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    ...What have you got to lose

    Lift me up

    Loveblind

    Its good to be alive

    Falling

    After the break of dawn

    Blissful dream

    Hangin on

    Youre here

    If it takes forever

    Would you?

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    2 : What have you got to loseYouve been looking for an exitYouve been looking for an easy way outPart of you wishes you were mentally disturbed

    That would make a legal excuse

    Filling up your daysWith unimportant matters

    To prevent yourself from getting too close

    To everything you ever dreamed of

    If you let go of all you know for now

    Youd see another world

    If you erase the memory of your trace

    You could start all overWhat have you got to lose, what have you got to lose

    Youve been looking for an answer

    Well I think that youve been searching the wrong place

    Its a trap theres nothing but a big black hole and insanity

    Baby thats not what you need

    If you let go of all youve known by nowYoud see another world

    If you erase the memory of your trace

    You could start all over

    If you let go of all youve known by now

    Youd see another world

    If you erase the memory of disgrace

    You could start all over - right here, right now

    What have you got to lose, what have you got to lose

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    3 : Lift me upHey its me here lost at sea in the deep oceanNo bottom, no base, no land in sightJust waves tossing me around at random

    Longing for hands above to

    Come, lift me upTake me up higher

    Cause I cant find my way

    Come, lift me up

    Take me up higher

    To where I belong

    I walk a dessert of quicksand

    Nothing is solid here nothing seems for realIm just talking to the shadows

    They keep me company

    Longing for hands above to

    Come, lift me up

    Take me up higher

    Cause I cant find my strength

    Come, lift me up,Take me up higher

    Oh it would be good to fly away

    To some unknown place

    Where wed walk blissfully side by side

    In the garden of delight

    Take me there

    Cause when you come, youre lifting me up

    Youre taking me higher

    Where I can spread my wings

    Oh you come, youre lifting me up

    Youre taking me higher

    To where I belong

    When you come, youre lifting me upTaking me higher

    Where I can spread my wings

    Oh you come, youre lifting me up

    Taking me higher

    To where we all belong

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    4 : LoveblindThis has been going on for way too longNothings really changingNothings really become of us

    This isnt what its supposed to be

    Youre still trapped in historyYour heads stuck in the sand

    This is what it all comes down to,

    This is where I draw the line

    Oh how loveblind a heart grows

    Oh such denial

    It is all or nothing, all or nothing

    All or nothing at all

    Yes Ive been here many times before

    Repeating safe old patterns

    Ill take the blame for now

    But Im tired of being ms. understanding

    Tired of this big old heart

    I let it stoop too low

    You to walk all over it

    This is what it all comes down to,This is where I draw the line

    Oh how loveblind a heart grows

    Oh such denial

    Oh how loveblind a heart grows

    Oh such denial

    It is all or nothing, all or nothing

    All or nothing at all

    It is either or my friend

    It is win or lose in the end

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    5: Its good to be alive

    I dont know where I am

    I hardly feel a thing

    Besides the pounding in my veins

    I dont know where Im going

    I just keep floatingI am weightless in the crowd

    I dont know much about

    what everybodys talking bout

    Dont know much of anything these days

    I dont know what I want but its okay

    As long as Im on my way

    It is good to be alive; it is good to be alive,

    No matter how hard it may come

    But what good can I do

    In my little cocoon

    It is getting kind of dull in here

    And what more can I say

    No reasons left to stayI can hear you calling my name out loud

    I dont know much about

    what everybodys talking bout

    Dont know much of anything these days

    I dont know where to go but its all right

    As long as I am by your side

    It is all right, it is all alright

    Everybodys running wild sometimes

    It is all right, it is all alright

    Everybodys frightened, everybodys awed

    Everybodys running wild sometimes

    I dont know where I am

    I hardly feel a thingBesides the fact that Im alive

    I dont know where Im going

    But I just keep on going

    It is good to be alive, it is good to be alive,

    Aint it good to be alive,

    aint it good to be alive, aint it?

