WASTE OF TIME

There is a girl who runs around in this town
She’s very pretty, but I am sure she would turn me down
If I would ever dare to ask her out
There is no reason to
So why should I?

I’m sure she’s just another hipster girl
Probably smart, the kind that actually cares about art
I bet she did “the London year” after school
And now nothing back here could ever be that cool

I try to follow every step she takes
I work discrete I can’t afford mistakes
I know her name I read the blog she makes
I love the way she writes

I wonder where I’ve seen that guy before
Maybe just a neighbour living right here next door
He seems to be about the same age as I
And pretty cute but he’s got no sense of style

I am so tired of those play in band guys
Met them before and now I know their kind
I bet he’s lazy and just biding his time
Waiting for his breakthrough that just will not arrive

But I can’t help myself from wondering how
It would be like to get to know that guy
I’m pretty sure that he is not my kind but what if he is the one

I try to follow every step she takes
I work discrete I can’t afford mistakes
I know her name I read the blog she makes
I love the way she writes

Well what could happen if I just said hey?
Maybe she’d laugh at me and then just walk her way
Or maybe stay, get flattered by my ways
And take me out for a date

He has probably never read a book in his life
What would he say and what could we talk about?
Maybe the difference is good for me
And maybe together we could be free

No this is just a silly waste of time
I’ve got to get this person off my mind
There is nothing there for me but empty ground
Where nothing can be found

* * *

Catch me if you can

I belong to no one, nobody belongs to me
And my experience of true love is a dear ol’ memory
With no obligations to my friends or to my family
I’m as free as one can be

Free to come and I’m free to go
Everybody knows that I am not someone to rely on
Free to stay and I’m free to leave
I am free to be alone

But to be honest I have had enough of just fucking around
Now I’m desperately longing for
something to slow me down
So If you ever get to know me, if you think you’ve got a chance
Then I’m begging you, please catch me if you can

My calendar is empty ‘cause I never plan my time
Could some piece of mind really be that hard to find?
I will answer maybe, in case something would show up
I am gliding, and I don’t know how to stop

But to be honest I have had enough of just fucking around
Now I’m desperately longing for
something to slow me down
So If you ever get to know me if you think you’ve got a chance
Then I’m begging you
please catch me if you can

* * *

Mr Right Guy

I wake up early every morning
After eight hours deep sleep night
I start the day with my daily run then I’m
Getting dressed for my happy life

I am all right
I guess I’m all right

Like a sunbeam I go to work
I’m so thankful for my career
‘Cause I slipped in on a banana skin
Started with two hands and now I am here

I am all right
I guess I’m all right

They call me Mr. Perfect but it’s hard for me to see
What makes me so very special, what other people see in me but
I guess I’m all right
I guess I’m just all right

There is no place were I’d rather be
I am young and healthy, good looking and free
I am devoted to charity it feels great to be able to help people in need

I am all right
I guess I’m all right
I am a poet yes I’m so deep
I basically live in a library
And I am clever, yes I’m so smart
When my friends are in trouble then they turn to me

My friends they always tell me what an awesome friend I am
But I really have to say It’s hard for me to understand but
I am all right
I guess I’m all right

You see I’ve got a winning style that some people never learn
If you give away a smile then you get two back in return
Then you’ll be all right
Then you’ll be all right

* * *

Oh these nights

Oh these nights these lonely nights when you are all alone
Your pillow smells good from a girl you hardly know
Oh these nights when lights are out and you begin to think
About what is what and that is not before we start to sink

Then you remember her that were
The most important in your world
You wonder what she’s doing now
And who is lying by her side

Oh these nights these lonely nights when it’s to late to call
Oh those nights when music doesn’t comfort you at all

Then you remember her that were
The most important in your world
You wonder what she’s doing now
And who is lying by her side

Oh these nights when you’ve been out and smells from cigarettes
And you can only think of all the things that you regret

Then you remember her that were
The most important in your world
Now you wonder what it would be like
To still be laying by her side

* * *

Was it me
Was it me that got rich and kept spending my time
That were holding my head high as we passed the line
Was it me that got proud when the man dressed in black
Opened up the red rope and said welcome to us

Did I really discover the meaning of life
To the beat of the drums underneath flashing lights
Was it me that enjoyed being looked down upon
Was it me that got lost and were longing home

Was it me that had dug that big hole in the ground
Did I have myself to blame as I was falling down
Am I the kind that would need a hand from someone
Or would I be strong enough, strong enough to climb

Was It me that every night said the confession of sin
Was it me that were afraid that God just wouldn’t let me in
Was It me that were unable to believe and to accept
That someone would ever leave me; that somebody could forget

Was It me that thought that Stockholm city were frightening
Was it me that longed for getting struck by the lightning
Was It me that said that the good old days were over
Was it me that didn’t want to get any older

Did I really discover the meaning of life
To the beat of the drums underneath flashing lights
Was it me that enjoyed being looked down upon
Was it me that got lost and were longing home

Was It me that never were no good at taking the pressure
Was it me that always needed to become better
Was it me that never ever had any money
Was it me that tried a bit too hard to be funny

Did I really discover the meaning of life
To the beat of the drums underneath flashing lights
Was it me that enjoyed being looked down upon
Was it me that got lost and were longing home

Was it really me?

