(Tingsek/Mernsten)
I don’t know what you’ve been through
but you don’t get out much do you?
Your bitterness is overdue,
it grows all over you
But for real!
it’s closer than what you can imagine, the change.
You owe it to what still remain
Once proudly you fulfilled
what was expected of you
.
Once you worked for what they build,
for all of us to continue
But like everybody else,
you took it all for granted
and did it all just for your self – and then rust implanted
At least you have someone for this occasion,
who’s willing to look right through.
Stripped of all hope and expectations,
reflecting bad on you
This lost cause perfected you
!
(I know that’s what you’re thinking)
When the ship goes down you go proudly too.
Once a long time ago you fulfilled what was expected of you.
Once you worked for what they builded
,
for all of us to continue
But like everybody else, you derailed
and took it all for granted.
And did it all just for yourself and then rust implanted
Oh, you don’t wanna get it together
it feels worse when it gets better!!!
Magnus Tingsek: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Drums, Guitars, Piano, Pianet, Wurlitzer & Percussion,
Måns Mernsten: Moog Voyager, Moog Bass, Prophet, Mellotron
Caroline Karpinska: Violins
Peter Zimny: Trumpets & Flutes
String Arr: Magnus Tingsek, Caroline Karpinska & Måns Mernsten
Horn Arr: Magnus Tingsek, Peter Zimny & Måns Mernsten
(Tingsek/Mernsten)
I’m not quite sure, how to tell it. How to bring back those days right .
It deserves more, I don’t wanna undersell it
The power of back then just sways right.
Bringin up memories (ah the chills I get)
From the 1980’s
(Hey) Original splendor , turn that stone share those memories.
I’m a truth bender, I paint thoughts complimentary.
Oh, and everything feels right and perfectly satisfying.
Original splendor, here’s to the true essence of those memories
But as usual it breaks within, there’s no more mystery.
And what I see is that broken chain spin, portraying a faded history.
With that path chosen they become enemies
Just about as broken. Just like that mirror sharing memories
Magnus Tingsek: Vocals, Background Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Guitar, bass & Piano
Sara Lehmann: Background Vocals
Måns Mernsten: Prophet 08, Moog Voyager, Talkbox
Rasmus Svensson: Drums
Ale William Sjöström: Bass
(Tingsek)
I press play and there’s us. I guess around 15.
You’d be ”Gas station Gus”, Peter, Paul and Gene.
Our laughter looped on to an old tape, you’d break,
to make it sound more true, dirty and less fake.
I really miss you! I really miss you!
All the commotion and creative devotion
All the things we would do if you were here to
All the things we would do !
We’d form a band and brag about its breakthrough.
You’d ask me to dumb it down and I’d laugh at you .
And it never really mattered how fucked up things could be.
You’d find a way somehow to cheat reality.
You made me believe in things I didn’t know exist,
things that were there all along on your “to do list”
I really miss you! I really miss you!
…and creative devotion
All the things we would do if you were here to
All the things we would do !
We would probably fight and I would say you were delusional.
And you would get away with anything as usual.
Magnus Tingsek: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Guitars, Glockenspiel & Percussion
Måns Mernsten: Prophet
Ale William Sjöström: Bass
John Venkiah: Piano
Rasmus Svensson: Drums
Alexander Holmgren: Background Vocals
Sara Lehmann: Background Vocals
(Tingsek/Grahn)
We’re the fiddlers of your conscience trying to tell you what to do .
With the utmost confidence we tell you to stop and re-value.
It’s true that this scenery create some inner most reality.
But it leaves out on the full machinery and things like dimensionality
If things really go bad and your world shatter.
Maybe I can say something that actually matter.
If this progression can ease your depression
maybe I can say something that matter.
We´re the one’s at the end of the rainbow, we know everything you don’t.
If you want your everyday to gain glow turn the volume way on your phone.
Back it up with a melody and the words can glow in their own meaninglessness.
They take the backdoor to your identity and pinpoint your weaknesses.
