LYRICS

Havet nynnar en hymn till vinden
där tid står still
för den du var en gång, för den du är
Ooo, ooo

Ta mig till dyningars rand
Ro mig iland, iland

Bland släta stenar och slipat glas
i gryningen
ryms allt som var en gång, ryms allt som är
Ooo, ooo
Ooo, ooo

© Elmseld 2021

Havshymn (demo)

LYRICS

He's gathering dry twigs to fend off
nightfall's coldness, coldness
The hamster wheel got him,
bought a plot in the forest, forest
Now he's living off the land
knowing well his life is in his own hands
It gives him more means to thrive
than just working nine to five

Oh, rat race renegade
You're so brave
What is left in our veins
if we just care 'bout gains? 

The river runs in his blood by now
He walks lightly, lightly
He's making sure to take nothing more
than what's called for, called for
Now his mind is so serene
he can hear what used to be unseen
Guided by sunlight's flow
rather than clockwork

Oh, rat race renegade
You're so brave
What is left in our veins 
if we just care 'bout gains?
What is left of our spines
if we keep chasing dimes?

© Elmseld 2021

Rat Race Renegade (demo)

LYRICS

I dreamt that I tried to save you from drowning in our flooded home
I wish that I could reach into your brain and take out your pain

And I stand on solid ground beside you, as you're sinking in the sand, the sand
And I pull with all my strength
But in this I'm powerless 
Oh

Am I reaching you?
Are you in there somewhere, still?
Am I reaching you?
Am I reaching?
Oh

I still can remember the sound of a stranger's laugh coming out your mouth
Can't even imagine what it must be like for you to not know what's real

And I stand on solid ground beside you, as you're sinking in the sand, the sand

Am I reaching you?
Are you in there somewhere, still?
Am I reaching you?
Am I reaching?

And I pull with all my strength
But in this I'm powerless
x2

I can't help
I can't pull you up

© Elmseld 2021

Somewhere, Still (demo)

Can't decide if I like this or not, but oh well. Time to let it go.

LYRICS

Celia Lee
Waiting on tables till evening (till evening)
Picks up her tips,
planning to leave the next morning (morning)

Dubbed miss "City-Hopper" Lee

Will she manage to stay clear of the doldrums
when the earth keeps spinning 'round?

In a new town
cleaning out the portafilter (from dry pucks)
Thinking about people that order their coffee
the same time every morning

Aren't they stuck in a rut?

Will she manage to stay clear of the doldrums 
when it all keeps circling on?

Patterns form our days
Living in a haze

Celia Lee
gets off the train with her suitcase
for the fifth time this year
Hellbent to thrive,
quenching her thirst for new vistas (vistas)

Is it possible to escape from that old rut and the doldrums
when our days are on repeat?

© Elmseld 2021

Celia "City-Hopper" Lee (demo)

LYRICS

Sommaren är slut
med allt som hör därtill
Om i skymningen du lyssnar,
hör du höstens melodi,
för när näktergalen tystnar,
då är sommaren förbi
Sommaren är slut

Inget mera bad
Aldrig riktigt glad
Som en psyk-blockad,
det känns som jag vissnar

Mörkret tar gestalt, 
det är grått och kallt,
ska vi lämna allt
och flytta ner söderut?

Sommaren är slut
Med allt som hör därtill
För när utefiken stänger
och förbyts i apati,
ja när jordens vinkel svänger,
då är sommaren förbi
Sommaren är slut

Är det en komplott?
Allting är så rått,
har vi alltid mått
såhär varje halvår?

All den sol som va'
är att föredra
ska vi bara ta
och flytta ner söderut?

Ska vi bara ta och flytta söderut?
Ska vi bara ta och flytta söderut?

© Elmseld 2021

Flytta söderut (demo)

LYRICS

Du tar av dig din skrud uti aftonen
När luften skälver av guld

Inatt har du mig

Och när morgonen gryr, klar och vaken
En strimma av sol i ditt hår
Jag kan vänja mig vid denna känsla
Om du stannar kvar

Om du stannar, 
stannar
kvar

Dela allt ditt sköraste 
Långt om länge ljusnar det

Utan sköld och utan skrud
Dra konturer på min hud

Inatt har du mig

© Elmseld 2021

Skrud (demo)

LYRICS

Shoot down your demons and let it go
Cut right through the veil of numb and low 
You can be certain
Nothing is coming back
Better make the present count

Just know you aren’t alone in feeling
At some point someone somewhat felt like you do

Come out of the pothole where you used to dwell 
Words raining like daggers on your molten shell
You can be certain
Nothing is coming back
Better make the present count

Just know you aren’t alone in feeling
At some point someone somewhat felt like you do

Mmm, mmm
Never alone

© Elmseld 2022

Never Alone (demo)

LYRICS

Through the forest, over the lake
As I take on my airy shape
Drifting softly into a breeze

And the oak leaves are now my tongue 
As I whisper our song
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?

♫  Oooh ♫

Higher, soaring higher
So high, so high

© Elmseld 2022

If I were a gentle wind I'd play with your hair (demo)

LYRICS

A look in your eyes
telling me more than words can
Somehow I guess it wasn’t real

Moonlight falls upon your skin
but someone else is holding you

Your eyes in my eyes in your eyes in mine
Your eyes in my eyes in your eyes in my eyes

Oooh

Bodies collide in space
Still too far away
Bodies parted by space
You’re too far away

© Elmseld 2022

Bodies Collide (demo)

LYRICS

Tät skimrar daggen i morgonstund

Tiden tycks mig stå helt stilla

Men när dagen är till ända,
En hel livstid för en slända

Daggdroppsintermezzo

LYRICS 

Out of sync, tell me what you think
Wanna take the plunge 
Want a fire

Let me know, or just let it show
Wanna hit the road
Want a fire

Hold me tight 

All evasive lies
Look me in the eyes
Oh, how love 
turns us inside out

🎶

Diversion aplenty 
Emotion scarce 
Your mind is detached
from your body parts 

Ghosting
When one of us is jaded
Ghosting
When one of us is done 

I am just a pastime for you

Pastime (demo)

LYRICS

Tänk om ljuva ögonblick 
vore fästa i en evig väv
Allt du sa, allt du sa

Linjer som möts och bryter upp
Allt är så skört

Där linjerna bryter av
finns en håglöshetsenklav
För allt som du ville ha
finns en annan morgondag
En morgondag

I ditt öga ryms allt vackert du sett
Varje tår är ett prisma

Prisma (demo)

Öknen

Writing songs makes me feel more in tune with myself.

I collect my songs here, so as not to forget them.

They’re mostly crap.

.

Elmseld

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