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WWNBB#082 - The Lost Levels

by Soda Fountain Rag

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1.
The Year I’m 17 01:56
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Kissing my lower arm for practice I don’t want to arrive so unprepared Polishing my glasses Waiting for my contact lenses to arrive by mail But... I’ll be pretty tomorrow Or maybe next week Or maybe the year when I’m 17 I’ll be pretty in jeans I’ll be pretty Brushing my hair, I might need a haircut And I’m tying my boots so perfectly Walking along, the party draws closer And suddenly I am there But... I’ll be pretty tomorrow Or maybe next week Or maybe the year when I’m 17 I’ll be pretty in jeans I’ll be pretty I’ll be dancing tomorrow Or maybe next week Or maybe the year when I’m 17 I’ll be dancing in jeans I’ll be dancing I’ll be singing tomorrow Or maybe next week Or maybe the year when I’m 17 I’ll be singing in jeans I’ll be singing I’ll be pretty tomorrow Or maybe next week Or maybe the year when I’m 17 I’ll be pretty in jeans I’ll be pretty
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Walking with My Angel 01:56
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I was walking with my angel down the street I was walking with my angel down the street I was walking with my angel down the street And maybe if we’re lucky we will meet I’m dreaming of the softest bed I am dreaming of the best soft ice If I could get those two things combined I would think I would be satisfied I was walking with my angel down the street I was walking with my angel down the street I was walking with my angel down the street And maybe if we’re lucky we will meet I’m dreaming of the nicest day I am still dreaming of the best soft ice If I could get those two things combined I would think I would be satisfied For a while Aaaaah See I’m smiling, nothing can be dangerous When I’m crying, leaving on the greyhound bus When I’m laughing of your very childish jokes Sun will shine above! I was walking with my angel down the street I was walking with my angel down the street I was walking with my angel down the street And maybe if we’re lucky we will meet
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Who Needs a Car? 01:34
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Who needs a car? I’m going fast in the sun Babapapa! Who needs a car? I’m going fast in the sun Babapapa! ’Cause I’m riding a huge, red bicycle! And it’s like I’m flying into town Aaaah Come ride with me! Who needs a car? I’m going fast in the sun Babapapa! Who needs a car? I’m going fast in the sun Babapapa! ’Cause I’m riding a huge, red bicycle! And it’s like I’m flying into town Aaaah Come ride with Come ride with Come ride with Come ride with me!
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Turn Back Time 02:10
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Tears on my pillow I’m all alone again Killing my time With vodka and cigarettes I’m reading books written two hundred years ago Feeling as old as the paper itself Walking on Sunday Waltzing on Saturday Drinking on Friday Reading on Thursday night A lonely Wednesday Tuesday was doable Then Monday I was working again Time turning backwards Seeing familiar things Meeting old friends And seeing old places and The writer dying hundred and some years ago Is playing football and laughing again Walking on Sunday Waltzing on Saturday Drinking on Friday Reading on Thursday night A lonely Wednesday Tuesday was doable Then Monday I was working again
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Hang Your Stocking by the Fire 02:05
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I was making candy The night when you arrived When you told me that you were all alone “My boyfriend has left me, now my Christmas will be shitty” You said as I opened the door I said “Come in, settle down Hang your stocking by the fire Rest your head for a while I will bring you food and wine And when you wake up in the morning Everything will be fine ’Cause it’s Christmas time Christmas time Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah” Someone was calling When the snow had started falling ’Twas my brother, he was home from Japan “My girlfriend has left me But I brought you this pine tree Can I celebrate my Christmas with you?” I said “Come in, settle down Hang your stocking by the fire Rest your head for a while I will bring you food and wine And when you wake up in the morning Everything will be fine ’Cause it’s Christmas time Christmas time Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah”
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I’ll Sing You to Sleep 01:54
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We’ll wipe each others tears away I know you’ll cry for many days But I will wake beside you I will guard you when you rest And I will not sleep ’til you are OK Count on me I’ll surely stay But I won’t pretend I understand Cause that would be a fraud And I’ve got one quite stupid thing to say At least you’ll feel that way today But I promise you That this is not the end of everything And there is one thing far worse than pain If I should once forget your name Or how you are or how you smell Or how you look at me So we will Wipe each others tears away And you will cry for many days But I will wake beside you I will guard you when you rest And I will not sleep ’til you are OK Count on me I’ll surely stay But I won’t pretend I understand Cause that would be a fraud
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Red Tape 02:02
