AT FIRST LIGHT
be still my heart
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
my heart is not lonely or broken
is not of ice or of gold
nor has my heart ever spoken
to me when a love has grown cold
I felt not the faintest flutter
when you brushed my cheek as you passed
nor will I willingly clutter
my life with these things that don’t last
...
be still my heart
my heart be still
...
if our eyes should meet then so-be-it
no need to trouble a heart that’s hidden
where no-one can free it
only to tear it apart
...
be still my heart
my heart be still
...
beware, beware, beware
take care, take care
...
be still my heart
my heart be still
...
There´s always a first time
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
never been one for devil-may-care
painting the town or letting down hair
oh so wary of building on dreams
afraid to discover all’s not what it seems
there’s always a first time
how do I know for sure
now is not mine
tell me how I know
it’s safe to just let go...show me
some sign
...
there’s always a first time
how do I know that you
are the right one
show me how to lose
those nagging doubts and choose
not run
...
let me then awake to find
I’ve left all caution far behind
in the past
let my heart be fit to burst
with a longing unrehearsed
let it last
...
there’s always a first time
let it be now and you
be that someone
who can help me leave in the hands of fate
what we’ve begun
...
Now and then
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
now and then behind the rows
of pearly teeth and fashion clothes
she sees them in the mirror-tiles
trying on their latest smiles
light and warmth from spotlight beams
convincing them their nightmare is a dream
now and then when they’re at rest
flocked in sleep in cuckoo’s nests
feeling safe no need to hide
she opens doors and windows wide
and poised upon her painted claws
she stretches out her gaudy wings and soars
...
no one to say.. too low....too high
or count the lonely miles she has flown
far away borne by the wind
she roams the sky
this world is hers alone
...
but then again behind the rows
she feels the piercing looks of those
who watch her every move in case
she happens to forget her place
who sum her up....deny her flight
aim their words and shoot her down on sight
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no one to say ..too low....too high
or count the lonely miles she has flown
far awayborne by the wind
she roams the sky
this world is hers alone
...
So sorry for your love
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
it’s as plain as the nose on your face
nobody can deny
that Sorrow must find its rightful place
but why am I so sorry for your love
I could write you a book on Regret
none of it would apply
the answers would all be there...and yet
not why I am so sorry for your love
...
I need hardly mention
the very best intentions
pave the road to you-know-where
downhill from the start
it will grieve the caring heart
to know that it has sown despair
I would give my whole world to return
be at the start knowing why
it had to end this way...and maybe learn day by day
just why I am so sorry for your love
...
I need hardly mention
the very best intentions
pave the road to you-know-where
downhill from the start
it will grieve the caring heart
to know that it has sown despair
I would give my whole world to return
be at the start knowing why
it had to end this way...and maybe learn day by day
just why I am so sorry for your love
...
At first light
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
long before I’d opened up my eyes
I felt a heavy day was coming on
there outside my window leaden skies
filled the space where once the sun had shone
the wind is howling though it’s just a breeze
bending me and all that’s in it’s way
breaks my will and brings me to my knees
tells me I can’t take another day
...
you’re out of sight not out of mind
survived the night only to find
you’re out of sight not out of mind
you helped me see then robbed me blind
...
the summer’s day now brings me Winter’s frost
the seasons are all one and time stands still
I search for something that has not been lost
to help me climb this never-ending hill
I wander through a landscape cold and bare
where all that I once knew has turned to stone
there is no living thing to hold me there
no voice to tell me I am not alone
...
you’re out of sight not out of mind
survived the night only to find
you’re out of sight not out of mind
you helped me see then robbed me blind
...
Keep on backing losers
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
...
I keep on backing losers
the beggars not the choosers
ahahahahah….
I keep on backing losers
the beggars not the choosers
ahahahahah….
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how come they always find me
turn my head and blind me
with tales of how they need to start anew
they feed but never feed me
I just cater for the needy
tending broken hearts is what I do
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I keep on backing losers
the beggars not the choosers
ahahahahah….
but I’m no longer buying
the sobbing and the sighing
ahahahahah…
...
I’m through with playing Sister-
of –Mercy to the misters
who tell me that they’re so misunderstood
and that being with me’s giving
them the strength to go on living
and that I alone can make them feel so good
...
I keep on backing losers
the beggars not the choosers
ahahahahah….
but I’m no longer buying
the sobbing and the sighing
ahahahahah
...
years……of stroking heads and drying tears
of being there to calm their fears
I’ve had enough I’m steering clear….clear….clear…clear
...
I keep on backing losers
the beggars not the choosers
ahahahahah….
but I’m no longer buying
the sobbing and the sighing
ahahahahah
...
JAPANESE BLUE
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
can’t count the hours
blame the miles
and say they keep me
from your smile
for you are here
no oceans lie
between my lover’s arms and I
I see your smile
but where are you
why don’t you dare
to need me too
I’d bring you joy
to light the way
a ray of sun
to thaw your days
...
please let me through
I don’t ask much
but the slightest touch
of Japanese Blue
I beg of you
my life is such
it needs a touch of Japanese Blue
...
I see that life
has taken toll
your shattered dreams
I can’t make whole
but let me through
and I will stay
close by your side
to comfort you
...
please let me through
I don’t ask much
but the slightest touch
of Japanese Blue
I beg of you
my life is such
it needs a touch of Japanese Blue
...
THERE´S TROUBLE BREWING
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
there’s trouble brewing
leave what you’re doing
step out of line
no point in keeping watch
if you’re sleeping
half of the time
check out the crummy lines you’ve been saying
you’re not in some second-rate soap
...
there’s trouble brewing
leave what you’re doing
it might just pay
there’s no denying
always complying
isn’t the way
ditch all the empty games you’ve been playing
ain’t Life a ball
you came for the ride
and end up just learning to crawl
...
slipping and sliding’s
better than hiding
heads deep in sand
cut out the sighing
see what you’re buying
it’s in your hands
think of the bitter price you keep paying
then weigh up the value and cost
...
there’s trouble brewing
leave what you’re doing
step out of line
no point in keeping watch
if you’re sleeping
half of the time
check out the crummy lines you’ve been saying
you’re not in some second-rate soap
ain’t Life a ball
you came for the ride
and end up just learning to crawl
...
Lullaby to erle
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Nils Einar Vinjor
mothers have woven a black velvet ocean
and spread it between the night and day shores
so that children might sleep...gently rocked by the motion
of waves beneath boats built by fathers like yours
with you safe aboard...by the shore we will linger
and watch as your breathing it fills up the sail
you loosen the moorings..your grip on our finger
and leave on the velvet a silvery trail
alone on the shore with our hearts close to breaking
we stand in the wake as you glide from our reach
calmed by the thought that the voyage you’re taking
will bring you at dawning back safe to this beach
we cannot sail with you....be there to guide you
or pilot your boat through the black of the night
but no ocean can keep you...no darkness can hide you
away from our love and its undying light