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Michael's Book on Bears

by Konradsen

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When I’m off to roll my eyes you ask me again Will you sing a story I can hum in every room? Out in the backyard you’re building me a house Four in the morning I tuck you in my blouse I wrap my hands around every waist of home Been living like a stone whipped around the coast Honey you got me down on my knees I’m begging you please, let’s just move right away We’ll tickle and shake our old piece of mind That shaped all our time in this cultural empire Grow yourself some answers in that big pile of dirt Telling a friend it’s easy will not heal that Monday blues Out on the Island the cashier knows your name Back in the old shed you’ll find yourself again I wrap my hands around every waist of home Been living like a stone whipped around the coast Melt my mouth in sweet salty promise Honey you got me down on my knees I’m begging you please, let’s just move right away We’ll tickle and shake our old piece of mind That shaped all our time in this cultural empire I wrap my hands around every waist of home Been living like a stone whipped around the coast Melt my mouth in sweet salty promise Honey we got our own set of trees A brisk ocean breeze, spill that coffee on me We broke the wheel of strange old design That shaped all our time in this cultural empire
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Spending her time with the dogs out there Making you think you would always fail How do you rest without a key? Hanging her medals on every wall Christmas still haunts us across the floor Singing those carols in early June Gather all the village girls Make a fire for the lonely How will you define yourself while looking at your mother lost and blue? Hey let’s just blow up this life Scandinavian dynamite Even though your line is strong Big girls move on Let’s break our arms on that bike Write a Dear John to Mike Dump your heavy overload Steal that car and hit the road Spilled you a secret that hit the ground Hopefully no one can hear that sound Oh what a thrill to talk to you Crying alone under grandma’s arm Stabbed in the back by that curios charm I was your paper now where's my glue? Gather all the village girls Make a fire for the lonely How will you describe yourself when every guy you held seemed lost and totally blue? Hey let’s just blow up this life Scandinavian dynamite Even though your line is strong Big girls move on Let’s break our arms on that bike Write a Dear John to Mike Dump your heavy overload Steal that car and hit the road Stacking our dash with dreams Got tickets for a full ride Ahh Hey let’s just lay on the grass Leave our books in the trash Legends in our own hometown Still came back to settle down
3.
Michael 03:43
Blue Joni lines makes the river flow like gold We played our life away chasing fried sun sleeping in the sand, so tight Then you wrote a fun song Hey Michael’s left his boat out The slow tide is in sight I caught you in a bad joke a thousand times You gave life to my hive Oh, how we trashed that old home Spat a promise in our hands by the stove Give me a break Michael’s calling me back He’s writing our names on the hillside Praise the bruises the bribes All the years that passed There’s jewels in the rocks for you I feel it a lot when the air fills my lungs wide Helps me breathe like a new child The car crash, our sore backs carried a million miles I feel fine, so right But will they dance to our song? Give me a break Michael’s calling me back He’s writing our names on the hillside Praise the bruises the bribes All the years that passed There’s jewels in the rocks for you Give me a break Michael never came back Still writing his name on the hillside Praise the bruises the bribes All the years that passed There's jewels in the rocks for you
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I.O.U. 04:24
