Lyrics
Attitude & Orbit Control
In The Middle Of This Riddle
Attitude & Orbit Control
We Would
I won’t look back
I’ll try to lose
With my head held high
Give it a try
To just let go
What do I know
Maybe we will meet again
Some other time
Another life
We could dress up like Bernie and Joe
And let nobody know, as
We would float through space, through time, the air
And we’d be there till end of time
I want to stop
I won’t fit in
The memories come
Where have I been
I want to fly
But don’t know how
We would dress up like Bernie and Joe
And let nobody know, as
We would float through space, through time
The air
And we’d be there till end of time
We’d sail like kites
Across the sky
The stars would guide us, be our light
I thought we would stay forever in this world
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström/(c) 2009 Music Box Publishing
All We Have Is Now
Lyrics & Music: Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd (The Flaming Lips)
EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia AB
Morning
I will leave you in the morning
To see the sun begin again
I will free the things I thought I had passed
To find a new beginning
I will cycle past the grassy fields
And feel the wind my body makes
I will leave you in the morning
Invent the day, I’m on my way
I will leave you in the morning
To see the sun begin again
I will free the things I thought I had passed
To find a new reality
While the darkness is lingering
Underfoot, the morning dew
And the sky is pink and misty blue
Waiting for my signal
A clock is ticking, water dripping from a tap
The house asleep
A comfortable loneliness
My mind is ready, ready listening
I’ve packed my things, prepared for I cannot stay
Must get away
Before the trap is shut
Before the grunts and the footsteps draw me in
Before the rituals begin
Before the questions pull me back
And shut me in
I will leave you in the morning
To see the sun begin again
I will free the things I thought I had passed
And find a new beginning
I will cycle past the grassy fields
And feel the wind my body makes
I will leave you in the morning
Invent the day, I’m on my way
I will leave you in the morning
To see the sun begin again
Lyrics: Jeanette Lindström & Robert Wyatt
Music: Jeanette Lindström/(c) 2009 Music Box Publishing
River
We went walking down by the river
Holding hands
The cold made me shiver
I could hear it flow
River did you know?
oh ooh ooh ooh
oh ooh ooh
We went walking along the water
Holding hands
I’d become a walker
Evening sky in gold
Stories yet untold
oh ooh ooh ooh
oh ooh ooh
Flying high, flying low
No regrets, let it flow
Lions bathing in red and violet
Your warm hand
Caressing
Like velvet
Like a stepping stone
No longer alone
Still the echoes
of our laughter
First before, and then
Ever after
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström/(c) 2009 Music Box Publishing
You Say
So, you say
You love me in every way
You say
Who would ever take their hand away from me
I really set you free, make you breathe
So you say
You say
I seem too good to be true
I say
I feel the same for you
So if I make you breathe
Come on and walk with me
You say
I’m beautiful, so beautiful
You never felt like this before
You opened up a door
You say:
“Pity the flower that will not bloom
Because of its fear to fall”
But you’re afraid
To let that flower bloom
But if I make you breathe
If I make you breathe
And if you make me breathe
Come on and walk with me
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström/(c) 2009 Music Box Publishing
Scenery
Our Dame is here, I’ve got it here
All that I ever wished for
But once again the time is wrong
Or I am wrong in time
One day maybe I will know
What happened once in this perfect show
Oh, here I have it all before me
I’ve got someone to adore me
Here’s the temple, here’s the river
Here’s the view that makes me shiver
In a scenery as perfect as can be
Something is wrong
I’m floating in the silence that corrects us.
