FEEL

So now you’ve found all the letters that you wrote-
they look kinda silly now
it’s such a lucky strike that you never even mailed them.
they’ll never catch you,there’s no evidence or proof
avoidance is foolproof
she’ll never know just what she missed
   It feels so good to feel again

those heavies laughing can laugh themselves to death;
they never figured it-
they never saw it like you did.
so sweet,so soft,so shure,so scary,
and in the end  it’ll all be forgotten in a month
    It feels so good to feel again



tuning (L to H): E A D G B E 
personnel: Bent-acc g’s,b,mellotron,voc
words: Sæther
music: Sæther


TRAPDOOR

It’s such a sorry sight to see you now
I swear it hurts me to the bone
how cone I never see you laugh anymore?
you could’ve been made outta stone

from far away I thought I heard you call my name
but I tell you I ain’t coming back again
if you don’t know how to shut that trapdoor tight
I just can’t help you through the night

gone are those lovely eyes that I once knew
why can’t I see them anymore
if there is anything that I can do
you’ll have to open up the door

standing on your back-porch
lookin in your window
it felt like summertime had blown a fuse
I smashed that window,
and cut my wrist wide open
why can’t this feeling just bleed away
bleed away....

from far away,.........etc


tuning (L to H): E A D G B E 
personnel: Geb-banjo
                Snah-el. g’s,voc,slide g.
                Bent-d,b,acc g’s,lead voc,perc.
                L. Lien-piano
words: Sæther
music: Sæther


LEAVE IT LIKE THAT

They all look the same when their dreams unfold
endless clutching at straws that will never hold
all the pain and the weight of the world-
there’s no way to look any other way

that rage I can understand
there’s no book of rules and no masterplan
just «facts» that will change overnight
and no way to look any other way

skin deep,potentially grand
left alone it will grow ‘till it’s outta hand-
outta sight and outta mind
there’s no way to look any other way

Leave it like that (x4)

don’t take my guilt on,that’s only mine to bear:
just do your thing,
cos you’re the only one that really cares
and leave it like that......



tuning (L to H): electric : E A D G B E 
                        accoustic : E B E G# B E  (capo on 7th fret)
personnel: Geb-d
                 Snah-el. g’s,voc
                 Bent-b,acc g’s,lead voc.,perc
                 L.Lien-voc
words: Sæther
music: Sæther


A SHRUG & A FISTFUL


Senseless I’m soaring elevated off of my cloud
flying,I’m catervauling  -a spring/snap kinda loud
  don’t fuck me over again
  don’t fuck me over,my friend
 
a shrug and a fistful later,down on all fours again
to beat me black’n’blue won’t prove a thing,she said
   don’t fuck me over again
   don’t fuck me over,my friend

you know a shrug and a fistful will teach even angels to hate


tuning (L to H): E A D G B E
personnel: Geb-d,banjo
                 Snah-el. g’s,voc
                 Bent-b,acc g’s,lead voc
                 L.Lien-piano,voc
words: Sæther
music: Sæther with Lien


KILL SOME DAY

All I know is that I dreamed of you
I somehow can’t wipe you off my Iris
all I know is that I’m lost in you
like a bonedry log in your fire

but I see things somewhat different now
I swear to God, I’m gonna kill some day
leave me alone,yes I’m going home
I won’t bother you no more

....but if I tried I could make you come back
and de-rail that train from its dead-end track
I’d do anything to be rid of that smile tonight,
tonight....

these things I can’t explain,Lord-
you left him hanging out on a limb
all that time you knew it would make him spin
I get so mad,frustrated and sick-
I wish I knew just who or what to kick
It used to be a personal thing
but that was way before it started killing him 

I see things somewhat different now,...........etc


tuning (L to H): E A D G B E
personnel: Geb-d
                 Snah-g’s,voc
                 Bent-b,lead voc,perc.
                 L.Lien-voc
                 Death prod-mellotron
words: Sæther
music: Sæther & Ryan  With Sten
 

ON MY PILLOW

Turn the lights out,and draw the curtain
dive into my pillow sleeping
won’t hear the phone ring
distress is the one thing I can’t stand
    tell my friends I’m on vacation
    and say that I’m OK (x3)
    just wanna sleep all day

