Lyrics

I lay in the grass in the garden
I lay in the grass like I did it as a child
Counting the clouds that are drifting by

Imagine they were little islands
Made out of hope and of glued cotton wool
A floating colony in the evening sky

Guide me on my way into nowhere (3x)
nowhere (3x)

What if I hijacked one of them?
what if I lived as friendly nomad in the sky
with a little bird and a violin?

It would carry me high into the mountains
It would carry me far, far across the sea
And erase all doubts I'm tangled in

Could anybody tell me where I am?
Where I'll end up or where I began?
Can you tell me when the swallows leave
and if they'll guide me south?

Guide me on my way into nowhere (3x)

I'll bury you deep, little swallow
I'll bury you deep, beneath the ever blooming weeds
and the silent clouds will shed their tears for you

I'd carry you home, little swallow,
I'd carry you further than your small wings would have done
and sing you a song for you you'll never hear

Guide me on my way into nowhere (3x)
nowhere (3x)

The indifferent clouds are no airships
Just indifferent clouds and I knew it all along
As I pointed my finger at their silhouettes

The indifferent clouds won't hear my mourning
The indifferent clouds won't hear my sigh nor my lament
they're just passer-bys

I lay in the grass in the garden
I lay in the grass like I did it as a child
Just to watch the clouds and let the world go by (5x)