Morten Harket

Keep your clever lines
Hold your easy rhymes
Silence everything
Silence always wins

It’s a perfect alibi
There’s no need to analyse
It will be all right
Through the longest night
Just silence everything

But we could live by the foot of a mountain
We could clear us a yard in the back
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
We could stay there and never come back

Learn from my mistake
Leave what others take
Speak when spoken to
And do what others do

Silence always wins
So silence everything
It will be all right
In the morning light
Just silence everything

But we could live by the foot of a mountain
We could clear us a yard in the back
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
We could stay there and never come back
We could stay there and never come back

You know it
We could leave tonight

But we could live by the foot of a mountain
We could make us a white picket fence
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
We could stay there and see how it ends
Yes, we could stay there and see how it ends
We could stay there and see how it ends

Wrong
You never got it wrong
You always got it right
But now some time has passed
You’re ever so slightly off
Things you could do asleep
In a not too distant past
Are trying your patience harder now

And though
Everything moves along
You hope that the rumour’s wrong
That Mother Nature goes to heaven

Right
You never got it right
It always got away
When you had it nailed
It was ever so slightly off
Sending you somewhere else
Than where you had to be
Making it that much harder now

And though
You’re struggling to get on track
It pales somewhat to the fact
That Mother Nature goes to heaven

And there will be no sadder day
When all the birds have flown away

Are trying your patience harder now

And though
Everything moves along
You hope that the rumour’s wrong
That Mother Nature goes to heaven
Mother Nature goes to heaven

The lights change on the hill
The air seems strangely still
Everyone’s asleep
The floorboards creak at dawn
As you walk out on the lawn
The grass is wet beneath

You think it rather strange
You think it rather weird
It’s fair to say that
Nothing is keeping you here
Nothing is keeping you here
Nothing is keeping you here

The phone is off the hook
As you sink into a book
You don’t know where you are
From the world; detached
Unto a girl you latched
It never got too far

And everybody stares
And everybody cares
It’s fair to say that
Nothing is keeping you here
Nothing is keeping you here
Nothing is keeping you here

And everybody talks
And everybody stares
You knew your day to shine
Would come without you here
Come without you here
Nothing was keeping you here
Here
Nothing is keeping you here

Don’t change me
I’m going to break if you try
Don’t change you
You know the tears I’m going to cry
And I sure will
Miss us when we’re gone

You’re the real meaning of the sun
It shows you off to everyone
You’re the real meaning of the sun
It shows you off to everyone
The real meaning
I want the real meaning

Don’t fix me
It breaks my heart to see you try
Don’t fix you
And leave me for some other guy
And I sure will
Miss us when we’re done

You’re the real meaning of the sun
It shows you off to everyone
You’re the real meaning of the sun
It shows you off to everyone

When I’m thinking about you fondly
Then I’m thinking about the only
Real meaning of the sun

You’re the real meaning of the sun
It shows you off to everyone
You’re the real meaning of the stars
It guides me to the place you are
The real meaning
I want the real meaning
The real meaning
I want the real meaning

You search your mind
That’s what it’s there for
Check all the whys
And all the wherefores
In your mind
You’re tall and brave
Riding the crest
Of a high and beautiful wave

You make your movements known
And where you want to be
And everybody knows
That’s how it’s got to be
In the sheltered morning sun
In the sheltered morning sun

Internally
You make your own rules
You’ll have excuses
The ones that you choose
In the end
You deem unsafe
Riding the crest
Of a high and beautiful wave

You make your movements known
And where you want to be
And everybody knows
That’s how it’s got to be
In the sheltered morning sun
In the sheltered morning sun

There comes a time
You don’t even know what’s missing
Some sugar to make the pill go down
You need a line
A push in the right direction
Some sugar to make the pill go down

True
True to form
True to pre-
Existing norms
Truly wasted
At a rave
Riding the crest
Of a high and beautiful wave
Riding the crest
Of a high and beautiful wave

You make your movements known
And where you want to be
And everybody knows
That’s how it’s got to be
In the sheltered morning sun
In the sheltered morning sun
In the sheltered morning sun
In the sheltered morning sun
In the sheltered morning sun

The shadowside you say I have
Is making everything go bad
You say I don’t care enough
For all the things that I have got

But I do
And I will

I don’t want to see myself descend
Into the shadowside again
If you ever let me go again
In the shadowside I’ll end

The shadowside where I go
I’m never where I’m needed so
You say I don’t give enough
That I don’t care for all I’ve got

But I do
And I will

I don’t want to let myself descend
Into the shadowside again
If you’re letting go of me again
In the shadowside

But I do
And I will
Yes, I will

I don’t want to let myself descend
Into the shadowside again
If you’re letting go of me again
In the shadowside I’ll end

In the shadowside I’ll end

Start the simulator
Controllers, listen up
What’s your status, Guidance?
Let’s take it from the top

