From the recording Producers Politics Passion

PRODUCED BY JENNY HVAL
MARTIN HAGFORS: VOCALS, ELECTRIC 12 STRING GUITARS
JENNY HVAL: HARMONY VOCALS, SYNTHESIZERS, PIANO, PERCUSSION KYRRE GEITHUS LAASTAD: DRUMS
RECORDED BY THOMAS OXEM & JENNY
MIXED BY JENNY & MARTIN IN JENNY’S SPACE AND MARTIN’S LOFT

Lyrics

LOOKING FOR AN ISLAND JUST A SPOT ON THE SEA I’M LOOKING FOR AN ISLAND WHERE IT USED TO BE WELL IT USED TO BE JUST A SPOT ON THE SEA BACK WHEN IT USED TO BE
I SAW NEWBORN BABIES AND KIDS NAKED IN THE WIND
DIVERS IN THEIR FIFTIES WHO WALKED LESS THAN THEY’D SWIM
THEY COULD WALK BUT RATHER SWIM YOU COULD SEE IT ON THEIR SKIN THEY COULD WALK BUT RATHER SWIM
WE CAN’T FIND IT NOW IT MUST HAVE WASHED AWAY SOMEHOW WITH ALL THE BEAUTY IT WAS ENDOWED INTO THE SEA IT BOWED
WITH ALL OF THIS WATER AND THE BRINGING ON THE STORMS
YOU’D THINK WE’D HEED THE WARNINGS THE MORE WE ARE INFORMED WE START WARS LIKE DESERT STORM
WHEN DENIAL IS THE THE NORM
WE WILL NOT REFORM
RIVERS IN ALASKA ARE FLOWING WIDE AND RUNNING FAST HOUSES ON THE DELTA’S BECOME TALL SHIPS WITHOUT MASTS LIKE TALL SHIPS WITHOUT MASTS IN THE BLUE ICE MELTING FAST WHOLE TOWNS FLOAT INTO THE PAST
WE CAN’T FIND IT NOW IT MUST HAVE WASHED AWAY SOMEHOW WITH ALL THE BEAUTY IT WAS ENDOWED, INTO THE SEA IT BOWED WE CAN’T FIND IT NOW IT MUST HAVE WASHED AWAY SOMEHOW EVEN THE SANDS ARE BLACKENED NOW LIKE THE SEAS WE PLOW
PETROHOLIC NORWAY HAS OIL ON ITS BREATH WE LIKE TO THINK WE’RE DIFFERENT
BUT WE’RE JUST LIKE THE REST
WE BELIEVE IN OUR SUCCESS
HAVING OIL ON OUR BREATH WHILE WE LEAVE BEHIND A MESS