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Songs that never made it

by Jonas Selander

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Slipping 01:43
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CAPO 8th D G Em A D Gothenburg christmas time My heart goes boom boom my mind goes vroom vroom gothenburg christmas night all the lights that shine down the avenue makes me feel brand new makes me feel brand new Old ladies smell of perfume give your money to the ones who need it tell the children to believe in greater things than spiderman toys he will not save this world but we can do it on our own corporate brands in every corner but don’t you know the coffee tastes more like the 20s in that old cafe down by the canal where the seniors dress up for sunday every time someone dies a door closes to a world you knew and you can never step inside again the older you get the more homeless you be Gothenburg christmas time My heart goes boom boom my mind goes vroom vroom gothenburg christmas night all the lights that shine down the avenue makes me feel brand new makes me feel brand new
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here comes the night here comes the cold here comes the snow falling gently on your nose on our way home the winter night is filled with dangers unseen slipping on the ice running from them losing our doorkey and if we freeze to death tonight you and me when they find us side by side we will look so sweet but it will be a tragedy
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C Am F G These cars can ride the highways all night These thoughts can spin forever through my mind I don't know what it is they hope to find So I roam these streets at night looking for a sign And looking at the moon Remembering your eyes shining I would feel less alone if I knew you were looking up there too And so I text you to try to tell you how I feel But when you don't text me back I know exactly what is real And I try to run just to chase the beating of my own heart and I wrote this song to fill the space that could be ours And tonight I'm drinking wine It's all because of you My brain is twined, tangled, fucked I just don't know what to do with myself And now I wish you were here I wish you were my beer I wish you were a piece of fucking paper I could smoke you and get sick from you And you'd be growing inside of me 'til I die And when I said you were a part of me I wouldn't lie And I try to run just to chase the beating of my own heart and I wrote this song to fill the space that could be ours The city dumps fill The junkyards fill Madhouses fill Hospitals fill Graveyards fill Nothing else fills
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Snow day 01:54
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Aniara 03:29
Am Am G F F Sometimes it helps me when I feel down to think back to carboniferous times my ancestors 300 million years ago amphibians hiding from a tropic storm Your world looked a lot different than mine but it's the same ground that we still walk upon Thank you for taking care Although I bet you were scared! Dm F Am Am Ooooh oohoh ooh x2 Am G F F Also when your first ever child is born rich in mind but so weak and so small for months and months you just carry them around realizing this has been done since ancient times connecting you to people just like you loving their kids millions of years ago Dm F Am Am and oooh oooh ooh x2 Am G F F When this civilisation has been brought down skyscrapers and bubble gum humans defeated by climate change I bet life will find a way with shuttles of steel we escape through space on a vast jungle planet we set up our base a dozen of people trying to survive spending our days finding new ways to stay alive! Dm F Am Am And oooho ooh ooooh x4 Am G F F At night we all take turn guarding the camp everywhere there are noises that we can't understand Some plants try to eat you, some shine a light Silent creatures wander through the jungle at night The stars here are different from planet Earth When we think back now, oh how it hurts! Dm F Am Am Ooooh oooh Oh how it hurts, when we think back now oh how it hurts
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Aniara 2 03:26
Am Am G F F Sometimes it helps me when I feel down to think back to carboniferous times my ancestors 300 million years ago amphibians hiding from a tropic storm Your world looked a lot different than mine but it's the same ground that we still walk upon Thank you for taking care Although I bet you were scared! Dm F Am Am Ooooh oohoh ooh x2 Am G F F Also when your first ever child is born rich in mind but so weak and so small for months and months you just carry them around realizing this has been done since ancient times connecting you to people just like you loving their kids millions of years ago Dm F Am Am and oooh oooh ooh x2 Am G F F When this civilisation has been brought down skyscrapers and bubble gum humans defeated by climate change I bet life will find a way with shuttles of steel we escape through space on a vast jungle planet we set up our base a dozen of people trying to survive spending our days finding new ways to stay alive! Dm F Am Am And oooho ooh ooooh x4 Am G F F At night we all take turn guarding the camp everywhere there are noises that we can't understand Some plants try to eat you, some shine a light Silent creatures wander through the jungle at night The stars here are different from planet Earth When we think back now, oh how it hurts! Dm F Am Am Ooooh oooh Oh how it hurts, when we think back now oh how it hurts
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Att komma från ingenstans är en bedrift när man tagit sig fram men att komma från Ingenstans leder nästan aldrig någonstans Som en fluga som dör vid en lampa vid en osynlig vägg av glas vid entrén till en mataffär i mörkret där fryser jag Och Säveån rinner ut i Göta Älv och Göta Älv rinner rakt ut i havet Tältduken fladdrar i en isande vind som för mina tankar till dig och till barnet som vi har men ni är så långt borta ikväll och jag svär för mig själv Hur många tårar krävs det för att svämma över Göta Älv? Polisen kommer för grannarna har ringt hur tror ni dom hjälper oss? Ni slipper se, ni slipper tänka på det nåt mer Sätt inte julskinkan i halsen nr ni tänker på hur dyrt det är med bostadslån och hur Sverige inte längre har råd Och Säveån rinner ut i Göta Älv och Göta Älv rinner rakt ut i havet Tältduken fladdrar i en isande vind som för mina tankar till dig och till barnet som vi har men ni är så långt borta ikväll och jag svär för mig själv Hur många år kan det få finnas för att få henne att sluta minnas mig?
