Nijmegen.

Omzoomd door stromend water

danst voor het oog van de mooie Ooij

de stad.

Hij heeft door de eeuwen heen

nog nooit oog voor een ander

gehad.

Zij spint en speldt met de jaren

haar gewaden en haren almaar anders

voor hem.

En ik lijk,

ik lijk kleiner

en kleiner bij het kijken,

oh, ik lijk te bezwijken!

Bekoren, bevaren, bestuiven, bezaaien,

behagen, bevliegen, bewegen,

Nijmegen.

Zij begroeit, overwoekert hem

weer en weer met weer

en hij

Hij maakt zijn paden,

zij laat hem zijn paden maken

in haar

in

bekoren, bevaren, bestuiven, bezaaien,

behagen, bevliegen, bewegen,

Nijmegen.

En ik lijk,

ik lijk kleiner

en kleiner bij het kijken,

oh, ik lijk te bezwijken!

Bekoren, bevaren, bestuiven, bezaaien,

behagen, bevliegen, bewegen,

Nijmegen.

Nijmegen.

Ooij, wat ben

je mooi.

pepé: lettermenger.

[20sep2010]

Salmiac Suffer.

General's orders

Admiral's offers

Trapped in your borders

Acting like lovers

Keeping me bleeding

I know my position

Nothing left needing

Nothing left wishing

I sucrifice myself on your command

Understand the orders of your hand

Salmiac suffer

Candy injection

Never enough nor

Real satisfaction

Sugar!

Fuel!

Who's licking who now?

Sweetness, I need you!

I sucrifice myself on your command

Understand the orders of your hand.

pepé: lettermenger.

[22oct2009]

Arrival ( A Dream).

With somebody on board of a boat

on a river in shimmerdark,

that somebody holding the pedals,

rowing me to some place

I knew I'd never seen.

The sound of the rowing,

the sound of the silence

of shimmerdark only.

Did I...

Did I arrive

the moment I

opened my eyes?

pepé: lettermenger.

[2010]

The Way You Drink.

When the tiles are hot,

too hot for bare feet

and the grass is dry

so it stings our skins,

there's a place in the shade

we could quench our thirst.

Got a bottle of water,

come on, you take some first.

Although I know you

some silly minutes

the sun and silence

satisfy my senses,

breathe and just breathe,

don't speak, you'll speak by

The way you drink.

The way you drink.

Gather in the shade

with tongues so suede

and circulate

the bottle.

Breathe and just breathe,

don't speak, you'll speak by

The way you drink.

The way you drink.

pepé: lettermenger.

[18jun2006]

I Need You.

Faithful and flexible

Full blown and fabian

Whether fate or fluke

I coped and got through

but

I need you

It's fun alone but with two, too
I need you

We need someone to talk to, don't you?

I need you

To show me how you would do what I do

Or wouldn't you and why?

Oh, I, I need you

Solitude you

Solitude me

Solitude all

Like a bagle with a hole

You fill me and I fill you

Life tastes much better

When you fill me

I need you

It's fun alone but with two, too

I need you

We need someone to talk to, don't you?

I need you

To show me how you would do what I do

Or wouldn't you and why?

Oh I, I need you

Don't promise to stay

Every day 's a new day

Make the most of it

You solitude

Me solitude

Billions of solitudes

Us moving through

Do you need me?

I do

I need you

It's fun alone but with you, too

I need you

We need someone to talk to, don't you?

I need you

To show me how you would do what I do

Or wouldn't you and why?

Oh I

I need

Need

Need

You

pepé: lettermenger.

[16feb2006]

New Moon.

Let it be New Moon,

black and darkest blue.

Behold, though,

light returns too soon.

Close your tired eyes,

see the dark inside.

Don't try to

visualise for a while.

Hush, soul,

this is all,

feel and see

you are free

underneath New Moon,

underneath New Moon.

Now forget the time,

for there is no time.

Be aware, though,

we pretend some times.

And when you are there,

meaning anywhere,

be aware

New Moon is in the air.

Hush, soul,

this is all,

feel and see

you are free

underneath New Moon,

underneath New Moon.

Wait a little while

and another while

before you...

Oh, wait a little while

and another while

before you...

Don't try to,

just lay down

until you are

aware no more.

Hush, soul,

this is all,

feel and see

you are free

underneath New Moon.

Hush, soul,

this is all,

feel and see

you are free

underneath New Moon,

underneath New Moon,

underneath...

pepé: lettermenger.

