Dark Don't Care
(Ove Ritola) Colors of the old oil paintings fade into your eyes
Soften down the night, sparkling lights dim down, you were right
Every whisper echoes kisses and the stars align
We'll keep quiet, we'll stay silent, we'll escape tonight
Slow means slower, softer, lower, you can shut the blinds
Moving closer, night takes over, its gentle grip so tight
Dark don't care who we were once before, who we should be
We'll keep quiet, we'll stay silent, we'll escape tonight
Not That Fast
(Ove Ritola)
Blame, it sleeps in its arms
'Til it's woken up by the charm
Of unintended harm
Unborn fortunate son
Already number one
Boxed up in fear of songs
That reveal all
And yes
I know I'm not that fast
To figure out what suits us best
But I got there at last
The box split open on demand
And showcased something grand
But those times are no longer at hand
Rusty nails now hold the box
Together cause they must
What if all that remains is dust
And bloody stains?
And yes
I know I'm not that fast
To figure out what suits us best
But I got there at last
Blame, it sleeps in its arms
'Til it's woken up by the charm
Of the unintended
Of the unattended
And yes
I know I'm not that fast
To figure out what suits us best
But I got there at last
The Building Blocks of Falling Apart
(Ove Ritola)
A broken image lay
At the foot of my bed
It's a picture of you
The pages of your diary
You're tearing out as we speak
You should read through them again
The silence you hide in
Will betray your soul and eat you whole
Again
What's behind those empty eyes?
Are they empty to just get by?
Why can't you let anything through to you?
The silence you hide
Will betray your soul and eat you whole
The building blocks of falling apart
The weakness sits tight in our hearts
The faith, the faith, the faith can't keep
Your distance from me growing
A broken image lay
At the foot of my bed
It's a picture of you
Last of the Secrets
(Ove Ritola)
This is the last of the secrets
That I help you keep and
Then I'm gone for good
These are the times of half-remembering
Days and nights of overspending
The trust of those we hold dear
And now time has come
For me to break this mold
The time is now
It's here
This is the feeling of ageing
These are the years of re-arranging
That don't mean a thing
This is the truth they been keeping
The truth with no meaning
But to save us from dreams
And now time has come
For me to break this mold
The time is now
It's here
Who are we to know what we want
Who are we now
True colors we show by chance
On an overpowering low
This is the last of the secrets
The last word I'm speaking
At last this is me
Snowflake Pt.1
(Julius Thölix)
Instrumental
Outside
(Ove Ritola)
Take me
And do whatever you want
Save me
From the cruel, cruel world
Shield me
You can keep me warm
Heal me
And take me home
I'm standing outside
As the breeze runs thru my clothes
I'm waiting outside
And you wave from the window above
And let me inside
Find me
It won't be hard
Shine over me
Like you did before
I'm standing outside
As the breeze runs thru my clothes
I'm waiting outside
And you wave from the window above
And let me inside
Push
(Ove Ritola)
Did you think about me
When you were gone?
You gave in and believed
What they said I'd done
Well baby it seems
You don't know me at all
How can I be redeemed
When I've done nothing wrong?
I have no reason to hide
No reason to testify
You make no sense at all
At all
I'll be what you insist
I'll be what you insist
I'll be what you insist
Someday
I've grown tired as I've grown
And tangled into you
I'll swap your truth with my own
It sticks like glue
I had no reason to hide
But now I'm locked inside
You finally got what you wanted
All along
I'll be what you insist
I'll be what you insist
I'll be what you insist
Someday
Night Falls
(Ove Ritola)
Light calls
I can't hear a word it says
Life stalls
Limbs twitching on its remains
This could be the most perfect thing around
But it's hard to just lie still without a sound
When night crawls
Night falls
The ghosts I've had haunting
The ghosts I've had haunting me before
Are the ghosts I'm now needing
To help me break through that door
As night crawls
Night falls
On all fours
It's a wicked web they weave
With scorn
It's so fucking hard to leave
I doubt that I could be that ready now
But I'm not the one to argue or to know
When night crawls
Night falls
The ghosts I've had haunting
The ghosts I've had haunting me before
Are the ghosts I'm now needing
To help me break through that door
As night crawls
Night falls
I Should Know By Now
(Ove Ritola)
Long it's been and you may wonder how I am
Then again maybe you don't give a damn
Anyway I'm doing fine, I suppose
This hollow heart aside
Look away 'cause I don't know what else to do
It seems words they fail me just like you
And though I've waited patiently in the dark
There is no reward
I should know the way things are
I should know that this is all
So I sleep and I lock the spirits out
Night is done and sun will come about
And it'll chase the ghosts away
So I can go freely, unafraid
I should know the way things are
I should know that this is all
The Kid With Fiery Eyes
(Ove Ritola)
I'm the kid with fiery eyes
Though sometimes they fade with the sound of your lullabies
I'm the kid with feet stuck in mud
Don't want things to change, can't make these changes to stop
These fiery eyes still see
What you have done to me
I'm the kid with fiery eyes
And I love the way you're lipsyncing to their lies
I'm the kid with the lost buspass
So I can't find my way home, I follow in your footsteps
These fiery eyes still see
What you have done to me
I'm the kid with fiery eyes
These eyes are tired and bloodshot in their disguise
I'm the kid who hasn't slept in years
And still I'm gonna set you on fire dear
These fiery eyes still see
What you have done to me
Surrender
(Ove Ritola)
There's a brilliant black'n'white film
They never show
There's a certain beauty to it
To letting go
But in the sweetest of dreams
In the sweetest of dreams
You surrender
I want it too much
I want it so
This constant motion we live in
There's no room for a truce
You got your knives, I got my bullets
So I never lose
'Cause in the sweetest of dreams
In the sweetest of dreams
You surrender
I want it too much
I want it so
You though I got it out my system
Well I thought so too
Maybe I'll track it down and kill it
Give me a lifetime or two
'Cause in the sweetest of dreams
In the sweetest of dreams
You surrender
I want it too much
I want it so
Morning Came
(Ove Ritola)
This morning you seemed so different in my eyes
This morning you seemed so out of place in the dim light
You felt it too
We seemed so special
But changed it had all the same
And morning came with open eyes
This morning it seemed too hard to wake up from this sleep
This morning it seemed the dark and cold were all there is
A dream of love
That seemed so special
To overcome this day
But morning came so ruthlessly
This morning you seemed to have disappeared from my mind
This morning I seemed to have lost the fear for good this time
I realised that nothing's special
Enough that it can't be forgot
So morning came but where were you?
Snowflake Pt.2
(Ove Ritola)
Instrumental
Trains Pass By
(Ove Ritola)
This old man, he likes to climb a hill
Every day at 10 past 5
He likes to wave to the people
In the train that passes by
I guess then he's less lonely
And even a bit less sad
Waving to the grandchildren
Of the friends that he once had
This old woman, she still lives
In the house where she was born
She likes to move the furniture around
Imitating living's score
I guess then she's less lonely
And a little bit stronger
Distracting ghosts from their routine chores
For a little while longer
This young kid on the 11th floor
Hasn't got a thing to do
Hasn't got a thing to talk about
Hasn't got a thing to prove
He wears his red cap backwards
Black eyes fixed on the TV screen
Sedated by its strobelight blues
There ain't a thing he hasn't seen
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