Coming up on docking
The beginnings of a tear
Clearing the tower
We take to the air

Start the simulator
Give your tanks a stir
The bright ejecta blanket
All is still a blur

Switch to Omni Bravo
B bus under volt
Roll right to zero
Steady as she goes

We’re going to fly so high
Into the rendered sky
We’re going to be all right
Inside the endless night

Start the simulator
I.S.O. valves are grey
E.D.S. to manual
Translation looks okay

Save it for the splash-down
Things you want undone
You’re in command now
Your home away from home

You’re in control now
Now you’re on your own
Now you’re on your own

You can run through every forest
You can sail on the seven seas
You can climb the highest mountain
To try and dissolve these memories

In case you never knew it
You can’t undo it

You can jump off the edge of the world
Hide out in some monastery
Lose your mind in meditation
And never put your mind at ease

You think you’re running to it
But you're wading through it
A sunny mystery

You think you’re running to it
But you're wading through it
A sunny mystery
A sunny mystery

Life is the dream that you wake up to
Dreams are the life from which you wake
Everybody makes the extra effort
Never knowing what to do

You thought you know the answer
Yeah, you know the score
It feels just like before

It’s a sunny mystery
That’s how it’s got to be
Because no one knows for sure
The outcome of this sunny mystery

You stand in the doorway
A block up the street
Ringing the doorbell
There’s tapping of feet
High yellow hair
And a worn brown suit
Enter and break the news

Now tell me the story
I give it the time
No need to worry
Everything’s fine
I’ll take you away
From the name-calling scene
Sure, you can bring your magazine

Cold and windblown on the old bandstand
You and I walking hand in hand
A neon-glow shining down on us
Don’t wait up for us, don’t wait up for us

Now tell me the story
I’ll give it the time
When you stop looking
Then you will find
I’ll take you away
From this name-calling scene
Just bring your magazine

Cold and windblown on the old bandstand
You and I walking hand in hand
A neon-glow shining down on us
Don’t wait up for us, don’t wait up for us

Cold and windblown on the old bandstand
You and I walking hand in hand
A neon-glow shining down on us
Don’t wait up for us, don’t wait up for us
Don’t wait up for us, don’t wait up for us

Empty glass
Gets another round
Squeaky chair
Makes another sound

There is a gentle breeze
Playing in your hair
Come take a bow
While you’re still all there

It’s what it is
It’s what it was
And what will be here
After us

There is no memory
There’s no recall
No recollections
At all

Your dark glasses
Sliding down your nose
Now bring these proceedings
To a close

It’s what there is
It’s what it was
It’s what will be here
After us

Your dark glasses
Sliding down your nose
Now bring these proceedings
To a close

It’s what it is
It’s what it was
And what will be here
After us

It’s what there is
It’s what it was
And what will be here
After us

You can make it all worthwhile
You can lend yourself some style
You can give them all the reasons
All the facts that you have seasoned

You can hear them hoot and holler
As you come across a scholar
You can set your name in lights
You can make two wrongs a right

You can make it all worthwhile
You can lend yourself some style
You can give them all the reasons
All the facts that you have seasoned

You can hear them hoot and holler
As you come across a scholar
You can set your name in lights
You can make two wrongs a right

> A name is a name
But your names in the night
Call on your sleep
Where your soul comes alight
I could be there by your side
I would walk and you could fly
I'm not counting these days
Where I'm taken aside
I'm not losing my pride
I just left it outside
Cause I can't fight these waves
There's an ocean behind
Thought I looked you in the eye
But you came up from behind
A name is a name
I know your names in the night
This could be the dream of the angels above
To fly on the wings of a woman in love
You could be here by my side
I would kneel and you could fly
I'm not counting these days
Where I'm taken aside

> Anyone
Go tell my girl I've seen the tables turn before
Now there will be no one at the door
Go tell her not to keep the lights on
Anyone
To belong
The weaves of trust can make a man so strong
But, than you know, when a thread is gone ...
Go tell her not to keep the light on
Anyone
It was for real
It was for real
Gone, gone
The wounds of life that used to be so strong
Now a track is deep where we went wrong
Go tell her now I'll keep the light on
For anyone
It was for real
It was for real
Babe it was for real
It wasn't real
It wasn't real

> In the dark space
When I close my eyes
I see your face shining
Like the moon in the night
and I must tell you
From my heart
I've been waiting my time
My love,
all over the world
You're with me, you're with me, with me,
you're with me, you're with me
Where ever I go
Remember who you're on the back of
riding through the human race
Crossing these rivers of memories
Girl, you've got sunshine on your face
You're with me, you're with me, with me,
you're with me, you're with me
Where ever I go
Time, time's like a slow rising wave
Gathering, gathering up nights and days
and I feel, I feel
I'm at the moment when it breakes
Yes I feel
we're at the moment when it breakes
You're with me, you're with me, with me,
you're with me, you're with me
riding through you every night
and in our window there is light

