2004년 3월 한국 공연을 대성황리에 마친 이후 디사운드는 바쁜 일정을 보냈다. 밴드의 네 번째 음반 [Doubleharted]를 홍콩에서 발매했고, 그 해 7월에는 독일에서 싱글 <I Just Can't Wait>을 선보였다. 보컬인 시모네가 독일 출신이기 때문일까, 독일 언론들은 디사운드에게 큰 관심을 나타냈다. 여성 잡지 ‘Jolie’는 밴드를 인터뷰했고 MTV는 프로그램 출연을 요청했다. 이런 호응에 힘입어 디사운드는 싱글에 이어 정규 앨범 [Doubleharted]를 독일에서 발표했고 10월에는 독일 팬들과 직접 만나는 라이브 공연도 가졌다. 독일과의 인연은 이후에도 계속 되었다. 애시드 재즈 밴드 인코그니토(Incognito)가 2005년 봄의 독일 투어에 디사운드를 게스트로 초대한 것이다. 디사운드는 인코그니토와 다섯 번의 무대를 펼쳤다. 그리고 킴과 조니는 노르웨이 신인 뮤지션의 음반을 프로듀싱했고 시모네는 자신의 첫 솔로 앨범 [Last Days and Nights]를 제작했다.
그리고 2005년 8월, 세 멤버는 새 음반 녹음을 위해 노르웨이 수도 오슬로(Oslo)에서 가장 긴 역사를 자랑하는 스튜디오에 모였다. 시모네, 킴, 조니가 원했던 사운드는 12년 전, 밴드가 막 활동을 시작하던 디사운드 창세기 때의 선율이었다. 그래서 그때 함께 활동했던 키보디스트 스타인 에우스트루드(Stein Austrud)와 기타리스트 베르게 페테르센 외벨레이르(Børge Pettersen Øverleir) 와 함께 녹음 작업을 했다. 작업은 일사천리로 이뤄졌고 디사운드는 열흘 만에 모든 녹음을 마쳤다. 그리고 완성된 곡 중 12곡을 골라 다섯 번째 앨범을 만들었다.
새 앨범은 폭넓은 스펙트럼을 자랑한다. <1,2,3>같이 박력 넘치는 넘버가 있는가 하면 <Murder Me>처럼 차분한 작품도 있다. 히트곡 <Do I Need A Reason>을 좋아한 팬이라면 멜로디 라인이 살아있는 발라드 <Gaining Back My Faith>와 <As Long As I Sing>이 반가울 것이다. 다른 밴드와 차별되는 디사운드만의 특징인 재즈 풍의 그루브는 이번 앨범에도 건재하다. 다양한 추종자를 낳았지만 결코 복제되지 않는 디사운드표 ‘경쾌 꿍짝’ 리듬은 <Green Eyes>, <My Today> 그리고 <Rainy Days>에서 확인할 수 있다.
멤버들은 이번 앨범이 ‘Good Old D’SOUND’를 원하는 팬들에게 좋은 선물이 될 것이라고 했다. 하지만 이 말은 초심을 잃지 않겠다는 멤버들의 다짐으로 받아들여야 할 것 같다. 이들은 이제 오슬로의 작은 클럽에서 공연하던 그 삼인조가 아니다. 스칸디나비아를 넘어 유럽, 아시아 지역에 까지 팬을 거느린 수퍼 트리오로 성장한 것이다. 그리고 새 음반은 세계적인 밴드라는 지위에 어울리는 세련미를 갖추고 있다. 멤버들의 기량은 물이 오를 대로 올랐고 곡의 구성은 잘 짜인 비단처럼 매끄럽고 윤기가 있다.
기술적 거대주의나 무차별적인 힙합의 세례를 받지 않은 이들의 사운드는 무리 없이 자연스럽게 진행된다. 라이브와 별반 다르지 않은 멜로디 전개는 귀에 거슬리지 않는 ‘친생활 사운드’로 다가와 우리의 단조로운 일상에 즐거운 쉼표를 찍어준다. 호모 사피엔스의 품위 있는 시간을 누리게 해주는 것이다. 이런 이유로 디사운드는 항상 강렬한 조명 아래 머물러야 한다. 언젠가는 그늘로 이동하는 날이 오겠지만 그것은 아주 먼 미래의 일이다.
