The Rasmus

"Swimming With The Kids"

I can't deny the fact that you know me better than I do,
it doesn't matter 'cos I know that you say that I'm a fool, better than the best.
But if you only tell me that you love me, I don't give a damn.
(Swimming with the kids)

A sunny day 'n' I'm feeling kinda guilty if I'm not going out,
if I'm not going anywhere.
Go ahead if you wanna play dead
'cos I don't give a damn.
(Swimming with the kids)

A broken heart can be fixed with love,
A broken heart can be fixed with love,
A broken heart can be fixed with love.

Slow down, feet off the ground,
Everybody can come around.
Here I am, in control,
I know they won't let me down.
Slow down, feet off the ground,
Everybody can come along.
Here I am I'm swimming with,
here I am I'm swimming with the kids.

Back to the scene, go mad with the groove,
Yo if I miss it there's nothing you can do.
Own fault if you think too slow
'cos I don't give a damn.
(Swimming with the kids)

So if you really don't wanna leave the bed,
I'll take a step back and let you play dead.
I ain't sure what this song is about,
But I'm sure I don't give a damn.

Pick it up, Mr Love is on the line,
Pick it up, Mr Love is on the line,
Pick it up, Mr Love is on the line.

"Man In The Street"

I spin around 'n' find myself again with a thought:
I'm just a man on the street.
You check it out, another lookalike
but he's not me.
I know the places, I know the faces
'n' I know that fact that the action is to go.
I'm satisfied with the tempo of the night, oh can't you see?
Lights are blinking 'n' I'm left thinking that I'm sinking into the groove of the night.
You habg around with me, and I'll let you know,
The things that we can do, places we can go.

When the world is in her hands
Everthing's complete.
When the world is in her hands
It's everything I need.
She loves you all the same
Though black turns to white.
Oh yeah she's generating love.

Do I have to answer? I'll find another dancer,
I'm a man in the street.
To get your daily satisfaction
You've got to be greedy.
No time to settle down, no time to
push myself around.
I'm satisfied with the tempo of the night, oh can't you see?
(Let me say)
Once again, I've got a feeling that
I'm dealing with the groove of the night.
Every move she does is generating love,
It's in her veins, it's in her blood.
(She's generating love)

"Tonight, Tonight"

Now that you know that committing is hard,
It's time to fly around 'n' I say...
No more walking hand in hand in the park.
It's time to fly around 'n' I say!

Let me know when you're back in control,
When you exist again 'n' I say...
Would it be so bad to be alone?
For a while 'n' smile when I say!

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Time to fly around
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Tonight tonight)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Time to fly around
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Tonight tonight)

"City Of Dead"

Glad you landed on time,
In the city of the dead.
How was your flight?
I'm glad that we met.

Ain't gonna wait 'til the day
that dejection comes,
Ain't gonna waste my time on the pitiful ones (here)

You know that I'm kind,
that I like to pretend
that everything's fine.
The rain is my friend.

(I) don't give a damn about fame
if I gotta have a gun.
Ain't gonna like myself before
I get something done (here)

I want to believe,
I proceed with my choice.
It's getting harder to breathe,
I'm losing my voice.

Oh yeah!
Nevermind the things they might've said,
Oh yeah!
We're living in the city of the dead.
Oh yeah!
Nevermind the things they might've said,
Oh yeah!
We're living in the city of the dead.

"Liquid"

I go liquid when you come around,
And I know.
I go solid but don't get me wrong,
Yes I go.

I love to watch you when you mess around,
With my mind.
I'm pathetic but only this time,
Who knows?

It's not more a secret,
I go solid, I go liquid,
Oh me...
If it's the love that we live for,
How come I didn't know?
Show me an easy way out.
Show me an easy way out.

Forget the love and get back in the line,
With yourself.
Try to accept the place where you belong,
You belong.

I love to teach you though you already know,
But this time.
Stay in touch if you're planning to go,
Below.

It's not more a secret,
I go solid, I go liquid,
Oh me...
If it's the love that we live for,
How come I didn't know?
Show me an easy way out.
Show me an easy way out.

"Vibe"

Call me your lover!

If you hang around with me tonight
I'll show you how to do,
Something wicked if you don't have
anything to do.

You're looking pretty and you know
that we should keep going on,
'cos we ain't got no time to polish
your nails,
no time to put more make-up on.

