I don´t live in a time Where the truth prevails Things just seem to happen On an escalating scale They play you for a fool
To weaken your resolve Drowning you in details To make you miss the whole
Sunbeams & forget-me-nots Beads of amber, parking lots From your view you see a lot What you really see Forest for the trees I don´t live in a world Big on clarity The way it´s coming at us So relentlessly Where does one thing end And the next one start And where to begin To keep it all apart
Sunbeams & forget-me-nots Keys are in the flower pot A rider brings his horse to trot All is lost on me Forest for the trees
Sunbeams & forget-me-nots Awoken by a rifle shot From your view you see a lot But never the whole piece Forest for the trees
We´re running out of movie-plots Your stomach´s tied into a knot Crackles as the needle drops On a somber melody A heartbreak elegy Unsurprisingly