Magnus Tingsek: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Drums, Guitars, Wurlitzer, Pianet & Percussion
Måns Mernsten: Piano, Prophet, Moog Voyager & Mellotron
Ale William Sjöström: Bass
(Tingsek)
I just can’t shake it, this weight stuck right to my bones.
It feels like it’s gonna break me.
I’ve tried to fake it but clearly my cover was blown when
I was trying to break free.
I just don’t know how to do it no more
(You gotta get rid of that fool!)
I know I do!
But ah, he’s clinging.
(But he’s telling you what you can’t do)
That’s true !
So fuck you, I’m gonna do what i wanna do.
Fuck you!
Facing the wreckage, nothing’s broke, it’s all there.
So what was i fighting?
I can’t remember but I feel as light as I feel prepared to put this all down in writing.
It sure feels better. I might just be on a break through.
But he’s gonna be back!
Well I know him to well.
(You gotta get rid of that fool!)
oh, well I know I do.
I know, I know, I know!
But he’s a good guy still.
(He’s telling you what you can’t do)
That’s true . Well there’s nothing i can do, It’s got value.
Magnus Tingsek: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Clavinet, Bass, Glockenspiel & Percussion
Rasmus Svensson: Drums
Måns Mernsten: Prophet 08
How do you, how do you do what you do?
You stay up-right and no matter what, somehow you pull through.
I’m so sorry for what you have to go through.
All that weight you carry with you.
Unbreakable mother, maker!
Bruised-up and beated you just keep going on.
Oh, yes you do.
Unbreakable, break down breaker!
You keep your head up and move on.
How did you, how did you push through?
How did you keep us unaware of you picking all the shit up.
I’m so sorry for what you had to go through
And for all that weight you carry.
We’re here to help you.
Unbreakable mother, maker!
Bruised-up and beated you just keep going on.
Oh, yes you do.
Unbreakable, break down breaker!
You keep your head up and move on.
It’s time for it to be about you. Whatever I can do .
There’s gotta be a way for you to heal.
And to feel like you deserve to feel.
Magnus Tingsek: Vocals, Background Vocals, Drums, Guitar, Piano
Måns Mernsten: Prophet 08, Moog Voyager
Calle Lehman: Background Vocals
(Tingsek/Grahn/Stone)
Fall, fall, fall in to me . Don’t pull back
All, all, all instantly. It seems on track
Light changes suddenly and everything slows down.
Serenity’s surrounding me
Still, still, still, patience child. Be here now
Feel, feel, feel safe and sound.
These moments are just in and out.
Light changes suddenly and everything slows down.
Serenity’s surrounding me
Dream, dream, dream wide awake. Don’t rush it.
Sing, sing, sing quietly. It’s as good as it’s gonna get
Light changes suddenly and everything slows down.
Serenity’s surrounding me.
Magnus Tingsek: Vocals, Background Vocals, Guitar
Allen Stone: Vocals, Background Vocals,
Måns Mernsten: Piano
Ale, William Sjöström: Double Bass
Peter Zimny: Saxophone & Trumpet
Horn arr: Magnus Tingsek, Måns Mernsten & Peter Zimny
(Tingsek/Mernsten)
Hey you! I love you more than I know how to.
Miss brand-new, I can’t wait `til we get together.
But I think I might go crazy.
(You don’t wanna loose yourself completely
.)
Whatever will be, I just can’t wait to start this family.
I’ve really tried not letting to much out. Explosions on the verge of a black out
. But I’ve never been more at ease and I never loved like this. So why should I put some kind of lid on? This information is to good to sit on
. I really cannot ask for more. I’m at a place I have never been before..
Hey you! I love you more than I know how to.
Miss brand-new, I can’t wait `til we get together.
But I think I might go crazy.
(You don’t wanna loose yourself completely
.)
Whatever will be, I just can’t wait to start this family.
It feels weird to be factual. Well I know it’s not supernatural
.
But whatever I stand for, this is someone that did not exist before.
This new perspective is so unreal, I can’t believe this is how I feel
Oh, with the love you represent , everything looks beautifully different.
