be still my heart - the essential
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
...
we should be happier by now
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
We'll part as friends I think we said
And chose our separate paths to tread
We should be happier by now...
Had that move been wise
It's for the best I think we thought
To turn our backs on battles fought
We should be happier by now...
Trylng peace for size
We were lucky saw the signs
Warning us that we mlght spoil... each others lives
Read between but never saw the lines
That he who loves and runs away... merely survives
The break was clean with no regret
On this we both agree... and yet
We should be happier by now...
Free of all the lies
Time and space may heal a heart
We can find no place to start
We should be happier by now...
Is written in our eyes
DANCE ME, LOVE
your weak afterglow
can’t warm a heart in sorrow
the spark that is left behind
can’t light a troubled mind
your fire I know
can warm those bleak tomorrows
the dark must not enter in
so let the dance begin
...
dance me Love
dance me through the dark
dance me Love
dance me through the dark
...
we move to and fro
we beg or steal or borrow
a love that can fan the spark
and help us face the dark
...
dance me Love
dance me through the dark
dance me Love
dance me through the dark
...
DANCE ME, LOVE
your weak afterglow
can’t warm a heart in sorrow
the spark that is left behind
can’t light a troubled mind
your fire I know
can warm those bleak tomorrows
the dark must not enter in
so let the dance begin
...
dance me Love
dance me through the dark
dance me Love
dance me through the dark
...
we move to and fro
we beg or steal or borrow
a love that can fan the spark
and help us face the dark
...
dance me Love
dance me through the dark
dance me Love
dance me through the dark
...
Shame on you
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
it doesn’t really matter where you’re coming from
it’s no concern of mine where you are bound
your move from A to B is basic geometry
the shortest line is me
spare me lengthy tales of pain and misery
of how you once were lost..but now are found
I wasn’t searching...just remember who found who
between two points in time
...
shame on you
expecting me to go along with all that you do
shame on you
go play your game of hide-and-seek with somebody new
...
I’m just another port-of–call along the way
another landing place...but that’s alright
let’s forget the why’s and wherefore’s
and get on with saying our goodbyes
...
shame on you
expecting me to go along with all that you do
shame on you
go play your game of hide-and-seek with somebody new
...
watch my lips hear what they’re saying
I will spell it out
keep those mind games you love playing
they’re not what I’m about
...
shame on you
expecting me to go along with all that you do
shame on you
go play your game of hide-and-seek with somebody new
...
ON and On
Music by Silje
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
June, what are you crying for?
Soon you'll have to end this war
The days are turning darker now
But hang on to that dream somehow
June, where are you going to?
True, the game got rough on you
Things have turned so sad inside
But hang on to that dream you hide
...
On and on, the dark will find you
Rain will fall, and clouds surround you
But carry on, my love's behind you
I know I'll see you smiling
...
June, you'd better stand up, girl
Soon you'll have to face the world
I know you'll find a place somewhere You'll put things back
together there
...
On and on, the dark will find you
Rain will fall, and clouds surround you
But carry on, my love's behind you
I know I'll see you smiling
...
The days are turning darker now
But you will find your peace somehow
...
On and on, the dark will find you
Rain will fall, and clouds surround you
But carry on, my love ́sbehind you
I know I'll see you smiling
....
On and on, the dark is gonna find you
And the rain is gonna fall, and clouds surround you But carry on,
my love's behind you
I know I'll see you smiling
...
I don´t wanna see you cry
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
there’s no tender way to say it’s the end
and so win or lose
I’m forced to choose
between a lover and a loving friend
let me hear you say
how you curse the day
you opened up your heart to me
that you ever invited me in
tell me I’m the loser...and you win
...
I don´t want to see you cry
I beg you try
not to let the pain I’m causing reach your eyes
I don’t want to see you cry
aim your words like spears
don’t break me up by breaking down in tears
...
hide your pain but when push comes to shove
don’t keep your pride
locked deep inside
rage against the dying of my love
don’t sigh my name
give me all the blame
call me heartless call me cruel
and accuse me of dealing in lies
just don’t let my leaving cloud your eyes
...
I don’t want to see you cry
I beg you try
not to let the pain I’m causing reach your eyes
I don’t want to see you cry
aim your words like spears
don’t break me up by breaking down in tears
...
dreams come........dreams go
some fade............some grow
dream on............dream on
you’ve got to dream on
after I’ve gone
...
I don’t want to see you cry
I beg you try
not to let the pain I’m causing reach your eyes
I don’t want to see you cry
aim your words like spears
don’t break me up by breaking down in tears
...
