My Tidal Playlist - Part 1

“Thriving Without Me” starts at the lowest moment of my life — a night I wasn’t sure I’d survive — and ends with something I never thought I’d be able to say again: "still alive"

The song is about the people I once made music with… the friends who told me my writing wasn’t good enough, the ones who drifted away, and the ones who went on to make it big while I was still trying to put myself back together.

It’s a song about betrayal, loss, resilience, and the slow climb back to finding my voice after everyone else had already moved on.

If you’ve ever felt left behind — or like you had to rebuild your entire life from the ground up — this one’s for you.


LYRICS:

[Verse 1]
February rain, cold steel and silence
Woke up to flowers and fear in their eyes
They said they’d stay, but they faded to shadows
Left me here counting who never said goodbye

[Pre-Chorus]
I built my heart into every band
But the dream keeps slipping through my hands

[Chorus]
And I see them shining on the screen
With faces from the life that used to be
Linda, Dina, all the ones who used to dream beside me
They’re up there smiling, wild and free
While I’m just haunted by the melody
Yeah, all of them thriving without me

[Verse 2]
Linda wrote lines, said mine weren’t worth singing
I walked away before the radio played
Less than a year, and the world was listening
While I was stuck in the echo and the shade

[Pre-Chorus]
I tried again, I found new friends
But the same old story starts again

[Chorus]
And I see them shining on the screen
With faces from the life that used to be
Linda, Dina, all the ones who used to dream beside me
They’re up there smiling, wild and free
While I’m just haunted by the melody
Yeah, all of them thriving without me

[Verse 3]
Now Dina’s rich, she’s flying high in L.A.
Karen’s still strumming with my old friend
Sandy’s laughing behind the drum set
And I’m here wondering how it all could bend

[Bridge]
It’s a cruel kind of beautiful, watching them bloom
While I’m still singing to an empty room
But maybe the stars still remember my sound
Maybe my story’s still turning around

[Chorus]
‘Cause I see them shining on the screen
With faces from the life that used to be
Linda, Dina, all the ones who used to dream beside me
They’re up there smiling, wild and free
While I’m still haunted by the melody
Yeah, all of them thriving without me

[Outro]
But the song’s still burning in my veins
Every scar still whispers my name
I may be lost between what was and what could have been
But I’m still here
Still writing my songs
Still me, still alive...

Thriving Without Me

In Bethlehem. Anna

[Verse 1]
괜찮아진 것 같아서
말을 꺼내봤어
별일 아닌 척
나도 웃어보면서

괜히 용기를 내면
달라질 줄 알았지
나아졌다는 말이
이상하게 떨렸어

[Pre-Chorus]
조심스레 내민 마음을
아무도 받지 않았고
괜찮아졌다는 말이
왜 더 조심스러워졌는지

[Chorus]
아무 말도 하지 않을게
괜히 말했다가
다시 설명해야 하는 하루

괜찮아졌다는 말은
아직은 내가
감당할 말은 아닌가 봐

[Verse 2]
다 잘될 거란 말 대신
지켜보자고 했고
너를 위해서라는 말이
자꾸 쌓여가

나를 믿지 않는 눈빛이
먼저 느껴져서
아무 말 안 하는 게
차라리 편해져

[Pre-Chorus 2]
나아질 수 있다는 말이
왜 이렇게 민망한지
기대라는 게
또 하나의 부담이 돼

[Chorus]
아무 말도 하지 않을게
괜히 나섰던 나
조용히 접어두는 하루

웃는 얼굴 뒤에
다시 숨겨둔 마음을
제자리로 돌려놔

[Bridge]
다 이해한다는 말이
왜 이렇게 차가운지
나를 위해서라는 말이
왜 더 멀어지는지

[Final Chorus]
그래서 오늘도 나는
괜찮아졌다는 말 대신
괜찮은 척을 배워

아직 말할 때가 아닌가 봐
용기였던 마음을
체념으로 접어

[Outro]
아무 말도 하지 않을게
아무 말도 하지 않을게

아무 말도 하지 않을게 (Muted)

Laundry Service

Whenever, Wherever

Why am I Crying

Why Am I Crying

Not That Kind

Why'd You Lie to Me

Falling into You

Your Light

Worry About Me

Efter att ha släppt dubbelplatina-singeln Jag mår bra nu och senaste - Kärlek slutar alltid med bråk,  släpper Molly Sandén nu tredje singeln Nån annan nu från kommande albumet DOM SKA VETA som har release 7 maj.

Som kontrast till senaste singeln Kärlek slutar alltid med bråk är Nån annan nu en uptempo klubblåt om att försvinna in i dimman på dansgolvet i en tid då allt var precis som vanligt.

Nån annan nu släpps 26 mars via MILKSHAKE / Sony Music. Låten är skriven av Molly Sandén tillsammans med David Larson och duon Smith & Thell som även ligger bakom låtar som Sand, Det bästa kanske inte hänt än och Alla våra smeknamn. Victor Thell (ena halvan av duon) står bakom produktionen till låten.

Med över 300 miljoner streams på Spotify, turnéer som sålt slut på rekordtid och mängder med Platina-singlar och prestigefyllda priser (Årets Pop, Årets Album och Årets Artist på Grammisgalan samt Guldmicken (för årets live) och Årets Pop på P3 Guld) är Molly Sandén en av Sverige tveklöst största artister och låtskrivare.

Why Am I Crying

Molly Sandén

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