Cocoon Live (Björk cover)

Betty

Betty chooses eyes for her unborn child
She wants them blue, pure and mild
 
Doctor recommends them naive blue
He say´s “popular this season bet you like them too”
 
It´s gonna be a girl and she bought her a dress.
All the other mothers Betty tries to impress
 
Doctor says the child is going to be
Pre-disposed to obesity
But he says “don’t you worry,
We´ll change this easily”
 
Daddy doesn’t know what sex´ ill be
It´s a surprise for their big anniversary
 
She choosing hair colour for her special girl
No one like her in the entire world
 
She puts a big mark for personality
Such a beautiful child this girl will be
 
Betty rocks the cradle and her new born child,
has eyes so blue pour and mild
 
Betty is getting herself a beautiful boy
She already bought him his favourite toy

Betty

Precious Little Diamond

Heiðrik is a Faroese singer, songwriter and producer, who has recently been working on his upcoming debut single Maria’s Donkey. He teamed up with the multi-award winning composer Rosabella Gregory (BMI Award, Cosmopolitan Woman Of Achievement, BBC Pebble Mill Winner, Pullen Memorial Prize) to create a unique strings- driven arrangement for his song. 

Having collaborated with the likes of Jools Holland and Delilah, Rosabella’s long-standing experience gorgeously compliments Heiðrik’s creative songwriting skills to bring together the sonically elegant Maria’s Donkey. 

The tone is set immediately by a very minimalistic intro with just the pizzicato strings for company. Leading into a soft and crystal-clear vocal, it creates a feeling of restraint that is softly audible to the listener. 

Maria’s Donkey resembles Gotye doing a Lars Von Trier soundtrack, and is an interesting lead into the world of one of Scandinavia’s hottest new artists. In other words, Heiðrik’s upcoming new single is a real treat for everyone, and will be available for sale and download everywhere from 14th July. 

For press and radio enquiries please contact james@mysticsons.com or liv@mysticsons.com 

Heiðrik- Maria's Donkey

Music by Heiðrik & David Jürgens
Lyrics by Heiðrik
Produced by David Jürgens

Phoenix

In the dawn I'll learn what blackens hearts
In the night I'll see what lights a spark
Dont mind the pain dont mind the scars

Letting go and all defenses down
Let these weapons fall down to the ground
To my fear I haven too long been bound

I will burn
I will learn

Cause I'm brave enough to lose
If I don't try, I won't win
And I don't care anymore if I rise or fall
And I know if I should lose
I will praise those who win
I will rise from the ashes and know that I tried

Like a warrior with no shield or sword
I will face the life I have ignored
Without a struggle you can not feel reward

I know my skin is thin but I'll will join the game
Beaten down and turn I'll keep my name
Like a phoenix rising from the flame

I will burn
I will learn

Cause I'm brave enough to lose
If I don't try, I won't win
And I don't care anymore if I rise or fall
And I know if I should lose
I will praise those who win
I will rise from the ashes and know that I tried


Phoenix (Demo)

Red Hair

Who are you now?
I was wondering
if you still pretend?
Where are you now?
Off to Rome again
for some "opening"?

Are you happy over there
in your Cabaret Voltaire
in the vintage shoes you wear?

So - tell me now?
Have you found it yet
what the tarots said?
Am I - one of them now?
Who gets you off the track
and holds you back? 

You built your character around illusions
Your horse is riding high above the clouds
You play it well but I can tell - 
the girl you truly are

Make sure that you stand out
Careful what you wear
with your red hair 
You're good at hiding
behind some fancy quote
no one knows

But why keep being proud
with all this undone work around? 
Are you scared it won’t work out?

You built your character around illusions
Your horse is riding high above the clouds
You fool them all but do they know -
You learned your lines by heart
That you only play a part
But not the girl you truly are

Where are you now?
I was wondering
are you still running?

Red Hair

Change of Frame

This is a very pessimistic point of view
I guess that's an effect that distance has on you 
Don't know if they'll come true 
These dreams I made of you
A hundred flames or so were hanging from the sun
And their shadows led to you
But... 

Will we lose the picture 
when we change the frame?
When colours are different
will we stay the same?
If I brought you to the gray
would your colours fade away?

Is this a scenery that you would fit into?
Cause over here it's all a darker shade of blue 
I got ideas of you 
Scared that they might come true
Prepare myself for the worst case scenario  
Was it too good to be true?

Will we lose the picture 
when we change the frame?
When colours are different
will we stay the same?
If I brought you to the gray
would your colours fade away?

These feelings that ignite
Seen in a different light
I'm scared that they just might come off
Under a different moon
The sweeter half of June
What will I think of you? 

Will we lose the picture 
when we change the frame?
When colours are different
will we stay the same?
If I brought you to the gray
would you colours fade  away?

