A broken heart who is wandering alone
a song that echoes in a battered mind
The king has fallen from his self-made throne
and now he trembles he is wandering blind
A lonely rambler is trespassing the plains
where ignorance and dark deeds lie
He finds himself carrying the chains
given to the blind - now he’s wondering why
Snow glimmers on a distant mountain top
I’m heading for a place so far away
O, so tired but I cannot stop
On my way I have wandered astray
Countless steps toward the distant end
Where I’ve been or who I am I will not tell
And I feel I never ever had a friend
Nor a lover to whom I could say farewell
Tall trees swaying in the winds of fate
as a I pass thru valleys of swirling snow
the cold winter left me in such a state
that not even the unfaithful can know
Wandering on - the unfinished song
Wandering on - the broken heart
I live my life like an unfinished song
I sing the unfinished song for the broken heart
credits
from Rami and the Whale,
released April 4, 2017
Kristin Freidlitz - violin
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