The blue sky

I find hard to breathe

As life just eats away

At the faces that surround me

They look tired today

The lady at my table

Doesn't want me here

I just want to talk to her

But would she laugh to my accent

And make fun of me

It doesn't seem like

The blue sky's here for me

There are no girls in here

As far as I can see

Only pin-up posters

Looking down at me

Watching papercups of coffee

Growing cold before my eyes

All the things I see

That makes me realize

I'm in this big world without you

Nothing tomy name

I never knew that

Blue sky meant such pain

I'm dying to be different

In the coffee shop

I lived to double strength

Now my supplies are cut

Oh, I'm older than my looks

And older than my years

I'm too young to take on

My deepest fears

I used to be confused

But now I just don't know

Since you left I've been watching

Blue skies come and go

Butterfly,Butterfly

Butterfly, butterfly
Flying into the wind
You can be sure of it
That's no place to begin

Over thinking every little thing
Acknowledge the bell you can't unring

Tomorrow, you don't have to say what you're thinking
You don't have to mean what you say

Butterfly, butterfly
Flutter in to the skies
Butterfly, butterfly
Their molecular cries

Chrysalis dreams waiting on the fifth in-star
These stained glass wings could only take you so far
You don't have to say that it matters

You don't have to turn something in
Stay with it through thick and thin
Butterfly, begin
Butterfly, butterfly

Tomorrow, you don't have to mean what you say
Left without a reason to stay
Comes the last hurrah
Here's our last hurrah
Butterfly, butterfly
You can be sure of it
Butterfly

Celice

Celice

It's in the way you hurt me

Celice

I know that I'm alive

Open up inside

Make me want you

Make me want to

Wrap yourself around me

Hold me tighter

Hold me tight as you can

Celice

It's in the way you hurt me

Celice

You sharpen all my sense

I know you're on my side

Celice

It's on the way you teach me

Celice

To chase the thoughts away

You opened up my eyes

Made me want you

Made me want to

You know it feels so nice

Hold me tight now

Hold me tight as can be

Celice

It's in the way you hurt me

Celice

I know that I'm alive

Celice

You sharpen all my sense

I know you're in my side

Riding the crest

You search your mind

That’s what it’s there for

Check all the whys’

And all the wherefores’

In your mind

You’re tall and brave

Riding the crest

Of a high and beautiful wave

You make your movements known

And where you want to be

And everybody knows

That’s how it’s got to be

In the sheltered morning sun

In the sheltered morning sun

Internally

You make your own rules

You’ll have excuses

The ones that you choose

In the end

You deem unsafe;

Riding the crest

Of a high and beautiful wave

You make your movements known...

There comes a time

You don’t even know what’s missing

Some sugar to make the pill go down

You need a line

A push in the right direction

The sugar that makes the pill go down

True

True to form

True to pre-existing norms

Truly wasted

At a rave

Riding the crest

Of a high and beautiful wave

Birthright

You don't wanna hang around

Said you were leaving town for the summer

At least till sundown

Cuz time ain't gonna grind you down,

ain't gonna waste your life

chasing rainbows like some clown

But who's gonna come with you tonight

Who's gonna to tell you it's alright?

Everything changes over time

Just like wine

Time ain't gonna hold you up,

Ain't going to make it stop long enough to ease your mind,

Ain't gonna make it last forever

And you...

whatcha gonna do?

Walk it solitary?

So unnecessary

But it's alright

It's your birthright

Hey, hey everything's different down the line

Everything changes over time

Time ain't gonna make it worse

It's gonna make you start feeling better

Just like wine

We're gonna make it last forever

Hey you...

Whatcha gonna do?

Just be ordinary?

So unnecessary

But it's all right

Yes it's alright

It's your birthright

Forever not yours

Hold me tight

This is a lonely night

And i´ve hurt you baby

Because you are my light

Make me strong just like

You make me weak

When your hands reach out for me

Even in your sleep

Ill soon be gone now

Forever not yours

It wont be long now

Forever not yours

Memories they keep

Coming though

The good ones hurt more

The days were high

And the nights were deep

And I miss You baby. I miss you baby

Ill soon be gone now

Forever not yours

It wont be long now

Forever not yours

Ill soon be gone now

It wont be long now

Forever not, forever not yours

Ill soon be gone now.Forever not yours

Forever not yours

Ill soon be gone now.Forever not yours

It wont be long now.Forever not yours

Touchy

Donna found us in her slow and dreamy way

I can't hear a word the waiter says

She's looking older than the colour of her hair

She walks into the room too pleased to find me there

Me I'm touchy

Touchy you

Me I'm touchy

And you know what to do

Me I'm touchy

Touchy, touchy you

Me I'm touchy and you know what to do

Both of us together in a room by ourselves

I sneeze to look around, byt there's no escape

What can I do, what can I say

She's waiting for this moment to explain itself.

