Herbert Grönemeyer

Hole in My Head

Herbert Grönemeyer


you stalked all those years 
waiting to pounce 
like mary, you'd comfort 
then judas, renounce 
seeking some light of guidance 
i saw your dagger glint 

and boy did you kick 
when i hit the floor 
your fake sympathy 
kicked my ears even more 
growing rich from my toil 
like i worked in your shop 

the good old days you used 
to bind me like rope 
dragged me through traitor's gate 
talking of hope 
my cards you revealed 
when i was winning the game 

you shot me with arrows 
from nostalgias bow 
the rules to this sick game 
only you seemed to know 
from 'high' all the time then 
to stooping this low 

you played at being my friend now confess 
how you gagged with envy, swallowing my success 
you laughed loud, i was finished 
when i laid down to rest 
my weakness, your banquet 
how your table's been blessed 
i need all your hurt 
like a hole in my head 

i gave you one thousand 
percent of my trust 
and my most private feelings 
for you, i would defrost 
i crowned you with light 
maybe too hastily 

there was never a problem 
who took and who gave 
but you killed off our friendship 
so let it rot in its grave 
the bed is so stoney 
when innocence dies 

you held your nose and 
through ambition you'd wade 
how can you dig for gold 
when your spade's not a spade? 
you suffered in silence 
in full combat stance 
'et tu brute' you stabbed 
me when you saw your chance 
i need all of your hurt 
like a hole in my head