| Bm Em Was that somebody screaming? It wasn't me for sure, Bb Gm I lift my head up from uneasy pillows put my feet on the floor D Gm I Cut my wrist on a bad thought and head for the door Bm Em Outside on the pavement the dark makes no noise Bb Gm I can feel the sweat on my lips leaking into my mouth D Gm Bm I'm heading out for the steep hills they're leaving me no choice Em G D Am C G D Am And see...as our lives are in the making Em G D Am C G D We believe through the lies and the hating Am Em That love goes free Bm Em For want of an option, I run the wind round Bb Gm I dream pictures of houses burning never knowing nothing else to do D Gm With death comes the morning, unannounced and new Bm Em Was it too much to ask for, to pull a little weight Bb Gm They forgive anything but greatness these are scoundrel days D Gm Bm And I'm close to calling out their names as pride hits my face Em G C Am C G D And see... as our lives are in the making Em G D Am C G D We believe through their lies and the hating Am Gm That love goes free, through scoundrel days Bm Gm I reach the edge of town I've got blood in my hair Bb Gm Their hands touch my body from everywhere D Gm Bm But I know that I've made it as I run into the air Em G C Am C G D And see...as our lives are in the making Em G D Am C G D We believe through the lies and the hating Am Em That love goes free Am Gm Through scoundrel days |
| Scoundrel Days Words: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Music: Magne Furuholmen & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy |
They say the world's an eventful place you give me news I don't want to know you say that I should care That I should speak my mind Oh, but how can I speak of the world rushing by With a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes Have we come to the point of no turning back Or is it still time to get into the swing of things Let us walk through this windless city I'll go on Till the winter gets me "Sleep..." you wrote "Sleep, my dear" In a letter somewhere Oh, but how can I sleep with your voice in my head And an ocean between us and room in my bed Have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip Or is it still time to get into the swing of things When she glows in the dark and I'm weak by the sight Of this breathtaking beauty in which I can hide There is a worldful out there of people I fear But given time I'll get into the swing of things Yes, when she glows in the dark and I'm struck by the sight I know that I'll need this for the rest of my life What have I done that I'll need this the rest of my life Oh but I'll need it you know that I'll need it What have I done what lies I have told I've played games with the ones that rescued my soul Have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip Or is it still time to get into the swing of things |
| The Swing of Things Words: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Music: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy |
| I've Been Losing You Words: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Music: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy |
It wasn't the rain that washed away rinsed out the colours of your eyes Putting the gun down on the bedside table I must have realized It wasn't the rain that made no difference and I could have sworn It wasn't me yet I did it all so coldly, Almost slowly plain for all to see Oh come on please now talk to me Tell me things I could find helpful How can I stop now Is there nothing I can do I have lost my way, I've been losing you I can still hear our screams competing you're hissing your s's like a snake Now in the mirror stands half a man I thought no one could break It wasn't the rain that made no difference Nervously drumming on Run away but I want the guilt to get me Thoughts to wreck me preying on my mind Please now talk to me tell me, things I could find helpful For how can I stop nowIs there nothing I can do I have lost my way, I've been losing you Please now talk to me tell me things I could find helpful how can I stop now Is there nothing I can do Please now, talk to me, tell me, Oh tell me what to do How can I stop now is there nothing I can do I have lost my way, I've been losing you, you I've been losing you, you, I've been losing you |
| October Words: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Music: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy |
| Cry Wolf Words: Magne Furuholmen & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Music: Magne Furuholmen |
| We're Looking For The Whales Words: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Music: Magne Furuholmen |
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| Dawn awaits a sleepless, English town of coloured gray Here I roam the streets without you as summer fades away Down in the city at nights the cold wind blows Wherever you may be right now it must be getting late You're probably asleep already, I am wide awake Down in the city at nights "Don't be lonely", so you've told me but don't you worry now Loneliness can be ignored and time has shown me how Down in the city at nights, I'm missing you so much Down in the city Down in the city |
