Hard deterministic punk rock. Enjoy

Lyrics

You've been stranded
in a corner of your mind 
No matter the end goal
It's all been carved out 
You've reached the uppers limits 
ain't enough to hold it down  
So close you could taste it 
When the guards are leaving town   

You've been riding down a straight line, 
when they set it up, set it up high
You've been riding down a straight line, 
when they set it up, set it up so high

Oh the spirit was willing, 
but its stacked it against you now
The dysphoric anguish 
as the flesh is giving up 
It's all tricks of the mind
when you hear them calling out
So useless to live, 
fighting to stay alive

You've been riding down a straight line, 
when they set it up, set it up high
You've been riding down a straight line, 
when they set it up, set it up so high

Songs That Wouldn't Die

Straight Line

I was just testing out a new mic and ended up recording a performance of this Jackson C. Frank song. I used to play this a while back, and tried to record it a few years ago. I'm better at recording now.  I'm still not much of a finger picker, but I've learned some from learning to play this song.  Still, I tracked this as a "in the moment thing", mistakes and all.

Hope you enjoy the listen.

Tumble in the Wind (Jackson C. Frank cover)

My poor man's "love will tear us apart". 


15.09.21
File updated. Still not the final mix for the album.

Lyrics

The resentment in her eyes,
it tears away inside
Sending shivers down my spine;
have we overstepped that line?
When it seemed  like a moment ago,
she held on to every word I spoke
Dream chasing high and low
Always talking 'bout how far we'd go

Can you see the new dawn comin'?
Is this love beyond our means? 
I've stood tall on her shoulders
and I long for all I could see

In that sullen look she gave
I felt it drifting far away
Is it another time gone by?
Can't we bring it home this time?

Can you see the new dawn comin'?
Is this love beyond our reach?
I've stood tall on her shoulders
and I long for all I could see

Would you leave that door open?
Would you leave that door open for me?
Would you leave that door open?
Would you leave that door open for me?

Can you see the new dawn comin?
Is this love beyond our means?
I've stood tall on her shoulders
And I long for all I could see

New Dawn

15.08

Mixed this mostly on headphones, and now, listening back to a month later with different headphones, imagine my suprise! Shock and horror! And then on proper speakers... So I had to remix it, a little tweaking here and there,  and it sounds a lot better to me. Lesson learned, never mixing on headphones for the levels ect!

This was originally just a track I worked on to experiment with sounds, ebows ect, it was also an effort to find back the sound I had for drums and stuff after changing a harddrive (I lost some presets earlier).. then the Soundcloud algorithms figured to promote this more than any of the tracks that I've been more serious about!  At least its improved now.

What they told you (instrumental)

I had come off the beaten track 
Too far gone to be looking back
In the valleys and in the pines
Where I could not heed the warning signs 

I was at my wits end....
Sick, glum and on the brink

And then she threw her light straight onto me
I love her truly, it's all plain to see
When I'm down and out, she sets me on my feet
Just to feel the warmth of her heartbeats, so true

I walked alone in pitch black nights
Just thirsting for the morning light
In the valleys and down the mines
Where I could not heed the warning signs 

I was at my wits end....
Sick, glum and on the brink, and then

She threw her light straight onto me
I love her truly, it's all plain to see
When I'm down and out, she sets me on my feet
Just to feel the warmth of her heartbeats, so...

..true 
So true
So true
So true

Yeah, she threw her light straight onto me
I love her truly, it's all plain to see
When I'm down and out, she sets me on my feet
Just to feel the warmth of her heartbeats, so true

So True

I started out wanting to do something Velvet Underground inspired building on E & A chords, but then it started to sound more like the Fall or Sterolab maybe(?). This one is done in a few days. For some reason the most pleasant session I've had.
19.09.
File updated, mix improved. Synths added, its shortened. Still not final mix for the album.

Keep Your Mind

It's been a while since I shared music.
Busy working on an album.
This is just a little a performance of a Big Thief song.

Change (Big Thief cover)

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.


Vocal contributions from L.C. 

