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198X (Heaven Hill)
03:55
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198X (Heaven Hill)
Welcome aboard there’s room for all
Lay your burdens at the foot of the cross
The melody train outruns your pain
On its way up to a heaven of stars
Ghosts of our past, reunited at last
Rebels and punks, lovers and drunks
Welcome back, welcome back
Welcome back to heaven hill
Same old sounds, same old thrills
Welcome back to heaven hill
Lord of the rings, prom queens and kings
All you shadows that just never belonged
We’ll let you in, we’ll let you win
We’ll let you pick your favourite song
Ghosts of our past, reunited at last
Rebels and punks, lovers and drunks
Welcome back, welcome back
Welcome back to heaven hill
Same old sounds, same old thrills
Welcome back to heaven hill
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Between the Devil and Me
10:38
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Between the Devil and Me
Hand on my heart I didn’t start
I wanted none of it
The pleasure, the pain led me astray
now there is no space between the devil and me
He’s got a license to kill, he gets his thrill down by the watering hole
I'm next in line, head back in time, trying to find some answers
Burning
I’m burning deep inside
Hurting
Can’t find the reason why
I am not like you, I might have set my world on fire but what am I to do
I may be lost forever, but until I see him that's between the devil and me
Head over heels, you know how it feels when you just want more of it
The secrets and lies shine through my eyes
until there’s no space between the devil and me
Somebody take me away, tell me to stay, show me to a better place
Free from the pain, laugh in the rain, tell me that it’s ok
Burning
I'm burning deep inside
Hurting
Can’t find the reason why
I am not like you, I might have set my world on fire but what am I to do
I may be lost forever, but until I see him that's between the devil and me
When you were young you had nothing and nothing was missing
Where’s that childlike creature, barefoot rebel, Peter Pan with hungry eyes
Up on our hill, we'll be waiting forever for you, boy
Singing come home brother, come on soldier, you don’t have to feel this way no more
The man in the moon looking down from his own private heaven
No one sees him crying, hears him crying, you know what it feels like now
If there's a light waiting there up ahead in the tunnel
You have to go your own way, find it your way, maybe one day you'll be back again
Above the clouds the sky is always blue
That's what they say on my rainy days
Maybe I should fly away, leave my shadow long and grey, dry my tears for wasted years, start the clock again
There's nothing left for me to do, I've seen it all and so have you
The only truth we'll ever know, is that life goes up and down
I am not like you, I might have set my world on fire but what am I to do
I may be lost forever, but until I see him that's between the devil and me
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Emma, Come On
03:19
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Emma, Come On
I see that red head woman on every magazine and I,
I’ve seen her movies too many times
I’ll build a church of love in her name and pray away
If ripples reach her, then I believe
Just a poor lonely fella’
Stone in love with my Emma
I’ve heard that shooting stars always fall behind my back
And that love is just variations of heart attacks
And in America dream big or don’t dream at all, no
If you can get it, you can get more
Just a poor lonely fella’
Stone in love with my Emma
I follow dreams and I fall behind, but I don’t mind
No, ‘cause falling in love is like falling down
I’ve fallen hard and I’m on my knees, I’m begging, baby
Just feel my love through the silver screen
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A Lifetime to Learn How to Love
The northern lights are out, they’re a-twinklin’ in your eyes
In pursuit of words and rhymes that no poet can devise
May you find the light - a guide - around romantic traps
‘cause we all flatline sometimes and we watch the world collapse
The moon is on a string, hangs above your head
Love comes crashing in, where the ghosts have fled
Baby, may your dreams all come true
May kindness and light always surround you
Baby, if your mind gives up your heart
Remind yourself of – you’ve got a lifetime to learn how to love
A lifetime to learn how to love
May we build a strong ground for you, when the wind is at your door
May lovers serenade your steps, just to even the score
There’s an endless stair, of my own doubts and fears
But I promise you that I always will be there
Baby, may your dreams all come true
May kindness and light always surround you
Baby, if your mind gives up your heart
Remind yourself of – you’ve got a lifetime to learn how to love
A lifetime to learn how to love
Everybody gets a little lost before we find our home
and everybody hits a wall before we know
which way we can finally go
Everybody breaks an inch or two before we learn to grow
and everybody needs a hand to tell us that
we’ll never be all alone
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Beyond the Blue
02:12
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Beyond the Blue
As I chase the endless dawn to fight a life unsung
Heed the call from Heaven Hill
Don't kill what makes you young
From up here I see no end, no shadow as I run
I'm just a voice, a ready lung, I'll find what dreams may come, find what dreams may come
Diamonds are forever so they say my love
This heavy heart is mine
Hold me up towards the light and tell me I still shine
Just a stone, rolling on, round and round alone
As the other side appears I change and breathe anew, a creature born to life the life
Far above, there, beyond the blue
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Blood Moon
05:44
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Blood Moon
On our way to heaven, baby
On this blood moon night
One last breath of life
Together we ride, one last time
Songs on the radio show us the way
Cold night for gators, Roky would say
There at the moonlit crossroads we meet
poor Robert's demon, your souls for the big beat!
I just want to be with you just want to be with
I just want to be with you oh pretty baby
The night brings wild things howling for a kiss
Snakes and panthers coming from the mist
Pull me close now show the way to paradise
On our way to heaven, baby
On this blood moon night
One last breath of life
Together we ride, one last time
Out by lake Alice deep in the night
We make new memories far from the light
We dance while the Waiting plays on and on
Something is calling us back to the garden
I just want to be with you just want to be with
I just want to be with you oh pretty baby
Tonight those red lights telling us to go
Counting white lines, ready for the show
Gainesville fading, let them hear our final cry
On our way to heaven, baby
On this blood moon night
One last breath of life
Together we ride down the western sky
See us fly
Blood Moon, Blood Moon, my Blood Moon
We're two perfect monsters that move to the same beat
I just want to be with you just want to be with
I just want to be with you, just wanna...
