River Spree (Berlin)

We drank coffee on the rainy street

by the Church St. Catherine

Eyes full of love

pockets full of dreams

You wanted to be a singer then

Berlin was the place to be

You asked if I would come with you and

live on the River Spree

I said sure I'll come and live with you

but my German's not so good

Said it didn't matter in the

Kreuzberg neighborhood

I wanted to write a play for us

document our lives

Climbed aboard the sleeper train

cross the border late at night

Berlin, Berlin, a place for you and me

We will find the answer then

Down by the River Spree

Berlin was really paranoid

but it really had an edge

You found yourself upon the bank

I wrote dialogues in my head

You dyed your hair red and black

started doing drugs

Depressions filled your soul at night

beyond the cure of hugs

You once saw Paris, Texas

Thought about the States

Fassbender fascinated you

and the Brandenburg Gate

While others dreamed of Paris, France

you saw Alexanderplatz

The image grabbed you by the arm

and pulled you to the mat

Berlin, Berlin

A place for you and me

We will find the answer then

Down by the River Spree

You started falling down at night

I saw you cut yourself

using kitchen knives and razor blades

Trying to hurt yourself

Your life became a nightmare

in a dream that wasn't you

Fleeing some rejection

A torn mask nobody knew

There were needles on the nightstand

spoons across the floor

It was getting hard to watch you

nodding and trying to score

You said there was only one way out

to ever really become free

It was raining when you killed yourself