[17sep2005]


[click here to listen to a version of "New Moon"]

First Choice.

"Beware," he said,

"there'll be dragons on your path.

Are you sure you wanna go down?"

"God, yes" I said...

So I met you,

my dragon-man in person.

"Are you sure you wanna go down?"

"God, yes," I said.

You didn't tell me

dragons appear like angels,

you didn't tell me back then

I couldn't see.

"Come along," he said.

The decision eventually

was to be made by me.

God, "Yes" I said...

I didn't know then

dragons appear like angels,

trusted you were my first choice,

but hell no, you're not!

Please, make me able,

I promised to proceed,

please, what I need,

a third eye, god, please!

Let me see!

Let me see!

"Beware," he said,

"there'll be dragons on your path.

Are you sure you wanna go down?"

God, "Yes" I said...

pepé: lettermenger.

[22may2005]

Hotel Living-room.

So far the sofa offered her comfort to me today

Hearing the steering of wheels on the streets

meet and greet secretly.

My head lays on the red, soft grand foular,

the blue my sight is pulled towards is far

from where my head lays,

't seems these are holidays,

I'm having holidays

In Hotel Living-room.

In Hotel Living-room.

Look at these pedestrians!

Are those my fellow citizens?

See those ancient buildings!

A room with a view,

Hotel Living-room.

Remember your first night in that city: "I arrived!"

That night your bed was the center of the hype, oh, the hype!

Tired, too excited to let your eyes glide

into the deep beneath,

you wanna get high

and have a nice sight upon the sky

we believe we are underneath (but are we?).

And being aware in fact you are there,

down in that town of tombe and womb,

in Hotel Living-room.

In Hotel Living-room,

your Hotel Living-room

everything's turnin'!

As long as you pay your rent you can spend

every second as a native tourist

in your Hotel Living-room,

in Hotel Living-room,

a room with a view,

Hotel Living-room.

pepé: lettermenger.

[20may2005]

I, Fool.

Why if everyhting is alright

am I insecure?

Why 'f I try everything in my might

so incontent?

In the middle of the night,

in search of the light,

my hand holds a lantern,

I, fool.

Parts of my actions want to learn,

parts to forget.

All directions I could turn,

but what should I let?

I know I don't know,

that's all I need to know,

I wanna not know even more,

I, fool.

In the middle of the night,

in search of the light,

my hand holds a lantern,

I, fool.

I know I don't know,

that's all I need to know,

I wanna not know even more,

I, fool.

pepé: lettermenger.

[10feb2005]


[click here to listen tot a version of "I, Fool"]

Versions (Jerusalem).

Version six

of a crucifix,

sacred sand

in a just washed hand.

Words were claimed,

the unnamed was named.

Truth became law

and law became old.

Jerusalem,

houses on sand.

No-one ever owned

one grain of sand.

God arrived

in a four-wheel-drive.

"Oh, father, see,

I won the lotery!"

People stink

it's their egos I think,

but I love that smell

and I know it well.

Jerusalem,

houses on sand.

No-one ever owned

one grain of sand.

Version seven

of a promised heaven,

sacred sand

in a just washed hand.

Is it yours?

pepé: lettermenger.

[14nov2004]

[click here to listen to a version of "Versions"]

Blood, Tears and Alcohol.

check videO 4 lyrics

pepé: lettermenger.

[lyrics: 16may2004]

Bearer Of Gold.

Bearer of gold

rubbish is sold

between us all.

Bearer, don't fall.

You know your way,

don't change your play,

stay to your word.

Once it is heard.

Don't compromise

to all those lies.

Temptation's strong

but won't last long.

I know

it's hard and lonely

I know

you're oftenly not understood

But you know

it's truth and truth only.

You know

destiny's rude but good.

Sparkle of Jah (Jah!),

shadow of Ra.

Your tongue is theirs.

Silver it bears.

Holy I'm not

but I have got

holy things to do

just like you.

I know

it's hard and lonely

I know

you're oftenly not understood

But you know

it's truth and truth only.

You know

destiny's rude but good.

Sing, speak and be silent

in all of their names.

Live, love and enjoy

like they would.

Sing, speak and be silent

in all of their names.

Live, love and enjoy

like they would.

I know

it's hard and lonely

I know

you're oftenly not understood

But you know

it's truth and truth only.

You know

destiny's rude

destiny's rude

destiny's rude

but good.

