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Summer Days
03:29
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So on the eve of our first encounter the trees synchronized their sway
And at the time it was lost on me, but it brought out the magic of may
Watch me levitate I'm falling over (Earn)
My living wage singing shanties and sipping
Purple Haze at the end of that summer evening breeze got a hold on me now
You hummed along to my every tune and nothing could break our gaze
I bought you beer and we spoke of the holy writ
I signed your chest "forever yours" a heart circle round it
Watch me levitate I'm falling over (Earn)
My living wage singing shanties and sipping
Purple Haze at the end of that summer evening breeze got a hold on me now
La na na na na
La na na na na na na
La na na na na na
La na na na na
La na na na na na na
Let's sneak out at night and flip this town around, scream our love out loud
Skipping paper stones across the gilded shore, dreaming of our next encore
Watch me levitate I'm falling over (Earn)
My living wage singing shanties and sipping
Purple Haze at the end of that summer evening breeze got a hold on me now
Watch me levitate I'm falling over (Earn)
My living wage singing shanties and sipping
Purple Haze at the end of that summer evening breeze got a hold on me now
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It feels so right to be
Talking of you endlessly
And we don't feel so alone
When our names show on the phone
How can this even be?
A person like you is make believe
And we see our dada love
As something like a gift from above
Oh God, how odd
To play the master's own disguise
Now I see blue skies
Is it more than good luck?
Crossing paths amidst this muck?
We've reason to believe
The creator has a trick up her sleeve
Days spent reading the cards
All point to nights in your backyard
We are restorative glue
For our hearts that once felt so blue
High mood, over the moon
The next time couldn't come too soon
Now I can't wait till June
Lanterns above the bay Are credits to our dada day
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København K till Dragør
03:56
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Oh just to pass the time till you get to tussle my hair
(Right turns to left and north disappears once more)
(10 15 5 12 4 18 5 23 I'm free)
I somehow got locked up in the Buddhist's sacred lair
So let those bright eyes lead me out of this plight
(Right turns to left and north disappears once more)
(10 15 5 12 4 18 5 23 I'm free)
Though your two eyes are why I'm here tonight
Told just to wait wait a moment, but moments have come to pass
Whatcha gunna find if you're always looking backwards
Maybe Memories, but the message never transferred
Time has stopped in the dark room
As I'm choking like a fool
Run around to exit the Wapta Monastery
All of their eyes are turned on me so I smile unsure
So let those bright eyes lead me out of this plight
(Right turns to left and north disappears once more)
(10 15 5 12 4 18 5 23 I'm free)
Though your two eyes are why I'm here tonight
What a simple price to pay to understand the vairocana way
(Right turns to left and north disappears once more)
(10 15 5 12 4 18 5 23 I'm free)
Whatcha gunna do when you're always looking forward
All our premonitions say the future you in cornered
Time has stopped in the dark room
As I'm choking like a fool
Run around to exit the Wapta Monastery
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4. |
Daily Holiday
03:22
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We wear the same clothes
From our heads to our toes
We share the same speech
Don't leave we beseech
Everyday's a holiday when life is spent with your best friend
Sittin' in the sand
Lemme trace our hands
Margs in the sun
Your kisses stun
All I do is sing of you and dream until we meet again
Everyday is June
I'm playing "Blue Lagoon"
You show me off
My philosophe
Everyday's so fancy free 'cuz I've got you and you've got me
We improvise sounds
In all the towns
When we can't use words
Like two love birds
Masquerades for love's accolade will give our undying bond breath
We've got our best game on
And all woe is gone
I'd fly the world for you
And still feel fresh and new
Squished between your loving knees and feel so completely at ease
And every day's a holiday when life is spent with your best friend
When life is spent with your best friend
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5. |
City Boats
03:17
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Waving to all my friends who wonder how we began
We sort of laugh and start to say, "It's only been nine days"
Dance it clean
Jumping high, side by side, no space is in between
I think the city boats are smiling at you, smiling at me
I think the city boats are smiling at you, smiling at me
Waking up drunk again, not to disappoint
Tricky sounds, forgotten now, but that's besides the point
Forty-three
Any world without you is gray and obsolete
I think the city boats are smiling at you, smiling at me
I think the city boats are smiling at you, smiling at me
I think the city boats are smiling at you, smiling at me
I think the city boats are smiling at you, smiling at me
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6. |
In Absentia 97.2%
01:25
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"My better half"
is a made up phrase, oh yeah
But this wicked pain
Begs to differ with me, oh yeah, oh yeah
I'll curse every God
Who let our souls breed, oh yeah
Just to tear us apart
Over over and over again, oh yeah, oh yeah
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Buddy
Across the deep sea
So tall and esprit
Our stars are lucky
But we've been walking 'bout for hours
Every joke is ours
Friendship empowers
This beaming love that devours
Bounce around cuz everything's all right now
I look at you and I don't even know how
I got lucky
I can't
Wait to see you 'gain tomorrow
But we won't stop talking
Our eyes are locking
The night's sleep we're mocking
Cuz we're not ready for tomorrow
