Facing the end ... with my ear full of your tunes ... let it burn, burn, burn 

Love this version too.    Ukulele version's  so awesome , can't stop playing it

You know that everyone was totally petrified when you played this in Solingen! I love this song (and I know I'm just one of many of my friends) and you set the roof on fire...

Played this song live at Radio Q university radio in Münster, Germany.
Wrote it a couple of days before in Hamburg, thinking about Fukushima, the end of the world, 2012, killer robots and the love of my life. Basically, it's an apocalyptic love song.
I think my favorite thing about this song is the fact that the audience never knows if they should take it really seriously or as more of a humorous number. To me, it's both. It doesn't have to be one way or the other... You can have a humorous view of a serious issue and that, to me, is the point of songwriting a lot of the time.


Svavar Knútur - While The World Burns (acoustic - Live)

Rescue Me

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Wolf Mother by First Aid Kit

Wolf-mother, where you been?
You look so worn, so thin
You're a taker, devils-maker
Let me hear you sing, hey-ya hey-ya
Wolf-father, at the door
You don't smile anymore
You're a drifter, shape-shifter
Let me see you run, hey-ya hey-ya
Holy light over the night
Oh, keep the spirit strong
Watch it grow, child of war
Oh, keep holdin' on
When I run through the deep dark forest long
After this begun
Where the sun would set
The trees were dead
And the rivers were none
And I hope for a trace
To lead me back home from this place
But there was no sound there was only me, and my disgrace
Wolf-mother, where you been?
You look so worn, so thin
You're a taker, devils-maker
Let me hear you sing, hey-ya hey-ya
Wolf-father, at the door
You don't smile anymore
You're a drifter, shape-shifter
Let me see you run, hey-ya hey-ya
Wayward winds, a voice that sings
Of a forgotten land
See it fall, child of war
Oh, lend a mending hand
When I run through the deep dark forest long
After this begun
Where the sun would set
The trees were dead
And the rivers were none
And I hope for a trace
To lead me back home from this place
But there was no sound there was only me, and my disgrace

Wolf Mother

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These tracks are from July 2008 rehearsals for a band I was in called Mandatory Overtime.  We were a six-piece oldies/jam band, and I was the drummer. I also performed backing vocals on "Wicked Game".

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Wicked Game

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

Svavar Knútur - While The World Burns (acoustic - Live)

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