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Hey, did you see? I was sitting on his knee With my nose in a 24 page book Clearly not high quality Did you see? I was sitting in your tree With my walkman on Listening to some old song And I feel Do you feel? Can you see? We’ve forgotten all those years And all the things we did See? Do you see? Can it be? We’ve forgotten how we played Well, you have anyway... Hey, I’m busy now I got no time for you Keep listening to old tapes From 82 And later on The red tapes spun and spun Revealing one more childhood dream Of fun And I feel Do you feel? Can you see? We’ve forgotten all those years And all the things we did See? Do you see? Can it be? We’ve forgotten how we played Well, you have anyway... I never thought this dream would end for you Seemed fun before, but now you’re so uncool There’s more to life Than work and boring things Get your ass up of the chair Come on and sing! NANANANANANANANANANA NANANANANANANANANANA NANANANANANANANANANA NANANANANANANANANA
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Dog 01:43
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Knocking at your door Not awaiting happy smiles But a happy bark from your dog We go for silly walks in rain and sun Sometimes the wind goes right through our bones We get so many stares You’re envious ’cause I got so much fun But all fun has to end And then the darkness kills the sun You eat too many pills You’ve got no thrills You should go and borrow someone’s dog! You eat too many pills You’ve got no thrills You should go and borrow someone’s dog! Walking in the park It’s getting dark But we don’t care ’Cause we are a pair! We’re throwing sticks We’re running fast We don’t care about the tears in the past We get so many stares You’re envious ’cause I got so much fun But all fun has to end And then the darkness kills the sun Bararararabapapapa Bararararararapapapapa You eat too many pills You’ve got no thrills You should go and borrow someone’s dog! You eat too many pills You’ve got no thrills You should go and borrow someone’s dog!
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Tiny Waltz 01:31
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I was walking through the woods one day Walking slowly through the woods when I Suddenly could see That all I really need Is someone who can see That I am somewhat Lonely, even when we are a crowd The noise and fuss is really all too much So take me to a nice and quiet street A place for coffee and a slow talk Sit with me and wait It might not be too late I know it’s much to ask And quite a boring task I hope the rest will wait They noticed that I’m gone? Well, who can really see the smallest one? I was walking through the town one day Walking slowly through the town When I suddenly could see That all you think I’ll be Is locked up far behind my reach And I partly, honestly, agree with you All I truly need belongs to you Will you ever share? And will I ever care? Will I learn to be like you? Sit with me and wait It might not be too late I know it’s much to ask And quite a boring task I hope the rest will wait They noticed that I’m gone? Well, who can really see the smallest one?
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The Heart Thief 02:38
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I will take your heart And keep it safe with my belongings I will take it out every night But no-one else but me can hold it And you’ll dream of me Slowly you will see That your heart belongs To no-one but me You will dream of us Yes, you will dream of us When I take your heart It feels like fire in my cold hands And I swear When I do take your heart You’ll feel relieved It will be sweet And I swear You’ll dream of me Slowly you will see That your heart belongs To no-one but me You will dream of us Yes, you will dream of us I will steal your heart Just for fun I’ll control all your laughs Just for fun I will steal your heart Just for fun I’ll control all your thoughts Just for fun You’ll dream of me Slowly you will see That your heart belongs To no-one but me You will dream of us Yes, you will dream of us
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I Wanna Be Your Cat 03:00
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Sleeping on your front porch Scratching on your door Sleeping again This time it’s on the floor You pet my head You feed me every day I get the feeling that it’s time for play You let me step inside And you will hide me from the storm outside Do you love me? Will you ever leave me? Sleeping on your front porch Scratching on your door Sleeping again This time it’s on the floor You pet my head You feed me every day I get the feeling that it’s time to stay You let me step inside And you will hide me from the storm outside And now you are here But each day I do fear That one day you’ll decide you will leave me! All I would want is your hand on my belly My head in your lap If I was your cat! And I swear I would stay Several hours a day Never leave you like that If I was your cat! Dreaming days away I’m mixing night and day I’m feeling lost And still it’s all ok You dry my tears Extinguish all my fears You make me laugh And I see that You, you are my only hope You are the sole provider Of my dope And now you are here But each day I do fear That one day you’ll decide you will leave me! All I would want is your hand on my belly My head in your lap If I was your cat! And I swear I would stay Several hours a day Never leave you like that If I was your cat!