Since we've got this notion
That our lives fast motion
Will leave no time for emotion
Bounce around like 1985-oh
You pick me up and spin me right around-oh
Music, good times
Your eyes
Interlocking with my own
Bounce around like it might be your last go
We hate the day we have to say good-bye-oh
Nothing feels worse than leaving
You alone without your best friend
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8. |
Ephemeral Infection
03:51
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Cursing at the blurred night sky
We're stranded bodies though we see the same stars high
We picked a cluster and when our visits end
We look above to mend
Please oh please let our star shine
The way to know our hearts intertwine
And please oh please be a clear sky
Don't let a fluke lead our fate awry
Cuz then we'll never have to say goodbye
Our banter is simply bliss
The great divide is our only true nemesis
We have our lucky stars and though it sounds bizarre
We're never all that far
Please oh please let our star shine
The way to know our hearts intertwine
And please oh please be a clear sky
Don't let a fluke lead our fate awry
Cuz then we'll never have to say goodbye
Passing by missed chances was my only true consistency
You're the one to change that for me
Your temple has such shining beams
The source of all your energy
The catalyst of this change in me
Change in me
Change in me
Change in me
Back and forth and back again
Traveling's exciting, but I can't wait until when
We make each other smile
Boost each other's style
There is no doubt you beguile
Please oh please let our star shine
The way to know our hearts intertwine
And please oh please be a clear sky
Don't let a fluke lead our fate awry
Please oh please let our star shine
The way to know our hearts intertwine
And please oh please be a clear sky
Don't let a fluke lead our fate awry
Cuz then we'll never have to say goodbye
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9. |
Luck in Nonautonomy
03:27
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Days, my mind's an utter mess and then
You come out of the memory scene
Beloved daydream
That puts me back on track and routine
Nights, the gears they turn obsessively
Like a dog barking up a tree
Until you bring to me
The key that lets me sleep so dovishly
Five back and forths ago
Three ways you showed me so
To be your confidant says I've won
Why do we find ways to feel
So guilty of our instincts
When we all know the appeal
It's something truly distinct
Peace of mind is hard to find 'til you're near me
Finally it's past me now that I've entered your tower
I'm so lucky to have found you cuz man
We're all aimless and caught by greed
That's just no way to be
It straps us to our bond of ennui
But under both our spells we became
Sightless to all the prophecies
Of hypno-tyranny
And reclaim faith in willful clarity
Five back and forths ago
Three ways you showed me so
To be your confidant says I've won
Why do we find ways to feel
So guilty of our instincts
When we all know the appeal
It's something truly distinct
Peace of mind is hard to find 'til you're near me
And though the world's in a bind
I keep you close in my mind
And though the world's in a bind
I keep you close in my mind
Finally it's past me now that I've entered your tower
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10. |
Tendencies of the Tide
04:02
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So fast a connection
God, I mean what was your intention
Big lake and a calling loon
Where we met, illuminated by the moon
You're on the big screen in my mind
You leave no cross cut undefined
You're like Brakhage and Klint combined
You are my single greatest find
Fika in the afternoon
So stuffed I've been betrayed by my spoon
A quick walk to burn it off
Back at the room our clothes we want to doff
What is this feeling in your heart?
Missing something so far apart
No phone or letter will ever do
Compared to the feeling of laying next to you
Thirty days of weeping again
Any time I leave my "Fine Specimen"
Our days will see no end
Since we define the term "Best Friends"
The rain is gone you've brought the shine
What's more is we are undefined
One of the last world mysteries
A power stronger than the seven seas
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11. |
Solace for the Solstice
04:29
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I can't wait for her no more
Can't wait for her to come on by
It's just wait and see
Solace for the solstice
A windmill for the air
Sees the end of any precipice
When the Goddess deems it fair
But hanging by the moonside
And counting stars for days
Would rid me of my own pride
When I'm lost into your gaze
Gleam sweet beams on me once more
Sweet beams that bend and burn my brow
How did I, before you, know how?
Solace for the solstice
A windmill for the air
Sees the end of any precipice
When the Goddess deems it fair
But hanging by the moonside
And counting stars for days
Would rid me of my own pride
When I'm lost into your gaze
Dreaming of the plum trees
4,000 miles away
I don't think that they've wilted
Since we shaded them last may
Solace for the solstice
A windmill for the air
Sees the end of any precipice
When the Goddess deems it fair
But hanging by the moonside
And counting stars for days
Would rid me of my own pride
When I'm lost into your gaze
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12. |
Unforgettable Cheer
09:25
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Writing it down
Seems impossible now
When every feeling
Just gets so scattered inside
You keep me real
I boost your game
You've got what's good
Now let's leave it the same
I never try to be
So down on me
I never try
To feel anything less than glee
But nothing beats
The Serenity
Of when the feeling
Comes back to me
We're seeing double again
On the train
Looking back
To a place that we've never been
Heaven
Paradise
It kinda sounds like ecstasy
You say, look to your right
At the gorge
Look to your left
It's factories galore
Can't you see?
