UNCLOUDED
NORWEGIAN BOATSONG
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
Lina takes her boat and rows
to places only Lina knows
and will not rest upon the oars
before she reaches safer shores
the mist that rolls in from the sea
beckons her says come to me
I will hide you make you whole
when mindless days disturb your soul
hidden skerries razor rocks
are better than the stumbling blocks
living places in your way
and you must side-step every day
Lina, Lina why the tears
no need to weep for she who steers
her boat to secret silver bays
where hearts can heal and mend their ways
the weeping will be done by those
who pace the shore and cannot know
for all the beacons that they burn
whether Lina will return
ALL I HAD
Music by Silje Nergaard, Hallgrim Brattberg & Håvar Bendiksen &
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
I filled my days with all that tasted sweet
seeing only what I dared to meet
said stones were there to step on not to turn
too full of dreaming to learn
I worked my will and fingers to the bone
forging shapes that I could call my own
and thought that I had found some magic touch
Id turn nothing into much
...
you were all I had
you let me lie in the corner of your eye
safe and sound from danger
in everything I tried
when darkness filled my
days you willed me back on my way
and saw me home
in days now filled with all things bitter sweet
and spent in wondering where to place my feet
the stones I used before still play their part
weighing heavy on my heart
...
you are all I have
you let me lie in the corner of your eye
safe and sound from danger
in everything I try
when darkness fills my
days you will me back on my way
and see me home
ORDINARY SADNESS
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
so she opens windows wide
tries to catch the light
her house just grows a little darker
no place to hide anywhere in sight
tries rearranging household things
hopes this will bring some change
and uncover traces of her life
before the emptiness arrives
she moves things around with a sigh
like pawns in a game that can save her from questioning why
then leaves the room and lets another day go by
...
its just an ordinary sadness
that grips her from within
theres no pure and simple reason
for the darkness rolling in
its just an ordinary sadness
preying on her mind
reminding her of something left behind
its just an ordinary life
...
she spends her days sifting through
old photos shes found
and places them like giant milestones
along the road to where she feels her life is bound
she gathers in the joys she owns
and she spreads them all around
hopes they will trigger laughter
breathing in .breathing out some other life
like the sighing of wind in the trees just before rain
and flooding her eye
those foolish tears she weeps for all the years gone by
...
its just an ordinary sadness
that grips her from within
theres no pure and simple reason
for the darkness rolling in
its just an ordinary sadness
preying on her mind
reminding her of something left behind
its just an ordinary life
...
where did it all get up and leave her
to a world she had not planned
drifting out of reach and far from land
...
its just an ordinary sadness
that grips her from within
theres no pure and simple reason
for the darkness rolling in
its just an ordinary sadness
preying on her mind
reminding her of something left behind
its just an ordinary life
GODS MISTAKE
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
I´m gonna be black
I´m gonna be white
I´m gonna try every shade
thats ever been made
till I finally get it right
I´m gonna be soft
I´m gonna be hard
and whats better yet
gonna place every bet
on somebody elses cards
add it on . take it off. change your shape
while you wait
you´ve gotta learn by Gods mistakes
gonna worship my hair
gonna pamper my skin
I´m gonna try to keep
my beauty skin-deep
and let it shine out from within
I´m gonna be rash
I´m gonna be wise
never bearing a grudge
if living should smudgethe makeup I´ve put on
my eyes
add it on . take it off. change your shape
while you wait
you´ve gotta learn by Gods mistakes
´Im gonna walk tall
but be ready to duck
gonna get me a life
at one with the knife
and close to my next nip-and-tuck
I´m gonna be full
of myself and mine
gonna shop till I drop
and never say stop
till I´ve finished Gods design
DET VAR FOR SENT
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Sigrid Merete Hanssen
Du sa så god den var
den første morgenen
Så lys og fin den drømmen var
som ble virkelig den lange fine våren.
Jeg sa hvor ble den av
den gode tiden
En storm, men uten opprørt hav
og en kjærlighet som var forandret siden
Og det var for sent
det var forbi
Alt vi skulle gjøre, ord vi burde si
Når det var for sent, det var forbi
Alt vi kunne vinne, kjærlighet som var å finne
i et annet liv, våre liv
Alle dager som forsvant
Du sa her er vi nå
Her stanset tiden
Vi har et valg å vinne på
velge drømmen og for alltid leve i den
Før det er for sent, det er forbi
Alt vi skulle gjøre, ord vi burde si
Før det er for sent, det er forbi
Alt har vi å vinne, kjærlighet som vi kan finne
i et annet liv, eller våre liv
gode ting vi fant
Alle dager som forsvant
WHEN THE MORNING COMES
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
I´ll tell her when the morning comes
but leave her all the wonder
tell her of those city lights
whose spell shes under
my words will all sound hollow
and too old for her heart to follow
I´ll tell her of a girl I knew
no names or ages
then as mothers often do
I´ll start to turn back pages
and let her know I see her
but never try to be her
fight back tears
swallow fears and
be happy that she
is so thrilled by all she sees
and remembering how it feels
I´ll tell her when the morning comes
but now shes sleeping
I´ll just hold her close and guard
the secrets she needs keeping
I follow her in sorrow
into a world I can´t borrow
...
WHEN OUR TUNE IS PLAYED
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
waking from a dream
can be so hard to bear
discovering the scheme
of things a sad affair
moving in a trance
we sway from side to side
and when our tune is played..we dance
I can take the cold
awakenings may bring
those dreams I cannot hold
will never mean a thing
I have no use you see
for flights of fantasy
as long as you are here with me
HE MUST HAVE BEEN TELLING A LIE
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
I see it written in his eyes
the fear that I will cut him down in size
Ill never try to make him crawl
hell know if hes deserves to walk on tall
revenge is sweet . or so were told
but even sweeter when its served up cold
he looks at me and says because
I look at him and miss the man he was
everyone but me has seen them painting the town
turning every head and my world upside down
whispering all his tender words wrapped up in a sigh
when he said them to me
he must have been telling a lie
my golden rule has been in life
when someones hurting you dont twist the knife
he looks at me and says I wish
I look at him and see a sea full of fish
everyone but me has seen them painting the town
turning every head and my world upside down
whispering all his tender words wrapped up in a sigh
when he said them to me
he must have been telling a lie
she fills my hour steals my days
leaving me so empty handed
she never planned to be a one-life stand
but she was his and he was hers
two lovers walking hand in hand
I WILL WRITE YOU EVERY DAY
Music by Silje Nergaard
Lyrics by Mike McGurk
I will write you every day
write the words I cannot say
and hope that they will find their way
to you and bring you near
close enough for words to do everything I need them to
I will spend each waking hour
counting seconds pacing floors
rehearsing what I ought to write
and finding ways to say
that lifes so good
now that youre still mine and I am yours
oh but what if words should fail
hearts and memories pale
how would we reach each other
and say for evermore
if all that would be left of us
were letters just gathering dust
and so far from sight
every word I ever write