Cirrus Winery - Hymn for the Living
I:
Tonight I ask myself,
What does it matter that I am here?
Wish I could do something beautiful,
To leave life unknown is what I fear.
So I kissed her lips red as we entered our bed,
From these thoughts of me leaving I fled.
Tonight I ask myself,
Will I still sleep on her shoulder,
When I’m growing older?
The day when I’ll be colder than ever I was?
‘cause her lips may still be red, even though I am dead.
Will my dreams and my thoughts then live on?
II:
“Look here my son, at the age of 21,
there’s a lot you should have done, don’t you worry?”
Why worry about time, when I’m in my prime
I have all my life in front of me!
“But, look here my son, at the age of 91,
you’re for long dead and gone, oh, I’m so sorry!”
III:
But I’m still a child!
Is there a life after death?
I’m mere a child, yet I’m living through life,
growing up as a man.
IV:
“All the future came with a man named Jesus Christ,
is there a man named Jesus Christ?
The future will tell, but the future may not come.
What future is soon past will be and then dead and gone.
Come children of today, come children here to play,
The future that’s tomorrow doesn’t matter anyway.
Future may bring sorrow and blah-blah in its streams,
But nobody knows where the future goes
and nothing’s what it seems.”
V: Framtidsvalsen
VI: Against the Stream
VII:
”Forget all of your strange ideas,
and stop try to climb higher!
Better get yourself a steady job,
Work hard ‘til you retire
Find a girl and settle down,
It’s good to warm your bones beside the fire!”
Look everyone, my life shall be fun,
Done what is done, what comes is what matters!
Is there a meaning of life?
Is there a life after death?
Is there a reason to try?
Is love something beautiful?
VIII:
I fell in love on a summerday,
The sun did shine and all clouds went away!
I fell in love on a summerday,
Everything is beautiful, but now it goes away…
Awake! Rise and shine!
IX: Rise and Shine!
X:
“Welcome son, sit down for the ride of your life,
rollercoaster up, Up then down!”
XI: Rise and Shine!
XII:
Wake up, good morning,
Tomorrow is here and it’s dawning,
You better get up.
Life isn’t waiting,
For someone who’s staying inside,
There’s no reason to hide;
Your fear for the coming
Of seventy years of growing
Then finally die!
The fear of then fading in earth,
Gives you dreams of rebirth,
And a new start of life.
But dreaming of heaven
Was something you could do at seven,
But no longer now.
Restless you’re turning
In dreams of them burning you,
Why can’t I be left alive?
XIII:
“Hush my child, don’t you cry,
life is long , love, love you’re still young!”
See dragonflies with funeral ties,
prepared for what’s coming to be.
“Hush my child, don’t ask why,
there’s an end, better just pretend…
…sleep again, dream again, free again…
XIV:
Beautiful morning,
Hello mister Sun! He’s rising,
It’s good to be out.
Love is here waiting,
For someone who’s climbing upwards
To a far above sky.
A sky of illusion,
Mirage and confusion,
Gives me something I can rely on!
“But this is a dream, wake up and scream!”
XV: Rise and Shine!
XVI: Doomsday will Come
XVII: Apocalypse in D-minor
XVIII: The Afterlife
(including: Return to the Bedroom)
XIX:
If I’ll be very clever I might live forever!
Build something that no other can erase.
In my capsule,
where love can embrace me when I’m cold…
…yes, I might be old, but I’ll be dead anyway!
Is there a meaning of life?
Is there a life after death?
Is there a reason to try?
Is love something beautiful?
XX:
I fell in love on a summerday,
The sun did shine and all clouds went away!
I fell in love on a summerday,
The sun did shine, but what if it all goes away?
But what when it all goes away?
Will my dreams and my thoughts then live on,
when I’m gone?
