L E N A S WA N B E R G

I am a star far from daylightI am on fire in the black nightYou see me whenever you feel romanticWant me to glow but if you look real close You’ll find I’ve burned out long agoTravelling light is all I’ve got to show

If you could help me downIf you could ease my fallAnd when I take the ground I’ll run to see What happened to the light that I lostThat moment you leftI am stuck in the sky among some cold dead stonesReady to fall

It’s still the same old moonIt’s still the same old skyIf you don’t save me soon I’ll fade And you won’t see me in the night

Across late there comes a time that no one knows And no one counts the stars you’ve reached by nowAnd who knows if you hear this song

Across late our journeys turned to memories The difference between what is now and what was thenIs I no longer hear you sing along

LENA SWANBERG VOCAL, MUSIC BOX, VIOLABRITTA SWANBERG VIOLINJOAKIM SIMONSSON GRAND PIANOPAULO MACHADO ACCORDIONMARTIN ÖSTHOLM BASSGUSTAV NAHLIN DRUMS

You told me onceYou told me twiceBut I don’t listen to anyone’s adviceIt’s like you said thoughYou never knowWho’s to stay and who’s got to go

But I don’t feel like wasting all my precious youthAnd I prefer exciting lies to boring truthI wish that some day I could prove that you’re all wrongBut deep inside I know that I am really not that strongAt last will never last for longDream on

Zero hour nine a.m.Why can’t you send someone to see the state I’m inMake up your mindHurry slowThen spend the rest of your love on someone you’ll never know

But I don’t feel like wasting all my precious youthAnd I prefer exciting lies to boring truthI wish that some day I could prove that you’re all wrongBut deep inside I know that I am really not that strongAt last will never last for longDream on

LENA SWANBERG VOCALJOEL SAHLIN ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SLIDE GUITAR ELECTRIC BASSJOAKIM SIMONSSON UPRIGHT PIANO, HAMMOND B3GUSTAV NAHLIN DRUMSJONAS LIDHOLM TRIANGLE

LENA SWANBERG VOCAL, VIOLIN, VIOLA JOAKIM SIMONSSON KEYBOARD, GRAND PIANORICHARD KRANTZ PEDAL STEEL GUITAR MARTIN ÖSTHOLM BASS GUSTAV NAHLIN DRUMS

featuring Christian Kjellvander

Lover will wait for a callHoping through yet one more fallShadows have danced on her wallHaunting her moves to stand tall

Lover will wait for a signHolding her breath down the lineCoping with lonely is fineBut love without love cannot shine

Slipping when the days grow darkShe wants to sleepCloses her eyesShe never cries

If she could leave then she’d be freeSearching the code finding the keyHolding the pieces of her dreams in her handsLetting goLetting go of the old lover girl

LENA SWANBERG VOCALCHRISTIAN KJELLVANDER VOCAL, WHISTLINGJOAKIM SIMONSSON MELODICA, PUMP ORGANMARTIN HEDEROS WURLITZERMARTIN ÖSTHOLM BASSGUSTAV NAHLIN DRUMS

Sit out all the storms and the false cluesSit out every single lieWait for every new day comingTo bring us closer to goodbye

And it is coming but I’m staying Guess you are leavingGuess we’re grown up now

‘Cause it is coming still I’m stayingGuess you’ll be leavingGuess we’re grown up now

We are winning but we’re loosingGuess we’ll be leavingGuess we’re grown up now

I don’t want it to happenI don’t want it to change‘Cause when I finally rememberEvery word has lost its’ truthAnd there goes my youth

Found again and lost againDrifting from reality to fantasyHear a call from humanityMoving on makes you strong And life is always shifting in its’ harmoniesStill I can love you even if you’ll never knowIt doesn’t matter if it’s dream or reality

But I don’t want it to happen and I don’t want it to change

I don’t want it to happen and I don’t want it to change

Snow melting awaySky bursting with clouds Just one of those days in a sad smokey caféAfternoon business makes people go mad

Call you on the phone To talk while I’m on my way homeThere’s so much I never sayLike how I want you to stayJust for a while ‘til the winter is over

I’ve been keeping you safe in my heartI’ve been holding on to you though we’re apartMissing out on some thingsLove has gone astrayBut I can’t let you go

Baby Baby I will take the train down to you next weekendI’ve learned now it’s worth the time to carry on and mend our hearts brokenWords they don’t spell out what they used to mean

When I was just a kidI was playing along in the Maryland countryside Now I’m growing away To the sound of a lover’s tune that made me run and hideBut your love is melting away with the snow

I’ve been keeping you safe in my heartI’ve been holding on to you though we’re apartI’ve been missing out on some thingsMy love has gone astrayBut I can’t let you go

LENA SWANBERG VOCALJOAKIM SIMONSSON PUMP ORGANRICHARD KRANTZ LAP STEEL GUITARMARTIN ÖSTHOLM BASS

I don’t want it to happenI don’t want it to change‘Cause when I finally rememberEvery word has lost its’ truthAnd there goes my youth

