SCOUNDREL DAYS
Written by Pal Waaktaar

Was that somebody screaming... It wasn't me for sure!
I lift my head up from uneasy pillows... Put my feet on the floor
Cut my wrist on a bad thought... Head for the door
Outside on the pavement... The dark makes no noise
I can feel the sweat on my lips... Leaking into my mouth
I'm heading out for the steep hills... They're leaving me no choice

[Chorus:]
And see... As our lives are in the making
We believe through the lies and the hating
That love goes free

For want of an option... I run the wind 'round
I dream pictures of houses burning
Never knowing nothing else to do
With death comes the morning... Unannounced and new
Was it too much to ask for to pull a little weight
They forgive anything but greatness
These are scoundrel days
And I'm close to calling out their names
As pride hits my face

[Repeat Chorus]
The scoundrel days

I reach the edge of town... I've got blood in my hair
Their hands touch my body... From everywhere
But I know that I've made it as I run into the air!

[Repeat Chorus]
Through scoundrel days

THE SWING OF THINGS
Written by Pal Waaktaar

They say the world's an eventful place
U give me news... I don't want to know
U say that I should care... That I should speak my mind

Oh, But how can I speak of the world rushing by
With a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes
Oh, Have we come to the point of no turning back?
Or is it still time to get into the swing of things

Let us walk through this windless city
I'll go on till the winter gets me
"Oh Sleep..."  U wrote "Sleep, My dear"
In a letter somewhere

Oh, But how can I sleep with your voice in my head
With an ocean between us and room in my bed
Oh, Have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip?
Or is it still time to get into the swing of things!

And when she glows in the dark and I'm weak by the sight
Of this breathtaking beauty... In which I can hide
There is a world ful out there... Of people I fear
But given time I'll get into the swing of things
Yes, When she glows in the dark and I'm struck by the sight
I know that I'll need this for the rest of my life!

I know.... That I'll need.... For the rest of my life
Oh that I'll need... U know that I'll need!

What have I done! What lies I have told!
I've played games with the ones that rescued my soul!
Oh have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip?
Or is it still time to get into the swing of things!

I'VE BEEN LOSING U
Written by Pal Waaktaar

It wasn’t the rain that washed away
Rinsed out the colors of your eyes
Putting the gun down on the bedside table
I must have realized
It wasn’t the rain... That made no difference
And I could have sworn it wasn’t me
Yet I did it all so coldly... Almost slowly
Plain for all to see

[Chorus:]
Oh Come on,  Please now (Ah)... Talk to me, Tell me
Things I could find helpful (Ah)
How can I stop now? Is there nothing I could do?
I have lost my way... I’ve been losing U!

I can still hear our screams competing
Your hissing your s’s like a snake
Now in the mirror stands half a man
I thought no one could break
It wasn’t the rain, That made no difference
Nervously drumming on,  Run away
But I want the guilt to get me... Thoughts to wreck me
Preying on my mind

[Repeat Chorus Twice]

Please now (Ah)... Talk to me... Tell me
Oh tell me what to do
(Helpful) How can I stop now? Is there nothing I can do?
I have lost my way... I’ve been losing U!
U... I’ve been losing U!
U... I’ve been losing U!

(Wasn’t the rain... Runaway, Runaway now!)

OCTOBER
Written by Pal Waaktaar

Dawn awaits a sleepless English town of colored gray
Here I roam the streets without U as summer fades away
Down in the city at nights... Ooh! The cold wind blows!

Wherever U may be right now... It must be getting late
You're probably asleep already... I am wide awake
Down in the city at nights... Ooh!

"Don't be lonely" so you've told me but don't U worry now
Loneliness can be ignored and time has shown me how

Down in the city at nights... I'm missing U so much
(Light Whistling)
Down in the city... Down in the city...

MANHATTAN SKYLINE
Written by Pal Waaktaar

We sit and watch umbrellas fly... I'm trying to keep my newspaper dry
I hear myself say, "My boat's leaving now"... So we shake hands and cry
Now I must wave goodbye, Wave goodbye, Wave goodbye, Wave goodbye
Wave goodbye (Wave goodbye!)