I’m within-I’m in orbit
sweet regression cruise contol
diving deep in shallow water,
I’m home again
    tell my friends it feels like dying
    say that I’m OK (x3)
    just wanna sleep all day

the wolves are howling
I’m out walking
I ain’t going back again
if you find me,
please remind me of who I am
    tell my friends it feels like dying
    say that I’m OK (x4)
    just wanna sleep all day 

your hair on my pillow
you’re here on my pillow


tuning (L to H): D G C F A D
personnel: Geb-d
                 Snah-el. & acc. g’s,lead voc,piano
                Bent-b,g fills,perc,piano,voc
                L.Lien-voc
                Death prod-»therrormin» aka the «feed-box»
words: Ryan
music: Ryan


BEAUTIFUL SISTER

Seeing your soul on that butterfly day,
I saw myself with other eyes
all those beautiful shades of grey
grew into colorful lies
the mirror man grew and said things that he knew-
he’d discovered them scant minutes before
but when the lights went out and he said goodnight,
I knew I’d cheated you

I’m so sorry that you misunderstood me
I’m so sorry that it didn’t connect
I’m so sorry that you thought I was someone else
I just didn’t mean it quite that way
that way just yet

I haven’t seen your face for ages now,
I’d forgotten how you made me feel
it was a real tight fit,but my fuses re-lit
and now you’re stuck on my mind for real
a summertime hero is a wintertime clown
and knowledge is the odd man out
you’ve gotta hang on to the trip you’re on
I still wish I was a part of yours  

I’m so sorry...........etc

beautiful sister (x4)

I’m so sorry that you misunderstood me
I’m so sorry that it didn’t connect
I’m so sorry that you thought I was someone else
I just didn’t mean it quite that way,
guess I had a crush on myself that day


tuning (L to H): D A D G B E 
personnel: Geb-d
                 Snah-acc & el. g’s,voc
                 Bent-acc & el. g’s,lead voc,b,perc.
                 L.Lien-wurlitzer (and how!!!),voc
words: Sæther
music: Sæther with Lien


WEARING YR SMELL

you took my hand in yours
fed me lies and locked the doors
showed me truths I never saw
 I can’t belive them anymore
now I’m looking through you
oh,yeah..

you suck the will from my soul
 leave me naked in the cold
tie the noose around my neck
can’t yousee I’m not dead yet
but I’m working on it
      wearing yr smell

fading from myself
feeling sorry for myself
feeding the pity inside
the pathetic feelings I should hide
but I’m thriving on it
yes,I’m thriving on it
      wearing yr smell

fadeing
feeling
feeding

 tuning (L to H): E B E G# B E
personnel: Geb-d
                 Snah-el. g’s
                 Bent-b,voc,acc g’s,piano
words: Sæther
music: Sæther

 
NOW IT’S TIME TO SKATE

I saw you on thursday,
I couldn’t see your eyes
riding your bike in that 
summer-dress so nice
just when I thought you would fade from my sight
you smiled at me,yeah,you smiled at me

I saw you on friday,
barefoot in the sand
alone by the fencepost
sweet dreams in your hand
you showed me a way to feel free
when you turned me on
and smiled at me

now it is time to skate ,you said
and we flew straight out of our heads
I never thought this could happen to me,
but look at me now ,skipping along,
dancing around like a ballerina!

I saw you on sunday,
you’d died away from me.....


tuning (L to H): E A D G B E 
personnel: Geb-d,banjo
                 Snah-el. g’s, ba-ba doo’s
                 Bent-acc g’s,b,hihat,voc
                 L.Lien-piano
words: Sæther
music: Sæther


GIFTLAND

You don’t know me,and I don’t think you ever will
cos I don’t even know myself  today
you can’t own me,and I don’t think you ever could
cos I don’t even own myself these days

there’s no point in trying
so you might as well quit
fooling yourself this way

poke around the embers,no Phoenix is hiding there
there’s nothing left to steal from the giftland
this hollow deathwish void will never be filled by any other
not knowing what you need,you’ll never convey it

there’s no point in trying
so you might as well quit
fooling yourself this way

in the Giftland



tuning (L to H): E A D G B E 
personnel: Geb-d (left ch.)
                 Snah-g’s,voc
                 Bent-b,lead voc,d (right ch.),perc.
                 Death prod-mellotron
                 L.Lien-piano,Hammond organ
words: Sæther
music: Sæther & Ryan


