DARK IS THE NIGHT FOR ALL
Written by Pal Waaktaar

It's time we said goodbye, Time now to decide
O' don't U feel so small... Dark is the night for all!
It's time we moved out West, This time will be the best
And when the evenings fall... Dark is the night for all!

It's time... Yeah, To break free
It's time to pull away... For U and me

O, Oh yeah, Time to break free

It's time... Yeah, To break free
We need to celebrate the mystery
It's time we said goodbye, Time for U and I
O' don't U feel so small... Dark is the night for all!
Time, Time!

MOVE TO MEMPHIS
Written by Pal Waaktaar/Magne Furuholmen

Yeah!
Walked around no one around
U were the one who taught me better
This old town brings me down
U were the one who told me... You've got to...

Move to Memphis... That's what I'll do
Move to Memphis and follow U
Trace that highway... Down to your doorway
Move to Memphis and be with U

On the day U walked away
I was the one who said
You'd better stick around stay in town
U were the one who told me... You've got to...

[Chorus:]
Move to Memphis... That's what I'll do
Chase the shadow that follows U
Trace that highway... Down to your doorway
Move to Memphis to be with U!

Gonna be with U! Gonna be with U! Gonna move to Memphis!
I'm gonna be with U! I'm gonna be with U!
Gonna move to Memphis!

Huh!
[Repeat Chorus Twice]
... Follow U!
That's what I'll do!
Take that highway... To your doorway
Move to Memphis to be with U!

COLD AS STONE
Written by Pal Waaktaar

You're back again!
Roam the streets and crack again
You're back again!
You're travel-worn
Standing here in the town... Where U were born
It's not your home
The mirror sees U So alone
Cold as stone, Yeah!

You're not your own...
U feel a chill go through your bones
You're not your own...
There's something wrong, U call your doctor on the phone
He's not at home!
So U leave a message
After the tone...  "I'm cold as stone"

Emerald green neon lights above(Yeah yeah)
Sapphire red falls on U below
Cold as stone! Alright!

Emerald green neon lights above
Sapphire reds falls on U below

You're back again... U send a curse out
Into the night... You're back again!
You're travel-worn standing here
In the town U were born
It's not your home!

The mirror sees U so alone
Cold as stone, Yeah!
Cold as stone!

ANGEL IN THE SNOW
Written by Pal Waaktaar

[Chorus:]
Angel, Angel or so
Wherever U may go
Hmm, Yeah... I'll follow
Wherever U may go…

And always will I be there
Shake worries from your hair
Hmm, Yeah... I'll be there
Always…

[Repeat Chorus]

U are an angel in the snow! U are an angel in the snow!

LOCUST
Written by Pal Waaktaar

Don't be afraid... It's a harmless moon
All we can do... Is to assume
Our lives must change... A change is due
I hear U say... "What are we gonna do?"

[Chorus:]
(I know you're breaking! I know you're shaking! I know you're breaking down!)
What U are gonna do?
(I know you're breaking! I know you're shaking! I know you're breaking down!)

O' weeping night! O' grieving sky!
O' rabbit wind! U just flew by!
Grant me this... Some small reward
Don't announce... A time of the final call

[Repeat Chorus]

My dream was this:
“Across the sky... A slate-grey cloud that filled the eye
...a slate-grey cloud...
Comes through the dust, Locust!"

[Repeat Chorus]

Dont' be afraid... It's a harmless moon!
Dont' be afraid... It's a harmless moon!

LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS
Written by Pal Waaktaar

With all our goals and destinations...
Everything must be this way
Vague are hopes
That try our patience
Listen now to what I say

[Chorus:]
Oh, Lie down in darkness
I want U next to me
Oh, Lie down in darkness
Here with me!

All our trials and tribulations...
Will it ever make much sense
All these years
They disappear
They leave me here without defense

[Repeat Chorus]
Next to me, Want U next to me!

[Adlib Chorus Till Fade]

HOW SWEET IT WAS
Written by Pal Waaktaar

Uh... Yeah, That's alright!
Lend us a voice in this howling night!

Just about a month ago
U made a promise, Babe not to go
Yes, U did now!
U were the heart and soul

[Chorus:]
One to the nightfall! One to the stars!
One to the haunted fools we are!
One to remember! One to recall!
One to acknowledge just how sweet it was!

Yeah! Just about a month ago
Yeah! U make a promise... Ain't that so!
Yes, U did now into this howling night!

U got... U got... U got...
U got me so... U got me so low!
I wouldn't lie, Babe... Not again
It's such a crime to while away my time
Little babe…

One to remember! One to recall!
One to acknowledge just how sweet it was!
We were so happy! We were okay!
We let our good thing, Honey... Just slip away

Aaow, You're the one, Aaow!

Lend us a voice in this howling night…

[Repeat Chorus]
One to Acknowledge just how sweet it was!
Yeah! Just about a month ago!

LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER
Written by Magne Furuholmen

I went down to the water
Like a lamb to the slaughter
Didn't know... What was waiting for me there
Nobody warned me! Nobody told me!
My excuse is I wasn't prepared

I drank deep from the river and sealed up my fate
I should have seen the trap, Baby
Before it was too late

[Chorus:]
We go down! We go down!
Go down! It's the only way out

Who is this fool?
Who believed all the stories?
I wish I could say, “It's not me!”
U polluted my head with all the things U said
I became what U wanted to see

Hmm... All of these years
I've built up this hate
I had my chance coming but now it's too late

[Repeat Chorus]

I drank deep from the river and sealed up my fate
I had my chance coming but now it's too late
[Repeat Chorus]

Down is the only way out! Down is the only way out!
Down! Down is the only way out!
Down is the only way out! Down is the only way out!
Down is the only way out!

BETWEEN YOUR MAMA AND YOURSELF
Written by Pal Waaktaar

Hey listen honey... Something U should know
This can't wait!
I've been meaning to tell U... A long time ago
And today's that day
I'll put it straight... No, It just can't wait!
The Things is babe...

[Chorus:]
Between your mama and yourself
Forced to choose and without help
With a margin, U know it's true
The one I love now honey
Well, it's eh... Probably U!

Oh sure, It took a little time... I know that's true
But this business been preying on my mind... Since I met U
This I know!

[Repeat Chorus]
Hey!

You've got to know! It's got to show!
Yeah, I've got to let her go
I've got to let her go!
You've got to know! It's got to show!

[Repeat Chorus Twice]
It's your Mama baby
I've got to let her go!

MEMORIAL BEACH
Written by Pal Waaktaar

I pace the length of my unmade room
In times of change
My bags are packed, Guess I'm leaving the womb
Into the rain

[Chorus:]
We never found
A place to hide
Some peace of mind
God knows we tried

Toes in the sand, The seductive sway
Ooh... Nothing better, Babe
Across the bay... Sarasota Way
We held together

[Repeat Chorus]

Into the rain... The summer rain...
So we walk down to Memorial Beach
Where things began
Honey days and nights without sleep
Lost in the sand!

[Repeat Chorus Twice]
Yeah, God knows we tried!

(So we walk down to Memorial Beach…)

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