State of Mind - the Demos

Not a clue And still I only wish I knew Was this all that I could do Turn away When I have nothing left to say Here comes another day And in the end It doesn't matter In in the end It doesn't matter Do I dare? It's almost like I didn't care As if I wasn't there And there you go What happened centuries ago We have no way to know And in the end It doesn't matter In in the end It doesn't matter

I don't know much But I know this to be true. I let myself down more than you And when you look at me I see you wonder why I let opportunities slip by So I apologize ,For the inconvenience Oh, I apologize Somehow I've broken All that I could break Too much for anyone to take And when I tried to help I only made it worse Don't hang around - I am a curse So I apologize ,For the inconvenience Oh, I apologize

Imagine one day Just losing your way You cry out in vain Imagine the pain Talk to a friend Forget it's the end Rewire your brain Imagine the pain Imagine the pain All that is hidden down below The secret remains That you will never really know When everyone's gone Go back to square one Go slowly insane Imagine the pain You never know why You still have to try For capital gain Imagine the pain Imagine the pain All that is hidden down below The secret remains That you will never really know

It's the end of the world as we know it But you never knew it all that well If you can't have just what you wish for You choose a lifetime in hell So I said Hey now, can I have the last dance? Hey now, can I have the last dance? There's music in the air And we've all got blood on our hands. When you walked the path to justice Looks like you took a wrong turn When against your great convictions Human life is no concern So I said Hey now, can I have the last dance? Hey now, can I have the last dance? There's music in the air And we've all got blood on our hands

You never told your secrets So no one ever heard But even from your silence I knew every word I knew every single word The past is kind of funny The future makes you scared But now you'd like to tell me That you never cared That you never really cared Did you ever notice That you still feel alone Did you ever wonder When will you be coming home? We live between the moments Uncertain what they'll bring I ask you what's the matter You tell me "Everything" You tell me "Simply everything" Did you ever notice That you still feel alone? Did you ever wonder When will you be coming home?

You didn't catch The rising sun And now you never will You missed the point And now it's gone But you still have time to kill Let every second Last a lifetime Who can say If it comes round again It's time to stop The Earth from spinning It's time to feel What I felt then What I felt back then Some may say That life goes fast But it's all we'll ever know And in the end To make it last You have to let it go Let every second Last a lifetime Cause who can say If it comes round again It's time to stop The Earth from spinning It's time to feel What I felt then Let every second Last a lifetime Cause who can say If it comes round again It's time to stop The Earth from spinning It's time to feel What I felt then What I felt back then

We all need directions To walk upon this earth And when we count our blessings Who can tell what they are worth? I tried my best to tell you But the words are not my own We can come together But each of us remains alone And we can't be sure what we're doing So we all just have to pretend And we all feel lost in the darkness Knowing that's where we go in the end I'll be in the garden Looking at the sky I hear you ask what happens But my question is always why And we can't be sure what we're doing So we all just have to pretend And we all feel lost in the darkness Knowing that's where we go in the end

I Keep Walking by State of Mind

Won't you take me to your party I want to share the laughter and the cheer Even though we may just have forgotten Those who can't be here The lonely are invisible In ways we'll never know We never see them coming round Never notice when they go Walking past a door that never opens Can't help but wonder what's inside Who lives there - and what exactly happened That just made them want to hide? The lonely are invisible In ways we'll never know We never see them coming round Never notice when they go

He stepped into the spotlight I could hear the crowd go wild Then he looked down at me And told me with a smile I came from nothing I didn't have a clue I was such a mess But I knew just what to do I rose above it I rose above myself I rose above Every law of nature Anyone can do it Anyone can do it So why can't you? Who needs talent When you have opportunities? If you fake it well You can make it just like me I rose above it I rose above myself I rose above Every law of nature Anyone can do it Anyone can do it So why can't you?