WATERSOUND

You dove 			and you float    
in the afterglow
the night                        felt so right
let you go

breathing light
breaking light

who would’ve thought that I could see you like this
you never told me ‘bout the sights that I’ve missed
now you’re everywhere
damn all your faults,I can’t see them no more
you bled right open,I can see to your core
and it’s beautiful

shut down                     shut up  
twisted round
breathe in                     breathe out 
like watersound

breathing light
breaking light

relief is painted on the eyes that I see
you changed your face before looking at me
now I’m scared to death
my vision blurred, now I can’t see what’s right
like counting stars on an Aurora night-
it don’t matter much.....

you’re faceless anyhow

leaving them to comprehend 
you tie a rope to the eternal blue.......


tuning (L to H): E B E G# B E 
personnel: Geb-d
                 Snah-el. & acc. g’s,violin,voc.
                 Bent-acc. g,Coral electric sitar,b,lead voc.,perc.
                 L.Lien-piano,voc.
words: Sæther
music: Sæther


THE WHEEL

There she goes- away out of the garden
it’ll never be the same-she’s never going back again
kissed by worm- touched beyond emotions
she’ll never feel the same-she’ll never feel like that again
lock the gate -close that off forever
it’ll never be the same again
I know -I felt - I lived in that hell
and it hurts -just a little bit more
every time you peek through that door

dug a hole  saw your long hated face in it
she’s never coming back   you might as well face it
now.....now.....now.....now
bird has flown   it’s eggs are cold and rotting
feeling like your soul’s dying ,dead & cold 
put on your travelling boots & start walking
that dirtroad-  its mud and its tiretracks
is as long as a lifetime in these parts
as the rain pours down,as the rain pours down
your hair is so wet you could scrub floors with it
.....well,he did--he did---

that’s all you’re gonna get all yre gonna get all get yre gonna get
get all...........  this is all you’re gonna get all yre gonna get all
youre getalllllllllll.....................  I’ve taken more than
enough already,thank you--------more than enough enough
 and 

I’d really like to touch you ,but not in that way not in that way way
that not at all......  there’s no way out theres no way out no way out
way out out no way no way out no way

out......................................................
....................................but
I still love you


tuning (L to H): D G C F A D
personnel: Geb-d,perc.
                 Snah-g,perc
                 Bent-b,perc.,voc.
                 L.Lien-piano
words: Sæther
music:Ryan  with Sæther,Lien&Gebhardt


SUNGRAVY

you say that I don’t understand
that it’s how I survive
now there’s nothing that can touch you
I pretend that I really care
when I just shrug it all away
I know that it’s wrong,but it keeps me breathing
      staring at the sun-watching so tall
      I went blind and saw nothing at all
I wish that I could fly away,walk on air
really see things as they are
to show you everything- to learn from you 
to rise and fall in my own time
      Staring at the sun-watching so tall
      I went blind and saw nothing at all
 but if I could, I’d fly you to the moon
 and if I could, I’d chase away your gloom
 until you shone like a thousand suns,so bright
 that when it was over ,you’d laugh and pretend
 I was never even there.

lock up and run away,I won’t betray you
lost on a rainy day in the sun................


tuning (L to H): E B E G# B E
personnel: Bent-acc g’s,voc.
                Øyvind F. Engen-cello
                Lars O. Mølnå-viola
                strings arr. by Øyvind Brandtsegg
words: Sæther
music: Sæther


GRINDSTONE

The illusion barely keeps you floating
the grinding of the wheel
preys hard upon the languor
yes,things can get too real
keep digging mental trenches
to keep the odd man out
barbwire your identity-secure what you’re about
      still you shatter on the grindstone
lay listening to the ticking
to that timebomb in your heart
paranoia’s digging deeper
as defenses fall apart
nothing left to give now,
just a smile before you leave
the living still left you wondering 
if you can still belive
       while you shatter on the grindstone
       while you shatter upon the grindstone
shatter
shatter
you shatter
you shatter
and you’ll shatter........


tuninng (L to H): D G C F A D
personnel: Geb-d
                 Snah-g
                 Bent-b,voc
                 Death prod-mellotron,samples
words: Sæther
music: Sæther with Sten


THE GOLDEN CORE

These are sungod days,
like subtle layers of yawning
before this hungry mouth
slowmotion days are dawning
why don’t it all just burn away?

there is a time for everything
when even you can be a king

...or,a queen of no fixed stature
a prince amongst the castaways
on this sungod day,too boring to pay heed to

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