1.Homesick
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenience
I'll lose some sales and my boss won't be happy,
but i can't stop listening to the sound of two soft voices
blended in perfection ,from the reels of this I've found .
Every day there 's a boy in the mirror asking me：'what are
you doing here？'Finding all my prevoious motives growing
increasingly unclear .I've travelled far and I've burned
all the bridges -I believed as soon sa I hit land-all the
other option held before me,would wither in the light of my
plan. So I'll lose some sales and my boss won't be happy,
but there's only one thing on my mind-searching boxes
underneath the counter, on a chance that on a tape I'd find：
A song for someone who needs somewhere to long for. Homesick
.Because I no longer know where home is.
2.Misread
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenience
If you want to be my friend,and you want us to get along-
please do not expect me to wrap it up and keep it there.
The observation I am doing could easily be understood as
cynical demeanour ,but one of us misread-what do you know,
it happened again . A friend is not a meand you untilize
to get somewhere ,somehow didn't notice ,friendship is an
end-what do you know ,it's happened again.How come no one
told me ,all throughout history,the loneliest people were
the ones who always spoke their truth？ The ones who made
a differnece withstanding indifference . I guess it's up
to me now-should i take that risk,or just smile？ -What do
you know ,it's happende again.
3.Cayman Islands
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenience
Through the alleyways
To cool off in the shadows
Then into the street
Following the water
There's a bearded man
Paddling in his canoe
Looks as if he has
Come all the way from the Cayman Islands
These canals, it seems
They all go in circles
Places look the same
And we're the only difference
The wind is in your hair
It's covering my view
I'm holding on to you
On a bike we've hired until tomorrow
If only they could see
If only they had been here
They would understand
How someone could have chosen
To go the length I've gone
To spend just one day riding
Holding on to you
I never thought it would be this clear
4.Stay Out Of Trouble
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenicece
I walked around for hours, two ten pence pieces in my hand
I was alone and freezing, still trying hard to understand you
I left the others knowing I had to work this by myself
but now the feeling's growing, I would be better off with their
help
so baby, what we've got has lately, not been enough
I wish I had your scarf still, that once embraced and kept me
warm.
I wish you could be with me, in these last days when I am still
hopelessly poor
stay out of trouble, stay in touch
try not to think about me to much
5.Know-How＊
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenicece
Riding on this know-how
Never been here before
Peculiarly entrusted
Possibly that's all
Is history recorded？
Does someone have a tape？
Surely, I'm no pioneer
Constellations stay the same
Just a little bit of danger
When intriguingly
Our little secret
Trusts that you trust me
'Cause no one will ever know
That this was happening
So tell me why you listen
When nobody's talking
What is there to know？
All this is what it is
You and me alone
Sheer simplicity
What is there to know？
All this is what it is
You and me alone
Sheer simplicity
What is there to know？
All this is what it is
You and me alone
Sheer simplicity
6.Sorry Or Please
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenicece
Five weeks in a prison, I made no friends
There's more time to be done, but I've got a week to spend
I didn't pay much attention first time around
But now you're hard not to notice, right here in my town
Where the stage of my old life meets the cast of the new
Tonights actors： Me and You
Each day is taking us closer
While drawing the curtains to close
This far, or further, I need to know
Your increasingly long embraces
Are they saying sorry or please？
I don't know what's happening, help me
Through the streets, on the corners, there's a scent in the air
I ask you out and I lead you, I know my way around here
There's a bench I remember, and on the way there I find
That the movements you're making, are mirrored in mine
And your hand is held open, intentionally
Or just what I want to see？
Your increasingly long embraces
Are they saying sorry or please？
I don't know what's happening, help me
I don't normally beg for assistance
I rely on my own eyes to see
But right now they make no sense to me
Right now you make no sense to me
7.Love Is No Big Truth
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenicece
All I do is sleep all day, and think of you
A memory of the cushion life I'm clinging to
The image of a mutual one, our haven
The sombre chords of our song, the fading
Love is no big truth
Driven by our genes, we are simple selfish beings
A symphony that's you
Joyously awaking the ignorant and sleeping
Passion and its brother hate, they come and go
Could easily be made to stay for longer though
Many people play this game so willingly
Do I have to be like them, or be lonely？
Love is no big truth
Driven by our genes, we are simple selfish beings
A symphony that's you
Joyously awaking the ignorant and sleeping
Another view of what there's to it, getting through it
I'll never need it again, not again, not again...
8.I'd Rather Dance With You
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenicece
I'd Rather Dance With You
I'd rather dance with you than talk with you
so why don't we just move into the other room
there's space for us to shake, and hey, I like this tune
even if I could hear what you said
I doubt my reply would be interesting for you to hear
because I haven't read a single book all year
and the only film I saw, I didn't like it at all
I'd rather dance than talk with you
the music's too loud and the noise from the crowd
increases the chance of misinterpretation
so let your hips do the talking
I'll make you laugh by acting like the guy who sings
and you'll make me smile by really getting into the swing
Getting into the swing, getting into the swing
Getting into the swing, getting into the swing
Getting into the swing, getting into the swing
Getting into the swing, getting into the swing...
(Getting to the swing...)
I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you
I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you
I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you
I'd rather dance, I'd rather dance than talk with you
I'd rather dance with you
I'd rather dance with you
I'd rather dance with you
9.Live Long
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenicece
Summerchild that sits by the water
weaving sunlight threads in his hands
the golden river that day a shelter
a stream where he could make pebbles dance
you looked around you, nobody had taken
any notice of what you saw： against the evening sky a formation
a million black birds looking like one
live long
save ten years to remember
live long
hold it in front of your eyes once more
10.Surprise Ice
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenicece
When past sometimes takes you with soft hands
forcelessly pulls you to your chair
hides you away from these half days
sunless at the end of the year
the air is like a knife cutting through you
a room in the house is always warm
stretched out on the bathroom floor thinking
of fair days your future may hold
love comes like surprise ice on the water
love comes like surprise ice at dawn
love comes like surprise ice on the water
love comes at dawn
deprived of the light and of the colours
the world ends at your window tree
darkness creates these illusions
but pale days can teach you to see
rain falls but no life is given
weeks pass no progress is made
past sometimes takes you with soft hands
and all that surrounds you will fade
11.Gold In The Air Of Summer
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenicece
Without giving anything away
I can say it's by the sea
It's a house that used to be
The home of a friend of mine
Without giving anything away
You'll find ships inside of bottles
When the garden's overgrown
The house is white, but the paint is coming off
I didn't know if you wanted to
But I came to pick you up
You didn't even hesitate
And now you and me are on our way
I think I've bought everything we need
Don't look back, don't think of the
Other places you should've been
It's a good thing that you came along with me
Gold in the air of summer
You'll shine like gold in the air of summer
You'll shine like gold in the air of summer
You'll shine like gold in the air of summer
12.The Build-Up
Lyrics：The Kings Of Convenience
Music：The Kings Of Convenicece
The build up lasted for days,
lasted for weeks,
lasted too long.
Our hero withdrew,
when there was two,
he could not choose one,
so there was none.
Worn into the vaguely announced.
Worn into the vaguely announced.
The spinning top made a sound
like a train across the valley,
fading, oh so quiet but constant til it passed,
over the ridge
into the distances
written on your ticket to remind you where to stop,
and when to get off.
The spinning top made a sound
like a train across the valley,
fading, oh so quiet but constant til it passed,
over the ridge
into the distances
written on your ticket to remind you where to stop,
and when to get off.
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