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The Fall 02:53
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We all go down in the fall Slowly go down after all Flowers grow wildly in the summer And you were dancing along with the sun When the hot weather brought along some thunder And the fall came rumbling again Slowly we drifted away Hours with nothing to say Riding along as lonely cowboys A sunrise, one morning more Who could care less! If the world was still moving We were dying Together, yet still far apart Must we all go down this road The dusty and windy old road The grass that was green is brown and ageing The sunshine through clouds Makes the shadows grow long As we go Disappear again in darkness It’s true, he has come after all We all go down in the fall Slowly go down after all Flowers grow wildly in the summer And you were dancing along with the sun When the hot weather brought along some thunder And the fall was rumbling again
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Yesterday 01:53
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Bapapapapapabarapapapa Bapapapapapapabarapapapara Bapapararapapabarapapapa Bapapararabapa Aaaah Oooooh You wake up in the afternoon In make-up in the afternoon And slowly all your thoughts start to spin Aaah Was yesterday worth this pain? Was there something real to gain? Oh yes, yesterday was fun Bapapapapapabarapapapa Bapapapapapapabarapapapara Bapapararapapabarapapapa Bapapararabapa Aaaah Oooooh You can’t remember half the night You think of this with little fright But where did your money all go? Aaah Was it really worth this bill? You drink some water, take a pill Oh yes, Yesterday was fun Bapapapapapabarapapapa Bapapapapapapabarapapapara Bapapararapapabarapapapa Bapapararabapa Aaaah Oooooh
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Jullåten 2007 02:13
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Long time ago when the world was still new Long time ago when you were new too Close your eyes Lean back slowly Just dive through the snow Taste every memory Of Christmases long long time ago Where all the children hope for snow At Christmas time A postcard-looking town Where people are kind And childhood caused by heart not age is ok If snow will fall we’ll sing and play If Christmas now is sad Close your eyes instead Somewhere far back Find a memory of a girl Who fell asleep that night With new earmuffs on Who dreamt of Christmases to come What if it doesn’t turn out like you thought? Maybe you think too much of unimportant things Go home, settle down, eat some nuts all alone Taste every memory of Christmases long long time ago And all the children hope for snow At Christmas time A postcard-looking town Where people are kind And childhood caused by heart not age is ok If snow will fall we’ll sing and play
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Work 02:25
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Dreams, where did you go? Work, what did I know? All I wanted was to live OK Dreams, where did you go? Work, who could have known Should have kept the dream of becoming a Carpenter Dancer A professor of astronomy Writer Egyptologist Carpenter Dancer A professor of astronomy Writer Archaeologist Home, where did you go? Peace, how could I know? All I wanted was to live OK How fast can I run far? There’s no more fun! Time erased the dream of becoming a Carpenter Dancer A professor of astronomy Writer Egyptologist Carpenter Dancer A professor of astronomy Writer Archaeologist Teachers please read my lips ’Cause you taught me NOTHING Always an empty stare Always overlooking Torture for little kids A playground A mine field Gave your silent support To some vulgar Darwinism Dreams, where did you go? Work, what did I know? All I wanted was to live OK Dreams, where did you go? Work, who could have known Should have kept the dream of becoming someone
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The Christmas Where It Ends 03:23
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And when it’s over Where do you hide away When it’s all over Where do you plan to stay Hide by the curtains You sleep uneasy Hardly eat You feel rather tense It’s the Christmas where it ends Seven years, and how young you seemed back then Seven years, the old streets were your best friend Walking for hours Examining a new found love You bring all your friends For the Christmas where it ends Grey hairs emerging You live like an old man now! Sit by the window You care all too much somehow But if you could You would live the same life one more time You’d be always there Until the Christmas where...
