Burning Desire

The last train

(music & lyrics J. Vissering)

I left this place when I was 20 years old

And I went off into the world

I had it all figured out

All I wanted was to get the hell out

You can take the boy out of his town

But it ain’t the other way around

In a way it feels like I turned my back

But I never denied the past

I’m not sure what I left behind

Am I older? Am I wiser?

Am I just tired of runnin’ around?

It’s like the station stayed the same

And I took the last train

I only came back to see my folks

Saw old friends doing what they’ve been told

Having good lives and settle down

I couldn’t bear the thought, not in this town

I left this place, but now I’m back

And I never found what I left

I thought I had it figured out

Took the first train back to my home town

Burning desire

(music & lyrics E. Jongedijk)

The sign says “do not touch”

But I can’t touch it enough

I feel it stirring deep inside of me

It´s something I can´t hide

Can´t say it´s wrong or right

But I won´t wait for all that´s yet to be

It’s a burning desire

Can’t find it where I am

Reaching higher and higher

For something that just ain’t there

My heart is restless

My mind keeps yearning for more

And when I think I found it

I wanna look behind the closed doors

When all my days start to feel the same

I hear the open road screaming my name

I wanna chase the horizon to see what lies behind

The unknown is all I need

Looking for a world that I can´t see

Another place in another time

I guess it might be a red flag, a flashing warning sign

But don´t you worry about me, as long as you´ll be mine

Wildflower

(music & lyrics E. Jongedijk)

It’s the way she moves, and the way she smiles

It’s the way she dances around me at times

Oh, he don’t know, and she don’t know
But when we’re together, we let it all go

I call her Wildflower

Cause she’s wild and free

But warm like a summer breeze

She’s everything I need

Wildflower
Cause she’s forever young

And gentle as the setting sun

She’s everything I want

Wildflower

And when we talk, all is said

And when we touch, all is felt

Wrong side of the tracks

(music & lyrics J. Vissering)

I dreamed of her in seventh grade

In my memories she has slowly faded

She came from the wrong side of the tracks

Everybody knew, but I couldn’t care less

She hung around till late at night alone

I guess, just to not have to be at home

They told us she won’t be at school for a while

And nobody cared, while I thought of her smile

When she returned, the teacher told the whole class

About private problems and she sat there embarrassed

And how we shouldn’t give her a hard time at school

The opposite happened, and everybody knew

I felt sorry for her and all the tears

I remember she worked harder then all the other kids did

I guess she tried everything to get out of this place

But life left scars on her soul and her pretty face

I dreamed of her in seventh grade

In my memories she has slowly faded

She came from the wrong side of the tracks

Everybody knew, but I couldn’t care less

Keep running

(music & lyrics J. Vissering)

Don’t you worry about today

Don’t think about tomorrow

There will be plenty of days

To think of all your sorrows

And if it really bothers you

Please come to me, and I’ll say:

In one ear and out the other

Don’t you worry about today

Keep running, keep riding

Keep seeking and hiding

Sleep well, sweet dreams and goodnight

Let’s go get into mischief

and go and play outside

Don’t think about all this stuff

You know the world is on fire

Breaking the chains

(music & lyrics E. Jongedijk)

I thought I was fine

I was alive & kicking
Buzzed all the time
Keeping on, without thinking

Most nights half lit

Getting my fill

Out of my head and a thirst with no end

Alone amongst friends

It ́s too late to be sorry
Too far gone to back down

Life turned its tables on me

There ain’t no way around
Back against the wall

Stumble and fall

Done with the pain, the guilt and the shame

Breaking the chains

Finding new ways

Gonna fight it on my own, ride a lonely road

Breaking the chains

Still fighting my demons

From time to time
I’m still finding reasons
For that tie that binds

Does it really matter

If I fall off the wagon?

Only for now, and I swear my vow

That I’ll make it somehow

Breaking the chains

Finding new ways

To hell with the strains
Stopping the rain
Gonna fight it on my own, ride a lonely road

Breaking the chains

Darker days

(music J. Vissering, lyrics J. Vissering & E. Jongedijk)

It happened three blocks away

But I heard about it later

I’d say hello, he kept on walking

That’s how it goes in darker days

Who is gonna stop him from drowning

He don’t know how to swim

Never would have thought

It was the last time I said hello to him

There must have been times when he felt loved

For the tide changed it all

Another year completed

But a life lost

There was this girl that made him happy

Or at least that’s what they say

She was his lifeline to a saver world

But then the darkness found its way

And the sea was getting bigger

He was floating further from the coast

Still waters run deeper

And deep waters I fear the most

Catch one on the fly

(music & lyrics J. Vissering)

What’s the purpose of it all

When between your rise and fall

Everything seems pointless now and then

When I catch one on the fly

Another freight train passing by

I just jump and close my eyes

And wherever it will take me

The sun will rise again

And whatever it will bring me

This won’t be the end

What if this was all in vain

You only have yourself to blame

We must look forward, not look back

Take some chances and don’t be afraid

You really don’t have to carry the weight

Before you know it, it is too late

Remember me

(music & lyrics J. Vissering)

I got into this conversation

About this picture on the wall of a small kid with her dad

The lady I was talkin’ to says:

I’m that little girl, just about 3 years old, she said

And that man he is my father but I don’t remember him

Just fragments in black and white

I was barely 4 years old, when he died

Please remember me

I know you’re only 3 years old

Think about the stories that I told you

And I do hope to get old

But if I don’t, please remember me

It hit me straight away. This might be my biggest fear

But it didn’t seem to bother her

She probably tells this story

a couple times a week

She has the same eyes as her father

The kid was only 2, before her memories were made

Now there’s only a smile on a picture in a frame

and even that smile is the same

When you’re 23

And think back to me and you

Not just a picture in a frame

I hope you’ll say my name

And when you do

please remember me

Mountains

(music E. Jongedijk & lyrics J. Vissering & E. Jongedijk)

Running circles in my head

I see all the bumps on the road ahead

I make mountains out of every molehill

Make a mess of everything

It feels the same as when it began

Still locked inside my head

I didn’t hear a single word you said

You keep talking to a wall

And it won’t help at all

Cause it feels like I’m not here

It feels like I’m not here

I climb these mountains by myself

I fucked it up alone

And I’ll take care of it in my own

I don’t know where or when

I’ll climb these mountains by myself

Running circles in my head

Just leave me alone, when I’m down here

Cause I can’t hurt nobody but myself

And I don’t need your help

Just don’t put my love on the shelf

Please don’t put my love on the shelf

I climb these mountains by myself

I fucked it up alone

And now I’ll fix it in my own

I don’t know where or when

But I’ll climb these mountains by myself