The Cardigans Album

For 27 years I’ve been trying to believe and confide in
Different people I’ve found.
Some of them got closer then others
Some wouldn’t even bother and then you came around
I didn’t really know what to call you, you didn’t know me at all
But I was happy to explain.
I never really knew how to move you
So I tried to intrude through the little holes in your vanes

And I saw you
But that’s not an invitation
That’s all I get
If this is communication
I disconnect
I’ve seen you, I know you
But I don’t know
How to connect, so I disconnect

You always seem to know where to find me and I’m still here behind you
In the corner of your eye.
I’ll never really learn how the love you
But I know that I love you through the hole in the sky.

Where I see you
And that’s not an invitation
That’s all I get
If this is communication
I disconnect
I’ve seen you, I know you
But I don’t know
How to connect, so I disconnect

Well this is an invitation
It’s not a thread
If you want communication
That’s what you get
I’m talking and talking
But I don’t know
How to connect
And I hold a record for being patient
With your kind of hesitation


[Thanks to leonie@swirve.com for these lyrics]

I saw you there
I stopped and stared
the curly girlie smiled
You really were
too close to her
and people just went by

I saw your face
and her embrace
your whisper in her ear
I know the score
'cause I've heard it before
I read your lips with fear

Your words were clear (you said:)

La-la-la-la-la-la
let's say forever, let's say it's true
la-la-la-la-la-la-
let's come together, me and you
la-la-la-la-la-la
your new cuckoo

It takes no match to give me a spark
Now I’m trying out another heart
I’ve been winding ‘bout a fresh start
I’ve found myself a good horse

Eyes burning on the quicksand
And I run it through the hollow land
I’ve fed it with a shaky hand
I found myself a strong horse

These are the promises I can keep
These are the promises I can keep
To live like I must
And ride with the dust in my face
In grace

I’ve found myself a good horse
Yes I’ve found myself a strong horse
But things remain not different then before

These are the promises I can keep
Yes these are the promises I can keep
To live like I must
And ride with the dust in my face

These are the promises I can keep
These are the promises I can keep
To live like I must
And ride with the dust in my face
In grace


[Thanks to leonie@swirve.com for these lyrics]

Man I’ve had a few
But they wouldn’t quit blow me like you
You gave me your name and sight
With a halo around my eye
And it hits me like never before
That love is a powerful force
Yes it struck me that love is as bored
So I pushed you a little bit more

Love, you’re news to me
You’re a little bit more then I thought you’d be
A mow in my well fed lawn
You’re a nightmare beating the dawn
Oh it hits me like never before
That love is a powerful force
Yes it struck me that love is a sport
So I pushed you a little bit more

Blue, blue, black and blue
Red blood sticks like glue
True love is cruel love
Red blood say power fuel
Sweet love tasty blood
My heart overfloods

Oh you hit me
Yeah you hit me really hard
Man you hit me
Yeah you hit me right in the heart
Lord I’ve had my deal
But I never quite knew how it feels
When love makes you wake up soar
With fists that are ready for more

And it hits me that love is a game
Like in war no one can be blamed
Yes it struck me that love is a sport
So I pushed you a little bit more

Blue, blue, black and blue
Red blood sticks like glue
True love is cruel love
Red blood say power fuel
Sweet love tasty blood
My heart overfloods

Man you hit me
Yeah you hit me really hard
Baby you hit me
Yeah you punched me right in the heart
And then you kissed me
And then you hit me

Oh you hold me with your violent heartbeat at night
Oh you strike me with your silence baby tonight
Why you hold me with your violence baby come hit me
You hold me with your violent heartbeat


[Thanks to leonie@swirve.com for these lyrics]

Oh my heart can’t carry much more
It’s really, really aching and soar
My heart don’t care anymore
I really can’t bear more
My hands don’t work like before
I shiver and I scrape at your door
My heart can’t carry much more

But you couldn’t care less
Could you
Your face don’t look like before
It’s really not like yours anymore
Your eyes don’t like me no more
They quiver and they shift to the floor
My heart don’t beat like before
It’s never been this lone
No my blood don’t flow anymore

And you couldn’t care less
Could you
Could we stop and sleep for a spare
We can turn this stitch into a ware
And send that old devil back to hell
But we don’t care do we

Baby let’s stop and sleep for a spare
We can turn this stitch into a ware
And send that old devil back to hell
Your back’s not straight like before
You really shouldn’t care in me no more
I’m much too heavy for you
I’m really quite a mess, yes
We just don’t care anymore
We’re cricket and were cut to the core
We’re just not there anymore
But we really don’t care do we
No, we couldn’t care less
We couldn’t care less
Could we?


[Thanks to leonie@swirve.com for these lyrics]

With a sampled heartbeat and a stolen soul
I sold my songs to have my fortune told
And it said
You should know that love will never die
But see how it kills you in the blink of an eye

I know love is a hot white light
It knocks you down and then leaves you dry
Oh how can it be sweet mama tell me why
Why all loves disciples have to wither and die

Please sister, help me come on do what you should
Please give me something I’m not doing so good
I’m gone, done wrong is there nothing you can say
Please sister help me I’m not feeling ok

Give me believe that my time will come
And a toll free helpline if I find someone
But she said
You gave away what you never really had
And now your purse is empty I can see why you’re sad

Please sister, help me come on do what you should
Please give me something I’m not doing so good
I’m gone, done wrong is there nothing you can say
Please sister help me
Can you make me feel ok

So if it’s true, that love will never die
Then why do the lovers work so hard
To stay alive

Please sister, help me
Please give me something oh
Please sister, you know I do what I can
Oh sweet mama, please descent me a man
Cause I’m gone, gone
Is there nothing you can get
Please sister help me I just need some love
To live
Just a little love to live


[Thanks to leonie@swirve.com for these lyrics]

One, two, three, four

Hey baby come round
Keep holding me down
And I'll be keeping you up tonight.

