Thorsten Gabriel

Hello little star
Hanging quiet in the dark
With just my hand in the air
I can hide you from my sight
But you’re still burning there
Far beyond the quiet night

Hello little star
I’m driving home through empty streets
You’re asleep above the clouds
While the world below me breathes
And I step into the silence
Where the sky begins to speak

Something bright is moving fast
Cutting through the velvet black

Oh little star
Look how you wander
Oh little star
Look how you shine
I hear your voice
In the turning of the night
Go to rest now
Little star of mine

Hello little star
Storms are waking far away
I can’t change their heavy dance
Only watch them drift and sway
And the ocean pulls its shadows
As the winds begin to pray

Oh little star
Look how you wander
Oh little star
Look how you shine
I hear your voice
In the turning of the night
Go to rest now
Little star of mine

Deeper deeper
Somewhere in the deep
There is a light
That never sleeps

Oh little star
Look how you wander
Oh little star
Look how you shine
I hear your voice
In the turning of the night
Go to rest now
Little star of mine

We are at war again
Playing the same old tune
Soldiers stand in rank and file
Armed ready worn out
Men and women barely grown
Shipped off with orders to kill
Trained for defense
Not to ask questions

Every human must die
It is written in the starlight
And in the lines of your palm
We are fools to wage war
Against brothers and sisters
Against children and families
And though they caused me pain
They never left me all alone

One day you will return home
To the farm the fields and the meadows
Years have passed
Your house lies in darkness
No more truths to tell
No more lies to bear
No teeth no eyes
Nothing left to see nothing left to chew

[Instrumental Rise]
[Strings swell]
[Brass soft in background]
[Percussion grows deeper]
[Chorus whispers from afar]

I wonder if humanity still lives
It took everything the Earth provided
And gave nothing in return
A billion tears shed
Without knowing why
Now the reign of man comes to an end
Fading into the eternal night

Through the darkness
Amidst the glimmer of distant stars
As near as yesterday
As far as eternity
One wonders if any life remains
In this year if humanity still lives

When God arrives
Should He make it here in time
He might look around and say
The day of judgment is at hand
He shakes his mighty head
Says I am content
Or tears everything down
And begins anew

Should humanity survive
It may perhaps come to realize
That from the ashes of its own destruction
A new life can emerge
A different life
A wiser life
If it dares to begin again

The night was calm the fields were wide
A winter hush across the land
Then suddenly a light appeared
Too close too slow too bright to stand
It wasn’t star nor flame nor storm
It moved with purpose from afar
And in its glow a child was born
The child of the quiet star

No angels sang no bells were rung
No shepherds gathered in the cold
But every heart that felt the night
Knew something ancient had been told
He didn’t cry like newborns do
He only breathed as if he knew
The world was waiting for a sign
To learn what light can lead us to

He came from silence
He came from light
Not to be worshipped
But to remind
That every soul
Must choose its way
Before the dawn
Of Christmas Day
He is no savior
No earthly son
He is the message
We become

I found him lying in the reeds
A glow around his fragile frame
He looked at me with quiet eyes
That somehow knew my hidden shame
No judgment lived within his gaze
No fear no doubt no earthly ties
Just something vast and far away
A truth descending from the skies

He spoke without a single word
A thought that echoed through my chest
He said the world forgets its heart
When fear becomes its only guest
He showed me futures made of dust
And cities drowning in their greed
But also hands that choose to heal
And souls that rise when others bleed

He came from silence
He came from light
Not to be worshipped
But to remind
That every soul
Must choose its way
Before the dawn
Of Christmas Day
He is no savior
No earthly son
He is the message
We become

He is no savior
No chosen one
Just a quiet star
That taught us
How to shine

We won't get quieter we'll get louder
We won't get smaller we'll get stronger
We won't hide
We’ll keep taking to the streets for love
For diversity for respect and for the freedom
To simply be ourselves

I don't have a name for you yet
Did I ever tell you that
I have nothing left to lose regarding you
To be honest my purpose lies in YOU
I wish you all the happiness in the world
No fear of the right questions
May your love last forever
And may courage never leave you

And a good friend
Who always stays by your side
Where does the meaning lie
No idea to be honest
Knowing your strengths and weaknesses
I wish you a thick skin
So you can hold your own in this world
Without fear and may your love endure

We won't get quieter we'll get louder
We won't get smaller we'll get stronger
We won't hide
We’ll keep taking to the streets for love
For diversity for respect and for the freedom
To simply be ourselves

If you ask me where we're headed
Do we stand still or move on
Do we set out for the stars
To see just how small we are
From up there where silence remains
No screams in the wind
Even when you’re lost in your dreams
And have no fear of the wrong questions

We won't get quieter we'll get louder
We won't get smaller we'll get stronger
We won't hide
We’ll keep taking to the streets for love
For diversity for respect and for the freedom
To simply be ourselves

And in that moment
When you aren't wrestling with evil
But believing in the good
And can even let go
Of the worries or burdens weighing you down
You find yourself with a tear in one eye
And a smile in the other
Close your eyes and you will see me

Now it has happened
You are floating through space
Yet you still have faith
Having discovered a meaning
That your love endures forever
And that courage does not forsake you

It's still the same he'll be gone on Monday
She always said he'll be gone on Monday
It's still the same he'll be gone on Monday

They lied to us
They didn't leave right away
These are our records
And here she is
Standing by the side of the road
You can tell just by her sweater
So
What happened

Can we talk for a minute
I found out
That they brought drugs again
This was their last chance
It's going to be like this starting Monday
You'll get a crisis placement
I'm totally shocked
That they want him out

It makes me sick
Because the decision is final
They've understood
That you focus on the negative and ignore the positive
It's over with the white powder
The pink pills
And the injections

So I left
Trying to distract myself
As best I could
I tried to distract myself
From my feelings that were coming back
But it didn't work
No no no fuck
Couldn't distract myself anymore

Just like my mother stopped functioning
So I stopped functioning too
Was sent away to a home
Sent away in tears and anger
Away from my big sister
Away from all the people I loved I have

I feel so sick
Because the decision is final
They've understood
That one focuses on the negative
And ignores the positive
It's over with the white powder
The pink pills
And the pricks on my skin

I thought I'd go crazy go crazy
From all the fear and loneliness
Then she wants to ruin my life
A little child
Because of a little white snow
Calls up the Ice Age lets the frost into my heart until it freezes

There could have been other ways
So that a child's soul remains intact
What's wrong with me now
Now I want to talk
What do I have to do so that I can stay
So that it doesn't get so close to me
Do you know that I'll be homeless then
Completely unprotected

I feel so sick
Because the decision is final
They've understood
That one focuses on the negative
And ignores the positive Ignored
It's over with the white powder
The pink pills
And the punctures on the skin

Why did all this happen
All against the clock
So completely
Nothing remains as it once was
You were killed
Because your deed goes unpunished
The perpetrator will be punished
Yet it was a heroic act

It remains true he'll be gone on Monday
That's what she always said he'll be gone on Monday
It remains true he'll be gone on Monday