say yes

this is for the no becoming yes

for scars becoming breath

for saying i love you to people who will never say it to us

for scraping away the rust and remembering how to shine

for the dime you gave away when you didn’t have a penny

for the many beautiful things we do

for every song we’ve ever sung

for refusing to believe in miracles

because miracles are the impossible coming true

and everything is possible

this is for the possibility that guides us

and for the possibilities still waiting to sing

and spread their wings inside us

cause tonight saturn is on his knees

proposing with all of his ten thousand rings

that whatever song we’ve been singing we sing even more

the world needs us right now more than it ever has before

pull all your strings

play every chord

if you’re writing letters to the prisoners

start tearing down the bars

if you’re handing our flashlights in the dark

start handing our stars

never go a second hushing the percussion of your heart

play loud

play like you know the clouds have left too many people cold and broken

and you’re their last chance for sun

play like there’s no time for hoping brighter days will come

play like the apocalypse is only 4…3…2

but you have a drum in your chest that could save us

you have a song like a breath that could raise us

like the sunrise into a dark sky that cries to be blue

play like you know we won’t survive if you don’t

but we will if you do

play like saturn is on his knees

proposing with all of his ten thousand rings

that we give every single breath

this is for saying–yes

Selbstbild

Von den vielen

die ich bin

sind alle

mir unbekannt

nur vom Hörensagen

kenne ich

den einen

die andere

flüchtig

bleibe ich

mir

auf der Spur

(Mario Wirz)