LYRICSA toast to my drumme's wife Burst out in flames Evermore Longing is the life you found Nothing will go wrong The dead to blame Alaska(Music & lyrics by Tom Levin)
As a boy I arrived to you But I left your mountains with young man’s view You taught me I was better than okay And with a broader mind I flew away
From my Alaska Back to Stockholm In my Alaska I had truly grown You really made me feel at home
Tore up my roots and replanted my soul You gave me back what my culture stole Now when I’m low and question my way I close my eyes and drift away
To my Alaska Far from Stockholm I dream of Alaska You set the tone You really make me feel at home You really make me feel at home You really make me feel at home
Away to my Alaska Far from Stockholm I dream of Alaska You set the tone Away to Alaska Far from Stockholm I dream of Alaska You set my tone A toast to my drummer's wife(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) A toast to my drummer’s wife, who knew you were right Unexpected blue jean girl on an autumn Sunday night You and me on new years, no longer blind In the light of your goodness, my shadows fell behind What a love, what a laugh, what a lively heart What a will, what a way, what beautiful start If the shadows come and you’re not here Will it be too much for me to bare Hollywood seduction, greener it seemed The distant light of you, louder than my silver-dream Waking up beside you, with arms full of spring The drum beat of your heart so deep, it makes me want to sing What a love, what a laugh, what a lively heart What a will, what a way, what beautiful start When the shadows come you will be here Now there’s nothing, no there’s nothing I can’t bare My dear, my dear, there’s nothing I can’t bare, my dear What a love, what a laugh, what a lively heart What a will, what a way, what beautiful start When the shadows come you will be here Now there’s nothing I can’t bare What a love, what a laugh, what a lively heart What a will, what a way, what beautiful start When the shadows come you will be here Now there’s nothing, no there’s nothing I can’t bare Bring you back home(Music by Tom Levin & Rikard Carlsson, Lyrics by Tom Levin) Everyone is asking me how you are Even Mrs. Andersson and the guys at the bar Then they’re telling me what I already know I shouldn’t have let you go
I passed your job at least twenty times last week Hoping that by accident I’ll meet you in the street The shrink I’m seeing might as well be speaking Greek Cause’ I know what’s wrong I was wrong
I’m gonna go and bring you back home I’m gonna go and bring you back home I’m gonna go and bring you back home Cause’ home is where you belong
Found one of your socks when I washed the other day I held it and I kissed it, couldn’t put it away So I hung it up by the faded mistletoe And thought I shouldn’t have let you go
Shoulder deep in love but my mind is afraid That just like the mistletoe our love will fade I guess I’ll always be afraid but now my mind is made I know what’s right You are right
I’m gonna go and bring you back home I’m gonna go and bring you back home I’m gonna go and bring you back home Cause’ home is where you belong Burst out in flames(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) I put my make up on, rehearsing every word I straighten my shirt and let out my hair Knees are shaking, my mouth is getting dry A breath of hope is in the air It’s taken all I have to get up on this stage My whole life for this night Can you hear my heart, time is standing still As I sing with all my might As I sing with all my might Say you love me, that they will love me Oh to hear them cry my name Say you love me and the crowd will love me And I will burst out in flames Burst out in flames As the janitor is sweeping up the floor On an empty stage I stand Among the broken bones, the sticks and the stones I sing out once again I sing out once again Say you love me, that they will love me Oh to hear them cry my name Say you love me and the crowd will love me And I will burst out in flames There’s fire in my veins Burst into flames Fire in my veins In my veins Say you love me, then they will love me Oh to hear them cry my name Say you love me and the crowd will love me And I will burst out in flames Say you love me, that they will love me Oh to hear them cry my name Say you love me and the crowd will love me Am I moth to the flame Catch you when you fall(Music by Tom Levin & Rikard Carlsson, Lyrics by Tom Levin)
I just want to tell everyone I’m so lucky, I have really won I’ve had my doubts but now I have none Since I met you my life has begun Now I have to tell every friend Stop looking for someone to recommend My single days have reached an end And I have met someone God sent
