I’m broken
But here’s the deal
For you I’ll mend it all together piece by piece
 
We can do better
Don’t you agree
So gather your demons now and tell ‘em all 
To pack it up and leave

I said to myself I am ready
But this stuff has never been easy
Nobody said that it would be, aaah
Nobody said
That

It’s just a matter of trust
And always speaking your mind
And if you give me your, give me your heart
I promise I’ll give you, I’ll give you 
I’ll give you mine

It’s just a matter of trust
In everything that you do
And If you’re keeping it, keeping it real
I promise I’ll do it, I’ll do it 
I’ll do it too

Please listen, here’s the thing
I know I’ve been in the wrong,
I’ve been the one who should give in

I wanna be real, wanna say I’m sorry
But every time I try something inside
Is telling me to leave

I said to myself I am ready
But this stuff has never been easy
Nobody said that it would be, aaah
Nobody said
That

It’s just a matter of trust
And always speaking your mind
And if you give me your, give me your heart
I promise I’ll give you, I’ll give you 
I’ll give you mine

It’s just a matter of trust
In everything that you do
And If you’re keeping it, keeping it real
I promise I’ll do it, I’ll do it 
I’ll do it too

Committed

Lyrics:

I know I’m a nervous wreck
But you don’t say how you feel
Just talk to me
You turned the light off, went to bed
And left me here with a guess
And we fade away 
We fade away

In a sense it does makes sense
Cause I'm not who I used to be
You and I can stop pretending like it's a catastrophe
Days they come and days they go, but days they don’t come back
Oh oh, oh oh

We’ve been running on fumes
We’re running on fumes x8

Tell me what you’re thinking of
Don’t leave me here in the dark
Just stay with me (just stay with me)
I forgot what it feels like 
when you are on my side
and you hold me tight
We fade away

In a sense it does makes sense
Cause I'm not who I used to be
You and I can stop pretending like it's a catastrophe
Days they come and days they go, but days they don’t come back
Oh oh, oh oh

We’ve been running on fumes
We’re running on fumes x7

We’ve been running on fumes
Not a thing you wanna hear
Baby just pull over
I think I’ll walk alone from here
We’ve been running on fumes
Not a thing you wanna hear
Baby just pull over
I think I’ll walk alone from here

We’ve been running on fumes
We’re running on fumes x8

Fumes

I Am Karate is a swedish unsigned electro pop duo. This is their self titled debut EP!

Starts With A Hit

Produced by: I Am Karate, 
Mixed by: Nanno Veen

Lyrics:

It goes without saying how I feel
And it goes without saying what I need
But you go without even saying goodbye
You go without even telling me why

The night it wont even let me sleep
And the light it wont even let me think
In between time and space it started to grow
And without you by my side it's in full bloom

Rivers running high
Diving from the sky
I'm facing tide
Never so alive

It goes without saying what you want
And it goes without saying what you need
But I go without even telling you why
Yeah I go without even saying goodbye...


Bloom

Produced by: I Am Karate,
Mixed by: Nanno Veen

Lyrics:

Just say the words
Just say the words and I'll be there
Just let your guard down
I will kiss your scars away

Before you I was no one
With you I become someone 

Leave it all behind
I will lead you blind
Don't press to rewind
and just play it from where we are now

I'll turn myself into air
And elevate you away from here

Don't throw your heart
You'll tear me apart
And you can let go 
I will catch you whenever you fall

I'll turn myself into air
And elevate us away from here

Just let me in
Just let your world wash over me
Just tear me down 
I'm all thin walls come tumbling down

Before you I was no one
With you I become someone 

Leave it all behind
I will lead you blind
Don't press to rewind
and just play it from where we are now

I'll turn myself into air
And elevate you away from here

Don't throw your heart
You'll tear me apart
And you can let go 
I will catch you whenever you fall

I'll turn myself into air
And elevate us away from here


Elevate

Written & Produced by: I Am Karate,
Mixed by: Nanno Veen

Lyrics:

Why keep it simple?
Send me round the bend, and back again
Why make it easy on ourselves?
Why keep it simple?
Just leave me hanging here
Here in thin air

