Skyward Lights is a reflection on our own insignificance, one we all feel at some point or other in our lifes.

Lyrics:
SKYWARD LIGHTS

Somewhere in the northern cold
A night-train travels on its own
Over silence, over silence

I can see the light of the train
From the window of an aeroplane
The sight brings sadness into me
As I can feel the people are as lonely as me

Sometimes my eyes meet the sight
Of houses flickering in the night
Over silence, over silence


BROTHER NORTH—Skyward Lights

RAIN SONG

Two men sitting in a barn
Avoiding the everyday
Trying, reaching, but unable to break the walls
They’ve not been here for a while

A life away, a life away from here
Their senses are gone of those times
They’re coming to terms with closed eyes
Looking for answers, in the fall it shall turn

Being in a different state of mind
It seems drawn out of there
Falling, fading, into a world where they exist
And have been for longer than time

A life away, a life away from here
Their senses are gone of those times
They’re coming to terms with closed eyes
With their minds closed
They’re in the smell of summer
Wet grass and wood that’s sawed down
Oh they listen to fall of rain

Brother North

Rain Song

BROTHER NORTH—Rain Song

This is about nostalgia. The lyrics describe Freyrs memories of his parents singing the old medieval Icelandic song "Krummi" for him when going to bed, mixed with lines from the traditional text that every Icelander knows by heart. The melody is new but attempting to catch the emotion of the traditional tune.

KRUMMI

Áður en nóttin tekur mig
Inn í nýja staði
Á óskýra drauma

   Krummi svaf i klettagjá
   kaldri vetrarnóttu á
   Verður margt að meini

Undir ljúfu teppi
Hugsa ég 
Til kaldra vetra

   Fyrr en dagur fagur rann
   Freðið nefið dregur hann
   Undan stórum steini

   Ef að húsum heim ég fer
   Heimafrakkur bannar mér

   Allt er frosið út í gor
   Ekkert fæst við strendur mór

   Hann fer að ofan
   Hann fór að ofan

BROTHER NORTH—Krummi

EMBER

Deep down I am sensing a regret
Beneath the sharp yet tender surface
Inside the cold eyes that I am wearing
I dwell in longing

Close up it’s nothing to believe
I am willing to tear my soul in pieces
And for the sake of standing tall
It’s not without her

::Head down
  Hands cold 
  I fall into oblivion ::

The feelings boom inside my head
Feel like a storm despite the sunshine
Before the times run back to you
It was all for nothing 

Deep down I am sensing a regret
Beneath the sharp yet tender surface

::Head down
  Hands cold 
  I fall into oblivion ::

Friends gone
It’s a love lost
But if times could be replaceable

True trust, look it up
Shake firs, could stir in thoughts you never knew

BROTHER NORTH — Ember

POOL OF HER

The ribbons drop
From her naked shoulders
But your sealed with that girl
Your first love

You´re keeping that feeling
Like each time
The colours run from your eyes 
Down the tracks
To a pool of her 
Where you swim
To a pool of her
Where you float

I can tell from under your
Fifties round-framed glasses
There’s a tool for floating
In the cold light

The tunnel, the tunnel to her
Like each time
The colours run from your eyes
Down the tracks 
To a pool of her
Where you swim
To a pool of her
Where you float

BROTHER NORTH — Pool of Her

This was the first track we made public, before we released the album. It expresses our love for the North.

NORTHBOUND

You’re in the midst of May
But I’m many miles away
Struck by the light in my eyes
The sun in your arms
So far from here

Northbound
My heart is northbound
My heart is northbound

I slowly fade away
Life will never be the same
Wish it never ever change
Cause I wanna live that way

Northbound
My heart is northbound
My heart is northbound

My heart is north
My heart is north
My heart is north

I’m singing on the lake lying still
The fog grew thicker on its wide blue sea

Northbound
My heart is Northbound
My heart is northbound

BROTHER NORTH—Northbound

This is where it all started, our first song composed solely together. Enfajalan is a word made for interpretation. To us it's a word for truth, love and commitment. It's starting off by the fragile sound off two guitars - yet it developed into something bigger.

ENFAJALAN

I know you I swear
We’ve seen the same
Signs to guide us through in life
Without knowing why

Enfajalan, Enfajalan, Enfajalan, Enfajalan

Do not close your eyes
It’s time to realise
Sensing things you’ve never felt
Without knowing why

Enfajalan, Enfajalan, Enfajalan, Enfajalan

Oh, you hold me up
Enfajalan

Enfajalan, Enfajalan, Enfajalan, Enfajalan
Enfajalan, Enfajalan, Enfajalan, oh oh

I know you I swear
We’ve seen the same

BROTHER NORTH—Enfajalan

SILENT MIND

Under a cloudless sky
The stars they clutch the ground
The silent mind, the silent mind
From under a covering shroud

There was no rythm
I hushed the future
That was not written in our hearts

Above the flattest land
Off the map the valley spreads
The silent mind, the silent mind
Dust sprinkles time on your behalf

There was no rythm
I hushed the future
That was not written in our hearts

There was no rythm
There was no rythm in his heart

BROTHER NORTH—Silent Mind

A duo making melodic orchestral folk-pop inspired by the vast forrests of northern Sweden and the rugged beauty of Iceland. Our self-titled debut album made Beehype's list of Best Icelandic Albums 2014: http://beehy.pe/best-of-2014/iceland-3/

We are Freyr Flodgren (lead vocals, guitar) and Lucas Enquist (vocals, guitar). In making our album we've been lucky to work with a bunch of brilliant musicians, such as:
   Nils Royen - Bass Guitar
   Kristofer Morhed - Piano
   Mikael Nitsche - Drums
   Elin Thorsell - Violin
   Jacob Edström - Violin
   Miriam Nilsson - Cello
   Jens Johansson - Trombone
   Sofia Nilsson - French Horn
   Maja Dahlbäck - Trumpet
   Johanna Yew Olsson - Percussion, Vibraphone

Sound Technician: Joel Lööf—Piano, Soundeffects, Musical Engineering)

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