Rolf tries his best to say something substantial in every song. Even though the words are emancipated in music and are allowed to be sounds again (vowels and consonants carrying notes) one should try to be meaningful. He has found himself writing more songs about politics and global injustice lately than about romantic topics.

Scroll down to find lyrics for Everybody Artist, Daisy Cutter, Deep-Sea Blue, Fear of Heights, Infant Spirit, Evelyn, It's Hard to Believe, So There Came to be TV, and Not Unforgiven:

EVERYBODY ARTIST

Make everything count
Make everything count
Make everything count

Everybody is borne as an artist
With at least one great work
To complete in his time

So common don't be telling me
You've got to cut your losses now
Your dreams only drag you down

'Cause dreams don't drag you down they

Make everything count
Make everything count
Make everything count

It came to me in a dream clear as day in the dead of night
Let everybody take charge and turn his life into art

So common don't be telling me
You've got to cut your losses now

Your dreams only drag you down
Your dreams only drag you down

They make everything count
They make everything count
They make everything count

No dreams wont drag you down they
No dreams wont drag you down they

Life's your creation
Let every moment count

Make everything count
Make everything count
Make everything count

So common don't be telling me

Words and music by Rolf Heitmann 2008 ©

 

DAISY CUTTER

First we bomb them
and then rebuild them
if we're lucky
in the process all evil
died in the shock wave
from a daisy cutter

It's false, it's false, false history, it's false, it's false, false identity, it's false, it's false, false security

I think that the problem
lies somewhere else
we act without fear
and hypocrisy
only when we
communicate through
fire and brimstone

And never, never through love, and never, never through love
and always, always through hate, and never, never through love

And never, never with love, and never, never with love
and always, always with hate, and never, never with love

And I, I worry 'bout our times, and hope by God I'm wrong, that evil can't got on
And I, I look around right now, and hope that it's still true, that evil cannot win

Through fire and brimstone, plenty of that
and never, never of love, and never of love

© 2004 Rolf Heitmann

 

 

DEEP-SEA BLUE

My baby's got the blues today
Has the feeling she's just passing by
her body is all tense and soar
now she even cannot speak anymore

But I'm the luckiest guy in town
there's no one quite like her around
she brings me presents every day
she makes a present of every day

My baby's mind is deep-sea blue
My baby's heart is burning red
My baby's soul is white as snow
her eyes cry like a child's

My baby's got the blues so bad
it makes her hear things I never said
she's starring holes in the air
now she's telling me that I don't care

But I'm the luckiest guy in town
there's no one quite like her around
she makes a present of every day

My baby's mind is deep-sea blue
My baby's heart is burning red
My baby's soul is white as snow
her eyes cry like a child's

Despair
Suddenly it's there
Seems here to stay
But it fades away

Hmm the luckiest guy in town
Hmm the luckiest guy in town
My baby's mind is deep-sea blue
My baby's heart is burning red
My baby's soul is white as snow
her eyes cry like a child's

My baby's mind is deep-sea blue
My baby's heart is burning red
My baby's soul is white as snow
her eyes cry like a child's
her eyes cry like a child's

© 2004 Rolf Heitmann

 

 

FEAR OF HEIGHTS

Ignorance is bliss
And full of screens
To make sure that you'll stay in the place
Where you cannot see
But it is what it is
And a million bytes
Will never fix a
Leaf to a twig
Or lift a kite

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

We're grains of sand on the crust, on the crust under the sun, that's you and I
We're grains of sand on the crust, on the crust under the sun, that's you and I

Television is the world today
Reality reduced to a sham for
The deaf, dumb and blind
But it is what it is
And a trillion bytes
Will never know the rush of a kiss
The fear of heights
The rush of a kiss
The fear of heights

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

We're grains of sand on the crust, on the crust under the sun, that's you and I
Just grains of sand on the crust, on the crust under the sun, that's you and
It's just the way it's good for small specks like you and me under the sun
We're grains of sand on the crust, on the crust under the sun, that's you and I
Just grains of sand on the crust, on the crust under the sun, just

Television rules the world today
Bits and bytes rule the world today

© Rolf Heitmann Aug. 2004

 

INFANT SPIRIT

Infant spirit in decline
oh that's why my
Halls of distress never fall

Oh must I
Oh must I feel
like turning my back
on you just because
you rest in a field
of dust.
In a field of dust
In a field of dust
In a field of dust

Oh must I
oh must I lust
for spinning the coin
when it is about
just about to undo
all that's true.
everything that's true

Ever since I learned to own I have been
too numb to feel
that what I touch is real, and
Ever since I learned to watch I have been
too numb to feel
that what I see is real, that's
no faculty to lack.

