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Inside The Weel

from Songland by Markus Rill & The Troublemakers

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INSIDE THE WHEEL

I see a jester in the corner of an oval-shaped room
I shoulda never drunk that absinthe, shoulda never had those ‘shrooms
I’m losing grasp of this confusing surreality
is it everybody else or could it possibly be me?

He says he wants to know …
Is anybody ever happy, is anybody ever free?
What can anybody be but a cog inside the wheel
of the wheel in the machine?

He says “they sent me off to school and they taught me all the rules
that they taught me to obey and to never break away
and to never have a thought that I had not been taught,
that I had not been told and I had not been sold”

He says he wants to know …
Is anybody ever happy, is anybody ever free?
What can anybody be but a cog inside the wheel
of the wheel in the machine?

I got a feeling like I’m drowning in a very shallow pool
while I’m struggling unsuccessfully to come across as cool
and the water down the drain is like an echo of my brain
lots of information flowing to a place without a name

And I really want to know …
Is anybody ever happy, is anybody ever free?
What can anybody be but a cog inside the wheel
of the wheel in the machine?

How about a little crazy, how ‘bout creativity?
what can anybody be but a cog inside the wheel
of the wheel in the machine?

Now I’m wondering in the corner of an oval-shaped room
is there more than sound and fury to a tale told by a fool

Is anybody ever happy, is anybody ever free?
What can anybody be but a cog inside the wheel
of the wheel in the machine?

How about a little crazy, how ‘bout creativity?
all they want for me to be is a cog inside the wheel
of the wheel in the machine?

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from Songland, released May 7, 2019

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Markus Rill München, Germany

»Songs that are beautifully shimmering with ambiguity - brilliant lyrics« - Rolling Stone"

"Rill shows great depth as a songwriter, bandleader and producer" - No Depression/USA

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