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Pleasure

by Sondre Lerche

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1.
SOFT FEELINGS Since the spirit left my soul Love is but an open hole But the body’s come alive Since the spirit left my side I’ve got so much love to give So many graves to dig Soft feelings for you that I struggle with I’ve got so much love to give So many lives to live But blue-eyed love I can’t provide you with Did you see him again? Did you call out my name by mistake? I’m not myself I just don’t have the force like before I won’t fall, I won’t fight I won’t call, I won’t bite I’m not myself anymore I won’t fight for your love Since the spirit came onboard Love has begged to be explored And the body’s come alive Since the spirit has arrived I’ve got so much love to give So many graves to dig Soft feelings for you that I struggle with I’ve got so much love to give So many lives to live Five words I never thought I’d wrestle with “Did you see her again? Did you whisper my name?” My mistake, I’m not myself I just don’t know this force from before I won’t fall, I won’t fight I won’t crawl, I won’t bite I’m not myself anymore I won’t fight for your love I can’t will into motion impossible things I can’t promise devotion or make a bell unring I’ve got so much love to give So many graves to dig Soft feelings for you that I struggle with I’ve got so much love to give So many lives to live But blue-eyed love I can’t provide you with I can’t un-see this vivid truth I feel so free, I feel so blue I’ve done my time, I can’t pretend There is no me, I’m warning you I can’t undo this vivid truth Too much, too soon, I’m telling you I’ve done my time, I can’t pretend There is no me, there is no end I love you So?
2.
I’M ALWAYS WATCHING YOU Already over trying to be alone And brushing up on feeling free Cellphone’s a weapon of surveillance All the distractions I don’t need Your naked body in my dream last night It was like you never left There was a stranger in my bedroom I thought she never would leave I’m always watching I need to see you I’m always watching If I can’t be with you I’m always watching Call it voyeurism or masochism I’m always watching Follow you down digital rabbit holes Who you like, where you’ve been So I continue to pine for the time When you were somewhere with me I wanna follow you into your sleep and gently wake you up Maybe you’re naked on his bed right now Maybe tonight you give him a shot I’m always watching I need to see you I’m always watching If I can’t be with you Cause I’m always watching Call it voyeurism or masochism I’m always watching you Watching me watching you watching me watching you watching me watching you I feel so stupid and spun-out and spoiled All of my deficits unmasked This game is torture but it’s all I’ve got since I got what I asked I know you’re watching I need to see you I know you’re watching And I keep doing this to you Cause I’m always watching Call it voyeurism, or masochism At a coward’s distance, voyeurism I’m always watching, I’m always watching I’m always watching, I’m always watching Watching me watching you watching me watching you watching me watching you
3.
SERENADING IN THE TRENCHES Thought I saw you at the finish line and you were burning a flag and you were biding your time Thought I saw you at the finish line and you were biding your time and you were biding your time and you were biding your time Tripped on my compass as I fled on foot Shed all my luggage, all your fuck-me-boots Cute as a button on a wounded high horse Sink into the quicksand of desire and remorse Pissed off and juiced up, with my back to the wall Blindfolded, eager to give into the fall Stripped of the structures that boggled my mind Sink into the quicksand, making up for lost time Serenading in the trenches Do you wanna pretend we’re dead Serenading in the trenches Do you wanna make love in stead Cute-ass casualties, clueless come-ons Our aborted mission, our self-indulgence Bled out from paper cuts all over the news Softened the bruises with a one-sided truce Stripped of our passions, in a lukewarm embrace Sink into the quicksand of stale dignity and grace Keep it up, keep on, try keeping up with myself Old ideas, splinters, put that shit on the shelf Slumbering limbo, laurels resting on me Sink into the quicksand of a ruthless memory Serenading in the trenches Do you wanna pretend we’re dead Serenading in the trenches Do you wanna make love in stead Cute-ass casualties, uh, clueless come-ons Our aborted mission, our self-indulgence Oh what a beautiful boy child Oh boy, the man of my dreams Oh what a big boy, what a boy child Oh man, oh boy, what a dream Oh boy, you’re preaching to the wrong choir I know what’s up, my time is up I know what’s up, my time is up
