Losing yourself feels surreal

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Der du mit deinem Mohne
Der Götter Augen zwingst
Und Bettler oft zum Throne,
Zum Mädchen Schäfer bringst,
Hör mich: Kein Traumgespinste
Verlang ich heut von dir.
Den größten deiner Dienste,
Geliebter, leiste mir.

An meines Mädchens Seite
Sitz ich, ihr Aug’ spricht Lust,
Und unter neid’scher Seide
Steigt fühlbar ihre Brust;
Oft wären, sie zu küssen
Die gier’gen Lippen nah,
Doch ach - dies muß ich missen:
Es sitzt die Mutter da!

Heut Abend bin ich wieder
Bei ihr. O, tritt herein,
Sprüh Mohn von dem Gefieder!
Da schlaf’ die Mutter ein:
Blaß werd’ der Lichter Scheinen.
Von Lieb’ mein Mädchen warm
Sink, wie Mama in deinen,
Ganz still in meinen Arm

Johann Wolfgang Goethe

Anakreontik

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Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt,
Weiß, was ich leide!
Allein und abgetrennt
Von aller Freude,
Seh ich ans Firmament
Nach jener Seite.
Ach, der mich liebt und kennt,
Ist in der Weite.
Es schwindelt mir, es brennt
Mein Eingeweide.
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt,
Weiß, was ich leide!

J. W. von Goethe

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Am Ende meines Seins ist Nacht
Am Ende meines Lebens Leere
Was auch immer mich berührt
Berührt mich nicht mehr -
Wenn ich sterbe.

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Sign Your Name

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Golden Earring-I can’t sleep without you

Silver like a fish slappin’ on my tongue
Speak to me the way you do
Hide me all summer in your arms
Hold me the way I like you to
You fill my cup Âtill it’s crackin’ up
The button that says alarm
says me I’m not supposed to
be like a champ that’s going down
Fighting to get close to you
Everybody gets up excited by love
The sight of the ring, the sight of the blood
I can’t sleep without you
Referee’s in black and he’s in shock
The judge is hammering for some solid proof
My heart keeps racing like a clock, yeah
I can’t sleep without you
I’m like a timebomb, ready to go off
in my head and in my heart
The ligt keeps fading in the dark
It’s like a nightmare that’s comin’ true
I can’t sleep without you
I’m crazy in the city, it’s just not fair
Send me to my corner, and you’re never there
I can’t sleep without you
I can’t ……………

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I Dream Of YouI dream of you, to wake: would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on; Nor find with dreams the dear companion gone, As, Summer ended, Summer birds take flight. In happy dreams I hold you full in night. I blush again who waking look so wan; Brighter than sunniest day that ever shone, In happy dreams your smile makes day of night. Thus only in a dream we are at one, Thus only in a dream we give and take The faith that maketh rich who take or give; If thus to sleep is sweeter than to wake, To die were surely sweeter than to live, Though there be nothing new beneath the sun.

I Dream Of You

I dream of you, to wake: would that I might 
Dream of you and not wake but slumber on; 
Nor find with dreams the dear companion gone, 
As, Summer ended, Summer birds take flight. 
In happy dreams I hold you full in night. 
I blush again who waking look so wan; 
Brighter than sunniest day that ever shone, 
In happy dreams your smile makes day of night. 
Thus only in a dream we are at one, 
Thus only in a dream we give and take 
The faith that maketh rich who take or give; 
If thus to sleep is sweeter than to wake, 
To die were surely sweeter than to live, 
Though there be nothing new beneath the sun.

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Wir wollten mit Kosen und Lieben
Genießen der köstlichen Nacht.
Wo sind doch die Stunden geblieben?
Es ist ja der Hahn schon erwacht.

Die Sonne, die bringt viel Leiden,
Es weinet die scheidende Nacht;
Ich also muss weinen und scheiden,
Es ist ja die Welt schon erwacht.

Ich wollt, es gäb keine Sonne,
Als eben dein Auge so klar,
Wir weilten in Tag und in Wonne,
Und schliefe die Welt immerdar.

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^{Gentleness Naked}

Lovers without reproach will gaze
On bodies naked and ablaze;
The Hippocratic eye will see
In nakedness, anatomy;
And naked shines the Goddess when
She mounts her lion among men.

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Jasmin & Grisu

When I realized I had a daughter, a tear fell from my eye.
Such a special bond we have, my little pumpkin pie.
I imagined how curious and inquisitive you’d be,
Not a stone left unturned.

My spirit lives within you,

my darling daughter You are my friend and sweet joy.

I Love You

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C’mon

C’mon, c’mon c’mon
Break my heart again
For old times sake
C’mon, c’mon c’mon
Break my heart again
For old times sake o
You can’t see your shadow
Reaching for the sky
Lay your head down on my bed
Please don’t ask me why
Why am I leaving
Why don’t I know
Something deep inside me
Is forcing me to go
You say you need me
But you can’t tell me no
When I ask you to stop me baby
You just let me go

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Hold me, touch me
‘Cause this just feels so right
Kiss me, love me
Just love me through the night

Don’t Say it Twice

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^{In No Way Do I Not Realize This Is Insane}

In no way do I not realize this is insane..
…

he leaves
and leaves
with scents
and all the smells
of the house
when a house is calm
go
with
him
he takes with him the essence
of a place
painting the insides invisibly
while you were not looking
or shall I say
he goes

gone

In no way do I not realize this is insane

but

he gone

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It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea:
But we loved with a love that was more than love -
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her high-born kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me -
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud one night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we -
Of many far wiser than we -
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling -my darling -my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea -
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

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‘Now by my faith though art a lovely leaf-
May I not kiss that cheek so fair and tender? ‘
Her slighted heart welled full of bitter grief,
The rudeness of his words did not offend her,
She felt so sad, so desolate, so deserted,
Oh, if her lonely fate might be averted.
‘One little kiss, ’ he sighed, ‘I ask no more-‘
His face was cold, his lips too pale for passion.
She smiled assent; and then bold Frost leaned lower,
And clasped her close, and kissed in lover’s fashion.
Her smooth cheek flushed to sudden guilty splendour,
Another kiss, and then sweet surrender.

a fatal impress