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Elin Sigvardsson

Smithereens (2005)

1. Song for Anna
2. Contradictory Cut
3. If Love Can Kill I'll Die for You
4. Yellow Me
5. Boredom
6. Stupid Sunday Song
7. Gone, Gone, Gone
8. Showcase
9. Windows & Doors
10. Own
11. Claudia
12. Porcelain

Song for Anna

(Elin Sigvardsson)

Here I am
I need your shoulder, sister, I need your hand
to help me stand
'cause there's a hurricane where ever I land

And you can fly through any weather
I guess any place is better

Tomorrow, Anna, when the snow whirls 'round
I will be waiting on the lee side hiding from the storm
And in the evening when the heavy sky falls
you will be catching it before it even reaches my door
'Cause like the core of a star
I belong where you are, Anna

I see her scars
as her golden hair lightens up the dark
She's a part
of a poetry and I long to hear her talk

She is standing by the river
I know this season makes her bitter

Tomorrow, Anna, when the snow whirls 'round
I will be waiting on the lee side hiding from the storm
And in the evening when the heavy sky falls
I will be catching it before it even reaches your door
'Cause like the core of a star
I belong where you are, Anna

You're the core of my heart
and you belong in my arms

You're the core of my heart
and you belong in my arms, Anna

Contradictory Cut

(Elin Sigvardsson)

Your tired mouth is closed
As close as the city lights
As clear as the daze before my eyes

Here everything is quiet
Accept from this tapping rain
that makes its way fast through the night

And could cut us, or cut us loose
It could cut us, or cut us loose

We're hanging by a thread
as thin as a tingling spark
but strong enough to move this car
No words are needed
we're headed out, we are symmetric like the road-marks

That could cut us, or cut us loose
That could cut us, or cut us loose

We're keeping pace with each other
there ain't no other
keep your eyes on the way, pull us further
we're inches from fiction
and this intuition's a mix of coincidence and contradiction

That could cut us, or cut us loose
That could cut us, or cut us loose

If Love Can Kill I'll Die for You

(Elin Sigvardsson)

At the first day I wanted you
and I still do want you baby
At the first kiss I got afraid
and I feel the same about your love baby

It's like a drug, dear, that swollows me
now I can't be without you baby
So give something to hold on to
some hate would do
'til your love saves me

We've had a hopeless start, but I think we can fix it
'cause if we fall apart, I know you would miss it
just as much as I would do too
I've had a homeless heart, but I'm ready to seattle it
and this restless body,I'll be able to still it
there's nothing I wouldn't do
If love can kill I'll die for you

We don't talk much nowadays
there's nothing to say
did you notice baby

How I long for your speaking voice
instead of all this noice
we've been making lately

We're in love, baby, with destruction itself
We are stuck baby, 'til we love eachother to death
But once I've loved honey, I'm keeping on
and once I'm stuck baby, I won't be gone

I'll die for you

Yellow Me

(Elin Sigvardsson)

I keep the summer in a frame, forget the fall outside
that's how I make a living
I keep on running my own game, I let no one inside
this is where I'm driven

You know nothing about my aim, you know nothing at all
and that's the reason why I'm hiding
sometimes I can feel afraid, but I was told to let nothing on
and anyway, I'm too old to be crying

An maybe I'm just being too sensitive
But things can seem overly intensive
withdrawn life, yelling world
Yellow me

No, I ain't expecting nothing of anybody else
but too much of myself
And I've managed to hold on the past two years
holding back forbidden tears and hidden fears
I watch the sunset from my bed
I watch the sun come up again, and that's what makes me older
My only friend is at the end of the world
the girl is just like me, and that's the reason I never call her

An maybe I'm just being too sensitive
But things can get overly intensive
withdrawn life, yellow sun
Well, old me
Yellow me

And I'm too scared to seattle down
I can't find the nerve to find my place in this forgotten town
Your voice on the line again asking how I'm doing
that's a tough question
I guess we're getting to an end

An maybe I'm just being too sensitive
Or you were born overly intensive
withdrawn life, jealous man
Yellow me
Yellow me
Yellow me...