This is all it takes To make a grown man cry You only had to say goodbye This is all it takes To make a fool of me Like I was always meant to be There's a million broken hearts out there And we are only two It makes no sense that anyone should care But you know I do This is all it takes To knock me off my feet While you never missed a beat This is all it takes To make me feel alone Pretend you're happy on your own

So once again I thought of you I shouldn't do that anymore I was so in love I guess you never knew I watched you walking out the door All I have to say I never knew the way And all this time You wanted me to stay I threw it all away Running in the human race We're all supposed to work it out But how could I ever find my place So afraid and full of doubt? All I have to say I never knew the way And please Don't ask if I'm okay I won't tell you anyway You know I can hardly wait And I hope that you won't mind I'm only glad that now the time is getting late And nothing left for me to find All I have to say I never knew the way You saw me wasting every day Now I feel no need to stay All I have to say I never learned the way And all this time You wanted me to stay I threw it all away

Anything worth doing You can do again I can wait forever If you tell me when Doing what they tell you Is how you get your kicks Anything is magic If you know the tricks Did you ever wonder Where you are? Hey - hey Walk it off You'll never beat the odds Hey - hey Here it comes The twilight of the Gods You used to laugh at money Now it's all you've got It's no use pretending When you don't know what Is it any wonder That you're lost Hey - hey Walk it off You'll never beat the odds Hey - hey Here it comes The twilight of the Gods

This Song by State of Mind

Lost in an empty car park Don't know which way to go No one there to help me No one will ever know So far away from home Out of my comfort zone I've forgotten where I came from And what am I doing here I want to run and hide forever But I'm paralyzed by fear So far away from home Out of my comfort zone It's not the end of the world It feels much worse than that It's not the end of the world It feels much worse than that

Won't last forever One day it's gone You'd better catch it while it's out September sun I never worried I had my fun Until I saw it hanging low September sun It's not impressive  What I have done You see so clearly in the light Of the September sun

You hurt the one you love And now I am a mess If I could choose I'd try a little tenderness But you don't work that way As time has clearly shown Am I that afraid to be alone? I feel a sadness Whenever we're apart But when we're together You really break my heart Don't say you love me Just tell me when you don't Am I that afraid to be alone? Some things never change The rest just stay the same You'll have it all your way And I will take the blame. I feel the urge to leave But you know that I wont. Am I that afraid to be alone? With you I feel a solitude Like I have never known Am I that afraid to be alone?

Before I give up The question you've got Why should I give up? Well, why should I not? Before I give up I'd like you to know You may want me to stay But please let me go Before I give up I look at myself What could you have done? No way you could help Before I give up For better or worse It looks like a choice It feels like a curse Before I give up I'd just like to say It's okay It's okay It's okay

We agree on all the rules We play our friendly game And those who disobey Just have themselves to blame You lock your door at night When evil walks the land If you came face to face with evil You would never understand Feel sorry for the psychopath Living a life out of control If you care enough to take pity on a broken soul Feel sorry for the psychopath You cry for those who suffered Remember those who died Appalled by the destruction But did you ever try Feel sorry for the psychopath Living a life out of control If you care enough to take pity on a broken soul Feel sorry for the psychopath

You bought the leading tourist guide To take along with you And that's how you decided Everything you'd see and do But hidden in the side streets Out the corner of your eye You could just make out the locals Living real lives. You followed the path You did everything right But in the end you missed it all And only saw the sights The career that you've chosen Is what made you a star You got the house, you got the wife You got the biggest car But as the night grows darker And your eyesight starts to fade You begin to question The choices that you made You followed the path You did everything right But in the end you missed it all And only saw the sights You never lost your way You never lost your way

When I find myself in trouble And no help is on the way When I find I have to struggle To get through another day I know that I could save the world If I only had a clue But I never did So all I ever do I write a fucking song Write a fucking song I'd do anything else If I only knew how But I'm afraid that for now I write a fucking song I've turned my back on anyone Who really needs my help I hope you realize I couldn't even help myself All I ever do you for you Is sit and watch you break And when it's time To fix my own mistakes I write a fucking song Write a fucking song I'd do anything else If I only knew how But I'm afraid that for now I write a fucking song Is anyone listening Is anyone listening At all? I write a fucking song

Numbers Station by State of Mind

Best dream I ever had Tonight Tonight It was a world that I could hardly recognize I faced the truth and didn't have to tell you lies I was welcome by the many friends I'd made And as I met them I was not at all afraid Best dream I ever had Tonight Tonight And anytime I heard somebody call my name I knew for certain I was not accused or blamed No one told me that I had to get more tough Or made me feel I was not nearly good enough  Best dream I ever had Tonight Tonight My every urge to self-destruct was gone I felt I had not disappointed everyone It seemed to be like me was not a crime Like my entire life was not a waste of time So good it made me feel There was no way it could be real

There’s no reason to feel bitter There’s no reason to feel low There’s no reason to remember Every reason to let go You remember everything She did and said and think she feels to same She’s forgotten everything about you Soon she will forget your name You think that you’re the only one Who finds it hard to face another day You should know by now That nothing stays the same for that long anyway There’s no reason to feel bitter There’s no reason to feel low There’s no reason to remember Every reason to let go

