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Bien s​û​r!

by NEW WONDERS

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1.
Likewise 03:32
Likewise I knew it was hopeless the moment that you stepped aboard cause your eyes’ horizons opened up a whole new world And I knew I was done for the moment that you said to me: ‚Hey captain, is there a place on your little ship of fools for me?’ And I knew I was in trouble when I said to you: ‚Je suis très enchanté, madame!’ And you said: ‚Likewise.’ And things would get complicated when I said: ‚Heavy Metal iz a poze’ and you replied: ‚Hardtrock iz a laifschtail! Baby, ain’t that right?’ And we were off the charts when I tried to explain I’m already married to the sea I don’t want to cause her any pain Head over heels the moment you replied In that case can I come along Cause you see I’m a pirate’s bride And I knew this would get tricky when we kissed and I said: ‚I never felt this way before’ And you said: ‚Likewise.’ And when you took my hand and I said: ‚I#m not sure where to go from here...’ And you just said: ‚But maybe I might.’ With such a sly smile... But I’m afraid you’re mistaking me for someone else My eye-patch is fake, you know? Just like my wooden leg, my hook and my beard And sooner or later it will come to show That my sneer is really just a stiff upper lip If you’re looking for Jack Sparrow – he is on another ship I’m from the look-but-don’t-touch- touch-but-don’t-taste- taste-but-don’t-swallow-brigade And I will only cause you pain And I’m so sorry I put that saddened look upon your face when I said: I wish things would be easier and you said: „Likewise.“ And when I said all I’m trying is to be good and you said this isn’t good, this is cowardice or what’s the word – Feigheit And when I said oh, you can’t be my sea but the air that I breathe ain’t that something – say likewise But you just muttered something under your breath and for a moment it seemed as if you were starting to cry My, my, my, my come on, say likewise la, la, la, la maybe another time
2.
Eloise 03:19
Eloise They say you're too small for me I am too tall for you I wouldn't say that's not true They laugh at the thought of us strolling the trottoirs well I don't mind if they do Cause all i can think of is you the day that we met you turned all the grey skies into blue Stay with me, Eloise you are the best thing that happened to me Stay with me, Eloise Stay with me, Eloise you are the best thing that happened to me Stay with me, Eloise They say you've got no manners, no class and no plan as to what you will do with your life They frown at your facial hair and at the leash you wear I shrug it off with a smile Cause I know we haven't got time to listen to them so don't listen to them and please Stay with me, Eloise you are the best thing that happened to me Stay with me, Eloise Stay with me, Eloise you are the best thing that happened to me Stay with me, Eloise They say I should leave you you're too much for me you surely be bringing me down When the only thing bringing me down to my knees is the thought of you no longer being around so please Eloise breathe Eloise Stay with me, Eloise you are the best thing that happened to me Stay with me, Eloise If you must leave me, Eloise it will be hard but I’ll try to set you free but stay with me, Eloise Don’t you leave me, Eloise try to breathe, Eloise Oh, my sweet Eloise
3.
Horse Feathers Hey there I’d like a word with you Would you meet me on the ballroom floor I don’t have much to say But I have these chords And my intentions are good You see I wrote this song And I wrote it for you I know I am not John Legend I’m not with the Social Scene I know I’m just some nerd And you, you’re a dancing queen And I only have a pair of clumsy feet But if they would play this song would you Dance to it with me Cause I, I’d like to see you shake to the beat of this tune And I I’d like to see you sway and to see you swoon And see you trade in all your cool coolness For silly walks and goofiness Show me how to throw off sparks Just like Thelma Todd Oh where is Fred Astaire when you need him Oh my And where is Ginger Rogers I could need some help here Thank you for those arrows Pointing at your feet Yeah I can see them And I sure think they look Pretty hot in those high heels As you move them closer to mine And you whisper in my ear Ok then let’s give it a try Cause I, I’d like to see you shake to the beat of this tune And I I’d like to see you sway and see you swoon And see you trade in all your cool coolness For silly walks and goofiness Together we could throw off sparks Like Thelma Todd and Groucho Marx
4.
The Ballad of a Normal Guy Charlie says I’m only 22 and yet not sure if I will make 25 Living off garbage ain’t exactly conducive to a long and healthy life Charlie’s watching soccer in this diner considering his untimely demise he says the only thing keeping me afloat these days the only thing that fills me with pride If Johnny Cash was still alive he’d write a song about my plight and all my efforts trying to get by Just trying to lead a normal life If Johnny Cash was still alive he’d dedicate me one of his lines critics would herald it as a beautiful depiction of a normal guy Charlie says I don’t like foreigners but then again I never spoke to one ofe them If I could go and see the places where they all came from maybe I would understand Charlie says I’m thinking ´bout the army, man they make you travel and they pay really well but then again so many fuck-ups in the army and I don’t wanna end up in hell If Johnny Cash was still alive he’d write a song