Index > Madrugada Lyrics Section > New Depression EP > The Riverbed

Moon
How it falls
On the field
Down among us
Rain
Falls
On the king
And his men
On the riverbed

Now
Now we meet
After all these years
Do you my king
Do you remember me
Yeah, I see your face
Before me now
And I'm telling you tonight
That I know we belong
Beyond this life
The war has taken this turn
And it ain't ever turning back

I grew
To be a man
A man who grew
To be a king
Got a job at the mill
And when the war came
I signed up for you

Every day, now
I send a letter
To the people back home
Oh, I bet you long
For the life that you lived
Me, myself, I've got nothing to lose but this war
And I'm telling you the war that I fought, it was wrong
And we must die
And now the shells are hammering down on the riverbed

Drums roll
And we must go
We must go The enemy is upon us
Rise from your knees
And now, pull to debrise

Oh, brother don't turn, cause I'm right behind you now
Go on, go on, on up from the riverbed
For I'm telling you the war that I fought
It was wrong
And we must die
It doesn't matter much now anyway
Tonight we unite

And when we're pushing through
I turn around one last time
And through the fire and the rain
I see the king's white flag
The king lives on
But everyone
Everybody dies

Disclaimer: These are not officially endorsed lyrics, but interpretations done by Reidar A. Eik and Franziska Ress. Original lyrics by Sivert Høyem and Maja Lindqvist, music by Madrugada.

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Index > Madrugada Lyrics Section > New Depression EP > Tonight I Have No Words For You

Tonight I have no words for you
Made a promise to say so much
Oh I can only steal from you
What already belongs to us
I would like to sing a firestorm
And not some rich and soothing well
Well all such lines are forbidden now
And it's you I cannot touch

Well you know that it ain't true
I don't care 'bout me and you
See the sky is so deep
And I dare not go to sleep

I would like to come unmasked for you
I wanna come without a lie
It was this voice and pen I used
To make myself a man
Now if you could try and reach inside
And tear apart this sad cocoon
Oh I will again be that moon for you
And we too will be like sand

Well you know that it ain't true
I don't care 'bout me and you
See the sky is so deep
And I dare not, dare not, well go to sleep you know

You know it just might change
You don't wear these chaggers and chains
You know it won't come on and
You know the government's coming along
You know it just might change
You don't wear these chaggers and chains, chaggers and chains
Well alright

Now I ain't being cold
You know it's only that just now
Seems obvious the hands that fell
Are the hands that will soon knock down
Well tonight I see the skyline
As the skyline lights a mountain range
Tomorrow night it just might have changed
The other way around

Well you know that it ain't true
I don't care 'bout me and you
See the sky is so deep
And I dare not, dare not, well go to sleep you know

You know it just might change
You don't wear these chaggers and chains
You know it won't come on and
You know the government's coming along
You know it just might change
You don't wear these chaggers and chains, chaggers and chains
Well you know

You know it just might change
You don't wear these chaggers and chains
You know it won't come on, come on
You know it just might change
You don't wear these chaggers and chains, chaggers and chains
Well come on

Disclaimer: These are not officially endorsed lyrics, but interpretations done by Reidar A. Eik and Franziska Ress. Original lyrics by Sivert Høyem, music by Madrugada.

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Index > Madrugada Lyrics Section > New Depression EP > Higher

Higher
There's no need to come down
Arising through the other ground
These people
These people don't mean a thing
But don't you think it's funny
That now they get to hear me sing
All right

We'll try this
We'll try this and see if it works
I want you just like that
Just like I
Always had you
Well if it doesn't work
Then what we need is another drug
When I'm like this
It strikes me
I'm the only one who knows you

So long
Well, with these hands I pray
Draw a line
Into the spinning ace

Oh, higher
There's no need to come down
Arising through the other ground
This song
This song is the same as always
Anyway
Don't wanna shape it
Such a diamond, such a holiday

So long
Well, with these hands I pray
Draw a line
Into the spinning ace

Go honey, be a holiday
Go honey, be a holiday
Go honey, be a holiday
Go honey, be a holiday

Disclaimer: These are not officially endorsed lyrics, but interpretations done by Reidar A. Eik and Franziska Ress. Original lyrics by Sivert Høyem, music by Madrugada.

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Index > Madrugada Lyrics Section > New Depression EP > 1990

Well I heard the bee that hummed of the USA
And I heard the bee that hummed of the UK
The brand new school keep you reading any way you want
You don't even make sense, be a millionaire
Be assured that you've won, uh, oh

Turn up down everything, oh, oh, oh, oh
Hurts on the radio, huh!

Well I heard the bee that hummed of the USA
And I heard about the bee enough and then I heard about the pain
Oh, boy, you better wake up soon, you better wake up now
This song is a better one, this song is a meaningful
Meaningful shalala, oh, uh

Turn up down everything, oh, oh, oh, oh
Hurts on the radio, oh, oh
Turn up down everything
You know I ain't been around, uh, oh, uh
Been around, yeah, uh, oh, uh
Been around, uh, oh, uh
But I give up on the lot
To get away from this town, right

Well, I heard that something broke that precious heart
Hey, mister now, tell me what you really know
Now that the drugs have grown so smart
Oh, the covergirl has long since fallen
From the cover of a magazine
And the other girl is talking to the ballroom
Buzzin, when the rumour's out: heroine, oh, uh

Turn up down everything, oh, oh, oh, oh
Hurts on the radio, oh, oh
Turn up down everything
You know I ain't been around, uh, oh, uh
Been around, yeah, uh, oh, uh
Been around, uh, oh, uh
Gonna tell if you're down
And I ain't been around, no, uh, oh, uh
Been around, yeah, uh, oh, uh
Been around, uh, oh, uh
But I give up on the lot
To get away from this town
Up on the lot
To get away from this town, yeah

Disclaimer: These are not officially endorsed lyrics, but interpretations done by Reidar A. Eik and Franziska Ress. Original lyrics by Sivert Høyem, music by Madrugada.