Bearer of gold

rubbish is sold

between us all.

Bearer, don't fall.

pepé: lettermenger.

[21nov2003]

[click here to listen to a version of "Bearer of Gold"]

Schicht.

Uit een schaduw ontschoten

vanaf een rijdende ruit

kaatst in beleliede grachten

een schicht mijn iris weer uit.

Schiet over huizen en steden

straalt over vijf continenten

ontsnapt uit de ijlende dampkring

vluchtend voor alle momenten.

Macht

Lust

Woede

Angst

Haat

Pijn

Haal me dan in,

Ik wed dat ik win.

Ik zal er eerder zijn.

Anus op de aarde

onder een weet-ik-veel boom,

kleermaker en boeddha,

deze waarheid is een droom.

Als ik je hand vast kon houden

terwijl ik niets meer werd dan licht

zou ik je mee willen nemen

naar een ongekend vergezicht.

Macht

Lust

Woede

Angst

Haat

Pijn

Haal me dan in.

Ik wed dat ik win.

Ik zal er eerder zijn.

Zie dan wat je in je hebt,

je reflecteert een god!

Dus spring en zeg dat je vliegen kan,

denk jezelf niet kapot!

Macht

Lust

Woede

Angst

Haat

Pijn

Haal me dan in.

Ik wed dat ik win.

Ik zal er eerder zijn.

Uit een schaduw ontkomen

vanaf een rijdende ruit

kaatst in beleliede grachten

een schicht mijn iris weer uit.

pepé: lettermenger.

[6aug2003]

Singing Philosopher.

Sent you seven messages this minute

and all of them died b'fore I could even touch my mobile.

Called you every now and then this weekend

and every call appeared me, being only talking to my room.

So the music it plays and it pulls me through my days,

still I feel I can manage, I can carry this carriage myself!

Haunting my room films zoom through my mind I repeatedly rewind

I cannot catch your beauty, I cannot cage this cruel caring kind.

Through this taste of coffee,

through this taste of smoke,

through this haste of living

there you raced inside me

and the taste of you here

dominates all the rest!

Smoking can kill, cafeine can kill,

but love is the strongest poison.

You can put the loudest noise on,

but it will sing and enchant you

like only love can do.

Why am I taking it still?

Do you see my vulnerability

in the way that I stroke your cheek and your whole body?

Do you know that this heart has been closed

for only God knows how long and why and now it shows itself to you.

I'm a singing philosopher,

but I'm speechless and thoughtless if my thoughts of you're not included.

Still I feel like a painting the painter decided to be finished,

to be worth to be seen to another eye than the artist's own eye.

Through the brightest colour,

through the highest notes,

through a sigh of perfection

there you fly in my mind.

First I die, then I come back to life.

Breathing can kill, thinking can kill

but love is the strongest poison.

You can put the loudest noise on,

but it will sing and enchant you

like only love can do.

Why am I taking it still?

Let this love come to an end

I think the author can do better than

this reality can mend

a mind that's possessed and been gassed

by illusions inserted by those who only hurted

this being, 't was fleeing now it's freeing itself

from this history hell it bore.

Now I will turn around no more,

so breathe in what I am and I will exhale you.

Breathing can kill, thinking can kill

but love is the strongest poison.

You can put the loudest noise on,

but it will sing and enchant you

like only love can do.

Why am I taking it still?

Breathing can kill, thinking can kill

but love is the strongest poison.

You can put the loudest noise on,

but it will sing and enchant you

like only love can do.

Why am I taking it still?

Tell me, are you sharing this pill?

pepé: lettermenger.

[18nov2002]


[click here to listen to a version of "Singing Philosopher"]

Finding Out.

Finding out

the ends of streets

and finding out

if not somewhere on the dead end streets

there's a way after all

to the web of streets again

He's finding out

hands reached out

eyes wide open.

Finding out

the ends of streets

and finding out

the things the signs don't lead you to.

And if he falls in a ravein

there'll be a way down there.

And if he falls into the sea

there'll be a way down there.

And if the thorns of all the bushes,

if the darkness or the storms

use all their powers to resist

he makes a fist

and he sings to himself:

There'll be a way down there.

Finding out

the ends of streets

and finding out

if not somewhere on the dead end streets

there's a way after all

to the web of streets,

if there's a way after all.

Finding out.

Finding out.

Finding

out.

pepé: lettermenger.

[2000]