Music and lyrics by Ludvig Allén

I know it's sad how we fall for temptation
I know we laugh even though we don't want to
I think I'm falling in love with the darkside
I wanna know your name, I wanna know your name
I think it's sad how we fall for temptation

Don't give up, don't give up
I know that it is so hard to know
if you're happy or if you're on a drug
don't be so angry 'bout it, it's nothing more
than a feeling that can be erased, to disappear
Lay down, lay down, lay down

I know it's sad how we fall for temptation
even though there are fields covered with bodies
they were all the ones who never bothered to say
what was on their mind
god help us all, god help us all to

Don't give up, don't give up
I know that it is so hard to know
if you're happy or if you're on a drug
(don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, ...)
don't be so angry 'bout it, it's nothing more
than a feeling that can be erased, to disappear

Lost Recordings 2008-2010

Darkside

Music and lyrics by Ludvig Allén

you're a hologram
you're a hollow gram
and I've painted you white like snow
so you can light up my life

then you went in too deep
it was all to steep
and you fell between the cracks
below there's a hole where I roam
breath in, breath out

teach me how to live
and give me all your time
don't give me a taste of what's to come
it's gonna be easier now
when the rain stops pouring down

I did what I had to do
to give me a reason to
stay with me until the demons leave
it's gonna be easier now
when the rain stops pouring down

well you look so real and in time we'll heal
sunday sinners and their forty drinks
will make you believe that you can move hills
then tear you apart from the inside out
leave the light on, where's your backbone
it's gone over your head, it's gone over your head

teach me how to live
and give me all your time
don't give me a taste of what's to come
it's gonna be easier now
I can see through you no more

you're a hologram
you're a hollow gram
and I've painted you white
so you can light up my life
breath in, breath out

Hologram

Music and lyrics by Ludvig Allén and Johan Östman.

The first ever demo recorded by non ney no. Vocals were never recorded and the track hasn't been released before.

Silent night, holy night
Water cans, fire hose
Candle lights, ancient might
a troubled boy who can't see at all

Take a look around your gravelyard
Your love is burning, and your child, and yourself
Shining now and forever has
A masterpiece we have already sold

Silent day, holy day
Friends and foes, off I doze
You don't have to say what is on your mind
If you make me proud I will burn my bridge

Take a look around your gravelyard
Your love is burning, and your child, and yourself
Shining now and forever has
A masterpiece we have already sold

Gravelyard

Music by Ludvig Allén
Lyrics by Johan Östman

we sit and talk about gods of good and evil
about minds that fly from universe to universe
the next day a tingling feeling, a careful little smile
I think that I may be in love or then I've had too much to drink
you see, I can not tell the difference anymore
but I can tell her that our souls are nought but atoms moving in space
that our love is but a currant, biological and frail
I fail to realize it doesn't make it less beautiful
it doesn't make it less true

are you scared, boy? are you afraid to love?
afraid to tumble, tumble down the hill again
don't lose hope, girl! don't lose faith in love!
you know it lives inside you

it's not the fact that I was in love, I realize that now
we wouldn't have been good together, I just miss her when she's gone

she reminded me of what I've known so long
I have gone numb from all the parts I've played
I have been a unicorn and I have been sex
I have been a face of stone and I have been the best
never have we ever been enough for one another
and never have I ever been wise enough to suffer

are you scared, girl? are you afraid to love?
afraid to tumble, tumble down the hill again
don't lose hope, boy! don't lose faith in love!
you know it lives inside you

so what is the conclusion, the ingenious scheme?
a calculated strategy in this game of chance
count the cards of love and fear and plan accordingly
this time, all shall come to pass
hear me gambling addicts, fairest of us all
pardon my intrusion on this equilibrium
know the facts but keep 'em hidden and strive on through the night
now I must leave, I've got to go 'cus I can't wait to play

yes I am scared okay, because I have dreamed the cosmos
and I have dreamed of you and you and you and you and you
and I have heard my inmost murmur
and my neighbor speak of love
and balls and chains and things that should have been
and I can not help but doubt my own worth
because I have seen some things and done som things
that crawl out when I sleep
and I am so tired of these secrets I must keep
and though maybe I could find the guts
to take this precious leap I am afraid
that in the end one of us will weep

yes I'm scared girl! are you afraid of love?
afraid to tumble, tumble, tumble down the hill again
don't lose hope, boy! don't lose faith in love!
you know it lives inside you whatever you do

yes I am scared boy, I am afraid to love
afraid to tumble, tumble, tumble down that hill again
I have lost the faith girl, I've lost the faith in love
it no longer lives inside me

Counting Cards

Music by Ludvig Allén and Johan Östman
Lyrics by Johan Östman

the city through my eyes like unstirred water
the ruckus in my ears a sigh
friends will arrive and friends will leave

the landscapes within like uncharted seas
four howling winds tossing round the leaves
friends will arrive and friends will leave

stories are told / prophecies of old
friendship is sold / for fame and for gold
drunken, lonesome and cold
ourselves we mold / to be so bold
to truth I hold / as we unfold
drunken, fearsome and alone

the wandering heart in search of a home
clings to all the wrong places
friends will come and friends will go
through high and low we reap and sow

back and forth 'tween possibilities
trying to cope with atrocities
friends have arrived and friends have left

stories are told / prophecies of old
friendship is sold / for fame and for gold
drunken, lonesome and cold
ourselves we mold / to be so bold
to truth I hold / as we unfold
drunken, fearsome and alone

too early for feeling sad
too late all around for being glad
I have arrived and I have left
of joyous fate I am bereft

