The songs
Welcome to the cactus mountains
Cactus Mountains (Solberg)
Come with me I’ll take you to the land
Where proudness fills the eye of every
man
Come with me to the mountains
To the dreaded Cactus Mountains
Sacrifice a life that’s filled with greed
Seek the deeds that fill the evening breeze
Come with me to the rivers
Where the leaves of beauty shivers
Where there’s no tomorrow
And not a hint of sorrow
I Had It Comin’ (Solberg/Kristiansen)
I had it comin’
It’s been trouble all along
Should’ve started running
But I swore to sing this song
I’ve overcome some business
Misplaced a thing or two
I’ve seen fortunes flying with the wind
Have you seen it too?
And I’ve got problems
Got some demons in my room
And I’ve got curse
That will end this pretty soon
But I know I’m lucky
Cause I can read between the lines
I knew I had it comin’
I should’ve seen it in their eyes
Your Love for Money (Solberg/Sæter)
Under the spell of a silent sky, she pointed at me
Her eyes were fixed on the heavens that shone with beauty
As we listened to the beat of the sounding sea
I told her softly that this could last eternally
Your love for money
Gold, cash or money
We lay down on the broken shore under a waning moon
Me and her on the verge of love, we sank into
We lay in lust on the shore by the sounding sea
We knew that these were not moments of reality
Your love for money
Gold, cash or money
Lords of the Chillum (Solberg/Sæter)
Obscene, pulsing the sessions of this dream
Tensed, trouble triggering and tossing our thoughts
Caution, behold the stuff that turns our nights to magic
Receiving the wealth of a dying health
Imagine, expressions run our trip machine
Sustained, pained, involved auditions from the rain
Delay, picking fading elements our silent way
Touch and kiss the blade of numbness …
(Dedicated to Espen “Beng” Nyland)
El Dorado (Solberg)
Over the mountains of the moon
Into the valleys of glittering gloom
Ride bravely ride
With a shotgun on your side
If you seek the roads that lead to El Dorado
Over the fields of strangest mist
Below the earth where no God exists
Ride bravely ride
With Paradise on your mind
If you seek the dreams that leads to El Dorado
Ride bravely ride
With a passionate good ol’ mind
If you know you’ll one day find the El Dorado
(Based on the thrill-seeking adventures of Jakob “Actionkiller” Låte)
My Sweet Marie (Solberg/Kristiansen)
Springtime reminds me of younger years
When a fair maiden strayed away with her peers
She sank into my sorrow like a stone
I’d sell my fortune for Thee …
My sweet Marie
In the eye of shining stars I see my Marie
They are gently singing a melody for me
She sank into my sorrow like a stone
I gave my soul to Thee …
My sweet Marie
She sang for me Marie, a little melody
She’s all the world to me, but a memory
Swift the Hammer Goes (Solberg)
Swift the hammer goes
Bang into your bleeding nose
You seek to meet a big defeat
My blade through your skin with ease
Kneel, make a final wish
A perfect wish is to end this fucking shit
Your face is marked from my golden ring
That’s the ring of a renegade king
That’s the tale of a renegade king
That marked a face with a blooded ring
He fell to earth and lost his soul
To the beauty of a woman and rock’n’roll
Soul Lies Cold (Solberg)
You, demented and blue
That’s true, you dance your life through
But then your soul lies cold
When you’re demented and old
You, cannot please your dreams
To reach a way to be released
And then your soul lies cold
You crave to face yourself
You see your soul lies cold
You’ve been bought and sold
You see your soul lies cold
Before you even got old
Mine is Time (Solberg)
Mine is time, no God I need
No time for the devils or Jesus’ greed
Why should I kneel down in the dust?
To bless some fellow I cannot trust
I say a prayer in my mind
I’ll drink the poison, not the wine
You’ll go to heaven in the blue
I’ll stay down here and wait for you
Don’t need miracle release
Keep a clear nose in the breeze
I say a prayer in my mind
I’ll sip the poison, skip the wine
Hang on to Yer Asteroid (Solberg/Sæter)
Hang on to your asteroid, Wolfgang’s coming
Ride in the unknown voids, centre of wonder
When we get there you’ve got to wake
me, wake me from this slumber
Never again will I curse the rolling thunder
Life will no longer be
Easy to live for me
Deep in my slumber
Host of the universe
Please forgive me Jesus I’ve broken your rules
Is that the reason why you’ve put me on this ship of fools?