about my plight and all my efforts trying to get by Just trying to lead a normal life If Johnny Cash was still alive he’d find a way to say this can’t be right people would be applaud that he aligns with the struggles of a normal guy Charlie says I don’t understand women and they don’t seem to understand me They always fall for rich, heartless bastards And I don’t believe a rich, heartless bastard is something that I’ll ever be I only want to love and be loved but that seems so hard to achieve And I said Oh, Charlie you’re breaking me hearty and Johnny is gone like the breeze But if you need someone to tell your story please let that someone be me Now, if Johnny was still alive He might write a song about your plight but he’d say your mother was a gambler’s wife and your Daddy died in a gunfight If Johny wasn’t dead he’d say you have bounty on your head cause you shot a man, you turned and fled and slept in a prison bed But Johnny is gone and I am gonna write you a song And I will tell, I will tell everyone just about the things you’ve said and done Johnny’s up in the sky and I will write a song about your plight and I will call it true and truthful the ballad of the normal guy
5.
Australia 03:26
Australia Meet me at the airport and tell nobody else I want only you with me cause to me you mean the world We're going to California on our way there we'll stop by the Grand Canyon to see the sun rise First we buy some cigarettes and then we buy a car fuelled with all of our best hopes it will carry us afar straight up to the eastern rim there's something we might find in the Grand Canyon when we see the sun rise I know this comes as a surprise but I've got someone there waiting for you at the edge of night He's a good friend of mine and I've been wanting you to meet him for a long long time You know this past year it seemed to me as if you somehow got lost at sea my friend here will tell you something you should know take my compass it's the most valuable thing I own And with the first rays of light you will see an old man standing right by your side you turn your head and realize I am nowhere to be found I am so sorry I had to go but don't you worry I'll always be around Sailing down the highway on a wave of failing light you're still pondering your solitude but I know you'll be alright and wherever you may go you take the things you have found from the Grand Canyon into the sundown
6.
Me & Coraline Me & Coraline, we make a pretty good team We have our differences but we know what we have seen Me & Coraline we like to keep the place clean We have our differences but we know what we believe There is a secret regime out there it’s stealing all of our dreams then sends them back to haunt us faces made of plasticene so we better hide them away Me & Coraline we adhere to strict routine we have our differences but we know what we have seen Me & Coraline we take our pills with coffee and cream We have our differences but we know what we believe There is a secret regime out there it’s stealing all of our dreams then sends them back to haunt us to sell us on the mighty machine all our memories all our pretty fantasies we gotta take them keep them all forever pristine we gotta take ’em, we gotta hide 'em away! There is a secret regime out there it’s stealing all of our dreams then sends them back to haunt us advertising commodities All our memories all our pretty fantasies We gotta hide ´em keep ´em all forever pristine We better take 'em, we better hide 'em away
7.
Miss Me When I Die I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I die I hope someone’s gonna say ‚My, oh my' I hope someone will remember I liked apple pie I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I die I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m dead I hope someone’s gonna say ‚Oh, the good times we had’ I hope someone will remember some of the things that I said I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m dead And I really hope all these freaks are right, talk-an’-talkin’ about heaven Cause I’d really like to see you all again And I really hope they have beaches there and neverending days Then I would spend the time waiting for you with my feet in the sand And I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m ash I hope someone’s gonna say: ‚Went out in a flash’ I hope someone’s gonna put on a record from The Clash I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m ash Yeah I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m dust I hope someone’s gonna say: ‚That one you could trust’ I hope someone will remember a shared moment of lust I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m dust And I really hope all these freaks are right, talk-an’-talkin’ about heaven Cause I’d really love to see you again And I really hope they have highways there And maybe an open Chevy Then we could hit the endless road and let the wind go through our hair Don’t let there be a service when I’m done but if it’s summer people could gather in the sun And hear my last will, Take what you need Just make sure all my songs get a proper release posthumously I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m dirt I hope someone’s gonna say ‚It didn’t hurt’ The inscription shall read: ‚Please disturb!’ I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m dirt I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m gone I hope someone’s gonna say ‚Don’t be long’ I hope someone will grab a guitar and sing a song I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m gone I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m gone I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m gone I hope someone’s gonna miss me when I’m gone I know I’m gonna miss you when I’m gone