The juxtaposition
All over det här sjön landet
It kind of always sounds
Like make believe
In each of these
Sweet, sweet swede memories
But that's the gift
Of singing all and living through these soliloquies
It's negative freezing degrees
And yet we're pleased
Cuz I know your soul
Will put heat in me
Snuggle tight
No bed bugs bite
Any time that you sleep with me
We're talking now
'Bout the Go-V-T
You laugh at that
They're all our enemies
All that stuff
That best friends do
Like talk about only me and you
I don't care what they say
Or what they think about
I know what's true
I haven't any doubt
Thanks to you
I know what'll be
What the future will bring to me
I've been fighting tears
Nearly every day
Since I've returned
They don't go away
They're simply joys
From a blissed out kiss
From the boy I'll always miss
I love the way
Your blue eyes beam
They bring out all
Of your energy
They cool me down
In the heat of May
On the boat outside of the bay
I'd write a book for you
And every word
Would sound like this
They'd all be unheard
Just for you
Secrets for two
Anything to prove our love is true
Stars grow apart
Year by year
That's so not us
Our love is that "suncere"
I'll swim the seas
And write you poems
All just to have you back in my home
I've been brought to tears
Nearly every year
Cuz we create
Unforgettable cheer
Sipping spirits
Laughing for days
We'll never forget all of our clicky ways
I can't believe
You get worked up
Anytime
You've got to defend me
I'm not afraid
To do the same
I've got your back
And best friends we became
Jag vill ha dig
Du vill ha mig
Vi vill ha oss
I våra memories
You're number one
According to me
Even though our number's 43
I'm loaded on lagers
And commie berets
I take a seat
To just cool my brain
But not for long
You take my hand
We're dancing now right on with the band
Stars grow apart
Year by year
That's so not us
Our love is that "suncere"
Our love is that "suncere"
Our love is that "suncere"
Unforgettable cheer
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13. |
Infunity
04:27
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I know we all feel stupid
Playing our guessing games
And though we're feigning feigning
We know we feel the same
No screwy intuition
Or faulty dumb charades
Could ever make me falter
Knowing your loving raids
Days go by
Is this the end of our ride
Can't even hide
The pain that comes with all these empty
Conversations finally subsides since I've
Got you by my side
Never a reason to hide
We're birds of prey or paradise
Well either way, we roll the dice
Last autumn, boy, we paid the price
For vowing to our own device
Gone is the petty strife
We've reached eternity
Burning the powers
That strayed me
And strayed you
From healing
Surpassing atonement
But not passing the waves
And so I die again
This time in your arms
You follow
'Cause no me
Means no you
We greet the afterlife
I'm always happy for you
Your pride when I am near
Could break our captor's shackles
Removing all the fear
I know we all feel stupid
Playing our guessing games
And though we're feigning feigning
We know we feel the same
One worded answers
They crush me with shame
Can't take the blame
Then you come back with
Playfulness that rocks me to my core
No we're never a bore
No our love is no chore.
No death
No life, no self defeat can compare
Nothing's close to what we share
Now we're free from hegemony's gray estate
Renewed and crowned via our lustrate
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14. |
Palace of Good Karma
03:29
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Every melody bridges the gap between us two
What I do, just for you, is leave some clues for you to find
'Bout the way that I treasure and worship and adore your mind
Everyday's longing gaze acts as a gateway to our soul
So you stole my heart whole, emptied all bad contents inside
Now I never have reason to fear or a reason to hide
Explosion in my pen
Thanks to him my heart is now open
It's clear to me, all beauty
Instills a will to set us free
Sweet breeze memories that defines this dreamy rendezvous
Oh the view of old Lund brings back nostalgia from our town
In the Palace of Good Karma we would both wear the same crown
Mountain Beach, understand, I miss that smirking face each day
But to say I inveigh of only distance just misses the point
Since I've got us in these songs our legacy will never disappoint
Explosion in my pen
Thanks to him my heart is now open
It's clear to me, all beauty
Instills a will to set us free
I've been thinking 'bout days on the old ship drunk off time and wine
And the sound of our laugh together, what a delightful sign
I could sense the fear we both encountered on our opening lines
Yet it doesn't match the power of a heartbeat lining up with mine
Lining up with, lining up with, lining up with, lining up with
Lining up with, lining up with, lining up with mine
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