1.The Singer
I always had the voice and now I am a singer
The audience grows silent when I open up my mouth
I sing the words I've written every night before a crowd
As if I was a poet or some legendary mind
They wonder what I'm doing up there on the stage
They stare at my posture and say I speak so well
I sing about my loneliness and in return they thank me
I'd never meant to be a singer
But I'm slowly getting used to the idea
I'm part of this whole moment that people come to see
They drive for seven hours from all across the country
We raise our voice in unison at the end of the show
People break into tears for reasons I don't know
They just want to understand me and I sing too be loved
2.Your Great Book
I thought it would never end
We would always be friends
I didn't see it coming
Your book is wisely done
And you don't talk to me no more, never like you did before
In your great book I am the crook
You have given me a gun
And black glasses on
You make me do awful crimes
And say all the bad lines
In your great book
You got the good looks
In your great book
In chapter 2
you admit I loved you
But the funniest part
is where I'll break your heart
You'll have to leave the country to rise again from misery
I read it everyday
And you got things to say
You are reminding me of jazz
You are sometimes too fast
But that was then and this is now
I learned a trick or two somehow
In your great book
You got the good looks
In your great book
And you are the star
Oh yes you are
And I break your heart
Well of course I break your heart
Well of course I break your heart
Of course I break your heart
Well of course I break your heart
3.The Girl I Don't Know
I'm in love with a girl I don't know
I carry her with me wherever I go
I walk these streets with her name in my shadow
All for the girl I don't know
And flags are waving proudly in the air
And I'm selling flowers on the square
And the evening turns to watch tomorrow
All for the girl I don't know
Before we said hello
It was just another day
You must learn to love the rain
I said to the girl I don't know
And if she wonders tell her where I am
And then I am blindly finding my way through these lands
And tell her how I don't believe in sorrow
And fall for the girl I don't know
Before we said goodbye and the sky began to gray
You must learn to love the rain
So said the girl I don't know
4.We Still Drink The Same Water
You have moved to the outskirts of town.
I bet you like it more when no one is around.
I bet you spend most days in your dressing gown.
Word is out that you are working again.
That you look good with coloured chins.
I'm glad to hear that you are seeing our friends.
It's still the same, nothing has changed.
We still drink the same water.
All those women on our street look at me strangely when we meet.
They smile politely and nod with sadness.
It's as if they're saying： 'Please, go get her back.
You poor old thing, you look like a wreck!'
As if all of their dreams did not come true.
It's still the same, nothing has changed.
We still drink the same water.
I might take a holiday, I need to get out of my own way and put
an end to all of this running away.
I'm thinking that we might as well quench our thirst and get up
where we fell.
Since we float in the same well we still drink the same water.
It's still the same, nothing has changed.
We still drink the same water.
5.Catherine The Waitress
Catherine the waitress,
if you only knew where my mind is.
'Is there anything you'd like？'
If I could only tell you!
You haven't even noticed me,
but, oh you are so good to me!
Catherine the waitress,
I don't intend to seduce you.
I'm not a resident, I'm not a regular.
But if I lived here this would be my favourite bar!
Cross my heart and hope to die,
I'm not drunk, and I'm not high!
The accident happened one year ago,
according to the lines in my hand.
A requiem is playing behind my eyes,
but you don't see it, Catherine, do you？
Do you？
Catherine the waitress,
if you only knew where my mind is.
'Is there anything you'd like？'
If I could only tell you.
You haven't even noticed me,
but, oh you are so good to me!
6.Legendary Afterparty
We bought a six-pack and headed to the Austin Motel.
Stars were aligned between heaven and hell.
The door was open, we sat on the floor.
You rolled those cigarettes like you'd been to war.
You told me how you met Andy Warhol when you arrived on the New
York scene.
I may not remember everything just right.
I was more impressed by the music you had played that night.
You said that songs were what the world needed.
That you liked those singers that really mean it!
You don't even say that you ain't going back to rehab.
You kept that pretty silent.
Guess I wasn't meant to know.
Your mouth was aching, you said it would be alright.
You travelled alone and your girlfriend cried at night.
Forsaken talents feel so sorry for themselves.
I felt sorry for you and all your shame.
I told you to shut it, to stop complaining.