I want to wake you Care for and make you whole I will give you all I will respect you Hold and protect your soul And catch you when you fall In love
I just want to tell the world today Midwinter but it feels like May Now I know exactly where I belong Elton sang it but now this is “Your Song
I want to wake you Care for and make you whole I will give you all I will respect you Hold and protect your soul And catch you when you fall Edelweiss(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) Put my baggage on a one way ride 20 hours trapped in flight Need to get my feet back on the ground In the middle of a messed-up life I know this girl can make it right Need to get my feet back on the ground I need to get my feet back on the ground Back down I got Edelweiss, I’ve got a pair of dice And all the luck I need I got a diamond ring, Oh I can give her everything Everything she needs Can’t she see, that it’s me Touchdown in a foreign land Drenched in dust and sinking sand Need to clear my head before I drown Early morning in a hotel bed She says babe it’s in your head You need to get your feet back on the ground You need to get your feet back on the ground Back down You got Edelweiss, you’ve got a pair of dice And all the luck you need You got a diamond ring, but you can’t give me everything Not everything I need Can’t you see, It’s not me Just because you think the time’s not right Doesn’t mean that we are wrong You better think my offer through tonight Before I fly away I got Edelweiss, I’ve got a pair of dice And all the luck I need I got a diamond ring, Oh I can give her everything Everything she needs Can’t she see, that it’s me, can’t she see Evermore(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) I was shackled to this sign Poisoned blood running inside Then I faced it all Four tattoos upon my chest A second wind I was blessed An angel over me There is no other time There’s only now and evermore What the hell had I been waiting for Before, Oh Lord There’s only now and evermore Pack your bags to leave dry ground Say goodbye to settle-down Come race the night with me In these bones an urgency In your arms a remedy No storm can overcome There is no other time There’s only now and evermore What the hell had I been waiting fore Before, Oh Lord Come and race the night with me There’s only now and evermore This is the way it should be forever more Evermore
Father and son (Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin) He tours the country with his son And they will travel until it’s done To tell their story on the road A flag-draped coffin for a load
Won’t have to worry now that he’s gone One proud father one proud son Trees they bend and flowers bow Forever was never until now
He wrote “I’m not afraid to die” Outlived by parents for a lie Enduring freedom he was told One man’s blood, another man’s gold
Won’t have to worry now that he’s gone One proud father one proud son Trees they bend and flowers bow Forever was never until now
Every number has a face Someone’s love you can’t replace If we could feel the enemy’s pain Hear them cry their children’s names
Won’t have to worry now that he’s gone One proud father one proud son Trees they bend and flowers bow Forever was never until now For life tonight(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) I wear my longing well, but only time will tell If there’s another love story on my tongue The hint of skin on skin, desire in the wind I cry please, please, please happen to me Could she be the one for me Could she be the one who sees Could she be the one that stays for life tonight For life tonight My hopes they run ahead, breakfast with you in bed The two of us in Paris on a whim I try to read between the lines and buy myself more time Afraid that I might spell it out in vain Could you be the one for me Could you be the one who sees Could be my hymn, my home, my hope as I grow old Could you be my every day Keep my reds and blues away Could you be the one that stays for life tonight For life tonight For life tonight Could you be the one for me Could you be the one who sees Could be my hymn, my home, my hope as I grow old Could you be my every day Keep my reds and blues away Could you be the one that stays for life tonight For life tonight For M.L.King (Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) The man with a dream said we’re all the same He was on fire, he was on fire Jesus’ blood was in his veins Living and dying, his people were crying Some called him a liar others called him King Fighting the world was the hardest thing
They heard him coming and they called him brave They said he’s pushing his luck into a future grave He faced their judgment and he forgave He kept on pushing his love into a future grave
