Bezaubernd

fühl mich wohl mit Dir an diesem Tisch
der Glanz in Deinem Haar, Dein edler Blick
unsere Zeit, bezaubernd ist jeder Schritt
den wir miteinander gehen, klingt wie Glück

fühl mich wohl mit Dir in diesem Schiff
der Fluss und die Jahre gehen, wir stehen fest
blauer Himmel, Sonne, Vögel... alles vermischt
bezaubernde Träume kommen jetzt...


       Bezaubernd, wie die Strahlen der Sonne
       Bezaubernd, wie die Jahre die kommen

fühl mich wohl mit Dir auf dieser Welt
die Fahrt schien lang, die Ankunft zählt!
unsere Zeit ist da, bezaubernd jeder Schritt
den wir miteinander gehen, klingt wie Glück

        Bezaubernd, wie die Strahlen der Sonne
        Bezaubernd, wie die Jahre die kommen

August 7, 2018

© 2018 Matt Oehler

vaines saisons

et chaque soir sonne le glas
retour à la case départ
assis devant l'écran j'envoie ces mots
à qui voudra les entendre...

à bien comprendre, en ces temps nauséabonds
à qui sait attendre sans loi ni raison
ces quelques lignes, du plus profond
heures monotones, vaines saisons

le lendemain, sorti de si bas
je regarde le temps, c'est un espoir
les heures fléchissent, je me rends compte
que tout réside en vaines saisons

ce soir assis devant l'écran
cherchant sans cesse à élargir l'horizon
un regard avide, blessé et distant
le temps que passent ces vaines saisons

April 21 2018

© 2018 Matt Oehler

tightrope walker

feels as if you walked on ice
see thru that surface on the ground
progress smoothly avoid to slide
ain't this what you've been aiming for?

see them swirls below your feet
feel that freeze – feel that need
should ya topple just keep the beat
head out of the water, moving deep

walk on a thin line
though we should stick together
make this ours, a million minds
striving in the same direction...

tightrope walker 'tween these beetling cliffs
don't really cares how Time goes by
down below the brash river flows unleashed
while the world keeps turning on and on...

walkabout in Nature
don't know where you're going
stroll through the city
there's just so many people

walk on a thin line
though we should stick together
make this ours, a million minds
striving in the same direction...

January 13, 2018

© 2018 Matt Oehler

down by the bridge

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down by the bridge, that's where the water flows
the knowledge you have is all that you know

the message so deep, it lies in your soul
you'll know it best as you stumble and fall

reason comes with time
meanwhile don't let waste pull you down
through experience you shall learn
not every trip is worth the ride


see that border over yonder, and the lights whisper "come on"
twill your path across the water to reach the other side

January 3 2018

© 2018 Matt Oehler

tip of the iceberg

another night is coming
you stand alone
the tip of the iceberg
so many hours wasted
you stand there, now light that fire,
looking for someone - anyone-
expect to find your soul mate
you are but the tip of the iceberg
with so much to erase
too many doubts & odd feelings
you ain't got the say

just light another one and look up in the sky
the stars are all shining above a 2000 miles

and when the morning lights are going to
stretch beneath your blinds
then you'll have to face that crowd of innocent smiles
catch up with the tide...

all you'd do is frown and cast a glimpse
in the mirror that does reflect
this odd & loving person - yourself! -
and you'd be smilin' and groovin' alike
proud of what you are in moment 't' - seekin' for confidence -
you'll be but one among so many
so much to give, nothing to share
but still with that same old feeling,
like the tip of the iceberg
and just to know what lies beyond is what you left
will give you the lead & some pushing
whether good or bad you can"t tell
it's just like letting go of what you had
and sometimes your emotions so rough & sad

just light another one and look up in the sky
the stars are all shining above a 2000 miles

December 19 2017

©Matt Oehler 2017

whiff of truth

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just take a whiff of truth
look deep inside of you
slow down a bit if you can
it's gonna lead you down

to a place you've never known
why did it take that long
with that whiff of air in your lungs
your vision seems clearer at once

just got to walk that way
wherever it may lead to
and with each step you'll pave
the path that'll take you

to a place you've never known
why did it take that long
with that whiff of air in your lungs
your vision seems clearer at once

believe me with a whiff of truth
lights will shine differently on you
grab that gleam in your hands
don't let it fade away...