Lyrics

Forever
To the place we all must go 
Forever 
To greet secrets no one knows
Forever
There can't be no other way
Forever
We all must face our day

With bitter sense of loss 
We keep moving through pathless days
Can you see there is meaning left
or is it fading all away?
You know that the strength's regained  
in all your reasons to believe
But it's getting so far away
And much further than what we can reach

Forever
We'll loose all that we've gained
Forever 
And nothing will remain 
Forever
With no place left to go 
Forever
That's where you'll find your home

With bitter tears of loss 
We keep moving through pathless days
Can you find there's meaning left
while it's fading all away?
You know that the strength's regained  
in all your reasons to believe
But its getting so far away
and much further than what we can reach

Chapters Missing

Forever Revisited

First single off Chapters Missing. 
Released 17th of november 2023.
Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.
Cover art by: Sofiindra22 https://www.fiverr.com/sofiindra22

Lyrics 

I've been waiting for 
a second chance
to take you out
Like you said "this seems like a strange place to leave it"
Thinking of that time before
When you stumbled in
Looking so forlorn and-
We found comfort in each other 

But in your eyes, I saw there was something hidden
Or maybe plain in sight, maybe I didn't want to believe it? 
And if you had told me about all the complications 
It still wouldn't have kept me from falling for you 

Slow dancing 
In a crowded place
The two of us alone, and
hopes were building again
You looked at me with such anticipation, and-
with my hand on your waist, how-
did we let that moment slip away?

For in your eyes, I saw there was something hidden
Or maybe plain in sight, did I not want to believe it?
And if you had given me your explanation
It still wouldn't have kept me from falling for you  

In your eyes, I saw there was something hidden
Or plain in sight, maybe I didn't want to believe it 
And if you had told me about all the complications 
It still wouldn't have stopped me from falling for you

Something Hidden

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.

Lyrics 

There was no way to hide  
all the mess the sadness made  
I'm not so certain now
I can fill the void you left 
Feeling lost in a maze  
I had no way to open the gates  
Stuck in the muck and mire  
and dragged down with regrets  

It won't be easy  
to pick up the trail again  
Decisions can't be remade
Not sure what more I've got to say  

I failed to answer the call,  
I suffer the consequence  
Torn between realities,  
in a prison I create  
Forever soaking on the myth  
of someone else's hero's journey
I've spent all this time
Dreaming of what could have been

I can't find the strength now
to break free from it
I've lost the will to dream 
Don’t think they will understand  

I've tried reach a point of understanding
but sometimes there's no lessons to be had
I go over it, now and again
but it's all beyond me, it is out of my depth

Could Have Been

Third single off Chapters Missing.
Released 15th of December 2023.
Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.

Cover art by:
Sofiindra22
www.fiverr.com/sofiindra22

On wind instruments:
Michele F. aka Trombonhero:
www.fiverr.com/trombonhero

Lyrics 

It doesn’t make too much sense
to take all this time to dwell
But no one really stops looking back
once they've made it out from hell
The damage has long been done 
you can't just lay it on the shelf 
Courage begs you to seal it shut
when the darkness overwhelms 

All things must break apart
and nothing ever stay the same
When lose ends are left to rot 
and wounds won't heal or mend
Still you're latching on to something so precious
and it seems like a fever dream
You pressed so hard to regain that light, 
Ill-prepared for what it means

Now it's a question of how gracefully you can let go 
as you're waiting for new sensations to come
and take hold  
Can you try to make it into something you can believe in 
and open up to new experience 
like the pain was nothing all along  

Now we're hanging on to an idle life 
until the nausea sweeps on in 
It keeps on rising like the tide 
when you're just waiting to begin
They'll say "you won't see the bigger picture 
until you hurdle over that fence"  
"the road's made as we walk along 
and it's all in the palm of your hands"

For now the dreams are the best you got,
and with your dreams hopes are born
If you fail to make them count,
it wont matter when your faith gets thorn
So let's hang on as long as they'll lasts  
Let blindness become our defense 
And let's not even try to piece together 
all the shit we're up against 

Will you try to stem the tide  
Create a fire and get out of your own way 
Destroy the circuits and be fearless when you watch it go up in smoke  
Re-shape the mold, breathe new life  
into whatever purpose there is left 
And take it all apart, bring it back together 
Like these tragic tales would never be coming to an end  

Now will you try to stem the tide  
Create a fire, get out of your own way 
Kill all the serpents and be fearless when you watch it go up in smoke  
Re-shape the mold, and breathe new life  
into whatever purpose there is left 
And take it all apart, bring it back together 
Like these tragic tales would never be coming to an end  

Will you try?
Will you try?
Will you try?
Will you try?

Fever Dreams

Second single off Chapters Missing.
Released 1th of December 2023.
Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.