| We sit and watch umbrellas fly, I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry I hear myself say "My boat's leaving now" So we shake hands and cry, now I must wave goodbye, wave goodbye, wave goodbye, wave goodbye, wave goodbye You know, I don't want to cry again Don't want to cry again, I don't want to say goodbye Don't want to cry again, I don't want to run away, I don't want to race this pain, I'll never see your face again Oh but how, how can you say, That I didn't try You see things in the depths of my eyes, That my love's run dry No... I leave to their goodbyes, I've come to depend on the look in their eyes My blood's sweet for pain the wind and the rain bring back words of a song And they say wave goodbye, wave goodbye, wave goodbye, wave goodbye, wave goodbye, You know, I don't want to fall again I don't want to know this pain, I don't want another friend I don't want to cry again, Don't want to see you hurt, Don't let me see you hurt I don't want to cry again, I'll never see your face again How can you say, that I didn't try, you know I did You see things in the depths of my eyes, that my love's run dry So I read to myself, A chance of a lifetime to see new horizons On the front page a black and white picture of Manhattan Skyline |
| Manhattan Skyline Words: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Music: Magne Furuholmen & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy |
| "Night I left the city, I dreamt of a wolf…" He came from where the winds are cold, and truth is seen through keyholes Strange longings that'll never sleep oh, now he's come where no heart beats Cry wolf, uh, Time to worry, Cry wolf, uh, Time to worry now You can start but you cannot stop You give in but you can't give up You can tell all your desperate jokes to a world that puts your love on hold Cry wolf, uh, Time to worry, Cry wolf, uh Time to worry now, Cry wolf, uh, Time to worry Cry wolf, uh, Time to worry now I dreamt of a wolf Now - a wolf Sunken-in eyes and the pain in his cries A shape in the dark Cry wolf, uh, Time to worry Cry wolf, uh, Time to worry now Cry wolf, uh, Time to worry Cry wolf, uh, Time to worry now |
| One left low left two who left high They seem so hard to find, three came twice took once the time To search… We're looking for a little, bewildered girl We're looking for a little, bewildered girl We're looking for the whales Restlessness in our genes, time won't wear it off Born into this world with out eyes wide open Girl, We're looking for a little, bewildered girl We're looking for a little, bewildered girl We're looking for the whales I found angels, beached outside your doors Don't you set those lonely eyes on me Oh, girl We're looking for a little, bewildered girl We're looking for a little, bewildered girl We're looking for the whales, yeah We're looking for the whales, oh yeah We're looking for the whales We're looking for a little, bewildered girl Looking for the whales We're looking for a little, bewildered girl Looking for the whales |
| Your face looked new against the town, You've come to lose some memories Like you I came to touch new grounds But you want to lose, The weight of the wind Rests hard on your shoulders, Bringing you down The one that you love, Will never be found You speak into the falling rain, Words you'd lost But found again, you see their snakey arms entwined So clear and cruel in your jealous mind But you've got to lose, The weight of the wind Hard on your shoulders, I know what that means The one that you love, Will never be found The weight of the wind, The weight of the wind Hard on your shoulders, Driving you down The one that you love, Will never be found You lost it forever, Down, down The weight of the wind, The weight of the wind Hard on your shoulders, Driving you down The one that you love, Will never be found |
| The Weight Of The Wind Words: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Music: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy |
| Maybe you were joking, when you said that you were walking out on me Maybe maybe Maybe I was joking, when I said that I was running out on you Maybe maybe I could be wrong, so wrong, I could be wrong, so wrong Oh, I could be wrong I don't know, but it's been said, Decisions travel far From heart to head, Maybe maybe Maybe it was over, when you chucked me out the Rover at full speed, Maybe maybe, oh baby I could be wrong, so wrong, I could be wrong, so wrong I could be wrong, so wrong, I could be wrong, so wrong I could be wrong, so wrong, Oh, I could be wrong, so wrong Maybe maybe, I could be wrong, so wrong Walking out on me I could be wrong, so wrong, I was running out on you I could be wrong, so wrong, Maybe maybe I could be wrong, so wrong |
| Maybe Maybe Words: Magne Furuholmen Music: Magne Furuholmen |
| The soft rains of April are over The soft rains of April are over, over Anybody home now, I am on the phone now, please... The soft rains of April are over, The ferry across the waters to Dover, over Anybody home now, I am on the phone And I'd like to come back, Is it raining back home? I am so alone Just got up today, And my thoughts are miles away, With you Well, they gave me four years, Three more to go, Keep writing letters Time passing so slow, Time passing so slow The soft rains of April are over, The soft rains of April are over Over |
| Soft Rains Of April Words: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Music: Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Magne Furuholmen |
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