When I see the footage from the hurricane Water’s been flowing, hatred’s been growing When the children ask me I cannot explain Why they’re still crying, why bullets are flying I don’t want to believe that he dreamt in vain Still I just stand here with a growing shame
Where are the fighters, the free and the brave They keep on pushing their luck into a future grave What will it take to change the way we behave We keep on pushing our luck into a future grave Gabriel’s gone missing(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) In the time of my blackest night On the night of my darkest hour In the hour of my deepest doubt In the doubt of my weakest power When the devil holds my ear And Gabriel’s gone missing You’ll be there and quietly You’ll say to me That you love me That you love me On the dark night of the soul Even angels flee the wrath of men And no god comes knocking at my door Nor heeds the mourning of all my sins When the devil holds my ear And Gabriel’s gone missing You’ll be there and quietly You’ll say to me That you love me That you love me Oh sunrise come and light up this hell Give the moon a chance to hide itself When the devil holds my ear And Gabriel’s gone missing You’ll be there and quietly You’ll say to me That you love me That you love me … Hibernation(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) At the end of September Your taillights in the night I sleep alone in a bed made for two Yet another minute without light Today you called from Barcelona You said that you were fine As the ice takes an inch of the sea Memories of you consume my mind Oh hibernation Eating me from within Oh hibernation Restless in my skin I join the sleepwalking masses Days all draped in grey Eyelids heavy and my skin turning pale There’s nothing left for me to do but wait As we’re melting into April You say you’re on your way Faces pointing to the sun once again Now so many hours in a day Oh hibernation Eating me from within Oh hibernation Restless in my skin In the darkest of the darkness This light for you has burned So like the Lilly of the valley With the colors you’ll return Oh hibernation … I just sing at the ceremony(Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin) Never me, never you Sometimes I feel left behind What to say, what to do Shyness does mess with my mind What if I never will find you Statistically, pathetic me, is overdue I feel, I feel so alone now; I want kids and a family, too Second-hand, one night stand It’s overrated you know Don’t envy me I envy you Even your dog and Volvo What if I never will know you Statistically, I’ll never be, be with you I feel, I feel so alone now; I want kids and a family, I am, I’m on my own now, I just sing at the ceremony Never me never you Don’t envy me I envy you I wish I’d found what you’ve found Never me never you Don’t envy me I envy you I’m on a constant rebound I’m at the wrong playground going down, how I wish, you were around I feel, I feel so alone now; I want kids and a family, I am, I’m on my own now, I just sing at the ceremony Never me never you Don’t envy me I envy you Never me never you Don’t envy me I envy you Never me never you Don’t envy me I envy you I miss her missing me(Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin)
I miss wondering what she meant Her crazy thoughts and her arguments I miss laughing at her jokes I miss hating that she smokes I miss her missing me I miss her reality I miss her red boots in my hall I miss her feet although they’re cold I miss her glasses and her braids Her clogs, her hats and her ugly shades I miss her missing me I miss her reality
It’s been one year, one long fall Now I even miss the things I can’t recall I miss it all
I miss her family and her friends And the way her stories never end I miss the good times and the bad I miss the kids we never had I miss her missing me I miss her reality
It’s been one year, one long fall Now I even miss the things I can’t recall Now I even miss the things I can’t recall I miss it all I'm your son(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) They say the apple don’t fall far from the tree I tried to fight it now I’m seeing you in me I’m not the businessman you wanted me to be But I’m also not a drunkard nor a liar or a thief All my life I’ve tried to honor your good name Painted my picture, tried to put it in your frame Now I see because your blood is in my veins You might not understand me but you’ll love me just the same Don’t you worry, what I become Don’t you worry, when day is done You can tell them I’m your son There were times I wished that you were more like me Artist or musician, someone writing poetry But through our differences I have come to see If you had been another you, I would not be me Don’t you worry, what I become Don’t you worry, when day is done You can tell them I’m your son What I wouldn’t do for more time Time to know you as you are I know we still have some distance to travel But it can’t be that far Don’t you worry, what I become Don’t you worry, when day is done Don’t you worry, what I become Don’t you worry, when day is done You can tell them I’m your son I nod my head (Music by Tom Levin & Carl Ekerstam. Lyrics by Tom Levin)