Change Of Frame

White Flag

My young heart is never resting
Always asking a new question 
Roaming in the night for an answer
Hoping I will find an anchor

I've been lost from course for so long
Loneliness has been my one song
Stubbornness has been a pattern 
But in the dark I see your lantern

Before you came around
Love was a battle ground
I thought I’ll fight alone
But you have proved me wrong
Cause, see my white flag

Fear of missing out on something
Chasing shadows - all for nothing
Been too proud and don't I know it
I'm a fool and don't I show it

Solitude has been my one friend
Hard to trust - I'm so uncertain
Why so hard to surrender
to someone so sweet and tender?

Before you came around
Love was a battle ground
I thought I’ll fight alone
But you have proved me wrong
Cause, see my white flag

My hands are up
I'm on my knees
Letting go of uncertainties
I'm letting go, I'm giving in
I'm all yours 
I'll let you win

Before you came around
Love was a battle ground
I thought I’ll fight alone
But you have proved me wrong
Cause, see my white flag



White Flag

Boy

I remember that day
He was placed in his grave
Garlands with silk 
woven in with their guilt
From every corner they came
Driven by their own shame
I remember that morning

Every tear that was shed 
fell on his flower bed
They hoped God would hear 
every salt fallen tear
Black tongues won’t be saved
They crawled back to their caves
Oh I remember that morning

That boy was so fair 
with his long golden hair
He wouldn't wake up
His young heart had just stopped
When word came around
their stones fell on the ground
Oh That terrible morning

His beauty was rare
All the town folks would stare
He ran with the girls
proud with his mother’s pearls
His figure and grace
filled them with fear and hate
Oh I remember that morning

And all in God's name
wanted him to feel shame
Their anger and fear
they braided into his hair
They saw how he bled 
by the poison they spread
I remember that morning

I remember that day
He was placed in his grave
Garlands with silk 
woven in with their guilt
From every corner they came
Driven by their own shame
I remember that morning



Black For The Occasion

I'm wearing black for the occasion
Bells are chiming from afar
I made such beautiful arrangements
The end is about to start

I sent myself an invitation
And chose the flowers for it all
I made the needed preparation
Performed the ritual

I put lilies on my side
Like a new day I will rise
So long
Time to say goodbye 
Free that part inside
of me I had to hide
for so long
I place silver on my eyes

I'm wearing black for the occasion
You won’t see sorrow in my eyes
It is a sort of celebration 
The clouds have left the sky

I had this beautiful revelation
Of someone I forgot to be
This shadow that I have been embracing 
I had to lay to peace 

I put lilies on my side
Like a new day I will rise
So long
Time to say goodbye 
Free that part inside
Of me I had to hide
for so long
I put silver on my eyes


Black For The Occasion

Monster

There's a monster inside of me
Doesn't want no good things for me
Wants no one to care for me
Wants to eat me in solitary

Lived there so long
Knows my one song
Tells me it's my only one

Deep inside me 
Tries to fright me
Tells me I must be wrong

There's a monster inside of me
Doesn't want no good things for me
Wants no one to care for me
Wants to eat me in solitary

There's a monster inside of me
Doesn't want no good things for me
Wants no one to care for me
Wants to eat me in solitary

Try to fight it 
but without it
Says it's my only one
Lived there so long
Knows my one song
Says it's my only love 

There's a monster inside of me
Doesn't want no good things for me
Wants no one to care for me
Wants to eat me in solitary




Monster

Flower On Your Grave

My words are flowers laid upon your grave
And I know they will fade away
But my chest seems to have lost 
its heavy weight

My born affection and unrequited love
Was yours without a fight or pay
Made to heal your broken heart
But that love you pushed away

I wear black to show that I grieve for you
Looking back all I wished was some love from you
But you look away 
You never change - you just stay
And here’s another autumn on its way

Your mirrors covered and you stopped your clock
Your heart is sealed and locked away
Your tomb is covered with a rock
and your fate you have engraved

My words are flowers laid upon your grave
And I know they will fade away
I can’t waste more time to cry
I must say goodbye

I wear black to show that I grieve for you
Looking back all I wished was some love from you
But you look away  
You never change-  you just stay
And here’s another autumn on its way

Flower On Your Grave

Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls cover by Heiðrik

Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls (cover)

Vocal: Heidrik
Guitar: Pauli Reinert Poulsen
Mix: Líggjas Olsen

It's Over (Roy Orbison cover)

Peter Pan

Music &amp; Lyrics by Heiðrik
Produced by Heiðrik, Janus Rasmussen and Heðin Ziska Davidsen

OMG

Oh my god
What shall I do?
I sent my heart away
I had too much to do
No more heartaches or lonely nights to keep me awake
But still I miss my little red restless friend
Oh this hole of silence I have here
Oh I feel nothing at all

Oh my God
What have I done?
My heart is far away
And I feel so undone
It's sitting under a parasol in the sun getting a tan and all
And asks me "why should I come back again"
"Oh you don't have a song to tap to, no. Oh and the rhythm I forgot"

Please make me myself again. Please make me myself.