I wanna be away from you 
Wanna text and call, get no answer at all
I wanna wonder where you are
Why keep it simple?
Give me nothing in return
Twist and turn

You got the brightest of eyes
But now they're darker than ever
I tell the sweetest of lies
Still it all taste so bitter

Bitter

I never wanted so so
I blame it all on you, there's nothing you can do
I wanted to see you lose your mind
Why keep it simple?
But I know it's really me
Cause I tear things down

You got the brightest of eyes
But now they're darker than ever
And I tell the sweetest of lies
Still it all taste so bitter

Bitter

Bitter

Bitter (Gabriel Gassi Remix)

Written & Produced by: I Am Karate,
Mixed by: Nanno Veen

Lyrics:

You're in every heartbeat
Every thought
Nothing ever will be like before
Every conversation is too short
How am I supposed to be moving on, 
when the rush of being near you is like dope?
Every breath I take it's like I need more
All I ever wanted and even more
All I ever wanted

So I put a lock on my heart
Before we lose it and fall
Hide the key, forget all about it
I don't wanna know how to find it
I put a lock on my dream
To hold you close to my skin
Cause I would give you all of my days
And never think again

I know when it hits me
I know when it kills me even more
What makes you any different from the rest?
It all ends up a waste of trying anyway
But the rush of being near you is too much
Keeping me away from all that I was
All I ever dreamed of (higher)
All I ever dreamed of

So I put a lock on my heart
Before we lose it and fall
Hide the key, forget all about it
I don't wanna know how to find it
I put a lock on my dream
To hold you close to my skin
Cause I would give you all of my days
And never think again

Gotta hide it away
Gotta throw it away

I would give you all of my days and never think again
I would give you all of my days



Lock

Written & Produced by: I Am Karate,
Mixed by: Nanno Veen

Lyrics:

I missed the target
I missed the lead
All of these bad things, sad things,
Pulling me, pulling me down stream

Lost my 9 to 5 
Cause of something I said
All of these no sleep, mad dreams,
Pulling me, pulling me down stream

You gotta get out of your head girl,
Forget about it
You gotta get out of your head girl,
Don't you know

It's all good
It's all good hey you said
Every misstep will get you somewhere,
All you gotta do is switch it in your head
It's all good hey you said
Everything bad will get you somewhere,
All you gotta do is switch it in your head

I met my angel
I had the one
How can I be so careless, absent, unthinking and wrong?
If I knew what I know now
I would have never let go
How can I be so brainless, nonsensical, unable to hold on?

You gotta get out of your head girl,
Forget about him
You gotta get out of your head girl,
Don't you know

It's all good
It's all good hey you said
Every misstep will get you somewhere,
All you gotta do is switch it in your head
It's all good hey you said
Everything bad will get you somewhere,
All you gotta do is switch it in your head

You gotta get out of your head girl,
Forget about it
Every misstep will get you somewhere,
All you gotta do is switch it in your head

You gotta get out of your head girl,
Forget about him
Everything bad will get you somewhere,
All you gotta do is switch it in your head

All Good

Written & produced by I Am Karate. Mixed by Nanno Veen.

LYRICS:

I don't want to, wanna to haunt you
I got my own ghosts
Though you dissapeared into thin air I know you're there
I guess you don't mean to hurt me
But that's what you're doing
You wanna do right but you're just making it worse

Don't you think I wanna know it?
I promise I can take it
What the hell happened?
I need to hear you say it

I'm like Patrick Swayze
It's like you see straight through me
I'm like the white lady
It's like you see straight through me

You don't wanna cause pain
But to not know is like torture
I just end up in the same old loop, going through every word
Like telling white lies you really just saving your own skin
I never wanted out in the first place but I had no say

Don't you think I wanna know it?
I promise I can take it
What the hell happened?
I need to hear you say it

I'm like Patrick Swayze
It's like you see straight through me
I'm like the white lady
It's like you see straight through me

So you keep me in the dark
The easy way out
And you think you're being nice
By fading away

I'm like Patrick Swayze
It's like you see straight through me
I'm like the white lady
It's like you see straight through me

