Into Your Heartbeat (Album, 2024)

Stockholm Central Station
She’s always been a rover, a panda scarred by the tides
hooked on a glistening dream, with one foot in the truth
if you do not like the silence, you know nothing at all
and if you’ve never felt deluded, you’re standing blind on the path

But sometimes, I got to get free
yea sometimes, there’s a dog in my head
and it gets me down, I feel like I’m drowning
but sometimes, I got to get free

There’s a shadow on the back wall, it marks out where we stand
it says you can do almost anything, then it will cut off your left hand
and take you to the moon, from Stockholm Central Station
and drop you anywhere, the unpredictable ride

But sometimes, I got to get free yea sometimes, there’s a dog in my head
and it gets me down, I feel like I’m drowning
but sometimes, I got to get free

Scarred by the tides, mark where I stand
cut off my left hand and set me free, set me free

Soothing Nights
And I fly, following the rhythms, of a feather falling, to the ground
and into your dreams, onto a new world, past shimmery ice, under the sound

That’s when I’m gone, gone forever, but always somewhere, by your side
over the stars, I fly over oceans, into your heartbeat, not all alone

And our days, pass by like streams and waterfalls tranquil madness, and soothing nights
but some hours, they last forever, carved in stone, with your smile

That’s when I’m gone, gone forever, but always somewhere, by your side
over the stars, I fly over oceans, into your heartbeat, not all alone
Not all alone

Until We Meet Again
You show yourself sometimes in my light gray sketched out dreams
we talk over everything , I ask why you had to go
did you find relief, did you ask your dad, are you watching from somewhere
did peace come tumbling back your way, but then I blurs into awake

So hold me, forever I can still hear the sound
the sound of laughter on a quiet night, I’ll never
until we meet on your side, let it go

Time grinds on regardless, we fall over and repeat
our lives on hills and streets with hopes, indifference and care
I find a path to you every night and by the morning it is gone
turned away and bleached into oblivion by day

So hold me, forever I can still hear the sound
the sound of laughter on a quiet night, I’ll never
until we meet on your side, let it go

That sound, bring me that sound, hold on just for a day
and a night and a day, and a day and a night to keep you near until
we meet again

When you Tremble
Watching from my window, time sliding past
rainy days and laughs, cloudy signs of life and I see you
You shine like the sun, I think you really do
but there’s a journey at night and there’s an ache
lingering on into the deep

You might be scared, you might lose control
when you tremble, but from tonight you’re not alone

No no sleep for a soul, no no ease for your mind
steer clear of the demons or just stay for a while
I’ll fight with you

You might be scared, you might lose control
when you tremble, but from tonight you’re not alone
so look at me, we can find a way
when you tremble, from tonight you’re not alone

Lemonhead Cabaret
I’ve got the soul in my blood, and my blood on your fist I do apologise for being so clear
it was the last day of May, and may I say in a way I find amusing and a little strange
We stood four in a line, yea four in a line and waited for accidents
and for the world to turn, our hearts to burn there are so many ways to explain
If I only could, If I had the strength
if I only could, I would paint the fright white for you

I’ve got some things to say to you I’m only searching for ways to come clean
but I’m standing in a hole, and have the longest road to walk
some said ding dong the witch is dead, ding dong this cleared my head
from spiteful thoughts and growing up hard
I’m standing in a hole, and have the longest road to walk

I see a brawl every night, and I swear I would fight the ghost for you if I had the chance
but there’s a scar in the ska, and I’m cutting my way through the hard knock troubled day

Golden Parachuter
Can still hear the sound of my heartbeat and a drum
in the smell of mint where my promises are dead
so I remind myself, to remind myself, I remind you of a fraud

I know I’m not the one to save you but everything’s gonna be just fine
Yea I know I’m not the one to save you but everything’s gonna be just fine

And I run my life with a fever and a smile
filling in diamonds where the hearts should go
and day by day, I shrink, until one morning I’ll be gone

I know I’m not the one to save you but everything’s gonna be just fine
Yea I know I’m not the one to save you but everything’s gonna be just fine

You had me down, to the ground, to the ground

Westbourne Terrace
There’s a fly drifting away away to somewhere I can hardly see
or is it just inside my head a memory of thunder comes through