Vocal contributions from Zaeli 
https://www.fiverr.com/elisabank
https://instagram.com/zaelith

Cover art by:
Sofiindra22 
www.fiverr.com/sofiindra22

On trombone:
Michele F. aka Trombonhero:
www.fiverr.com/trombonhero

Lyrics
Lately it's been a world of pain
And all I want is to escape 
All those memories of tranquilized bliss 
How do we keep hanging on like this?

Been thinking about all the laughs we shared 
It turns into pantomime to pretend we never cared 
I've sensed for so long that your will's been daunted
When you stopped talking about the things you said you wanted

As we're trailing off
With failing hope to piece it together
Have we've given it all I've got?
Have we've reached the end of our tether?
When there is only so much that I can do
Wearing this heart on my sleeve 
I'll wear it all out for you 

I hate to be the one who's living in hope 
Still craving your affection at the end of the road
Just think of all the chances that we blew 
And all those weak parts we just couldn't face up to 

We used to show them that we dared
Now we're serving all the things that we fear
And it's getting heavier than what we can carry
Please don't tell me that silver lining was only imaginary

As we we're trailing on
with failing hope to piece it together
Have we given it all we've got?
Have we reached the end of our tether?
When there is only so much that I can do
Wearing this heart on my sleeve 
I'll wear it all out for you 

And all the love we thought we knew
Like shooting stars, it fades from view
You think I'd fall this hard, if I only knew
We were like shooting stars, just like shooting stars

And there is only so much that I can do
Wearing this heart on my sleeve 
I'll wear it all out for you

On My Sleeve (Feat. Zaeli)

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.
Vocal contributions from L.C. 

Lyrics 

You held your head up
Through thick and thin
Forming midnight visions
All towering within
The outside world was out of reach
and for such a long time
Hopes became a burden
It's been a long climb

And was it a fatal flaw
That you wouldn't step away?
It gets stripped of all your meaning,
and you're left carrying the weight

And this tired living
has been wearing you out
It gets your heart so broken
It is changing you now
For it won't be the same
as it once was
The more you were dreaming,
the more you seemed to be falling apart

You've been driving hard
for your higher needs
For all you envisioned
This life to be
And now as the light of youth
Begins to fade away
You know that the shifting sands
will take those dreams away

You said it was irredeemable 
to let that part of you go
You said, "what's in a new beginning,
When we must loose the things we love"

But this tired living
has been wearing you out
It gets your heart so broken
It is changing you now
For it won't be the same
As it once was
The more you were dreaming,
the more you seemed to be falling apart

Falls Apart

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.

Lyrics 

Wastelands drags on without end
But the mind resides on a higher plane
Walking fine lines between dreams and fantasies
It's a long walk, but in the end you'll learn to see

You might not have the answers that you need
You might be looking for a reason to believe 
And soon you won't be questioning the meaning
Once you step out on the stage, it begins to fade

You dissolve
into circumstance
Through regrowth
And through decline

It's both a weakness and a strength
This unwillingness to face up to a change
For is it all just a story that you told yourself,
to keep from breaking promises again?

And you dissolve
Into circumstance
Through regrowth
and through decline

Dissolve
Dissolve
Dissolve
Dissolve

Then you dissolve
Into circumstance
Through regrowth
and through decline

Dissolve

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.


Lyrics 

I'd wake in a fright
With tears in my eyes
Knowing no way around
Telling you now
There's no way to know
What is on your mind
I'm so caught up girl
I kept searching for a sign

Been sick to my teeth from all the things you do
I don't really get if you're beguiling
If it's all just silly games to play
Oh well, once it's off my chest, it's off my chest

Then nothing's gonna frighten me
In my sleep
Then nothing's gonna frighten me
In my sleep

You draw me in
but you kept in check
Don't know if it's me or him
You want off your back
There's a pregnant pause
between every word
Can't you tell we're long past
the point of no return?

Been sick to my teeth of wanting you
I don't really get if you're beguiling
If it's all just silly games to play
Oh well, once it's off my chest, it's off my chest

Then nothing's gonna frighten me
In my sleep
Then nothings gonna frighten me 
in my sleep
Then nothing's gonna frighten me
In my sleep
Then nothings gonna frighten me 
In my sleep

In My Sleep

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.