Swayze

Written by: I Am Karate
Produced by: Eirik Røland & I Am Karate
Mixed by: Nanno Veen
P&C: 2018 by I Am Karate Music

Lyrics:

Look across the table
We both know what’s going on
You tell me the same old
Sorry though you’re not really

Even in this mess I don’t know
There’s something with you holding me oh
I just want it to be different
But I can’t see that happening
I just need it to be different cause

I get so high on expectations
But you’re never there flying with me
I get so high on expectations
But you’re never there falling with me

I just can’t avoid it
Cause it shows when I breathe out
Feels like they are crushing me
Can’t take them back once I’ve said them

Even in this mess I don’t know
There’s something with you holding me oh
I just want it to be different

I get so high on expectations
But you’re never there flying with me
I get so high on expectations
But you’re never there falling with me

I just want it to be different
I just want it to be different
There’s something with you holding me
There’s something with you holding me

I get so high on expectations
But you’re never there flying with me
I get so high on expectations
But you’re never there falling with me

I get so high on expectations
But you’re never there flying with me
I get so high on expectations
But you’re never there falling with me

Expectations

Written by: I Am Karate, Karl Erkenborn and Gabriel Von Essen
Produced by: Eirik Røland, Nanno Veen & I Am Karate
Mixed by: Nanno Veen
P&C: 2018 by I Am Karate Music

Lyrics:

Cover of the night
The headline
Shout it out, go viral now my name be on a sign
I will make your eyes
Grow wi-wide
Feel it in, the way your skin, vibrates like mine

Always had this feeling
Never needed reason
Heartbeat speeding up
Rising just above the highest high, a
billion views tonight

I’m gonna be on the news
Throw myself of a roof
I’m gonna be in every paper
Cause I’m looking for you
I’m gonna be on the news
Throw myself of a roof
I’m gonna be on every poster
Cause I’m looking for you
Cause I’m looking for ya

Shivers up and down
Down your spine
Me and you, we’ll take it to, the highest number nine
Never touch the ground
Never come down
We’ll be in the shimmering pictures online

Always had this feeling
Never needed reason
Heartbeat speeding up
Rising just above the highest high, a
billion views tonight

I’m gonna be on the news
Throw myself of a roof
I’m gonna be in every paper
Cause I’m looking for you
I’m gonna be on the news
Throw myself of a roof
I’m gonna be on every poster
Cause I’m looking for you
Cause I’m looking for ya
I’m gonna be on the news

Feel the rising now
Inside out
Finger on the trigger
Printed in the sky
Way up high
Just like stars we’ll glimmer

I’m gonna be on the news
Throw myself of a roof
I’m gonna be in every paper
Cause I’m looking for you
I’m gonna be on the news
Throw myself of a roof
I’m gonna be on every poster
Cause I’m looking for you
Cause I’m looking for ya
I’m gonna be on the news
Looking for you
I’m gonna be on the news

News

Written by: I Am Karate
Produced by: I Am Karate
Mixed by: Nanno Veen
P&C: 2018 by I Am Karate Music

Lyrics:

I’ve been searching for someone to blow my mind, oh
I’ve been chasing though you’ve always been around

Holding me up when I feel heavy
I’m rocky you are steady
I know it feels like way to late but I,
I think we can work it out

On and on I think about you
I think about you and I, try, to wrap my head
‘round it, found that we can be true
Yeah we can be true so why, why, 
Can’t we just

Work it out x4 (I think about ya)
Work it out x4 (I think about ya)

I’ve been hiding for so long you should be gone, oh
You’ve been shining like a candle burning low

Holding me up when I feel heavy
I’m rocky you are steady
I know it feels like way to late but I,
I think we can work it out

On and on I think about you
I think about you and I, try, to wrap my head
‘round it, found that we can be true
Yeah we can be true so why, why, 
Can’t we just

Work it out x4 (I think about ya)
Work it out x4 (That we can be true)

In the middle off disaster 
In the middle of chaos
You were always a master
Of keeping it real 
We’ll work it
We’ll work it
We’ll work it out

