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 THINGS THAT WERE LOST IN THE FLOOD (2016) |
| THE STRANGE IS HERE (2018) Recorded at Demonstudion in Lund by Mats Wiksborg Additional recording at Blind Meadows by Johan Luyckx Mixed by Björn Stegerling at Weird Pony Studio  Cover by Johan Luyckx |
1. Connect The Dots (3:28)
2. Decembervals (4:42)
3. Paint By Numbers (4:02)
4. Little points of Light (5:19)
5. Making Moves (3:54)
6. All Systems Are Go (13:00)
CONNECT THE DOTS
(Lyrics J. Pernrud)
I see you standing there
Finger in the air
Tryin hard to figure out
Which way the wind blows today
Don’t let it slide
Don’t let it slide now baby
Don’t let them get to you
Well now you got what you asked for
Does it still taste sweet
All alone on the killing floor
Better find your feet now baby
Don’t let it slide
Don’t let it slide now baby
Don’t let them get to you
Don’t let them see you through
They don’t have all the answers
Don’t call all the shots
They don’t have all the answers
When you connect the dots
DECEMBERVALS
(Lyrics by J. Luyckx and J. Pernrud)
Now it all came out of nothing
A bright flash of light in my eyes
Just couldn’t see it was coming
Sure cut me right down to size
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Every moment that led up to this
Paving the path of my life
Anticipations and promises made
All wishes that withered to lies
Every heartbeat that led up to this
Drumming the beat of my life
Waxings and wanings of heartache and loss
Sure cut me down to size
Now you call me out on what used to be
A past that has since lived and died
What would it take for you to see
That I’ve cut you right down to size
PAINT BY NUMBERS
(Lyrics by J. Luyckx)
This ol’ hole’s getting cosy
Numb my soul with sugar, death and cream
It’s time to realise I ain’t getting outta here
And you know it haunts me, it haunts me
Paint by numbers
Day by day
Do you get the picture?
Fill it in
Make your way
Collecting yesterdays
Paint by numbers
Day by day
Is it getting clearer?
Nothing changes
Not this way
Till you’re tired of yesterdays
Walk a mile in my shoes and you’ll see
You can get high on cortisol and dreams
I dug this hole myself, can barely see the sky from here
Now the blue, it haunts me, it haunts me
Paint by numbers
Day by day
Do you get the picture?
Fill it in
Make your way
Collecting yesterdays
Paint by numbers
Day by day
Is it getting clearer?
Nothing changes
Not this way
Till you’re tired of yesterdays
LITTLE POINTS OF LIGHT
(Lyrics by J. Pernrud)
No one here gets out alive
No one here gets a second chance
Do the best you can to swallow your pride
As you stumble around in the same song and dance
You’re free to let you mind wander
Forget all the shores of the day
There must be some peace over yonder
Or else it’s just come what may
And they will search you out
When you can’t get it right
All the times you were full of doubt
Lying awake at night
Hard times will be all done by
Little points of light
When the world will leave you high and dry
Little points of light
Time will tell
Sort out your wrong from right
Your shot at redemption don’t come from doing all things right
The curtain call creeps into view now
And the house light shine in your eyes
All the comings and goings you ever knew
All fade in the distant sunrise
Now about my saving grace
I’m waiting to put things back in place
And they will search you out
When you can’t get it right
All the times you were full of doubt
Lying awake at night
Hard times will be all done by
Little points of light
When the world will leave you high and dry
Little points of light
MAKING MOVES
(Lyrics by J. Luyckx)
Been on this road so long
Think I screwed my head on wrong
Strut and fret upon the stage
The black hole spins in it’s cage
And when you seek asylum
Put your mind in neutral
And watch the monkey start making moves
Yeah, watch the monkey start making moves
I am a broken song
All I had is dead and gone
Go ahead and shine your shoes
That shit don’t matter when you lose
And when you seek asylum
Put your mind in neutral
And watch the monkey start making moves
Yeah, watch the monkey start making moves
And watch the monkey start making moves
Yeah, watch the monkey start making moves
ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO
(Lyrics by J. Luyckx)
I wear my head like a crown
The strange is here the work is done
Leaving high orbit falling down
(You say it’s Saturday night, but it’s the edge of the world)
T -5 and counting down
All systems are go to hit gravity
I crash this temple to the ground
Every time
T -5 and counting down
All systems are go to hit gravity
I kiss the planet every time
Every time
You hang from this world upside down
Enter the chamber lose you’re gown
Hook up the neuroplastic circuits of your right brain
What seems intangible will be ingrained
(Oh, you will sacrifice the man that cloths me)
T -5 and counting down
All systems are go to hit gravity
I crash this temple to the ground
Every time
T -5 and counting down
All systems are go to hit gravity
I kiss the planet every time
Every time
1. A Long Way Down (4:47)
2. Not Here Anymore (7:02)
3. Don’t Move Too Slow (3:06)
4. Coming in From the Cold (3:48)
5. No Way to be Free (3:49)
A LONG WAY DOWN
(Lyrics by J. Pernrud)
All this time I’ve been mistreated
All this time I was never shown
Once all your ghosts have been defeated
That’s when it shows how much you’ve grown
I took pride in being the one you turned to
Tell me again just how I failed you?
