
Was it real?
I wish to know
Paths of old
But new to me
Dreams so far
A past so near
Walk with doubt
Among large shadows
Walk with grace
Into the fear
Quiet the soul
Without it empty
A strength so deep
I did not see
Who I was
Is not forgotten
To move ahead
Is not new

Wear your gown
Walk and smile
A day so special, it is for you
You have waited, for so long
and your hand, bears as witness
Of the struggles, that have passed
Your insided beauty, and your glow
Were hidden and sealed, for some time
Breaths so shallow, with the pain
In the veins, and the soul
Lift one hand, wave to all
Tears of joy, and farewell
A honeymoon, and a life
New not old, past the dawn
Fear of joy, not of sorrow
Fill the aisle, as you walk
Look ahead, don't turn back
Take the risk, stumble and fall
Pure and white, in this moment
All the rest, left behind
I am proud, so are you
You have grown, before my eyes
It is time, to hand you off
With these tears, in my eyes
My heart beats fast, yours not so
It rests assured, of each step
But I smile
And in return
You say thank you
My dear nurse

The chains have melted
The bars are gone
I don't know or care why
I am free
I can see far
I can feel my heart beat
I can take a deep breath
No fear in my mind
I'm a lunatic, am I?
What is old is now new
Winter is upon us
Snowflakes floating down
White streets and the houses
Only sun in the sky
Melting the snow, the bars, the chains
My heart growing stronger
As I am in your arms