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While You Can

by Marte Røyeng

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Marte Røyeng – While You Can (single)
Released on Groundling 2016

Spotify: sptfy.com/1m9F
iTunes: itun.es/i6hQ68x
Tidal: tidal.com/album/66147891

Produced by Thom Hell.
Recorded and mixed by Giert Clausen, Fersk Lyd Studio 2016.
Mastered by Chris Sansom, Propeller Mastering

Music & lyrics by Marte Røyeng

Cover photo: Sara Angelica Spilling
Artwork: Sunniva Mellbye

lyrics

speak while you can
hang your words on a string
I see from afar
your arguments trembling
saying: this is new, this is what we ought to do
you speak of a road but it’s worn and tried

I read while I can
writing on walls
a tale that will drown
soon as the rain falls
asking you: is this story old or new
it speaks of a world that sank and died
it speaks of a blow struck from behind
an icicle palace melted by sunlight

sinking into silence
make me no promises dear
sinking into silence
sing me no songs I won’t hear

speak while you can
build a palace of air
lies with a view
easy to see through

you speak of a road
but it’s worn and tried
you speak of a tree
but it’s hollow and dry
you speak of a bridge but it’s loose on the sides

sinking into silence...

make me no promises dear
I won’t hear (speak while you can)
sinking into silence (speak while you can)

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released November 7, 2016

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Marte Røyeng Oslo, Norway

Composer, lyricist and performer working within the fields of contemporary, dance, theatre and popular music.

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