I’m cold and I’m lonely, ain’t no quarter to be found
A dog left outside in the pouring rain
IÕm sitting around here waiting to be drowned
And IÕm waiting all in vain
I took pride in being the one you turned to
YouÕre not the woman I thought I knew
I’ve been told that nothing changes
I’ve been told things stay the same
It’s a long way down
A long way down
I’d rather be used than to take this abuse
Walk a mile in my shoes and I think you would too
DonÕt cry to me sister, I see thru you
ItÕs a long way down
A long way down
NOT HERE ANYMORE
(Lyrics by J. Luyckx)
It’s time to go
Time to bear on down that road
To save our weary souls from this cold
It’s been so long, stuck around
We lost our sense of home
Now I can’t recall who I was before
Going nowhere, spin around
I’ve spun around my own axis
My mind started slippin’ of its own accord
For all those years gone by
I get more and more washed out
‘Till the colors just ain’t there anymore
It’s time to go
To cut the highs from the lows
It’s time to go
But I’m really not here anymore
No, I’m really not here anymore
I’m really not here…
The heart beats slow
Bring the beat way down low
No matter what tomorrow has to show
I’m growing old
And you’re way long gone
And I am all alone on this road
It’s time to go
To cut the now from the know
It’s time to go
But I’m really not here anymore
No, I’m really not here anymore
I’m really not here…
DON’T MOVE TO SLOW
(Lyrics by J. Pernrud)
I stumbled out in the street today
Didn’t see the danger heading my way
All I could do was look away
A bitch slap in the face
Ain’t ever felt quite so out of place
It said – reconsider all your evil ways
Hey-hey-hey
A man alive’s got dues to pay
My-my-my
No matter who, what, when or why
I had chills runnin’ down my spine
I turned to women, song and wine
Workin’ hard, just to make it mine
Never mind what the good Lord said
Work on what’s in your heart instead
If you don’t you’re – already dead
Hey-hey-hey
A man alive has dues to pay
My-my-my
No matter who, (where,) when or why
Oh-oh-oh
Don’t let it show
Oh-oh-oh
Don’t move too slow
COMING IN FROM THE COLD
(Lyrics by J. Pernrud)
A soft explosion in her mind
She sells wisdom, lows and highs
When I wander thru her woods
Sweetest smell of her perfume
Oh how I hate to see you go
Don’t you know
Don’t you know I miss you so
Eight years in a hole and now it’s getting old
This is the sound of coming in from the cold
A deep well of water where we swim
She drowns my sorrows, she clouds my eyes
Sucking on life’s bitter sweets, on love and hate
Maybe tomorrow we will be too late
Oh how I hate to see you go
Don’t you know
Don’t you know I miss you so
Eight years in a hole and now it’s getting old
This is the sound of coming in from the cold
NO WAY TO BE FREE
(Lyrics by J. Pernrud)
Give it a rest
I’m doing what I can
I’ve been put to the test
And I’m wishin’ that I’d ran
Gimme a break from my routine
A chance to breathe again
Your hyped-up little TV screen
Ain’t nothin’ but a plague of man
I’m slowly going insane
Inside the rut that I’m in
It all stays, stays, stays the same
I don’t know where to begin
No way to be free
No way to spend your time
No way to be free
I won’t toe the line
No way to be free
And it’s all the same like so many times before
Seems we dropped the ball on what we used to know
But I won’t play your game when all I hear is more, more, more
Nothing left to take
There ain’t nothing here to call my own
The money that I make
Soon it will be gone, gone, gone
I think you’ve heard this before
Stick around, I’m gonna tell you more
Now I see just what’s in store
But I won’t sell
I’m slowly going insane
Inside the rut that I’m in
It all stays, stays, stays the same
I don’t know where to begin
No way to be free
No way to spend your time
No way to be free
I won’t toe the line
No way to be free