    It is good to be alive

    - no matter how hard it may come

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    6 : FallingStaring blind, wondering where you areIt keeps me far away from hereWonder what it could have been

    And I cant bring my self to sleep

    I dont wanna fall in love again but I cant help fallingI am running round in circles trying to find my way out of here

    Seven days and all I do is sigh

    I think about you all the time

    And I keep asking myself why

    I let it come this far I let you in my heart

    I dont wanna fall in love again but I cant help falling

    I am running round in circles trying to find my way

    Maybe youre not even the one for me

    Maybe I just miss the feeling terribly

    Of lying naked side by side

    Strong arms holding me tight

    I dont wanna fall in love again but I cant help falling

    I am running round in circles trying to find my way out of hereI dont wanna fall in love but I keep on falling

    I am running wild and I seem to have lost sense of my direction

    I think Im going home

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    7 : After the break of dawnCall me up in the middle of the nightCrying bout how much you love meBut you wont remember nothing

    After the break of dawn

    And it scares me - that youre so out of touchDoes it really frighten you so much

    Like the man in black is gonna take your hand

    Well baby, your already half a man

    How many lies does it take for you to see?

    How many untold truths can you bear to keep?

    I wonder what you see in the mirror

    Behind those clear blue eyes

    Behind the strokes and the gentle kisses

    Lies a secret undisclosed

    Watch your path

    Cause its taking you somewhere

    I know you dont belong dont wanna be

    Its blinded, leading nowhere but to pain

    How many lies does it take for you to see?How many untold truths can you bear to keep?

    Tell me when I look at you

    Is it really you, is it true?

    Or is it just a masquerade of

    Who youd like to be?

    How many lies does it take for you to see?

    How many untold truths can you bear to keep?

    How many lies does it take for you

    to wake up and see?

    How many untold truths can you bear to keep?

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    8: Blissful dream

    Never thought this could come true

    Never thought that I could meet someone like you

    Its not like it was written in my destiny

    Something must have changed

    The stars must have turned their luck on me

    I could drown in your eyes

    I could lose myself a million years

    All the tears I cried in my lonely nights

    Perish the moment you hold me tight and say: Youre my baby

    Never thought Id feel this close

    Never thought that all this loneliness could decompose

    Id started to believe that love was not what it was hyped to be;A blissful dream that would only cause my heart to bleed

    I could drown in your eyes

    I could lose myself a million years

    All the tears I cried in my lonely nights

    Perish the moment you hold me tight and say: Youre my love

    I could drown in your eyes

    Could lose myself a million yearsThe fear I harbor all seems to melt away

    The moment that you say: You are my baby

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    9: Hangin on

    Wonder what its like inside your head

    Is it only me or does everyone notice?

    Is it something we collectively are trying to ignore?

    Is there something you forgot to tell?

    That its like running round in a maze - feels like someone cast a spellCause nothing seems to work out just the way I had in mind

    But Im hangin on till morning

    And Im hangin on till the break of dawn

    Dont know if this ever will change but

    Im hangin on till sunlight catches me

    Are we being tested for some kind of strength?

    Is it just illusion till I figure how to quench

    The yearning that still stays with me wherever I go?

    You create your own misery - you create your joy

    - Theres nothing and no one to blame for it

    So Im hangin on till morning

    Im hangin on till the break of dawn

    Hoping this will someday make some senseIm just hangin on till sunlight catches me

    Till sunlight catches me

    Oh oh oh oh oh

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    10: Youre here

    Still unsure of how to nurture this love

    Or if it will unfold by itself

    If its true I think it ought to

    But hell, with this world we live in

    Nothing is for certain

    We get tangled up and we lose our sight

    - just wanna make it right

    I dont wanna lose this time

    I dont wanna lose my mind

    I dont want to play pretend or have to bend

    Just take me or let me be

    I dont wanna hurt this time

    If I did it would be a crime

    I just wanna feel you close to my heart

    And let two become one for now

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    11: If it takes forever

    Its like getting rid of poison, intoxicating my mind

    Like getting rid of all the fears restraining me

    For theres nothing more painful

    Than holding back whats real

    Its like a new beginning

    I didnt even expect

    Like all the doors have opened

    And theres no turning back

    As hard as it may be, it terrifies me, but this is giving you my heart

    I will be your morning day and night

    I will lead you closer to the light

    With no intentions, nothing concealed

    You dont need to carry me through

    I dont need no promises

    Cause I rely on my own me

    As hard as it may be, it scares the hell out of me, but this is giving you my heart

    I will be your morning day and nightI will lead you closer to the light

    I will be your morning day and night

    I will lead you closer to the light

    I will be your morning day and night

    I will lead you closer to the light

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    12: Would you?

