PUZZLE

Here we are again with another bunch of soft songs
maybe you are wondering why it took us so long
with a schedule tight, studiotime in sight
we have mostly been out touring
inspiration has been hard this time and honestly
I've had some problems with all these rhymes

We're under stress again, but it has always been that way
and once we get it right, then I know it's there to stay
We're under stress again, but we're used to all that now
it's always tough at first but somehow we always end up fine

Third album, less of ska and not so many fast ones
more of poppy, pushy songs, those that we do best now
nine to five at Unisound in January '97
we had the greatest time, with Dan as engineer
now the outcome is what you hear

If you're lonely or if you're happy
feeling swell or feeling blue, we might have a tune for you
it's about half of an hour, maybe less or maybe more
whatever it might be it's still softcore

LOZIN' MUST

When I am lozin' must in a conversation
it makes me use my imagination
start to think that they're after me
cause I'm as sore as those monkeys hope
the chat goes on and I feel smaller
the guys in front of me they get taller
when I open my mouth again to tell them something more
they answer me with a hockeyscore

Must be strong, can't be wrong
or you'll be lozin' must, you'll be loozin' trust in yourself

Well, I have this girl and I make here crazy
when I'm gone she's bored and lazy
I get a kick from pushin' her
but I'm not sure about how she feels about it
my favorite hockeyteam are strugglin'
it makes my stomach bubblin' bad
their hard time really makes me sad
we had some fucked up years
now it's time to whipe away those tears

It's been a tough time for me this past year
lots of questions who I am or what I wanna be
I also found some answers the fog is gone
I feel better every day and now the feeling is here to stay

RANDOM I AM

Every morning, it's a new surprise
don't know who I am before I roll the dice
the options is the only thing that I decide
you see, I live for the moment know
I never did before, with all and everything I sweap the floor
random I am, I never give a damn about what's gonna happen next
my wife and kids they left me and my job is just a memory
but that's the kind of price you've got to pay
if you're gonna go your own way
salving problems can be done in many ways

I don't care, I just roll the dice
It's o.k, cause I just have to pretend that I am someone else

Get rid of all the habits now that's the plan
come on and try it and you'll feel grand
the first step is the hardest step to take
imagination is the only brake
just roll the dice and everything will turn out nice
you can be who you wanna be
do what you wanna do and do it how you like
this is my way of getting thru the day, but I still don't know

BORING PLANET

When I was a kid I thought that I could fly
throw myself out of a widow, right out into the sky
now when I am older I know that I could die
die from a depression, I would learn my lesson well

Life's so normal, nothing's shocking
Boring planet, cause no one here is rocking
Life's so tragic, nothing's clocking
Boring planet cause no one here is rocking hard

When I was a kid I thought that I was strong
the girls in school got beaten up by me every day long
now when I am older I know that it was wrong
to deal with girls in the first place, cause a broken heart is now the case
I'm broken hearted in disgrace

It's a boring planet, we're just lying to ourselves
It's a boring planet, thank's to us and no one else

MONKEY BOOGIE

A snake, a fake, he's lame, he's in this game
for the money and for the fame
a spin, a grin, he's on and then we yawn
steals the credit then he's gone
he's the man with a plan and first he'll seem helpfull
to make sure that you're on the hook
he's so full of bull and he sure will pull
some strings to make things go his way
everything will go his way

We're in the monkey biz
the monkey boogie is nothing new
and he'll be doin' the dance with you

Humble, mumble, stumble don't think so
that is not the way to go
connect, collect, correct, what did you expect?
did you think that he seriously cares for you?
do the monkey boogie, orangu-tango, baboon!

