UNDER ADMINISTRATION

I can’t remember your face anymore
That too is lost
Cold ashes scattered on the wind
And swept across the permafrost

A dying feeling grabs hold of me
Gotta for it to disappear
Another year will pass me by
While I’m still here
Defined and driven by fear

Am I already out of touch?
Wait a minute, I want so much just to feel
I wanna be where the feeling can find me
Are you with me?
Defined and driven…

I do not think that we are through
I reconciled myself with you
But every single day we grieve the things
That could have been
Are you with me?
I wanna be where the feeling can find me
Defined and driven by fear
Defined and driven by fear
Well, I’m here…
Defined and driven by fear
Defined and driven by fear

Sivert Høyem: Vocals, electric guitar, backing vocals.
Cato Salsa: Electric guitar, slide guitar, synthesizers, drum machine.
Børge Fjordheim: Drums, backing vocals.
Rudi Nikolaisen: Bass guitar.

LONG SLOW DISTANCE

And I don’t know how
And I don’t know why
Golden days, precious moments
Passed me by
My struggle was only
A wrestle with time
And how I only saw clearly
What I left behind

But it hurts
When you say to me
That I only know myself
That I don’t know no one else
Hurtful words
But I don’t disagree
You stand removed from me
And only this long slow distance is real

Why, why should I care
I can run, I can crawl
I’m getting there
You roll over slowly
As you drift away
Just a sigh
And you’re on your way

Sivert: Vocals, acoustic guitar.
Cato: Electric guitar, bass guitar, piano.
Børge: Drums, percussion, tubular bells, organ.

GIVE IT A WHIRL

If I was to expire on a day like this
Then pay no heed at all
Returned again, my secret fire
From confusion trails
To death’s own roll call

And you know that I don’t know what to do
But I could wait a thousand years or more
Settled in to the point where I
Don’t know what the hell I’m waiting for

It’s my time to be waiting
Locked down, chained in the hole
But when my waiting is done
I’m gonna give it a whirl

Again, try to rewire
The connections of your tired machine
And you know you’ve been a liar
A good for nothing two-faced go-between

It’s my time to be waiting
Locked down, chained in the hole
But when my waiting is done
I’m gonna give it a whirl

Sivert: Vocals, electric guitar, backing vocals.
Cato: Electric guitar, synthesizer, bass guitar, piano.
Børge: Drums, congas, tubular bells.
Anne Lise Frøkedal: Backing vocals.

WARM INSIDE

Warm inside
Does anyone really recall what it’s like?
You and I, we go too far
We’re running wild with our pride

Is it so easy for you to pretend
That all of this is a means to some end?
Is anyone home?
Have we been away for too long?

You feel your mind shrink
Till you can’t breathe
And you can’t think
The world, as it ends
Becomes so small
That there is no room for people there at all

I miss all of my friends
It’s never easy for me to pretend
That all of this is a means to some end
Is anyone home?
Have we been away for too long?

Sivert: Vocals, acoustic guitar.
Cato: Electric guitar, synthesizers.
Børge: Binson organ.

ANIMAL CHILD

Well, I’m looking for an animal child
Well, I’m looking for an animal child
A she-wolf smile -an animal
Your fussy flesh -an animal
Release the beast -an animal
Your little teeth -an animal
Ain’t it enough that we will die?

Well, I’m looking for an animal child
Well, I’m looking for an animal child
A depleted force -an animal
Abject faith -an animal
Outdated truth -an animal
Wasted youth
Ain’t it enough that we will die
From an infection of the mind?

Long may your evening last
Long may your evening last
When your time has passed
And you’re looking down yourself
Through a looking glass
Well, I’m looking for an animal child
Well, I’m looking for an animal child
Reject all reason -an animal
Release the soul -an animal
Return to flesh -an animal
And burn the rest -an animal
Ain’t it enough that we will die
From an infection of the mind?

My mind is like an open wound
That’s bleeding constantly
Laid open to the world but still not connected to reality
Something slipped away from me when I was waiting in the street
Surprise, surprise, the world has turned, and it’s turning ceaselessly
What now, what now? what’s the meaning?
No sense, no truth, no feeling
What now, what now? what’s the meaning?
She’s proof, she’s proof that I still got feeling
However low it seems
Me and her will sleep tomorrow
Dreaming ice age dreams

Sivert: Vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, backing vocals.
Cato: Electric guitar, synthesizer, barytone guitar, backing vocals.
Børge: Drums, backing vocals.
Rudi: Bass guitar.
Christer Knutsen: Mellotron, organ, backing vocals.
Renate Engevold: Violin.
Renate Knaup: Backing vocals.

