minor earth major sky

I can't see me in this empty place
Just another lonely face
I can't see me here in outer space
It's so hard to leave a trace

And I try and I try and I try
But it never comes out right
Yes I try and I try and I try
But I never get it right

It's a
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky

I can't see me in this endless town
Not a friendly face around
Can you hear me when I speak out loud
Hear my voice above the crowd

And I try and I try and I try
But it never comes out right
Yes I try and I try and I try
But I never get it right

It's a
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky

And I try and I try and I try
But it never comes out right
Yes I try and I try and I try
But I never get it right

It's a
Minor Earth Major Sky
Minor Earth Major Sky

(Paul Waaktaar-Savoy/Magne Furuholmen)

little black heart

I never saw sunlight
Burn as bright
I never felt darkness
The way I feel it tonight
You say it's getting better
You say it's alright
But I never felt darkness
Like I feel it tonight
Little black heart

Raindrops on my window
I can't tell them apart
Like a few things forgiven
In my little black heart
You say it's getting better
We just never got it right
But I never felt darkness
The way I feel it tonight
Little black heart

Someday we will shine
Like the moon in the morning
Like the sun when it's dawning
Yes the sun when it's dawning
The sun



Someday we will shine
Like the moon in the morning
Like the sun when it's dawning
Yes the sun when it's dawning
The sun

Raindrops on my window
I can't tell them apart
Like a few things forgotten
And a few things ignored
You say it's getting better
You say it's alright
But I never felt darkness
The way I feel it tonight
Little black heart
My little black heart

(Paul Waaktaar-Savoy/Magne Furuholmen)

velvet

Her skin is like velvet
Her face cut from stone
Her eyes when she's smiling
Will never reach home
But hear how she sings

Her touch would be tender
Her lips would be warm
But when we're together
I'm always alone
But hear how she sings

Her skin is like velvet
So I went to her home
Her place like a palace
With things you can't own
And hear how she sings

Hear how she sings...

(Lauren & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)

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 moved on
And until the day
You can't tag 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
And there's just one thing
Left to ask
Stay
Day just like today
Leave me another day
Don't just walk away
Nobody else around

Seasons can't last
And there's just one thing
Left to ask

Stay....
Don't just walk away
With nobody else around

(Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)

the sun never shone that day

The sun never shone that day
From an early dawn the sky was gray
I never should've walked away
I know that now, but I'm here to say
Everybody walks away
Everybody's led astray
Breaking every plan to stay
It happens all the time

The sun never shone that day
From an early dawn the sky was gray
I never shold've walked I know
I see that now, but it's hard to show
Everybody's got to go
Everybody tells you so
Everybody wants to know
Why it happens all the time

I can't see the point of turning everything upside down
I can't see the point of greeting everything with a frown
I can't see the point of painting everything black or white
I can't see the point of leaving everyone full of doubt

The sun never shone that day
From an early dawn the sky was gray
I never should've walked away
I know that now, but I'm here to say
Everybody holds their own
Everybody lives alone
Everybody hogs the phone
It happens all the time

Everybody feels the strain
Everybody holds the pain
Everybody stays the same
It happens all the time

I can't see the point of turning everything upside down
I can't see the point of greeting everything with a frown
I can't see the point of painting everything black or white
I can't see the point of leaving everyone full of doubt

The sun never shone that day
The sun never shone that day

(Lauren & Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)

to let you win

You know I always had the strength to fight
But I got tired of the wars at night
Thinking they would end if I gave in
But I wasn't strong enough
...To let you win
...To let you win
...To let you win

I knew the fight but I didn't know the cost
And how to stop the wheels when they're in spin
I thought you couldn't love a man who'd lost
No, I wasn't strong enough
...To let you win

It used to scare me to wake up wondering
If I'd forgotten what I was fighting for
You said that you were weak and I was strong
Well, I wasn't strong enough
...To let you win

You know I always had the strength to fight
But I got tired of the wars at night
Thinking they would end if I gave in
But I wasn't strong enough
...To let you win

(Morten Harket/Håvard Rem)

the company man

Andy was the company man
Responsible for signing the band
Songs came out of our mouths
And into his hands
Oh yeah

Legal help yes we had plenty
Bank accounts are easy to empty
Everybody's trying to help
Everyone is so friendly
Oh yeah