This is the crusade of the broken and paranoid
Trust me little Jesus, grab your asteroid
Messiah let’s ride
Ride to the other side
So Messiah boy
Hang on to your asteroid
As the Crow Flies/Weeping Moon (Solberg/Sæter)
Wickedness lies in your moisten lips
Your body moves just like a sack of shit
You ramble in the woods when people sleep
Could it be it is Satan that you seek?
When I was young I slumbered round in sin
Your wickedness has taught me discipline
You and I must be a hellish sight
As the crow flies on we steal into the night
This must be the vengeance of your loss
Onto your burden a heavy rock I toss
In me my love sorrow no longer lives
Safe outside the radius of your thrills
Wicked woman you giggle as you roll
I let lose the search hounds of my soul
Your belly is full, you’re weeping ocean blue
Now I see the hole where your tail came through
Castle in the woods
Born on the Hillside (Solberg)
I was born under a black oak tree
A vision grew in me
At age 16 I met my Wolverine
She pointed her finger at me
She cried oh sha-la-la-la
Oh sha-la-la-la
From where do I know you?
I was born on the hillside
At night I listened to the howling wind
Above me stars would sing
In the distance I heard a church bell ring
At night I still hear her sing
She sings oh sha-la-la-la
Oh sha-la-la-la
From where do I know you?
I was born on the hillside
She cried oh sha-la-la-la
Oh sha-la-la-la
Soon I will join her
Sing out loud from the hillside
Silver Razor Sharp (Solberg/Sæter)
Carved your name into my heart
Silver razor sharp, so sharp
Your name so alive to me
I glow, my beloved tragedy
So sharp, your secrecy, to me
I tore out the crying eye, my eye
I bled your morning dry, so dry
Your name so alive to me
I glow, my beloved tragedy
So sharp, your secrecy, to me
Castle in the Woods (Solberg/Sæter)
Come and find my castle in the woods
In my castle we can make life good
Try and find the friends you never had
Shed the flesh, you seem so sad
Slip the night with me
All the glories of the woods you’ll see
Run away with me
To the castle in the woods with me
Live your life in a world so cold
Come with me I'll show you Spanish gold
In the castle, the joys of the heathen
Filled with wine and the women of Eden
Slip the night with me
All the glories of the woods you’ll see
Run away with me
To the castle in the woods with me
Raise your head, don’t be confused
Take the rope and fasten the noose
Come and find my castle in the woods
In my castle we can make life good
Slip the night with me
All the glories of the woods you’ll see
Run away with me
To the castle in the woods with me
Cold Hearted Express (Solberg/Sæter)
I’m leaving you today but I’m sure I’ll remember you
In the light the moon I feel it came a little too soon
I break your smile, you throw your arms around me
But once upon a time I found I had to roam free
Forevermore …
On the cold hearted express
I’m leaving town today, but I wish you the very best
Leaving on the cold hearted express
A wicked way to end it I must confess
No time for tears on the cold hearted express
Just another damsel in distress
Like lovers’ silent tragedy, I can’t, I can’t wait for you
The road is calling, gypsy blood rushes through me
Through me …
On the cold hearted express
I’m leaving you today, but I wish you the very best
Leaving on the cold hearted express
I’m so sorry, I wish you the very best
Electric Professor (Solberg/Sæter)
Flying over the crimson sky
Drawn from the wind of change
Stellar figure at the chime of the bell
Comes out for the final revenge
Cold as you turn, then you burn
Crawl out from the inside
Electric professor
Rays of dark igniting your eyes
Spawned from your own wicked lies
Crawl as you do when you whisper of doom
You clutch at your chance of power to rise
Rise, Mr. Demise, sorrow and lies
Crawl out from the inside
Electric professor
Can one wicked mind change the course of time?