Narrower angle on a wider screen A current wave on a flooded mainstream I cant’ make headlines or tales of the game A media freeway with only one lane
Complicated truth is simply too hard to bear Consciously I am unaware
Not what I want but what I like Colored opinions in black and white In the telling nothing is said I whisper no as I nod my head
There was a time when the truth was in bold Now lower case commandments fit in the mold Pulling of ratings are pushing the sales And we will pay the price for believing tall tales
Complicated truth is simply too hard to bear Asking myself do I really care
Not what I want but what I like Colored opinions in black and white In the telling nothing is said I whisper no as I nod my head
Take a fact let it spin Any loser could win And the doctors will make us believe it Take a lie make it grow They know no one will know That the lie is a truth when we receive it
Not what I want but what I like Colored opinions in black and white In the telling nothing is said I whisper no as I’m nodding my head Not what I want but what I like Colored opinions in black and white In the telling nothing is said I whisper no as I nod my head I thank you(Music by Tom Levin, Rikard Carlsson and Kasper Lindgren. Lyrics by Tom Levin)
Misdirected love, or when misunderstood Intentions have always been good We still have our fights, but always willing to turn Crossing bridges that burn
I thank you My roots, my tree My comfort My security I thank you My blood, my kin My history My everything For being human
I’ve taken for granted that you’ve always been there But the insight has left me here I am by myself, yet I’m never alone Now the fear of loss has grown
I thank you My roots, my tree My comfort My security I thank you My blood, my kin My history My everything For being human Just(Music by Tom Levin & Rikard Gustavsson, Lyrics by Tom Levin)
I feel constrained to always achieve If I don’t get things done I won’t receive Love from myself A devil on my shoulder says I must be strong The angel on the other side is cheering on So help me out
Just want you to help me review my self-critique Just smile and say that it’s quite okay to be weak
I have this need to be liked by everyone I lose myself and forget to have fun So take care of me I’d like to sleep in and waste a day away Let it be Sunday on a Thursday Say it’s all right
Just want you to help me subdue my self-critique Just smile and say that it’s quite okay
Just want you to help me review my self-critique Just smile and say that it’s quite okay That it’s quite okay That it’s quite okay Let go of gravity (Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) My shiny boots join the suits On a weary train No one smiles, everyone sighs All day long the phone has rung Almost constantly I can’t wait to get home
To where my shallows turn to deep And my laughter tears when I weep Where my shoreline meets your sea And we let go of gravity
There is a list, something I missed Still I can’t recall All my dos come undone Take my cares and strip me bar Of another day Take this hand and take me home
To where my shallows turn to deep And my laughter tears when I weep Where my shoreline meets your sea And we let go of gravity Letting go we’re holding on(Music by Tom Levin, Kasper Lindgren & Rampac. Lyrics by Tom Levin) Break into a blossom, find a place where a thought may grow I can be myself with you and that is all I need to know My strengths and my weaknesses, with an open heart you embrace it all With you I feel so safe and together we can lose control We’re coming home, we belong Letting go we’re holding on You got me thinking of the future, you have made me shed my skin And one day has to reach the end for the next one to begin We’re coming home, we belong Letting go we’re holding on I’m no longer afraid Looking back on all the changes we’ve made Moving out we begin, moving in We’re coming home, we belong Letting go we’re holding on Longing is the life you found(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) All the seasons into one Every night you come undone Can’t even rest in your dreams You’ve been offered more or less But what you want is something else A promised love, a promised land The stories that you tell Belong to people that you’ve known You got no stories of your own Long, long is the road around Long, longing is the life you