The Air-Conditioned Nightmare EP

Everybody lives

Music: K. Pettersen
 

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Lyrics: S. Tønnesen
Music: K. Pettersen/S. Tønnesen
 
This something is real
I’m the only one here
Just another kill on my own
To forget
 
This something is real
As the room starts spinning
Unknown faces grinning
I’m the only one here
Just another kill on my own
To forget
And let go
 
This something is real
Outside: pain and disaster
I’m tamed by my master
He tightens my seal
Reminiscence of back when
All was play
Bright colors
 
Life will proceed while you time-out
Under a rug, or over a cloud
Nothing will heal what you’ve been without
Then there’s that blue light chant
Chanting too loud
 
This slow motion I feel
I’m the only one real
Shake a little salt on my life
Rest in peace
 
 
Tommy Gunn
Lyrics: S. Tønnesen
Music: K. Pettersen/S. Tønnesen
 
First off, I'm taller than I'm handsome,
and my hairline's been receding since day one
My mommy told me I was special,
but I wouldn't keep it up the long run
"Son, you're way too soon for this world"
Cut her wrist while pregnant with her only son
To my friends I'm known as Tommy
To you and everybody else
I'm mister....mister Gunn
 
A guy walks into a Starbucks,
and proceeds towards the counter, cuts the line
It’s not the beginning of a joke
It’s the story of why Anny had to die
"Well, hello Tommy", said Anny
"Your regular frappucino or just chai?"
So I pulled my gun and shot her
Right between her eyes
"It's mister...mister Gunn"
 
I'm the defender of manners
I'm the last gentleman standing
As society evolves courtesy dies
Well, our flag burns once a day,
and the towers have fallen down
Etiquette will under my gun again rise
Rudeness, meet your demise
 
Soon I'm cuffed by the police
Though I insist, the officer won't read my rights
So I chuck forward, bite his chin, pull his face off,
spitting out the bloody bites
Then I take a run for freedom, while a voice screams "Tommy stop or die"
In response to the motherfuckers
I turn quickly point my finger
"I'm mister....mister Gunn"
 
I'm the defender of manners
I'm the last gentleman standing
As society evolves courtesy dies
Well, our flag burns once a day,
and the towers have fallen down
Etiquette will under my gun again rise
Rudeness, meet your demise
 

Lilly Rose
Lyrics: S. Tønnesen
Music: K. Pettersen/S. Tønnesen
 
Her laughter’s the sound of worn razorblades
crammed in clusters into ear canals
If there were places to go I would leave her right now,
but I know she's all I have
 
Her eyes will fill up with deception at times,
and I know her sweet whispers are lies
But I hear her all out, comment with my eye brows,
while I know she's all I have
 
Her smile is the whore's, all seductive and vile,
and it pulls like a hook in my spine
I’m not forced to obey, I could leave her right away
but I know she's all I have
 
Her sorrow's the sea that will drown me some day,
when my boat hits a rock far from land
If it didn't repay, I'd be gone yesterday
But I know she's all I have
 
Lily Rose
I can't keep them out
I'll be boarding those doorways
I'll be nailing them shut
Promise, Lily Rose
Don’t ever look back
Do you miss the kicks he promised?
or the cut he forgot?
Stay inside with me
Stay right here with me
 
Her tongue is barbed wire that would coil down my throat
If she twitches, my head will fall off
I would roll down the stairs, but would learn nothing new
Cause I know she's all I have
 
Her knuckles turn white when I hold her arms down
in motel beds while TV’s left  on
If there were places to go,  she should leave me right now,
but we know we're all we have
 
 
Blackie
Lyrics: T. R. Steen
Music: K. Pettersen/S. Tønnesen
 
She was my one true partner
She was my one true friend
Her name was Blackie; she would never let me down
 
Now I'm standing on the porch
You're not standing by the gate
The plains are not the same without you dear old Blackie
Wish we could ride again, ride again
 
Carry on, carry on.
I know that she is gone.
 I know that she is gone, yeah.
I never thought that I could feel this alone.
 I need to carry on.
Blackie she is gone, yeah.
 
When I get up in the morning, sometimes it feels like you are near.
And then I go outside and look towards the stable.
Blackie I wonder where you are.
I remember when you died.
Still see you before me.
The way you died for me, the way you saved me.
No horse will be like you my dearest Blackie.
 
Carry on, carry on.
I know that she is gone.
I know that she is gone, yeah.
I never thought that I could feel this alone.
I need to carry on. Blackie she is gone, yeah.
 
I want to saddle you at sunrise and then ride home again late at night. Late at night.
 
Carry on, carry on. I know that she is gone.
I know that she is gone, yeah.
I never thought that I could feel this alone.
I need to carry on.
Blackie she is gone, yeah
 

Everybody dies
Lyrics: S. Tønnesen
Music: K. Pettersen/S. Tønnesen
 
Some pass at will
Others at random
We still live and die alone
 
A cleaner slate
Splitting it two ways
Losing sight until you’re old
 
The sun will bleach
My tainted sheets
And make this day complete
 
AC decelerates at night time
To make me hear the distant screams
Bewildered voices left in corridors
Left off to haunt me in my dreams
 
And I know it won’t be long until the medication’s off
So come on God, do your thing
Finish me off
 
Everybody dies
The time of your demise

Everybody dies
There is no compromise
There is no compromise