misunderstand me right(Arnold Melleby, 09.28.2016)

oh, no, not again
here comes another one
one I do not know
one i do not want to outperform
in any matter, shape or form

cast in steel
but, boy, did it rust
and years after
turn to dust

whatever happened to love
whatever happened to us
in the midst of the warm summer rains
it began to snow

in order to understand love
in order to understand me
you need to misunderstand me right
or else you`ll get it all wrong
I can assure you, you don´t want that

oh, no, not again
here comes another one
one I do not know
one i do not want to outperform
in any matter, shape or form

cast in steel
but, boy, did it rust
and years after
turn to dust

whatever happened to love
whatever happened to us
in the midst of the warm summer rains
it began to snow

in order to understand love
in order to understand me
you need to misunderstand me right
or else you`ll get it all wrong
I can assure you, you don´t want that

in order to understand love
in order to understand me
you need to misunderstand me right
or else you`ll get it all wrong
I can assure you, you don´t want that

for the sake of love
misunderstand me right

dangling from the wrong tree(Arnold Melleby, 09.27.2016)

as it turns out
the sunken years
the drunken years
offered nothing but tears
for all of us
exposing our worst fears
as you were found
dangling from a tree
on a Sunday morning
on our way back from church
you could have chosen a nicer one
than the one next to our local DMV
in you´re next life if you get one
pick the one behind the library
the grand old oak
it´s been there forever
and it knows a soul or two
that has passed on by
just like you

scream(Arnold Melleby, 09.27.2016)

the room´s on fire
but as it turns out
I am not
your lipstick is to be found
just about everywhere
but on your lips
as I leave
I know the scent I brought
will stay with the room
much longer than you
ever will

wham bam
but, no thank you mam
what you have to offer
ain´t worth what I have to sacrifice
to get to a part of you
I do not want

scream
blow the eardrums away
a solid wave of decibel
roaming into everyones ears
scream
even the birds fly away
the message is loud and clear
scream
let´s get the hell outta here
scream
scream
scream

wham bam
but, no thank you mam
what you have to offer
ain´t worth what I have to sacrifice
to get to a part of you
I do not want

scream
blow the eardrums away
a solid wave of decibel
roaming into everyones ears
scream
even the birds fly away
the message is loud and clear
scream
let´s get the hell outta here
scream
scream
scream

scream
blow the eardrums away
a solid wave of decibel
roaming into everyones ears
scream
even the birds fly away
the message is loud and clear
scream
let´s get the hell outta here
scream
scream
scream

summer turned to gold(Arnold Melleby, 09.25.2016)

we should have born children
we should have had a future
long before we ever met

and with the lights on
I could have found you
long before I did

summer turned to gold
as the days were turning cold
green leaves finding each end every color
this universe has to offer
I guess they call it fall
I fell for you
on a day just like I´ve just described

tears aside
we molded a path we found easy to follow
laughter ahead
as it has turned out
we still do

we drove through Nothingville
and found nothing
and later quite the opposite
I guess we landed and live
somewhere in between

summer turned to gold
as the days were turning cold
green leaves finding each end every color
this universe has to offer
I guess they call it fall
I fell for you
on a day just like I´ve just described

summer turned to gold
as the days were turning cold
green leaves finding each end every color
this universe has to offer
I guess they call it fall
I fell for you
on a day just like I´ve just described

open doors(Arnold Melleby, 09.23.2016)

open doors
but closed gates
to keep out
the ones one hates
in the darkness
the eyes of cats
are the only ones
that send back a glow

I´m an animal
I´m a beast
for those
who like to be
a part of the feast
please be welcome
and dig in

heat`s the new cold
spreading is the new
closing in
mourning is the new
celebration
death becomes you
and you need to be alive
to read this

open doors
but closed gates
to keep out
the ones one hates
in the darkness
the eyes of cats
are the only ones
that send back a glow

a broken heart
and it´s for sale
and there´s nothing
the world can do about it
this broken heart
is in the serious need
of repair

open doors
but closed gates
to keep out
the ones one hates
in the darkness
the eyes of cats
are the only ones
that send back a glow

no longer with us(Arnold Melleby, 09.22.2016)

rolling the dice
but there`s something
up his sleeve
another whiskey on the table
another deck of cards
roll out on the green tablecloth
and it´s all forgotten
at least that´s what he thinks
as he drinks
the last drops
of the last call

until he wakes up
and faces reality once more
the morning sun this time
had something special waiting for him
a silver bullet found its way
through the skull of his forehead
and put him a long way behind
all of a sudden
forever was yesterday
and he was no longer with us