found Out of reach of solid ground Unblown candles on the cake And the bed you left unmade Even gone in my dreams All I keep is your farewell And a book of broken spells Can’t bring you here, can’t bring you home There’s a saga to be told Unmade memories you will find Down that winding road you left behind Long, long is the road around Long, longing is the life you found Out of reach of solid ground There’s a saga to be told Unmade memories you will find Down that winding road Long, long is the road around Long, longing is the life you found Lone, lonely is the church bell sound Long, longing is the life you found Out of reach of solid ground Lunch week 53(Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin)
Information is a parasite Feeling worn out and the future looks tight Conversation is petty and polite I run in a tunnel away from the insight I try not to contemplate Life has to wait
I don’t have time you see But let us do lunch week 53 Shallow courtesy
Desperation is something I hide Expectation keeps it inside I try not to contemplate Life has to wait
I don’t have time you see But let us do lunch week 53 Shallow courtesy
I try not to contemplate Life has to wait
I don’t have time you see But let us do lunch week 53 Insincerity I don’t have time at all But hear is my card so give me a call All my words seem small All my words seem small Nine-minute one-way drive (Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin) Half way to infinity I saw fragility From above It’s beautiful
In the state of forget-me-not I forget what I forgot Breathing in Is like medicine I’m just passing through
There’s a point of no return I point it out then let it burn The layer that is keeping me alive Is just a nine-minute one-way drive
Don’t mind the warmer air On the whole we just don’t care We carry on In spite of the wrong Talk about a tendency It will take a catastrophe The weather is strange But we won’t change We’re just passing through
There’s a point of no return We point it out then let it burn The layer that is keeping us alive Is just a nine-minute one-way drive Nothing will go wrong(Music by Tom Levin & Pecka Hammarstedt. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) They found her body yesterday In an empty parking lot On TV, painted wrestler Are giving it all they got A killer’s on the loose out there On the streets we use to run There’s anger in the crowd tonight They’re having so much fun Danger floods the air and there are fires in the east. So tell me salvation won’t be long And tell me that nothing will, nothing will Nothing will go wrong Helicopters flying low Neighbor’s dogs they moan When the door bell rings we whisper And pretend that we’re not home Morning brings the postman The streets are washed with rain The grass seems a brighter shade of green As the sun comes up again Fragile hope is rising from ashes in the east So tell me salvation won’t be long And tell me that nothing will, nothing will Nothing will go wrong Tell me salvation won’t be long And tell me that nothing will Tell me salvation won’t be long And tell me that nothing will, nothing will And tell me salvation won’t be long And tell me that nothing will, nothing will, nothing will Nothing will go wrong Older(Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin) Dreamt of being CEO Like father like son but I let go Aging set me free
Now I dare to call their bluff Finally I charge enough Aging is my remedy
I’m older and thankful I’m older it’s not too late To get older that’s what I want Getting older, I can’t wait
It never goes like I plan But I know how lucky I am Aging is my therapy
I’m a coward growing brave And one day I’ll call Letterman Dave Aging is opportunity
I’m older and thankful I’m older it’s not too late To get older that’s what I want Getting older, I can’t wait Perfect if we had lied(Music by Tom Levin & Kasper Lindgren. Lyrics by Tom Levin)
Oh beautiful shell We are caught on a carousel A drawn-out farewell We were comfortably blind No more than fine
It would have been perfect if we had lied It would have been perfect if we had denied That there was a conflict deep inside It would have been perfect Perfect if we had lied
Oh wonderful try We still can’t grasp goodbye And that forever’s a lie I believed in evergreen Almost wish I hadn’t seen
It would have been perfect if we had lied It would have been perfect if we had denied That there was a conflict deep inside It would have been perfect Perfect if we had lied Please disturb me(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth)
I don’t call to say I’m late See the dishes they can wait I don’t have to plan I don’t deal with suspicion Don’t need to ask for permission I can travel light It is life without compromising And no certainties