TWENTY TWO

I'm one year older now since last time I saw you
in case you wanna know, I'm about to say what I'm up to
first of all I'm a sluggard movin' slow in a clumsy way
some peace of mind is what I want, but that will be the day

I've been going with the flow for too long now, this must end
running 'round in circles, I've been so far away from myself
Searching for the energy and the time to make a change in my life
instead of watching it pass by, get something done while I'm alive

I'm twenty two, don't know what I'm supposed to do
or how to be, to get some more out of me
I'm twenty two, so far away from all my dreams
I'm twenty two, feeling blue

I try to activate myself the best I can
so that boredom won't catch up with me, I've got my daily plan
wake up late, then reherse a bit with the band, I guess it's cool?
later when I'm home again I boil a note or two
then I go to bed that's what I do

afraid that I will be weak forever
I can't stay in this shape any longer
my life's just another cliché

BLACK GOLD

Can you pass me the black gold
I wanna know how many shirts got sold
I'm gonna beat you in soccer
we bought our Juve-shirts in an Italian footlooker
we saw the real world today
poor swedes were afraid
left France behind us
broke some fingers of Magnus'

like it or not, I always say that I'd rather go home
like it or not, this time I never wanted to go home

Ingredients is a big thing
we crown Stavanger to king
wanna see more of Moulder
at night the buss is getting colder
we saw the real world today
did you know it's in Brussels
now we hope that you missed us
we'll be home to X-mas

wanna see you again someday soon, it'd be great
you're totally o.k

its over now, it's December
like a friend once said, it's times to remember

TRENDY WINDS*

Trendy winds are blowing thru my hair
the punk-elite are checking everything I wear
I'm tired of their endless whine, why can't they mind their own
cause what I am is what I will be

Don't need you or your crew
to tell me what to do
everyday when you try to waste my time
I waste a rhyme

Sometimes I can't understand what's wrong
cause this scene is filled with people who's bad and nong
you're an idiot and looser if you go their way
cause you don't need no one-track crew now

sometimes I can't understand what's wrong
to all you suckers we dedicate this song

OTIS

I remember when this was different then a job
for friendship and for fun, in harmony we got it done
we had a good scene going in our hometown Pennybridge
Most of those bands are gone, it can be tough to stand alone
so many times it has been shown

But it looks good, just as it should
feels good, not for me I can't say that yet
not when you're filled up with regret
if I felt good today you know that I would stay

You were my girl until this day
I can't understand you're not anymore
more than two years shared with you
all the things that we've been through
In my memory forever, you'll be there until I die
and though this is the end, I love you more then as friend
doesn't matter it's the end

Everything has it's time and I will sure have mine
so many things that we start almost tear us apart, eventually
everyone has their own way they got to go
so many things that we start with people who brakes our heart
one time, then do the same to another one

LIGHT'S OUT*

Looking back with anger, looking back with joy and laughs
don't ask me all those questions, cause I don't have the answers now
I tried to hold back all my thoughts and all my dreams
just to make things better, I was using myself past my means

But all those days are gone
and I can't find the path that I should follow
I'm walking unknown land
mile after mile I search the way back to my mind
and I can not believe how hard it is to find
when I'm down

I used to make things easy, I used to be a happy guy
but now things seem so diffrent, that I can't even play the game
I got to try to find the way thru all this now
so what I need now, is someone to read the map cause I don't know how

I feel ashame and I'm to blame
cause I tried to be, I tried to see things from my side
and I also bleed, I also need some space
it's time to close this case

ENTRANCE AT RUDEBROOK

The joy and the pain, it's all in the game
but right now the joy's far away
we're gonna take it back to how it was before now
so what if we're last, so what if we're gone
you're waiting for that day, but I know it won't come
we've reached the bottom and now we're just looking forward

For twelve years I've been down
but I'm not whining, I'm still smiling
I'm still around every night

every Sunday or Wednesday I'll be there
with all the other folks biting those nails
and some of us I know that we would die for you
maybe you think it's just cause I have my smartcard
but forget that pall, tell you what
we're in it and we're in it to win it

so many hours spent in that building
and all the memories divine
just a few more seasons, then we'll be back

LOWLIFE*

I don't know what to say, cause I don't feel that good today
I don't know what to do, I left my mind in all that glue
if I try to think or if I do someting about this mess
then I will find myself in a situation I can't deal with now

my head it start to pound
my thoughts are flying around
and my body hits the ground

