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I'm not offering words
I'm offering my body
Not holy talk
But a life placed on the table

Not dead
Not burned
Alive
Present
This is not worship noise
This is how I live

Don't press me into your pattern
Don't smooth me into your shape
Something in me has to change first

I don't conform
I get renewed
And only then
I start to see what actually holds

Ich halte mich nicht für grösser
Ich halte mich auch nicht klein
Ich weiss was mir gegeben ist
Und ich brauch dich wie du mich brauchst

Viele Glieder
Ein Leib
Kein Vergleich
Keine Show
Was ich habe ist nicht für mich
Was du hast auch nicht

I don't conform
I get renewed
Und erst dann kann ich unterscheiden was trägt und was nur passt

Love — without theatre
Hate — what destroys life
Hold on to what is good

Don't fake joy
Don't quit in pressure
Stay warm
Stay awake

Bless those who hit you
Don't mirror the poison
Break the loop

This is harder than belief
This is practice
This is practice

I don't need revenge to stay whole
I don't need to win to be right
If possible — as far as it depends on me — I choose peace

I don't conform
I get renewed
Not louder
Not purer
Aligned

I don't overcome evil by being right
I overcome it by not becoming it