Name: Hello, Stranger by Markus Nylund ⓥ
Duration: 3 min 59 s
Description: Newark demos 2006-2007

Hello, Stranger

Tennessee

Newark demos 2006-2007

(lyrics)

i was born in a little town
nobody ever heard of
found myself in canada
when i was just 6 six years old

guess you could say i'm an american soul
but my blood is scandinavian
and just as cold
the truth is
i don't really feel like either one
most times i don't feel like anyone

back home i learned to never show
what i really feel, what i know
canada was a good place to go
cause they taught me to say hello
i will always miss you toronto
but never again there can i go
the truth is
i burned some bridges behind
to build them back would take a lifetime

i came back to my home country
when i had just turned 14
but i guess i can't really call it home
a stranger i am no matter where i go
so i packed my bag and left behind
everything that i could find
the truth is,
it's easy to complain
when your life is like a hurricane

now it's been so many years
that i've been stuck in this same old gear
it's time to take this wooden thing
and write a song that nobody else can sing
except me and my lonely heart
for only i can play this part
the truth is
home is not where i lay my bed
it's just a place somewhere in my head
somewhere in my head
somewhere in my head

Somewhere In My Head

Newark demos 2006-2007

(lyrics)

so speechless you mine as well
just cut out my tongue
all of a sudden
i'm not even no one
no matter how you convince me
from here on
it doesn't get easy

it's hard to look in the mirror
when you know
you won't see what you're supposed to see
it's hard to be a stranger
when you know who you want to be
no matter how you manipulate me
from here on
it doesn't get easy

knocked off my feet
i hit the ground
lose my self
complete shutdown

it doesn't get easy

knocked off my feet
i hit the ground
lose my self
complete shutdown

Complete Shutdown

Newark demos 2007

Personal note: the earlier Awe version is better imho

Homesick

Went travelling in USA for 3 months in 2007. Played a show at a student house party on Race Street where my hostel also was. Legendary times. Joe recorded the show. But I've lost touch with him and everyone who was there. If I had a time machine that's where I'd go. Was having the time of my life but of course, I couldn't appreciate it at the time as it was just my daily life and we always want what we don't have or can't get back.

Pain and Glory (live)

Color My Reasons (live)

Live show from Race Street Denver (2007)
Recorded, mixed, mastered by Joe Cusella

Hello, Stranger

Markus Nylund ⓥ

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