Ålesund

Text & Music: Julian Braun | Video: Christoph Eisenmenger





my contures fade
and i fade into you
dissolving
in eyes like jade
and lips telling the truth
it's gloaming but


wide awake
we're figures on canvas
slowly
dancing with fate
these anxious waiting
moments
but
it's not getting dark
it's not getting dark
it's not getting dark
tonight
in ålesund



it's not getting dark
it's not getting dark
it's not getting dark
tonight
in ålesund



Icarus

Text & Music: Julian Braun | Video: Julia Jesionek





icarus, oh icarus
spread your wings and try to touch the sky
icarus, oh icarus
keep in mind the fiery sunlit height


icarus, oh icarus
your young ambitious mind took you so high
icarus, oh icarus
yearning to touch sky in unknown height


icarus, oh icarus
spread your wings and try to touch the sky
icarus, oh icarus
keep in mind the fiery sunlit height

icarus, oh icarus
your young ambitious mind took you so high
icarus, oh icarus
yearning to touch sky in unknown height
a father's hope, a love strong and true
a good advice, a flight into a world anew
but hubris led the young heart - it flew too close, too high
and out of reach
and out of sight

a father's call, across a roaring sea
we broke the bounds we had and now we're finally free
Icarus turn around watch out the blistering heat
or you may fall
out of the sky
out of my reach

crafted carefully by fathers hands
to escape the gloom
wings of wax took him over the land and 
over the mountains too
and see the sparkling sea from high above
so beautiful and blue
icarus you spread your wings and fly so high
into freedom, into doom




Magnolia

Text & Music: Julian Braun | Video: Den Hoelscher





by the time this finds you
in an urban blazing heat
tarmacs melting
can't find shelter
birds have left the scene

by the time this finds you
the draught has gone for now
the dust has settled 
it seems that nothing matters more
than keeping all things going as before
by the time this finds you
magnolia lost its leaves
and i will probably be gone to
somewhere
somewhere in between


by the time this finds you
magnolia lost its leaves
and i will probably be gone to
somewhere
somewhere in between




Parallel Sky

Text & Music: Julian Braun | Photographs: Frederike Wetzels





jackdaws shouting
they're not used to moving figures
breathing out steam
leaving small drops on my lips
watching as time goes by
figuring out what's inside

jackdaws shouting
they're not used to moving figures
breathing out steam
leaving small drops on my lips
watching as time goes by
figuring out what's inside







jackdaws shouting
they're not used to moving figures
breathing out steam
leaving small drops on my lips
watching as time goes by
figuring out what's inside
it's a parallel sky
where pathes cross but never meet, oh
somewhere in between reality, now
it's a surreal delight
when up is down, left is right


and while we talk it turns up-side down
round and round
I can see kindness where used to be a frown
moving really really fast
backwards
and up and falling, falling, falling
out of big black nothingness 
onto the cold floor
reborn
from a parallel sky
a parallel sky
a parallel..


sitting here watching reflections on my textbook
from the treetops and the birds above
what a peaceful moment to collect
sometimes it seems like the world is staring back
isn’t that mad?





Interlude_01

Text & Music: Julian Braun | Photographs: Frederike Wetzels






all you hear is a hollow sound when we recieve the nothingness in the dark you can hear it rumbling when everything is denied to us

all you hear is a hollow sound darkness gifts us nothingness time and space twisted around matter balanced on the void that is




Old Master’s House

Text & Music: Julian Braun | Video: Christoph Eisenmenger





i see pine trees shaking
what's at stake when
a storm is howling
around an old master's house

i see colours fading
people gazing
quitely talking
about this old master's house
in an empty town

i see colours fading
people gazing
pine trees shaking
a storm is howling

while memories wash out
humans forgive
and a lot be forgotten
what will persist?

as long we'll keep on talking
keep on listening
keep on shaking our hands
we'll tear down their statues
'cause love is our monument

and almost tears them down
the ruins of an ancient house
the ruins of an ancient house
the ruins of an ancient house
the ruins of an ancient house
the ruins of an ancient house
the ruins of an ancient house
the ruins of an ancient house




ALLNOTHINGEVERYTHING

Text & Music: Julian Braun | Photographs: Frederike Wetzels


structures of light in all that is
chronology measured in eternity
rivals fighting for a secret order

space, time, matter - synchronal ideas
growing slowly deep within - becoming human being
still rivals fighting on secret borders

directing you somewhere somehow
remote-controlled and completely unknown
poor creature with blinded eyes
with blinded eyes


constantly searching for the essence of the light
well, I cannot quench the thirst
what's it's substance, what's it's price?

space, time, system - wether essence or just chaos
that seem eternal to the death-bound,
non-eternal beings.

light, ordering light, where are you? 
far from here I guess
a shimmer, just a glow that illuminates mere being

come upon me, proud light,
wild light burn deep
mighty light, soak me, cleanse my eyes
cleanse my eyes



all you hear is a hollow sound
when we recieve the nothingness
in the dark, you can hear it rumbling
when everything is denied to us

all you hear is a hollow sound

darkness gifts us nothingness
time and space twisted around
matter balanced on the void that is









all you hear is a hollow sound
when we recieve the nothingness
in the dark, you can hear it rumbling
when everything is denied to us

all you hear is a hollow sound

darkness gifts us nothingness
time and space twisted around
matter balanced on the void that is






Interlude_02

Text & Music: Julian Braun | Photographs: Frederike Wetzels





but man's spirit, so sadly small,
broke through the darkness of nothingness and bound
matter, space and time to the contours of light,
the eternal light, the light of living life.

nothingness, measured out in vain
time and space transforms the darkened 
mankindight, total light, creates the total human being




Revolution™

Text & Music: Julian Braun | Photographs: Frederike Wetzels





(Revolution)™, the brand new age
Where the old ways crumble and finally fade
A world once bound, now unchained
(Revolution)™, where hope is reign.

New ideas for a fresh start
The old order has been torn apart
Freedom's fire ignites the heart
join (Revolution)™, a brand new path (part).


(Revolution)™, the future calls
A world transformed, a life unthralled
A journey wild, a daring sprawl
(Revolution)™, where change befalls.

(Revolution)™, a whisper grows
A voice of change, a seed that's sown
A system rigged, a game that's known
(Revolution)™, the wind has blown.





Gone the chains of yesterday
(Revolution)™ is the lightest way
A path to walk, well a price to pay
But worth it all, for a brand new faith.







Gone the chains of yesterday

(Revolution)™ is the lightest  way
A path to walk, well a price to pay
But worth it all, for a brand new faith.

(Revolution)™ - the future's bright
must be true, written on public commercial signs
join the company, but pay the price
cause you know: nothing's free in life




Runningfrom

Text: Julian Braun | Music: Julian Braun & PK Stephan | Photographs: Frederike Wetzels


dirty dishes piling
on top of the silence
you left early with a scent on my mind
left
a patient past recovery 
and all the words you said to me
but it felt different this time
I never thought our thing could be the reason for days without ease, nope.
I can't sleep, no.
I can't sleep 
and all i think about is you
well every minute I'll be refreshing your feed now
it feels so weird

staring holes in a wall
look, this fancy matress isn't worth a penny sleeping alone
and I can't hide it, feeling sick
scrolling through your shiny instagram holiday pics
uh, I never thought our thing could be the reason for days without ease, nope.
I can't sleep, no.
I can't sleep. uh
and all I think about is you
well every second I am refreshing my feed now
I feel so weird











we were always on the run
always running from
the place that we belong









we were always on the run
always running from
the place that we belong

these aching hearts could be the sound for this dance
these aching hearts would be the sound






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