Name: Emotional Anorexic (Repainted) - Svavar Knútur feat. Helene Bøksle by Svavar Knutur
Duration: 5 min 2 s
Description: The sublime Norwegian singer Helene Bøksle joins Icelandic singer songwriter Svavar Knútur in an emotional break up song for the ages. No blame, no anger or resentment. O nly burning self criticism and pain.

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Phantom Bells

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Rolling On

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Silhouettes Dance

You, you know the game
Familiar drill, it's all the same
Don't fool me
Cos, you know it well
A tangled spell, no secrets to tell
No mascarade

Hearts laid bare, emotions swell
Unveiling truths, no more to quell
Beyond the dance, our spirits meld

Beyond the shadows, a silence speaks
Echoes of whispers, where mystery seeks
No illusions here, as the night unfolds
Unraveling tales, stories never told
As we fade, echoes cascade
Back to where, shadows invade


In the shadows, destiny twines
Echoes of time, where fate defines
No escape from the scripted lines
In this dance, where the end confines

As we fade, echoes cascade
Back to where, shadows invade
Silhouettes dance, secrets charade


Embrace the unknown, a dance with time
Threads of destiny, an intricate rhyme
No more pretends, let illusions fade
In the quiet echoes, where truth is laid

As we fade, echoes cascade
Back to where, shadows invade


In the shadows, destiny twines
Echoes of time, where fate defines
No escape from the scripted lines
In this dance, where the end confines

As we fade, echoes cascade
Back to where, shadows invade
Silhouettes dance, secrets charade
Silhouettes dance

Silhouettes Dance

While the World Burns

While the World Burns (Repainted) [feat. Helene Bøksle]

"Here I am once again
Turning my steps into the wind
Facing an angry world
With so few defenses....."

RETURN TO GALLATIN VALLEY

TRACK NOTES
Strangely enough given the title, the verse melody of this song came to me in a dream, in which I was watching a stranger play it on a guitar. I woke up and found the words (and the chorus) in a day or so, starting with the very first line. It's about a couple's journey. Thanks to Irish artist Martin Gale for his kind permission to use an image of his painting "Couple".

CREDITS
Debra Donahue - harmony vocal
J.M. Kearns - lead vocal and guitars, harmonica
Thanks to Irish artist Martin Gale for his kind permission to use an image of his painting "Couple".

LYRICS
I will stay when the weather is warm
And drink to your health, far from the storm
In the sun, we’ll dance really slow
And sit on the cliff where the green river rolls

CHORUS:
But don’t ever dream
You will find
Me walking away
When life is unkind
Don’t ever dream
You will see
Me turning my back
When you’re down on your knees

If you find a mouse in your bed
I’ll go for a ride, and free it instead
When the cold and the wind and the rain
Are shaking the house, and you are in pain

CHORUS
Instrumental

I will stay when life is a bore
And I’m much too old to laugh anymore,
When the light is starting to fade
You’ll sing me a song ’bout that plan that we made:

I will stay when the mist on the lake
Is lifting at dawn and there’s coffee to make
We will sail in a crimson canoe,
Away from the world, and bid it adieu
Away from the world, and bid… it… adieu.



Dont Ever Dream

Lyrics:

If only people knew what you'd been through
They'd ask you
How you could still smile at all?
You'd grimace back, and say
After all that, smiling's no walk in the park
You'd say I spent many nights crying alone in the dark
In the dark

Did it all for you,
I give you my life
Did it all for you,
Child of mine

Started asking the right questions
Broke my heart in two
'Cause all of a sudden, I could see right through
You became a superhero
Because you had to
You'd say I'd do it all again, so I'd have you

Did it all for you,
I give you my life
Did it all for you,
Child of mine

She said I knew in the seventh grade
A good mother I would make
But life went wrong, and I was afraid
Didn't know how much it would take
How much it would take
This life of mine
Give it all to you, child of mine
I give you my life, did it all for you
No matter how much it takes
And I'd do it again, too

"Superhero" by Jules Renner

The sublime Norwegian singer Helene Bøksle joins Icelandic singer songwriter Svavar Knútur in an emotional break up song for the ages. No blame, no anger or resentment. O nly burning self criticism and pain.

Emotional Anorexic (Repainted) - Svavar Knútur feat. Helene Bøksle

Icelandic Singer/songwriter and storyteller. Songs of misery and redemption, serenity and wanderlust.

Emotional Anorexic (Repainted) - Svavar Knútur feat. Helene Bøksle

Svavar Knutur

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