I woke up on the floor today Still can't remember why Would if I could But I'm too bored to try You talk as if I couldn't hear You even raise your voice You talk as if we really had a choice You think it hurts to say goodbye It's worse if you don't even try We're in motion But we'd better take it slow 'Cause we've nowhere left to go After all And if you found that you could change Turn into someone new opWould it be strange To stay the same old you? You think it's hard to change your mind It's worse for those you left behind We're in motion But we'd better take it slow 'Cause we've nowhere left to go After all You think it hurts to say goodbye It's worse if you don't even try We're in motion But we'd better take it slow 'Cause we've nowhere left to go After all

You say you want to stay with me I only wonder why If I can't make it worth your while How can I even try When I feel confused and lost And don"t know what to do The man who failed at everything Is proud to be with you Life has not been good to you And I just wasted mine In some way I imagine That makes us two of a kind Until we get back on your feet And that may be a while The man who failed at everything Just wants to make you smile I'm not making plans for us I never learned to live I'm running out of money And I've nothing else to give You tell me that you love me Though I can't believe it's true The man who failed at everything Will try his best at love

Each day goes by Like the one before But not like the one before At all We'd like to think When we are here no more We'll meet somewhere and talk About before So we pretend Though it makes no sense Oh, how we believe In memory Oh, how we believe In memory In memory We have it all All there ever is But still we like to think There's more than this So we have heard Though it's just absurd Oh, how we believe In memory Oh, how we believe In memory In memory

Lying in the dark silence all around This lonely beating heart Is the only sound I don't want to be here Can't go on anyhow If you just stopped beating You could stop it now Don't want this to go on Didn't even want to start Still it keeps on beating This heart - my heart

Two months in a Sunday Three nights in a row This could have been magic Now we'll never know When all that I needed Turned out to be fake Was it malice and forethought Or an honest mistake? Could you tell me how it feels To always need much more than you can take? Did you ever wish you could Remember how it felt to be awake? I've been waiting here for you To regret you were the one who ran away When I say we need to talk Doesn't mean that I have anything to say Two months in a Sunday Three nights in a row This could have been magic Now we'll never know When all that I needed Turned out to be fake Was it malice and forethought Or an honest mistake?

When you've got no one else I'd like to help When people get you down I'll be around If you lose your way I'll let you stay When all is lost I'll calculate the cost But there's one thing you should know I don't glow I don't glow I'll never glow When it gets too much You'll feel my gentle touch When you can take no more I'll hold the door When it all falls down I'll applaud the clown If you want to die You can tell me why But there's one thing you should know I don't glow I don't glow I'll never glow

Now you went a bridge too far You're never coming home again You know exactly where you are But never could remember when What hasn't happened yet You can't forget Rendered obsolete Rendered obsolete It was only there and back But you another hundred miles And when in the end you crack It never seems to be a smile And turning back You fade to black Rendered obsolete Rendered obsolete

I don't know where I'm going. You are the road And the knower of the road More than maps More than love. (Words by Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī)

Do you remember the first time You saw the sea? Never thought anything could be this big Never thought anything could be this blue You sat and watched wave after wave After wave after wave after wave

Did you ever wake up feeling bold Never ever doing as you're told Do you feel like dancing in the streets Hugging every stranger that you meet The way we should have done When we were still young Did you ever want to get away Pretend we can do anything we say Let's go around the world in 80 hours We'll smell the coffee, then we'll pick the flowers The way we should have done When we were still young We had the time of our lives Just think about it Or if you doubt it Just think again Do you ever think of stopping by? I don't think I ever heard you say goodbye Let us speak the words we left unsaid Then let me take you to my bed The way I should have done When we were still young

Here's how to be like me If that's what you want to be Never admit to your pain Let it slowly drive you insane Never ask for help Just fail again by yourselfl Abandon every hope You know you'll never cope Don't believe in love Pretend that you - you can rise above

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by State of Mind

The Start of Nothing by State of Mind

So all this time You had to live What no one wants to feel There's nothing left You wouldn't give For any way to heal And you try your best To change your fate Till one day you find It's much too late There are times When it hurts To carry on And you know It's a shame To carry on You heard them say Don't ask for much Then that's what you'll recieve When all you need Is that human touch You struggle to believe As you try to make some sense Of what you've done All you've left to dream about Is what has gone There are times When it hurts To carry on And you know It's a shame To carry on

