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To the moon
04:01
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I travelled to the moon
just to get a view
just to get away
I never meant to stay
I wasn't giving up being human
I wasn't turning away from my true friends
I wasn't giving up on the loose ends
I wasn't being scared of this future
It was just a dent in my life
an attempt at a high five with myself
on the other side
I wasn't trying to proove that I'm better
than the ones remaining on the planet
I wasn't gonna stay there forever
knew it was a sure-fire dead-end
I'm coming down
crashing through the atmosphere
waiting to be reborn
waiting for a new beginning
yeah, this time it's different
it won't be another obsession
I wasn't giving up being human
I wasn't turning away from my true friends
I wasn't giving up on the loose ends
I wasn't being scared of this future
I'm coming down
crashing through the atmosphere
waiting to be reborn
waiting for a new beginning
yeah, this time it's different
it won't be another obsession
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2. |
Outside world
04:11
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Sure it might seem desperate
to come around here looking for
a little time in the company of a long lost friend
And while you were awaiting
better offers to come around
I was sitting at the end of the waiting hall
Making up scenes of a better life
on the other side this satellite
But guess I never noticed
how I did become this
cut off from the outside world
Guess I never bothered
what about the others
I was living in my own head
Sure it might seem better for us all
if I were to complete
what I once did begin
The devaluation of this land
elimination of risks
involved with being alive
But guess I never noticed
how I did become this
cut off from the outside world
Guess I never bothered
what about the others
I was living in my own head
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3. |
One thing
03:17
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One thing led me to another
that led me to a third one
that's how I ended up in here with you
And now I'm trying to
come up with the reasoning behind
the choices that I made to ensure
that I ended up in here with you
But oh-oh-oh-oh
how I like to think that was true
but I know that I just
stumbled on my life on my way back home one day
One time I thought that I had made it
I clung on with my teeth to the past
but I ended up in here with you
And now I'm trying to
come up with the reasoning behind
the choices that I made to ensure
that I ended up in here with you
But oh-oh-oh-oh
how I like to think that was true
but I know that I just
stumbled on my life on my way back home one day
And most of time
I would go along with anything
I don't mind though sometimes
I end up in a place where I didn't really wanna be
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4. |
Hold on
03:59
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Please be my friend when I'm down
when I feel the need to phone everyone
to get a receipt that I'm someone
not just a void beneath the sun
Will you stand above your fears this time?
Just let it pour right through you 'til it's done
just hold on
Been here before so many times
I recognize the shape of thoughts I'm in
so when I reach out for you to confirm
that I am lost won't you stand down
and hold on
Will you stand above your fears this time?
Just let it pour right through you 'til it's done
and hold on
just hold on
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5. |
All there to know
04:15
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So it's bottomless
now I realize
You have forced my hand
and opened up my eyes
to the bittersweet
sensation of
hanging upside down in space
And there was a time
when I thought that I
was the only thing really alive
And I held on to the lantern
as we steered towards the outer
limit of where man's ever been
and I never brought back souvenirs
I kept it all in memories
the picture still remains in my head
but we never reached the edge
And it's quite the thought
to really grasp it all
hanging upside down
staring into space far below
it's all there to know
yeah, it's all there to know
And there was a time
when I thought that I
was the only thing really alive
And I held on to the lantern
as we steered towards the outer
limit of where man's ever been
and I never brought back souvenirs
I kept it all in memories
the picture still remains in my head
but we never reached the edge
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6. |
Always remember
03:51
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Got burnt the last time
try a little more of the same
This search never ends
well there was never something to find
and I said that I don't really mind
It's not somebody's fault
this is just the way that I am
There's just never enough
there is always something more
Ahh - you said that you would never come back here
Ahh - you never really left it behind you
Ahh - you said that you would always remember
Ahh - you said that you would always remember
Ahh - you said that you would never come back here
Ahh - but you never really left it behind you
Ahh - you said that you would always remember
Ahh - you said that you would always remember
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7. |
Summertime
03:42
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Summertime,
is it all about the right distance to the sun?
Summertime,
the perfect conditions for life to be found
I tried to recreate every little circumstance
only to find
it only happens really one time
I said oh
after everything that I ever done
to perpetualize the warmth of the sun
to a steady twentyfive in the shade
Is there still no guarantees?
I'm down here on my knees
Summertime,
it's the stupid old wish to have everything stay the same
But everytime,
change comes around to break up your old plans
I tried to recreate every little circumstance
only to find
it only happens really one time
I said oh
after everything that I ever done
to perpetualize the warmth of the sun
to a steady twentyfive in the shade
Is there still no guarantees?
I'm down here on my knees
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8. |
Long ago
04:27
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There's noone there to choose for you
how to live your life for you
how to know what's right for you
and when to stay the night for you
There's noone there to choose for you
there to speak the truth for you
There's nothing more to proove for you
that you're alright with anything
you've taken on the world before
to show them that you're one of them
And though to like to think that you
were the one who went too far
you were just a minor part
you were the ripples on the water's edge
bouncing on the shore
You were the ripples on the water's edge
bouncing on the shore
it happened long ago
someone threw that stone
way before you were born
There's noone there to choose for you
there to speak the truth for you
there to loose this blues for you
you were the ripples on the water's edge
bouncing on the shore
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9. |
Happy birthday
04:43
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Baby, there's no real thing like a right time
to do the things that match your idea of
what it should be like to be living
And lately I've begun doubting these theories
mostly cause of my own experience
that though you unlock all achievements
you fail to find any real meaning
But oh, when I found my rainbow's end
and opened up the thing with my hands
do you think there could be something in there
to really make existing much better for us
cause I do find that hard to imagine
And maybe, there was always someone much better
at pretty much every endeavour
that you said really did matter
And everyone's climbing a ladder
reaching for some kind of medal
a nod from the rest of the mankind
But oh, when I found my rainbow's end
and opened up the thing with my hands
do you think there could be something in there
to really make existing much better for us
cause I do find that hard to imagine
So happy birthday
I know you make your best out of living
just beware of all of the pitfalls and dead-ends
just don't ever think that you're the odd one out
and that it wasn't meant for you
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Per Sahlström Sweden
Per Sahlström is a swedish songwriter and producer. He has a predilection for melancholic, yet catchy pop music with existential lyrics. The wide array of influences are partly the result of years spent travelling and living in countries such as Spain, England, Mexico etc. ... more
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