The four letter word got stuck in my head
The dirtiest word that I've ever said
It's making me feel alright.

For what it's worth I love you
And what is worse I really do
Oh what is worse I'm gonna run run run
'Till the sweetness gets to you
And what is worse I love you!

Hey please baby come back
There'll be no more loving attack
And I'll be keeping it cool tonight.

The four letter word is out of my head
Come on around get back in my bed
Keep making me feel alright.

For what it's worth I like you
And what is worse I really do
Things have been worse
And we had fun fun fun
'Till I said I love you
And what is worse I really do!

For what it's worth I love you
And what is worse I really do.
Oh

For what it's worth I love you
And what is worse I really do.
Oh

For what it's worth I love you
And what is worse I really do....


[Thanks to leonie@swirve.com for these lyrics]

I went too far, yes I came too close
I drove away the one that I loved the most
Now I ride the tight on a boat made of sand
I’m sailing for another to guide me to land

And lead me into the night
Please drive away the light
Cause I’ve been blinded by glitter and gold
My eyes need to rest from this light
And sleep well at night

I traveled east and I traveled west
And I found a boy with a heart on his chest
I ran a ground my ship left to rust
Yes I found a guide in the city of lust

To lead me into the night
Oh please drive away the light
Although my mother will never understand
I walk with him away from the light
And into the night

Oh you, you, you, it’s got to be you
Oh you, oh you, it’s got to be you
True, true, it’s true it’s got to be you
Oh you, oh you, it’s got to be you

To lead me into the night

Well I went too far and I came too close
I drove away the first one and now he’s the coast
And I went to drift on a boat made of sand
It was leaking like a sift but I made it to land

It leads me into the night
He drives away in the light
He makes the darkness seem bright
And walks with me into the night
Away from the light


[Thanks to leonie@swirve.com for these lyrics]

I came home in the morning
And everything was gone
Oh what have I done
I dropped dead in the hallway
Cursing the dawn
Oh come on son
Why must I burn
I’m just trying to learn

I stared into the light
To kill some of my pain
It was all in vane
Cause no senses remain
But an ache in my body
And regret on my mind
But I’ll be fine

Cause I live and I learn
Yes I live and I learn
If you live you will learn
I live and I learn

God kicked you in the head
So I started a fight
Cause I knew I was right
But I learned I was wrong
I remember a slaughter
I remember I fought
For the money I brought
I got blistered and burned
And lost what I earned

But I live and I learn
Yes I live and I learn

I got, I got it now
She’s got, She’s got it now

I came to one a corner
With some help from a man and goddamn
I don’t see to have learn
That a lady in need is guilty indeed
So I paid and got laid in return
And I don’t know what I’ve learned

Well you get what you give
And hell yes I lived
But if you live as you learn
I don’t think I’d be learned
Oh with the sun in my eyes
Surprise, I’m living a life
But I don’t seem to learn
No I don’t think I can learn


[Thanks to leonie@swirve.com for these lyrics]

So you're trying to do what they did,
Your friends that turned to liquid,
And got lost in a sea...
Now you're drowning me

With your talk of four-leaf clovers
You turn to rocks and omen
To beat the ambient harm
That is bruising your karma

Oh, I wish my arms were wider,
I wish that I could hide you,
So you can rest and repair
Without the blanket of sorrow...

The thick and the gray,
Your blanket of woe
Is so heavy and stained
And it only weighs you down

Oh...

So you thought that getting sober
Would mean your life was over
I don't think it's that bad,
I don't think it's that sad.

Just you sleep a little baby,
Live the world alone and later,
If you wake up alive,
That old blanket of sorrow

Could be feathers and down
Your blanket of woe
Would leave you alone
And I could love you 'til you drown

Come to me, let's drown,
Come baby, let's drown

It's way too late to think of
Someone I would call now,
The neon signs got tired.
Red eye flights help the stars out,
I'm safe in a corner,
Just hours before me...

I'm waking with the roaches
The world has surrendered,
I'm dating ancient ghosts,
(the ones I made friends with)
The comfort of fireflies,
Long gone before daylight...

And if I had one wish fulfilled tonight,
I'd ask for the sun to never arise.
If God lent his voice to me to speak

I'd say: "Go to bed World!"

I've always been to lame
To see what's before me
And I know nothing sweeter than
Champagne from last new year's,
Sweet music in my ears
And a night full of no fear.

But If I had one wish fulfilled tonight,
I'd ask for the sun to never arise.
If God passed the mike to me to speak

The music's playin on, but something's wrong, something's gone.
The majors turning blue, and so did you, so did you.
I'm noticing the dirt, and it hurts that you left.
You really had to go, so you say, so you say.
Birds leave there nest, and they fly,
There's no body left here but I.
If there is a chance, just one in this world,
That we'll ever dance, again as it turns.
If there is a chance, if there is a way,
There's one record left, that you haven't heard.

The neighbors had to move, go away , go away.
I can't afford to leave, so ill stay, i have to stay.
Birds know its best, to fly, and ill stick around and cry!
If there is a chance, just one in this world,
That we'll ever dance, again as it turns.
If there is a chance, if there is a way,
There's one record left, that you haven't heard.