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström/(c) 2009 Music Box Publishing
Blue Room Yellow Tree
I’m in a blue room
I’m wiping it with my broom
Preparing it for my groom
I just don’t know where he is right now
I’m wandering by the sea
I’m questioning the things I see
Falling down from a yellow tree
I’m not sure where I am
I don’t know where I’ll land
Questions keep on puzzling me
I’m getting dragged down from my tree
Although I want to be
Nestling in up there right now
Down on the grass now I can see
It was just due to gravity
I climb up again, up in the tree
It’s easier to see from here
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström/(c) 2009 Music Box Publishing
Lament
I miss you
these days
orphaned again
home is an empty space
a door with a sign
that carries my name
I miss you
these nights
lost my appetite
for time out and party life
I go through the motions
but nothing feels right
I miss you
for sure
this world holds no cure
for the loss of you
just strings of faces
and things I must do
Lyrics: Sidsel Endresen
Music: Jeanette Lindström/(c) 2009 Music Box Publishing
Spacewalk
Let’s go
I dare you
To take a
Spacewalk
Way up high
Looking down
We see
Humans
You and Me
I get up and walk across the floor
I get up, can’t lie here anymore
Let’s go
All the way
Let’s have a talk
Illuminated
Looking ‘round
We see
Feel free
You and Me
On the sidewalk, ‘cross the river
Past the fields
Come make me shiver
‘Cross the lakes, across the oceans
Trees and meadows, blue and yellow
Through the warm rains, through the winds
Where eagles hover
Past the old pains
Through the light, and through the darkness
Mirror free, past gravity
You and Me
We go for a spacewalk
Illuminated
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström 2009/(c) 2009 Music Box Publishing
In The Middle Of This Riddle
Always
The sun shone always
The trees were green
The roof hadn’t fallen down yet
I guess I didn’t see what was happening to me
Everyone was much happier
Well, at least they seemed
And grandpa lived where the roses beamed
I guess he didn’t see what was happening to him
I still see that picture, it’s a Midsummer’s Day
Time for throwing your troubles away
Why can’t I always be there?
The sun shone always
What a perfect scene
And we were together
I guess we didn’t see what was happening to us
You know it’s much easier
To appreciate the things you have
When they’re not physically with you no more
When there are just memories, there’s just you
Gathering your thoughts
And I still see that picture, it’s a Midsummer’s day
Time for throwing your troubles away
Why can’t I always be there?
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström (1994)/MANUS
From This Tower
From this tower
I can watch you
It’s much safer
Than the crowd
From this tower
I feel safe to
Run my engines
Grow my pride
I keep crawling along the river
Toward that settlement up high
Always waiting for the moment
Perfect moment to arrive
It’s a struggle, oh, I tell you
To be safe and always waiting
Waiting to be safe,
To be alive
From this tower
I can watch you
It’s much safer
Than the crowd
From this tower
I feel safe to
Build my sentence
Sail my cloud
Chose my words
And speak out loud
Think my mind Is open wide
Such a cosy Place to hide
Only option’s To abide
Always wait And not decide
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström/MANUS
The World
The world turns where I go
My world turns where I go
The world shows where to go
How could I know..
When you see
The falling in
The Rainbow Cloud
Was I too proud?
“How can it be?”
Now that I see
Of course it can’t
Not the way I want
Not my picture in
A frame of gold
All that I was told
Must change now
In a garden of dandelions
I was walking happily
On my feet
When did it occur?
When did they leave
The ground?
And did I think I found
It
Really found that thing
Missing?
The World turns…
I watch the frame
They look the same
Something familiar here
Too much
I have to go it seems
All that I fought for
To get out of
Although it’s all there
In my veins
Jump in, go back
It remains
I shook my head
I turned in my bed
I lay awake
I couldn’t wait
To see you
But these traces
Seemed to be there
Surprisingly
I came to be
Back
Where I came from
Although it’s new
All new
Put back the pieces
It all increases
I sail away
To where I was
And where I’ve never been before
To a distant shore
Round and round and round and round…..
The World turns…
I do not heed
I do not bleed
No more, not now
From that I went
To feel the scent
I’ll stay a while
I will not hide
I’ll set aside
Those shiny silver frames
There’s no mistake
I’ll be there
To welcome you home
I’ll dry your tears
I will be there To welcome you And that will be our Home
This wooden frame
Will welcome you, and
The picture that you’ll see
Is me
No thunder’s heard
The smoke is gone
The silence lets me be
Let’s sail away
Back to where we’ve never been before
Sail away
To a distant shore
The World turns…
Let’s sail away
Back to where we’ve never been before
You and I…
Let’s sail away
Back to where we’ve never been before…
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström/MANUS
You Could Rely On Me
It’s been a while
We’ve had our trials
Was it worth while the fall?
