Phonocratic Records

(Johan Bengtsson)

Suddenly the train slows down
Coming to a station
I’m summarising our efforts
Finding the occasion
Looking through the window
At the people on the platform
Calculating their movements
Determining their relations
And we, where are we bound?

All these travels, years and years
To find out what we look for
Forgetting about the innocence
We were given when we were newborn
Taking from our wallets
That schedule of existence
Leaving from the station
Dreaming of salvation
In a city or a nation
Full of strangers
And we, where do we fit in?

So long ago
These tracks connected worlds
That time is lost
In memories

No one cares of bravery
Or having good intentions
If the benefit’s not clear enough
You can’t attend the celebrations
This is what the men found out
Who lay down the tracks here
Putting down their lives into
Building a nation
And we, can we recall their names?

Credits (album version):
Johan Bengtsson (vocals, electric piano, music box samples and other sound effects)
Carl Johan Landgren (music box sampling and programming)
Janne Bengtsson (train and station samples)

Credits (single version):
Johan Bengtsson (vocals, electric piano, music box samples, keyboard and programming)
Carl Johan Landgren (music box sampling and programming)
Janne Bengtsson (train and station samples)