Radical Romantics Album Lyrics by Fever Ray

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What They Call Us

First I'd like to say that I'm sorry
I've done all the tricks that I can
Cinnamon bun in the oven
There's a fire in my hand

Did you see the light this morning
Sometimes there's this extra air
Sometimes I can keep my mouth open
I will stay if I dare

Did you hear what they call us?
Did you hear what they said?
My plan was flexible
Don't get stuck anywhere

Can I just hold you for a minute
Some things just ain't easy to repair
The person who came here was broken
Can you fix it, can you care?

Did you hear what they call us?
Did you hear what they said?
I've got a plan that's flexible
Just don't stop anywhere

It's a common misperception
This is not a band
Ready for a dissection
Now mommy's gotta work, see the land

Did you hear what they call us?
Did you hear what they said?
I've got a plan that's flexible
Just don't stop anywhere

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Shiver

Just a little touch
Just a little touch
Just a little touch

Killer skies, thick thighs
Some girls will make you blush
Some girls will make you shiver
Needle highs, all vibes
Some girls you wanna thrust
Some girls you wanna see shiver

I just wanna be touched
I just wanna shiver
Can I trust you?
I just wanna shiver

One million lumens
Trophy human
You still haven't met
But you need to reset
Though you haven't met them yet
It all started with a shiver

Just a little touch
Just a little touch

Woo
Can I trust you?

I just wanna shiver
I just wanna shiver
I just wanna shiver
I just wanna shiver

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New Utensils

Bringing a bowl
Of pepper, sand and salt
Get off at dawn
Digging a hole
Fill it with tinder and coal
Precious time on your own

We light the lantern
A slumber dancer
Takes a form
Perfect location
Site observation
In a song

Maybe I come home Monday
Whatever works
Lips, fists
A mouth full of words

New utensils
Think of the season
Like a poem
Grass, leaves and tree
It's not up to me
Anymore

Maybe I come home Monday
Whatever works
Lips, fists
A mouth full of words

They're always hungry
I might just spare some
Striking clouds
We bend our routine
Be nice to me
Before you're gone

Maybe I come home Monday
Whatever works
Lips, fists
A mouthful of words

West coast is the best coast
We feast in the east
Pull up a skirt
Grind a beast

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Kandy

We've been talking, now I'm singing
What if I die with this song inside
I've been alone forever
You show a new book to read out loud
Please, come home now
Tonight we'll go with someone else
I trust you, no answers
Simply wood and fire

She laid me down and whispered
All girls want Kandy
Can you bring me back, ah-ahh-ah
All girls want Kandy

Be still and patient
A new sounding instrument
We deserve rest (rest, rest)
Ohh, lovelier than diamonds

She laid me down and whispered
All girls want Kandy
Can you bring me back, ah-ahh-ah
All girls want Kandy
Ohh, after the swim she laid me down and whispered
All girls want Kandy
Can you bring me back, ah-ahh-ah
All girls want Kandy

Simply wood and fire
Lovelier diamonds
Simply wood and fire
Lovelier diamonds
Simply wood and fire
Lovelier diamonds

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Even It Out

Woo-hoo, woo-hoo
Woo-hoo

This is for Zacharias
Who bullied my kid in high school
There's no room for you
And we know where you live
One day, we might come after you (after you)
Taking back what's ours (ours)
And then we cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut
Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut
Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut
Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut

This is for Zacharias
Who bullied my kid in high school
Just even it out
Just even it out
Even it out
Even it out
And then we cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut
Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut
Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut
Cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut, cut

I do things methodically
M-m-m-methodically
M-m-m-m-m-m-methodically
Woo-hoo
Even it out

Woo-hoo
Even it out
Just even it out
Woo-hoo
Even it out
Woo-hoo
Even it out
Just even it out
Woo-hoo

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Looking For A Ghost

We don't come with a manual
Eating out like cannibal
Can we go now?
Is this night over now?
I know you know (I know you know)
I know you know
I like it like this
Steady like this

Looking for a person
With a special kind of smile
Teeth like razors
Fingers like spice
Looking for a ghost
In the midst of life
Asking for a friend
Who's kind of shy
Can it be just something?
Can you just let me be?
Pretend it never happened
That it wasn't me
If it's a test
Just let it pass by
Like all the rest
That just passes by

You call me smoothie, I call you bird seed
You wrote a note and put it on my windshield
Is this toy new?
Is this feeling true?
Is this thought through?
Can I come too?

Looking for person
With a special kind of smile
Teeth like razors
Fingers like spice
Looking for a ghost
In the midst of life
Asking for a friend
Who's kind of shy
Can it be just something?
Can you just let me be?
Pretend it never happened
That it wasn't me
If it's a test
Just let it pass by
Like all the rest
That just passes by

Let's go now
We've been out so many nights like this
Let's go now
Is this night over now?
I follow like a cloud
I've got it in me like a cloud

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Carbon Dioxide

Sucking on what's mine
Love's carbon dioxide
Can't say it out loud, I'm afraid to lose it
Their melody is pure music

Pour yourself out of the sea
Softest syrup over me
Sipping a sparkling tumor
Wish me courage, strength and a sense of humor

Holding my heart (holding my heart)
While falling (while falling)

In the city, at dusk jumps the magic heaven
On the island, it's 24/7
When I lay me down to rest (when I lay me down to rest)
The elves ask me to carry their nest

Holding my heart (holding my heart)
While falling (while falling)

Oh, will you meet me? Hocus pocus (hocus pocus)
On the other side of hyper focus (hyper focus)
The first one, excellent
The second came for me by accident

Holding my heart (holding my heart)
While falling (while falling)

Woo, you had me on cuddle (oh, you had me on cuddle)
Swallowing the buds from the puddle
There's resounding gongs and clanging bowls
There's cats to guide my soul

Holding my heart (holding my heart)
While falling (while falling)

Holding my heart (holding my heart)
While falling (while falling)
Holding my heart (holding my heart)
While falling (while falling)
Holding my heart (holding my heart)
While falling (while falling)

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North

I'm calling sex
North
It's a way to pass
Time forward
To see if time
Works this time
Like a way to thrive
Time onwards
It's a way to thrive

What if I told you in the whole wide world
There is no place I'd rather be

A map of words
It's a way to pass
Sex forward
Like a way to thrive

What if I told you in the whole wide world
There is no place I'd rather be
Than with you
Than with you
Than with you
Than with you
Than with you
Than with you
Than with you
Than with you

(Than with you) I'm calling sex
North
(Than with you) It's a way to pass
(Than with you) Time forward
(Than with you) To see if time
(Than with you) Works this time
(Than with you) Like a way to thrive
(Than with you) Time onwards
(Than with you) It's a way to thrive

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Tapping Fingers

Let me know
If this is the last day
We run our bodies as we go to sleep
Tapping fingers as a way to speak
This is how
Building a nest of pins
A head to rest on a limb
Waiting to get longer
I pull out an arm to touch you

You're soft
I'm in the parking lot
Ready to pick you up
Ready to burst
Ready to curse the few hours we've got
Who am I while wanting you?
Are they laughing at my thin skin?

It's better than sleeping though
Yeah, it's better than sleeping though
It's better than sleeping though
Yeah, it's better than sleeping though

Let me know
If this is the last day
We run our bodies as we go to sleep
Tapping fingers as a way to speak
This is how
Building a nest of pins
A head to rest on a limb

It's better than sleeping though
Everything's better than sleeping though

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Bottom of the Ocean

[Vocalizing]