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New moon 03:23
Dm A Dm A Dm A Bb A Dm New moon shines over new moon street shines where the woods meets the concrete Shines on me on my balcony The night brings out the smells brings out memories of sounds and tales burning lights down on the graveyard walking through the forest there with a bumping heart Bb A Dm Bb Bb A Dm There’s something in the air tonight I know there’s something else outside just waiting for me to arrive Dm A Dm A Dm A Bb A Dm New moon shines over the new moon tram station some nights we go there just to watch the tram disappear into the tunnel the night brings the badgers out shadows of black and white You’re a bit scared but I hold your hand through the forest to the view where we can see the whole city glow and the new moon shines over gothenburg city shines on these lonely dark streets and you hear the sound of someone elses feet Bb A Dm Bb Bb A Dm There’s something in the air tonight I know there’s something else outside just waiting for me to arrive Dm A Dm A Dm A Bb A Dm
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I went down down to the river tonight to catch that late night buzz frogs and insects they talk a different language but I don’t mind noone else around but the smell of the summertime everybody’s missing out and I hope someone misses me like I miss you tonight Mosquitos and crickets be chasing the lights But I’m just out here chasing the night and I find it by the riverside
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The riot police in Christiania Bringing law and peace to Christiania With blood on the streets of Christiania The riot police in Christiania I feel like coming home to you Christiania You make me feel not so alone again Christiania Cash rules everything but it won't rule you Christiania baby That's why there's blood on your streets Christiania If I need to escape Christiania I hope you will wait for me Christiania The government rules everything but it won't rule you Christiania baby It has to start somewhere, maybe it starts in Christiania The riot police in Christiania Bringing law and peace to Christiania With blood on your streets again Christiania Because you dream a different dream Christiania
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Girl, ah 02:02
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Högervinden 01:48
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Saint Malo sometimes I think about you and the world war 2 hospital that we sat upon that night watching fireworks explode in the sky Saint Malo it’s hard not to eat fish when you’re in saint malo but I remember that pizza place they gave me lemon sorbet with vodka on a plate named after some colonel that died in world war 2 But everything was safe when we were in Saint Malo Except the tide Saint Malo when we said goodbye to you we went to see the beaches where they started fighting back against the nazis and we met a guy outside a bar he had a thousand medals and a scar He was more drunk than he was alive and the bartender said he wasted his life In the tide
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Gothenburg christmas time People begging in the streets but you are on my mind gothenburg christmas night and all the lights that shine down the avenue makes the town feel brand new Makes it feel brand new now there’s corporate brands in every corner but don’t you know the coffee tastes more like the 20s in that old cafe down by the canal where the seniors dress up for sunday but you will never go there again oh the smells were stronger when You were 70 and I was ten Grandma your smell of perfume give your money to the ones who need it tell the children to believe in greater things than spiderman toys he will not save this world but we can do it on our own every time someone dies a door closes to a world you knew and you can never step inside again the older you get the more homeless you be and you, I will never see you again oh the smells were stronger when You were 70 and I was ten And you we will never meet again but the smells were stronger when you were 70 and I was ten Gothenburg christmas time people begging in the streets gothenburg christmas night and all the lights that shine down the avenue makes the town feel brand new Makes it feel brand new
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Southbound 02:44
Southbound on this train heading down for Bavaria Following your footsteps through this maze of coffeeshops leading to the platform You've been doing this for years and years facing everything that I am afraid of but I'm getting by alright I'm getting by alright I miss my kids and Jessica men jag ska läsa Harry Potter igen om en vecka You're screaming out for change every night at different stages, new faces and names Endless stations and beds that you've slept in late night conversations to keep us sane We rest when we can, eat when it's free and drink lots of water whisper things about solidarity when security guards stops someone at the border because may our hearts be one and may wild thunder strike us down Sometimes no one's really listening but you give no fucks for fame sometimes we don't even get paid but money's just a way to get tickets for the train Sometimes it's so hot on stage and you long for the thunder and rain the next day we run through the streets of Fürth trying not to get soaked and cold again Drying clothes back on my backpack wishing on the moon to get my braves back before the stage tonight
