The Girl and the Raconteur

from Mirrorland by Hrada

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lyrics

The Girl and the Raconteur

I know you think
they’re being inconvenient
As they’re screaming
from the back seat of our car
But rest assured
you won’t need their obeidence
As we kiss the brick and mortar
going a hundred miles per hour

There was a time
we all could see the garden wall
Where every shape and color
was allowed grow.
Now the ghost trees
have outgrown them all
Singing ‘we can grow much bigger,
´cause our gardner told us so’

We rest in our bed,
while smoke keeps creeping in
But we keep turning up the heat…
We’re on the last leg,
but sleep so peacefully
Sleep so peacefully…
But through the smoke
we saw someone who held up a sign

You need to quite down
and listen carefully
Don’t interupt our most
compelling raconteur
He´s reading from
the ‘tales of perpetuity’
And It is brimming full of fortune
but the moral’s more obscure

This tower will reach heaven
soon enough.
And we’ll get everything
that we’ve been dreaming of
Oh come on gather ‘round
let’s just celebrate
Who needs a common tounge
when we can formulate and disipate

We rest in our bed...

Please accept my apology
It’s a matter of proficiency
I have no trouble injecting
a solid dose of hypocracy
I shamefully wear
my molten crown of ingenuity

We rest in our bed while flames surge violently
But through the flames we saw
a brave girl who held up a sign
Right here, right now,
is where we draw the line

credits

from Mirrorland, released May 16, 2023
Album credits:

Music and lyrics by Peter Espevoll & Åsmund Janøy.
except Peari (written by P.Espevoll, T.M. Glidje, O.H.Sveen, D.Husvik, J.R.Mjåland)

Mixed and mastered by Johannes Groth at Groth music

Produced by Hrada, except Pearl (produced by Hrada and Jon Reichardt)

Peter Espevoll: Vocals and arrangements
Åsmund Janøy: Vocals, arrangements and guitars
Richard Curran: Strings and arrangements
Johannes Groth: Piano, organ and guitars
Andreas Skorpe Sjøen: Drums and percussion
Magnus Westgaard: Bass guitars
Dag Tofteng: Guitars on Gospel Oak and Daydrinker
Jon Reichardt: Beats and sounds on Pearl
Jørund Fluge Samuelsen: A wide variety of splendid instruments on Something Human
Vin Landolfi: Guitars on Sanbenito
Lyder Janey: Backing vocals on Pearl and arrangement on Jig Is Up

Children voices on Pearl by April Janøy, Stella Janøy and Anne Loe

Album Artwork by Pedro Correa
Additional artwork by
Pedro Correa
Hrada Creative
and Alvaro Santiago

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