Too old for fairytales. FREE DOWNLOAD: "Requiem for the Living"

Welcome Metafilter users! I'm getting quite a bit of new visitors from the Metafilter Projects page, as well as from bloggers who've picked it up there.

As a special gift to my new audience I thought I'd share a demo of a new song I've written and recorded today.

Wolkenvelden - Requiem for the Living (6MB MP3) (lyrics)

Here I stand now: I am tired, broken and alone
I'm fifteen again and I'm camping out by the phone
I'll admit that I'm weak and if you ditch me you'll probably be right
But there's ghosts in my head and I just want to see you tonight

Hell, I stumble through the evenings
And I laze away the days
I know that's not what life is for
But it helps evade the pain

So let's drink to the things that died too soon
How I'd love to believe that they're hiding somewhere behind the moon
But I'm a big boy now
Too old for fairytales
Too young to know first hand
And happy as fuck

At least I've a friend who likes to drink as much as I
We laugh at religion and marvel at the gift of life
We can argue at length or get stoned and be silent instead
But I can't see a light and I'd rather have you in my bed

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