What will you think of me when time breathes us in the neck? Leave the stains they will remain as meaningful signs Reminding me of mine Can I get just one more move? Hand me the pieces Tonight I won’t play by old rules Did I hold you back from all that true bliss by causing a riot? Did I leave a crack in all of those lips deep down the line? Felt like an avalanche Like fire kissing smoke A fragile yes My naked dress That second born child sleeps on our porch side Now I wake from dreams and scenes Hand me the pieces Loosen the leashes Tonight I will play by your rules Did I hold you back from all that true bliss by causing a riot? They’re calling me radical and all that same shit Haunts me at times Prodigal reasons forced me back in season How do you feel the sun? I see her horizon I know you will find it One day it will define you Did I hold you back from all that true bliss by choosing the radical? Did I leave those stretch marks wrapped round your soul deep down the line? Did I hold you back? So stupid and wild The milky way The hovering rain A deep sunrise Aurora will dance And did I say? I.O.U. The milky way The hovering rain A deep sunrise Aurora will dance And did I hear? I.O.U. The milky way The hovering rain A deep sunrise Aurora will dance And did I say? I.O.U. The milky way The hovering rain A deep sunrise Aurora will dance And did I hear? I.O.U.
5.
Maybe the years have been broken? Look back without much emotion What if I am just like you? colorful lively and foolish Maybe I like fermentation? Fill up the jars in the basement All that you see is true but is it bringing me back to the roots? Go carry out mother’s old loom Make blankets alone in your room Call back the girl from the store she’ll shake you to the core Let the rivers control Michael’s grave turns to mold Lately I’m here with you like a fool with his gun Maybe we shouldn’t deceive? Just run naked out and be free Can’t say I have much to lose We grow small roots
6.
Tell me I am more than a couple of pounds Tell me I am more than these walls Tell me I am more than a silent number He says it’s ok we don’t need to go I can stay You can stay We don’t need to go to the party outside Let’s just hide underneath the trees and fire up a smoke in the breeze I told you we try too hard to flee from the same old days Let me put it this way I’m glad you are like a few years younger than me You don’t define yourself alone Those tickets go out to the friends Lucky to find a man who embraces and faces himself in the end Wrote a few lines Had a good talk What a great year Though a long way from home Had a cold swim in the warm wind Such a full life Wearing tight skin and bones When I’m free When I’m free I will travel the world in your car We will find the sights to be still Face our trials left in the bin I will make you see what should have been And what you could have been with a push from the side now Getting old in the woods Living sharp with a house still looking burned down At the point when you run out off projects to solve I will lean with a smile by the door Nights will be yawning tales of wild days turning 48 and 52 It’s like the sky is still is it blue? is it red? will it rain? will it drain? Let it pour like the old days Let it pour like the old days We will last forever It will last forever We will last forever It will last forever
7.
Bring out your favorite knife The thickest birch is born in Lapland Call out my oldest name Can’t say I feel the same attachment We know the rules and break them well They told us both the same old tale for thirty years Been reading Michael’s book on bears He ran away Revival’s in the air You got me looking past the dark vast horizon It took me long To find a place to stay with small compromises I won’t be ready to go How far you gonna run then? A thousand miles across the mainland? You know you can’t put a price on that Romance on open fire You fixed my broken tire with one hand only We know the rules and break them well Been changing locks on my own cell since seventeen And now I’m looking back through Marys eyes Skating with a secret on the ice You got me looking past the dark vast horizon It took me long To find a place to stay that’s somehow appealing Do you feel it? alle orda alle telefonene alle samtaler rundt respatexbordet vi hadde alle plastikkfiolene; fiolintimene alle sangene i gangene på ungdomsskolene alle høstsesongene alle oksetungebrødskivene og melkekartongene alle veikroene, fjordene, fjell, kiosker, alle kanoer som kantrer; kanonballkamper gamle barnehagetanter alle broene, beroligende, blokkene, eneboligene blåfargen på himmelen alle barnekor-salmene alle bønner i tomatsaus barneteaterapplaus fortauskanter, garasjetak, Klausen-boller og engangskopper med Villa alle mobilfilma videoer lilla solbrilleflimmer alle villaer og syriner, B12-vitaminer pensjonister med blondegardiner som ser ut på gata sånn ved middagstider når det er vanskelig å si hvor himmelen slutter og det