Hold on

Holger had sent a composition again. Everything present except the text. Bloody good piece of rock, by the way! The guitar phrase towards the end sounds a little mystic to me.

Holger sings "Gibberish" like he usually does. English phrases, or English sounding phrases, that don't make sense in context. I identify the expression "Hey man", and several expressions from lyrics I had written for him before. It helps a lot that he actually sings the stuff, so the intonation is somewhat natural and makes it easy for me to find a real text to match. Other guys like Karsten send instrumentals - i.e. MIDI files. The melody sometimes can not be set to words as easily because the intonation need not harmonise with a text that is spoken or sung.

My lyrics were inspired by the "mystic" guitar. Their mood may be a little similar to "sense of recognition", a sense of expectation or foreboding.

hold on
let's see what's underneath
hold on
and take some time to breathe
be ready for a secret
that is on the verge
of coming to the daylight
to let the truth emerge

all I'm asking of you
is to hold on for a while

hold on
can you read the signs
hold on
that rest between the lines
of our private story
in the book of life
revealing our future
and how we will survive

hold on

can you tell the future
or understand the past
do you know a truth
that you trust to last
did you get the meaning
of the hidden signs
did you ask advice
from the guardian of the shrine

standing at the crossroads
unknowing where to head
we're just hoping for enlightenment

maybe we just need faith
that there will be a way
to get us out of this predicament