TROUBLE

Here’s a chance to come a live
To fill that emptiness inside
To be redeemed and regain your pride
To kill the pain and see the light
For all the times that you felt so low
Well, here’s a chance to let it show
Here’s a sound to make your day
A chance for you to get away

I do and I don’t and I will and I won’t
And I might, just tonight, try to cover it up
This ain’t no heartache
Oh it’s real trouble
This ain’t no heartache

Here’s a chance to come alive
To fill that empty hole inside
To kill the pain and to see the light
To stoke the fire and refuel your pride
How many times did you did you feel so low
Well, here’s a chance to let it go
Here’s a sound to make your day
A chance for you to get away

I will and I won’t and I do and i don’t
And I might, just tonight, try to cover it up
This ain’t no heartache
You’re in real trouble
This ain’t no heartache
No you’re in trouble

Sivert: Vocals, electric guitar, train sample, backing vocals.
Cato: Piano, synthesizer, slide guitar.
Børge: Drums, percussion.

RED ON MAROON

I sense the body moving
Pressing onward through time
I chase a pure emotion
That will never be mine
Across a killing field
That younger men call eternity
Onward to the moment
That has always been reserved for me
And no god, no angel
Can turn my life around and set my spirit free

Back to the gate then
To a man-cave goes the bog man king
A painted nature dome
Where they treasure blood more than anything
A second sun, a second moon
He paints the world in motion
Red on maroon
A second sun, a second moon
He paints the world in motion
Red on maroon

God’s own playthings rejoice in war
There is nothing that God loves more
The new breed is born, whip in hand
Inverted sun over western lands
Invent a God for yourself
And you may
Enjoy yourself!

So what’s the matter now?
Are you disappointed too?
The world has waited long enough
The world goes on without you
A second sun, a second moon
The world is in motion
Red on maroon

Fragmentation of time and truth
Fossil children and fossil youth
Skulls of parents with mummy eyelids
Parents that have survived their kids
Lift their banners out of the dust
The wind is made of chalk and rust
You’re the only one left to see
Flaming sunrise that once saw me
Seek no strength in numbers
There is no strength in numbers
I seek no strength in numbers
There’ll be no strength in numbers anymore

A second sun, a second moon
The world is in motion
Red on maroon
You may be alive
But you are dying
Constantly
No god, no angel
Can turn my life around and set my spirit free
You’re the only one left to see
Flaming sunrise that once saw me

Sivert: Vocals, electric guitar, backing vocals.
Cato: Electric guitar, synthesizer, bass guitar.
Børge: Drums, percussion.
Ådne Meisfjord: Moog bass.
Anne Lise Frøkedal: Vocals.
Renate Knaup: Vocals.

BLOWN AWAY

Blown away, blown away and waiting
Blown away and waiting on a fair wind
Sweeping through my window
Will you move me like you did once more?

Blown away, I’m blown away
Feeling everything, with you

Blown away, blown away and waiting
Blown away and waiting on…
I’m blown away, yet you’re always with me still
You can say what you will now, but it’s wrong

Is the love I give just a trinket to you?
Kept with all your playthings, and dreams that were new
Somewhere in a dream life that never comes true
If we can’t dream it up again then what do we do?

Sivert: Vocals, electric guitar, claves.
Cato: Synthesizers.
Anne Lise Frøkedal: Vocals.

EMOTIONS

Emotions, wouldn’t you rather be right than wrong?
Temptations, wouldn’t you be better off on your own?
We’ve come a long way, but the transformation has only just begun
Oh your emotions, the sort of things you don’t want to know
This complication is wearing hard on me, I’m down on my knees
Don’t turn your back on me please

Emotions, weighing me down when I try to get up
Or keep me wound up, it never stops
It never lets you relax, it will ride you till the day you drop

When I’m in trouble though, you won’t even reach
Still my transmission reads no message but please
I cannot help but being a slave to my needs
Can’t get enough from you
Oh your emotions

Hey you, you’re under my gun
If you think you’re so clever just cast the first stone
If you think you’re still right why don’t you go on
If you think you’re so clever just cast the first stone

It’s getting cold enough for me
In a minute it’s gonna be you or me
I always make some apology
But there is something that ain’t right
And it always is the same way out for me
I can’t always just back down as I always do
Should I take it out on you
Or do you have emotions too?

Is it just me, or are we going crazy?
Make no apology
Come in close enough to see
Good luck escaping your emotions

Sivert: Vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals.
Cato: Synthesizers, electric guitar.
Børge: Drums, congas, percussion, tubular bells.
Ådne Meisfjord: Synthesizers.
Renate Engevold: Violin.