I can't hear a sound and I feel fine
I can see whats wrong
I'm alone and strong

I keep my eyes on you, just to make myself sure
I don't know why I care, cause it makes me feel so poor
and I must try to leave all this stuff behind me now
I feel fine today, but tomorrow, I don't know what I will say

cause my head will start to pound
and my thoughts will fly around
when my body hits the ground

Then I won't hear a sound and I feel fine
I can see whats wrong
I'm alone and strong
 
BULLION

Twenty one, feeling down
I tell you nothing with a thousand words
and I weaker get with every step
I waste my time on compact disc's and staly fish
I can't remember the last time I did something
that made me feel all right longer than a few hours
if I only had the time to make some muffins
then I swear that I would share them with you now

Am I odd or am I not?
that's the question I spend time analyzing
I'm so soft but still I'm not
living up to what people want me to be
cause I'm busy with me, myself and I
can't be understood by someone I don't know to well
so I'm shutting out the whole world just to play Nintendo
I've got these games but I'm afraid you can't join me

These last few years I've been struggling
and I'm tired of keeping a low profile
so now it's time to show that I'm alive

I'm gonna change my life, plans, Vans, start to dance
change my thoughts, sox, moves
even change my pro fighter Q for you

OLYMPIC**

Could it be I'm a lonely one
that made everything so upside down now?
Could it be all the lies I told that gave
nightmares to me after an olympic day?
you said everything was fine
but I saw you through
and I knew that I was just as bad as you

Never said I would give you up
but if I must than tell me why now
never said I believed in all those things I've heard
about you from those rumors now
I thought everything was fine
but you proved me wrong
and I was taken by surprise

Don't like me, don't like me
don't you know I'm good for nothing
don't like me, was what you told me when I called you up
Don't like me, don't like me
don't you know I'm good for nothing
don't like me, whatever I may say to make you feel that way

Could it be I'm a lonely one
that turned everything so upside down now?
Could it be that you told me that you still loved me
that made me change so quickly now
I heard me when you called

Don't like me, don't like me
don't you know I'm good for nothing
don't like me, was what you told me when I called you up
Don't like me, don't like me
don't you know I'm good for nothing
don't like me, even though inside I know I want you too
didn't want to tell you what to do

MOVE YOUR CAR*

When you've been pushed to the side
you feel kind of useless
it feels like something's left inside
so do it right this time and leave that stuff behind
stop thinking about it
you have to get away right now

so move your car, I think it's best for you right now
move your car, you have to get on with your life
so do it now

You don't deserve to feel this way
cause you're not a loser
you have to clear your mind and see
that it was not your fault
you're not the one to blame
you can put it away now
so take some time to change your life

I guess that's best for you to move that car
it will take some time
but in the end you'll find
that you're worth a better life than this

KILLERCRUSH

I wonder what the best thing is
to have a face or to have charm?
well, my girl's two-faced and she's a fart-alarm
I'm not blind and I do have a nose
but I don't wanna use it now
I rather try to follow my heart this time
good looks, it makes me nervous
I need someone who's not perfect

It's you, you're overweight and lovely
yes it's true, a pig in walking shoes
you drool every time we kiss, I must say you rule
I'm falling in love with you

I know that all those trendy girls
would leave me when I'm broke
and also be disgusted if I smoke, no joke
I don't want no model
unless she has a major body

just an ounce of human touch, I realize it's a killercrush
I'm dancing, I'm overjoyed
I took a chance on you, cause I wanted some romance too
and now I'm happy as can be
cause this supersized woman means all to me

FRIENDS 'TIL THE END

First words you say in tears
complaining how I'm never near
I know I'm lost sometimes
cause I'm grounded in my mind
it's like this all the time
first I say that you're ok then I go my way
and you're desperate, so desperate when you're down

Here I stand, take my hand
and I'll try to understand you right
the best way I can, cause after all I am your friend

Last words you scream to me
you don't expect too much of me
cause I could give you anything if I just could be myself
It's like that all the time
first I say that you're ok then I my way again
you're so desperate but still mine

Now the girl is working, now the girl feels fine
and I'm the one who feels down
but if she'll be working until the end of time
I hope she'll understand me then, the best way she can
cause after all I'm her friend 'til the end