And down on me, or is it just the sound is it just the sound

The sound of footsteps in rain Westbourne Terrace waking up at dawn
and a feeling of pain dissolved in water and a random smile

Down on me, or is it just the sound is it just the sound

There’s a million regrets and something holding up the door for me
there’s a fly drifting away towards the crown of a maple tree

Down on me, or is it just the sound
down on me, or is it just the sound is it just the sound

Penguins of the Ghetto
He drank five shots and fell down to the bottom of the pool which dried out last month
he said I’m ok for Tuesday lunch I’ve lost nothing but cards and keys some blood, and dignity
but apart from that what a glorious moment it gives me time to lay down and think
I have something on my mind not yet a corpse, I’ll come round it’s a fine day, for a speech

We’re all just penguins of the ghetto
some survive, some even learn how to fly
can you hold my hand, will you lift me up
can you hold my hand, will you lift me up

She said I try and I try and I try and I try to keep the devils out of reach
while stumbling around on the deck
hey Maria don’t let them win there’s a light at Chapel Lane
burning for you and your son

We’re all just penguins of the ghetto
some survive, some even learn how to fly
can you hold my hand, will you lift me up
can you hold my hand, will you lift me up

Hey hey hey, oohoohooo, some survive some even learn how to fly
hey hey hey, oohoohooo, some survive some even learn how to fly
can you hold my hand, will you lift me up
can you hold my hand, will you lift me up
hey hey hey

The 9.15 Train Departs at 9.15
There’s not much space on postcards so I better keep it brief
and make sure to leave it clear

I’m on the 9.15, I’m on the 9.15, train back to you

I could see miles away through darkened clouds and tears
but this dream was not for me it cut off my sanity

and dreamt far too hard, went far too deep, dreamt far too hard

Thank you for the update, you’ve been working hard I’m sure
and I’m glad you’re still alive
but there’s not much space here either, either I’m afraid,
stay in Spain or on your 9.15, on your 9.15, train back to me.

There’s not much space on postcards so I better keep it brief
and make sure to leave it clear

I’m on the 9.15, I’m on the 9.15, train back to you
I’m on the 9.15, I’m on the 9.15, train back to you

Sailor Girl
Luther had a way, of saying we should leave here today
there’s 48 reasons to go and hardly one to stay
She thought the world of him, a sister with not much to say
this land is more than a bad dream, It’s a trap full of pain

I’d like to see you dancing in the blue, completely free
with all the walls ground down to dust
with all the songs that hold us, up where swallows fly around
the sunshine reaching through into your eyes
and no more pain, good night Sailor girl

12 months and a prayer, I fought all the shadows and doubt
never strayed from our doorstep, but we hold for another day

The Vibe Singles (EP2019)

A Smile Within
I leave you fumble in the dark
but there’s no need to say goodbye

I’m white bread, jam and a diet Coke
I’m the sunshine under snow
I’m nothing you can read or understand

Ohh, a smile within, deep pain

I’m the great shining darkness
that will show you the way
back to the end where it all starts

I’m the first step at the very end of a circle of songs
to make you feel alright and twist your heart

Ohh, a smile within, deep pain

I leave, you fumble in the dark
but there’s no need to say goodbye

I Still Get the Calls
So we’re down by the pond, we’ve paid for our seats
to watch the Sunday special, but it’s not a show
not a show to please

It’s the last clump of trees still standing, in town
waving in, silence yet a while

My cousins from Port, sailed out to space
we stood at the cliffs tilted our heads
20 years ago

I still get the calls, they’re doing just fine
but they thin out in distortion day by day

And you will always be around me,
shield me from the black winds keep me in control
and you said you’ll guide us, guide us while we live another day

We shut down the west side, abandon the lake
but with the 4th generation of food
they said we’ll be, we’ll be safe and sound

I still get the calls, they’re doing just fine
but they thin out in distortion day by day

And you will always be around me,
shield me from the black winds keep me in control
and you said you’ll guide us, guide us while we live another day

and you said you’ll guide us, guide us while we live another day
in sunshine storm and thunder, I still get the calls, they’re doing just fine

Aina
And I, a long time ago
when time didn’t race, and the days
were mostly quiet and hard, hard as a fall

And I, saw fever in mom
dad left with the gun, and a long sweeping wind
eleven on the doorstep, and kid you died in my arms