    If you were to stumble

    Would you call out my name?

    And if I were to cry out for help

    Would you even bother to help me?

    Every time I try to be so strong but now

    I dont really now if Im gonna stay

    Seems that youre with me

    At least for a while

    until it gets darker

    And you wanna disappear

    Ive tried to listen

    But you wouldnt let me know

    Maybe were just through here

    No more words to be said

    No more words to be spoken

    Nothing more to say

    Just love me or leave me

    Love me or leave me

    Love me or leave me

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    13: Last dance

    The flowers are in need of water

    My hair is growing gray

    There are piles and piles of papers

    That I havent even read

    All of my to-do lists

    Have gotten prematurely dated

    The smoke from all my cigarettes

    Fills this clouded room

    But youre so familiar to me

    There is no place safer

    Than in your arms, in your arms

    And if this is our last danceI want it to be slow

    If this is our last chance

    I wanna feel your glow

    If this is our swan song

    Let it be gentle

    Cause I wouldnt want to leave

    with sad goodbyes

    The floor is getting dirty

    The laundry is mounding up

    Our portraits fading

    In the setting sun

    My mind is out of order

    The dishes are growing mould

    All the thingsI h ld d

    But youre so familiar to me

    There is no place safer

    Than in your arms, in your arms

    If this is our last dance

    I want it to be slow

    If this is our last chance

    I wanna feel your glow

    And if this is our swan song

    Let it be gentle

    Cause I wouldnt want to leave

    with sad goodbyes

    No, if this is the end I dont wanna be here

    If this is the end I dont wanna be here

    If this is our swan song

    Let it be gentle

    Cause I wouldnt want to leave

    With sad goodbyes

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    Astrid Nora: Vocals, backing vocals, piano (#12) and cello (#8)

    Andreas Fuglebk: Leadguitar, backing vocals, lapsteel, mandolin, ao.

    Anders Mortensen: Piano, Hammond B-3, Moog Prodigy,Korg MS-20, Roland Juno-60 and glockenspiel

    Steven Ardils: Bass

    Erik Svendsen Laustsen: Drums

    All songs & lyrics written by Astrid Nora, except #12, written by Astrid Nora

    and Paolo Russo in collaboration with Thomas Blachman

    All songs arranged by Astrid Nora, Andreas Fuglebk, Erik Svendsen Laustsen, Steven Ardilsand Anders Mortensen

    Produced by Astrid Nora, Andreas Fuglebk and Erik Svendsen Laustsen

    Recorded in Karmacrew by Baldur Kampmann, additional guitars & moog

    recorded in Anders livingrom.

    Vocals recorded in Karmacrew by Baldur Kampmann and Erik Svendsen Laustsen andin We Know Music Studios by August Wanngren

    Mixed by August Wanngren in We Know Music Studios

    Mastered by Erik Fryland in Unit Sound

    Photo by Christina Lind, styling by Marie West

    Photo Editing by Benjamin Magnussen

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    Thanks:

    To Andreas for helping me make my dream come true - without your

    passion end enthusiasm this wouldnt have come to life, to Erik for

    your ears, patience and support with recording the vocals, and to all

    four of you guys, Andreas, Erik, Anders and Steven, for sticking withme and giving your time, creativity and extraordinary talent to making

    the music come alive.

    Also thanks to Baldur and everyone at Karmacrew and to August

    for your time and enthusiasm and to Lars at YFR for help and sup-

    port. Thanks also to DAF for financial support.Great thanks to Trine and Laura at Promokontoret and to Satoru

    for your brilliant ideas and your precious time.

    Thanks to friends and family; Benjamin, mom and dad and my

    dear, beloved friends thank you for your endless encouragement,

    your love and belief! Special thanks to Lolita and Aske for the bestbirthday present ever - Im forever grateful! Last but not least thanks

    to SGI and Ikeda Sensei this ones for you!

    THANK YOU ALL!!!

    - my deepest love & respect,

    A id N

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    2010 Your Favourite Records / YFRCD 009www.yfr.dk

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    ...

    What have you got to lose

    Lift me up

    Loveblind

    It's good to be alive

    Falling

    After the break of dawn

    Blissful dream

    Hangin on

    You're here

    If it takes forever

    Would you?

    Last dance

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