Nobody Man

‘Nobody Man’ is a remake of the original song ‘Nobodyman’ from Tjook 1989 – Remake AI assist – Tjook 2024

Lyrics (remake 2024) Nobody man

Looking in the mirror of his face,
He did not recognize.
He filled himself with emptiness,
From his hollow eyes.
Challenging every second,
As if he dared to try.
Forgetting all those moments,
That follow like a spy.

Carry you as long as we can,
You are my Nobody Man.
As long, as long as I can,
My Nobody Man.
(Yo, Man? I am… NO man.)
(NO man… NO man… NO man…)

He used to pull the hairs from his head,
While hanging in his chair.
Jaw grinding under staring eyes,
He chewed them one by one.
He only drank hot water from the tap,
Above the sink.
Drank until he could no more,
Feel the flooded floor.
(No more, no deal, no feel… no heal…)

You’re comforting our loneliness,
Nobody, I am.
Here we feel our solitude.
We are just one body, one vote.
(No voice, no choice…)

Carry you as long as we can,
You are my Nobody Man.
As long, as long as I can,
My Nobody Man.
(Yo, Man? I am… NO man.)

He fell into his wooden chest,
To sleep with open eyes.
The beauty of a senseless sleep,
Away is paradise.
Morning light falls in his eye,
It does not even blink.
The only sound of reality,
A flooding kitchen sink.
(Drip… drip… tripping… drips…)

Still, here you are, we are:
One body, one vote.
One body, one vote.
(“It’s a poor democracy.”)

We carry you as long as we can,
Nobody Man.
As long, as long as I can,
You are my Nobody Man.
(Yo, Man? I am… NO man.)
Here you are in our solitude,
One body, one vote.
Nobody, no man.
Please rise… arise… paradise…
Nobody Man.

Nobody Man

Original song from 1989

Nobody Man 

Looking in the mirror of his face 
He did not recognize 
That he filled himself with emptiness 
Of his hollow eye 

He challenged every second 
That he did even try 
Forgotten are the moments 
That follow like a spy 
He used to pull the hairs from his skull 
While hanging on a chair 
The jaw grinds under staring eyes 
He chews them one by one 

He only drank hot water from the tab 
Above his kitchen sink 
He drank until he could no more 
Feel the flooded floor 
He fell into his wooden chest 
To sleep with open eyes 
The beauty of a senseless sleep 
Away = paradise 

The morning light falls in his eye 
It does not even blink 
At the sound of reality 
A flooding kitchen sink 

We carry you around 
As long as we can 
You are the nobody man 
The secrets of our bodies 
Reveal the nobody man 
You're here in our solitude 
One body, one vote 
You're comforting our loneliness 
It's a poor democracy 

Tjook lyrics, composition, vocals, guitar 
Piano arrangement and performance Dick Boshoff
Leiden - NL 1989

©Tjook