I was walking in the mountains
in the middle of nowhere
my backpack and my compass
that's all I had with me

the peaceful silence took me
much further than I thought
I never felt this balance
between hills and waterfalls

I can't hide, forever in the wild
I can't hide, I need to come back to life

I made my way through darkness
through long depressing nights
but everything's forgotten
since I'm running in the wild

I'm in a land called fantasy
unspoiled nature around
I finally can breathe again
high on a mountain top

I can't hide, forever in the wild
I can't hide, I need to come back to life

take me back to the mountains
take me back to the sea
take me back to the river
where I can run free

I can't hide, forever in the wild
I can't hide, I need to come back to life
I need to come back to life
I need to come back to life

for the first time there won't be a tree
too many memories and I still can see
how you hung up with love all the tiny paper-angels we cut out in the past

for the first time there won't be a crib
I remember our forest trip
where we collected the moss, when I was a kid

everything changes and christmas will too
we can't celebrate like always, without you
everything's different, turn back the time
let once again the christmas tree shine

for the first time you won't ring the bell
it was tradition, I can tell
although I'm grown up, I will miss the lovely sound, the sound of the jingle

for the first time you won't wait for me
at the station at half past three
to pick me up, to bring me home safely

everything changes and christmas will too
we can't celebrate like always, without you
everything's different, turn back the time
let once again the christmas tree shine

for the first time you won't be home
we'll be without you, on our own
everything's different now, and hristmas is too

my little boat
was out in the waves
clouds up ahead
floated around in circles

as lightning struck
stars fell from the sky
and my little boat
ran aground into the blue

and I feel, that it's real
in the blue in the blue
cause I feel, that I heal
in my heart in my heart

My little boat
took some time to heal
time to repaint
to shine in brand new colors

when the west wind is right
my little boat
will set his sail
to leave for an unknown island

and I feel, that it's real
in the blue in the blue
cause I feel, that I heal
in my heart in my heart

you wrote me your first lines, when I was ten
opened up a distant universe, back then
with every letter I got to know you more and more
the way you felt, when you left home at twenty four

in the 60s down under called your name
in those days uncommon for a women to be that confident
a tough start building up a brand new life
but you became a nurse, a mother, a beloved wife

Dora Dora Dora Dora

with every letter I received over the years
my growing wanderlust slowly replaced my fears
you asked me to come over a thousand times
to feel the Australian easy going life
until you sadly wrote, your husband died

Dora Dora Dora Dora

I wish you could wrap up some courage
and send it with a bottle post over the sea
I wish you could send me some freedom
that flies with the migrating birds
that flies with the migrating birds

I'm walking on the same avenue
admire the ocean blue, like you do
just as you, decades ago
I left my worries, my daily life behind
living the Australian life in my mind

Dora, Dora, Dora, Dora
you wrote me your first lines, when I was ten
opened up a distant universe, back then
with every letter I got to know you more and more
the way you felt, when you left home at twenty four
the way you felt, when you left home at twenty four

Ich erinnere mich an den Tag
als wir uns zum letzten Mal sahen
Als hättest du's gewusst, irgendwie gespürt
doch warst du nie ein Mensch vieler Worte

Vergänglichkeit, mir bisher völlig fremd
hat mir ihr wahres Gesicht gezeigt
Könnte ich die Zeit zurück drehen
würde der letzte Sommertag nie vergehen

Du fliegst du fliegst du fliegst davon
kann dich nicht halten, kann dich nicht mehr sehen
Du fliegst du fliegst du fliegst davon
mit dem Klang der Stille, über den Horizont

Nun lebst du in einem Haus am Wald
bist umgezogen an einem warmen Sommertag
Den Garten vor der Tür, wie von dir geliebt
siehst du die Jahreszeiten an dir vorüberziehen

Fragen an dich von mir nie gestellt
Warum, weshalb, es ist zu spät
Dunkelheit wird mein Begleiter sein
Für immer und Ewig, bis in alle Zeit

Du fliegst du fliegst du fliegst davon
kann dich nicht halten, kann dich nicht mehr sehen
Du fliegst du fliegst du fliegst davon
mit dem Klang der Stille, über den Horizont

Ich erinnere mich an den Tag
als wir uns zum letzten Mal sahen