Or will the wheels of fortune pass you by?
Never so clever, the truth makes you blind
The power of lies builds its own demise
Cold as you turn, then you burn
Crawl out from the inside
Electric professor
Child of Dragonfire (Solberg/Sæter)
I am the scourge of a thousand worlds
I jinxed the Gods and thunder I hurl
A thousand virgins scream my name
As we make love with razorblades
Because …
I am a child of dragonfire
I am the sin you desire
Sweet, wicked whispers from my unborn choir
Chanting for the child of dragonfire
It takes a shallow soul to understand
With cloven hoof am I beast or man?
I rule under the sullen rune
I will dance forever on the dark dunes of doom
Because …
I am a child of dragonfire
I am the sin you desire
Sweet, wicked whispers from my unborn choir
Chanting for the child of dragonfire
Silent Chamber (Solberg/Sæter)
If I told you about the silent chamber
Would you understand?
That this life brings a lonely ending
Lonely as the desert sand
Let us fall deeper and deeper
Realize, never cover your eyes
Let us fly like a stormy winter
What are you hoping to find?
And I will push, and you will open
With your trembling hands
To remember what’s still unspoken
Then you will understand
Let us fall deeper and deeper
Realize, never cover your eyes
Let us fly like a stormy winter
What are you hoping to find?
Deep down …
Little Broken Wing (Solberg)
How you shone my little broken wing
You were the star of the scene when you
did your thing
Winter to spring you would dance and sing
But the slow poison caught you and slowly killed everything
Little wing you longed for that long-lost love
Did it take off in the night and leave you alone at dawn?
If you asked me to, I would do all for you
But they turned the color of the red rose withered blue
Oh… Little broken wing
Oh… Little broken wing
A tear falls like holy water from your eye
Like a cry from ancient Gods that die
Sing a song with me little wing one last time
Tell of times when you were the best friend of mine
Oh… Little broken wing
Oh… Little broken wing
Arrows (Solberg/Sæter)
Are you a shining star?
Are you running off to far?
I remember when you were here
You were running to face your fear
Like an arrow that hits the tree
Like a magnet you drew me near
Did you ease the pain inside?
Did it fuel your aimless ride?
Did the empty world close in?
Or did it drain you from within?
Like the arrow you had the speed
Like the newborn you had the need
Did you reach your final shore?
Or did you ship out to drift once more?
I remember you said you’d stay
But the storms blew up again
Like arrows, a shooting star
Like arrows the way we are
When Gods Die (Solberg/Sæter)
Take me to the heavens high
I’ll be there when Gods die
On a throne among the emperors
To hear them cry as Gods die
They will die for the breeze
Die for the sun
Rise and die again
Take me heaven high when Gods die
Thrust the dagger upon a poisoned sky
Falling tears for the accused in the halls of Zeus
Are you the one who wants to rule among the stars?
Will you reach that far?
For every prayer lost in tears
To one day shine, a dim lit star
Will you die for the breeze?
Die for the sun?
Rise and die again?
Take me heaven high when Gods die
Thrust the dagger upon a poisoned sky
Falling tears for the accused in the halls of Zeus
Die for the breeze
Die for the sun
Rise and die again
Take me heaven high when Gods die
Thrust the dagger upon a poisoned sky
Falling tears for the accused in the halls of Zeus
No falling tears for the accused in the halls of Zeus
Sister of the Wonderlands (Solberg)
My funny best friend run to me
Can the riddles of your mind set you free?
Now I’ve got Schizophrenia
Crazy blue phobia cheats on you
You wander the wonderlands of a broken mind
That’s where you rule, you are a queen so kind
That’s where the angels spiral in the summer rain
I see your eyes, you’ve crossed over again
Hysteria, gung-ho Schizophrenia
To the wonderlands we go, everlasting coma
Do you remember the days of youth and a happy mind?
Now I crown you queen of wonderlands
Beauty shines in your eyes of blue
Sister I have seen the wonderlands too
I’ll send all my angels to guard you
And if you need me, I’ll cross over for you
If you need me, I’ll cross over for you
You know I’ll do …
You know I’ll do …