4.
I KNOW SOMETHING THAT’S GONNA BREAK YOUR HEART I know something that’s gonna break your heart Don’t say I don’t love you I know something that’s gonna break your heart Who am I to tell you? Love’s a dangerous disguise For a pair of starving eyes I hate to tell you but I’m gonna fail you Tonight can never let us down Tomorrow will break your heart I know something that’s gonna break your heart And I’ll always love you I know something that’s gonna break my heart If I ever tell you Love’s a theater of needs For a pair of hopeless leads You won’t believe me but you’re gonna break me too Tonight can never let us down Tomorrow will break your heart Now I’m gonna break your heart
5.
Siamese twin 05:18
SIAMESE TWIN I live upstairs from you I just became your neighbor We could be sisters, brothers, pawns in love and labor And I want you to know I won’t gossip or gloat We could share anything Be my siamese twin I live upstairs from you I’d like to get together Let’s get to know each other’s flaws and failures better And I want you to share anything you can spare I’ll be your next of kin Be my siamese twin I couldn’t sleep last night I’m outlining your body We’re so alike, the two of us, so you can’t fool me Come upstairs for a drink It’s about time, don’t you think I’ll be all ears and yours It’s what neighbors are for We can do anything Be my siamese twin
6.
BLEEDING OUT INTO THE BLUE From your lips it’s spreading like a rash I wanted to refute you, I’d rather tie you to the mast So put away your razor blades, disconnect the taser Overstuff your suitcase and I’ll untie your shoe laces It’s ok, you’ve had a lot to say I can’t hear you out on the dunes It’s alright, I made it out alive But bleeding out into the blue In another life I’d beat you to the punch To the ministry of scoundrels you’re just another number crunch It’s ok, you’ve had a lot to say I can’t hear you out on the dunes It’s alright, you made it out alive But bleeding out into the blue I default to the high road, it suits me all to well But I’ll allow a detour so you can go to hell So sugar coat your demons and camouflage your theft I’ll water down your venom until there’s nothing left It’s ok, you’ve had a lot to say I can’t hear you out on the dunes It’s alright, we made it out alive But bleeding out into the blue It’s okay, you’re gonna wash away and I’m gonna walk out on you It’s alright, it’s alright You’re bleeding out into the blue
7.
Reminisce 03:54
REMINISCE I wanna love you like a lover should Every time we say goodbye I wonder how I could I wanna make the momentary last I don’t wanna reenact the glories of the past Your eyes well up every time I fall down from the sky Don’t write me off Are you dancing without me Dancing with tears in your eyes Reminisce Cause I’m dancing without you Dancing with tears in my eyes to this old song I wanna be above this state of mind Even though my hidden shame is now my greatest pride I wanna turn male privilege on its head Even though without it I would probably be dead Your eyes adjust every time I fall down from the sky Our bodies ache Are you dancing without me Dancing with tears in your eyes Reminisce Cause I’m dancing without you Dancing with tears in my eyes to this old song The world’s on fire Every day the sky tears into shreds My one concern Are you dancing without me Dancing with tears in your eyes Reminisce Cause I’m dancing without you Dancing with tears in my eyes to this one Are you dancing without me Dancing with tears in your eyes to this old song
8.
