Scoundrel days

SCOUNDREL DAYS

(Music: Furuholmen/Waaktaar)

(Words: Waaktaar)

Was that somebody screaming...

It wasn't me for sure

I lift my head up from uneasy pillows

Put my feet on the floor

Cut my wrist on a bad thought

and head for the door

Outside on the pavement

the dark makes no noise

I can feel the sweat on my lips

leaking into my mouth

I'm heading out for the steep hills

They're leaving me no choice

And see...as our lives are in the making;

we believe through the lies and the hating

That love goes free

For want of an option

I run the wind 'round

I dream pictures of houses burning

Never knowing nothing else to do

With death comes the morning -

unannounced and new

Was it too much to ask for

to pull a little weight...

They forgive anything, but greatness

These are scoundrel days

And I'm close to calling out their names

as pride hits my face

See... as our lives are in the making;

we believe through their lies and the hating

that love goes free through scoundrel days

I reach the edge of town

I've got blood in my hair

Their hands touch my body

from everywhere

But I know that I've made it

as I run into the air

And see...as our lives are in the making;

we believe through the lies and the hating

that love goes free

through scoundrel days

THE SWING OF THINGS

(Words & music: Waaktaar)

They say the world's an eventful place

You give me news

I don't want to know

You say that I should care

that I should speak my mind

Oh, but how can I speak of the world

rushing by

with a lump in my throat

and tears in my eyes

Have we come to the point of no turning back

or is it still time to get into

the swing of things

Let us walk through this windless city

I'll go on till the winter gets me

"Sleep..." you wrote "sleep my dear"

in a letter somewhere

Oh, but how can I sleep with your voice in my head

and an ocean between us

and room in my bed

Have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip

or is it still time to get into

the swing of things

When she glows in the dark

and I'm weak by the sight

of this breathtaking beauty

in which I can hide

There is a worldful out there

of people I fear

but given time I'll get into

the swing of things

Yes, when she glows in the dark and I'm struck by the sight

I know that I'll need this for the rest of my life

What have I done

What lies I have told

I've played games with the ones that rescued my soul

Have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip

or is it time to get intoo

the swing of things

I'VE BEEN LOSING YOU

(Words & music: Waaktaar)

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 c'mon 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

I can still hear our screams competing

You're hissing your s's like a snake

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

Please now

talk to me

tell me; things I could find helpful

For how can I stop now...

Is there nothing I can do

I have lost my way

I've been losing you

OCTOBER

(Words & music: Waaktaar)

Dawn awaits a sleepless, English town

of coloured grey

Here I roam the streets without you

as summer fades away

...down in the city at nights

The cold wind blows

Wherever you may be right now

It must be getting late

You're probably asleep already

I am wide awake

...down in the city at nights

"Don't be lonely"

so you've told me,

but don't you worry now

Loneliness can be ignored

and time has shown me how

...down in the city

I'm missing you so much

Down in the city

MANHATTAN SKYLINE

(Music: Furuholmen/Waaktaar)

(Words: Waaktaar)

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

You know

I don't want to cry again

Don't want to say goodbye

I don't want to cry again

I don'tt 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 dephts of my eyes

that my 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: wavw goodbye

Wave goodbye

But you know

I don't want to fall again

Don't want to know this pain

Don't want another friend

Don't want to try again

Don't want to see you huurt

I don't wwant 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 dephts 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

CRY WOLF

(Music: Furuholmen)

(Words: Furuholmen/Waaktaar)

("Night I left the city I dreamt of a wolf..." Lauren Savoy)

"Night I left the city,

I dreamt of a wolf..."

He came from where the winds are cold

and truth is seen through keyholes

...strange longings never sleep

Now he's where no hearts beat

Cry wolf

time to worry

Cry wolf

You can start, but you cannot stop

You give in, but you can't give up

You can tell all your desperate jokes

to a world that puts

love on hold

Cry wolf

time to worry now

Cry wolf

...the sunken-in eyes

And the pain in his cries

A shape in the dark...

Cry wolf

time to worry

Cry wolf

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WHALES

(Music: Furuholmen)

(Words: Waaktaar)

One left low left two who left high

They seem so hard to find

Three came twice took once the time

to search...

We're looking for a little, bewildered girl

We're looking for the whales

Restlessness is in our genes

Time won't wear it off

Born into this world with our eyes wide open

Girl

We're looking for a little, bewildered girl

We're looking for the whales

I found angels

beached outside your doors

Don't you set those lonely eyes on me

We're looking for the whales

THE WEIGHT OF THE WIND

(Words & music: Waaktaar)

Your face looked new against the town

You've come to lose some memories

Like you I've come to touch new grounds

You want to lose

the weight of the wind

Rests hard on your shoulders

Bringing you down

the one that you love

will never be found

You speak into the falling rain

Words you'd lost, but found again

You see their snakey arms entwined

so clear and cruel

in your jealous mind

You've got to lose

the weight of the wind

Hard on your shoulders

Getting you down

The one that you love

can never be found

MAYBE MAYBE

(Words & music: Furuholmen)

Maybe you were joking,

when you said that you were walking out on me

Maybe, maybe

Maybe I was joking

when I said that I was running out on you

Maybe, maybe

I could be wrong, so wrong

Yes, I could be wrong

I don't know, but it's been said

decisions travel far from heart to head

Maybe, maybe

Maybe it was over

when you chucked me out the Rover at full speed

Maybe, maybe

I could be wrong, so wrong

Yes, I could be wrong so wrong.

SOFT RAINS OF APRIL

(Music: Furuholmen/ Waaktaar)

(Words: waaktaar)

The soft rains of April are over

The soft rains of April are over, over

Anybody home now

I am on the phone now, please...

The soft rains of April are over

The ferry across the water to Dover, over

Anybody home now

I am on the phone, oh I'd like to go back

Is ir raining back home

I'm so alone

Just got up today

and my thoughts are miles away

with you

Well, they gave me four years

Three more to go

Keep writing letters

Time's passing so slow

The soft rains of April are over

Over

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