Open up your heart, come let us in
It’s hard and it’s hard, would you believe me
into the night, and onwards and on
I am now released, I’m free

And years, on top of years
life can be good, dried out tears
still a hate for the vainglorious bank
that watched as we sank

Open up your heart, come let us in
It’s hard and it’s hard, would you believe me
into the night, and onwards and on
I am now released, I’m free

I’m Aina and don’t pity me

Seven Sisters
These are the times that will save us, this will set us free
and so, so they started the spree

All across the world and the sky, in complete control
Godspeed, liberation came with labour and a wheeze

Seven sisters of hope, and decay

Look at me I am tired, it once said to me
in a dream, and I, I just looked away
I just looked away, in shame, and a sense of beating

Seven sisters of hope, and decay
and a sense of beating, seven sisters and hell

Soil black once was the new black, turned out to be dirt
and grime, but glow in our dreams

Seven sisters of hope, and decay
and a sense of beating, seven sisters and hell

Save the Night
As I was ready, to go hello I saw you
at the milk bar up in Chinatown

and you, you said hi to me, and I tried to say goodbye
but once you start, you never stop

You said always on the run, this is the modern death

Save the night from our shadows
save some time, and we’ll be fine

I was in a fight searching for peace
and cheap drinks to ease my soul

running for all the doors
and the end of, end of this line

And It’s not the pain, but how to explain

Save the night from our shadows
save some time, and we’ll be fine

One Hand on Your Shoulder (Remix Christian Augustin)
When thunder rolls into our street all the words are empty, and time is still
Just like the song from my old dream, not completely clear, not completely dark

He’s got one hand on your shoulder, waiting to take you away
Cause you don’t wave you drown
And the writing on the wall says leave now or die

But what are we supposed to do, but hold our heads high, while we fall
When we stand in the backyards of our time, cemented in the doldrums, eyelids of gold

He’s got one hand on your shoulder, waiting to take you away,
Cause you don’t wave you drown
And the writing on the wall says leave now or die

When thunder rolls into our street all the words are empty, and time is still

Album: Epilogue (2015)

Administration of despair

Did you hear the shots ring out this morning
blended echoes in our minds
leaving messages of terror on the streets
these sounds are postcards sent from hell

When the night comes we can hide behind these walls, from the administration of despair
reach out to me, and I won’t let you go, no I won’t let you go

This is a sweet but bloodstained carol
made of poison, love and fear
to the police and friends, sons, murderers and thieves
will we, will we ever be alright

When the night comes we can hide behind these walls, from the administration of despair
reach out to me, and I won’t let you go, no I won’t let you go

I still find it hard to breathe

Bright neon light, guide us over dark fields and save
a little song for us, when the trail is a guess, and the time is a thief

Sometimes I travel safe, and the writing in my head
is covered in the crowd, sometimes I feel no fear, sometimes
I stand in hell

Not that I don’t know, no I know what counts here
but I still find it hard, still find it hard to breathe
but if you hold me tight, I promise to stay by your side
and we’ll fight away the fear, when we find it hard to breathe

This is the great escape, relentless in its search and gray
for a shattered band, one document short, the bloodsport of our time

The rain kept on falling

I’m still waiting for you, at the junction you said, at the grocery store
but the shops are all closed, shut down and gone, rebuilt into something you wouldn’t know
While the hours melt into a dream

And the rain, the rain kept on falling, and I was stuck in a smile
It’s hard to say why, while the rain, the rain kept on falling, now when all hope is blurred
vague almost over and gone

You know, you should know where to find me, I’ve still got my scar
I’m still wearing blue
and you still smile like an angel, I think, what’s in your hopes, are you still alive
while the hours melt into a dream

And the rain, the rain kept on falling, and I was stuck in a smile
It’s hard to say why, while the rain, the rain kept on falling, now when all hope is blurred
vague almost over and gone

Epilogue

And at the end, did you recognize your thoughts
they left shadows in your breath and vague prints in your eyes

And I floated up high alone, free from all the weight
and the strings that kept me down
they cut in my arms and legs and tainted my blood

You’re staring straight ahead, into the future and lost hopes
epilogues and dreams, conclusions tears and ends