Oh I, get by But I’m ready I’ve got a vacancy So please disturb me
Stay on my phone for hours Use my toothbrush, kill my flowers Never leave me alone Play my records until daybreak Fill my drawers, give me heartache Wreck this solitude Make me late every morning Keep me up all night
Oh I, get by But I’m ready I’ve got a vacancy So please disturb me Save me now(Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin)
You can’t talk and you can’t see The club is full yet empty So we chat my drink and me And agree I need more whisky Closing time you open up Mutual desperation Way too late but I can’t stop When offered sweet salvation
Save me, save me Save me now, save me somehow Save me now from these beautiful and shallow friends
You’d think by now I’d be immune But I still crave what you got Now I’m waking up in the afternoon With a bittersweet forget-me-not
Save me, save me Save me now, save me somehow Save me now from these beautiful and shallow friends They are, they are so beautiful Sink your teeth in the day(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) Driving down Main street I know it so well I could drive it in my sleep A new sun’s rising A shiver of life Comes over Pioneer Peak Out of the blue dawn An eagle alights When I pass him our eyes meet It’s beauty looking back at me Take a moment and feel the wonder Take a moment and sink your teeth in the day In a heartbeat it could all go under In a heartbeat it could all be taken away So don’t wait, sink your teeth in the day We welcome the weekend When we can leave The nine to five behind Walking through the woodland We take a new trail Awake to all that we might find Stumbling on a canyon We yell our names And hear them echo endlessly Oh, beauty’s yelling back at me Take a moment and feel the wonder Take a moment and sink your teeth in the day In a heartbeat it could all go under In a heartbeat it could all be taken away So don’t wait, sink your teeth in the day Take a moment and feel the wonder … Stars just might (Music by Tom Levin & Rikard Carlsson. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Lou Cowell)
Please forgive me for being lonely, she said But your voice can’t hold my hand And whatever I ask of you alone You just sing for them instead I held the phone a little closer
I know I am consumed, but you’re in every word they hear I am getting closer, I just need another year We can make it right, if we talk it through Long nights brought to light The world cannot revolve around you But the stars just might
To you I am always tomorrow And you’re my every yesterday What can I say, but hear I am I will be your family man
I know I am consumed, but you’re in every word they hear I am getting closer, I just need another year We can make it right, if we talk it through Long nights brought to light The world cannot revolve around you But the stars just might
I know I am consumed, but you’re in every word they hear I will give you forever if you’ll give me another year We can make it right, if we talk it through Long nights brought to light The world cannot revolve around us But the stars just might Stars just might Sweet horizon(Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin) When you’re always right, it’s hard to be wrong, ask me I know With a jaded eye, I’m living a lie, it’s true Stupid and stubborn, one day I will learn, when to let go Of my narrow mind, then I will find, that I’m shallow Sweet horizon, Sweet horizon You’re open, you show what’s behind, You broaden my mind Prejudiced and cynical, my opinions are clinical, my world is small I am inclined, I lean on my kind, not to fall Easy to deceive, what I read I believe, It’s sad but true But I try to let go, of assumptions that I know, are wrong Sweet horizon, Sweet horizon You’re open, you show what’s behind, You broaden my mind Sweet horizon, Sweet horizon I live when, I like when, I love when, you’re changing my kind You broaden the mind
My sweet horizon You broaden my mind My sweet horizon … The dead to blame (Music by Tom Levin & Rikard Carlsson. Lyrics by Tom Levin)
I turn my back on the waving flag Keep on driving I put my bad conscience in a bag But its’ leaking
Opposites in my nature Contradicting all the signs I worry about the future But I make no sacrifice
Oh my children They’ll carry all this shame All our children They’ll only have the dead to blame
I see the rash but I feel no pain Never better With my hope I wash the stain Not to worry
Shortsighted in the long run Almost blinded by the feast Our civilized behavior It cannot tame the beast
Oh my children They’ll carry all this shame All our children They’ll only have the dead to blame The greatest day(Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin)
