Lyrics for Visseltofta Folkfest, bonus tracks and b-sides:
Written by: Peter Thisell
Poncho
I’ve been on the run
In my living room
Hid under carpets
Stood on the moon
Am I someone
If I’m no one without you?
I’ve used all my magic
I’ll borrow some more
It’s there in your poncho
You left by my door
Am I living
Am I giving it my all?
With my heart inside out
I want you near
I’ll tell you the words
I need to hear
I’ve climbed up a mountain
To lay on my bed
I’m weighing the words
That you might have said
Feeling heavy
Maybe happy, too?
In all of our moments
You were perfectly clear
I can’t deny it
I was there
But in past tense
None of it makes sense
With my heart inside out
You are not here
It’s only myself
A mind’s love affair
I’ll do anything for you
I know you see it
Wherever I’m going
I’ll save you a seat
Pig Meat
Just the thought of losing you
Will break my heart in two
I could say forever, you know better
You own the distance between you and me
Pick me
The brown eyed blue one
The one who’s always laughing
When he is with you
Pick me
I can hear you humming outside my door now
Today, be a good day
It’s the only dream that’s worth living
Oh I wish that you would stay
And pick me
The brown eyed blue one
The one who’s always happy
When he is with you
Pick me
Visseltofta
A mind’s decline, medicine
Mood swings, battle ships
Oh I know it’s been a while
I can’t stand to see you fight
Your mind, your troubled mind
Cannot stand to see you lose
Spring is here and the colors’ve changed
In your room much is the same
Years and years of tv shows
Where you go no one knows
Your mind, your troubled mind
Cannot stand to see you fall
There is no forgiveness
For liars and secrets
Your truth is cold
But it gets you home
Always leave the light on
Your phone and your full moon
The truth, you say, is there’s no hope
It gives you hope
Human Animals
I’m in defeat
I need to see you
I’ve loved, I’ve lost, I’ve dreamed at the cost of coming home
Could go on for years
Not all the tears are mine
I’ve loved, I’ve lost, I’ve dreamed at the cost of coming home
The promises we make
We’re human animals
We need something to break
We want something to break
And I’m not coming home
I’m in too deep
I’m incomplete
I’ve loved, I’ve lost, I’ve dreamed at the cost of coming home
The promises we make
We’re human animals
We need something to break
We want something to break
Pray A Star Shines
Reach out into the unknown
Find the home you’ve hoped to find
Yes it’s in there with all your love
And your fear
Just say it, say you’re sorry
If it’s all you can say
Pray a star shines for the wicked
Like you
What if all your friends
Turned their back on you
What would you do?
What if I told you
You can change the past
Would you?
There’s a note in your pocket
It’s a list of things to do
I hope it finds you before you run out
Of things to lose
A Long, Long Way From Home
You left home with nothing but your worried mind
You knew you’d be alone
Said you’d be damned if you’d ever walk the line
You against the world
Now you’re losing and a long, long way from home
Time used to be a friend
There’s a lonely light around you, still you say
You just need some time alone
You just want to be alone
Any light will fade if you hold it to the sun
Or fold to the weight it holds
Sometimes you win by giving up the fight
Won’t you come on home
The Only Dance Floor
Got a new job baby
Showing people the way
Yeah it’s kind of funny
It’s me who needs a way
Always thought that I was leaving
And now you’re gone
It takes one to know one
I know what you’re running from
The weeks end by the only dance floor
In this lonely town
Everybody is laughing
I wish I could feel that way
Not lost but swept away
We’re all waiting for our angel
Or a beer or a dance
A lifetime sentence
Or just another chance
Just one more chance
(At Night) Morning Light
There are no ghosts in the morning light
I’m alone and I’m free
The kids are high on their own minds
Worry is asleep
I’m alone and I’m free
I can feel the way I feel
I feel nothing, I feel nothing and I’m free
I feel nothing, I want nothing and I’m free
Forgiveness is a brand new day
I let hope into my land
With the night so far away
I need no one to understand
Piano Song (Bonus song on the vinyl version of Visseltofta Folkfest)
Heaven is a cup
Of coffee in the morning
Or just that little moment
With all secrets told
Sun shines in a room
I’m on a carpet made of wool
The dust that settles slowly
Is new
I’ve got nothing left to say
I’ve said it all
How can you ask me
If I loved you at all?
When all you see is dark skies
I can’t help you out
How can you ask me
If you knew me at all?
Everything’s the same
Except I feel things again
And I don’t have to wake up
With all our stuff
Call me what you want
I know how I feel
There’s time to sit alone
And time to heal
I’ve got nothing left to say
I’ve said it all
How can you ask me
If I loved you at all?
All you see is dark skies
I can’t help you out
How can you ask me
If you knew me at all?
Rainbow Plan (Bonus track on CD version of Visseltofta Folkfest)
Got nothing but love for you
Do you feel it too?
Something about the way we laugh
I don’t want to lose
I’ve got my rainbow plan
No sure footing where I stand
If you got a song to sing
I wanna sing it with you
I’ve got my rainbow plan
No sure footing where I stand
I could lie, I don’t want to
I want you
I’m hoping your winter is long
That you’ll have your time
And that the east wind is so cold
It will change your mind
I’ve got my rainbow plan
No sure footing where I stand
I could lie, I don’t want to
I want you
I don’t know how to
Reach you now that
You are here with me
Another day is there
Another way I want to
Be closer to you
Bjärnum Happy Feet (B-side on the Pig Meat single)
What if I got flowers
Leave them by your door
Without a note
Would you know
Just what you mean to me?
Or if I had the mind
To take you by the hand
And for a spin
Would you spend some time
Fall for me
Time is slow
No-one knows
Just how low and lonesome I have been
Where do I start
I know in my heart
What you mean to me
What if I had money
Buy a little wine
Give us happy feet
We could leave
Babe, stay with me
Time is slow
No-one knows
Just how low and lonesome I have been
- Poncho
- Pig Meat
- Visseltofta
- Human Animals
- Pray a Star Shines
- A Long, Long Way From Home
- The Only Dance Floor
- (At Night) Morning Light
Bonus tracks and b-sides:
Piano Song
Rainbow Plan
Bjärnum Happy Feet