Written and performed by Andreas Molde, Morten Evensen and Synne Eileen, by request from Bohus Norge.

I'll Always Come Back

Smallest of Lights 
Music & Lyrics by Synne Eileen
Produced, recorded & arranged by Daniel Drumm



It was a Christmas market, and the people around us were more concerned with shopping and chatting than with the music. The only reason I agreed to play here in the first place is because my dad asked, and I love my dad so it’s hard to say no to him. A loud and hectic place like this is not quite the arena to perform something personal, and the more logical choice would probably be playing Christmas carols. But I thought heck, there are limits (to musical prostitution). So I decided to make it kind of a rehearsal and played three original songs.

The people in the market were pretty inattentive - as expected. I tried to focus on the four to five people who seemed to pay attention, including you. You stood on the corner with a book in your hand. You seemed tired. I thought it was probably because of all the stress and commotion of the holidays, or from all of the noise around on the market. But I could see that you were listening, also when I told the background story to the last song.

The song was called "Smallest of Lights". 
Three years ago, 23 July 2011, I sat in a church 8km from Utøya. We were still in shock. The horrors of what had happened had not yet sunk in. Several people came up to the podium and said a few words, including a previous mineworker. The words he said stuck with me. "Beneath the ground it can get so dark that you almost forget what light looks like. But all it takes is a tiny spark. Even the smallest of lights kill the darkness. "

Three years later, here I am at a Christmas market telling this story and playing this song. From now on it will always be the song where I think of you, the man on the corner with the book in his hand.

When I had finished playing and gone down from the stage, I stood a few feet away from you talking to some friends while listening to the next act. It took about half an hour before you came up to me and asked me if I had a moment.

"That song ..." You choked up.
"You have no idea how much I needed to hear that song this exact weekend ... It's like you say, sometimes you just have to focus on the small specks of light," you said, and then you couldn’t speak anymore.

I gave you a hug and thanked you for your sincerity, but you hurried out of there before I managed to take in the pain from your tears. I don’t know what it was that burdened you this weekend, or how much darkness there is in your life.  But I wish I could tell you how much these few seconds meant to me. You reminded me how important it is to keep the soul in what you do, even when it seems futile. You reminded me why singing songs can be important. Thank you.




Smallest Of Lights (Demo)

Synne Eileen & the Sunbeams - Cuckoo

Produced by Nils Einar Hervig
Mixed by Tony Draper
Mastering: Tomas Siqveland, Lydmuren

Performed by Synne Eileen & the Sunbeams
the sunbeams are:  Runar Nybø, Marius Rekstad, Halvor Folstad, Emily Linden, Andreas Molde.

Synne Eileen & the Sunbeams - Cuckoo (DEMO)

©Synne Eileen & the Sunbeams
Music & Lyrics: Synne Eileen

Keys: Marius Rekstad
Bass: Andreas Molde
Guitar & Vocals: Synne Eileen

I've Got You (wedding song) - DEMO

It's time to come out!

MUSIC VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EfBOGQ3jW0&feature=youtu.be 

© Synne Eileen & the Sunbeams

SunbeamS Closet

SunbeamS - Yo Dove, You Filthy Bird

Lyrics:

As I grew up you always told me
I could be what I wanted to be
That my talents and gifts made me
Invincible

But as I got older I realized that
Life is so full of compromise and
Everything that I hold is not enough
To hold me                         

So I took what I could take
And
I made a few mistakes 
And
Maybe that’s where I went wrong

CHORUS:
Life is full of - crappy- disappointments, you’ll
Give them all but they won’t get enough from you
Everything you do is measured against
Everyone else, so
Make a paper crown, you’re still no princess
Write a thousand songs, still no one’s impressed
Never forget your place
You are not invincible 


Seems like all the time I’m surrounded
By pretentious folks, thinks they’re grounded
All that I can do is just smile and 
Nod my head

And now
Everyone has some weird agenda
I’m so sick of how they pretend that
They like you just so they can get 
What they think they’ve earned

And they think they’re gonna make it
Just because they know to fake it
Guess they’re about to get knocked down


If you are a dreamer, a believer, a deceiver, that is fine dear, 
But there’s a difference, arrogance don’t fit here
Out in the world, you don't have the sole flair
You are not the only one to get somewhere
So relax, come down from your high chair



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