I was cynical and negative So much time I threw away But then my grandma told me by which rule to live She told me how to control what I perceive She said open your eyes and believe
This will be the greatest day Makes it easier to wake up It might be an old cliché But it helps me when I’m stuck My luck Is made by me Simple grandma philosophy
When you’re weary and feel consumed by stress And Murphy’s Law is hard to break You just think of what my grandma says She tells you all you have to do is to believe She says open your eyes and perceive
This will be the greatest day Makes it easier to wake up It might be an old cliché But it helps you when you’re stuck This will be the greatest day Makes it easier to get up Your luck Is made by you
This will be the greatest day Makes it easier to wake up It might be an old cliché But it helps you when life sucks This will be the greatest day Makes it easier to get up It might be an old cliché But it helps me when I’m stuck My luck is made by me Your luck is made by you My luck is made by me The judge(Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin) You tell me I can do much better You tell me no one sings along You tell me the compliments only flatter You dwell on the only thing that’s wrong And I receive my conviction I try but I can’t satisfy Cause’ I’m a prisoner of perfection And I’m charged with all that I lack By the judge on my back You turn my open mind into narrow You burn my temple when I rejoice I’ve learned to ignore Cupid’s arrow I’ve learned to question my own voice And I receive my conviction I try but I can’t satisfy Cause’ I’m a prisoner of perfection And I’m charged with all that I lack By the judge on my back The judge on my back The man who cannot love(Music by Tom Levin & Rikard Carlsson, Lyrics by Tom Levin)
He met an angel still he’s cold The fear of rejection weaves a blindfold His will is strong but his heart is frail Love is like air that he can’t exhale Is he the man who cannot love Is he the man who will stay cold
Oh God, oh God, have mercy on his soul
He met a princess but he’s no prince Aching for answers ever since What if love is his Achilles’ heel He’s terrified that he will never feel Is he the man who cannot love Is he the man who will stay cold
Oh God, oh God, have mercy on his soul
He has so much he wants to give But he dares not to take the initiative He gets a chance just to find That his heart is like a prisoner of his mind Is he the man who cannot love Is he the man who will stay cold
Oh God, oh God, have mercy on his soul… Throw in a t-shirt(Music & Lyrics by Tom Levin)
Don’t believe in what you read and see Public relations reality Quality and thoroughness Cost too much for the TV and press Speed and quantity substitute For the news that is absolute What can PR do to you What you receive, well is it true?
What is going on? Who is right who’s wrong? Will we ever know? Oh, no, I don’t think so
Reality is worse than “Wag the Dog,” You elected a demagogue He’s got the power to buy the news He’ll do anything to find an excuse What makes you think it’s the truth you get When all you need is a movie set? Soldiers don’t know what they’re fighting for Throw in a t-shirt and they’ll fight some more
What is going on? Who is right who’s wrong? To confuse or accuse Propaganda news Will we ever know? Oh, no, I don’t think so Tooth and claw(Music by Tom Levin. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) Anna calls the doctor for the second time today Her hand on my shoulder says that it will be okay Even though the odds are good that things will turn around It’s hard to hear their words when things are upside down I know that crevices they start with a hairline crack And people can start as whole but fall apart real fast Still I take comfort in what we have learnt by heart That a dormant seed will grow to cover up the scars Tooth and claw we’re fighting to mend And day by day the bleeding ends Knowing that we’re going now to get through thick and thin Getting stronger in our longing for the life we will begin, we begin Beneath the frozen ground asleep and out of sight There awaits a beauty only known to others eyes But I’m sure that we will know the secret in good time And awake to great our child with arms open wide Tooth and claw we’re fighting to mend And day by day the bleeding ends Knowing that we’re going now to get through thick and thin Getting stronger in our longing for the life we will begin, we begin Bedtime stories and lullabies Hush now baby don’t you cry Bedtime stories and lullabies Tooth and claw we’re fighting to mend And day by day the bleeding ends Knowing that we’re going now to get through thick and thin Getting stronger in our longing for the life we will begin We begin, we begin, we begin and we will mend, we begin Unfair in my favor(Music by Tom Levin & Rikard Carlsson. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Lou Cowell) I’m power-showered unlike those who’ve been rinsed for coming clean