Turn around, you will find me to guide you,
Everywhere that you go.
Turn around, you will find me behind you,
Oh! Yes I ain't going anywhere you know.

So if you believe that lonliness is braking you,
So this place is the right one where I'm gonna take you to.
I've gotta feeling I know taht you still like him bad,
Tonight at the party no one's going to be sad.

Turn around, you will find me to guide you,
Everywhere that you go.
Turn around, you will find me behind you,
Oh! Yes I ain't going anywhere you know.

"Help Me Sing"

Is there anybody who can help me sing?
Don't let me down, I refuse to believe
That you're outdated by your friends.

So you don't wanna make everyone feel sorry for a girl who survives in the world,
This time it's not the same thing 'cos we're not gonna leave the room before you talk.
Just open your mouth 'n' let the words come out,
'n' say goodbye to the devils inside you.
I got myself in this mess 'cos I love you,
I ain't gonna give it up 'cos I love you so.

Did you have a bad day yesterday, OK
You never complain 'n' you never say no, never say yes, yes, you,
You stand the pain like a man and see what's inside you,
Just like me every move that you make.
What you do and say I think we've got something to talk about.
I got myself in this mess 'cos I love you,
I ain't gonna give it up 'cos I love you so.

When I thought it was me having a rough time, I don't feel bad when I see you,
Everybody goes down once in a while, gives everything up to be good.
Just open your mouth 'n' let the words come out,
'n' say goodbye to the devils insde you.
I got myself in this mess 'cos I love you,
I ain't gonna give it up 'cos I love you so.

"Madness"

Too much, too fast maybe.
I don't know where my destiny's taking me.
So I'll go where ever it leads me.
Too high, too low baby.
I don't know where my destiny's taking me.
So I'll go to make you believe me.

Cry, cry when there's something to cry about.
Cry, cry baby but don't drown in the sadness.

It's madness.
Don't ask me to explain. Don't take away the pain.
It's impossible to save me.
So come on!

Too cheap, too scary.
Too creepy to marry.
Too serious and too mysterious and way to, way too deep.
Cry, cry when there's something to cry about.
Cry, cry baby but don't drown in the sadness.

It's madness.
Don't ask me to explain. Don't take away the pain.
It's impossible to save me.
It's madness.
So easy to complain. Nobody left to blame.
It's impossible to save me.

Crack in the shield. It feels so unreal.
No one to blame for loosing the flame.
Crack in the shield, lost in the fields of sadness.

It's madness...

"Bullet"

I think I should go and leave you alone, yeah.
Stop this game and hang up the phone. And more.
I should go into the night alone and get inside of the cyclone.
It's like I wanted to break my bones to get over you.
'Cos if I stay I'm number two anyway.

Like a bullet you can hurt me, take me, brake me.
Like fire you can burn me, convert me. Like a bullet you can hurt me.
I can't believe it when my friends say:
Take it easy, don't you worry about the rainy days.
Like fire you can burn me, convert me. Like a bullet you can hurt me.

You say there are so many things going on in your life now.
It's so very hard to find time for me.
And you say: Do you believe in the destiny?
This is the way it was meant to be.
I gotta leave to make you see I'm over you.
'Cos if I stay I'm number two anyway.

Like a bullet you can hurt me...

Maybe I'm blind, forever young.
Don't get me wrong, I don't belong here.
Like fire you can burn me.
Like a bullet you can hurt me

Like a bullet you can hurt me...

"Chill"

I gotta make a phonecall to my best friends.
I gotta let them know that I'm leaving.
Everything behind me and politely I don't wanna hurt their feelings, oh no.
I'll need to come back and I wanna explain why I had to leave them sleeping.
The answer's in the air but I really don't care 'cos I couldn't really keep on breathing the smoke.

And every time when I painted my room
like a fool I hid my feelings.
And every time when I painted my room
I thought about leaving.

You roll like stone girl, you should not stop and I don't wanna step on your feet.
And you do what you do to stay on top. I don't wanna make you feel incomplete.

And every time when I painted my room...

At the end of the day I don't know what to say.
At the end of the day I'll be flying away.

And every time when I painted my room...

