Trying to relax. Just breathe in and then breathe out
The unrest takes a little break until again my mind starts turning
Just like a mill wheel hit by a flood,
a stream of thoughts stir up my blood
Trying to run quickly, trying to walk slow
I couldn't shake it off me...it wouldn't let me go
My questions fill me up, messing with the knowledge that I find
The lack of calming answers stuns me,
from my muscles to my mind
If I ran from here all the way to the moon,
maybe my soul in the end would attune
Laying down on the grass
Letting ants carry me away
Looking up at the sky I'm slowly slipping
out of all the gray
Laying down on the lawn
Letting ants carry me away
Looking up at the sky I'm slowly slipping
out of all the gray
Couldn't shake it off me. It wouldn't let me go
Do I have to be a prisoner forever in a jail
of thoughts
Shut out from everything I love
Won't I ever find my way to the valley
Where I used to feel so fine and free of
worries and pain
Laying down on the grass
Letting ants carry me away
Looking up at the sky
I'm slowly slipping out of all the gray
from
Walking Up That Valley,
released January 29, 2021
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Words and music by Bjørn Klakegg
Arranged by Bjørn Klakegg and Nikolai Hængsle
Produced by Nikolai Hængsle
Bjørn Klakegg : lead vocals, guitars, violin, flute
David Wallumrød : fender rhodes, harpsichord, hammond organ, clavinet
Nikolai Hængsle : electric bass
Olaf Olsen : drums
Erik Nylander : percussion
The Carry Me Away choir : Indra Lorentzen, Camilla Brun, Maria Vatne, David, Nikolai, and Bjørn
Recorded at Sugar Road Studios, April-June 2020. Engineered by Roar Nilsen and Nikolai Hængsle
Mixed by Mattias Glavå at Kungsten Studio, July 2020
Mastering by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, August 2020