LENA SWANBERG VOCAL, GUITAR, SYNTH BASS JOHAN ZACHRISSON DOBRO GÖRAN PETERSSON GUITAR ELIN LARSSON SAXOPHONE LINA LANGENDORF SAXOPHONE

Somewhere in between I took a step towards realityBut when you leave a lie You only look for people’s common sense Now that I have tried them all I guess I’ll try just one more role

So I’m heading on for wisdom And baby I’ve got one role for youPlay the part of your stupid heartJust one role for you’Cause you and I can never get a second start

Somewhere in between When I took a step towards insanityBut if you ask me why I only look for people’s common senseNothing that I tried at all could make me try just one more role

So I headed on for wisdom babyI got one role for youPlay the part of your stupid heartThere’s just one role for you

’Cause you and I will never get a second start

You and I will never get a second startYou and I will never get a second startYou and I will never get a second start

LENA SWANBERG VOCAL, VIOLAJOAKIM SIMONSSON GRAND PIANO, KEYBOARDSRICHARD KRANTZ LAP STEEL GUITARMARTIN ÖSTHOLM BASSGUSTAV NAHLIN DRUMS, SNUFFBOX ELIN LARSSON SAXOPHONELINA LANGENDORF SAXOPHONE

Sweeping off the leaves from the street where I liveAnd all of them crows tell me not to forgiveSix in the morning now the devil is outConsuming worries and sorting his eyes

Circle over fields and stables like he fear to save usSailing on some one’s star-warred eyes

He said listen to the waterListen to the soundIt’s there to guide youListen to the waterListen to the soundIt’s there to guide you

Sweeping off the leaves from the street where I liveLove growing old has a lot to forgiveSix years of devils and this morning he’s out‘Cause human worries are staring his eyes

Circle over fields and stables like we fear to saveWhen we’re sailing on some one’s star-warred eyes

We say listen to the water Listen to the soundIt’s there to guide youListen to the waterListen to the soundIt’s there to guide you

LENA SWANBERG VOCALJOAKIM SIMONSSON GRAND PIANO, SYNTHESIZERJOHAN ZACHRISSON GUITARSMARTIN ÖSTHOLM BASSGUSTAV NAHLIN PERCUSSION, SNUFFBOX

Maybe it’s just meBut I think we’re fallingYour heart has grown so silentHow I long for something to break through you shell

Maybe it’s just meBut it’s hard to keep upMy heart has grown so lonelyHow I long for something to break through my shell

Break through my lost hopeI have run through beliefs and regretsBreak through my soft skinFor I’ll be broken any wayPeople believe in many splendored thingsAnd people have faith in TV-screens and timetablesAnd the art of staying young and unhurt ‘til their oldAnd they long for something to break through their shell

While you are sleeping I can dare to watch you breatheWhile I hear my own voice I’m reminded that I still exist But still I’m not sure that it makes a difference We are heading on the same road never to meet

Break through my lost hopeI have run through beliefs and regretsBreak through my soft skinFor I’ll be broken any way

Though we never dare to look into each other’s eyesWe are still lucky at least we’re trying to connect We’re just a little too proudWhile we dance away never to meet

Maybe it’s just me cleaning my corners But I think we’re dying too soonWas I meant to sit here waiting for you?

Break through my lost hopeI have run through beliefs and regretsBreak through my soft skinFor I’ll be broken any way

Maybe it’s just meI think we’re fallingMy heart has grown so silent

LENA SWANBERG VOCALJOAKIM SIMONSSON GRAND PIANO, SYNTHESIZERPAULO MACHADO ACCORDIONMARTIN HEDEROS HAMMOND B3MARTIN ÖSTHOLM BASSGUSTAV NAHLIN DRUMS

LENA SWANBERG VOCAL, VIOLINJOAKIM SIMONSSON GRAND PIANOMARTIN HEDEROS HAMMOND B3MARTIN ÖSTHOLM BASS

Words and music by Lena Swanberg except Dream On, words by Joel Sahlin and Lena Swanberg, music by Joel Sahlin.All songs published by Playground Music Scandinavia AB

Produced by Göran Petersson

Recorded by GP at SAMI’s B-studio in Stockholm with the brusoknaster mobile in March and December 2009 and January 2010. Track 2 recorded at Gig Studio by Conny Wall in October 2011.Additional recordings and overdubs at brusoknaster, Casa Carma and Paulo’s place in Portugal. Mixed by GP at the brusoknaster home office October 2011.

Mastered by Claes Persson, CRP RecordingPhoto by Per Kristiansen, pk-fotoGraphic design by Johan Månsson, RMDA&R: Lars Tengroth

Christian Kjellvander appears courtesy of Startracks.

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Words and music by Lena Swanberg (except Dream On, words by Joel Sahlin and Lena Swanberg, music by Joel Sahlin.)All songs published by Playground Music Scandinavia ABProduced by Göran Petersson

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