Landmines

Music by Ludvig Allén and Johan Östman
Lyrics by Johan Östman

in the years to come
a growing group of individuals in the society,
a group of colorful warriors
that have fought for long
will sketch the outline of a plan
to construct a fortress into which we could escape
the tension that has become unbearable for us
the building tension in
the community. the community, the community

in this fortress there would be no ties
to the world from whence we once fled to form a theory on
how a common dream can be used by a group of people
to create a community,
a sense of reciprocal attachment
and a belonging to an idea of what life could be
in this new community

I have heard and I understand that which is everything
and I saw the people like living water
the fates and lives and lives and deaths
a great burning suffering to live in a community
where people do what they do not want just to survive
and I saw the agony of not living, screaming and dancing
in the celebration, but to cry for eternity

I'll shimmer in the sun

The Community

Music and lyrics by Ludvig Allén and Johan Östman

you're so basic and boring
well my mind is a soaring
you're so fragile within
well then I've found my kin
you're drawn to everything I can't stand

if you release me I will be here until you see
the patterns laid for you and me
just wait until you fall asleep
and I will have a gift for you to keep
no I will never rest my eyes
until this monster by my side has gone away
you better not talk of monsters
when you're the one with bloody claws and crooked teeth
I know the state of things and tragedy is coming our way
yeah you think you know a whole lot
you think you know a whole lot

you're so pathetic
you're so vain
I can't believe this
oh what a shame
you smother me with your ego
you kill my self esteem
you lay this burden on me
you bury me in stones
you gave me something special
you pissed on everything
where do we go for here
tell me I do not need to fear

I know only the things that have come to pass
and I know we've gotten this far
yeah you think you know a whole lot
you think you know a lot

Day of Argument

Music by Ludvig Allén
Lyrics by Johan Östman

in brightest light, in old December
the fairest storm that I remember
from the first cloud fell the first drop
a crack so loud my heart did to stop

wind, write your words in me

the air grows heavy and the wind grows strong
yet I stay steady and I am not wrong
I hear the sound of distant thunder
it shakes the ground, it rips my heart asunder

I followed far to neighboring cities
to many lands unknown
in my own house it rained on me
and yet the storm roamed free
then came the final flash of light
with no thunder rumbling
to other shores she took her flight
and sent my world a crumbling

the lightning shows in truthful tone
what in me grows, no stars in my heaven shone
now enters rain, mix with my tears
my grief contain and make my heart jump through gears

the air grows heavy and the wind grows strong
yet I stay steady and I am not wrong
I hear the sound of distant thunder
it shakes the ground, it rips my heart asunder

hale, draw your patterns in me

Heart to Stop

Music by Ludvig Allén
Lyrics by Johan Östman

legs feel like jumping
eyes feel like screaming
my heart it might just explode
my pulse is beating morse-code
of old clichés
time, for once, is moving
way too slow to take

yea, yea, I'll go
yea, yea, I'll wait
for you to find me

let's go down to the beach
put our worries in the sea
and watch them sink

"we'll get back up again
hand you your eyes on a platter,
fuck up everything you love and more"

legs feel like jumping
eyes feel like screaming
my heart it might just explode
my pulse is beating morse-code

we've made room out of room
now sing tune upon tune
the room may be filled with love
filled from above with love

yea, yea, I'll go
yea, yea, I'll wait
for you to find me

take my hand and commandeer
my life with your love sincere
bring your short-sleeves and dresses my dear
'cus spring has come early this year

now get back here and kiss me
go

Fanfare

Music by Ludvig Allén
Lyrics by Johan Östman

"worlds to traverse, portals to the multiverse
by song and by verse fantasies disperse
longings diverse and speaches to rehearse
blessing or curse, I don't know what is worse"

the forest ahead loomed dark and thick
my heart felt doomed and heavy as a brick
all light consumed by the night so sick
my hope entombed by a swift bright kick

the city was soaked in a frozen mist
I drank and smoked and raised my fist
so pretty n' cloaked, by the chosen I'm kissed
the future not invoked will be sorely missed

I sat thinking the other day
the night had been a long one
I'd drank alot and spilled my guts
and fallen from the small sun
the guide had vanished long ago
I think he got buried in the snow
the bride above us flickered low
the ultimate question it did glow

sometimes I'm the arctitect of my demise
full of neglect and hatred in disguise
a temple I'll erect that I can despise
happiness reject and feed upon the lies

I can hear the silent days as they announce arrival
we must get out of this maze and find another rival
an image, like the sun ablaze, is pointing to what's vital
heal our bodies, clear the haze and wait for love's recital

I Sat Thinking

non ney no is

Ludvig Allén
Johan Östman

non ney no

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