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Teen Angel Meets the Apocalypse
Part I – Diamonds in the Rain
Had a widescreen view of forever
We sat back and watched it together
Even in the end we were not entertained
Always men making stupid decisions
You shake your head but the idiot listens
Embrace the atomic wind of change
There’s no time to be sentimental
Between the devil and the deep
And that’s where you’ll find me
Making plans for the next generation
One drink short of a tonic perfection
Just looking for diamonds in the rain
‘tis the song that we leave for our children
Memories of the garden of Eden
And that love is a story of the road
Baby, nature has a cruel groove
Someday you will feel it too
You will feel it too
Ring your bells for better days to come along
Ring them out to sweeten our dumb old wrongs
Ring your bells for better days to come our way
Make a stand and take ‘em down
Ring your red bells and ring them loud
There’s an army being born
Under the sign of the horn
Hear distortion from the tower of song
You are Legion, the storm that is coming
When the new déjà vu day is dawning
You can change anything with the power of chords
And the beat will choose the drummer
and the thunder will bring the rain – diamonds in the rain
Ring your bells for days gone by and days to come
Ring your bells for every child beneath the sun
Ring you bells for better days to come our way
Ring them for the final flame
To keep you warm when the summer’s gone
Part II – Road to Roundabout
Mankind will try to remain on the old roman roads
Men in high places say: “better the devil you know”
We’ll be the scapegoats – enemies
History’s grace note – To Calvary!
My neophyte – ‘tis your world, your collapsed legacy
To build a new world on the old ones stupidity
Go let it out now! – Every note!
Wear every colour – ever so proud
They’ll bring out the banners of their old empires
Throw ‘em all in the funeral pyre
Ring out the old world with a boom and a bang
The peasants unite and they will join the band
Locked in a cage, but the bird still sings
The dreams of a million only need one pair of wings
If we only imagine what we believe
Then let me live in my song of self deceit
Part III – London Bridge Is Falling Down
Good ole’ Johnny Mellor, he prophesized we would drown
But sweet Thames is now a beach, a rocky ground
London bridge is falling down
London bridge is falling down again
Smoke obscures the window that has no view anyway
Oh, what shall we do today but pray for rain
London bridge is falling down
London bridge is falling down again
Datta, Datta, Dayadhvam, Damyata
Datta, Datta, Dayadhvam, Damyata
Part IV – What the Thunder Said
Teen angel, the doors are open
To begin when all is broken
Our pain is your guide to the top of the stairs
And the queen is cleaning the seasons
We’re all mad and we’re all beyond reason
A gift from the autumn of my rocking chair
So we lead our children underground
To refine that million dollar sound
Through the door to the left to get it right
So the stage is set and the power’s on
Bring the thunder down on everyone
Push the hoi polloi out into the light
Baby, we don’t need religion
‘cause we’ve got rock n’ roll
You’re dancing in the stardust
And it’s all so bittersweet
… and that’s my legacy
I would not wish any companion in the world but you
No one else but you, my love
Baby, we don’t need no borders
‘cause we’ve got rock n’ roll
And the wonderful crescendo
Promise that the rain will fall…
and the rain will fall…
Ring your bells for better days to come along
Ring them out to sweeten our dumb old wrongs
Ring your bells for better days to come our way
Ring them for a rainy day
the old world dies to rise again
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Forever, For You
10:08
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Forever, For You
I’m up with the dawn alone with my back pages
Life through a lens, god, it must have been ages
Grew up a child right in Spielberg suburbia
Where “I’ll be right here” was my home
The playground is empty and all overgrown
The picture, it seems, ain’t the one I had known
This is the place where we left our last game
And we did never return
I’m thinking of dreams that we didn’t pursue
A promise we’d swore we’d hold on to
Well, I’ll hold on forever, for you
You’d do as you pleased, then you do as you’re told
Your look’s no surprise – it’s the child just grew old
We try to remember what we should forget
when memories lead to regret
I’ve run through the attic in my mind
Now a longing is all there is to find
Slow down time and my seasonal heart
We rush through life and we meet but to part
Slow down time, hold me close and be true
The only thing that lasts forever
Is the love that we leave when we’re gone
The days will linger on and on in guilty pleasure songs
The treasures we dug down on some old forgotten ground
Waiting to be found
And I’ve found that spark burn bright again in pictures of old friends
And I see you, all of you,
In past tense
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Epilog
03:22
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Epilog
Så faller sommarsolen
Över ungdomens ängder
Under en slöja ligger tiden
Vars anlete vi aldrig ser
Vi ses vid vägens ände
Möter vinden där den vänder
Stäm din sträng och låt den ringa
Från himmel till vår sköna jord
Närmare, kom närmare i morgonsolens ljus
Sångens klang den skyndar bort
Där nådens dans tar slut
Av tårar väcks vårt rike
Kläs i grönska och viol
Genom tvivel finner tro
Ifrån barndoms steg vi bygger bron
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Moon Safari Sweden
Himlabacken Vol. 2 out Dec 8.
Moon Safari is a Swedish progressive rock group formed in
Skellefteå, Sweden, in 2003. The band focuses on vocal arrangements in the style of Gene Puerling and they willingly surrender to the spirit of 60s rock, pop and progressive rock music, previously invoked by the Beatles, the Beach Boys and Yes.
They have toured both Japan, North America and mainland Europe.
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