* * *

Crooked road

What would you say, what would you think
if I told you that I don’t want to win that the spirit of punk is still strong and alive and that I don’t intend to give up and pretend that a new suit can cover

the stains on my skin, the fact that I’m into people that have no interest in reaching the top?
Would I still be considered to be someone you could put up with and handle?

In that case I wonder if you too admire the life of the ones below the light of success, and if yes, I’d might be someone you’d like to join on a crooked road

What would you say, what would you do
If I told you that I’m through being cool
that the games that we played and the way we behaved is making me feel ashamed but i hope I have changed
I mean to the better

But how about you
How do you do now
still breaking through
enjoying the view from the top?
Would I still be considered to be someone you could put up with and handle?

In that case I wonder if you too admire the life of the ones below the light of success, and if yes, you might be someone I’d like to join on a crooked road

But I would refuse, another step with you
If you can´t take to get some dirt on your expensive boots
But If you like me, are not too hard to please, then there might be a
possibility

In that case I wonder if you too admire the life of the ones below the light of success, and if yes, you might be someone I’d like to join on a crooked road

* * *

Three years later

I can´t believe it took me three years to discover what a fool I’ve been
Now I can see that she just kept me on the threshold but that she never let me in

She said that we would be the best of friends forever
Then she said everything to me
I froze and watched her when she just tore my heart wide open
before she poured her salt in it

So I took her from the pillar and put her in a drawer
What once was a treasure, my everything before
Lost all it´s glow and value
Now I can’t even hate her anymore

I was a sudden strike of insight out of nowhere
It sort of woke me from a dream
It was a tiny piece of glass there on the pavement
And not the diamond I had seen

So I took it from the pavement and put it in a drawer
What once was a treasure, my everything before
Lost all it´s glow and value
Now I can’t even hate her anymore
I could never get her, not even get up close
She was a mystery
But now I’ve solved the riddles, I found the missing puzzle piece
Now she´s history

So I took her from the pillar and put her in a drawer
What once was a treasure, my everything before
Lost all it´s glow and value
Now I can’t even hate her anymore

* * *

Stormy weather

Come, come stormy weather
You could make me feel much better
Come, come and tear my walls down
Come, come stormy weather
Come and blow away my shelter
Come, come and tear my roof of
Yes tear it down

And make sure to make a good job now so
We can start from solid ground
Come bring your fresh air
Come make us understand
things that really matter come on

Come, come stormy weather
You could make me feel much better
Come, come and tear my walls down
Come, come my friend
and set it back again
Come, come, the way we started
Yes tear it down

And make sure to make a good job now so
we can start from solid ground

Come, come Katrina, bring your brother Ivan
Flood the ocean, put dark clouds in front of the sun
Let it rain for days, yes let it all wash away
Don’t finish ‘til you’re done

And make sure to make a good job now so we can start from solid ground

Come bring your fresh air
Come make us understand things that really matter come on

* * *

Hit & Run

I wouldn’t mind if you stepped on my feet
I wouldn’t mind if I fell on concrete
I wouldn’t mind if you knocked out my teeth
I wouldn’t mind if the sky fell down

I wouldn’t mind if my bike got stolen
I wouldn’t mind I would give it to them
I wouldn’t mind if you took my money
I wouldn’t mind if the sky fell down

But I can’t take that you’re hating me still
There is no excuse for what I did
Now I beg you to please forgive me
I can’t go on with my life
If we can’t talk and sort things out
Tell me there is something I can do
To make it up to you

Bad karma is haunting me
When I’m awake and while asleep
Wake up in sweaty sheets
I wouldn’t mind if the sky fell down

No I cant take this any longer
My curse is growing even stronger
What I did can not be undone
What I did was a hit & run

But I can’t take that you’re hating me still
There is no excuse for what I did
Now I beg you to please forgive me
I can’t go on with my life
If we can’t talk and sort things out
Tell me there is something I can do
To make it up to you

Look at you, you are the one that made it through
And look at me, I am a failure to everyone I meet.
But we were younger, I was another person then
My friend, I got nothing more to say to my defense

But I can’t take that you’re hating me still
There is no excuse for what I did
Now I beg you to please forgive me
I can’t go on with my life
If we can’t talk and sort things out
Tell me there is something I can do
To make it up to you

* * *

What would kill us

We knew that it didn’t work out
So we did the thing we felt was right
We parted until we were out of sight
She told me not to call,
She said that we had to move on
And to forget and to talk would be way too hard

To live in two different towns was bringing the two of us down

So I broke when she broke then we took different ways
And there was really no one, not no one to blame

Months passed on by
Without a sound
I started to think that it was over
Until one day when I got a call
It was him and he wanted to see me
I got scared and prepared for a major fall

But we smiled as we talked and we laughed as we walked

And what would kill us next day felt so right at the time
So we made an exception for only one night
We didn’t know what to do
And none of us had a clue
How much damage a weekend like that would do
We thought it was under control
We thought we were invincible
But honestly we didn’t think so much at all

How could it all go so wrong when we knew that we had to stay strong

What would kill us next day felt so right at the time
So we made an exception for only one night

And there was really no one, not no one to blame

* * *

Lyrics by Elias Åkesson.