Garota - Erlend Øye

There is only so much juice

You can suck out of a fruit

And the colour changes fast

When an apple’s cut in half

Every ladder ends somewhere

Better time it’s steps with care

Don’t be the one who waits to long

Turns around and finds it gone

Choose the life you want to live

Give the love you want to give

Take the moment when it comes

Let it lead you, let it run

Feel the moisture in the air

Feel her fingers through your hair

Don’t be shy when asking to

Be that way you were always meant to

You say that life is long

But you took the words

Out of my mind

Life is long and the world is small

Our paths will cross some other time

Given shelter, blessed by rain

To our common unknown aim

Through the north side of the town

To the south where we lay down

Under floodlights but no stars

Without people without cars

Where i ask you without sound

Will you answer without words?

Do the move that’s written down

When you close your eyes you find

You can prophesise the steps

You can visualise the maps

If you act upon it when

There’s no trace of doubt within

When your heart is freshly stung

You cannot fail, you cannot act wrong

You say that life is long

But you took the words

Out of my mind

Life is long and the world is small

Our paths will cross some other time