Magnus Tingsek: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Drums, Guitars, Piano & Percussion
Måns Mernsten: Rhodes, Moog Voyager, Prophet 12
(Tingsek)
Hey Mr Toothgrinder! What’s the rebel cause today?
Why so frustrated? Why the discontent?
About everything and everyone that pass you by.
One thousand pages a minute to clarify .
It leaves purpose buried. And you will never find what really matters.
It’s too crowded.
You should’ve let that go You should’ve let that go
You should’ve let that go You should’ve let that go
There’s the going crazy from the daily consideration
that you might not be born on this planet.
You really can’t believe that anyone would understand you, so you declare yourself lonely and bitter until the end.
It leaves purpose buried. And you will never find what really matters.
It’s way too crowded.
You should’ve let that go You should’ve let that go
You should’ve let that go ’cause you really don’t wanna know.
You should’ve let that go. I can’t believe that you didn’t just let that go.
Like what the play on most radio shows. You should really just let that go.
Well I hope that you make it out ’cause I know what your world’s about
There’s more than one road to consider , one that doesn’t overflow.
That makes you a lot less bitter. You should’ve let that go
You should’ve let that go… that you didn’t just let that go.
Like what the play on most radio shows. You should really just let that go
Magnus Tingsek: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Drums, Guitars, Piano, Rhodes & Percussion
Måns Mernsten: Wurlitzer, Prophet & Moog Voyager
Ale William Sjöström: Bass
Alexander Holmgren: Background Vocals
Sara Lehmann: Background Vocals
Peter Zimny: Saxophones, flutes
Petter Lindgård: Trumpet
Jens Lindgård: Trombone
Horn arr: Peter Zimny
(Tingsek/Mernsten)
It’s changing. It’s ready to never go back, it’s changing.
It’s out of hand and it’s way off track and it’s breaking.
It’s falling apart, crack by crack it’s breaking.
You know it but still you do nothing about it. You know it.
But do you know what’s best for you? I doubt it.
You grow it, somewhere in the back where no one ever finds it, you grow it.
So why don’t we just call it and how are we still thinking about it.
I just wanna tell you to stick it ‘cause we will never make it.
There must be something greater that we ‘re supposed to do together.
Now, that’s just lies the making. We know to well that we’re mistaken.
So let’s do it! Let’s just shake on it and pack things up.
Let’s just do it. Not just a break from it, let’s get away from it.
Let’s just do that! I’ll miss you every second of the day if it comes to that. I think I’m gonna loose it.
Magnus Tingsek: Vocals, Background Vocals, Drums, Guitar, Bass & Piano
Måns Mernsten: Piano, Prophet 12, Mellotron & Nord G2
Sara Lehmann: Background Vocals
Anders Grahn: Solo Guitar
Aah’s and Ooh’s: Magnus Tingsek, Måns Mernsten, Anders Grahn, Sandra Nilsson, Gustav Bergrensson & Stefan Isaksson
(Tingsek)
About those words you chose that day.
Was it a truth or intoxicated and ill-stated.
’Cause it lingers as brutal, as they say, when telling me to recognize it
and move on.
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
It’s all gonna blow, it’s all gonna blow.
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go
Somewhere we both got it. What it would take to find clarity in these parts
but we bet on the easy call and linger on the fact that it will never change at all
Where we gonna go, where we gonna go? (Where do we belong?)
Where we gonna go where we gonna go (This is not meant to be at all)
It’s all gonna blow, it’s all gonna blow. (Where do we get off?)
Where we gonna go, where we gonna go?
Where we gonna go, where we gonna go?
Where we gonna go, where we gonna go?
It’s all gonna blow it’s all gonna blow
Where you gonna go, where you gonna go?
Then just.. and lights out. No way to know, we’ll never find out.
And the concept of forever goes hand in hand with
”no way, not a chance and never”
Magnus Tingsek: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Drums, Guitars & Percussion
Måns Mernsten: Prophet 08, Piano, Wurlitzer & Moog Voyager
(Tingsek/Mernsten/Most)
Did that just happen? Are you gone for real?
Ah, days go by and it all become comfortably distorted.
Like you just disappeared on me, again.