On and on I think about you
I think about you and I, try, to wrap my head
‘round it, found that we can be true
Yeah we can be true so why, why, 
Can’t we just

Work it out x4 (I think about ya)
Work it out x4 (That we can be true)
Work it out x4 (I think about ya)
Work it out x4

Work It Out

Freaky out now on all platforms:
https://ffm.to/iak-freaky

Lyrics: 

I gotta get 
I gotta get
I gotta get
Myself together
Get out bed
Wash of the scent 
Erase the trace

I gotta stop
I’m better off
Just happy thoughts
Been here forever
Get out bed
Wash of the scent 
Erase the trace
That I’ve been

Freaky, creepy, sneaky 
Stuck on you
Freaky, creepy, sneaky 
Stuck on you

I’m back again
The whole weekend
Going insane
Tasting the memory
Can almost feel 
Your weight on me
What’ll never be

I gotta stop 
Floating above
Stop thinking of
You now and somehow 
Get out of bed
Out of my head
Erase the trace
That I’ve been

Freaky, creepy, sneaky 
Stuck on you
Freaky, creepy, sneaky 
Stuck on you

I’m better when you’re not around
I know one day I’ll be alright but I’m

Freaky, creepy, sneaky 
Stuck on you

I’m better when you’re not around
I know one day I’ll be alright but I’m

I got a sense 
I’m on the fence
Never again
Feeling the last one
You’re over me
We’ll never be
That’s fine by me

I’m gonna stop 
Floating above
Stop thinking of
You now with someone
Else in my bed
Stop acting dead
Erase the trace
That I’ve been

Freaky, creepy, sneaky 
Stuck on you
Freaky, creepy, sneaky 
Stuck on you

I’m better when you’re not around
I know one day I’ll be alright but I’m

Freaky, creepy, sneaky 
Stuck on you
__________________________

Written & Produced by: I Am Karate
Mixed by: Nanno Veen
Mastered by: Jonathan Ojeda
Cover Art by: I Am Karate

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Freaky

Original out now on all platforms:
ffm.to/iak-original

Lyrics:

Never ever felt this
I like who I become when I’m with you
Say goodbye to gray clouds
A bit of a cliche but hey it’s true

All I ever wanted was a friend, 
and I got you now
Sorry if I always squeeze your hand 
a little too tight
I wanted you to know and share my feels
It’s not just drink talk
You’re all I think of

You let me be original
Okay to be emotional
With you I make perfect sense, a perfect blend
A little bit unusual

It doesn’t matter what I’ve been through
just the fact that it led me to you
I’m done with talking past tense
in love with every single thing we do

All I ever wanted was a friend, 
and I got you now
Sorry if I always squeeze your hand 
a little too tight
I wanted you to know and share my feels
It’s not just drink talk
You’re all I think of

You let me be original
Okay to be emotional
With you I make perfect sense, a perfect blend
A little bit unusual

All I ever wanted was a friend
Giving me a shelter from the rain
Even when you’re old and gray I’m there
Never thought I find someone like you

You let me be original
Cause you pick me up when I drop too low
Okay to be emotional
I’ve been needing this for far too long
With you I make perfect sense, a perfect blend
Like fire and coal
A little bit unusual
Like fire and coal

Never thought I find someone like you
Yesterday today and forever
Never thought I find someone like you
Original
__________________________

Written & Produced by: I Am Karate
Mixed by: Nanno Veen
Mastered by: Jonathan Ojeda
Cover Art by: I Am Karate

Follow I Am Karate:
Facebook: @iamkaratemusic
Twitter: @iamkaratemusic
Instagram: @iamkaratemusic

www.iamkarate.com
@i-am-karate

Original

Hey Love out December 6 all platforms.