So here I am
Same place again
But different now the call
I wished so much
Longed for your touch
I wanted you to see
You could rely on me
Experience
They say you learn
And still I yearn for youth
To rest a while
In that infant smile
Before I learned the truth
Of many things
That life may bring
Of one thing I was sure
You could rely on me
Floating over the roof-tops of my little village
I just get a thrill each time I come here
I don’t know why,
It’s just something in the air
I feel that certain smell, and well,
It’s not just perfect
But I feel like I belong,
Somehow I feel at home
I feel at ease
Though I’m a stranger I am not
Just like this crazy spot
I just didn’t think
I would feel so alone
This time
So, here we are
On different isles
And who knows what will be
All I know is
I tried so hard
So hard to make you see
That even though
The door seemed closed
It was reality;
Wanted you to believe
How could I make you see
You could rely on me
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström (2003)/MANUS
End
So my friend here’s the end
Paper piles cleared
Package sent
Through the storm I wait alone
Always waiting
To come home
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström (2004)/MANUS
Leaf
Lightly close to me
I agree
We might have met before
One look apparently
Got to thee
Sad to be on my way
It’s too bad you can’t stay
Just to talk, take a walk
Down Robson
There’s no need for words
For I’ve heard
That tree’s precious song
Reaching out to feel
Something real
That he thought was gone
It’s too sad I’m on my way
It’s too bad I can’t stay
Just to talk, take a walk
Down Robson
I felt his gaze
I looked away
River’s suddenly astray
Was no train,
There was no track
So she turned
And looked right back
I can’t find a better way
To describe or to say
How I fought
Not to talk
Down there on Robson
Qietly close to me
I agree
We might have met before
One look apparently
Got to me
It’s so sad I’m on my way
It’s too bad I can’t stay
Just to talk, take a walk
Down Robson
Whirling in the wind
Fluttering
Joyous, free and bright
Gently whispering
Through the air
There’s no need to hide
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström (2003)/MANUS
Too
Too slowly, too gentle
It’s hard to defend her
Once open, once shut in,
I fear what you’ll bring in
Your words like a petal
I drown in your nectar
I long for the day when
I finally give in.
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström (2003)/MANUS
Going Up
I’m going up
I’m going high
Soon I will burst
I’m gonna fly
It’s here, it’s near
What if I drown
I hear it clear
It’s all around
When you are near
Come here, just look
See what I found
A million colours
Raining down
In the Middle Of this Riddle
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström/MANUS
Here
If you could turn around
See what I found
Move around
Those thoughts that are so familiar to you
If you could lead me there
Into your sphere
So I could see
What is me
In your mind
Then I wouldn’t have to spin around
As if I didn’t know you
Then you’d know I’m here
You’d know I care
You’d know I hear you
Long to be near you
I’m already here
If I could let you see
Reality
Inside of me
Those thoughts that are so familiar to me
If I could lead you there
Into my sphere
So you could see
What is me
In my mind
Then you wouldn’t have to spin around
As if you didn ‘t know me
Then you’d know I’m here
You’d know I care
You’d know I hear you
Long to be near you
I’m already here
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström/MANUS
When Things Get Real
Just this feeling, is all I need
Just your love, and now I’m freed
I’ve never seen such glorious days
I can’t believe it, I am amazed
But when things get real
I don’t know what to feel
Reality strikes such a hard deal
When things get real
When things get real
You’re the one I want you to be
I like the way I don’t feel like me
Don’t let the magic disappear
It’s not a trick, that much is clear
But when things get real
I know I can’t conceal
We’re only human, not made of steel
When things get real
When things get real
Just this feeling, I’m full of need
Just your love, and still I bleed
I’ve never felt this way before
Feels like I’m drowning and you’re the shore
When things get real
When things get real
Now I know your crazy beauty
You are you, and I am me
But you’re an unsolved mystery
Let me tell you, I’m not so sturdy
When things get real
When things get real
But when things get real
I want to make this appeal
Let’s make our love last, make our love last
When love gets real
When love gets real
Lyrics: Marshall Glover
Music: Jeanette Lindström/MANUS
Be There
I’ve seen that road before
But I just can’t ignore it
I got to go under, down below
I got to go deeper, hear it all
I got to get down there
Break the spell
Wish me well
Be there for me Ring of Silver
Whirl inside me Rook of Gold
I can hear the echoes calling
Tell me what I have been told
Be there for me
Breathe there for me
The ocean tells me more
It’s strange how I ignore it
I got to get over, fly above
See it in the clover and the dice
I got to get to that paradise
The wishing well
Be there for me Ring of Silver
Whirl inside me Rook of Gold
I can hear the sound of changes
Tell me what I have been told
Be there for me Ring of Silver
Whirl inside me Rook of Gold
I can hear the echoes calling
Tell me what I have been told
Lyrics & Music: Jeanette Lindström/MANUS