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Neverending Coffee Break 02:19
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Waiting for the day to come Waiting for the special one Who will take her far away Waiting for the special day Neverending coffee break... Staring at the street all day Watching life go by While it’s hard to tell the weeks apart It seems She don’t try She don’t try She don’t try Disappointment’s the only thing surely left by By her side By her side She could never have known How fast meaninglessness Becomes the world’s strongest force Waiting for the week to end For a phone call from a friend For a postcard in the mail For a sign of spring — a snail! Everlasting coffee break Nothing’s really happening Yesterday was just the same Evenings waits for mornings, and Then, when the night comes She sings a song to make her sleep Quite pathetic Trying to feed her dreams with this: Please don’t die yet! Someday your life will be of worth To somebody Somewhere Now sleep and dream of Someone who will own a horse Someone with a castle Where there will be one million doors That will lead to rooms Filled with books from floor to ceiling I’m sure you know the feeling One endless source of happiness Endless source to dreams about Someone who will own a horse Someone with a castle Where there will be one million doors That will lead to rooms Filled with books from floor to ceiling I’m sure you know the feeling One endless source of happiness Endless source to dreams about Someone who will own a horse Someone with a castle Where there will be one million doors None will lead to this She is sure
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Revenge 02:45
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“In my mind I’m a fighter” Sit alone, playing with my lighter Thoughts go spinning by themselves Drifting back to old times, dusty shelves A place I seldom visit Almost only in angry lyrics A nightmare A small piece of hell My childhood school No place to dwell But now we’re free! No more gymnastics! No more fear No more humiliations No more snowballs hitting hard when your mind wandered for a while No more laughter at outfits No more laughter ’cause you know things Hope the others feel the same I hope somebody feels the blame Will she ever stop complaining? This is like her seventh lyric On this very well used subject Will she ever stop this blaming? Can’t she see they were just kids Just having fun with other people All those fat and stupid kids And all those nerds and geeks And all the Other kids they might have messed up! ’Cause they saw no worth in none of us And still my heart is bitter Still I want to see you bleed To see you suffer just like we did See you beaten up like we were To see the fear in your eyes When bullied kids come back You pay the price! Am I too mad? Is this just sad? Well, I don’t care I think I’m fair! No justice was done For all this “fun” The backs were turned T’wards those who yearned For some adult who’d take notice But you couldn’t care less for us You’re just as bad as all the bullies No, you’re worse! You were supposed to be The guardians of the small kids Ended up as such a joke! Now stand back ’Cause we’ve grown in time We’re someone you should fear We are the kids you messed up long ago Because you saw no worth in us And still my heart is bitter Still I want to see you bleed To see you suffer just like we did See you beaten up like we were To see the fear in your eyes When bullied kids take their revenge You pay the price.
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Snow Will Fall 03:06
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They say that the winter is harder to fight When the darkness gets whole It’s like eating your soul Denying a soul makes it easier Still, some cakes and some soda Cannot remove the chill Then snow will fall And I’ll lay down And make an angel On the ground So blue, so still She looks alive An angel has been found You wake up quite early Your bus leaves at eight You dress in a hurry You cannot be late Then while on the bus You look out as you sigh The stars in the windows Are waiving goodbye Then snow will fall And I’ll lay down And make an angel On the ground So blue, so still She looks alive An angel has been found Then snow will fall And I’ll lay down And make an angel On the ground Then snow will fall And I’ll lay down And make an angel On the ground Then snow will fall And I’ll lay down And make an angel Then you’ll come by And take me home An angel has been found
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Go Bus Baby Go 03:24
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Surely you trapped her She’s longing more and more to leave And not with another Solitude knocks out your company! But how do you leave When you don’t want no-one to follow? Pay cash, and then let the driver take you To a less crappy tomorrow You want her to stay To hide her away I told her to go But you do not know You can search hi you can search lo She’s thinking Go Bus Baby Go! You want her to stay To hold her hand You’ll keep her safe From all that you can You can search hi you can search lo She’s saying Go Bus Baby Go! What an adventure! Snow falls outside the window And all the street lights Follows her on her flight She reads books by Jim Carroll And Frank Miller She feels no sorrow Leans back whilst the driver takes her To a less crappy tomorrow You want her to stay To hide her away I told her to go But you do not know You can search hi you can search lo She’s thinking Go Bus Baby Go! You want her to stay To hold her hand You’ll keep her safe From all that you can You can search hi you can search lo She’s saying Go Bus Baby Go!