No it's why my
Infant spirit is in decline
And it's why my
Halls of distress will never fall

And I did it before
And I do it again
And I did it before
And I do it again

Oh must my
My fingers itch
to peel of your dress
when we are about
just about to undo
us two
everything we did

oh it's why my
Infant spirit is in decline
And it's why my
Halls of distress will never fall

And I did it before
And I do it again
And I did it before
And I do it again
And I did it before
And I do it again

And that's why my
Infant spirit in decline
And it's why my
Halls of distress will never fall

Oh why must I feel
Oh why must I feel
Like caressing your tongue
Now that I'm gone

© Rolf G. Heitmann Oct. 1990&June 2004

 

EVELYN

Oh what a thrill
My heart stood still
Oh what a rush
My music made you blush

It was like a dream
When you said your name
King Arthur and his knights
Flashed before my eyes

Though not written in
the stars or the sand
the truth is right at hand:
you have found your man

Oh what a buzz
there is such a thing as love
oh what a high
we didn't have to try

I was in a haze
When you looked my way
I had seen you once before
but you hadn't seen me

You're the one
who turned the tide
You're the dark
the darkness and the light
You're the sea
the seasons and the soil
you're the girl
you're the girl
you're the girl
on whose wake I ride

Oh what delight
I kiss you every night
oh what a joy
we're God's brilliant toys
ho ho ho, ho ho ho

Whether written in
the stars or the sand
the truth is right at hand:
you have found your man

You're the one
who turned the tide
You're the dark
the darkness and the light
You're the sea
the seasons and the soil
you're the girl
you're the girl
you're the girl
In whose arms I'll die

Oh what a thrill
My heart stood still
ho ho ho, ho ho ho

© Rolf Heitmann Jan. 2004

 

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE

I don't want to live for ever
I just don't want everyone to go away
God is there really no other way
must it be so sad to be so goddamn great?

And it's hard to believe
the grace you have in your smile
will vanish like a tear
disappears in the ground
when it's dry
And the comfort you hold in your hand
will vanish like a tear
disappears in the rain

And will I see you again
some day some place
and will I see you again
some shape some place
and will I see you again
some day some shape somewhere

Diamonds and dust they are forever
hence everything that counts fades away
in dust we are all one and the same
an illusion that stuff can keep that cop away

Nothing to hold
nothing to stick to
nothing the only logical state
and death is the only ting I can think of

And it's hard to believe
the grace you have in your smile
will vanish like a tear
disappears in the ground
when it's dry
And the comfort you hold in your hand
will vanish like a tear
disappears in the rain

And will I see you again
some day some place
and will I see you again
some shape some place
and will I see you again
some day some shape somewhere

© Rolf Heitmann March 2

 

SO THERE CAME TO BE TV

They were standing there in a group
Of many
They looked sad
To me

Some of them looked at the stage
Too many
Looked away
And down

It was not that they didn't like
The music
It was right
For its time

They were distracted, they were distracted
By a big screen
Showing the messages they typed on their
Cell phones
Uh, on their cell phones the typed

Somebody wise had made a deal
So there came to be a big TV
Nothing in life is for free
You pay with your soul
If it seems to be

They were distracted, they were distracted
By a big screen
Showing many a thing they could buy
On credit
Today only the poor need a dime

They were distracted
Had confusion in their eyes
Inside oh they cried
And they did not know why

They were standing there a good crowd, all ready,
To tune in on great thing
But somebody wise had made a deal
So there came to be a big TV

They were distracted, they were distracted

They were distracted
Had confusion in their eyes
Inside oh they cried
And they did not know why

Distracted
Had confusion in their eyes
Inside oh they cried
And they did not know why
And they did not know why
And they did not know why
And they did not know why

© Rolf Heitmann Nov. 2004

 

NOT UNFORGIVEN
Words and music Rolf Heitmann © Dec. 2004

She said it's not too late
you can still win the day
you only have to find
twelve roses in these weeds
She said and you're not unforgiven
you've got the spark right inside
oh see the fault line
In the corner of your eye

I said oh no not me
oh no not I
you just tell me when
you just tell me why
these gloomy days come to an end
I just need to know how and when

She said it's not too late
You can still clean the slate
go turn each and every stone
then turn the tidal wave
She said and you're not unforgiven
you've got the spark right inside
oh hold your flame way high
let your sins shun the light

I said oh no not me
oh no not I
you just tell me when
just tell me why
these gloomy days come to an end
I just need to know how and when

Why don't you turn
these cloudbursts into wine
only go and find
twelve roses in these weeds

You've got the spark right inside
hmm just hold high your light

I said oh no not me
oh no not I
you just tell me when
just tell me why
these gloomy days come to an end
I said oh no not me
oh no not I
you just tell me when
just tell me why
these gloomy days come to an end
I just need to know how and when

But who needn't know
why her spirit's so
why her spirit soars
her spirit soars
Who needs no grounds
who needs no cause
why her spirit soars
her spirit soars
Who needs no grounds
who needs no cause