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Let the Rain Fall
02:57
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Say that you love me
Even though I be broken
Say that you love me
Yes, the feeling's unspoken
All these thoughts I am hiding
Drag them out in the open
Say I'm the only
Though I'm just last in line
I feel so lonely
'cause I'm more terrified
By the light from your fire
Than the darkness inside
We are atom bombs
Torch the sky
Let the rain fall
On you and I
You are forgiven
For the wrongs that you've done
But I can't forgive you
So take heart in your gods
There's a light in the shadows
You're the lightning, I'm the rod
We are hurricanes
Rip the sky
Let the rain fall
On you and I
See the brave new world
Closing fast
Let the rain fall
Make it last
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2. |
When I Awake
03:00
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When I awake
You will remember me
I am the one
Whose face you saw in a dream
When you're asleep
There's so many things
You can see
You can see from afar
There are some things
I'll never understand
That look in your eyes
The dreams where I die
There are some angels
Who'll never take our side
You are an angel
Would I ever lie?
A boxcar made of matches
And glue to seal our patches
Where the stitches only made more scars
When I awake
There'll be nothing left
It's all been taken
For granted and thrown out
When I awake
I'll leave a note for you
I'll be dear to you
When I'm gone
There are some things
I'll never understand
That look in your eyes
The dreams where I die
There are some angels
Who'll never take our side
You are an angel
Would I ever lie?
When I awake
You will remember me
I am the one
Whose face you saw in a dream
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3. |
A Warrior Dreaming
04:27
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Was a troubled child among many other
Children like me
Just another kid they could beat up
Til I cried myself to sleep
I'm invisible, you see
You do not see me there
Dream about tomorrow til it's here
Nothing shall move the waters
No shiver disturbing me
Nothing but calm and peaceful air
Underneath the sea
Take a hold of my rocking horse legs, my love
And keep them still, like the sundowning sea
Bury my thoughts in a pile of gravel
Let me sink where I stand til I sleep
You will not find me here
I am somewhere in between
The place where I live and where I dream
Where nothing moves the waters
No shiver disturbing me
Nothing but calm and peaceful air
Underneath the sea
Our world will come to an end some day
When I was young it wasn't far from my head
Two hundred years of peace in this country
But my days filled with battles and dread
I'm a warrior at heart
But a pacifist in deed
And nothing to shield me in my need
A warrior sleeping
In my hands
A warrior yearning
For romance
A warrior dreaming
Of the past
A warrior lying
To get by
On my own
On my own
On my own
Nothing shall move the waters
No shiver disturbing me
Nothing but calm and peaceful air
Underneath the sea
On my own
A warrior dreaming
On my own
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4. |
Autumn Clear
03:36
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Autumn clear
Is in my lungs
It's in my eyes
That purplish fog
Smoky haze
Of burning leaves
I'm afraid of you
Afraid you'd leave
Spinning 'round
'neath the yellow sun
Laying down
Where the waters run
Cool my head
Til I've woken up
That voice I knew
Follow me through
I am the one you've been looking for
For a long time
I am unbroken, but not so outspoken
Give me half a chance
And you will find
I'm telling it right
I've got a bone-weary grin
I feel my time running thin
There's a conductor waiting for me
Down the line
I have blank pages to fill
Ink fountain witches to kill
And I'm still pushing myself
Down the line
Call my name
Through oak and ash
On swiftly falling feet
In rain and shine
Stormy cloud
Above our heads
There's a time to leave
And to stop and feel
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5. |
Year without Winter
02:24
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There's something in the wind
that follows on your breath
the song that you sing
gives me no rest
Chant into the night
Lonely pillow fights
There's something in the way
you move yourself
how your hair sways
around your head
There's something in your eyes
that cool blue stare
that freezes like ice
and stays me here
You'll never see me there
You'll never see me there
There's candle wicks and light
burning round the house
the pagan priests arise
to help you out
To heal your mind
Your blurry sight
A long holiday
A face in the rain
Shadow fills the day
The endless rain
Will you give yourself away
Will you stay until we're safe
From the fallout and the snow
That never came around
You'll never see the snow
You'll never feel the cold
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6. |
Snowblind
02:51
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Another folly, I have tried
a simple gesture, a modest climb
I did not crave the fame
of a well-known name
whispered or called out
Let's rise together to the sky
this slow balloon will take us higher
is there life on the arctic pole?