When it all went wrong I never knew When it all went wrong What was I to do? I thought that I was doing fine I must have missed the signs It all went wrong That much is true When it all went wrong I hung my head When it all went wrong I felt the dread And once again I heard you say I always run away It all went wrong But I still wasn't dead When it all went wrong Can't recall the date When it all went wrong Was I just too late? I who couldn't do the crime Am running out of time When it all goes wrong Some call it fate

It's not me This reflection I see I know his face Now he's taken my place Nothing new 'Bout anything that I do It's been done And he that did is now gone I am my father I am my father Years went by and I Became my father See these eyes You can tell I'm not nice Hard to please Never really at ease Stone cold face Puts you in your place I seem so strong Nothing could be more wrong I am my father I am my father Years went by and I Became my father It's my fate To become what I hate It's my fate To intimidate I am my father I am my father Years went by and I Became my father I see me I don't like what I see

Serge Gainsbourg/Mick Harvey cover (music by Alain Bashung, lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg, English translation by Mick Harvey) I envisage the hold-ups On 5th. Avenue I envisage the bomb threats On the news I envisage your make-up Throw it away Out on Sunset Boulevard Where's my car anyway I envisage trench warfare How it failed Some turbine driven robots Neither female nor male I envisage your leaving Imminent I would really like that it hurts Now and then I envisage I envisage the worst I envisage open couch beds The odour of musk Some burns some devastation In the nucleus Some natural echoes I tampered with I apprehend the silence which howls I envisage I envisage the worst i envisage the concerts carnivores Some slaughter some carnage On the basement floor I don't want a diagnosis by what right i envisage a remake With me in the limelight I envisage re-examining myself one on one I envisage I envisage the worst

It’s not okay to feel the way I feel It’s not okay It’s not okay to think it’s so unreal It’s not okay It’s not okay to want a better deal It’s not okay, it’s not okay It’s not okay to do the things I do It’s not okay It’s not okay to miss the world I knew It’s not okay It’s not okay, the things I ask of you It’s not okay, it’s not okay It’s not okay if I’m not having fun It’s not okay It’s not okay to be the only one It’s not okay It’s not okay to turn around and run It’s not okay, it’s not okay Please accept my deepest and sincere apologies For turning out so awkward and embarrassingly strange If I thought there was a way that I could ever change I’d turn into anything but me It’s not okay to say the things I say It’s not okay It’s not okay – it doesn’t work that way It’s not okay It’s not okay to think it’s not okay It’s not okay, it’s not okay

You Want My Life by State of Mind

She said I never want to compromise She said there's nothing that I'll ever want to miss She said I never will believe their lies She said I won't be told that's just the way it is. She's very young - you don't know when She'll change her mind, but then again: She's right, you know Deep down inside you know She's right, you know Don't forget she's right She said I never have to take that job She said I'll never do exactly as I'm told She said if only I don't give it up She said I'll never have regrets when I grow old And though it hurts more than a bit To hear her speak, you must admit She's right, you know Deep down inside you know She's right, you know Don't forget she's right She has a dream Don't break it She has her faith Don't shake it She's got advice You should take it Take it, take it She's very young - you don't know when She'll change her mind, but then again: She's right, you know Deep down inside you know She's right, you know Don't forget she's right

If this hand of mine Only had a gentle touch I would move the world But I wouldn’t move it that much And I know it’s true When they say this too shall pass Make no sudden moves Everything is made of glass Do you imagine If it’s important It cannot break? It’s a shame But have you noticed It tears my heart out To make the same mistake? But still I do In this frozen field Break the surface where I go And the tracks I made Will be there as long as the snow If this love of ours Can endure the shock of me I would have to say It should last eternally Do you imagine If it’s important It cannot break? It’s a shame But have you noticed It tears my heart out To make the same mistake? But still I do declare today I could reduce the ancient wonders Of the world to burning rubble In the twinkling of an eye Oh, you just watch me You just watch me Do you imagine If it’s important It cannot break? It’s a shame But have you noticed It tears my heart out To make the same mistake?

"Stay Where I Am" (from State of Mind's album "Miserabilism") performed live at Tjili Pop, Copenhagen, Denmark on May 3, 2014. Over the hill I see a light That must be the place Where everything’s bright And if I go there All we be well Forever and ever And I say to myself Better stay where I am Better stay where I am