Fever Ray

Solo project of Karin Dreijer Andersson.

*** Keep The Streets Empty For Me - Fever Ray

Memory comes when memory's old
I am never the first to know
Following the stream up North
Where do people like us float

There is room in my lap
For bruises, asses, handclaps
I will never disappear
For forever, I'll be here

Whispering
Morning, keep the streets empty for me
Morning, keep the streets empty for me

I'm laying down, eating snow
My fur is hot, my tongue is cold
On a bed of spider web
I think of how to change myself

A lot of hope in a one man tent
There's no room for innocence
Take me home before the storm
Velvet moths will keep us warm

Whispering
Morning, keep the streets empty for me

Uncover our heads and reveal our souls
We were hungry before we were born

*** Stranger Than Kindness - Fever Ray

Stranger than kindness
Bottled light from hotels
Spilling everything
Wet hand from the volcano
Sobers your skin
Stranger than Kindness
You caress yourself
And grind my soft cold bones below
Your map of desire
Burned in your flesh
Even a fool can come
A strange lit stair
And find a rope hanging there
Stranger than kindness
Keys rain like heaven's hair
There is no home there is no bread
We sit at the gate and scratch
The gaunt fruit of passion
Dies in the light
Stranger than kindness
Your sleeping hands journey
The loiter
Stranger than kindness
You hold me so carelessy close
Tell me I'm dirty
Stranger than kindness

*** Seven - Fever Ray

I've got a friend who I've known since I was seven
We use to talk on the phone if we have time
If it's the right time

Accompany me by the kitchen sink
We talk about love, we talk about dishwasher tablets, illness
And we dream about heaven

I know it
I think I know it from a hymn
They've said so
It doesn't need more explanation [Ohohoh!]
A box to open up with lights and sound
Making you cold
Very cold

I leave home at seven
Under a heavy sky, I ride my bike up
I ride my bike down

November smoke and your toes go numb
A new colour on the globe, it goes from white to red
A little voice in my head says oh, oh, oh

I know it
I think I know it from a hymn
They've said so
It doesn't need more explanation [Ohohoh!]
A box to open up with lights and sound
And if you don't
You're on your own

I know it
I think I know it from a hymn
They've said so
It doesn't need more explanation [Ohohoh!]
A box to open up with lights and sound
Making you cold
Very cold

*** Concrete Walls - Fever Ray

I live between concrete walls
When I took her up she was so warm
I live between concrete walls
In my arms she was so warm

Eyes are open the mouth cries
Haven't slept since summer
Eyes are open the mouth cries
Haven't slept since summer

I live between concrete walls
When I took her up she was so warm
I live between concrete walls
In my arms she was so warm

Oh how I try
I leave the TV on and the radio
Oh how I try
I leave the TV on and the radio

I live between concrete walls
When I took her up she was so warm
I live between concrete walls
In my arms she was so warm

*** Now It's The Only Time I Know - Fever Ray

Dark brown hair
and eyelash
reappear
in a flash
now's the only
time I know

Early morning's
greatest deed
what's forsaken
I do not need

There is water
there is snow

Settling down
door and room
keep it tidy
keep it like home
now's the only
time I know

Come here sparrow
watch my hand
black and blue seeds
that's what my hand can
now's the only
time I know

Do my hair
and paint eyelash
reappear
in a flash
there is more
I'd like to know

Nine-fifteen
then I'm done
quiet front seat
and drive around

Through the water
through the snow

*** When I Grow Up - Fever Ray

When I grow up, I want to be a forester
Run through the moss on high heels
That’s what I’ll do, throwing out boomerang
Waiting for it to come back to me

When I grow up, I want to live near the sea
Crab claws and bottles of rum
That’s what i’ll have staring at the seashell
Waiting for it to embrace me

I put my soul in what I do
Last night I drew a funny man
with dark eyes and a hanging tongue
It goes way bad, I never liked a sad look
From someone who wants to be loved by you

I’m very good with plants
When my friends are away
they let me keep the soil moist
On the seventh day I rest
for a minute or two
then back on my feet and cry for you oooh oh

You’ve got cucumbers on your eyes
Too much time spent on nothing
waiting for a moment to arise
The face in the ceiling and arms too long
I wait for him to catch me

Waiting for you to embrace me