is heaven better than the world below?
it takes a warm wind to reach the north
Snowblind
I'm snowblind
in no-man's land
will you come and find me?
losing all my sight here
the ice it is scalding my soles
the blizzard is burning my bones
Come away with me far in the fields
there are polar bears stalking
pray I won't falter and fall to the cold
I don't crave the fame
of a well-known name
whispered or called out
the sun never sets here
everything fades into white
Snowblind, I'm snowblind
Snowblind, I'm snowblind
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7. |
In Shrines
04:37
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Burning brighter and brighter
While evening's glow fades
With the lamp in my hand
And some scars in my face
Go down the road by myself
With rain in my hair
With the lamp in my hand
I can see even there
I've been lighting you candles
Way too long
Please, come home
Please, come home
Don't know where you went, hope it
Wasn't far
Please, come home
Please, come home
I won't forget you, 'cause I
Can't excuse
Any awful thing
I ever did
O, in the dark there's a place for my sins
I will put them in shrines and bury them
In the deep of the woods
There's a tree without roots
I will take all my sins there and bury them
And bury them
And bury them
And bury them
Still alive after every
Attempt on my life
With the lamp in my hand
And some thorns in my side
Go down the road by myself
Still searching for you
And I'm hoping that you
Hope to be found
Don't know where you went, hope it
Wasn't far
Please, come home
Please, come home
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8. |
Suzannah
02:52
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The crystal covered hall
Shining with the color of the dark
Reflections of her hair
Hanging long, flowing
With the wind he let in blowing
Suzannah, sitting on the floor
Counting all the seconds
It would take to reach the door
The priestly man is lit
He knows that he's not it
The one she's waiting for
Maybe for forever
The one she thinks will save her
Suzannah, locking up so tight
All the tiny feelings
She would need to make her cry
You'll never be so strong
That you can carry all her world
You'll never stay so long
That you can mop up all the hurt
Of Suzannah
A suddent urgent wail
Bursting from a canary in pain
Roof above them crumbling
Closing in, falling
Wind around the lovers blowing
Suzannah, making her escape
Taking nothing with her
But her green and waxy cape
"I'm sorry" he will say
But he will not believe it
"I'm sorry too" she'll say
Neither one will mean it
Suzannah
O, Suzannah
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See the leaves up on the trees
Lining all the cobbled streets
With their colors of a dying sun
But all the colors of the seas
Wouldn't mean a thing to me
Cause it's only gray that I see
But I know I'm not the only one
Or, I think I'm not the only one
And I'm going to keep my heart
To myself
You're going to need some strength
In the end
To make it through the night into day
All those people that walk strong
Without the guts to sing along
Everyone singing private odes to joy
But here it's dreadfully quiet
When I don't know what to sing
Makes me feel like the loneliest boy
Makes me feel like I'm the only one
And I'm going to keep my heart
To myself
You're going to need some strength
In the end
To make it through the night into day
The wallflower stands alone
Just barely whispering his tone
Cause all his pleasures come with guilt
And if we both weren't made of stone
We could make it on our own
Now we'll settle in this house we've built
But I'm going to keep my heart
To myself
You're going to need some strength
In the end
To make it through the night into day
And my princess in the tower
With her parties every hour
For the angels and the choir boys
Serves her good friends bitter flowers
Leaving all of the angels sour
Wishing they could steal her voice
And the enemies she keeps
Close by her feet
Don't know if she loves them for real
She will go to bed with her lover
And kill him in his sleep
Then go on television to weep
And she's going to keep her heart
To herself
I'm going to need some strength
In the end
To make it through the night into day
Oh, to make it through the night
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North Sea Empire Sweden
North Sea Empire is a solo project by Andreas Rasch, with music that is best classed as a mixture of pop and alternative music. Some songs are neon-shimmering, accompanied by nostalgically as well as futuristically scented synthesizers, sprinkled with guitars. Others lean more to the sound of deep geological repositories for radioactive materials. ... more
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