you can`t beat the devil
playing at his table
at the odds of about one to sixsixsix
no Lucifer will always win
sin sin sin
crawl your way outta there
before he gets the best of you
before he gets all of you
and gives you the taste of blood
your own this time
I can assure you it doesn´t taste that good

you may pray
but it won´t pay
at least not what you´re hoping for
stick to the everlasting score
and hope
you´ll get back to where you were before
everything told
didn´t make him old
well, that´s what happens
if you don´t listen
to good advice

he´s
no longer with us
I guess he quit smoking
just about now

Tacoma sunset(Arnold Melleby, 09.22.2016)

hauler
and I´ll call you back
like a wolf to another
on different mountaintops

be nice to me
tell no lies to me
do me the right way
and I´ll treat you to a
Tacoma sunset
and watch the soft moon
in your eyes

hands tied
but in a nice
friendly
way

blindfolded
but in a nice
friendly
way

any way
is a good way
when you do it
to me

be nice to me
tell no lies to me
do me the right way
and I´ll treat you to a
Tacoma sunset
and watch the soft moon
in your eyes

be nice to me
tell no lies to me
do me the right way
and I´ll treat you to a
Tacoma sunset
and watch the soft moon
in your eyes

bad boys of rock and roll(Arnold Melleby, 09.22.2016)

I shot from the hip
and the girls ran in opposite directions
a deadly kiss
and the sky cleared itself from clouds
no more God damn rain

I was like, well
this ain`t exactly swell
but then again
what the hell
spread the pain

bad boys of rock and roll
bad boys of rock and roll
bad boys of rock and roll
bring out the troll
tonight

an anthem in the making
calling out your name
speaking to you and you only
taking over your brain
time to go insane

bad boys of rock and roll
bad boys of rock and roll
bad boys of rock and roll
bring out the troll
tonight

I was like, well
I was like, well
I was like, well
listen up
I was like, well

bad boys of rock and roll
bad boys of rock and roll
bad boys of rock and roll
bring out the troll
tonight

bad boys of rock and roll
bad boys of rock and roll
bad boys of rock and roll
bring out the troll
tonight

bad boys of rock and roll
riding again
tonight

God damn it(Arnold Melleby, 09.21.2016)

pathetic lies rule the sky
the truth of the matter is
you are no matter at all
in other words hard to find
evaporated in thin air
hey, stupid
God damn it
where are you

I know a bad piece of work when I see one
I´ve seen it all and then some
and before you decided to leave
you were most definitely
one that caught peoples eyes
a masterpiece of the wrong kind
running faster than the bullets
fired to get ya

pathetic lies rule the sky
the truth of the matter is
you are no matter at all
in other words hard to find
evaporated in thin air
hey, stupid
God damn it
where are you

I can smell the final chapter
I can smell the fear
you run away from
you sure raised some hell
and you sure have some story to tell
out of reach but not out of mind
of all the ones you left behind
and the ones that decided to follow

pathetic lies rule the sky
the truth of the matter is
you are no matter at all
in other words hard to find
evaporated in thin air
hey, stupid
God damn it
where are you

somewhere out there on a long forgotten map
I know someone out there is gasping for air
and that someone bares the likeness of you
I know you still bare it well
why don´t you give me a call
if you one day decide to give up the race
and give in to the chase
and give yourself a fucking brake

pathetic lies rule the sky
the truth of the matter is
you are no matter at all
in other words hard to find
evaporated in thin air
hey, stupid
God damn it
where are you

lightyears away(Arnold Melleby, 09.19.2016)

build it up
and break it down again
that´s what`s felt
to me

a dictator
to the sense
that acknowledges
no one at all

the way it usually is
when push comes to shove
in nations
that carry all but a soul

lightyears away
of the needs
lightyears away
of the wants
you gotta know by now
when to say goodbye

lightyears away
of the needs
lightyears away
of the wants
you gotta know by now
when to say goodbye

we all end up
on the shore we all adore
where it´s all down to the core
where you don´t even have to score
to get laid

lightyears away
of the needs
lightyears away
of the wants
you gotta know by now
when to say goodbye

lightyears away

monday evening(Arnold Melleby, 09.19.2016)

you wrapped your legs
around my soul
and made my cold heart feel warm
draped with kisses to light the inferno
that once created it all