8.
Sidney Briar 04:31
Sidney Briar Have you heard this about Sally she is a cook now she pays her rent at best and what they're saying about Steven he is a crook now just like all the rest and in the middle of a riot I'm calling out for Margaret I always forget she now calls himself Marcus And earlier this week we had to bury Eloise and in our hearts we know she won't be the last one to go The economy is shattered not that it would matter to anyone of us we're all broke anyway we spent our last fake smile our dignity our lust and yeah we ditched all of our hopes and dreams now they're standing in the rain waiting for the bus and in the middle of the night someone's calling to say Sidney Briar is still alive Sidney Briar Sidney Briar Sidney Briar is still alive Yeah we’re all so very tired of shining teeth of our hairdos and good looks people lying in the the streets, in all the buildings and everywhere I look this is no calamity it seems they all just fell asleep right where they stood and on the wall a rusted sign that reads Sidney Briar is still alive Sidney Briar Sidney Briar Sidney Briar is still alive Sidney Briar is Sidney Briar is Sidney Briar is still alive still alive
9.
Chippy´s Lament His face no more than a grimace: weather-beaten and lipless. A sailor once, now only driftwood, drifting along... Eyes widened with distress - saying something ´bout the arctic and shipwreck and calling me ‚captain’ (he seems to have misread my name-tag) - he whispers in my ear: ‚If you have come to ask for forgiveness – there can be none. Not with everything that you´ve done...’ His smile a tad malicious, he said: ‚You fooled all into thinking you´re gifted. The great hero who brought everyone home! But one...’ And calling on God as his whitness, he said: ‚I can still hear the ice crack near mid-ship, like I can still hear the shout of the pistol ring in my ears...’ ‚So if you´ve come here to admit you learned your lesson from what you did: I can tell you ´bout a lesson you taught me, I’ll never forget: ‚You taught me what fear is. It´s when all the seconds i count only slowly and sadly nurture the hunch she will never be found. And you taught me despair is: It´s when all those years passing by only pause to remind she will not be here on the day that i die.’ ‚Now, can´t you see what you´ve done to me? You brought me back, but i never returned. And everytime I close my eyes I´m back out in the cold, calling her name, and seeing her traces vanish in the snow...’ ‚So, yeah: you taught me what grief is. It´s when my every bone aches so hard i can´t breathe from the sad certainty she will never come home. And you taught me what dread is: it´s when all of my skin feels battered and bruised from the horrible news that she´s lost in the wind. But I’ll teach you what hate is: it’s when not all your remorse, not all the gold in the world could ever cover my loss! And I’ll teach you what revenge is: It’s knowing the Father, the Son, the Holy Ghost will try you for taking from me everything that I loved the most!’ Peeking down on my filesheet, the instruction #16 reads: ‚In case the patient acts wildly: kindly remind him it wasn´t you. Only on his hands he will find smoke residue.’
10.
The End of Mr. Wye Tomorrow spells yesterday backwards While bombs go off into the night You say: 'This year is starting to smell funny' I say: 'This year won't go down without a fight' And I'm trying hard to make this one look easy While I am breaking up inside But oh my darling, don't you go out on me now Here is something you need to leave behind Yes this is the end of Mr. Wye And, yes, I blame it all on him he made this poor boy cry And you are not returning my calls, dear Cause I don't recall your terms This has 1895 all over it But I fear this time the silver screen will burst And I don't know how but somehow you lost it Just because you couldn't let it go Now I'm bleeding but I do not know what hit me Now I'm bleeding all our hopes into the snow Yes this is the end of Mr. Wye and it's too late to warn him now this song will claim his life And you have made the saddest promise To do the best in life a man can do And I wish I could have been there I wish I could have been there for you And outside hell is freezing over Just like my piss upon your grave But if you're thinking about coming back here, think again Cause I always remember a face Cause I always remember a face Yes I alwas remember a face And I will always remember your face Yes this is it, this is the end of Mr. Wye And, yes, I've written this song just to watch him die Yes this has better been it it the last breath of Mr. Wye and even if it wasn't this song at least bought us some time

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released July 7, 2023

All songs and lyrics by Daniel von Fromberg. All rights reserved.

Produced and recorded by Daniel von Fromberg and Thomas Heinrich at Studio Wonderland, Berlin. Additional recordings by Jan-Niklas Jansen and Björn Sonnenberg at Bearcave Studio, Cologne.

Mixed by Jan-Niklas Jansen at Home Alone Studio, Munich.
Mastered by Matthew Banhart at Chicago Mastering.

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NEW WONDERS Berlin, Germany

A shared love for Motorpsycho, Lemonheads, Notwist and Fred Astaire (in that order). Quiet-Loud-Quiet, dreamy soundscapes and real bangers - and fantastic stories. These are the NEW WONDERS. Bien sûr!

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