Lyrics

The ol' alarm sounds the same
But with a shift in tone 
They got us all on edge
Building our defense
It's a show of unity
Against all hostile claims
And so we're following their lead
Stoking up the flames

They're making plans for a new world
and everyone is at play
They held us down by the cool blue
Breathing without oxygen

It starts from awakening
From the force of dominos falling
With an overwhelming feeling
That risks are running high
And it's all so imminent
They'll strike at any time
And so we're following their lead
Stoking up the flames

They're making plans for the new world
and everything is at play
They held us down by the cool blue
Breathing without oxygen

They're making plans for the new world
and everyone is at play
They held us down by the cool blue
Breathing without oxygen
They're making plans for the new world
and everything is at play
They held us down by the cool blue
Keep on breathing without oxygen

Casus Belli

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.

Vocal contributions from The Bawl Slant
Check him out: https://soundcloud.com/bawl-slant

Lyrics 

Change is the only constant
Will it matter where you've been 
When we're drifting away like drifting boats
Just riding with the wind
Without a port of arrival
Leaving it all to fate
And all the things we've reached for 
Will crumble in the end 

We try to advert our eyes
but these shadows keeps on seeping in 

It's the same ol' blues
you've been chasing around
The same ol' hurt
when you watch it come down
Still you must trust that the light's 
worth searching for

It's always the same 
It's always the same 
It's always the same 
It's always the same 

You've come all this way now
Repeating the same mistakes
And despite all our choosing
We've been chasing our own tails
And there's no use in pretending
That these stains will wash away

We try to advert our eyes
but these shadows keeps on seeping in 

It's the same ol' blues
you've been chasing around
The same ol' hurt
when you watch it come down
And still you must trust that the light's 
worth searching for

It's always the same 
It's always the same 
It's always the same 
It's always the same 
It's always the same 
It's always the same 
It's always the same

Seeping (Feat. The Bawl Slant)

Another instrumental. I was staring out my window, thinking about what I would call it,  and just then it started snowing..
It was supposed to be a Joy Division-inspired rock song (might be apparent if you focus on the drums at the end). Then a new Mellotron VST stole the show and I just made it an instrumental.

First snow

My last attempt at songwriting this year. I guess it's about 2020.
It is based on something I used to jam with a mate, a long time ago. Finally turned it into something..

03.10.2021
File is updated with the almost finished 2021/album version of the song. 
Thanks to The Bawl Slant for joining in on backing vocals! 



Lyrics.. 

Time used to be a commodity, but we're living life in a deep freeze
Facing up to the new realities. you can no longer do what you please
Dust is settling around everyone, it's a shame for plans to come undone
You knew the part you wanted to play, and without it, you got nothing to say

And the days are running
Feel your spirit crushing
Sadness keeps on growing
Feel the walls closing in 

Take us through another day, the good times have all washed away
Timing out, in need of a friend, who can tell how long it has been?
He fell amid a sullen shout, looking at the streets emptied out 
Remember a time when milk & honey flowed, we're living life on side of the road

And the days are running
Feel your spirit crushing
Sadness keeps on growing
Feel the walls closing in

Deep Freeze (Feat. The Bawl Slant)

11.09.  
New mix alert! Old mix is on Spotify. 

Cover art updated. Made by www.fiverr.com/eveaam

I hope you enjoy 

Lyrics

When it sinks in
there’s no reasons why
not to lay it all to rest
in a castle in the sky
when you bite the bullet for
another journeys end...
to be getting back on your feet, and-
to just start it all over again

Let it be born again, rebuilding
Just let it be born again, rebuilding

So if there’s no in-between
when visions start to die 
When it all comes falling down 
like Icarus in the sky
Tomorrow is built on
yesterday’s descend
So when you reach the precipice,
you start it all over again

Let it be born again, rebuilding 
Just let it be born again, rebuilding
I’m gonna gonna get born again, rebuilding
I’m gonna gonna get born again, rebuilding!

Rebuilding

The title "Too Late Blues" was stolen from a John Cassavetes-directed studio film that I never saw, but I liked the title. 

13.09
Mix updated, still not the final mix for the album, but much improved

Backing vocals:
L. C. 

Cover art by:
www.fiverr.com/ermaque

27.02.202 Too Late Blues

Indie rock, post-punk. Backed by high energy strums, synth leads and earworm guitar hooks.

Debut "Songs That Wouldn't Die" was released in October 2021 and created during the pandemic lockdown in Oslo.

Sophomore album "Chapters Missing" was released on the 5th of January, 2024.

All songs are written, recorded, mixed & mastered by Jan aka Sönderrevet.

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