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Scoundrel Days (Demo)​a-ha

Released: July 6, 2010

Songwriter: Pål Waaktaar-Savoy

(Skru ned.. heh heh..)
(Ease det litti grann [?].)
Ha!
And...

Was that somebody screaming...
It wasn't me for sure
I lift my head up from uneasy pillows
Put my feet on the floor
Cut my wrist on a bad thought
And head for the door
Outside on the pavement
The dark makes no noise
I can feel the sweat on my lips
Leaking into my mouth
I'm stepping out for the steep hills
They're leaving me no
Choice

And see
As our lives are in the making
We believe
Through the lies and the hating
That love go...

For want of an option
I run the streams through
I dream pictures of houses burning
Never knowing nothing else to do
With death comes the morning
Unannounced and new
Was it too much to ask for
To pull a little weight
They forgive anything but greatness
These are scoundrel days
I'm close to calling out their names
As pride hits my face

And see
As our lives are in the making
We believe through their lies and the hating
That love goes free...

Oh it only ever happens to me once
Doesn't come again
I think somebody's lost me here
Afraid and lonely
A long time ago

Reach the edge of town
I've got blood in my hair
Their hands touch my body
From everywhere
But I know that I've made it
As I run into the air

(Organ Solo)

We believe
Through the lies and the hating
That love goes free
Through scoundrel days
And scoundrel days

​a-ha

A-ha is a Norweigian synth pop group formed in 1982. All ten of their studio albums have either reached #1 or #2 in Norway – the first three also reaching the top 10 in several countries across Europe – with a total of over 35 million sold worldwide. They became a ‘teen pin-up band’ and were followed by screaming, enthusiastic fans. In 2012, all three members were appointed to knighthood in Norway for their contributions to music.

Frontman Morten Harket was lured away from the blues/soul group Soldier Blue in 1982 by keyboardist Magne Furuholmen to join his band with guitarist Paul Waaktaar. When Harket saw a song in Waaktaar’s notebook that was going to be titled either “a-ha” or “A-hem”, he suggested naming the band “a-ha”.

A year later, the band released their debut single “Take On Me” in 1984 to huge success in Norway. However, when the song was re-recorded and re-released alongside their debut album Hunting High And Low in the summer of 1985 it achieved massive international success, reaching #1 in eleven countries. Its success was definitely aided by its groundbreaking, award-winning music video of pencil-sketch animation combined with live-action shots.

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