I weather weather like the storm in my teacup While under another sun milk sours, spilt tears won’t dry up
It’s pretty clear that life is unfair But how can I complain when I’m well aware That most of the time it’s unfair in my favor In my favor
Pounding the wheel as the traffic steals my valuable time While others walk a thousand miles leaving change behind
Nine to five PC eyes, my shirt and tie don’t suit Where on the other side a child bares just the naked truth
It’s pretty clear that life is unfair But how can I complain when I’m well aware That most of the time it’s unfair in my favor It’s pretty clear that life is unfair But how can I complain when I’m well aware That most of the time it’s unfair in my favor Life is unfair in my favor We know we can dance(Music by Tom Levin, Pecka Hammarstedt & Carl Ekerstam. Lyrics by Tom Levin & Cole Ruth) On a rolling count across the floor Synchronized they rise and fall Tracing lines they know by heart Living in the rhythm ‘til the curtain call Oh they know what it feels like When every move is making sense Oh they know when it feels right And yeah they know they can dance Through a ballroom without walls We improvise our own routine The everyday put to music Living in the rhythm of our dreams Oh we know what it feels like When every move is making sense Oh we know when it feels right And yeah we know we can dance Oh we know what it feels like When every move is making sense Oh we know when it feels right And yeah we know we can dance Oh we know what it feels like When every move is making sense Oh we know when it feels right And yeah we know we can dance Yeah we know we can dance Yeah we know we can dance Why this sorrow(Music and Lyrics by Tom Levin)
I tend to think too much but why this sorrow I almost wish that I was blind and shallow What went wrong I am imploding I’m a black hole sun I’m just not good enough, there’s nothing to be done There’s always someone, am I the one What went wrong Analyze the way it’s real Analyze the way I really feel My good will Tends to kill What I feel
I love you all it’s (just) myself that I hate Wish that I could set things straight What went wrong Analyze the way it’s real Analyze the way I really feel My good will Tends to kill What I feel There’s something missing and that’s what I seek I have this strength and it’s making me weak Whish you knew the tongue I speak What went wrong Analyze the way it’s real Analyze the way I really feel My good will Tends to kill What I feel Wide awake (January 28th 2007)(Music & Lyrics: Tom Levin) You were singing opera down in the subway Ave Maria with all your might I couldn’t help but wonder just where you came from Do you sing your children to sleep at night Billions of realities Life is never what it seems Can we learn, from the restful trees Wide awake or at peace in a dream You worked in the basement where the cat was purring Told me about the army north of Berlin I read all the e-mails you sent from Gaza All about the conflict no one can win Billions of realities Life is never what it seems Can we learn, from the restful trees Wide awake or at peace in a dream Photos of you dying when you faked your ending Wonder what you thought of in 73 When a night in jail is just not an option Call 1-800 innocent and they’ll set you free You don’t need your god(Music by Tom Levin, Rikard Carlsson & Dimitri Keiski; Lyrics by Tom Levin)
Sanctioned by religion, God has been hijacked And in the name of goodness wrong-believers are attacked How can words of love trigger this behavior Compulsive praying will never change a thing We need to make a difference that only action can bring You just waist your time, waiting for a savior Just do unto others what you want them to do to you Open up your heart and you’ll get a better view
You don’t need your God above To live in the name of love Fundamentally It’s up to you and me And not religion
God, Allah or Shiva, they’re the one and the same No one has been chosen and there’s no devil you can blame So try to understand your neighbor Total explanations choke your common sense It is time to wake up if you take offense
You don’t need your God above To live in the name of love Fundamentally, it’s up to you and me And not religion You don’t need your God to be Generous and kind In your heart you’ll find All that you need for salvation
You don’t need your God above To live in the name of love Fundamentally It’s up to you and me And not religion You don’t need your God to be Generous and kind In your heart you’ll find True compassion |
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