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If you wanna be good at something you gotta start if you wanna be good at something just follow your heart if you wanna be good at something start today! and do something even if it's not that much and it's even not that great 'cause you will learn with time and eventually you will find out how to be the best you that you and only you can be
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A D E F#m A D E A When the moon is on the rise I wish that I could sing like Ronnie Drew and John Sheahan would play the violin we would sleep on new trains and new floors every night new faces and new names new venues and new sights The modern world would disappear in tunes just like it did when I was 10 years old Where I come from people don’t lock their doors Where I come from we don’t care where youre from Where I come from nights would last forever Where I come from everyone sings together The modern world just disappears in tunes But I would cry every night thinking of you My tears would fill a river deep and wide just like the one where I played as a child Misty meadow, fresh summer night air always brings me back to the happy times we shared Sleeping in tents, an adventure just to brush your teeth searching for hedgehogs with flashlights before we get to sleep Sand dunes, salt and the sound of the sea is the only lullaby that I would ever need The modern world just disappears in tunes of Ronnie Drew, badminton and the king of stones
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CAPO 2 C F? G G7 We’ve been riding down the night we’ve been riding all around this day We have sung among the trees we have rode our bikes into the sea We have gone up to the highest mountains that we could find in our way we have surrounded ourselves with nature, people, trams and graves F G C Am all around this place that we call home today all around this place that we call home today home today home today It’s been 613 days since the day in which we wrote this song you had two more weeks to go but we put all that aside and stayed strong the summer vas vibrating with your ukulele chords and my guitar picking technique was a bit out of control but we put on our hats and sang along and that day lasted forever and though I miss you my dear friend I can call for your spirit I can know that you’re happy cause you follow your heart Our last song hasn’t been written and we might not be neighbors but since then we created a home in our hearts and this wasn’t our last tour our last adventure our last recording or our last video call and though I miss you my dear friend I can call for your spirit I can know that you’re happy cause you follow your heart
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C Am F G When you called about the x-ray, I got scared and when you called about the surgery how could I be prepared for you not to be around anymore? There's so much to do, working to pay rent Get food on the table, days just getting spent But when I rode that bus to you in the hospital I felt a calm Because there's nothing more important than riding that bus to you Sometimes you can't find a purpose but a purpose finds you and that feels right Sometimes you can't find a purpose but a purpose finds you and that feels right Nazis calls my relatives to threaten me and shut my mouth and this of course makes me scared but I'm as privileged as I'm white and my fear is nothing compared to the families fleeing in boats on the mediterranean right now and you're shooting at them right now So I say thanks to the nazis that calls me for reminding me why I hate your worldview and your fears and your inhumanity and your disrespect for debate Sometimes you can't find a purpose but a purpose finds you and that feels great Sometimes you can't find a purpose but a purpose finds you and that feels great Sometimes you can't find a purpose but a purpose finds you and that feels great Sometimes you can't find a purpose but a purpose finds you and that feels great
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Wishes 01:48
D G Bm A I take my wishes to the beach make small boats from bark and leaves put some love in one and each and they set sail on troubled seas they say tiny boats like that will just descend into the dark ocean floor they can never come back G A D Bm but that’s the thing with wishes they don’t work if your mind's not set G A but reality will break if you just shake shake it like you do One day not knowing what to do you will stumble upon A dirty piece of bark and leaves and recognize where it is from And you will put it in your pocket and never let it go and wherever you find yourself You will let your wishes grow G A D Bm ’cause that’s the thing with wishes they don’t work if your mind's not set G A but reality will break if you just shake shake it like you do