Boredom

(Elin Sigvardsson)

I used to walk my street
but baby, ever since you tied my feet together
I'm getting no relief
and you're holding back a stormy weather inside of me

I've tried to understand
darling, why you've glued our hands together
I'm drowning in romance
You say we'll sail this way forever, I hope we'll strand

All the bridges, all the towers of this town
could take me anywhere, but I'm to scared to dare
I've got my sturdy ground
I let my hair down, and I dance until I hear the sound

Of you coming around
Of me crumbling down
Of us denying our boredom, baby, yeah

It took some time to learn
you're overly concerned but hardly burnt
I guess there'll be no return
from where we are right now to more or less
or to what we were

All the bridges, all the towers of this town
could show me anywhere, if I would dare to care but
I've got my sturdy ground
I let my hair down, and I dance until I hear the sound

Of you coming around
Of me crumbling down
Of us denying our boredom, baby, yeah

All the bridges, all the towers of this town
could pull me through, but I'd rather stay with you
at least I think I do
I let my hair down, I let my hair down
and I dance until I lose my mind

And you're coming around
and I'm crumbling down
and we're denying our boredom, baby yeah

Stupid Sunday Song

(Elin Sigvardsson)

Well, I've done some stupid things that I regret
I wish I had wings, I'd fly right out of this building
And I'd like to speak my mind about it
I'd lay it all on the line if I got out of bed in time

But I'm still lying, yeah I'm still lying
I don't know why, but I'm still lying

Got a sundayhead, the beer taste like
October weather, and the light outside
is a boring matter of time
But if you would come around I'd shine
I'd be at ease and you'd cross my mind
and kiss this lonely mouth

But you'll stay out, yeah you'll stay out
Sunday night and you'll stay out

Well, I've got these stupid days to waste
I sit and play them away and you say
well, that's all a matter of taste
But it's just one big countdown to me
I swear it won't be long until
You forget this stupid song

And I'll be gone, yeah I'll be gone
It won't be long until I'm gone
And I'll be gone, yeah I'll be gone
It won't be long until I'm gone

Gone, Gone, Gone

(Elin Sigvardsson)

You took a step forth
I'm left one step back
You still got what I want
but she has what I lack

I was thinking if you ever change your mind
then here I come, hoping you'll catch me
my dignity won't take me far as long as you are

Gone, gone, gone, gone
no, I'll just keep on falling
down, down, down, down

I followed you both
when you didn't see
she fits in your arms
like they used to fit me

I was thinking if you ever want me back
then here I stand, hoping you'll take me
my dignity won't take me far as long as you are

Gone, gone, gone, gone
no, I'll just keep on waiting
alone, alone, alone, alone

I'm desperate for love
and I don't care what you think of me now
I want you, yeah I do
So please hear my call
'cause my voice is sore, and I've said this before

If you ever, ever, ever change your mind
then here I am, and you might still love me
it's hard to figure out as long as you are out there

Gone, gone, gone, gone
where you don't belong
Come home, home, home, home, home
and I will make you want me
on and on and on and on

You still got what I want
but she has what I lack
I could write a song
but I couldn't change that

Showcase

(Elin Sigvardsson)

So clean this place up
wash your face
stop making up ways not to

Make your bed
don't turn your head
to forget the things I said to you

There's a voice inside my head
I'm broke and I'm torn
and it says:

Take that frown off your face
and chase the clown in your head away
'cause I've seen enough of your showcase
to see through the slightest smile you fake
while your poor heart aches

I'll comb my hair now
calm my fear
since how long am I stuck in here
I catch some air
I catch a flick
I'm a passenger in a world of bricks

Something screams inside of me
I'm broke and I'm torn
it seems

Take that frown off my face
and chase the clown in my head away
'cause I've seen enough of this showcase to see through the slightest breath I take
while my poor heart aches

Something screams inside my head
I'm broke and I'm torn
and it says:

Take that frown off your face
and chase the clown in your head away
'cause I've seen enough of your showcase
to see through the slightest smile you fake
while your poor heart aches

Windows & Doors

(Elin Sigvardsson)

If I'd lose myself in a world unknown
or to somebody else with a heart of stone
they'd watch me and judge me from their golden throne
but it's not easy to be clever when you're all alone

And the world turns into a cave
get me outside these walls
I got myself to blame
for spending the day without windows and doors
now my head is full of haziness, and daziness
and I can't find the floor

If I'd force myself to always live alone
or walk without food 'til I'm skin and bone
they'd honor me and see a child who's grown strong
but it's not easy to reflect in the eyes of your own

Somethings wrong, and I'm in a cave
get me outside these walls
I got myself to blame
for spending the day without windows and doors
now my head is full of haziness, and daziness
and my body is sore

Well, it's not easy to see through a mind made of stone
no, it's not easy to pierce through a mind made of stone

And I'm thrown into a cave
get me outside these walls
I got myself to blame
for spending the day without windows and doors
now my head is full of haziness, and daziness

I'm in a cave
But I won't answer their calls
am I the one to blame
for feeling this way, I don't fit in their moulds
'caus their heads are full of craziness and laziness
and they head for a fall

Head for a fall

Own

(Elin Sigvardsson)

The world's spinning 'round
and I can not escape
from this decadence
that we're living in
So we drink, 'til we forget ourselves
then we find ourselves
lost among everythings

I'm crying out loud
I feeling tired
I used to be proud
but I guess I've expired

Oh, I know It'd be wrong
Oh, I know It'd be wrong
But I can't stand to live alone
you're my flesh and bone
I wanna write you a song
I wanna take you home
I wanna be your own

And in the dawn
when I wake up again
closer to the end
than I've ever been
If I saw your face
I know we could escape
to another place where
things could be sinking in

I'm crying out loud
I feeling tired
I used to be proud
but I guess I've expired

Oh, I know It'd be wrong
Oh, I know It'd be wrong
But I can't stand to live alone
you're my flesh and bone
I wanna move to Rome
far away from home
where you could be my own

I'm feeling tired...
I'm crying out loud
I guess I've expired

Oh, I know It'd be wrong
Oh, I know It'd be wrong
But I can't stand to live alone
you're my flesh and bone
I wanna write you a song
I wanna take you home
I wanna be your own
Be your own
I wanna be your own

Claudia

(Elin Sigvardsson)

I hear the clock strike
one, two, three, four, five times
every hour's a deadlinve
but Claudia don't mind

She's right behind me
circulates around me
my mouth opens
I breathe in before I speak

Too much labour for nothing
Claudia, my friend
This is for the saviour of all things
Claudia, Claudia

We watch the kids play
harmonize with their game
talking about old times
they linger in my chest

We long for something
Claudia starts to sing
Sunday, bloody sunday
come and let me rest

Too much labour for nothing
Claudia, my friend
This is for the singer of all days
Claudia, Claudia

Too much playing with these two hands
Claudia, I ache
This is from the maker of mistakes
But Claudia
You're the one who understands

Claudia
You understand

Porcelain

(Elin Sigvardsson)

You're talking in my sleep
I get home when you leave
Our love is overcome
by gathering smithereens

And it's forcing us to
take cover under porcelain shells
someday they might break in two
but until they do
We'll hover over thorns and pretend
there's nothing to talk through

You take it high, bring it low
I've heard your stories
a hundred thousand million times before
my teardrops daze your mouth
but you keep talking 'til your voice is sore

And it's forcing me to
take cover under porcelain shields
someday they might break in two
but until they do
You won't intend to ask how I feel
or try to see me through

When did I get out of your sight
slip through your selfish eyes
You think I've lost my charms
I'd say you've lost your mind

Yeah, it's forcing you to
take cover under porcelain shells
someday they might break in two
but until they do
I have nothing to offer accept
what's left of me and you