Novocaine’s most abstract lyrics, based upon our most abstract vision of the greatest paradox of all: the paradox itself. We’re extremely proud of this song, and we’ve had great success with the song’s video on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ParadoxVideo

The song starts as silently as a summer breeze, but ends up as an autumn tornado. 

“Times that we have passed, things are yet unseen. I travel through my shadows, lost, somewhere in between.”

Paradox

When days pass by without treating you well, you will still have your dreams, wishes and hopes to hold on to. When darkness blinds you, you might still be able to see something through the magic of almost nothing: 

“A tiny streak of silver light,lays its magic on my pillow. A tiny streak of magic light, makes me tremble through the night.”

Silence

Imagine a person basing her whole existence on loneliness and no sunlight, just being inside a cave or some other kind of hole (called home), all by herself. For a long time. It wouldn’t be much of a life, you might think, but maybe you’re wrong. Maybe that’s just what she's seeking:

“A waste of time, my precious time. I’m strolling back, strolling back home.”

Gifts

How do you know you are truly happy? And for how long can it continue? The immense joy of soaring through the air cannot last forever. Before you know it, you hit the ground.

This song is about feeling so happy that you might not be able to endure the impending disappointment. That idea is always at the back of your mind... Isn't it?

Happy today - Gone Tommorrow

Happy today - Gone Tomorrow

From Novocaine's debut album SWEPT AWAY, released on Feb 10th, 2017. You can buy the whole album digitally, on CD or LP on Bandcamp: https://novocaine.bandcamp.com/album/swept-away

No Need To is a song about leaving. Leaving everyone just to find out if they will look your way, to find out if they care, even if just for a short while. 

“No tears please, I told you so. Don’t mind me, it’s my time now”

Swept Away

No Need To

A story of feeling good based on others' sadness or unhappiness. Or trying to achieve a goal by climbing on a friend's shoulder. Being the center of the universe, or “the star of the night”, even if only for one evening… it is not necessarily something to strive for.

“I’m sorry but you’re making me feel real low.”

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Evening Star

Do you prefer to dance all by yourself or in front of all others? The need to be seen and to get recognition is not the same for everyone. Some people like to be seen, others like to stay invisible. That’s life. 

“I’ll be by myself, I could hide away for days. And you would never care.”

Dancing

A track from Swept Away, Novocaine's debut album.

People speaking about you, making stories, telling lies, making sure you’re not included. Ever. They make you a fool, keep you left outside, but you never let them see how you feel. Never.

“I remember being hung out, for a reason I could not see.”

A Childhood Memory

Join us in a little jam into space... taken from a rehearsal, late at night, at a disused 19th century school by the sea.

Space Jam

The lyrics deal with the fact that many of us keep to our own small bubbles. We're afraid to open our eyes and see other people's problems.

Still, we're never satisfied with who we are, and we want to change both ourselves and other people's perception of us. We keep trying to find another, better world.

Musically, a regular song structure soon gives way to a simple guitar theme that builds to a huge sound wall - the discovery of that elusive other world. Or realizing that it doesn't exist?

In Another World

Another World (Radio Edit)

Novocaine is a band from Bergen, Norway blending influences from post-rock, shoegazing dream pop, symphonic rock, and more.

Debut album SWEPT AWAY out on Feb 10th, 2017 on digital, CD, vinyl!

Check out this video: http://bit.ly/ParadoxVideo

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