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G G C D Listen to the voice on the radio try to figure out who could be talking to you Oh no! It's Stalin Just because you've got a beautiful voice doesn't mean it's ok to kill like 10 million people Am C Am C D Try to see why we love democracy G G C D Everyday when you go to work listening to the radio Everyday when you go to sleep who's listening to you sleeping? just because you're a really cool social network Doesn't mean you can sell our personal information Please don't! Am C Am C D Try to see why we love our privacy G Bm C D So open up your eyes and see a world without technology
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A D A E A D A E-A In that little house by the sea You and me will be together, forever and always happy When life is crappy you and me can flee to that house by the sea and that little library and we will walk the beach searching for debris we can make a chair out of whatever we please in that house by the sea we will find peace and we will have rooms for friends and family I will have room for boardgames in the little tower we will rent out rooms with breakfast you can even take a shower and a cellar for the pickles and dandelion wine You can call me Tickles, I will call you Clementine In that little house by the sea It will be windy I like the sound of the wind when it hits the chimney Your hat fell in the water when you had breakfast on the pier but hats are not worth the risk and so it disappeared You're cute without that hat and now we can tell the story of how you lost your hat, but we'll tell it with more glory and if I can be the hero of your little tale You can be the captain when we set sail In that little house by the sea You and me will be together, forever and always happy When life is crappy you and me can flee to that house by the sea and that little library
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Am Dm G C-E Tonight I rather see streetlights than stars take me out where there's people and there's cars Am Dm C E I need to feel not alone on this planet I need that girl in the hoodie to look at me like "god damn it" F F C E I've been up and I've been down so fast I need a pack of cigarettes and I need a stage before I can relax Am Dm G C-E I need to sing about all things gone wrong I need to sing about people dead and gone Am Dm C E I need to sing about what makes my heart bump I need to tell you all about it and I need to scream and jump F F C E up and down and all around this night was made for sweat and blood I need to fight nazis and I need to run I need that sweet pumping adrenaline rush Am Dm G C-E When the door to the tram closes in the last second we burst out laughing and we're heading home I reckon Am Dm C E You brush your teeth all naked in the kitchen the weed makes it feel like I'm wrapped inside your kissing
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Blue moon 01:24
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Am Darkness over my hometown I feel cold but it won't bother me no more Dm I wrote myself a million dollar record deal Am Em and now I gotta follow it down Am Em down 'til I hear you say "Hi, is that you?" Darkness over my hometown I'm alone by midnight but my long legs, have you ever seen long legs like that? They walk and I follow them down Down 'til I hear you say "Hi, is that you?" Darkness over my hometown The north is cold and dark and cruel the world comes to an end in october and wakes up in june
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Christiania 02:43
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A D A E, A D E A well in my heart I'm already leaving now and in my mind I left the modern world behind the city lights are too bright to see the stars and these city hearts too stressed to set a spark D E A A x4 But this spark of mine I'm gonna let it shine in this concrete graveyard they call a town may our hearts be one and may wild thunder strike us down! A D A E, A D E A Growing up we needn't even lock the door we just ran through the summernights never to be bored take a dive into the river, building huts in the woods and these neighborhood parties lasted all night through D E A A x4 Yea we rode our bikes through the twilight and the night belonged to us, we belong to the night we were happy, we were free we never wanted things to be differently A D A E, A D E A But growing up you're gonna need a place to stay and you know that you gotta make every month pay A lot of different people makes this suburb pretty great but everyone's too fucking tired to make something out of it D E A A x4 This city brings people to their knees the city was made for banks, malls and money so may our hearts be one and may wild thunder strike us down D E A A Yea I know that this economy doesn't grow for you and me and I know that we've been living on a lot of love lately But I also know we can turn those malls into community centers and the banks into common property D E A A x8 And we can plant trees in those streets tear down the parking lots and plant beans burn the cars, ride our bikes and dance around a campfire every night And this spark of mine I'm gonna let it shine! in this concrete graveyard they call a town May our hearts be one and may wild thunder strike us down
