1. |
In Water and Salt
03:48
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In water and salt
And you - where did you hide?
Crossing through the country
in the flickering lights
Trembling with the thought
of touching your skin
Are you too fallen through
with the thought of it?
I was falling into your arms
and you into mine
I was falling into your eyes
and you into mine
In water and salt
Was it on your breath?
Was it life or the sudden fear of death?
The way the wind blows through the trees
We were two fallen through
with the thought if it
I was falling into your arms
and you into mine
I was falling into your eyes
and you into mine
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2. |
Looking for a Reason
02:59
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Looking for a reason
I saw you picking up apples
that fell down from the tree
We laid next to each other
in the shadow of the leaves
I hear the fall is coming
I see it in the sky
With stories to be told
on cold November nights
And if you’re looking for reason
be sure, I’m not to tell
I’ve been falling out of season
I know that very well
I fell in love with you
and you with my soothing voice
when I sang
if you’re looking for a reason
you won’t get it today
All my pride and honor
slowly decay
You saw it in my face
as it began to fade
I hear the fall is coming
I see it in the sky
With stories to be told
on cold November nights
And if you’re looking for reason
be sure, I’m not to tell
I’ve been falling out of season
You know that very well
I fell in love with you
hear my soothing voice
when I sing
if you’re looking for a reason
you won’t get it today
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3. |
Tender Was the Night
05:03
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Tender Was the Night
Tender was the darkness
before the morning light
Did it come
like a thief in the night?
Tender were your eyes
in the days before
Now I call upon you
judge this fallen man
Help me to forget
Help me to forget
Help me to forgive
Help me
Tender was the softness
of not knowing the truth
Now everything shines
with darkness
Help me to forget
Help me to forget
Help me to forgive
Help me
She’s gone away
Tender was the night
before she found out
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4. |
Tonight, We Drink to Die
04:24
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Tonight, we drink to die
Tonight we drink
We drink to die
We drink to the dead
Tonight we drink
to the names
of our families
Tonight we drink to the ones
who will sit here tomorrow
instead of us
Tonight we drink
to the women that we love
Tonight we drink to the ones
we used to love
Tonight, We drink to Die
Tonight we drink to the women
that we could have loved
We could have loved
Tonight we drink
We drink to die
We drink to the dead
Tonight we drink
drink to those
who are dying
Tonight we drink
to the ones
who will sit here tomorrow
instead of us
and drink to us
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5. |
Travelling Song
03:44
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Travelling Song
This place has a darkness to it
something here resonates in me
Did I aim for the right coordinates?
On a night like this everything fades
When fall comes soon
I’ll buy my self a corduroy jacket
from that shop in Marais
I’ll wear it ‘till it gets really cold
with that scarf that my grandma made
before that late late summer day
four years ago
when I sang Nat King Cole’s Papermoon to her
in her hospital bed
By then she was dead
This place has a darkness to it
something here resonates in me
Did I aim for the right coordinates?
On a night like this everything fades
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6. |
Carry Me Down
04:28
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Carry Me Down
Where the mountains
fall into the sea
Where the ever changing color
of the sky
only answers to me
only answers
Carry Me Down
Carry me down
to the frozen ocean
Cut a hole in the ice
for me to rest my bones
Lower my body
into that dark blue water
Where the current is strong enough
to take me off shore
to the place where it took
my father and his father
before him
Where the mountains
fall into the sea
Where the ever changing color
of the sky
only answers to me
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7. |
Oh, Ulysses
02:59
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Oh, Ulysses
Oh, Ulysses
how did you escape
When the sirens called your name?
A fable for the good
A fable for the blind
A fable for those
who missed the signs
Muscles were torn
Bones were shattered
Tempted by love
Tearing me apart
Laughing in between
swigs of my silver flask
This is not the wine
you promised me!
Blindfold, you fool!
Oh, Ulysses
Oh, Ulysses
how did you escape
when the sirens called your name?
Capricious Athena
what sacrifice
will make the seas safe?
From luring calls
and blinding beauty
they’ll run us a ground
into the reefs
where the ships go down
Oh, Ulysses
how did you escape
when the sirens called your name?
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8. |
Where the Silence Begins
03:51
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Where the Silence Begins
We were caught in a whisper
in some distant place
It still resonates
Though everything dissolves
it still stays the same
just in different ways
This is the place
where the silence begins.
I left pins on a map
painted numbers
on random buildings
I marked the rives by swimming across
I left my footprints
on the banks
I left out words in my songs
This is the place
where the silence begins
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Lasse Matthiessen Berlin, Germany
When LASSE MATTHIESSEN released 'When We Collided' some years ago, he got knocked through for radio waves and concert organizers. The catchy track has been streamed more than 890,000 times, and its folky DNA has since been regarded as his signature sound. That is changing now. Coordinates Remain (EP) is a breakthrough. The EP is his most thoroughly produced and effect-bearing release to date. ... more
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