The speedometer displays 65
He drives through the centre of town
The asphalt is wet
His Benz is relatively new
A Rolex watch expresses
a healthy economy
He smells like he's supposed to
His hair combed back with gel
He is a good man
The kind most people like
But where he gets his money from
hardly anyone knows
It's the fast life
Life in the fast lane
It's where people come and go
Where you hardly ever see each other
It's where the greatest of dreams
turns into reality
It's where someone reaches into the clouds
and others fall down
It's where he lost his footing
and got into a mess
Where he winded up in a game
that he never quite understood
The streets are smaller now
He turns up the volume of his favorite song
A half-empty bottle of vodka under the seat
beside him
An additional pressure on the accelerator
He doesn't look too well
A tear trickles down left cheek
Concurrently with the rain on his window
Way too high blood alcohol level
Way too many thoughts in his head
Red light, he sees nothing
Brakes down
Everything falls apart, he closes his eyes
He knows where it ends
He hears a crash
And the light disappears
A quite ordinary day, a quite special life
That disappears in an instant
But I believe that when one light is put out
A new one is put on
A quite ordinary day, a quite special life
That disappears in an instant
But I believe that when one light is put out
A new one is put on
Today she is actually almost feeling well
She herself is surprised
Cause for so long her life has been totally fucked
Since her husband left her
a couple of years ago
Where she was dumped
for a younger woman
But today everything smells different
A somewhat brighter mood
So she gets a manicure
And an appointment at the hairdressers
And when she leaves the shop
her mobile rings
It's her daughter
who has something incredible to tell
So they meet up in Kings Garden
and embrace each other
Cause mother and daughter
really missed each other
And from the bench under the trees on the avenue
They decide to proceed chatting at the cafe
And they walk out the gate
and into the street
And they are closely entwined
cause it's cold in the borough
And the daughters boyfriend calls
He joins them
And she feel quite young again
and she walks there in the middle
They are almost at the cafe
when she meets a friend
And tell the others just to wait inside
It's the last thing
she gets to tell them
before a car runs the red light
directly into them
A quite ordinary day, a quite special life
That disappears in an instant
But I believe that when one light is put out
A new one is put on
A quite ordinary day, a quite special life
That disappears in an instant
But I believe that when one light is put out
A new one is put on
A man in his mid 30's
enters his home
Before him awaits his wife
and a much needed weekend
His face bears the stamp
of his profession being tough
He's a salvage-corps man,
going on 10 years now
He sits down at the dinner table
and seem really tired
He doesn't touch his wine
and only nibbles at his favorite dish
She asks him gently:
"Honey, is anything the matter?"
He looks down and mutter:
"Hmm, I guess everything is as usual"
But she knows him too well,
so she asks him once more
And this time he breaks down
and says in a tearful voice
"A terrible accident
3 dead, a car on fire
A young man, his girlfriend
and their unborn child
She gets up, she holds him
and comforts him
Cause she can feel
this has really shocked him
But suddenly they're interrupted
by a child's voice saying:
"Mom, why is daddy crying?
Dad, look!"
They turn around
and can't help smiling
There is their 5-year-old son
with paint all over
He has a drawing in his hand
He says: "Dad, you can have it".
It depicts their family
and a sun shining on the them
A quite ordinary day, a quite special life
That disappears in an instant
But I believe that when one light is put out
A new one is put on
A quite ordinary day, a quite special life
That disappears in an instant
But I believe that when one light is put out
A new one is put on