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C Am Em F-G I wanna close my eyes so I can dream now I wanna run away from what is set for us to like I wanna fall in love, don't wanna fall in line I wanna taste the night and hold that freedom light I wanna break the signs that try to lead my life, that try to lead my life
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E B A A x 2- (play an open E on the 7th fret for the B and on the 5th for the A - sometimes I add my little finger on the 7th fret E-string for that little sticky sound) E B A A I see a star on the northern sky I see it fine No city lights to block the sight I'm too far out A B E E Fire exploding through space time how long did it take for the light to travel from your place to mine to reflect in this lake? E B A A If noone was here to see the beauty how could it be worth it? Millions and millions of degrees and a thousand light years just to be A B E E seen for a second by my eyes only I think it would be lonely for the universe if I wasn't around to cheer me up when I feel down
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To Roberto 02:27
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C G C God has some wicked ways for communication C F G but I run a black crusade of doubt and fear against him C F C He named this virus after the beer I drink with lime C F G C he’s gonna make cilantro poisonous and everyone with taste will die C F C G Well I can’t decide if God is still alive or if everything’s just meaningless and I should be glad to be right either way I am losing this silly war I fly Will I burn in hell forever or forever rot and die? Chilly winds outside blow snowflakes in my eyes this soar throat makes me think only the thickest will survive So I will fill my apartment with sugar and toilet paper with empty grocery store shelfs we will fight our own creator I can’t decide if God is still alive or if everything’s just meaningless and I should be glad to be right either way I am losing this pathetic war I fly Will I burn in hell forever or forever rot and die? Everyone around me seems to be affected the last time I was this scared - Trump got elected If we don’t die from this disease we’ll die from our own greed Keep your friends close, especially if you need Mars bars Jelly beans we will survive on gumball machines Forget climate change now that the stock markets down I will paint my face with lipstick until I look like a clown I can’t decide if God is still alive or if everything’s just meaningless and I should be glad to be right either way I am losing this pointless war I fly Will I burn in hell forever or forever rot and die? I can’t decide if God is still alive or if everything’s just meaningless and I should be glad to be right either way I am losing this pathetic war I fly Will I burn in hell forever or forever rot and die?
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D D G A There’s not as much time to life as I’d like to believe set the birds free Noone should have to be spending their life in a cage or a chain as someones property, make sure those chickens gets to fly free up in the sky somewhere where they always longed to be And there’s not as much rainforest left as you’d might believe you enjoy your bloody steak but is it worth the deal? We’re cutting down the forests to breed cows that’s insane! Stop breeding cows And I’d like to spend eternity, waking up in a tent and breathe the fresh warm air of the summer night was everything I ever needed to feel alright and way over yonder I hear wild thunder rolling in and it makes me a little bit nervous but also excited and when the rain comes crashing I just wanna get out there and a dance a dance a dance dance dance dance papappapapa Set the chickens free so they can get out there and dance paappapappaa set the cows free today, so they can get out there and dance papappapappapa set the test monkeys free so they can get out there and dance papappapa set yourself free today so you can get out there and dance pappapapa
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Man kan inte räkna dem alla sägner och sånt man hör det sägs att en stjärna ska falla var gång en människa dör En luffare är jag, vad mera? Jag kunde ju vara en präst Jag kunde ju vara en brukspatron en bonde eller en häst Lyhörd i nätternas kyla och vindarnas frusna musik Hundarna hörde jag yla som hundar yla för lik Dom pratar om mig i huset att jag varken ser eller hör men vinden den hör jag och suset i almen därutanför En fågel ser jag som irrar långt bortom hank och stör Jag sitter och stirrar och stirrar och ingenting kommer mig för Änkorna hörde jag skrika och barnen snyfta för bröd Stjärnorna kvitta det lika om någon är född eller död Jag har klättrat på önskningens stege jag har gått ett par fjät så jag vet att den stegen är hög som en himmel och allt är fåfänglighet Man kan inte räkna dem alla sägner och sånt man hör det sägs att en stjärna ska falla var gång en människa dör
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20 Red Bulls 02:21
