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The Wanderer

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In My Own Mind

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The sun burns through his skin 
His replacement is right behind him
No one needs to protect those 
whose rights have been thrown in the bin

I feel it in my feet 
The game that once ago was a dream
A dream is never what it seems
when we sleep it's harder to think

And when the stadium opens the show
The men who built it wherever do they go?
The starry sky draws their faces for those who know

They say it's all about fair play
It's not a victory if you cheat in any way
Take the chance to let hope into the light of day

My nightmare vision comes
When the glory is handed to some
A poor child is crying over 
the father that never came home

We see them shake their hands
It's a friendship across the lands
The rights of those who work too hard
Should they not be a part of their plans?

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Lead guitar and coverart by Marius Svendsås
Bass guitar by Morten Boland Jørgensen

He dons his suit
Ready for the Oval Office
Seeking the highest fruit

The system squeaks
Cracking up beneath the pressure
He quickly breaks the weakest link

They brace for fight
Those who dare to speak against him 
But no one seems to get it right 

He slips away 
As the system keeps on buckling
Too rusty for another day

Aaaaah
The Arbiter of Change is nigh
He plays it high
The nations cry
And all across the world we're asking why

We seem to learn
That freedom has a price tag
A luxury we have to earn

He seems to know 
That the system has a weakness
The beliefs that the media sow 

They jump aboard
Those fueled by their hatred
Of anyone with different blood

He sees their cause 
As the nation's split by anger
The conflicts roll without a pause

Aaaaah
The Arbiter of Change is nigh
He plays it high
The nations cry
And all across the world we're asking why

Arbiter Of Change

The Wanderer

A new town to explore now
New people to know now
And all the same he knows the answer 
It's gonna be the no as ever

See the man with the beard walks
Battered clothes and stammered talk
and still he keeps on asking people
Can you help me and I you?


Aaaah
They never need him
Aaaah
Sometimes they give him
Aaaah
Something that keeps him
Aaaah
Wandering all over the world

The fields of flower they whisper
Soothing words for the fallen
There is nothing to be sad about here
The greedy men haven't shed our soil yet

And with the wind piercing through him
He catches Truth with a feeling 
But Truth is an elusive matter
It's gone when he most needs it

Aaah
Soon he won't need it
Aaah
It's riding the icing wind
Aaah
It's already got him
Aaah
Soon he'll be one with it again

Spectator

Someone has it hard
Someone has it good
I'm none of the two 

Watching from outside
To whom no one does confide
I am one of those who hide

Oh oh world 
How did you conjure up this?
Oh oh world 
How did you conjure up this?

Plastered to the screen 
Watching those who grieve
As well as those who win

No hero from the shows 
No hero from real life
There's no special soul of mine

Oh oh world 
Why are you telling me this?
Oh oh world 
Why are you telling me this?

Spectator

In My Own Mind

I was born in the icy north
Where the houses are made of wood
It's still the fishermans front 
but the oil lay where it should
I look for an escape route 
From the old industrial world 
Into my own mind
It's where I belong 

I was born on the lonely Earth
A mote of dust in the sea
I was told from the point of birth 
It was anything I could be
And that's the lies of words 
There's only one place they're true 
It's in my own mind
It's where I belong

The seagull is our city's heart
The season's war is in its wings
Its part of the symphony
that's the beauty of the spring
Why do they hate it so?
It's just protecting its child
It's what's on its mind
It's where it belongs

The Kid became the Wanderer
It was never his fault
But that's the virtue of innocence
It always seems to fall
He deserves a perfect place
A place in the dreaming lands
In our minds
It's where he belongs


Cover art by Marius Svendsås

Who am I? Some guy who loves making music of all sorts really, but mostly I revolve around the singer/songwriter-theme. After spending a year in Seattle, I was inspired to take what I liked from the Seattle soundstage and mix it with the sound of the rock tradition prevalent in my home region of the North of Norway.

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