And we all come down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground
Yes we all fall down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground


Give us something easy to sing to
Give us something simple to cling to
Something we can all understand
Said the company man
Oh yeah


And we all fall down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground
Yes we all fall down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground

Yes we all fall down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground
Hey we all fall down
Don't make a sound as we hit the ground

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy/Magne Furuholmen)

thought that it was you

I thought that it was you
The things you saw me do
They were true
Little did I know
You found me in your joy
And there was I, a little boy

My shadows they're not new
My soul splits in two
Lord, I thought that it was you
This Christmas snow that falls
Gives silence to us all

You know my deepest sin
You've seen me deep within
But fool me now like wind
And let the miracle begin

There's a river and you know
There's a place we used to go
That's where I throw our ashes now
I must have walked into a cave
Among these things that you must save
And there I touched the grave

You know my deepest sin
You've seen me deep within
So fool me now like wind
And let the miracle begin

Sometimes I felt so sure
When I opened up your doors
That there'd been no one there before

You know my deepest sin
You've seen me deep within
From high above just look into my eyes
You know my deepest sin
You've seen me deep within
So fool me now like wind
And let the miracle begin

And those secrets that you save

(Morten Harket/Ole Sverre Olsen)

i wish i cared

To hold me closer or set me free
To trust completely or let it be
You don't know my destiny
You can't see what I can see

Hey - I wish I cared
Hey - I wish I cared


To love me truly or let me go
Inbetween I don't wanna know
This is how it has to be
No more us and no more we


Hey - I wish I cared
Hey - I wish I cared

Once again, on the station
See your face in a crowd
Comes again the sensation
You can't hear yourself think
With her voices inside your head

Hey - I wish I cared
Hey - I wish I cared

(Magne Furuholmen)

barely hanging on

I used to be so sensible on my own
Now I'm so sensitive it's a joke
I'm getting by on decibels like a drug
And greet every brand new day with a shrug

I'm barely hanging on
I'm barely hanging on

I used to be so comfortable in a suit
Almost presentable next to you
I used to be so confident in a crowd
Now I can't say my own name aloud

I'm barely hanging on
I'm barely hanging on


And now I guess you're wondering why
We never could see eye to eye
Oh, but nevermind
And now I guess it's hard to see
What has gotten into me
Oh, but nevermind

I'm barely hanging on
I'm barely hanging on

(Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)

you'll never get over me

You say you want some fun
You're not the only one
Not the only one

And you say you wanna run
You're not the only one
Not the only one

You'll never get over me
I'll never get under you
Whenever our voices speak
It's never our minds that meet

You say you want some
You're not the only one
Not the only one
You say you've come undone
You're not the only one
Not the only one

You'll never get over me
I'll never get under you
Whenever our voices speak
It's never our minds that meet

(Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)

i won't forget her

I won't forget her
She was once my love

When I hold you in my arms
Oh yeah
You know I'll let you come to no harm
Oh yeah
But if one day
Much like today
You stop and wonder
What I'd prefer
Well, you know I won't forget her

I won't forget her
She was once my love


Did you see it in my eyes
Oh yeah
Did it make you realize
Oh yeah
That on a day
Much like today
My mind would wonder
If she's still there
You know I won't forget her

I won't forget her
She was once my love

(Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)

mary ellen makes the moment count

Mary cries out "for the love of God"
As she's walking out of the laundromat
Down the street and it's the short way home
Feeling special cause she's so alone
But we know:
The world's full of lonely people
And it shows:
The world's full of lonely people

She shrugs her coat off and unlocks the door
Eats her dinner on the kitchen floor
Writes a poem and turns the radio on
Every singer sings the same old song
And it goes:
The world's full of lonely people
And it shows:
The world's full of lonely people

But when she wanted me to go
She just had to let it show
To bring me down
If she wanted me to leave
She just wore it on her sleeve
At least, I was around


Mary Ellen makes the moment count
As she's looking through old photographs
Pictures taken from an early age
Faces look back at her from the page
And they say
The world's full of lonely people
It's okay
The world's full of lonely people
It's okay
The world's full of lonely people

But when she wanted me to go
She just had to let it show
To bring me down
If she wanted me to leave
She just wore it on her sleeve
But at least, I was around
I was around

(Paul Waaktaar-Savoy)

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