Here we are as close as we can get We're in too deep it cannot be forgotten It is more than curiousity Your embrace did amaze me from the very start Get closer til I hear the rhythm of your heart You make a hard attack
No matter where you get always in my hair And in your lap lies paradise It's not a matter of resisting It's just a matter of existing with green eyes This lust is a hell machine Devils voice and gasoline And I want you more than anything This lust is a hell machine Green eyes Green eyes Get upset when I'm breathing in Four feromones This desire is a curse and I want it more and more It's all I'm living for
When I dream it's of you About your lips and hands When I wake it's a punishement I know that I deserve It's tearing on my nerves No matter where you get always in my hair And in your lap lies paradise It's not a matter of resisting It's just a matter of existing with green eyes This lust is a hell machine Devils voice and gasoline And I want you more than anything This lust is a hell machine Green eyes Green eyes No matter where the feelings always there And in your lap lies paradise It's not a matter of resisting It's just a matter of existing with green eyes This lust is a hell machine Devils voice and gasoline And I want you more than anything This lust is a hell machine Green eyes Green eyes Green eyes Green eyes
Hindsight is sweet, considering the things that I’ve done Considering the beauty and the tragedies I’ve seen Stop for a minute, this is not a dream, I am in it Will I ever get to savour everywhere I’ve been? Now I realize I have no time to wonder if I’m worthy of what is mine And I love you, my Today And I love you, my Tomorrow And I forgive you Yesterday, for the treachery and the evil ways And I love you my, I love you my Today
Am I allowed to see what I do and be proud? Seems I’ve gotta always be ahead of what I do Wait just a minute! I don’t need to fight it or win it I just need to loosen up and step into the new Now I realize I have a will I accept the truth of what I feel And I love you, my Today And I love you, my Tomorrow And I forgive you Yesterday, for the treachery and the evil ways And I love you my, I love you my Today
Now I realize I have no time to wonder if I’m worthy of what is mine And I love you, my Today And I love you, my Tomorrow And I forgive you Yesterday, for the treachery and the evil ways And I love you my, I love you my Today
Small change, I can’t find my shoes Credit-card‘s just not a lot of use On a broke day
And its more than that time of the month Hands are cold and a heart that jumps It’s like a replay of yesterday
I wish it was my birthday And not a rainy Tuesday I wish I was not lonely Laying by your Side I wish it was a good day And not an awful-truth-day I wish it was my birthday And everything was cool
Fat chance it will disappear How I want to get away from here From the greyness
So long to the carefree days Try pretending in so many ways that we’re ok like yesterday..
Buy me a cake Light the candles, I’ll blow ‘em out I know what I what I wish for I wish it was my birthday
Universally Send your body and your soul Send it on to me Send your body through Universally Send your body and your soul Send it on to me Send your body through
Don't stop Everybody here feels just the same Don't stop Happy Turn to me and see it in my face And I'll take you to a better place Sing it Every time you feel you dance in vain It works Ask me And i'll ask you back once more again And you begin to hear the choir sing
Universally Send your body and your soul Send it on to me Send your body through Universally Send your body and your soul Send it on to me Send your body through
Fashion Feeling it gives you a freaky style So cool Freeway Living it on frequent flyer miles And your heart's so high it start to fly Try this If you feel you've got nothing to loose You choose Time is Stretching in the way you want it to And in a day or two you chase the blue
Universally Send your body and your soul Send it on to me Send your body through Universally Send your body and your soul Send it on to me Send your body through
Everybody feels it Everybody wants it, we're the same Let tonight be magic Let me be the one to light your flame
Universally Send your body and your soul Send it on to me Send your body through Universally Send your body and your soul Send it on to me Send your body through
Sadness is embracing me Like the foggy night, like a friend And tristesse is irritating me Like a broken thing that I can’t mend
All the other girls can feel the spring But this old Diamond just can’t feel a thing And there’s no one I really can talk to It ain’t no news that I am springtime-blue
Leave me! Get out off my dreams Cause I don’t need you there and it is wrong Truth is you don’t care for me And I’m promised to someone
All the other girls they sing and dance While this old Diamond just can’t stand a chance And nobody can understand a thing I’m dying every years when it turns spring