It's a pity to disturb
What happens by it self

By greed and hunger
We won't reach it any longer
You're a fool to use force
When you walk through open doors
And see this night
perhaps it falls
Not for you and I at all
All these stars they would shine

Even if we both were blind
but something new is gonna come

We can live some day
Like if we're gone
We won't need much space
We won't need much space then
So let me walk you down the street

Kicking leaves up with our feet
That's not a sound for us to hear
but for the blind man over there
And it's allright baby it's ok
Everyone Everyone is on their way

Have a look around you
Everybody knows it's getting late
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Baby it's ok
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everyone is far from
home these days
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
A very special day
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok
Everyone gones be all right
Everybody gones be ok

> My woman, so lonely
My woman, so fine
My flower, don't worry
You will shine
A marriage, the secret
The shadows behind
Pianos, are playing
Summertime
But as long as you're heroes in the movies
And they turn to their safe, and carribian sea
While the power of nations set the rules
Still I've got no one lying next to me
Red carpets, no windows
She longs to escape
Her secret against farytales
But as long as you're heroes in the movies
And they turn to they safe, and carribian sea
While the power of nations set the rules
Still there is no one lying next to me
And they turn to their safe in carribian sea
While the power of nations make the rules
Still there is no one lying next to me
I've got none lying next to me
Still there is no one lying next to me

> I must have kept a burning truth
Too fight against my heart
I looked out in that night for you
Looked out in that night
God and his son apart
And every dream is far too sweet
I let them all come down
I do not know we will meet
do not know that now
Before I'm coming home
Send me God
Send me an angel
Send me a sign
Send me God
And all these things my hands will touch
Outside the name of love
Out here where nothing is too much
And people pray in gloves
Send me

> And should the rain fall after this
It'll leave no colour on the things I miss
The clouds are empty now inside of me
And in a way somehow I am free
Another mountain there to climb
But I won't look back just to see where I turned blind
Goodbye love, you almost broke my wings
this is my goodbye to that little thing
Well, it takes no colour by the winter snow
Takes no light where the sunshine flows
Takes no damage by the stones I throw
Takes no distance out of this lonely road
Has no taste of the wine that's flowed
Takes no colour of green where the spring explodes
Takes no red where the leaves fill the road
And is has no face
Got no face that I know
And should the rain fall after this
It'll leave no colour on the things I miss
Goodbye love you almost broke my wings
This is my goodbye to that little thing
Well, it takes no colour by the winter snow
Takes no light where the sunshine flows
Takes no damage by the stones I throw
Takes no distance out of this lonely road
Has no taste of the wine that's flowed
Takes no colour of green when spring explodes
Takes no red where the leaves fill the road
And it has no face
Well it has no face
Got no face that I know
Should the rain fall after this

> Be my eyes
Paint colours bright
As day turns to night
Baby, be my eyes

Tell me, Dear
Was this freedom our share
Was the cost for all to bare
Tell me, Dear

Out here
We dance along the rim
Though non of us can swim
Like we know the deep we're in
And I,
I feel like I felt before
We live on a slanted floor

And so
Tell me all the things we know
Is heaven still above

> When the night comes falling from above
When the night comes rising from below
And you're looking for some place to go
When you come to the people you used to know
Still you wake up to the morning sun
An you're looking back on all the fun
When you think you've lost
Though you may have won
When you've got to slow down 'cause
There's no time to run
Go easy now
When you look around
And you've come too far
You're just a moment away
From the one you are
You're just a moment away
Still you wake up to the morning sun
And you're looking back on all the fun
When you think you've lost
Though you may have won
When you've got to slow down 'cause
There's no time to run
When the night comes falling from above
When the night comes rising from below

> Night across the harbour
Nightlight in the sky
I hear the sound of water
Boats are drifting by
I've been waiting here for centuries
I've lost my sense of time
My love, you should have warned me
There are many ways to die
Look at the moon - Cocoon
I'm deep inside this world now
Got to take a step aside
I'm deeper than I ever was
I must have crossed a line
She just stood there in my way
Now I see her all the time
Oh, girl - you should have told me
There are many ways to die
Look at the moon -Cocoon
This wind is blowing through me
It is nothing I can fight
Tomorrow I may lose her
Tonight she's by my side
Her head upon my shoulder
Her angels speak with mine
She was sent me to remind me
There are many ways to die
Look at the moon - Cocoon
watching centuries go by

> The world outside my window
Dig holes into my brain
And all the ones before us
Left nothing but their names

And all of us are broken
And all of us in pain
Though some of us have spoken
We will never speak again

The world outside my window
Dig holes into my brain
And all the ones before us
Left me with nothing
Nothing but their names

And all of us are broken
And all of us have pain
Though some of us have spoken
We will never speak again