CAPO 2 C G F C-G They don't care that we are friends They don't care about our basket ball games They don't care about your dreams or mine They don't care about Palestine They don't know how hard you worked these 4 years paying taxes, getting friends and built your life here they don't care that you will be gone now although you belong here now F G Am Am F G C As long as their protocols are being filled right and the decisions they make won't affect their own lives They're closing borders again now it's too expensive to save lives So you will be getting paid now for letting people die? I wish they could have seen your face reading that paper in your hallway and I wish I didn't have to But as long as their protocols are being filled right and the decisions they make won't affect their own lives You texted me 2 nights later "I'm on a bus and I hope I see you later, I've been drinking 20 red bulls to stay sharp in case there's a border control" I hope the stars shine bright wherever you are tonight The police can chase somebody else now but it's you I'll be thinking about But as long as their protocols are being filled right and the decisions they make won't affect their own lives
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C G Am F We are one with the universe when we dive into the pool we’re just dust from exploding stars but I put on my dancing shoes and head downtown to meet strangers to feel the dangers of the night I head downtown to meet strangers to feel the dangers of the night Warm vibes slow beats lure me down to the ocean and a bar full of cats I see you dancing in orange Hey I haven’t seen you here before But I danced to this song I can’t decide if it’s happy or sad But I feel like it belongs in those backstreets behind the ocean when the tourists are gone there’s a mountain full of thistles and it wakes up to this song it’s a crocodile song it’s a warning someone comes here every winter to write a book and go off grid the beach is empty around midnight we said not to go here but we did and we lay down watching stars rise in our kingdom, island time one day the crocodile is gonna wake up and that’s the end of you and I we are one with the universe when we dive into the pool we’re just dust from exploding stars but dust don’t talk like we do quiet warm night beats from a distant bar bet they have coffee in the morning and I will play my guitar
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D G D G D G D A? Since I jumped that wall to my school yard always felt life shouldn’t be so hard could have focused and learnt some karate to fight my bullies but instead I had to play smart Stage lights in my face now I’m shaking but always felt fear is cooler than faking should have focused and learnt some guitar techniques Instead I try to my hardest just to be me play the same chords we played in your house but I sing about how I’m missing you now sneaking into gardens to filch apples or tried to smoke nutmeg just to see what happens Sometimes I can’t come up with words for a song and I need an adventure for my brain to run I Take a walk with Alex in the hood and pretty soon we have some problems to run from G A D Bm G A ...D Sometimes life tears you down hard work eats you up you try to protect yourself with sleep and TV but you just end up unhappy You need a break, you need reality to shake Since I jumped that wall to my school yard I never cared for trying too hard Never bothered by work or hierarchy bosses or teachers or modern society Sometimes we take the car down the coast set up our tent by a lake or the woods the kids collect branches to build a big fire to scare off the gorgons make the dark a bit lighter and before we get to sleep in our sleeping bags we go hunting for hedgehogs with flashlights I will them this is what I did with my dad hope you get the same night feeling I had Cause ever since I jumped that wall to my school yard I’ve been feeling like a cave man in a too hard society I just wanna run from into the forest to the beat of my tribe drums Sometimes life tears you down hard work eats you up You hear the wild wolves howl from the mountain top it’s time for that stone age break, you need reality to shake Sometimes life tears you down hard work eats you up but they didn’t build this town for you they built it for the banks, pollution, profits, shopping centers and hip coffeeshops
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D G A D, A and so on Plagues may come Cars may crash Earthquakes are gonna shake our grounds but let's have dark times you and I Let’s have dark times I need to turn off the alarm in my head now Throw my phone into a hole and never get a new one go where police helicopters never gone before go where the wild rivers roar go where wild boars stares up to the sky for the comfort of stars see them shine in your eyes now the lights from your screen but I remember your thighs now in a hotel room in Greece playing cards on the balcony they don’t show your smile riding that red bike in the movies but they should the night the dog chased us down and it almost killed us we were shit scared in the dark we never returned those bikes right they didn’t have lights on the road from Zakinthos to Kalamaki but I got a feeling they have it now Fancy hotels where you can watch the world die from a safe distance but I don’t want no safe distance from the dangers Let’s have dark times I need rain and the thunder I need to get lost and I need to wonder about things I know nothing about There's so many things I know nothing about