"F-F-F-Falling"

I don't go to school every Monday
I've got my reason to sleep
Don't you tell me how I should be

I've made up my mind about the music
I've made up my mind about the style
I know that I'm stable and able to settle down
But I keep

[Chorus:]
F-F-F-Falling down with the sun
I can't give it up
The night is calling me like a drum
I keep on F-F-F-Falling

This life is so full of temptation
And I want to keep it that way
I know myself I can handle the game

I made up my mind about the future
I made up my mind about the past
I know that I'm stable and able to hold on

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
(Falling) I need a flame I need a spark
(Falling) Don't be afraid to open my heart
(Falling) I need a game I need a shock
(Falling) Don't be afraid my heart is unlocked

(Falling)

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

I've made up my mind about the music
I've made up my mind about the style
I know that I'm stable and able to settle down
F-F-F-Falling

"Heartbreaker"

Well anyway it's a long story.
She's been waiting for so long
Still got the songs in her mind and the autograph on the photograph
She's got a past full of secrets
She's got a clock on her feelings back from the days when she used to have wings
She had a dream full of anger
She had a dream full of action
Afraid to get old she feels so cold
Such a typical reaction

Oh yeah, oh yeah. She wanted to be a heartbreaker
Oh yeah. She was so greedy but a lousy lovemaker
Oh yeah, oh yeah. She wanted to be a heartbreaker

She used to be the queen of the scene
She had a key but she lost it
Nothing's gonna last and the time goes fast - she knows
She had a man but she messed it up again
She had a chance but she blew it
She's gotta little baby boy in her womb but she doesn't have a clue yet

Oh yeah...

Striking her down
Crushing her to the ground

"Smash"

Understand that you're holding a bomb in your hand
Take control, hand in hand with yourself from now on
Take this advise, aim to the skies
Aim to the skies above

Show me what you're made of
I'm waiting for the answer
Tell me what you're afraid of
Show me what you're made of

I call out in my sleep
I can't reach you and it's killing me
I call out in my sleep

Sun is gone, days go on like the storm in the sea
And the shore is the loneliest place you can be
Stay dry instead a moment ahead
Aim to the skies above

I call out in my sleep...

You say that you're not the same kid
He one who used to be the weeper
You say it's something deeper
Something that you couldn't tame
Something that would wake the sleeper
You say, you say

I call out in my sleep...

"Someone else"

She drinks the blood of the dinosaurs to get her powers back
to make her boyfriend understand
That things are not what they used to be
She doesn't have a plan
to make her boyfriend understand
Through the gates of insanity on the edge of humanity
She's gonna make her dreams come true
Through the gates of insanity on the edge of humanity
She's gonna make her dreams come true

That she belongs to someone else
That she belongs to someone else

To someone else, to somebody else

She's found something to die for
Something to fight for
Someone to show her the way
She's found someone to cry for
Someone to lie for
Heart full of blood of the dinosaurs

Now she belongs to someone else

"Small Town"

Oh yeah!

Lalalalalala
Lalalalalala

You get no kick out of champagne
Things make you sick by staying the same
So lame
And if you think that you know everybody
And if it seems inspiration is gone
Days when it feels like nothing can turn you on

[Chorus]
Open your eyes to the life in this small town
How many times you've been leaving?
Oh yeah
And so it seems we keep coming back home
So open your eyes to the life in this small town

Hahahahalala
Hahahahalala

I always run straight to the flames
I've lost my face in a thousand ways
Oh yeah
Still you give a damn about my reputation
Take me as I am
You are my family
If you get lonely you know where you will find me

[Chorus]

And there is no way out
If you don't wanna talk about it
If you don't wanna turn around
I wanna have confidence in you

Hahahahalala
Hahahahalala

Uh-huh, hey!

"One & Only"

Ahahahahahah yeah

Have I been away too long?
Did I miss all the action?
What happened to the neighbours and the girl next door?
Did you get my greetings?
What happened to the graffiti?
And what about this crap on the walls?

Did I forget about someone?
No offence but I have to
I didn't have a respect for the violence
And what about this music?
Did I forget something else?
When I left in silence

Don't let the shadows reach me (Don't let the shadows reach me)
Don't let the shadows swallow the light while I'm sleeping, yeah
Whatever comes to your mind just hit me
Ahahahahahah
It's my time
My time
The one and only lonely
Ahahahahahah
It's my time
My time
The one and only lonely
The one and only lonely

Did I win the first prize?
Have I crossed the enemylines
Got stabbed in the back but I don't know why
Like walking on the eggshells
Stepping over landmines
Waiting for the moment from the open sky
Did you forget about something?
Did you forget about you and me?
What about this envy around me?
Did I do something wrong?
Have I been away too long?
In middle of these changes