HELLO STRANGER Slip out of a dream and into the fog Your home caught fire, you can’t see for the smog All I wanted to touch All I wanted to feel A code in braille I can read on your skin Hello stranger, don’t let me stay too long Goodbye pleasure, I must be getting on Slip into my room and stop making sense High on desire, is there anything else All I wanted to touch All I wanted to feel A code in braille I can read on your skin So do you wanna get along Or do you wanna get on Or do you wanna get gone Or do you wanna get it on Hello stranger, don’t let me stay too long Goodbye pleasure, I must be getting on Pleasure seeker where hearts grow weaker My body’s broken in, your love is spoken for Slip into the dark and out of your mind Be Robin Hood if our scars don’t align All I wanted to touch All I wanted to feel A code in braille I erased from your skin Hello stranger, don’t let me stay too long Goodbye pleasure, I must be getting on ...and you could be all in ...and I’ll be all over you ...and still we’d fall from grace ...what’s it all about, baby?
9.
Violent game 07:04
VIOLENT GAME A subway cries out, “somewhere there’s a place for us,” my belle, my baby A fantasy about your dreams by train arrives to overwhelm you Done tearing out my hair I wanna tear you up Done running from the sun I’m gonna run you down And I’ll never ask again This is a violent game I’ll never ask again Relentlessness could get you off I’ll find you wether lost or hidden When fantasies about your dreams succumb to anything forbidden Done wearing out my head I wanna wear you out Done breaking like a shell I’m gonna break you in And I’ll never ask again This is a violent game I’ll never ask again Oh how can my love be so slow and so swift to hurt you? Oh how can your love be so strong and swiftly desert you? Compare me to bygone bouquets I’ll triumph any phantom vampire Like scumbags in the light of day, I’ll trample them like forrest wildfires Done fainting in stairways I’m gonna paint your face Done asking for a shot I’m gonna shoot you down And I’ll never ask again This is a violent game I’ll never ask again This is a violent game I’m changing my statement This is a violent game I’m changing my statement This is a violent game I’m changing my statement This is a violent game I’m changing my statement
10.
BABY COME TO ME If you stick around, you’ll eventually wear the crown If you’ve got the patience and wherewithal to pass the time Rolling with their punches, shut up and take it during their lunches The black sheep will wear the white sheep’s woolen sweater If only you can pull it together Sticking to your guns, be they holy or infamous ones, is gonna build your character where there used to be none You’re gonna love your new frame, it’s the shape of things to come The leader of the pack will be scratching your back, if only you can tackle the black-backed jackal Baby come to me My blue suede boots may stumble on the ridge Baby come to me Your poncho soaks up all the water under the bridge So if you can stomach climbing out of a thousand train wrecks in a pitch black tunnel, granted only, say, two light flickers If you can take abuse like a gentleman holds his liquor The eager overachiever will eventually trip And that’s when you can have your way, consensually Baby come to me My blue suede boots may stumble on the ridge Baby come to me Your poncho soaks up all the water under the bridge When you’ve been underestimated, patronized or have been degraded When you try, and fail, to look up the meaning of ill-fated, and all the bunnies who outran you incidentally were hares you hated So much so you can’t wait to see their faces again You’ll leave them in the dust atop a turtle, your trusted friend Baby come to me My blue suede boots may stumble on the ridge Baby come to me Your poncho soaks up all the water under the bridge

credits

released March 3, 2017

All songs, words and music by Sondre Lerche (Sondre Lerche Music/ASCAP).

Arranged by Sondre Lerche with the producers and musicians.
Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, & 8 produced, engineered and mixed by Kato Ådland at Fort Knox, Bergen. Additional recording on track 6 at Norsk Riksstudio, Bergen by Njål Paulsberg. Track 9 engineered, mixed and recorded live at Fort Knox on Nov 15th, 2014 by Kato Ådland. Tracks 4, 5 & 10 produced, engineered and mixed by Matias Tellez at Skogen, Bergen. Track 7 recorded and produced by Matias Tellez at Skogen, mixed by Jørgen Trœen at Duper Grotten, Bergen, vocals recorded by Kato Ådland at Fort Knox.

Mastered by Jørgen Trœen at Duper Grotten.

Photos by Marius Hauge / Photo editing & design by Stine Malene Foss Berg.

Made with support from Komponistenes Vederlagsfond,
Kulturrådet and Bergen Kommune.

With infinite gratitude to my invaluable helpers, inspirators and friends.
Pleasure’s all mine. Thanks for listening.
Love, SL

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