Me I'm touchy

Touchy you

Me I'm touchy

And you know what to do

Me I'm touchy

Touchy, touchy you

Touching love is the best I can do

Hey, this time you've gone too far

You know how touchy we are

Donna found me in her slow and dreamy way

Now she reads me what the paper say

The way she laughs and what I do

I'm waiting for this moment to explain itself through

Me I'm touchy...etc.

Rolling Thunder

It's the weight below us

And our fate before us

Like a rolling thunder

Rolling up from under

Don't ever leave this way

I know it's getting harder, but hey

If your world should crumble, yeah

And the rain gets in

Running through your skin

Soaking you outside in

The rain ... see it falling

But I don't know how long it will be

Until the storm's over

But I'll wait

I will

Like the years of silence

To the growing violence

Like a rolling thunder

Rolling up from under

Don't ever leave me this way

Wait a little longer, yeah, stay

Through all the night I tumble, yeah

When the rain comes in

I will shed my skin

Losing it from within

See the rain ... it's falling

But I won't be leaving your side

Until all is over

I'll wait

I will

So many lifetimes you've been waiting for it

All through the good times when you tried to ignore it

You hesitate

It's come too late

You hear the sound

Of when wheels engage

When the rain comes in

I will shed my skin

Nothing is keeping you here

The lights change on the hill

The air seems strangely still

Everyone’s asleep

The floorboards creak at dawn

As you walk out on the lawn

The grass is wet beneath

You think it rather strange

You think it rather weird

It’s fair to say that

Nothing is keeping you here

Nothing is keeping you here

Nothing is keeping you here

The phone is off the hook

As you sink into a book

You don’t know where you are

From the world; detached

Unto a girl you latched

It never got too far

And everybody talks

And everybody stares

It’s safe to say that

Nothing is keeping you here

Nothing is keeping you here

Nothing is keeping you here

And everybody's down

And everybody cares

You knew your day to shine

Would come without you here

Come without you here...

Nothing was keeping you here

Nothing is keeping you here

Crying in the rain

I'll never let you see

The way my broken heart is hurting me

I've got my pride and I know I'll do hide

All my sorrow and pain

I'll do my crying in the rain

If I wait for stormy skies

You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes

You'll never know that I still love you so

Though the heartaches remain

I'll do my crying in the rain

Raindrops falling from heaven

Could never take away my misery

But since we're not together

I pray for stormy weather

To hide these tears I hope you'll never see

Some day when my cryin's done

I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun

I may be a fool

But till then, darling, you'll, never see me complain

I'll do my crying in the rain

I'll do my crying in the rain

(Break)

Whoo-ooo

Whoo-ooo

since we're not together

I pray for stormy weather

To hide these tears I hope you'll never see

Some day when my cryin's done

I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun

I may be a fool

But till then, darling, you'll, never see me complain

I'll do my crying in the rain

I call your name

We got married on a cold mid-winter's morning

We said our lines

Then kissed

And it was over

Those pronouncements had such weight

I guess they made us hesitate

Hesitate

When she moved her hips

And swayed in my direction

I thought we could make it yet

And beat the isolation

But in that gentle dark

Man, we tore ourselves apart

Through fire and rain

Through wilderness and pain

Through the losses, through the gains

On love's roller coaster train

I call your name

Oh God...we used to laugh

Is the fire dying, babe

It hurts to ask

I dream my self alive

Dream my self alive

I dream my self alive

But you can't deny

There's something dark

Against the light

All i can say

It doesn't have to be this way

We'll be chasing our tails madly

See days pass like wildfire

Right from the start

I knew this world would break my heart

I dream my self alive

Dream my self alive

I dream my self alive

Break my heart

And dream my self alive

What can it mean

I'm drawing pictures of the sea

Right from the start

I knew this girl would break my heart

Dream my self alive

Dream my self alive

I dream my self alive

Dream my self alive

Dream my self alive

Move to Memphis

Walked around no one around

You were the one who taught me better

This old town brings me down

You were the one who told me you've got to

Move to Memphis

That's what I'll do

Move to Memphis and follow you

Trace that highway down to your doorway

Move to Memphis and be with you

On the day you walked away

I was the one who said

You'd better stick around stay in town

You were the one who told me you've got to

Move to Memphis

That's what I'll do

Chase the shadow that follows you

Trace that highway down to your doorway

Move to Memphis and be with you

That's what I'll do

Move to Memphis to be with you.

(Pal Waaktaar/Magne Furuholmen)

The living daylights

Hey driver, where we're going

I swear my nerves are showing

Set your hopes up way too high

The living's in the way we die

Comes the morning and the headlights fade away

Hundred thousand people...I'm the one they frame

I've been waiting long for one of us to say

Save the darkness, let it never fade away

In the living daylights.