I’ll see you whenever I want to, you might feel a breeze in your hair
so hold my hand one last time, and then let me go, and don’t be afraid
no nothing’s gonna hurt

Cause this is where sorrow in our hearts, relentlessly dark
breaks down and fades away
while I’m lying next to you, while I’m lying in your arms, don’t cry don’t fear no fear, don’t go

I’ll see you whenever I want to, you might feel a breeze in your hair
so hold my hand one last time, and then let me go, and don’t be afraid
no nothing’s gonna hurt

A darker shade of black

Left a trail so deep, after a lifetime in hell
they retreat into a calm, and a dark
acceptance of time and the end of what we know

It’s cold when you look in their eyes, their claws are meant to hold
and to hold and to hold and to hold
but what they truly are, you’ll never know

Away, fade away
in a darker shade of black they fade away

They left for something to fill, a long time ago
found a way to the stars
end up as black holes descended from sky

Away, fade away
in a darker shade of black they fade away
lords of war and birds of death and pain
in a darker shade of black they fade away

Where it’s hard to wake up

And I fell into this dream, a quiet and still
light, soothing and warm, rest in my bed

Hold, my head for a while, and tell me the truth
I might understand, it might slip away
so make sure to hold me near cause I’m where it’s hard to wake up

I reach for your hand all the time to tell you I’m here
keep flowers away, our blue songs alive, and the smile on your face
but it’s hard to wake up

And I see the tears in your eyes but don’t be afraid
this won’t be the end, you’re not losing me, no you’re not losing me
make sure to hold me near, cause I’m where it’s hard to wake up

And I fell into this dream, a quiet and still
light, soothing and warm, rest in my bed

Sunshine and trash

Restless and scared of the night, dark deceptive and grim
but I still like the wind, I still like the wind
born in a light breeze, living a life, waiting for you, waiting for you

On these dirty heights, of sunshine and trash
forever and ever, on these dirty heights, of sunshine and trash

Languish here in the heat, a wolf pack on the run
from the truth and a dream, stuck in the mud
And while, while we go down, I try to look up over our hill
over our hill

From these dirty heights, of sunshine and trash
forever and ever, on these dirty heights, of sunshine and trash

The wind

But the wind still blows in my ears , I’m still around you
to hold your head up in the dark, to watch over you
and if you leave us today

I will still love you

Even if you break down and cry, even if you blame me for your trail
and hate me for your fate, even if you fall, and fall,
onto the ground

I will still love you
I will still love you

Doors, dreams and hearts

But evil left the door, slightly open to me, so that I could look around
scream goodbye and thank you for the grief
he said I never had a hold, on you no you are far too slick, but you are always welcome back
Godspeed, travel safe and watch your back

You will never steal my heart away
you will never steal my heart away
you will never shut me up, you can never throw back the pain
you will never steal my heart away

Bloody nights, tender death

Here I stand four miles apart
here I stand four miles above
but I can still remember the pain
and the pain most likely remembers me

But it’s over now it’s all over now, bloody nights tender death

Beholding time, and time, and time

But it’s over now it’s all over now, bloody nights tender death

Album: Lift the darkness (2012)

One hand on your shoulder

When thunder rolls into our street all the words are empty, and time is still
Just like the song from my old dream, not completely clear, not completely dark

He’s got one hand on your shoulder, waiting to take you away
Cause you don’t wave you drown
And the writing on the wall says leave now or die

But what are we supposed to do, but hold our heads high, while we fall
When we stand in the backyards of our time, cemented in the doldrums, eyelids of gold

He’s got one hand on your shoulder, waiting to take you away,
Cause you don’t wave you drown
And the writing on the wall says leave now or die

When thunder rolls into our street all the words are empty, and time is still

Count my steps

Woke up to the sound of bells, ringing in the day and my soul, and my soul
This void, should not be mine anymore, it cut me deep and and I bled
When we were young, we were young

So I told my sisters I love you, and I’m not gonna die, but home towns are meant to be safe, and I’m leaving now
Yes I’m leaving my part of the city, that was mine once but now reminds, us of deathsongs you burn in hell now
Tonight, tonight

These, these walls, count my steps if you want, but it’s not over

Hospitalized for weeks now, with reassurance but daunted thoughts, this instinct is not gonna slay me, tonight, not tonight
The drugs they fade in my veins, as I shiver the nights away, and away and away and away now
Tonight, yes tonight

