BRITTA HOFFMANN

BETWEEN THE LINES

Can you read

what's written between the lines?

Where does it lead?

Do you understand the signs?

Are my words

strong enough to reach your heart?

I we were birds

we wouldn't be so far apart...

Can you feel

how much I long for you?

Can I make you heal

when I write the way I do?

Don't you know

I'm only really happy when you're there?

I don't want to go

each time we get to share...

Without you

I'm not the person I used to be

what shall I do?

Only you can set me free...

Time seems long

when you are so far away

It seems so wrong

I often lack the words to say

Let me be

the one who lives with you every day

let it be me

who will always be at your side to stay

So I write

what with spoken words I can't express

I just can't fight

what I feel inside - so I confess

You're the one

that I'm thinking of all the time through

so when you're gone

I just can't help to be missing you

Let me try

to explain what I feel so deep inside

but don't ask why

the love for you I just can't hide

Feelings

When you are gone,

I miss what only you can give

- what makes me know you are the one,

the way you make it feel to live

When you're not there,

I miss the smile that warms my heart,

the time we always used to share,

the words when we're too far apart

Each time you're near,

the scars inside begin to heal:

I wish you always could be here,

because of what I get to feel

Whenever you're away,

I get to feel so empty inside

It's hard to make it through the day,

though I don't count the lonely tears I've cried

When you're close to me,

I feel that you make me complete

- just the way that it should be,

starting from the time we used to meet

Any time that you're around

it doesn't matter what we do

I'm so happy that I found

the way I get to feel about you

Rainbow

My world used to be so dark

I couldn't even see a spark

- then suddenly you came around

to show me what I hadn't found

You showed me what I had inside

- you saw what I tried to hide:

Describing the person you could see,

the person I am - deep inside of me

In my world you are the light,

the one with who I always want to be:

The one who sends my soul to flight

- because you can make me see

the rainbow deep inside of me

Without you my world's been cold,

until you started to help me unfold

what was hidden deep inside my core:

Now I feel the warmth and so much more

First it seemed to be so unreal,

just the way you made me feel:

The warmth growing inside my heart,

how I miss you when we're apart

In my world you are the light,

the one with who I always want to be:

The one who sends my soul to flight

- because you can make me see

the rainbow deep inside of me

I always thought I was to be alone,

I had to walk the path just on my own

- but now I feel there's something new,

because you feel the way I do

You understand the way I feel,

just knowing this has made me heal

How life could be - I had no clue

until the moment I met you

In my world you are the light,

the one with who I always want to be:

The one who sends my soul to flight

- because you can make me see

the rainbow deep inside of me

So let me show what I see in you,

what made me feel the way I do:

the beauty everybody sees,

that's bringing me down to my knees

Just the way you treat everyone,

the honesty with which you get everything done,

the warmth in your heart you always share,

the way you always seem to care...

In my world you are the light,

the one with who I always want to be:

The one who sends my soul to flight

- because you make me see

the rainbow deep inside of me

BRITTA HOFFMANN