THE STORY OF MY LIFE

The story of my life, well let's just say it's a fork and a knife
there's one thing on my mind, one thing all the time
I got to fill my mouth
got no favorite meal, I say every meal is clean if it fills me up for real
my belly's big and it's just a start, my appetite is my heart
when I had enough I just through up and laugh

This time, it's not a cow, it's kind of personal, can't explain to you why
this time, it's not a cow, so mr.PC are you ready to bow

Breakfast in bed, the bed's in the kitchen so it's easy to be fed
and when I'm fed, yes, when I'm fed, I go back to bed
food and sleep-watch, the thing should keep me from having too much
sometimes it feels that I could kill for desert

The story of my life, a big fork and the sharpest knife
I guess this solid bridge leads me on to the nearest fridge
not a pig, sheep, chicken, moose, duck, snake, horse or a frog

JELLYGOOSE

you know the times when I'm lost and confused,
I lose control, and I find you to abuse,
I feel like shit now cause it's getting to me,
I treat you like someone I don't wanna be
I talk to myself and say that you're outstanding,
then you call me up and I explain how I'm sorry again

t's not the first time our love seems to be fading,
but we're still here and same things we're defending,
you leave me now and there will be no happy ending,
we can at least try to pretend

we share my bed when we could share so much more,
if we just could talk things out I'd sleep on the floor,
I wanna give you all respect that I can
it can be hard cause I'm just a boy not a man
you have a point when you suggest it's not that simple,
I guess you're right cause there is many things on a plow

I need a rest right now, from myself and everyone,
I got to focus my mind on you, you're the one I love
 

REPLAY

another fairytale about these endless feelings
and when it's heating up I think I'm stuck forever,
I try to lose some weight, I try to get in shape
but in the end I always end up lost inside myself

up and down gets nothing done, I just keep it waiting
round and round out with the thumb, no, I just keep on waiting

twelve numbers stare at me, sometimes it's not that easy,
instead of waking up I think I'll sleep forever,
what happened to the dayroutines that always kept me going?
where the hell are all the dreams I had about my life?

...now, but someday I'll get the time, to get me back
on the right track and no more slack,
got to keep an open mind, I got to get out of this daily grind
and deep inside I know I will

VULCAN EARS

in a tiny spaceship, with four legs a pillow and some sheets,
that's where my idols always meet, I'd like to be there now

trying every night to see a UFO, but in case I don't,
just in case I won't I've got my fantasy to lean on

vulcan eyebrows, vulcan ears, that's what I dream of,
no more sorrow, no more tears, can't you get me beamed up?
vulcan logic, vulcan needs, quite bizarre but still a dream
as I'm waiting for that beam

bullshit is all we talk on this planet we call earth
since I'm tired of that I'll take a further step
I think I'll find my way in space
 

DR. JACKAL & MR. HIDE

on your knees cause you're not wanted,
your life is a chaos and you wonder will it ever end
and all these feelings they're for real keep you down
just the way it's planned out today, today you've lost your way

people grin, behind your back they are talking
they are say you're doing it the wrong way once again
all these relations you believed in seem to brake up
and it drives you crazy

any day you'll feel ok, your shoes will get you anywhere
just be patient cause soon you'll have your fun

staying in, hide away from problems,
imagination's playing games with you again
it's no illusion, it's just confusion
but when the fog's gone you'll come out strong
there's no time to be feeling down

SOFTWORLD

one step forward two steps back
we're the masters of disaster
pillowpride and shumway lies isn't what you expected
a solid demon crawls in you, at least that's what they're saying
but we don't care, we're just launging now and
got to keep our pinegalic post

in a softworld, from AMF to earl gray
in a softworld, it's softcore
but don't ask me now what it's all about

next stop is looking good
cause you don't know what it offers
the treasurehunt was ment to be something ultra clean
munkers say it's not ok
cause you're lost in what you're doing
but this is it when softcore's lit
and we won't change a shit

take time to wonder if it's really worth it
so many broken kinder eggs
so many stolen lipton bags
do we really give something back
 

BUZZER*
 

take your silly words and listen to yourself
cause I'm living my life tonight and nothing's gonna hurt me
can't you understand that I can be myself without everything
without anything, without any help from you
we're not having fun, we never really laughed,
we have to get things before we end ourselves

what about me? do you care enough to see
that I can't live my life this way and that you don't understand?
what about me? am I the one who's going down
cause sometimes I can't find myself and
I'm wondering if this is really me?