to a place you've never known
why did it take that long
with that whiff of air in your lungs
your vision seems clearer at once

to a place you've never known
why did it take that long
with that whiff of air in your lungs
your vision seems clearer at once

November 30 2017

©Matt Oehler 2017

carpe diem

Time is such a relative concept.
It’s lying right there inside our minds
It could weigh so heavy sometimes
But this time I know I’ll get through with it somehow

‘Cos Time’s a healer and that’s alright

I was taught to be patient and I waited
All through my life _
So many nights of sorrow and so many
Roads that passed me by _

Now my only real ambition was to stay
Aside and survive _

Like I’m a born loser and it seemed alright

Time is such a strange concept.
It’s lying there on our minds
Cloudy skies that are gradually darkening
Weather changes turn them shiny and bright

And I thought it ought to help or heal me somehow
I did stall between two edges but that’s alright

Until Time brought along the wonder,
The beauty, the freshness, the light !
Our paths happened to get together,
I saw the emotion in your eyes _

And I sure knew my starving living
Had a reason to be lived somehow
‘Cos then I met the one and only loving
person with whom I’d share my life.

October, 8^th 2000

©Matt Oehler 2017

Chemin de la Raison

Souviens-toi du temps où tu marchais
sur les chemins de l’incertitude Allant toujours de l’avant, te méfiant des tourments tu apprenais la vie, en la prenant comme elle vint Vers toi – ces défauts, ces néants, ces coups de cafard -
Sans jamais te décevoir.

Souviens toi de ces heures passés auprès du téléphone
Et de ces déceptions qui dans ton cœur résonnent
Qu’auras-tu appris de ces heures monotones ?
« Poursuivre ce chemin qu’est celui de tout Homme »

Mais toujours en quête, tu cherches du piment à cette recette,
Celui qui la trouve aura aussi à en payer la dette
Et pourtant le message est clair : on apprend, on comprend et on ne se soucie guère du temps qui passe,

Jour après jour, tu réaliseras que l’harmonie parfaite
Est entre Toi et ton Soi _ alors soit toi-même et acceptes- toi !
Nul n’est parfait mais l’esprit guidera chacun de tes pas
Et solitude constante ne t’empêchera pas de savourer des Instants sacrés ou presque sur le chemin vers la raison.

28 Mars, 2000.

© 2000 Matt Oehler

some loving named desire

might get out of here and find me a calm place.
sit in a Parisian café and forget my troubles & pains.
forget her pretty, her magnificent face ;
but I believe she conquered my brains.

Yes, something takes me higher,
there’s some feeling, some passion,
some loving named Desire.

looking up at the Eiffel Tower, the covered sky…
on the ground lay remnants of a fanciful night.
there seems to be a glimmer of hope, a light corner in the sky…
something to tell me there’s some reason lying in time.

Time that kills, and time that binds, it might just tear apart some lives.
and as it passes, it flows so slowly by. All we can do is try & try & try …

Yes, something takes us higher,
there’s some feeling, some passion,
some loving named Desire.

there’ll be others, by and by…
you forget and you remember, forget to remember
that’s how it works, the human mind !

but when you’re so stuck in it, that even values couldn’t help.
when you feel so lonely you can’t even wish on a better day.
that’s when you realize that this time you should not bend,
recognize your love would never mend.

I’d take a ride by train, I’d take a ride by the subway,
just for to find, for to find my sweetheart back again.
‘cause our love grows, it grows on even more _
every minute we’re apart just helps us to reinforce our love.

I’d drive all the way long _
I’d be there whenever you want.
Just want to hold you a little longer in my arms,

I just want to be held a little longer in your arms.
You know you’re right here in my heart,

and even if it hurts, these hurts
do nothing but breed desires.
and the passion that’s lying between us
takes us a little further and higher…

Yes, we’re getting higher,
there’s some feeling, some passion,
some loving named Desire.

Yes, we’re getting higher,
there’s some feeling, some passion,
some loving named Desire.