It ain’t unusual that I’m crying It ain’t unusual that I’m blue But when I see him I am dying
Still I must stay true To the feelings I brew So I stay springtime-blue
My mind was restless and my body was weak I was abandoned by my muse The days were passing just like fence posts and sheep And I just let them go And I just let them go Just a little fling Just a little pain Just a little of something to make me feel again Just a little tornado Or just a little rain Anything that helps me so I can feel again So I can feel again So I can feel again And all the summer days I spent them inside just listening to the kids and cars No clue no will no want just quiet and white And I just let it go And I just let it go Just a little fling Just a little pain Just a little of something to make me feel again Just a little tornado Or just a little rain Anything that helps me so I can feel again So I can feel again So I can feel again You could maybe feel again
Just a little fling Just a little pain Just a little of something to make me feel again Just a little tornado Or just a little rain Anything that helps me so I can feel again
1, 2, 3 loose all the pretty faces drop all the fancy places Hear how my heartbeat races
4, 5, 6 I think I’ve found a stayer Here comes a brand new player This one must be for real
You know how the story goes We’re getting close Coming on like a heart-attack Come on, come on now I’m gonna change history I’ll make you stay with me I’ll work you from night to dawn: Baby gets what baby wants
And when the weekend ‘s here We’ll disappear I show you all my sights Come on, come on now Are you ready to redefine your precious time?
I want you from dusk to dawn And baby gets what baby wants
Hey hey hey It's been a dreadful day But evening will be great I'm gaining back my faith I'm glowing in the dark You can see I've caught a spark I am taking it to bed And you know I have no regrets I'm slowly finding the way back to the world I'm gaining back my faith I thought I never would I'm gaining back my faith And I'm not afraid Yesterday I felt Like my mind was going to melt But today in many ways I'm gaining back my faith I am ready for the new And to take the load off you Although the memories make me sad I know I have no regrets Evening has started I know that I can cope I'm gaining back my faith I thought I never would I'm gaining back my faith I thought I'd cry forever I'm gaining back my faith I'm gonna bring it to tomorrow I'm gaining back my faith Now I'm not afraid
I'm gaining back my faith I thought I never would I'm gaining back my faith I thought I'd cry forever I'm gaining back my faith I'm gonna bring it to tomorrow I'm gaining back my faith Now I'm not afraid
Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Whatever it takes we're gonna keep on dancing Whatever it takes we're gonna stay a float Wanna dive into the beat gonna let it guide my feet Shut my head down to the right sound Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Whatever it takes I'm gonna keep my eyes closed No matter what I'll turn the music up When he grabs the megaphone I'll pretend that I'm not home Put the spotlight on the right side Rainy days and sound Are you with me Rainy days and sound It's the way you make me dizzy The way you keep me occupied is the meaning of the summer and the rainy days and the sound And the room is full of people and a single face is shining bright It's the way you make me dizzy The way you keep me occupied
Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Are you with me Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Are you with me Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Are you with me Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Di ra ta ti ta ra Are you with me
I’ve seen so much betrayal still I believe in fairytales I’ve cried through nights and days Still I give my heart away I’ve listened to the songs, folk telling me my wrongs, I’m singing:
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I’m never in control of my deceiving soul I yearn so desperately for someone to depend on me I don’t know anymore if I’ve ever loved before, just singing:
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Now I’m empty. No one holds me and no one touches me Knowing the night is a relative thing as long as I sing…
Today when I saw you I knew it was just like the first time When you met my eyes I came close And I felt like the first time To hold back my fear and feel you so near I've never been this far before To hold back my fear and feel you so near I'm scared of falling into deep this time Do I need a reason to tell you why I'm singing you this song Do I need a reason to show you that I know where I belong Whenever I am weary I lean on this feeling that I have I am so much stronger now Thankful yes I am