U know... I don't want to cry again
I don't want to cry again... I Don't want to say goodbye
Don't ever to cry again... I don't want to run away
Don't want to race this pain... I'll never see your face again!

Oh but how... How can U say?
That I didn't try... U see things... In the depths of my eyes
That my love's run dry... No!

We leave to their goodbyes... I've come to depend on the look in their eyes
My blood's sweet for pain... The wind and the rain bring back words of a song
And they say wave goodbye, Wave goodbye, Wave goodbye, Wave goodbye
Wave goodbye (Wave goodbye!)

But U know... I don't want to fall again
I Don't want to know this pain... Don't want another friend
I Don't want to try again... Don't ever want to see U hurt
Don't let me see U hurt... I don't want to cry again
I'll never see your face again

How can U say? That I didn't try
U know I did! U see things...  In the depths of my eyes
That my love's run dry! I don’t want to cry again!

So I read to myself,  “A chance of a lifetime to see new horizons”
On the front page... A black and white picture of Manhattan Skyline

CRY WOLF
Written by Mags/Pal Waaktaar

(U know the night I left the city, I dreamt of a wolf)

He came from where the winds are cold and truth is seen through keyholes
Strange longings that will never sleep and now he’s come where no heart beats!

[Chorus:]
Cry wolf (Oo ho)
Time to worry!
Cry wolf (Oo ho)
Time to worry now!

U can start but U cannot stop, U give in but U can’t give up
U can tell all your desperate jokes to a world that puts your love on hold

[Repeat Chorus Twice]

I dreamt of a wolf, A wolf...
The sunken-in eyes and the pain in the cries...
A shape in the dark

[Repeat Chorus Till Fade]

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE WHALES
Written by Pal Waaktaar

One left low, Left two who left high... They seem so hard to find
Three came twice took once the time to search...

[Chorus:]
We're looking for a little bewildered
Girl, We're looking for a little bewildered
Girl, We're looking for the whales (Ahhh)

Restlessness is in our genes... Time won't wear it off
Born into this world with our eyes wide open

[Repeat Chorus]

I found angels... Beached outside your doors
Don't U set those lonely eyes on me

[Repeat Chorus]
We're looking for the whales!
[Repeat Chorus till fade]

THE WEIGHT OF THE WIND
Written by Pal Waaktaar

Your face looked new against the town
You've come to lose some memories
Like U... I came to touch new grounds

U want to lose... The weight of the wind
Rests hard on your shoulders... Bringing U down
The one that U love... Will never be found!

U speak into the falling rain
Words you'd lost... But found again
U see their snaky arms entwined
So clear and cruel... In your jealous mind

You've got to lose... The weight of the wind
Is hard on your shoulders... Getting U down
The one that U love... Can never be found!

The weight of the wind... The weight of the wind
Is hard on your shoulders... Is driving U down
The one that U love... will never be found!

MAYBE MAYBE
Written by Mags

Maybe U were joking... When U said that U were walking out on me
Maybe, Maybe
Maybe I was joking When I said that I was running out on U!
Maybe, Maybe

[Chorus:]
I could be wrong, So wrong
I could be wrong, So wrong
Yes, I could be wrong!

I don't know, But it's been said, “Decisions travel far from heart to head”
Maybe, Maybe
Maybe it was over When U chucked me out the Rover at full speed
Maybe, Maybe

[Repeat Chorus Twice]

SOFT RAINS OF APRIL
Written by Pal Waaktaar

The soft rains of April are over!
The soft rains of April are over, Over!
Anybody home now
I am on the phone now,  Please...
The soft rains of April are over
The ferry across the waters to Dover, Over!

Anybody home now
I am on the phone,  Oh I'd like to go back
Is it raining back home?
I'm so alone
Just got up today and my thoughts are miles away with U

Well,  They gave me four years... Three more to go!
Keep writing letters... Time's passing so slow
Time’s passing so slow, So slow!

The soft rains of April are over
The soft rains of April are over, Over!

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