FATHER’S DAY

In the water, not far from the shore
Your lion’s heart don’t beat anymore
Our connection has been cut
I’m still alive, but you are not
Where do we come from, and where do we go?
It never hurt me that I don’t know
But what was settled has been blown apart
And a homeless feeling has filled my heart
Now your heart don’t beat anymore

In the hallway you turned your back
Didn’t you, didn’t you?
It must have hit you like a heart attack
But I did just what I had to do
It was the only way I guess
A headless rage and a violent mess
We should have made a brand new start
Now that I’d beat my way into your heart
But your heart don’t beat anymore
No, your heart don’t beat anymore
No, your heart don’t beat anymore

For as long as you still drew breath
You shielded me against my death
You were not there most of the time
But now you’re gone I’m next in line
Any doom can find me here
I’m in the open and it’s all too clear
That your heart don’t beat anymore
No, your heart don’t beat anymore
No, Your heart don’t beat anymore
Your heart don’t beat anymore

Father’s day, father’s day is almost every day
Father’s day, father’s day, the bill we will never pay

Sivert: Vocals, piano, euphonium, backing vocals.
Cato: Electric guitar, Hammond organ, synthesizer, backing vocals.
Børge: Drums, organ, backing vocals.
Rudi: Bass guitar.
Bjarne Stensli: Backing vocals.

INNOVATIONS

I was waiting for somebody
I thought that she could not be you
But something was talking to me
Turned me onto something new

I give my heart to Lady Midnight
Soon enough I’m in her sway
But the world is cold and lonely
It needs each of us
It grabs hold of us

No, no, waiting by the roadside, no
No, no, waiting by the roadside, no
No, no, waiting by the roadside, no
Sure is not the only way to go

But all those wretched cold inventions
Brought about by mindless men
Mindless men with false intentions
I hope that I’m not one of them

We make our way into the light
Where something has us in it’s sway
(Innovations on the way)
For the world is cold and lonely
(Innovations on the way)
It needs each of us
It grabs hold of us

The modern age is just a rumor
Please do not lose your sense of humor
It will carry us, it will carry us

Sivert: Vocals, Spanish guitar, backing vocals.
Cato: Synthesizer.
Børge: Drums, glockenspiel, backing vocals.
Rudi: Bass guitar.
Christer: Piano.

PLEASE

Tell me where you’re going, please
What’s on your mind?
I can not see through you, oh
Give me a sign

Tell me where you’re going, please
What’s on your mind?
You’re in between now, oh
You’re out of time

Time waits for no one
And you’re still undecided

Effortlessly evil
Always so sure of yourself, oh
But you’re in between now, oh
Something has changed

Anywhere you’re going now
I’ll be going too, can you believe it?
I’ve got nothing better to do than waiting here with you
While you’re still undecided

Evil connections still go to my head
Pull me and squeeze me and wanting me dead, always, always
Anywhere you’re going now
I’ll be going too
Anyway that you want it now!
Anyway that you want it now!
Anyway that you want it now!
Is there nothing that makes you satisfied?
I’m on your station
I’m on your station

Sivert: Vocals, slide guitar, backing vocals.
Cato: Synthesizers.
Børge: Drums, drum machine.
Rudi: Bass guitar.
Christer: Synthesizer.

TRUTH BE TOLD

Oh it seems so long ago that I was hunting on my own
But I always remembered, always remembered love
It hits you once when you are young, but you can’t hold on for very long
And you always remember, always remember love

And truth be told if the sun don’t shine
I’ll still be waiting forever on you
It’s warm inside, but it’s cold at night
If the feeling ain’t right, if the feeling ain’t right

If the word was love, and love was free then that was good enough for me
But I always remembered, always remembered love
A warm connection might turn you on, but you can’t hold on for very long
And you always remember, always remember love

Always remember, I must remember, you must remember too
Always remember, I must remember, always remember you, always remember you

Thanks for tearing the blinds down and bringing the sunshine to my room
Well, I’m wide open
And I’m tired of waiting out way down in a hole
I can’t stand myself alone on my own, well it’s cold
And I always remember, always remember love

Sivert: Vocals, electric guitar, backing vocals.
Cato: Electric guitar, synthesizer.
Børge: Drums.
Rudi: Bass guitar.
Christer: Synthesizer.
Anne Lise Frøkedal: Backing vocals.

WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Now that we’ve said what we had to say
Will you throw me out, should I be on my way?
No, hold me again, no one has to know it
If you ever loved me, now is the time to show it, again

I am a bad man to bring so much hurt upon you
You’re barely holding on
You’ll be crying when I am gone
Guess I too will be crying
What have I done?

Take what you like, I won’t be greedy
I always get by, I am not needy
But for several years you’ve been my best friend
You know my troubles and fears
And you understand me, so well

Sivert: Vocals, electric guitar, tambourine.
Cato: Electric guitar.
Børge: Glockenspiel, pump organ.
Renate Engevold: Violin.