THE WALTZ
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
strike up the band let it play
love songs to haunt me and I will stay
but when it comes to a waltz
both words and music will ring false
...
cos you waltzed in
and spun my world
around in dizzy dance
I swirled
but suddenly
you waltzed away from me
...
those violins they must go
so no careless hand with a bow
may play on the srings of my heart
and make me remember how lovers part
...
how you waltzed in
and spun my world
around in dizzy dance
I swirled
but suddenly
you waltzed away from me
...
strike up the band let it play
whatever it chooses and I’ll say
play me a waltz if you will
I’ll sit here and listen waiting until
my love returns
to take my world
and spin it‘round
in dizzy swirl
where girl loves boy
and boy loves girl
and feet don’t touch the ground
Me oh my
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
there I go again losing my head
you in the lead and me being led
playing little-girl-lost
led by the nose by you
to a life you have laid for two
me oh my you chose little old me
to shower with love and sympathy
to have and to hold
for as long as YOU decide
a fall follows pride
lost girls can find their way back
now boy it’s high time for pay-back
I’m getting even
I’m tired of being your plaything
seeing everything your way
she put him though it
how could she do it
he won’t forget it
she’ll live to regret it
I’m flying solo
so here am I fallen from grace
and tables for two
with a smile on my face
I raise my glass high
drink to the plans you’ll lay
and the role I’ll never play
Tell me where you´re going
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Silje Nergaard, Jeff Wasserman,
Gragg Lundsford, Richard Niles
Back on the highway
Down on the road
You wanna tell me
-girl, I gotta go alone
You wanna go alone?
I`ll take the chance
I want to go with you
You`ve heard the wind blow
Heard it before
This time it`s different
Packed and headed for the door
You gotta find a way
I`ll take a chance
And help you find a way
In your eyes
The shadow and the light
In your heart
I want to go, I want to go with you
Tell me where you`re going
I am going too
Tell me where you`re goinf
I will go with you
Where are we going
What`s down the road
Where`s the wind blowing
Will we ever really know?
We gotta find a way
We`ll take a chance
And we will find a way
In your eyes
The laughter and the tears
Hear me cry
I want to go, I want to go
Come on baby won`t you let me go
I want to go along with you
Tell me where you`re going
I am going too
Tell me where you`re going
I will go with you
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SEE THE STARS?
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
I won’t disown
those things my heart has sown
the blame...is mine alone
I made this fickle heart my own
but how am I supposed to see the stars
how am I supposed to see that far
I see the cost
of all this heart has lost
and how...those dice were tossed
in lives this fickle heart has crossed
but how am I supposed to see the stars
how am I supposed to see that far
how am I supposed to start
and change an ever-changing heart
light some corner of a mind
that isn’t there for me to find
and how am I supposed to see
the stars you say are meant for me
how am I supposed to praise
those stars with eyes I cannot raise
...
maybe I’m supposed to say
I’m walking tall on feet of clay
resting only when I check
the albatross around my neck
how am I supposed to see
the stars you say are meant for me
oh how am I to see....eeeee
...
but how can I
who lent my heart the lie
now lift up heart and eye
and let that fickle heart see sky
and how am I supposed to see the stars
how am I supposed to see that far
how am I supposed to start
and change an ever-changing heart
light some corner of a mind
that isn’t there for me to find
and how am I supposed to see
the stars you say are meant for me
how am I supposed to praise
those stars with eyes I cannot raise
...
maybe I’m supposed to say
I´m walking tall on feet of clay
resting only when I check
the albatross around my neck
how am I supposed to see
the stars you say are meant for me
oh how am I to see....eeeee
...
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
...
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….
...
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
...
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
...
Gå en annen vei
Melody: Silje Nergaard
Lyrics: Jan Eggum
Du kom til meg med våren
Du dro med en høst
Jeg følte du forsvant hver gang
jeg trengte til trøst
Det går igjen mot sommer
Jeg vet du er nær
Jeg føler at du kommer
At du snart er her
Gå en annen vei
Finn en annen venn
Aldri lar jeg deg
Såre meg igjen
Det skulle ha vært oss to
I sanger og smil
Du delte gjerne håp og tro
Men ikke min tvil
Når jeg var snill og stødig
Var du med på alt
Men du ville så nødig
Hjelpe meg når jeg falt
Gå en annen vei
Finn en annen venn
Aldri lar jeg deg
Såre meg igjen
Du vil ikke bli
Vinteren hos meg
Kjære, du må gå
Gå en annen vei
Jeg var vennen som spanderte
Slik at du fikk ta i mot
Jeg var vennen som gav trygghet
Så du kunne få slå rot
Jeg er vennen som må gjøgle
Så en annen kan få le
Men når jeg endelig tar masken av
Så vil du ikke se det
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