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lyrics

I bought the whole place
yeah, each of the 27 rooms
theyʼre all yours, youʼre free to chose

Make sure you chose a big bed
where we can fall asleep
with red cheeks weʼll come in from the cold
after riding the sleigh through the snow
the pine-lined groves

And you ask: Why me?
And I put on a wide smile when I say:
I was looking for someone wintery
and youʼre the most

I left from the north, it was far too much space
for two sullen people with nothing to say
my best regards, I got carried away
so far away, I was out of my head

And wading through acres of boreal dark
with the scar on my forehead as a Plimsoll Mark
I dreamed of the lights of the old Lisbon Bay
so far away

When I came to Sintra my life was a game
castles of sugar and songs in the air
so when the climate is right
and the pastries are fine
Iʼll abide by serenityʼs thorn and felicityʼs bite
licking my chops for a crack in the light
trapped in the dull part of spring
when the birds come back in

Here come the big strings
the mountains and mineral springs
the composite boredom of peace and decorum
and then... those bloody thoughts
They tear down the landscape
theyʼre killing everything
transcending all borders and levelling quarters
of whichever backdrop Iʼm in

So pack up the set
Iʼm moving out
the fun fair leaves town

So empty my head
give me a compass, not a map
save me a little bit of that

won-der-ment

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from Last Hero of the Western World, released February 19, 2010
Written by Boris Rogowski
Produced by Boris Rogowski & Stephan Kriegeskorte
Recorded at The Basement, Cologne
Features Andreas Kriegeskorte on the drums

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The Society Islands is the musical project of Cologne, Germany-based composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist Boris Rogowski. The music of The Society Islands oscillates between Neo-Folk, chamber music and Indie Rock and is further characterized by unconventional stylistic shifts and ominous undertones. ... more

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