Don't let the shadows reach me (Don't let the shadows reach me)
Don't let the shadows swallow the light while I'm sleeping, yeah
Whatever comes to your mind just hit me
Ahahahahahah
It's my time
My time
The one and only lonely
Ahahahahahah
It's my time
My time
The one and only lonely

Oh ohohoh ohohoh ohohoh
Oh ohohoh ohohoh ohohoh
Oh ohohoh ohohoh ohohohoh
Oh ohohoh ohohoh whatever comes to your mind just hit me
Whatever comes to your mind

Ahahahahahah
It's my time
My time
The one and only lonely
Ahahahahahah
It's my time
My time
The one and only lonely
Ahahahahahah
It's my time
My time
The one and only lonely
Ahahahahahah
It's my time
My time
Whatever comes to your mind just hit me

"Last Waltz"

Make me blind
Cover my eyes
You can do what you want
I'm paralyzed by the perfect mood
When we're dancing with blindfolds on
You make it easy to love you and hate you
I can't explain it, I feel insecure
Say it simple: "You die just to live again."
You say we're waiting for the waltz

Another you and me
Another revolutionary heavenly romance
Waiting for the last waltz
And so it seems
We won't find the solution
Confusion leads the dance
We're waiting for the last waltz

Praise the wine
So divine
And it stings like a rose
Allow the night to flow inside
Open the window and let the wind blow
Highlight of the night is the unhappy ending
You keep refusing to answer my calls
Drop the bending and stop the pretending
You say get ready for the last waltz

Another you and me
Another revolutionary heavenly romance
Waiting for the last waltz
And so it seems
We won't find the solution
Confusion leads the dance
We're waiting for the last waltz

I belive that no one in this world has the answers for me
But still I hope that someone has heard

[orchestra solo]

Ohhh you and me
Another revolutionary heavenly romance
Waiting for the last waltz
And so it seems
We won't find the solution
Confusion leads the dance
We're waiting for the last waltz

"First Day Of My Life"

Feel like I'm stoned
wanna be alone, just for a while, unknown
Weeks on the road a long way from home
just shut off the phone

And you say I'll heal you,
I'll always be yours
and you say I'll kill you if I do something wrong
yeah, yeah, yeah ,yeah, yeah, yeah

Still feels like the first time
to stand here by your side
together regardless
we'll walk through the darkness
Still feels like the first day of my life

Remember the times
together we swore, never give up this life
still hanging on, still going strong
here I belong

And maybe I'm crazy
but I just can't slow down
And maybe I'm crazy
but at least I'm still around
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Still feels like the first time
to stand here by your side
together regardless
we'll walk through the darkness
Still feels like the first day of my life

Feels like the first day of my life,
(feels like the first day)
Still feels like the first day of my life

Still feels like the first time
to stand here by your side
together regardless
we'll walk through the darkness
Still feels like the first day of my
still feels like the first day of my
still feels like the first day of my life

"In The Shadows"

No sleep
No sleep until I am done with finding the answer
Won't stop
Won't stop before I find a cure for this cancer
Sometimes
I feel like going down and so disconnected
Somehow
I know that I am haunted to be wanted

I've been watching
I've been waiting
In the shadows for my time
I've been searching
I've been living
For tomorrows all my life

In the shadows

In the shadows

They say
That I must learn to kill before I can feel safe
But I
I'd rather kill myself than turn into their slave
Sometimes
I feel that I should go and play with the thunder
Somehow
I just don't wanna stay and wait for a wonder

I've been watching
I've been waiting
In the shadows for my time
I've been searching
I've been living
For tomorrows all my life

Lately I been walking walking in circles, watching waiting for something
Feel me touch me heal me, come take me higher

I've been watching
I've been waiting
In the shadows all my time
I've been searching
I've been living
For tomorrows all my life
I've been watching
I've been waiting
I've been searching
I've been living for tomorrows

In the shadows

In the shadows
I've been waiting

"Still Standing"

I wish you here tonight with me to see the northern lights
I wish you were here tonight with me
I wish I could have you by my side tonight when the sky is burning
I wish I could have you by my side

Cause I've been down and I've been crawling
Won't back down no more

Can't you stop the lies, falling from the skies
Down on me, I'm still standing
Can't you roll the dice, I might be surprised
Conscience clear, I'm still standing here

burns like a thousand stars, though you are light years away
burns like a thousand stars or more

you're up there, you're always with me
smiling down on me

can't you stop the lies, falling from the skies
down on me, I'm still standing
can't you roll the dice, I might be surprised
conscience clear, I'm still standing here

