# the lyrics : b.sides + unreleased

++ this section was first a mix of self-transcripted and taken over lyrics, but then Erlend has read them while he was in stuttgart and was very amused about the misheard parts. After that he did me a big favor and corrected them by staring at the monitor and humming words and melodies. so I was amused too and you have the chance now to get the real lyrics! (the words in brackets are some old interpretations)

# envoy
# gold for the price of silver
# into the ring of fire
# parr-à-pluie
# riot on an empty street
# the beat of a drum
# until you understand

++ envoy
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if it comes back to me, I'll let you know
or why don't you call back to see tomorrow
I hope I can be the hand that you need

it sounded like a really good solution at the time

I've been giving a lots of thoughts, I was so pleased
you were so sad last time we spoke it seemed
when I stop thinking about it, it will come back to me

++ gold for the price of silver
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if it takes control of your body and soul
embrace it
if it makes you cry or leave you wondering why
don't turn around, face it

but do turn cold
if they promise you gold for the price of silver
if it's chemically made
by people you hate
pinch your arm (pitch around), see if they still there

everything you want is what I got to give you
you just have to let yourself come with me now
everything you want is what I got to give you
there's no time to hesitate, come with me now
let's go and watch the sun rise

over london bridge
over golden gate
or puddefjordsbroen

let your heart run along to the rhythm of the song

++ into the ring of fire
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I would go into the ring of fire
I would walk over the bridgeless chasm (brickless castle)
close my eyes, will faith hold me
I will drown until I find the bottom of the sea

I will leave everything safe behind me
travelling into the void
if I don't need anyone else to guide me
I am no longer a boy

I will go into the ring of fire
I won't get burned by your words

++ parr-à-pluie
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je te tiens, chaudement dans mes bras
é coute la pluie qui frappe sur les fenêtres
j'ai perdu la puissance de la solitude
l'invincibilité de l'homme sans coeur
maintenant j'ai peur

à cause de toi, je suis faible comme dans un rêve
de la douceur de mon avenir avec toi
je te tiens chaudement
c'est mieux, n'est-ce pas
et au dehors il fait froid
pourquoi tu pars

++ riot on an empty street
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why, why so quiet
oh my mysterious country singer she asked
my life (love), it's a riot
I am climbing barricades in empty streets at night

when I'm down fighting shadows
twenty-five postcards in a box in my room
telephone conversations
gas slowly leaking out of a heart shaped balloon

it's a dangerous game
that I'm not sure if I could keep playing for long
it's a dangerous game,
it's a very fine line and if one step is wrong

I have no cards to play and that's why
I've got nothing to say tonight

++ the beat of a drum
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is it the beat of a drum or is it wisdom
that makes our souls dance
when my heart stops, is it like winter
or was this my only chance

to get to know all the people I should get to know
to smell the flowers in the young girls hair
to get to know all the people I should get to know
overcoming all this fear

is it the far away sun, or imagination, that makes me think of home
is it the speed of light, or is it stillness, that makes change come about
and lets me know all the people I should get to know

++ until you understand
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it's hard to stay, it's hard to look into your eyes
when I say I'm leaving
I can't be sure but I think I made up my mind
although your heart is bleeding

I wish the only one I had to be was me
for you to see this clearly
I wish the only thing I had to do was to
hold my arms around you

so long, so hard
until you understand

and somehow I feel I'm pulling away your ground
before I've even started
to realise my words have caught you by surprise
makes it even harder

I wish there was a way to make you read the signs
I'm bringing you this evening
I wish the only thing I had to do was to
hold my arms around you

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