Lyrics:

Hey love 
What you dreamin,
What you dreamin of?
Hey love 
What you dream of 
Baby tell me 
Hey love
Are you dreaming of me,
Like the words of the sea?
Hey love

And I can never be reasonable
But you can never tell the truth
I never meant to be difficult
But I wanted to know, oh
When did you stop being curious?
Was it because I held you back?
I never meant any harm but I just can’t figure it out now

(Is there a)

Hey love 
What you dreamin,
What you dreamin of?
Hey love 
What you dream of 
Baby tell me 
Hey love
Are you dreaming of me,
Like the words of the sea?
Hey love

(Is there a) x2

And I can never be reasonable
But you can never tell the truth
I never meant to be difficult
But I wanted to know, oh
When did you stop being curious?
Was it because I held you back?
I never meant any harm but I just can’t figure it out now

Is there a reason 
You don’t wanna reason with me?
I can’t go on if you don’t
I can’t go on
Is there a reason we went under zero degrees
I can’t go on if we don’t
I can’t go on

Hey love 
What you dreamin,
What you dreamin of?
Hey love 
What you dream of 
Baby tell me 
Hey love
Are you dreaming of me,
Like the words of the sea?
Hey love

Hey love
Hey love

__________________________

Written & Produced by: I Am Karate
Mixed by: Nanno Veen
Mastered by: Jonathan Ojeda
Cover Art by: I Am Karate

Follow I Am Karate:
Facebook: @iamkaratemusic
Twitter: @iamkaratemusic
Instagram: @iamkaratemusic

www.iamkarate.com
@i-am-karate

Hey Love

Lyrics:

When I was 17 
I used to adore you
Was caught up in a dream 
Did anything for you

But you never thought of me
As kerosene 
And I walked into the fire
I remember Halloween 
Turned to see 
That you were just a liar 

When I was 17 
I bit myself for you 
Sharp and edgy teeth 
Got marks where I cut through 

But you never thought of me
As kerosene 
And I walked into the fire
I remember Halloween 
Turned to see 
That you were just a liar

Wish that I could go back in time 
Tell her it’s fine
Oh yeah

Wish that I could go back in time 
Tell her it’s fine
Oh yeah

Crying at the bus stop 
Wish I could have told her
One day you will let him go 

Crying at the bus stop 
Wish I could have told her
One day you will let him go 

Crying at the bus stop 
Wish I could have told her
One day you will let him go 

Ticking like a time bomb 
Blowing up in Stockholm 
One day you will let him go

He was just a liar 
He was just a liar, ya

Gonna take time 
All you need is time
Gonna take time 
He was just a liar
All you need is time 

Gonna take time 
All you need is time
Gonna take time 
He was just a liar
All you need is time

Gonna take time 
All you need is time
Gonna take time 
He was just a liar
All you need is time

Lyrics:

I move closer, close to you 
Hoping this time won’t end up like it used to 
I push you over the edge, I 
Lift you up again 
Turn around again 
 
Fever I’m underneath your skin 
And you can’t hold it in 
it keeps on running higher 
Smoke rising I can see the flames 
Won’t let it end the same way 
as all the times before 
 
I can make you feel so good at first 
I can make you feel so good at first 
Don’t know what I’ve done until it hurts 
I can make you feel so good at first 
 
Just ask and I will stay 
Forgive forget so sorry I keep fighting 
You need a different way 
So visible when
so difficult when
 
Fever I’m underneath your skin 
And you can’t hold it in 
it keeps on running higher 
Smoke rising I can see the flames 
Won’t let it end the same way 
as all the times before 
 
I can make you feel so good at first 
(Good to ya, mm) 
I can make you feel so good at first 
(Good to ya, mm) 
Don’t know what I’ve done until it hurts 
(Good to ya, mm) 
I can make you feel so good at first 
(Good to ya, mm) 
 
Trying to hear your thoughts  
Sorry for it all 
Say you know it too

I can make you feel so good at first 
(Good to ya, mm) 
I can make you feel so good at first 
(Good to ya, mm) 
Don’t know what I’ve done until it hurts 
(Good to ya, mm) 
I can make you feel so good at first 
 
Good at first 
So good 
Trying to hear your thoughts  
Done until it hurts 
Sorry for it all 
Say you know it too

Good At First

Sad People Laughing

River

Poetry

Overdrive

Golden

I Am Karate is a Swedish electro pop duo based in Stockholm.




Email: iamkaratemusic@gmail.com

Members: Erika Soldh Ahlström & Marta Pettersson

I Am Karate

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