I´ll always hail the powers
that made me give in
to what I´ve always considered sin
turns out it had the answers
I was looking for

sunday closes the disaster
come monday evening
and life gets a brand new start
the masters of the universe
have saved a special place
for the likes of someone like you

you live and learn
some die and have not
that´s the the rule
and that`s how nature
takes care of it all

sunday closes the disaster
come monday evening
and life gets a brand new start
the masters of the universe
have saved a special place
for the likes of someone like you

you live and learn
some die and have not
that´s the rule
and that`s how nature
takes care of it all

sunday closes the disaster
come monday evening
and life gets a brand new start
the masters of the universe
have saved a special place
for the likes of someone like you

you wrapped your legs
around my soul
and made my cold heart feel warm
draped with kisses to light the inferno
that once created it all

I´m counting on you(Arnold Melleby, 09.14.2016)

a bottle of wine
won´t do it
only you
and only you
can lift my head
above water
this time
I´m counting on you

the one I love
is the only one I love
I can only stand
one nightmare at a time
do I make myself clear
do I make myself understood

tempted by the temptress
the temptress being tempted
by the the presence, of me
what else could we do
engaging in each others beauty
we had a story to tell

a bottle of wine
won´t do it
only you
and only you
can lift my head
above water
this time
I´m counting on you

balls deep
in a universe
I wanted to explore
with the one to adore
balls deep
and not a care in the world

then reality checked in
into our favorite suite of our favorite hotel
banging the crap out of our dreams
sending us back to a place we thought
we didn´t belong
the real world

a bottle of wine
won´t do it
only you
and only you
can lift my head
above water
this time
I´m counting on you

a bottle of wine
won´t do it
only you
and only you
can lift my head
above water
this time
I´m counting on you

emotions(Arnold Melleby, 09.12.2016)

the once white canvas
has been painted over
over and over again
the open landscape
and colors of the rainbow
now show nothing but
darker shades of gray

what once was fields of love and compassion
now host fields of war
the beginning of forever
is now the only end

it goes on and on and on and on
in circles that never seem to have an end
before you know the word of it
you´re stuck in the middle of it
it goes on and on and on and on
in circles that never seem to have an end
it goes on and on and on and on

what once was fields of love and compassion
now host fields of war
the beginning of forever
is now the only end

it goes on and on and on and on
in circles that never seem to have an end
before you know the word of it
you´re stuck in the middle of it
it goes on and on and on and on
in circles that never seem to have an end
it goes on and on and on and on

it goes on and on and on and on
in circles that never seem to have an end
before you know the word of it
you´re stuck in the middle of it
it goes on and on and on and on
in circles that never seem to have an end
it goes on and on and on and on

emotions can fool the best of us
emotions rule most of us
emotions make us come alive

for fuck´s sake(Arnold Melleby,

a deadly sting
a life passing by
in ruins
fragments
spread over a dead sea
there´s no telling
what´s next to follow

heaven or is it perhaps hell
I am calling out to be heard
I´ve got a message
coming through loud and clear
can you hear me
whoever you are
I´m more than skin and bones

I heard a story
about two people
that at one time
were in love
then the evil of rumors took a hold
creating challenges of the untold
words are now never spoken

the brilliance of a mind
can never outdo the brilliance of two
working together
down a silent path
the one that creates lives
the brilliance of a mind
can bring two together

a natural high
although there are no mountains in sight
stoned, on a sandy beach
find me
and I´ll climb whatever`s ahead
give me a reason
and I´ll be reasonable

a cathedral
and a graveyard next to it
flowers growing freely
and ones given
to the ones that had to give in
and to the ones that are still giving it all
as I´m getting older, the difference seems clearer

ride the tiger
make it beautiful
kill time
not the ones who live it
and spend what you have earned
with the lessons you have learned
and for fuck`s sake, keep love alive

not even in my dreams(Arnold Melleby, 09.08.2016)

she cried the first time
she ever put her eyes on me
I licked the tears off of her cheeks
becoming each and every tear
feeling the pain of a future
so hard to bear

love
becoming the one to beat
I found you shaking in your seat
screaming out my name
while tearing up the fabric
feeling the heat from above

not even in my dreams
where nothing`s as it seems
could I ever dream
and find evil worse than
the evil that tears love apart
this is the part where I´m cryin`
over love dyin`

not even in my dreams
where nothing`s as it seems
could I ever dream
cursing the horizon
causing the vultures to fly
scavenging birds of prey
filling the sky

all carrying bits of our flesh
blocking the sun
making it hard to see
with our fatigued,
dehydrated and blurred vision of it all
trying to gain control
of a situation that can`t be won

not even in my dreams
where nothing`s as it seems
could I ever dream
and find evil worse than
the evil that tears love apart
this is the part where I´m cryin`
over love dyin`

not even in my dreams
where nothing`s as it seems
could I ever dream
cursing the horizon
causing the vultures to fly
scavenging birds of prey
filling the sky

not even in my dreams
could there ever be
a greater love
than the the one that cried the tears
that became me

not even in my dreams

space(Arnold Melleby, 09.02.2016)