All right, hold on tighter now

It's down, down to the wire

Set your hopes way too high

The living's in the way we die

Comes the morning and the headlights fade in rain

Hundred thousand changes...everything's the same

I've been waiting long for one of us to say

Save the darkness, let it never fade away

In the living daylights.

Comes the morning and the headlights fade away

Hundred thousand people...I'm the one they frame

Manhattan Skyline

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 (5)

You know, I don't want to cry again (2)

Don't want to say goodbye

I don't want to cry again

I don't want to run away

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 may love's run dry

No... - We 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 - But you know

I don't want to fall again

Don't want to look this pain

Don't want another friend

Don't want to try 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

Summer moved on

Summer moved on

And the way it goes

You can't tag along

Honey moved out

And the way it went

Leaves no doubt

Moments will pass

In the morning light

I found out

Seasons can't last

And there's just one thing

Left to ask

Stay, don't just walk away

And leave me another day

A day just like today

With nobody else around

Friendships move on

Until the day

You can't get along

Handshakes unfold

And the way it goes

No one knows

Moments will pass

In the morning light

I found out

Seasons can't last

So there's just one thing

Left to ask

Stay, don't just walk away

And leave me another day

A day just like today

Stay, don't just walk away

With nobody else around

Seasons can't last

And there's just one thing

Left to ask

Stay, don't just walk away

And leave me another day

A day just like today

Stay, don't just walk away

With nobody else around

Lifelines

One time - to know that it's real

one time - to know how it feels

that's all

One call - your voice on the phone

one place - a moment alone

that's all

what do you see

what do you know

one sign

what do i do

just follow your lifelines through

what if it hurts

what then

what do we do

what do you say

don't throw your lifelines away (x2)

One time - just once in my life

one time - to know it can happen twice

One shot - of a clear blue sky

one look - i see no reasons why, we can't

One chance to go back

to the point where everything starts

one chance to keep it together

when things fall apart

One sign to make us believe it's true

what do you see

where do we go

one sign

how do we grow

by letting your lifelines show

what if we do

what up to now

what do you say

how do i know

Analogue

Come back, my darling one

I'm calling on you

The road ahead is long

And I must warn you

I wonder

Where did she go?

If I failed you

I tell you right now

All I want you to know; I love you

All I need is the time to show you

Come back, my fallen son

Don't let them fool you

Cos when the day is done

They’ll never move you

Lay down your senseless pride

(Got more than you)

Put out your mournful tones

I tell you right now

All I want you to know; I love you

All I need is the time to show you how I feel

Feel

(Lay down your senseless pride

You travelled once too often, yeah)

I tell you right now

All I want you to know; I love you

All I need is the time to show you how I feel

All I want you to know I love you

All I need is the time to show you how I feel

(Come back, my analogue

I hardly knew ya

the high end sloping off

a thing of beauty

take hold, my little ones

my minor key sonatas

show forth your loop

The blood that moves the body

It's the way we feel Tonight

As if it's all unreal All right

My love, won't you come back to

Our love, you know I'll react to

The blood that moves my body

Now covers the ground

The blood that moves the body

The blood that moves the body

There's nowhere to go Tonight

Lend some warmth to our cold

And lonely lives

Red stains on 'Eyes Of A Blue Dog'

My pains fade as the interiors fog

The blood that moves my body

Now colours the ground

The blood that moves the body

The blood that moves the body

Not long ago It hurt us so

A tremble through our lives

The love and care...

The way we were

Lost its way at nights

It's the way we feel Tonight

The blood that moves the body

The blood that moves the body

Not long ago It hurt us so

A tremble through our lives

The love and care...

The way we were

Lost its way at nights

It's the way we feel Tonight

Lend some warmth to our cold

and lonely lives

my love, won't you come back to

our love, you know we'll react to

The blood that moved our bodies

Now covers the ground...

Now now, covers the ground

(Pal Waaktaar) -1988-

I´ve been losing you

It wasn't 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

Oh...

I can still hear our screams competing

You're hissing your s's like a snake

And 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

So 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.

Take on me

We're talking away

I don't know what

I'm to say

I'll say it anyway

Today's another day to find you

Shying away

I'll be coming for your love, OK?

Take on me (take on me)

Take me on (take on me)

I'll be gone

In a day or two

So needless to say

I'm odds and ends

But I'll Be

Stumbling away

Slowly learning that life is OK.

Say after me:

"It's no better to be safe than sorry."

Take on me (take on me)

Take me on (take on me)

I'll be gone

In a day or two

Oh, the things that you say

Is it life or

Just to play my worries away?

You're all the things

I've got to remember

You're shying away

I'll be coming for you anyway

Take on me (take on me)

Take me on

I'll be gone

In a day...

(Take on me, take on me)

(Take me on, take on me)

I'll be gone (take on me)

In a day... (take me on)

Take on me (take on me)

Take on me (take me on)

Take on me (fades)