Gerard O'Riley

A lyric about an alcoholic father whom abandoned his child(ren). Now you’re self-destructive and a mess, and now you feel like you’ll never love anyone again; especially yourself.

Jeder ist, wie er ist, möchte, darf und soll so bleiben und jeder ist es wert, so geliebt zu werden. 1b/2b = Reimschema ähnlich einem Limerick = ABCCB. -- fröhlich -

Jeder geht seinen Weg für sich allein, doch ganz oft ist es wichtig zu wissen, daß man doch nicht alleine ist - und vieles geht besser zusammen. - Es darf fröhlich, beschwingt sein, jedenfalls keine traurige Ballade.

This is a song about recovery from addiction. I wrote it personally for recovery from an eating disorder, but in reality it can be any addiction. “Addiction is a monster hiding inside your closet; recovery is the flashlight scaring away that monster. Don’t ever think that scaring away that monster is impossible. What’s impossible is thinking you have to live in that sane room where your monster lies for the rest of your life. It’s time to shine; scare away that monster.”

This lyric is both quite serious and also tongue in cheek simultaneously. If that makes sense. Do you get to a point where you are sick of people not taking you seriously? I think we all do. But I'll tell you simply, I Am Not A Joke