I can feel the energy you bring
I can see the fright in your eyes
and the experience of numerous goodbyes
there is no reason to sing
at least not for a while
the mirror tells no lies

tears of sorrow
fog up my reading glasses
making it hard to see
the letters that make up the words
of the message you sent
but I know
I´ve been around long enough
putting the glasses away for tonight
no need to read another word

what else is left to see
what else is left to do
what else is out there
for me

space
space
space

in the middle of the night
I drove myself to a deserted beach
the universe presents herself
handing me the moon
lighting up the surrounding landscape
and a skyless horizon
my eyes absorbing all there is to see

space
space
space

just because
you have a bullet in your head
doesn´t mean your dead
bone by bone
hair by hair
I am still a man
even if my mind
at this point in time
may not seem all there
to all of you
I am still here
I still know who you are
just because
you have a bullet in your head
doesn´t mean you´re dead

space
space
space

can you all see me above the moon tonight?

weather the storm(Arnold Melleby, 09.01.2016)

pour yourself a strong one
and drink it up
pour another
and repeat the procedure
until you´re strong enough
to be weak for me
now, get down on your knees

you know my pen as well as I do
you know it`s my only friend
what are friends for
I do not know
I only swear to the one I´ve got
fuckin` A

snorting up a storm
the air outside is sizzling
not a breath of air in sight
by noon the walls turn on you
and you´ve got no where to go
the only thing you can do
is stay
and weather the storm

I´ve seen faces like yours
plenty of times before
some stay and some leave
others act like a whore
in common they all share
unaware of the score

pour yourself a strong one
and drink it up
pour another
and repeat the procedure
until you´re strong enough
to be weak for me
now, get down on your knees

you know my pen as well as I do
you know it`s my only friend
what are friends for
I do not know
I only swear to the one I´ve got
fuckin` A

snorting up a storm
the air outside is sizzling
not a breath of air in sight
by noon the walls turn on you
and you´ve got no where to go
the only thing you can do
is stay
and weather the storm

snorting up a storm
the air outside is sizzling
not a breath of air in sight
by noon the walls turn on you
and you´ve got no where to go
the only thing you can do
is stay
and weather the storm

fuckin` A

hey, sunshine on my horizon(Arnold Melleby, 09.01.2016)

how come the air becomes so hard to breathe
every time you walk into the room
there`s a scare
there´s a blare
and everyone runs away
like you care

drunken memories
and the worst ones
are the ones that come alive
during the sober hours
when all the lights are on
and you´re all alone

do you know what it´s like to be me
can you really see what I see
every time I open my eyes
can you hear what I hear late at night
it hits hard, right?

hey, sunshine on my horizon
waking me up
I just went to bed
come shine with me
let´s greet the day
hey, sunshine on my horizon
you are all I wanna keep my eyes on
hey, sunshine on my horizon
set me free

let these lyrics of life
feed the flames from within
to force evil to give in to sin
let the floors become walls
never to be climbed again
and buried once and for all

hey, sunshine on my horizon
waking me up
I just went to bed
come shine with me
let´s greet the day
hey, sunshine on my horizon
you are all I wanna keep my eyes on
hey, sunshine on my horizon
set me free

what happened to love conquers all
I´m left to take the fall
who am I fooling by standing tall
no one else but myself

in love I was created
and love will keep me alive
for as long as I let it

I love love

the fire`s still burning
baby
come catch it
please

am I getting through(Arnold Melleby, 09.01.2016)

hey, hey, hey
let´s wave some white flags
and give the beast a rest

I´m singing the same old song
again
repeating the same old lines
all over again
the boredom of repetitiveness
can be a killer
if left untreated

am I getting through
am I getting through at all
to you

I´ve got the band back together again
they´re waiting for me
in the barn that brought us together
in the first place
the one that got us in sync

I can hear them jamming
the guitars are calling for me
I´d better leave
to join the guys
and call our words out in the night

am I getting through
am I getting through at all
to you
I thought it was gonna be easy
once we made landfall
I guess the rains flushed it all away
my heaven`s all caught up in tears
am I getting through
am I getting through at all
to you

hey, hey, hey
let´s wave some white flags
and give the beast a rest

I´m singing the same old song
again
repeating the same old lines
all over again
the boredom of repetitiveness
can be a killer
if left untreated

am I getting through
am I getting through at all
to you
I thought it was gonna be easy
once we made landfall
I guess the rains flushed it all away
my heaven`s all caught up in tears
am I getting through
am I getting through at all
to you