Bend And Break

Stephan Eicher · Silence [1987]

There are no more words left to tell you how I feel

No longer, no more, I can't go on

This light is too strong and so unreal

I fell down, touched the ground, can't you see me ?

I'm crawling through the dust, here they come to catch me

Like every night, I am unarmed and not prepared to fight



But tell me, why does it better bend

Then finally break, finally break ?



I wish I could turn out my memories like you turned out the lights

I should hate you for what you did to me

But maybe I sing a prayer for you tonight

I look back to what we had and what we left

There's some gold, there's some rain and there's always fear

Two hands to fill, so we grabbed what we could

Between a smile and a tear



But tell me, why does it better bend

Then finally break, finally break ?