Day after day our love’s just growing better
as if we were to find some distant answer.
but, hey, this answer we already know !
ought to live and love and never ever let it go.

when you live and love it’s quite hard to face the truth of the real world ;
you’ve got to share your words and trust your love to someone else’s care,
it’ll be much easier to face reality while we share & do care for our share,
but do mainly share some feelings, some passions, some loving named Desire…

June 10 2000

© 2017 Matt Oehler

sparkle

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"good things come to those who wait..."
that is what the legend says
but that face of yours looks so different today

that road so long and winding
the slopes so steep, the wind so fierce
as it cools our cheeks, wipes away the tears

back to that day we first met I could discern a radiance
but now  I realize that something's changed
in the way you look at me, the way you look it seems

this road so long and winding
the hills so high, the years absconding
golden memories and smiles surround us

May, 17 2017

© 2017 Matt Oehler 

Über den Horizont

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einen Tag aus der Zeit entnommen
wie viele Jahre, nach all diesen Jahren
ist doch egal, was macht das aus ? Wenn's doch so passt,
dann lass uns lieber über den Horizont schauen!

Die Entfernung besteht, doch Gefühle sind geboren
oder wieder auferstanden nach einem seltsamen Sturm

Beide stehen sie da, so viele Schritte, wieviele Stufen es wohl gab?

ist doch egal, was macht das aus ? Wenn's schon so passt,
dann lass uns lieber über den Horizont schauen!

an jenem Tag, der Himmel war klar,
ganz ohne Wolken, wir sassen da...
ist doch egal, was macht das aus ? Wenn's nun so passt,
dann lass uns lieber über den Horizont schauen!

22. April 2017

© 2017 Matt Oehler

pain so intense

  

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want to pick up that phone or send you a postcard
I just want to let you know this state I'm in
if there could be some positive outcome
trust me, I'm doing what I can

would this make sense?
a pain so intense
let this stand as a one last meaning

would this make sense:
after pain, can there be change?


washed away through years of complaining
all that's left are these burning years of glory
so much waste ran down that ole sink
no use stare into a blinding light that couldn't mend

does it make sense?
there must be reasons behind feelings
a pain so intense
let this be a one last meaning

beyond hurting there could be healing
beyond healing there could be hurting

© 2017 Matt Oehler

eternal farewell

each a painful reminder
of the day we parted
each a painful reminder
of the words you said, and the vision!

how could I have known back then
this farewell was meant to be eternal

each a vivid memory
of the very look & sight
each a telling story
of the fun we had, and the compassion!

how would we have known back then
that such a farewell could be eternal

press here to listen to the song

December, 4 2016
© 2016 Matt Oehler

doute de soi

parmi toutes ces émotions
qui m'accompagnent et qui me hantent
et à chacune de mes questions 
une seule réponse: "patience"

entends-tu cette douce voix
cette lumière sur cette terre qui guide tes pas
puis cet air si sincère qui accompagne tes choix
mais le doute, demeure, en soi

ne vois-tu donc pas ces mille merveilles
éclore de l'atmosphère qui nous entoure
sensibilité des vivants et de la nature
effacent le doute de soi

parmi toutes ces émotions
qui me transportent et me guident
et à chacune de mes questions
la même réponse: "incertitude"

te souviens-tu des temps passés
de ces quelques heures/jours cristallisés
hors du temps, bonheur exaltant réconfortant
mais le doute, demeure, en soi

ne vois-tu donc pas ces mille merveilles
qui jaillissent de partout, de l'univers
et qui peignent dans ce ciel des étoiles éternelles
effacent le doute de soi

15 novembre 2016

every way leads to you

Looking at the shore
Try to make myself a reason
I need something to believe in
There’s still so much I ignore

I’ve been running through wind and cold
Completely out of control
I’ve been looking for a reason
Every way leads to you

I’ve been travelling on so many roads
Ignoring all of the deepest knowledge
Always in search of a different goal
Every way leads to you

Looking at the shore
Wondering when or how
Made myself a reason
Got something to believe in

Looking at the shore
I made myself a reason
Got something to believe in
Every way leads to you

I’ve been changing my mind so often
In search of a goal I couldn’t catch it
In search of a soul who’d understand me
Every way leads to you

© 2008 Matt Oehler

Beauty of an Angel

 It quite took me by surprise,
And I started to reflect ;
On everyone I know,
And everyone I’ve met.

It just seems so odd,
When joy is all around,
Your happiness is growing cold ;
You don’t seem to work it out…

The heavens are still in reach,
Forget these awful devilish pleads.
The best is always to come ;
Be it here, or far beyond.

