My dreams are full of thoughts like pearls
round the beautiful neck of a darling.
I built these wings and flew the world
right into this champagne glass of mine.
And in this blitz I felt alive
my sword cut deep in the devil
but when I open up my eyes
I am a servant wide awake.

Oh me, oh my
well I find myself drowning,
in dreams of paradise again
I am a master of illusion.

I ate my plate of hard advice,
I have fought so long with no hope.
Maybe years will be my prize
lost forever to my soul.
Perhaps one day I will rise
to meet my glorious fate,
but when I open up my eyes
I'm but a slave to this place.

Oh me, oh my
well I find myself drowning,
in dreams of paradise again
I am a master of illusion.

Dead dreamer

I live long winters in my dreams
while the snow outside keeps me locked in.
Safe and warm, so it seems
my heart is cold and frozen.
I'll call for action, call for change
I'll call for bravery in disguise
but when I'm woken there's no change
and no more magic in my mind.

Oh me, oh my
well I find myself drowning,
in dreams of paradise again
I am a master of illusion.

Kris Skovmand - vocals.
Aaron Flanders - acoustic guitar, tambourine.
Miguel Sá Pessoa - keyboards.
Fernando Huergo - 5-string electric bass.
Luis Barros - drums.

Written by Aaron Flanders, Kristoffer Benton Skovmand, Miguel Pereira de Sá Pessoa (Adraela Music, BMI)
© ℗ 2021 Adraela Records

Oh Me, Oh My

The Burnt Pines are:

Kris Skovmand - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, harmonica.
Aaron Flanders - acoustic and electric guitars, guitar-banjo, harmonica, tambourine.
Miguel Sá Pessoa - piano, keyboards, melodica.
Fernando Huergo - 5-string electric bass.
Luis Barros - drums, percussion.

Dan Fox - double bass on "Outside of Us", "Only In the Soul", "What Did You Come Back For?".
Erica Leigh - background vocals on "Bring Out Your Book".
Mariana Lebre Torres - background vocals on "Welcome Home!". 
Joe Cunningham - tenor sax on "The Ghost Living In My Beer".

All songs written, arranged and produced by Aaron Flanders,  Kristoffer Benton Skovmand and Miguel Pereira de Sá Pessoa  (Adraela Music, BMI), except "Skating Away (On the Thin Ice of the New Day)" written by Ian Scott Anderson (© BMG Monarch).

Recorded at Brookline Hills Studio, Brookline, MA and Bairro Up Studios, Lisbon, Portugal by Aaron Flanders and Miguel Sá Pessoa.

All songs mixed and mastered by Miguel Sá Pessoa at Bairro Up Studios, Lisbon, Portugal.

© ℗ 2021 ("THE BURNT PINES") and 2023 ("THE BURNT PINES - Don't Look Down") - © Adraela Music, BMI, ℗ Adraela Records.