I remember those days when we first met
how simple things were then, with no heartache and no pain
now things change so fast
that we must take the time to talk things over and listen to our minds

AIRHEAD*

you think you're cool cause you know every girl in town, but you don't do
cause when you're out at night they don't look your way
you've got all that trendy shit and a jolly air for brains
and you are busy to watch out for that ugly girl you know

you think girls like that will ruin your style
cause a perfect guy like you need something more
you're so cool, you've got everything a girl desire
you're so cool, with a perfect butt you can go far

you're telling me that I am thinking way to small to understand
that you have reached your goals and I am far away
and all the things you say that you know I don't want to hear
so throw your empty words away and listen to what I say
I'm not jealous in all the lies you tell, just take it easy
you might end up in hell
you're so perfect, you've got everything and you are way to cool
to understand that you are out of line
 
 IN A ROOM

The sun is shining and the babes are surfing nude
i've got a Bud in my hand and I'm relaxing in the sand
I smile, they smile as my bud is getting hot
they want me to be a surfer and man why not?

I'm surfing in my room
I feel so satisfied as I'm surfing in my room

The wind is blowing and the waves are all I see
they take me away into another perfect dream
that's what it is, a dream

Surfing in my room, I feel like a star
It's just too bad that I can't get far
I feel like a man
a Don Juan on my board, that's what I am

PAIN

When I saw you, I was not even looking
I heard you scream without raising your voice
will I run or let you have your fun
I feel like I ain't got no choice

But Maybe I ask too much or walk in the wrong direction
All those thoughts drive me insane
and I wonder how long I fell this

Pain, is not really what it is
no, it's something different with a different name
and you, you never tell me a damn thing
I hope someday I'll learn to play this game

Fear, of course I fear the unknown
because the unknown is a stranger to me
but if you erase the pj's
then what could a stranger be
that remains to be seen

Life goes on, it's just the same every day
Life goes on, though you think you feel this pain

SHAKE ME

I spend all the weekdays hangin' out with you
I guess I haven't got a better thing to do
you give me nothing though I'm happy all the time
when the weekend comes you turn me down

You try to shake me

Do you remember when we were playing pool
I was romantic and said you were a fool
those are the moments that I really miss
when I'm cool and you think I try to dis

I tried to hide my pain inside of me
but when you came you made me feel real
you made me feel like I really am
god damn, now I'm loosing you just because I care

You are my headache, I don't wanna be alone
When I'm lonely you make me write another song
I think of you and all the things we've done
who's the loser and who has won?

MELACK

So what if I don't understand
I'll always be an equal man to myself
I don't know who he is, I don't know what he thinks
But he gives me a sign, I wanna read all the unknown lines

There's a man outside my window, he has no control

When I travel deep, it's like a mystic sleep
I got my feet on the ground
I'm on my way to the unknown land

Now it's time to get concrete
Feel the inside of me deep
when he calls me I won't open up the door
Oh, will I have the chance to rule my life like before

NOSEPICKER

You pick your nose while I'm watching
and I'm quite impressed
if you pick again, pick one for your friends
they're leaving you, leaving you all alone
When you're in the mood to do the stuff that you'll regret
then take a knife, it could end your life
what goes around always comes around

It's your nose that you're picking
It's your choice to pick your nose and think
It's groce to pick your nose like that in front of all your so called friends
but if it makes you feel better than this story's rather sad

Just let me tell you what I think
I think you really stink
you took my feelings and went away, stay away
is it enough or do you want some more?
I will never open my door for you anymore
if you don't change your way, stay away

I don't want to ask you another question
about me and you, because you don't care
you're acting like a square, is this fair?