under'n egentlig begynner alle trafikklysa, alle skyer! alle planleggingsdager, heisekraner, kompostmasse, blomsterkasse-Plantasjen-bed med tulipaner! alle framtidsplaner begravelseskranser filofaxavtaler alle kilowatt- sirener i ambulanser, skumringsmyggene som svirrer; gågateskyggene som danser; trebarnsmammaer i Adidas-klær og Crocs, tannpastasmak i kjeften, bringebærdropslukt! Alle furutrær, fjellvidder, ingefærkveldshimmeler; slitne hus som trenger maling hvor det alltid henger julepynt; hytteturvennegjenger, moselyng, luftgeværkulesplint- regn og vinterdekk- vidder med hvite flekker som smelter inn i et glimmer fra fjelltinder og sildrer ned i bekker; alle siggtrekk i halvannen liters flasker med cola; metallyd av tørrfôr i skåla; glasskåra i ugresset; alle containerbåter på havna; alle skjella i vannkanten som skyller opp på stranda; folk i cowboyhatt på fylla på en mandag; dama som tar på seg håndballsokka sine i det påskeappelsin-farget gardinlyset på ei dyne, alle gråpapir-skoleatlas; Kongo for Zaïre blåklokkespire; fatter’n som rocker mokkasinene alle orda mine alle historiene alle blokkene i Odins vei alle folka betyr noe i meg...
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Fieldfare 03:33
Why are you so blue my dear? Come crash that weight into my care Watch the fieldfare fly overseas Dancing in the breeze My helpless leaves covers fall in an orange disease Milky skies Those birds of passage singing goodbye Drew a sketch of you at thirteen That frame is hanging thin on the wall Brought us back to spots we knew and tuned the strings for you My own two feet planted deep in society’s field One of these days I’ll cut the grass and make’m eat the grease Birds of passage singing to me When I’m cross I’ll think of you I should have locked us in the coop Rhythm catches your thighs into new rhymes Find a strong dad Tony’s comin in Now we must cross that freeway Who knew that car would change a lifeline before our eyes Where is Mikey? The calls are coming in His wings did break before the final end Wrapped in a million towels Falling ever so slightly, slightly, slightly Falling ever so slightly, slightly, slightly Those birds won’t come back again
9.
The absence of the sun Her skates with ribbons on You’re running like a thief while looking back at me, old friend Intended as a gift They taught you to resist my cold inhale of fresh delight that fires up the moon each night And so I’m back again like nervous kids on the bench They’re waving me goodbye Melting me to floods Drip-dried My name remains misunderstood I’m not your mrs. Hollywood Cold kisses on the face but still a warm embrace of mine Why are you questioning? Came here to tuck you in Born in a symphony A quiet melody Spinning constantly on repeat Pink lips with frozen words on top Roe rapped in paper Sharp raindrops White carpet Mighty pillow mountain Captain of the day Shuffling me away Crusty creeks Rocking wild bears back to sleep
10.
Dološ viessu Dološ viessu Jus seainni jus seainni sáhtášii sáhtášii muitalit
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I et eventyrland mot det evige nord Der hav møte himmel og fjell møte fjord I en værdn' så litn' men endå så stor Bor æ og min elskede Bak blånende tinda og holma og skjær Og blankskurte svaberg og vindskjeive trær Kjent vi to at hjemme va akkurat her Æ og min elskede Sjøl om høstn' e hustri' og vintern e lang Og sommern kommer sånn annenhver gang Fant vi ti' te kværandre og ord te' en sang Æ og min elskede Om det e aldri så smått stortsett har vi det godt Skjønt det hende vi drømme om rikdom og slott Og gløm førr ei stund alt vi tross alt har fått Æ og min elskede Og vi veit det jo begge det e som det e Den som leve får se det som skjer det får skje Men det e nu det må skje det e nu vi e te Æ og min elskede Æ og min elskede, æ og min elskede Så mens høsten følger sommer og vinter bi vår Og fortida kviskre alt førr går E vi glad før kver einaste time vi får Æ og min elskede

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Konradsen Troms og Finnmark fylke, Norway

Konradsen is Jenny Marie Sabel and Eirik Vildgren. The two met in high school and have been making music together since then. Their music is alternately romantic, tender and wry, and you can find little flickers of voices from old home movies, or snippets of conversations with friends, woven throughout many of their songs. ... more

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