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1.
All my friends are sleeping I’m enjoying myself What a lovely feeling No one reads my mind All my friends went dancing I wish them a good time I’m staring at the ceiling Dancing with the walls What a lovely feeling No one reads my mind Everyone wants to know How the hell I feel And I always wonder If they do for real Everyone falls in love I don’t know what it means Finally alone…
2.
I like to see you fly But I’d rather watch you fall I’ve always been good At blowing balloons But I never managed To keep any of them In my cold hands It’s good to know you walk Although my legs are broken You’ve always been good At borrowing my shoes But you never managed To walk bare feet On the hot sand
3.
The bad son 03:08
My dear sweet family I couldn’t be a good son I’m on a date With my freedom I don’t wanna be late Oh I just can’t wait I ain’t gonna say goodbye Cause I hate to see you cry But before you even know I will pack my things and go I wrote those lines Just to explain why I can’t Come home again My feet were tied Till my silence cried All the people I see They won’t let me be Say mother say That I’m a bad son Whatever you say I’m leaving you today Say mother say That I’m a bad son Whatever you say I’m going away
4.
Don’t be fooled by what you see I’m not as strong as I seem to be Every night I collapse And no one’s there to glue me up again It’s so easy to believe in the god The one that lives in a glass ball But in the night when I collapse He won’t be there to glue me up again And I feel low Dead skin is peeling off Concealing scars of slavery Money is the marrow master That never comes to check on me And never comes to free me Obedience can kill a bull If a bull ever tries to think What can one offer for hire When all one got is a pair of ears Every night when I collapse No one there to glue me up again And lift me away Lift me away
5.
For many years I’ve been trying hard to learn how to sing Long time went by and I’ve gotten old and I haven’t learned a thing Who said it would be easy at all Who said it would come fast There is nothing left to sing about and there’s nothing in my mind My inspiration is drying out and the tunes are hard to find Who said it would be easy at all Who said it would come fast I threw it all in a bottle when I threw the bottle in me And then I threw the bottle to you and you threw it to the sea Who said it would be easy at all Who said it comes for free For a man can try and a man can fall and die for his goal And a man can shed even bloody tears and no one hears his call Who said it would be easy at all
6.
God knows 01:56
God knows how much I hate all these wires And how much I like to spend the night with them God knows how much I hate this damn machine But god also knows … It’s the only thing that keeps me alive Machines keep you breathing Machines keep you alive
7.
Hanging 03:45
This one must be my self I must be hanging up there I really must be dreaming again Or have I already gone insane Wild kids running around the desert fields Searching for Jesus Christ Searching for any kind of messiah Part of me wants to join them And part of me wants to run away This not an easy life Will the sun ever shine On this little spot of mine Take you with me Oh my child Just come to see
8.
Now it’s time to Become an angel Just like you want me to I’ll kill the devil I close my eyes Pretend I’m blind Don’t wanna see I paint it all in black And now the devil is dead He’s buried in my head Hush hush hush now let him sleep Any word can wake him up Where are you now My Zarathustra How could you leave me alone With all this torture Say goodbye To Kama Sutra She’s also gone away now I’ll never see her again Kama Sutra is dead She’s buried in my head Hush hush hush now let her sleep Any word can wake her And wake my blue head
9.
Dog 03:54
Been guarding your house For so long Been barking at everyone Who comes close to you But now I’m in heat And I miss the street Sometimes I even sin While we are all asleep Hey beautiful I’m just a dog You’re on my back Inside my sack I carry you wherever I go Whenever I run away I took a wrong Shortcut home Sometimes I turn around You see I lost my way back Hey beautiful I’m just a dog
10.
Sleep tight 03:49
Sleep tight and warm As I sing and play guitar Love shows as a song It comes along Don’t last long Sleep tight and warm My love If it feels like the end of the world Close your eyes and follow the light If tonight is our last night Let this time be your last down Sleep tight and warm As I sing and play guitar Madness shows as a tune Comes with the moon Disappears so soon Sleep tight and warm My love

about

Lenses is a project of Jowan Safadi that involves musicians from Beer Sheva.

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released January 1, 2001

Shortcuts was made by Jowan (vocals, guitars, and E. drums programming), Yohanan Kressel (guitars, backing vocals and recorder), Etan Fisher (bass, backing vocals and tambourine), with the help of David Perez (bass [1,8], E. guitar [3], slide guitar [5], feedback guitars [8], drums sampling [3,5] and synths) and Guy (trumpet [3]).
All words by Jowan. All music by Jowan except for Kama Sutra by Yohanan and Jowan.
Mixed and arranged by David and Jowan. Produced by David and Lenses. Mastering and digital arrangement by David. All tracks were recorded at The End of the Universe Studios by David except for God knows and Hanging at home by Jowan. Graphic design by Elad. Photograph by Hagit. Drawings by Jowan.
Thanks to mom and dad for trying… to Yasmeen and Dono for being there, to all the above and to those who supported, taught, advised, inspired and made it happen especially Yaron, Galit Z, Adi, Eyal, Michel, Blueband, Moti, Maya, Amar (my lawyer), Ahmad (who gave me his guitar), Ilana (my sponsor) and Zeedo the magnificent.
May god forgive me if I forgot anyone…

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