Oh my God
What shall I do?
I've thrown my heart away
And I don't know what to do
It´s watching sitcom's all day and over eating
And it asks me "why should I come back again?"

Oh my God what have I done?


One Demon a Day

If you are in doubt
And standing still
And you worry about
Your lack of will
Won't find in astrology
Or fridge magnet philosophy

Motivational speaker says
“You need to think about your problems less”
But problems made me who I am
Enabled me to understand

It’s all in the little things
That’s what they always say
And some positivity 
Will help it go away
But I say the darkness
Has helped me see the day
Fight off one demon a day
It’ll keep the doctor far away

If you are in doubt
Can’t feel a thing
Tired of figuring out
some sort of meaning
When all you can is feeling low
Up is the only way you can go

It’s all in the little things
That’s what they always say
And some positivity 
Will help it go away
But I say the darkness
Has helped me see the day
Fight off one demon a day
It’ll keep the doctor far away

Illusions

10 One Demon A Day

Nothing in Return

In strangers eyes my hopes they dwell
And that’s where they die and I know it well

I blindly trust with no doubt they’re pure
Believe they can change so I’ll try once more

My heart is not a coin of gold
It cannot pay or be sold

They give me nothing in return
This game of love I’ll never learn
That to give is not to get
It hurts but how can I forget
If I don't love myself
Why should anybody else?

This empty void inside of me
Has to be filled by no one but me

But these are all dreams - not reality
My illusions make a fool out of me

They give me nothing in return
This game of love I’ll never learn
That to give is not to get
It hurts but how can I expect
If I don't love myself
Why should anybody else?

09 Nothing In Return

This Ship Has Sailed

You say that my ways
Are unwise and wrong
But I know your suitcase
Is all full of bones

Your luggage is too heavy I fear
On the shore I leave you my dear

You point out - out loud
My every flaw
Blaming 
Projecting
Twisting it all

How come you never are wrong
I’ve untied the ropes then I’m gone

Sail and wave now
Wind in sails now
Through the waves south
Now that I left you at the port
Your stubborn mind has been veiled
Now it’s too late ‘cause
This ship has sailed

I’ve been a victim
Of your manipulative mind
Made me feel so
bad all the time

Why so keen to be mean?
Like I’m an insufferable teen

Repeating some pattern
That you understood
Had me believing
That I was no good

Putting your luggage on me
It’s too heavy 
You're not coming with me

Sail and wave now
Wind in sails now
Through the waves south
Now that I left you at the port
Your stubborn mind has been veiled
Now it’s too late ‘cause
This ship has sailed

You need to face up for what’s really wrong
I’m pulling my anchor ‘cause now I am gone

08 This Ship Has Sailed

Hope You’re Crying 

I am not the bitter kind
I don't have a vengeful mind
But since you threw our love away
I feel it every day
And I am ashamed to say I hope

When you’re kissing
You’re still missing me

I hope you’re crying
I hope it hurts smiling
And when you’re sleeping
Thoughts come creeping of me

You were talking to me every day
You said you never felt this way

But now you threw it all away
I feel it every day
And I’m ashamed to say
I hope

The boys you’re seeing
Are just pieces of me

I hope you’re crying
I hope it hurts smiling
And when you’re sleeping
Thoughts come creeping of me

My dreams they were made of sand
Now I’m here again, alone
Oh, all this bitterness
Helps with loneliness I hope

When you’re kissing
You’re still missing me

I hope you’re crying
I hope it hurts smiling
And when you’re sleeping
Thoughts come creeping of me

03 Hope You're Crying

OMG
Maria's Donkey
Peter Pan
beautiful bartender
jealous
Needle and a String
babel
traveling
betty
broke

Broke

Light-Years

Babel

Needle and a String

Jealous

Beautiful Bartender

"Remember Me" written and performed by HEIÐRIK & SAKARIS
2013

Do you remember me
and the toast we once shared
Neverminding 
taste of salt from our tears
Do you remember me
thinking we'd die alone
now you've found a home
someone to call your own
Please remember me

Remember Me
I remember you
and the boat we once steered
Through the tidal waves- 
though we never got scared
I remember you
allways looking for land
no helping hand
oh, wasn't it grand?
I remember you

Do you remember me
Oh it's been so many years
A sense of loneliness
Tell me do you even care?
Do you remember me
Even though you've moved on
But when nights are long
and all alone
Please remember me

Remember Me -LIVE

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Heiðrik (Hi´drik) is the sound of a new generation of music hailing from the remote and tiny Faroe Islands. His new album Funeral is a collection of songs dealing with his past struggles in his isolated conservative home environment. The album, consisting of 10 organic and acoustic tracks driven by piano, strings, ukulele as well as Heiðrik’s softly expressive vocal, takes us on a melancholic, confrontational and mildly humorous journey inspired by jazz and folk from 1920s to the 1950s. His fragile and versatile voice has been compared to other LGBT singers, such as Anohni from Antony and the Johnsons and Marlene Dietrich.

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