These, these walls, count my steps if you want, but it’s not over

My white shirt’s red

There’s no wound that bleeds forever, there’s no one here, to break up the night
The road is clear the rain is falling, my white shirt’s red, looks slightly blue in the dark

If I die here, the night will keep us, alive and alive for one million years
If I die here, the night will keep us, alive and alive, tonight I’m alive

Dogs and trees run by our window, town by town we see them fade away
Looks like all our songs will save us, and lift the darkness off our backs

If I die here, the night will keep us, alive and alive for one million years
If I die here, the night will keep us, alive and alive, tonight I’m alive

Always on my mind (Writer: Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Wayne Carson Thompson)

Maybe I didn’t love you
Quite as often as I could have
Maybe I didn’t treat you
Quite as good as I should have
If I make you feel second best
Girl, I’m sorry I was blind

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Maybe I didn’t hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I’m so happy that you’re mine
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn’t died
Give me, give me one more chance
To keep you satisfied, To keep you satisfied

Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

We’re coming back (Writer: Cock Sparrer)

We’re coming back, we’re coming back
We’re coming back to you
We’re never gonna go away again
Hold on a little longer, try a little harder
’Til we’re arm in arm together to the end

So remember, out there somewhere
You’ve got a friend, and you’ll never walk alone again

Don’t get worried, don’t get scared
We’re fighting to get there
Never doubt, we’re gonna get through
We’re gonna run, we’re gonna crawl, kick down every wall
It won’t be long we’re coming back to you

So remember, out there somewhere
You’ve got a friend, and you’ll never walk alone again

Album: 900 (2010)

Under its watch

Heal me now, at the end of this line
Where one hundred warnings, won’t make us unite
Ground, our ground, mistreated and sick
But the summers are green, green as your eyes
And the world keeps me under, under its watch

Decline, declined, we’ve built machines, to save us from us, ragged city dogs
In five men’s time from now, when my songs gone to hell, will we be in the sky?
And the world keeps me under, under its watch
And the world keeps me under, under its watch

And the world keeps me under, under its watch
And the world keeps me under, under its watch
Loraidigo
The world keeps me under, under its watch

900

The sun was up this morning, it was smiling at my wall
A brand new day to carry on the things we do
And noon’s a good time, to watch a day, die away

So I drank up my wine, prayed for redemption to come
The street was full of life I screwed my eyes towards the sky
But my doubt and pain, it lingered on

And all the storms came in that year, you held me hard in the cold
But all these monsters, they kept on coming back and I never knew how to mend
But you got out, yes you got out, you got out in time to heal

The world is in decline and it was stupid of me to think
That this steel town of ours would get away unhurt
They said 900 must go, and it won’t be the end

Tou said a warm breeze will come, and blow in your face
And leave, for somewhere else
Expect nothing, and you might, you might just get the world

You’re a saint

Got wild black eyes, to take you away
If there’s a new day ahead, I will cut off these chains, I want..
You moved away without me, years ago
Cleaning toilets in New York
And the photo of you gets thinner by the day

Hear the wind so soft in my ears, whispers I love you
And did you see, the lightning tonight, it was calling out my name
You’re a saint

El Salvador where were you, yesterday,
I got 18 on my chest
And we kill, getting killed, and we kill, were getting
Warm summer nights on the heights, looking down,
The ditch we all descend in,
And the trails of our bodies rolling down mark out our lives

Hear the wind so soft in my ears, whispers I love you
And did you see, the lightning tonight, it was calling out my name
You’re a saint

Håll mina vingar en stund

Jag vakna på natten och skakade en stund, torka bort grus från min kind
Kom ta mig fram, ut mot gatornas sken
Till en sång fylld av kärlek, och till alla dom, som sitter där uppe bland moln
O tittar ner, på oss, i stålstadsbetong

Så håll mina vingar en stund o säg till mig att ikväll, ikväll ska vi hem
himlen är röd, så håll mina vingar en stund, en liten stund

O visst finns det hopp, i tider av sår, o även när bladen faller
han sa hör när jag säger att Sandviken vinner i dag!

Så håll mina vingar en stund o säg till mig att ikväll, ikväll ska vi hem
himlen är röd, så håll mina vingar en stund, en liten stund