The envy for travelling in your soul
Takes you to foreign countries, unknown.
Sadness will vanish, love would grow ;
“ You’ll get there ”, whispers an angel’s voice…

The setting isn’t very romantic,
Yet it’s good for love to grow.
I just had a chat with an angel,
And I am willing to carry on…

She brought me evidence and proof,
All depends on the way you conceive :
A neutral living with so many bonds,
Dark beauty of an angel for you to behold !

January, 3rd 2000

© 2000 Matt Oehler

Possession

Des années passées dans mes sombres tourments,
Sans même la chance d‘échapper aux griffes du démon.
Mon soi-disant bonheur et ma santé, relatifs aux vents :
Un jour chauds ; froids le suivant.

Tes pensées me fascinent mais me heurtent souvent.
En toi j‘observe tout ce que passion a de bon et d‘aveuglant.
Je ruine ma santé, mais quelle importance ?
Mon cœur est en détresse ; mon esprit manque de patience.

Mais la passion, elle, est bien présente.
Je gâche ma jeunesse en d‘inutiles attentes.
Mon cœur de pierre a bien un épicentre,
Mais je me contente de le décrire, en attendant…

Une partie de mon âme, en toi, s‘est envolée.
Comment aimer quelqu‘un qui, en autrui, veut s‘exciter ?
Je suis incapable d‘écrire ou de penser
Lorsque tu t‘abandonnes à mes côtés.

Turn of Seasons

Once there was a darkness
Wherein I used to ramble
I couldn’t see the least meaning
Ignored everything about to come

This was at a great distance
To the place where I belong
I couldn’t find the way back
Where I went, I didn’t know

The great turn of seasons
was on my side, always
Set it right when it’s wrong
Remain in good shape

I made me a reason : a life
to be complete needs several seasons _
But then I found out the real meaning :
Living is everything that seems.

Must have been the turn of seasons
That led you right here on my way
As I saw you I caught the message
That tells you : “You’d better stay ”

October, 26 2000

© 2000 Matt Oehler

like a path to take - spoken poetry

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Well, I’ve got a lease on it, were I to find the link,

Were I to find someone, somebody to trust aches.

Someone to tear my mind, I’d rather ease my mind

In stuff like loneliness and alcohol, or worse…

I’d rather watch it all from outside and keep the pain inside

Write down my emotional doubts and clear my sight in complaining

Ask for nothing but anger to tease my mind

The trail of tears must bring something more sincere about

This is all I own : a heart_ a scar_ a soul _

And not even the least hope for a better day to come

After all I wonder to whom I owe such a future of restless woe

Long forgotten, not yet or never met the one

And doubts hang on to me like the pain that won’t go

I can run, I can spring - I’ll take it along

I try not to be depressed, nor different from the folks

But when I got someone on my side I’d rather be gone

And after all I’ve got nothing here to hold on to

My past was foreign country, my future is beyond

I’ve got it on my mind ; like a path I’ve got to find

Days drag on so fast and that’s an inner sign

Psycho-physically and logically lost

Is there anything more attractive than a negative approach ?

A life so blurred, a soul so wrecked,

But the fire keeps burning like water spreading on a deck

And yet I got a lease on it, and I wonder where I’d go

Every time I get close to someone, I feel something’s gone

And it returns anytime she teases me and puts me down

I know there’s so much to be found

February, 21st 2000.

©2000 Matt Oehler

puzzle of fate

maybe tomorrow or someday

i'll find the way back

the remembrance of memories

could lead us to an end

grant me the latest opportunity

to lift my morale

I hope it won't hurt if I

keep on wishing upon the stars

what about the saying?

doesn't matter anyway

here we are today

for us to challenge the fate

what about the saying?

doesn't matter anyway

Love is just a puzzle of fate

if you know the answer

will you explain to me?

all about that burdensome fight,

human relations and gravity

and the bitter taste of sadness,

the hollow lights of darkness,

that thankful happiness

found in solitude

what about the saying?

doesn't matter anyway

here we are today

for us to challenge the fate

what about the saying?

doesn't matter anyway

Love is just a puzzle of fate

Listen to a live performance here

© 2016 Matt Oehler