COLD

It's white and calm
A winter's tale
Nowhere to go
Nothing to do
Put another record on

It's the coldest story
I've ever known
As frozen
As my heart
Day after day
You grow more distant

Those smouldering
Summer nights
Nothing but
Faraway memories
Under the midnight sun
You burned your fingers

I know all those
Empty gestures
Aren’t real
The gossip makes me sick
Fame has strangled you
For too long
I'm done hiding

You’re only as good
As your last act
And yours was golden
But I know you’re
Even better than that

I didn't have the strength
To stay
I didn't trust or believe
The memories are
Tearing me apart

Presents arrive in the post
Unanswered calls
I miss the shadows
Nobody else saw
I always left my guilt
At the door

I'm done telling you
What you want to hear
Now it's too real
You've lost everything
They think they know
How you feel

All that remains
Are the echoes of our days
The dreams you had
About tomorrow
While you were wishing
It was yesterday

Fascination
It's a strange thing
Head first
Into a dead end
In this fool's paradise
Go make some headlines
That's what you do best

SEPTEMBER

Back on Svinget
In the cool September air
You’re right on the edge
About to break
Like my mind

How much longer can I
Cross my heart
And live the lie
The water’s
Starting to freeze
Just like your promises

The noise is
Screaming in my head
The circus is
Back in town
I don’t want to be a part
Of your foolish illusion

You say we’re good together
So why are you
Losing your cool
There’s no more time left
To play
Who’s got the Queen of Spades
I'm done with this game
You've overplayed your hand

When I ask why
You say
Stranger things have happened
I didn’t think
It would go this far
I thought we were
Intoxicated shooting stars
In the night
But then you chose
My constellation

You've fallen for something
That isn't real
We've gone in
At the deep end
Thousand thoughts a minute
I can’t hear
The heartbeat anymore

Go jump in the sea
Like you always do
Tell me all the excuses
One more time
About how complicated
You are

We're kinetic in the dark
Laughing till twilight
Another coffee from Q
You can't change the facts
And I can't turn back time

Just yesterday
It was the best thing
I got trapped in the undertow
Lost sight
Of everything important
You're living in a dream
No comment

The spin on the trigger
Who are you trying to impress
Wasted talent
That's what I was told
And now I'm hooked

Coming back
For that last strike
Although it's going to
Make me howl
I’ve seen it all before
You’re just a child
In need of a mother

I don't want to be
The big secret
The one nobody knows about
Go to Paris
Get all the adulation
You need

There's no winner
In this story
It was
Some kind of madness
We were tangled
In a delibarate mess
Next to you
Time was motionless

The feeling’s gone
This whole thing
Is beyond recovery
I’d forgotten what it’s like
To teach someone
How to live

Time to end
This rollercoaster ride
Now you’re on your own
You should've listened
When I told you
I know how this song is
Going to end