Case closed and I throw away the key.
Just like the way you taught me.
I’m diagnosed with a fake reality.
But there’s a cure for this infection and I intend to break through
yes i do, yes i do, yes i do.
I’m starting over and I will cry for you again.
Nothing left to lose. But I know in your heart, you knew our love for you.
But you gave up your privilege to choose.
I guess you though there was nothing left to do for you..
Case closed and I throw away the key.
Just like the way you taught me.
I’m diagnosed with a fake reality.
But there’s a cure for this infection and I intend to break through
yes I do, yes I do, yes I do.
I’m starting over and I will cry for you again.
Magnus Tingsek: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Drums, Bass, Guitars, Glockenspiel, Piano & Percussion
Måns Mernsten: Wurlitzer, Moog Voyager, Prophet 08, Mellotron
Caroline Karpinska: Violins
Carl Granberg: Tambourine
String Arr: Magnus Tingsek, Caroline Karpinska & Måns Mernsten
We had it all. Didn’t want for anything. No shelter, no bread, no circus.
But where was your word on Sunday afternoons,
when they were needed the most
Carousels and carnivals while you stayed at home
Spent the days believing that it was the only way to go
I waited for you. Vivid imagination saved you.
The woods out back and the bicycle track wasn’t nearly good enough, no
Your old record collection, the Elo and the Beatles section.
(and you go) Be my guest - try your best
I’ll be right there with you, soon it’ll be my turn to fall.
(Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who’s your daddy after all?)
Your gaze is steady but the mirror keeps on crashing down
(Mirror mirror off the wall.)
You are a brilliant mind, could accomplish anything.
No problem, no challenge, the greater.
But I didn’t care at all as the seconds ticked away
I know ‘cause I counted them all
Holidays and summer camps while you stayed at work.
I waited for you, I know that you tried your best
But sad to say, though you meant it well it was never good enough.
Now I’m walking down your high street. While you say
-Be my guest, do what you can, little man, pride precedes the fall’
I’ll be right there with you. Soon it’ll be my turn to fall
(Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s your daddy after all)
Your gaze is steady but the mirror keeps on crashing down.
(Mirror mirror off the wall.)
I had it sorted. I knew what tricks to not fall for.
(You are misstra know it all, till you find out on your own)
Now, enjoy your last laugh. I will live to make it ours.
(We’ll be misstras know fuck all together, together, together…)
Magnus Tingsek: Lead Vocals, Background Vocals, Drums & Percussion
Jarle Bernhoft: Lead vocals, Background Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Koto & Wurlitzer
Måns Mernsten: Piano
Caroline Karpinska: Violins
Carl Granberg: Tambourine
String Arr: Magnus Tingsek, Caroline Karpinska & Måns Mernsten
(Tingsek)
I don’t know what to say. No, there is nothing there today.
My head is stuck and I can’t get it out.
I don’t know what to do but I really don’t care, do you?
I’ll ride it out like a million times before.
I’m good. Now, I am not to feel like this no more.
I’m good ‘cause you wash it off and open up that door.
All I need to hear; your voice and I’m clear from thoughts that go down , down, down. They happen to meet down there, and then they’re everywhere.
Then you show and they drown, drown, drown.
My love. Everything within uncurl
My love. The sweetest, most beautiful girl in the world
This is the sound it makes, this is how I feel.
This is my love and it’s real. Oh, my love.
Magnus Tingsek: Vocals, guitars, bass, drums, Glockenspiel, Piano
Måns Mernsten: Wurlitzer, Prophet 12, Talkbox
Anders Tingsek: Synthesizer
Peter Zimny: Clarinet & Flute
Horn arr: Magnus Tingsek & Peter Zimny
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Amygdala is produced & engineered by Magnus Tingsek
Co Produced by: Måns Mernsten except “My Turn To Fall”, co-produced by Jarle Bernhoft & Carl Granberg.
Mixed by Carl Granberg with Magnus Tingsek
Mastered by Hoffe Stannow at Cosmos Mastering
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Artwork by Love Lundell
Layout & Design Måns Mernsten
Photo by Anders Tingsek