Tangram

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1.
No Time (I) 00:47
No time Passes by When you’re not at my side And all I do is waiting Then all I really think about is you
2.
Goodbye 08:09
Thought you’ve always wanted goodbye Well, here I am to say it this time Stalemate at the highest stage I’m hoping that you understand There’s nothing left we can pretend Tell me that you want it
Tell me that you need it Tell me and I’ll give you this goodbye Is this not the certainty That you always want from me Afraid to leave the open cage And so I am the one to call A spade a spade now after all Tell me that you want it
Tell me that you need it Tell me and I’ll show you what it means to say… Tell me that you want it
Tell me that you need it Tell me and I’ll give you this goodbye Don’t tell me that you love me Don’t tell me that you need me Just tell me if you’re waiting for it Say you want it Say you want me to say that it’s definite this time
3.
If there is a road That we should take Will we miss the exit The essential turn to make Would you let me know? You cannot lose a shadow As soon as it’s been found So what is it we built on This so called common ground? Would you like to know? What if I can’t let you go When we’re off track? How can we see what is to come When we’re looking back? What if I am trying too hard To do all that I can? Well, I think it would be easier If we called it a second chance A gun under the dashboard A hand upon the wheel Windshield wipers smearing The fine print of a deal Got taken for a ride No more empty back seats No more lines to say Ready for the plot twist In this poorly written play Waiting to collide What if I can’t let you go When we’re off track? How can we see what is to come When we’re looking back? What if where it starts again Is where it all will end? Well I think it would be easier… What if I can’t let you go When we’re off track? Will we see what is to come When we’re looking back? What if it’s just one of us Who leaves it all behind? I think this would be easier Yeah, I think it would be easier I think it would be easier if you tried
4.
No Time (II) 04:21
No time passes by I’m longing for a sign And all I do is waiting And all I really think about is you Remember what you said It’s stuck inside my head And now I’m trapped in between the lines I am too tired to sleep I think I’m in too deep There’s just one thing on my mind Oh, I’m bored to death What a waste of breath Cause there is not much that I can do And if I’ll make it through These hours made of glue Still it is up to you I know time passes by But I can’t take it in stride And so I keep on waiting While all I really, all I really… Oh, I think of you
5.
Phoenix 05:22
Held me when my arms were numb Said the things I could not say Smiled at me when I played dumb And shared your secrets anyway Unlike me you knew about my true self And unlike me you truly loved me whole Looked out for me when I was blind Never asked to even up Though I knew you’re someone hard to find I kept on waiting for more luck You fed me with your thoughts and I still Swallow every word while I Pretend to have a better life without you Pretend to have a better life I knew where I belonged The moment you were gone And now I’m hanging on To the shadows of your light In silence now I realize How much you broke so I could rise But leaving me to let me go Is worth a shit if I won’t grow From ashes that are left behind Ashes that are left behind So I’ll try to have a better life without you
6.
Selene 08:15
Come closer Let me see you in this light Because tomorrow We’re only shadows of tonight Warm pine needle carpet And wild thyme have spiced the breeze Carrying the whisper Into the arms of silent trees Here, where we stand I’m trying to listen closely, but I can’t Lines in my hand They’re blurring slowly as she starts to dance Curtains are closing Underneath the luminous sky We cover our secret The sleepy trees and you and I
7.
8.
Gold Digger 02:25
Precious shiny dust From underneath the fingernail Scraping crust by crust Hoping to find some more to scale Rich is the man who understands Benighted ones will never find The golden truth from dirty hands But every wealth has its own price Soil’s getting harder And so is the soul As it goes deeper Down into the hole No light has any chance With darkness all around The more you keep on searching The more dirt to be found Obsession scarred the grim face The crooked body’s seen its days But the surface no longer is his place So until it all makes sense And he fully understands He’ll keep on digging deeper down Until the end
9.
Tesselate 09:36
Catch this moment before it slips away Put it in a glass jar Preserved for heavy days With that smile you’ll never overstay (if I had it my way) How is that the world I’m driving through Is just the same that you’re in too And that we’ve met halfway? Oceans draining Sky blue staining Oh, at second sight And in a different light Every piece and every part Is forming something from afar All these broken tiles Shattered and gathered in our lives Watch them cluster as they’re floating by Shaping into something made from both yours and mine Mountains fading Starlight shading All the pieces fit If they move a bit Every shard inside our souls Held together make us whole Say your magic words Just to find out what they mean Shapes in tessellation And all the beauty in between

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released November 7, 2025

Written and produced by Philipp Nespital
Recorded by Philipp Nespital
Drums recorded at SunnySideUpRecordings by Jan Siekmann and Kevin Reiter
Mixed by Philipp Nespital
Mastering by Ludwig Maier

Dolby Atmos Mix by Philipp Nespital & Christoph de la Chevallerie

Artwork by Ariana Escobar

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