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C F G C? One day my body will fail me and I'm gonna ride alone on the bus I'll have to ask strangers for what day it is I'm gonna get pissed just because You're screaming at me well I'm screaming at you I'm throwing this glass I see blood on the pavement You deserve to hold hands with Jesus And on the day that he comes down I'm gonna hold hands with Jesus My brain will be full of holes on that day I'm gonna trip in the escalator I'm gonna pee from a hose on that day The sun will set one last time that day on this changing climate I'm gonna be a pirate of God Gonna ride my horse into the valley Gonna set it all on fire all the clocks will ring and the book will bring an end to this Lovecraft novel we all live in on that beautiful day
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When you're being born don't be born poor or you will die poor too you will work hard all your life work until you die and everyone is gonna step all over you and you can't go anywhere 'cause it's too far and you can't drive there 'cause you don't have a car and you can't get a car 'cause you don't have a job and you can't get a job 'cause you don't have a car so the next time you're being born you should be born rich and everything in this world will make more sense
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20 red bulls C They don’t care that we are friends G7 they don’t care about our basketball games F they don’t care about your dreams or mine C G7 they don’t care about Palestine C They don’t know how hard you worked these 4 years G7 paying taxes, getting friends and built your life here F they don’t care that you will be gone now C G7 although you belong here now F G Am as long as their protocols are being filled right F G C and the decisions they make won’t affect our own lives they're satisfied They’re closing borders again now it’s too expensive to save lives so you will be getting paid now for letting people die? I wish they could have seen your face reading that paper in the hallway and I wish I didn’t have to but as long as the protocols are being filled right and the decisions they make won’t affect our own lives You texted me 2 nights later ”I’m on a bus but I hope to see you again I’ve been drinking 20 red bulls to stay sharp in case there’s a border control” I hope the stars shine bright wherever you are tonight the police can chase somebody else now but it’s you I’ll be thinking about but as long as the protocols are being filled right and the decisions they make won’t affect our own lives
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C Fm Good morning Iceland You look like Interstellar Your sun shone so bright at 5 in the morning I've never seen a sun shine like that And the wind whipped the rain on the ice and the snow in the black landscape at 5 in the morning I've never seen the wind whip like that As my bus rolled into Reykjavik Spent the night in a hot dog stand in Copenhagen Airport It wasn't very comfortable My plane seemed like a time machine all red up in the sky Hot springs burst into the air boiling water and smoke from the ground Ice and fire and that brimstone smell from the shower made you seem like hell But it's a hell that I liked But it's a hell that I liked Earthquake shake the ground down by the river where they used to drown witches Nothing's really growing here and you can't light a smoke because the moss can explode I see monsters in the night, I see men I see very far into the distance I ate marmalade and french toast at my hotel that morning Up the hill from the coast
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Am G F F I've been waiting my whole for this one night this one night on the dance floor I've been waiting my whole life for this one night sweeping the dance floor You used to dance like King Louis Served me drinks by the glass washer machine Soccer nights was good for your wallet Jazz nights for your dreams F G Catch a cab home in the morning if the tip was good F But I always walked for the tram G To save the little I got from the man Am G F F You had that cold look you stood by the bar smoking that thing distant, yet here, yet far You wanted them to struggle, didn't you? we talked about art G F and you said No one plays the jazz like Sidney Bechet No one plays the jazz like Sidney Bechet Am G F F I've been waiting my whole for this one night sweeping the dance floor I've been waiting my whole life for this one night this one night on the dance floor
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Neon lights 02:15
Now I’m just a little boy from the country side and I Feel just a little bit oh YO OH EY! When I go into town saturday night Go into town saturday night Cause I’m just wearing my old brother’s pair of boots and I Feel just a little bit oh YO OH EY! When the rain slips into my heel crack Water slips into my heel crack oooooh neon lights keep changing Neon lights keep changing But my heart keeps aching for someone Someone who moves their body too And I - I know that I’m not wearing the latest fashion but this town aint no fashion show this weekends giving me the chance to prove prove myself to you ooooh Cause I, I feel like it is time to stop being so shy and I Feel just a little bit oh YO OH EY! When the rain starts to squeeze out of my steps and my heart beating so fast in my chest Water drops are jumping everywhere, sweat is gonna drip from my hair Neon lights keep changing But my heart keeps aching for someone Someone who moves their body too
