The Knife

[1] Heartbeats - The Knife

One night to be confused
one night to speed up truth
we had a promise made
four hands and then away
both under influence
we had divine scent
to know what to say
mind is a razor blade

To call for hands of above to lean on
wouldn't be good enough for me

One night of magic rush
the start: a simple touch
one night to push and scream
and then relief
ten days of perfect tunes
the colours red and blue
we had a promise made
we were in love

To call for hands of above to lean on
wouldn't be good enough for me

And you
you knew the hand of a devil
and you
kept us awake with wolves teeth
sharing different heart beats in one night

To call for hands of above to lean on
wouldn't be good enough for me

[2] Marble House - The Knife

I cut your nails and comb your hair
I carry you down the stairs
I wanted to see right through from the other side
I wanted to walk a trail with no end in sight

The moment we believe that we have never met
Another kind of love it's easy to forget
When we are all alone then we do both agree
We have a thing in common this was meant to be

You close my eyes and soothe my ears
You heal my wounds and dry my tears
On the inside of this marble house I grow
And the seeds I sow will grow up prisoners too

The moment we believe that we have never met
Another kind of love it's easy to forget
When we are all alone then we do both agree
We have a thing in common this was meant to be

Now where's your shoulder
What is it's name
What's your scent
Say it again
If it goes faster can you still follow me
It must be safe when it's on TV

I raise my hands to heaven of curiosity
I don't know what to ask for
What has it got for me?
The others say we're hiding
It's as forward as can be
Some things I do for money
Some things I do for free

[3] Pass This On - The Knife

I'm in love with your brother
What's his name?
I thought I'd come by
To see him again
When you two danced
Oh what a dance
When you two laughed
Oh what a laugh
Has he mentioned my age love?
Or is he more into young girls with dyed black hair?
I'm in love with your brother
I thought I'd come by

I'm in love with your brother
Yes I am
But maybe I shouldn't ask for his name
And you danced
Oh what a dance
And you laughed
Oh what a laugh
Does he know what I do?
And you'll pass this on, wont you?
And if I ask him once what would he say?
Is he willing?
Can he play?

If I ask him once what would he say?
Is he willing?
Can he play?

Does he know what I do?
And you'll pass this on, wont you?
And if I ask him once what would he say?
Is he willing?
Can he play?

[4] Pass This On - The Knife Live


[5] NY Hotel - The Knife

This is our last goodbye
Now you should be holding me

Punkrock t-shirt, black cap and tatoo
The first things I noticed about you

Now you should be holding me
Now you should be holding me

[6] Rock Classics - The Knife

I'm coming over but I won't be long
I'm coming over
I'm making a new song

I pick a car and it's a fifteen minutes drive
Rock Classics on the radio
To clear my mind

Sometimes in the weekends
We meet up at our favourite cafe
I'll order a chai tea and you will have the usual au lait
And when the place get crowded
Then they freak out
And they play the techno louder
Yes, when the place get crowded
Then they freak out
And they play the techno louder

Here comes another day in isolation
Hold out your hand
Feel my brain burns
You suck and lick but you still don't know why
I could fuck your brains out
But I'm not interested in that life

Sometimes in the weekends
We meet up at our favourite cafe
I'll order a chai tea and you will have the usual au lait
And when the place get crowded
Then they freak out
And they play the techno louder
Yes, when the place get crowded
Then they freak out
And they play the techno louder

I'm coming over but I won't be long
I'm coming over
I'm making a new song

[7] A Lung - The Knife

I'm a crusader
I'm the darkest lady
I'm the taste on your tongue

I'm Darth Vader
I know what I'm made of
Cause I was warmed by the sun
The sun

You're looking for me
But it's not what you seek
I've got a twisted personality

You're a crusader
You're the darkest lady
I like the taste of your tongue

You are Darth Vader
I know what you're made of
And you were warmed by the sun
By the sun [x2]
The sun

And I'm looking for you
And I'm glad I found me
A special kind of personality

When the spark goes out of you
It grows ten times bigger in me
I am your lung

I'm Darth Vader
I know what I'm made of
Cause I was warmed by the sun
By the sun
The sun [x2]

I was looking for you
I'm not glad I found me
A special kind of personality

Yes, you are the crusader
You are the lady
I want to chase your tongue

You are Darth Vader
I know what you're made of
You are like a lung
A lung [x3]

[8] Na Na Na - The Knife

I've got soul in my bones
Got a home, a dog and a man to call my own
Every month
I've got my period
To take care of
And to collect in blue tampons

Na na na Na na na

I've got mace, pepper-spray
And some shoes that runs faster than a rapist rapes
What I need is chemical castrations, hope and godspeed

Na na na Na na na

What I need is chemical castrations, hope and godspeed...

[9] Is It Medicine - The Knife

No more tears and you'll be fine
I stay here all night
And when I've stayed all night
We go out in the morning light

And then you try to live the day
I don't know how, but I know what to say
Is it medicine or social skill
Don't have the answer and nobody will
You go screaming on without a word
Being sad is a fulltime work
And now the day has come to an end
And then you start to cry again

Is it medicine?
Is it medicine, is it medicine or social skill?
Is it medicine, is it medicine, is it medicine or social skill?