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I Watch the Boats 02:55
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The summer night is friendly and warm A pirate telescope, only on loan I watch the harbour This boat is called The Crystal You say I never leave my place I stay inside for days and days I’ll sell my shoes, I’ll sell my coats And stay inside and watch the boats I’ve waited long for my secret boat It’s like the bus in Ghost World Only it floats And when I see it I guess I’ll know for sure You say I never leave my place I stay inside for days and days I’ll sell my shoes, I’ll sell my coats And stay inside and watch the boats Then sail away Be gone one day You never heard I never said a word When I am gone Will you be mad? I didn’t know I used to make you feel glad You say I never leave my place I stay inside for days and days I’ll sell my shoes, I’ll sell my coats And stay inside and watch the boats
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Train to Heaven 02:24
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He used to watch TV in the 80’s Dreaming every day to do as they did To take the train up to heaven Or at least to Oslo Then to Madrid The window seat is free The sun is not to be seen We’re going fast, but But never fast enough This train will take him home The next train follows One day he’ll never get there No train goes far enough He does believe he isn’t running away He’ll tell you that he’s running towards! To take the train up to heaven Or to Barcelona or Camden... The window seat is free The sun is not to be seen We’re going fast, but But never fast enough This train will take him home The next train follows One day he’ll never get there No train goes far enough And if you see him He doesn’t want to be known He doesn’t want to Hear about your crummy town And if you see him His wish is simple So just ignore his face Keep to your own place And, most important, shut up! Durututururutururu Durututururururu Shut up! Durututururutururu Durututururururu The window seat is free The sun is not to be seen We’re going fast, but But never fast enough This train will take him home The next train follows One day he’ll never get there No train goes far enough
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The Other Side 02:03
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As I step out in the morning light I walk around on the other side Where mail nor coffee or cigarettes Means anything any more I’m staring out with allergic eyes To see if anyone’s walking by But no-one calls And no no-one writes Erasing me... Did I lose all my pride I forgot how to write How to talk How to call To respond at all! How disappointing to see What is left now of me Eating dinner alone I’m staring out with allergic eyes To see what’s new on the other side Where nothing stays And where nothing goes Where do you hide anyway As I step out in the morning light I walk around on the other side Where mail nor coffee or cigarettes Means anything
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Pray for the First Time 02:42
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Rest in your arms tonight The wind is cold And I forgot how to fight Close the door Then throw the key I got food to keep me going In eternity Stay inside Stare out of the window Run and hide From the cold eyes Whisper low “No-one will come” Then you pray for the first time In years Get lost! Go on, be gone! The thoughts you fear The silence alone Stretch your legs and arms out now This was how they would be saved A thousand years ago Stay inside Stare out of the window Run and hide From the cold eyes Whisper low “No-one will come” Then you pray for the first time
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To the Mailbox 01:49
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See this fog There’s no sky Bless them, I’ll stay inside Call no-one, ask no-one Strength to be all alone And then go outside the house Once a day Check the mail. Oh. And then go outside the house Feel the wind Stroke your chin Oh Did you choose? Did you hide? Was it fun to stay inside? Missed the morning dew The rain Me and you Just the mail. Oh. Miss to say hello To smile Choose to go Tell them no Oh Aaaaaaaaaaaah Missed the morning dew The rain Me and you Just the mail. Oh. Miss to say hello To smile Choose to stay Be ok Oh.
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Through the Night 03:00
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Through the night you’re sitting in your window sill Staring, your eyes end up dry and red True, the night might reveal some secrets But all in all, all that you knew is dead And you’ve been lonely for days now Do you still recall how the snow Melts when it lands on your nose And on your cheeks and the cold wind blows you home Through the night, staring into darkness The mountains behind you are strangers now Seven seas lies around your cottage They’re hidden beneath hundred tons of snow And you’ve been lonely for weeks now Do you see how this year will end? The snow is the lock on your door now In the spring you might open it again But you’ve already moved A thousand meters towards the Heaven you never could see A thousand meters towards the End And through the night you are dreaming Of evenings long gone, you can see them now Close your eyes, can you smell the way that it Used to be endlessly long from now? And you’ve been lonely for years now But the darkness is closing in Still you are closer to heaven To the ones that you never thought would win

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There was a time of handmade music fanzine that came with a pin and a compilation on a cd-r in limited numbers, immediately disappeared with the first lucky ones to get to the show. And then music blogs of which the latest post dates back to the MySpace era and usually counted more authors than readers. Record labels that lasted the time of a love story. Indie-pop as a genre has a predilection for what's ephemeral and fleeting, and Soda Fountain Rag throughout her whole career has been the essence of Indie-Pop from the first to the last note of her countless songs. Active since the beginning of the century, the Norwegian songwriter has published 4 full lengths and an unknown number of EP, singles and cd-r everywhere around the globe: Cloudberry Records, My Honey, Anorak, are just few of the cult label that released her music, without taking into account all the free downloads spread around the internet. Now just before releasing her new EP (scheduled for the beginning of 2017), Ragnhild Hogstad Jordahl has decided to bring together all the songs that went "lost", in a chronologically organized album that goes from 2006 to 2013. Lo-fi is Soda's philosophy, with the toy keyboards, her candid voice and the most immediate and happy melodies you can dream about, floating between Rough Bunnies and Moldy Peaches, as they are supposed to be.

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released December 1, 2016

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