My Death (Liedersommer, East Berlin DDR 1986)

Once again my mind is in a mess
A general feeling of worthlessness
That draws me to the darker side of life
All of my friends, everyone that I've met
I feel a compulsive need to impress
So I may feel someone's on my side

Chorus:
Hold me, love me
Stay with me until my death, my death
Sometimes I feel I'm pushing boulders
Up a mountainside

Sometimes when I wake I feel like a king
But by mid-afternoon I know I'm nothing
Without that constant reassurance throughout the day
No man is an island when it comes to his needs
But he tramples on others to satisfy these
Oh God, some of the games we play

Chorus:
Hold me, love me
Stay with me until my death, my death
Sometimes I feel I'm pushing boulders
Up a mountainside
I'd love to pick a strawberry while I'm hanging from this ledge

Dreamt I surrendered to a merciless sea
Tired, so tired of it battering me
" I'm just as puzzled now as you"
That may be so but you still cling to the raft
Terrified of the infinite dark
We're all just frightened people cowering from ourselves

I'd like to live for the moment, live for today
And savour any pleasures that come my way
But how can I do that when my in-growing toenail is killing me?

Today is dull, that's what we're told
We live for an expectation or a memory

Chorus:
Hold me, love me
Stay with me until my death, my death
Sometimes I feel I'm pushing boulders
Up a mountainside
We're all just frightened people cowering from ourselves

(Copyright DREWETT 1983 - Universal Publishing)