[10] Bird - The Knife

If I was a bird
I would fly high over the world
Come home at night to your garden
build a nest among the branches
and I'll comb your hair with my beak

If I was a bird
I would count my time in pearls
Under my wings you'll find shelter
you'll breed bugs and keep me well fed
and I proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly

But you wanted me to be a girl
without feathers without urge
then my wings quick dissappeared
and left was only fear
and I proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly

proclaim the reason why I'll have to fly
I'll have to fly

[11] This Is Now - The Knife

This is now
You have entered
Then we fall in love
This is now
We fall in love

[12] Neverland - The Knife

Eyes are sober, this is the plan
I'm sitting in a car heading Neverland
A fancy man, a fancy man
He's pointing with the fingers that are left on his hand

Eyes are hazel, but far too cold
Looking out for love
But none of us can
Where's the monkey that I've been told of
I'm staring at the money that burns in my hand
I'm dancing for dollars
And for a fancy man

Come right over, I'll knock on your shoulder
This is a story and this is what I've planned
An angry man, an angry man
Nothing is more fatal than an angry man

Vulnerable heights
Feed the hand that bites me
Following the steam into another room
Standing in the corner
Is this my home
Showing us love that none of us can
I'm singing for money
That burns in my hand

Tell me
Will I make it home tonight

I'm doing it for dollars and for a fancy man
I've got a lot of money that burns in my hand

[13] I Just Had To Die - The Knife

Somebody saw me
Watching schoolgirls on their knees
But I don't know why
I am a schoolgirl's dream
I am a hunger ready to eat
But I don't know why

I just had to die

Somebody saw me
Watching schoolgirls on their knees
But I don't know why
I am a schoolgirl's dream
I am a hunger ready to eat
And I can't tell you why

I had this urge to die

I got a bad desire
I'm on fire
I got a bad desire
I'm on fire
Hey little girl is your daddy home?
Got a bad desire
I'm on fire

[14] Lasagna - The Knife

Charlotta making lasagna
With Mia above the clouds
Charlotta making lasagna
With Mia above the clouds
But you could have waited

You could have locked yourself up
For ten years or so
And when you finally came out
There would still be no chances for you

Charlotta running around with Felicia [x2]
But you could have waited

You could have locked yourself up
For ten years or so
And when you finally came out
There would still be no chances for you

I look for moves and I search for breaths
And it leaves me
Thinking about death [x2]

Beautiful sky
My car and we leave town for a while
You are a yellow surprise
Noticing water is friendly sometimes
But you could have waited

You could have locked yourself up
For ten years or so
And when you finally came out
There would still be no chances for you

But you could have waited (waited)...

[15] One For You - The Knife

Rumous telling me you are mourning
and you haven't slept for several days.
You've been turning inside out looking for reasons
and your black sorry eyes made you pale.

And you couldn't catch them
you couldn't be there.
You couldn't help them at all,
And you couldn't catch them
you couldn't be there.
You couldn't help them at all,
and it was cold [x2]

If we say that there is something above the mountains
if we say that there is something we can't see.
Promise you will never believe me
cause I guess I'm just trying to make it easy

And you couldn't catch them
you couldn't be there.
You couldn't help them at all,
And you couldn't catch them
you couldn't be there.
You couldn't help them at all,
and it was cold [x2]

Everybody was laughing when they found us
one for you and one for me.
Then they let us go to hunt us down again
and still you refuse to see
why everything has to stay ugly

Rumous telling me you are mourning
and you haven't slept for several days.
You've been turning inside out looking for reasons
and your black sorry eyes made you pale.

And you couldn't catch them...

[16] Listen Now - The Knife

Listen now
I am afraid of everything
When you told me I was special
It was the happiest moment for a long long time

Listen now
I keep forgetting your name
When you laid down on the kitchen floor
It was the happiest moment for a long long time

We seek new seed now
Some revolutionary
and you will never get a hold
We seek and we will find
reason to stay alive
The price has never been this low

Listen now
I was afraid of everything
Then I straightened my head up
It was the happiest moment for a long long time

We seek new seed now
Some revolutionary
and you will never get a hold
We seek and we will find
reason to stay alive
The price has never been this low

[17] One Hit - The Knife

I've got a new story now and it goes like this
I took my hand out of my pocket up came a fist
It was headline news
One more abuse
I've got to tell it with a fist
And it goes like this

Ho ho ho ho
Huh huh huh huh

So where's the femininity
The one with skirts and high heels
A shiny sink and home made meals
The one and only way
If you enter you'll stay
Sons and daughters you will breed
As long as you breastfeed
Yeah being a man is a bliss
One Hit one Kiss

Ho ho ho ho
Huh huh huh huh

Then the lights came on, it was all a scene
Bend back, give head it's not pornography
If you do it with lights then it's art you see
If you do it with a twist
Yes, artistically

Ho ho ho ho
Huh huh huh huh

I could do the laundry
The women's work
For a reasonable salary I would wash the world
It wouldn't affect my libido or my self esteem
Don't need to mark my territory
It's all obvious to me
It's manhood's bliss
One Hit one Kiss
Spending time with my family
Like the Corleones

Ho ho ho ho
Huh huh huh huh

[18] Neon - The Knife

Something's gotten all over my head
And it won't leave me alone
Neon when you come on

Something's gotten all over my head
And it won't let me go
Neon when you come on

Something's got a hole in my head
And I didn't know
Neon when you come on

Something's got a hole in my head
And I didn't know
Neon when you come on
(And you) Come on

It brings a new type of grace
And it keep coming back for more
And it leaves me with a shimmering face
And it keep coming back
For more

And it brings a new type of grace
And it keep coming back for more
And it leaves me with a shimmering face
And it keep coming back
For more

Neon when you come and go (x6)

(Neon) And it brings a new type of grace
And it keep coming back for more
(Neon) And it leaves me with a shimmering face
And it keep coming back
For more