I felt like beating you up with your guitar.
But you had your reasons and now you are gone.
You are still my hero, if I ever had one.
You don't even say that you ain't going back to rehab.
You kept that pretty silent.
Guess I wasn't meant to know.
It takes a great man to go the way you did.
My picture of you is when you played your 'Dirt Floor' music.
The crowd was electric and you stomped your feet.
The whole place was shaking, I had never seen anything like it.
7.Guilt By Association
The joke is that we thought we were shooting a dog.
We sure didn't see no man in that fog.
It was just a boring day that we decided to betray.
Me and him are outlaws now.
There ain't no stopping now.
They are coming to get us now.
'You fired that shot and I simply had to watch.
I am putting the blame on you!'
He looked at me and we looked away.
The fog was getting closer.
Our gun was still smoking.
We saw this as a token that we could still run away.
Run, run away.
There ain't no stopping now.
I'll always run away.
Run, run away.
They are coming to get us now!
Minutes later we came back.
We would say that we had found this man in a crack.
Something kept an eye on us,
the eye that always watches us
and we finally told the truth.
A killer is a cold blooded one.
Just like us, he shoots stray cats for fun!
What happened there is beyond, I swear,
we'd never aim to kill or scare!
There ain't no stopping now!
Run, run away.
There ain't no stopping now.
I'll always run away.
Run, run away.
They are coming to get us now!
8.Start Wasting My Time
Lyricist：Teitur Lassen
I live for deadlines
Dying for just a minute's peace
I swallow headlines
Always running from the time police
Will I ever get used to this？
Will I ever get used to this？
Racing car driver
I'll beat you to the next light
Born again, survivor
I never lose a dog fight
Start wasting my time
Let's rent a sad movie
And drink some bad wine
And stare the sunset
Just make sure that I'm
Wasting my time
Will I ever get out of here？
Will I ever get out of here？
Everything you do
Seems to be in slow motion
It must be some voodoo
Could do with some of that potion
Start wasting my time
Start wasting my time
Let's do something stupid
My partner in crime
Let's listen to Dido and Madonna
Just make sure that I'm
Wasting my time
Start wasting my time
'Cause I've got too much on my mind
Give me no good reason why
Start wasting my time
9.Letter From Alex
The end of February,
a garbage truck
is backing up outside my window.
Four years ago
my father died,
that's more than a thousand days.
Emily is across from me,
her head cocked like a curious dog.
She's muttering lines from an upcoming show,
broken into jazz standards.
Something about 'Baby leaving'
and 'Never coming back.'
Where are you
in the winter
when I need some camaraderie？
I'm disappointed
about my job.
It's definitely not what I envisioned.
Emily is staring out the window,
the three armed lamp is out one bulb.
I hear you are travelling around towns I can't pronounce.
You know, I used to live in them!
Now I must get some rest.
All the good symptoms of art will always bring some
restlessness.
In the februaries of my late twenties and, I suppose, my
thirties.
10.Don't Let Me Fall In Love With You!
You've got sapphire eyes
but that's okay
I've seen that before
it's nothing new
You can look at me that way if you want
but don't let me fall in love with you
You've got one of those smiles
I've heard about
That can tear us all
in two
Almost afraid to see you happy
I just might fall in love with you
Don't let me fall
Don't be so cruel
Don't let me fall
If I can't have you
When we touch
electricity gets through
It's a good trick if you can do it
to make me fall in love with you
Don't let me fall
Don't be so cruel
Don't let me fall
If I can't have you
You talk with tongues of angels
and there is grace in all you do
My heart aches to see you sway like that
Oh please, please, don't let me fall in love with you
Please, don't let me fall in love with you
Please, don't let me fall in love with you
11.You Should Have Seen Us
You never liked dark limousines,
sunday mornings or crowded scenes.
I fell in line between the roses beyond silent gates,
it's like you to be late.
The chill of winter digs deep within,
you would have spared us the violines.
A trail of people from wayward places gather close,
steal the air, because you were there.
You should have seen us,
there was laughter in every tear.
You should have seen us.
Let the stories be told,
you would have loved to be this loved.
One family member started to sing.
Soon all others joined in.
A song you sang when you were down about holding up the ground,
giving in to the sound of life!
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