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D G D G D G D A? Since I jumped that wall to my school yard always felt life shouldn’t be so hard could have focused and learnt some karate to fight my bullies but instead I had to play smart Stage lights in my face now I’m shaking but always felt fear is cooler than faking should have focused and learnt some guitar techniques Instead I try to my hardest just to be me play the same chords we played in your house but I sing about how I’m missing you now sneaking into gardens to filch apples or tried to smoke nutmeg just to see what happens Sometimes I can’t come up with words for a song and I need an adventure for my brain to run I Take a walk with Alex in the hood and pretty soon we have some problems to run from G A D Bm G A ...D Sometimes life tears you down hard work eats you up you try to protect yourself with sleep and TV but you just end up unhappy You need a break, you need reality to shake Since I jumped that wall to my school yard I never cared for trying too hard Never bothered by work or hierarchy bosses or teachers or modern society Sometimes we take the car down the coast set up our tent by a lake or the woods the kids collect branches to build a big fire to scare off the gorgons make the dark a bit lighter and before we get to sleep in our sleeping bags we go hunting for hedgehogs with flashlights I will them this is what I did with my dad hope you get the same night feeling I had Cause ever since I jumped that wall to my school yard I’ve been feeling like a cave man in a too hard society I just wanna run from into the forest to the beat of my tribe drums Sometimes life tears you down hard work eats you up You hear the wild wolves howl from the mountain top it’s time for that stone age break, you need reality to shake Sometimes life tears you down hard work eats you up but they didn’t build this town for you they built it for the banks, pollution, profits, shopping centers and hip coffeeshops
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Froglands 01:05
G When the rain pours on our tent C In the wee wee midnight hours G but every whisper is meant D And the frogs have formed a choir G C D You jump in without a bathing suit G C D and you come up freezing cold And the flashlight battery's out but we make up silly stories we draw creatures in the sand and hope they can't be real but they're waiting somewhere out there for that hungry feeling Wildfires paint these skies the plague has reached the city the river roars loud like horses running free There's nothing but the footprints left when the bulldozers reach our field
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The spell 02:00
Dm Em Am F ????? Nah What's cooking in the forest? Smoke's rising from that little hut down by the riverside where we used to swim in the summers What's cooking in the forest? The fields where the horses used to run now they're all burned black from the fires Forest spirits wonder lost everyone who comes here will be possessed on way or another that's when I tape feathers to my chest This band of horses are gonna ride into the night gonna use them as a trampoline and head for the sky
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when the streets comes to an end it goes gravel when the sign says stop we don’t stop until the forest surrounds us with darkness google maps get no coverage out here because the sun has set and we’re all scared we’re all lost and we crack open our first beer we gather branches for the fire nobody will find us out here we gather courage in our hearts to swim the lake in the pitch blackness there’s a sign that said no trespassing but we read it from the wrong side naked and happy we are nobodys hippies tonight
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CAPO 6th C G Am F We are one with the universe when we dive into the pool we’re just dust from exploding stars but I put on my dancing shoes and head downtown to meet strangers to feel the dangers of the night I head downtown to meet strangers to feel the dangers of the night Warm vibes slow beats lure me down to the ocean and a bar full of cats that's where I see you dancing in orange and I say Hey I haven’t seen you here before But I danced to this song I can’t decide if it’s happy or sad But I feel like it belongs in those backstreets behind the harbor when all the tourists are gone and the stores are closed but theres a mountain full of thistles and it wakes up to this song it’s a crocodile song it’s a warning We should come here every winter maybe write a book and go off grid the beach is empty around midnight they said not to go here but we did and we lay down watching waves rise in our kingdom, island time one day the crocodile is gonna wake up and that’s the end of you and I we are one with the universe when we dive into the pool we’re just dust from exploding stars but dust don’t talk like we do quiet warm night beats from a distant bar bet they have coffee in the morning and I will play my guitar
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