Nosepicker told me, plug your finger and keep on picking
But don't pick on me, I'm in your dreams in color
and I think I'll stay there for long
Forget the time, it's pointing at you
You must be bad, must be bad, must be rather sad

USE YOUR NOSE*

Use your nose as your tail, going switchstance, never bail
find a curb, do a grind, feel the things you can not find

Use your nose

FLIPPIN' BEANS

I got a plan for you and I
I wanna take you to for this ride
across the flippin' beans
I'll sit and wait for you and me

I want and I feel
that piece of you, that I see that's for me

You say you really hate it too
you say you wanna take a highgrip
inhale gasoline, you sit and wait
then you watch me flee

Stranger in a strange land
that's what I am
you turn away from me, boom and bam
I got to see you, cause you blew my mind
and now you gonna die, so don't ask why

YELLOW DOG

Tell me where you need to go
Kick me if I move to slow
Hear me listen with your mind
see me even if your blind

Will you walk with me right now ?
will you talk to me this time ?
I can take a way the fog
Waiting for my yellow dog

Tell me about the things you hide
Trust me and i'll be by your side
Don't lie to me or to your self
Don't cry don't lay this on the shelf

I always try to make things right
though it seems to be for nothing
it's hard to accept the fact
that you may not want me

Think I'll keep on treating you this way
even though it may not change you
well that's my only chance
read my lips and listen if you can
you try to be so damn cool
look inside, analyze yourself
then you'll see you and me

A BIT OF MUSLIN

I see her eating maggots and I think it's cool
I watch her as she throws up
 

She's a bit of muslin, a vitriolic nasty girl
mysterious in every way, moving like a swirl
fly guys surrounds her, hoping she will be their girl
but this sphinx is a notion
and no man will ever get to her

I want to recall the stuff that she might have missed
I need her to be my stash

MELANCHOLY PROTECTION

things you never would have told aren't secrets anymore
today you talk about that time when your mind was really sore

now I know why you have been thinking about the other side
you never thought that it would happen and now you have lost your pride
going up going down, sometimes I feel the same way as you do,
you feel to scream you feel to cry

melancholy protection
you've got to move on

you are chanceless to find the warmth again
you are chanceless but can't forget what happened then.

NIAP (same as PAIN)

DRAGSTER

Can't you see that he's a fake thing
Can't you see that he will break things
For a start he will break your heart
And after that he'll never pick up the parts

But I'm not a guy with muscles, I'm a guy with brains
If you come to me you'll never feel pain
My everlasting charm won't cause you no harm

Can't you see that he's a big hype
Can't you see that he's not your type
Can't you see it in his blue eyes
Can't you see he's so full of lies

I won't cause you no harm

AN ELF AND HIS ZIPPO*

Receive a slicky effort, avoid mental disaster
pollute attempt to trap a breed authority
so long, Mr.Turtle shrimp threatened by all the advance
port supply protect caused by pollution

Don't let go, without any reason
cause in the end you won't let go
you still have to know that I have all this struggles
and now I search for a way, in a life that is wasted
 

pull back a giant tree with a hand that's full of fire
I see it's covered all by grain, it's least a struggle
I am controlled by pity and I walk the streets at night
I see a twinkling star and I wish that I was as bright as you

It's your right to strife for the justice
It's your right to strife for the truth

VIXEN

I take a piece of paper, make a heart and send it to you
And I sure wanna cut a paper, I wanna scream and shout
so don't cut me out, cause Vixen, baby, you're allright
You are the sweetest girl that I have met, don't play hard to get
"N"+"L" is true. You know that I love you

It's not over, baby, it's not the ending
Vixen, I think my heart is mending
It's not over, we're just getting higher
in this super painful game called love

Our relationship is changing, you moved away and I am stuck
on you and in my empty room, but anyhow I wish you luck
You're a fox and I'm a schmuck and I can't make a chant about anything
but you, you know I can't

Call you up close to 5 am, woke you up again around 7
and all I wanted you to know is that I miss you bad
 
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