Today I'll renounce them the doubts and the fears I've been nursing I'll fly like a moth to the flame and I'll feel like the first time To hold back my fear and let you come near I've never been this far before To hold back my fear and let you come near I'm fraid of loosing and still I go Do I need a reason to tell you why I'm singing you this song Do I need a reason to show you that I know where I belong Whenever I am weary I lean on this feeling that I have I am so much stronger now I am so much stronger now Thankful yes I am
Do I need a reason to tell you why I'm singing you this song Do I need a reason to show you that I know where I belong Whenever I am weary I lean on this feeling that I have I am so much stronger now Do I need a reason to tell you why I'm singing you this song Do I need a reason to show you that I know where I belong Whenever I am weary I lean on this feeling that I have I am so much stronger now I am so much stronger now Thankful yes I am
Has the ghost come knocking On your bedroom door again And is every single friend out of town Are you waking up as You`re supposed to go to sleep Are you laying awake all night long And if you get scared Just you remember my love is blind If you get scared I`ll come and touch you I`ll come and touch you Is it so familiar that you tend to hibernate And the need of love or hate is in your heart I`ve got so much courage And courage is the key Let it be the remedy for you this time And if you get scared Just you remember my love is blind If you get scared I`ll come and touch you And if you dare to let it come and take it on If you get scared I`ll come and touch you I wish you knew how great you are You are someone that will go far Yes, you are And if you get scared Just you remember my love is blind If you get scared I`ll come and touch you And if you dare Just let it come and take it on If you get scared I`ll come and touch you
Has the ghost come knocking On your bedroom door again And is every single friend out of town Are you waking up as You`re supposed to go to sleep Are you laying awake all night long And if you get scared Just you remember my love is blind If you get scared I`ll come and touch you I`ll come and touch you Is it so familiar that you tend to hibernate And the need of love or hate is in your heart I`ve got so much courage And courage is the key Let it be the remedy for you this time And if you get scared Just you remember my love is blind If you get scared I`ll come and touch you And if you dare to let it come and take it on If you get scared I`ll come and touch you I wish you knew how great you are You are someone that will go far Yes, you are And if you get scared Just you remember my love is blind If you get scared I`ll come and touch you And if you dare Just let it come and take it on If you get scared I`ll come and touch you
I was blind but now I finally see Waiting for a love to rain right down on me Now I look around and I’m aware that I have got a lot of love to spare
Yesterdays are yesterdays for sure Those yesterdays shant bother me no, no more Takes a lot of hard times to be free but all these heavy times still haven’t crushed me
Love is on my way I feel it coming, bits and pieces Love is on my way I feel it raining down on me Love is on my way I feel it coming, bits and pieces Love is on my way
Now I do all things the way I feel I’m just trying, I just try to be real Always I am fighting with my pride and everything is depending on that insight
I believe that I will have my day I will seize it and I’m gonna make it stay Don’t you dare to tell me it’s not true I won’t let you turn my red into blue
Get it on, it’s friday night Put that funky dress on Lay the working week aside Put that funky dress on
DJ, you can make my night ‘cause you know my weak spot Close your eyes, you’ll feel alright DJ, you can make my night
We will stay out ‘til late it is a smooth escape We will think life is great within the smooth escape We will talk with our friends We will flirt and romance And who cares if it’s fake it’s just a smooth escape
I just want to move my hips Get in on a funky trip DJ, you dictate the groove and I’ve got to follow it
Baby you'll soon forget about all, or maybe you'll miss it like I do. One thing's for sure I'm on a doubt, spend too much time thinkin' of you
chorus And I can't get you out of my dreams Now I know that you're the dangerous kind And your smile is tattooed on my mind And I can't get you out of my dreams
Don't wanna write, I don't wanna call, I would not know what to say It should be you That's how I want it to be Tell me you feel the same way
chorus And I can't get you out of my dreams Now know that you're a danger first kind And your smile is tattooed on my mind And I can't get you out of my dreams...oh!
Oh, Yesterday, I was feelin' safe, oh All I do today is tryin' to be BRAVE and no melody can seem to suit my mind... and now I curse you for being so sweet and so kind
chorus And I can't get you out of my dreams Now I know that you're a dangerous kind And your face is tattooed on my mind And I can't get you out of my dreams..
Yes I know you're tattooed On my mind you're tattooed