It's something sacred, something so beautiful
something quiet to ease my mind
when the pressure's taking me over and over

cause I've been down and I've been crawling
pushed around and always falling
you're up there, you're always with me
smiling down on me

can't you stop the lies, falling from the skies
down on me, I'm still standing
can't you roll the dice, I might be surprised
conscience clear, I'm still standing here
can't you stop the lies, falling from the skies
down on me, I'm still standing here
can't you roll the dice, I might be surprised
conscience clear, I'm still standing here

"In My Life"

Feel the heat below my feet
I have to go, no time to sleep
Can't believe the things you say
I turn my head and walk away
You make me sick - you make me nervous

Times had gone when you would say
This is the one and seize the day
Times had gone for honesty
My victory is your defeat
Can't you see you've been mistaken

In my life I decide and it turns me on,
How I am, how I live, who I love
In my way I feel strong and it turns me on
In my life, I decide, I decide

I decide

I decide

All you do you can't deny
It's waste of time, waste of life
Can I suggest that you invest
In something more than hopelessness
Before you know the ride is over

In my life I decide and it turns me on,
How I am, how I live, who I love
In my way I feel strong and it turns me on
In my life, I decide, I decide

It's up to you if you give it up
It's up to you if you won't stop
It's up to you if you give it up
It's up to you if you won't stop

It's up to you if you give it up, give it up
It's up to you if you won't stop
It's up to you if you give it up, give it up
It's up to you
It's up to you...

The record shows that you're dead but you're still living
Every time you have died you have been given
Another chance to fix your bad attitude
And make a move, it's up to you

It's up to you if we give it up, give it up
It's up to you if we give it up, give it up
It's up to you
It's up to you
YOU...

Give it up
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up

Give it up
Give it up
Give it up
Give it up

"Time To Burn"

Fear of the dark tears me apart
won't leave me alone and time keeps running out

Just one more life, I'm so sick and tired
of singing the blues, I should turn my life around

[Chorus:]
Tell me why do I feel this way
all my life I`ve been standing on the borderline
too many bridges burned
too many lies I've heard
I had life but I can't go back
I can't do that, it will never be the same again
and I know I don't
have any time to burn

they follow me home, disturbing my sleep
but I'll find a place, place where they cannot find me
maybe I'm lost, and maybe I'm scared
but too many times I've closed the doors behind me

[Chorus]

leave it all behind
cross the borderline
face the truth, don't have any time to...
don't have any time to burn

[Chorus]

"Guilty"

I feel guilty
my words are empty
no signs to give you
i don't have the time for you

you say i'm heartless
and you say i don't care
i used to be there for you
and you've said i seem so dead, that i have changed
but so have you

guilty, guilty i feel so
empty, empty you know how to make me feel

i put a shield upon you
i didn't mean to hurt you
i would have only poisoned your mind
never meant to make you cry

you've been so thoughtless
i can see right through you
you used to be there for me
so don't you leave say goodbye
cause you have changed but so have i

i never thought that the time and the distance
between us made you so much colder
i'll carry the world on my shoulders

"Not Like The Other Girls"

No more blame I am destined to keep you sane
Gotta rescue the flame
Gotta rescue the flame in your heart

No more blood, I will be there for you my love
I will stand by your side
The world has forsaken my girl

I should have seen it would be this way
I should have known from the start what she's up to
When you have loved and you've lost someone
You know what it feels like to lose

She's fading away
Away from this world
Drifting like a feather
She's not like the other girls
She lives in the clouds
She talks to the birds
Hopeless little one
She's not like the other girls I know

No more shame, she has felt too much pain, in her life
In her mind she's repeating the words
All the love you put out will return to you

"The One I Love"

Haven't slept in a week
My bed has become my coffin
Cannot breath, cannot speak
My head's like a bomb, still waiting
Take my heart and take my soul
I don't need them anymore

The one I love
Is striking me down on my knees
The one I love
Drowning me in my dreams
The one I love
Over and over again
Dragging me under

Hypnotized by the night
Silently rising beside me
Emptiness, Nothingness
Is burning a hole inside me
Take my faith and take my pride
I don't need them anymore

This bed has become my chapel of stone
A garden of darkness to where I'm thrown
So take my life, I don't need it anymore