When I was younger, I saw my daddy cry
And curse at the wind
He broke his own heart and I watched
As he tried to reassemble it

And my momma swore that
She would never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love if it does not exist

But darling, you are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

Maybe I know, somewhere deep in my soul
That love never lasts
And we've got to find other ways to make it alone
Or keep a straight face

And I've always lived like this
Keeping a comfortable distance
And up until now I had sworn to myself that I'm content with loneliness
Because none of it was ever worth the risk

But you are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

I've got a tight grip on reality
But I can't let go of what's in front of me here
I know you're leaving in the morning when you wake up
Leave me with some kind of proof, it's not a dream, oh

You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception

And I'm on my way to believing
Oh, and I'm on my way to believing

Norwegian singer Ane Brun's new single, Do You Remember, is set to be
released via Balloon Ranger Records on on July 25th 2011; it's taken
from the upcoming album 'It All Starts With One", which will follow in
October. Ane Brun - real name Ane Brunvoll, started writing songs
while studying in Bergen, Norway, in between working in bars and
record shops. Her debut album, 'Spending Time With Morgan', was
released in 2003 in 11 European countries. Her second album, 'A
Temporary Dive' was issued throughout Europe, Japan, Australia and the
US in 2005, where it received incredibly positive reviews. Ane's most
recent studio album, 'The Changing of the Seasons', came out in 2008
and featured the single The Treehouse Song and The Fall.

As well as all this, Ane has also released a collaborative album,
'Duets', recorded with some of the artists she admires including
Teitur and Ron Sexsmith. She has also received 2 Norwegian Grammys,
including one for Best Female Artist. Her forthcoming album 'It All
Starts with One' serves as the basis for a short film, 'One'. The
video for her single serves as the first chapter to be released from
the film, which will premiere in autumn 2011.

Ane Brun has also announced a European tour, to start in October, with
UK dates in November, which are as follows:

November 9th Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK
November 10th King Tuts, Glasgow, UK
November 11th HMV Institute - The Library, Birmingham, UK
November 12th Scala, London, UK

"Ane Brun was moving out of the traditional singer-songwriter suit as
early as the last album, Changing of the Seasons, and Tobias Froberg
completes that trip, and It All Starts With One allows for his own
sound to be taken to a new level. He hired two drummers, Per Eklund
(Lykke Li, Miike Snow) and Ola Hultgren (Loney Dear, thus Owls) to
play together on most of the album’s songs. Martin Hederos (Soundtrack
Of Our Lives, Tonbruket) was behind the organs. A large part of what
takes place in the musical arrangements is due to the interaction
between the evocative rhythm section and Hederos’ soaring piano.
Froberg only wanted bass on a single song, creating space and movement
for Ane’s exceptional voice, which was flanked by, among others, the
sisters from First Aid Kid (Do You Remember) and José González
(Worship).Some of the songs were completed by January 2011, but most
have been written in Ane’s writing studio in Stockholm in the January
/ February period of 2011. It was at this time that the Arab
revolution started and Ane spoke of how affected she was by the
courage and energy that people showed the world.It All Starts With One
explored the dynamics involved in trying to find balance between
embracing the independent without feeling lonely, and to keep oneself
and ones core intact, whilst wanting to help someone in need."

Track Listing:

01. Ane Brun - These Days (4:38)
02. Ane Brun - Words (4:25)
03. Ane Brun - Worship (6:01)
04. Ane Brun - Do You Remember (3:12)
05. Ane Brun - What's Happening With You And (4:36)
06. Ane Brun - Lifeline (3:04)
07. Ane Brun - One (3:19)
08. Ane Brun - The Light From One (5:21)
09. Ane Brun - Oh Love (4:18)
10. Ane Brun - Undertow (6:31)

I swear I was born right in the doorway
I went out in the rain suddenly everything changed
They're spreading blankets on the beach

Yours is the first face that I saw
I think I was blind before I met you
Now I don’t know where I am 
I don’t know where I’ve been
But I know where I want to go

And so I thought I’d let you know
That these things take forever
I especially am slow
But I realize that I need you 
And I wondered if I could come home

Remember the time you drove all night
Just to meet me in the morning
And I thought it was strange you said everything changed
You felt as if you'd just woke up 
And you said “this is the first day of my life
I’m glad I didn’t die before I met you 
But now I don’t care I could go anywhere with you
And I’d probably be happy”

So if you want to be with me
With these things there’s no telling
We just have to wait and see
But I’d rather be working for a paycheck
Than waiting to win the lottery
Besides maybe this time is different
I mean I really think you like me

{Dedicated to Travis}

•••

"Love anything, and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to be sure of keeping your heart intact you must give your heart to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully around with hobbies and little luxuries, avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safely in the casket of your selfishness. And in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will not change, it will not be broken. It will become unbreakable, impenetrable and irredeemable. The only place outside of heaven where you can be perfectly safe from the dangers of love is hell. " 
— C.S. Lewis

~ Contra Omnia Discrimina ~

I wish I had one last try
hidden somewhere inside
but it’s all been spent before

When I reach for it
I can sense it in my hand
and when I try to grasp it it’s like sand – or water through my hopeful fingers

This just won’t hold – hold
This just won’t hold – hold

There’s something so half-full about us
we get so little but what we get it tastes so much
we’re always longing for more

Is this the end of the thread?
the thread that led me to loose my head over something that started with wonder

This just won’t hold – hold...

And even if a butterfly lives a hundred years
Or the stream of water turns around in the rivers

You and me – we’ll still be the same
You and me – we’ll still be the same

I heard, that your settled down.
That you, found a girl and your married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold it back or hide from the light.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited. But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded, That for me, it isn't over.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best, for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead. You'd know, how the time flies.
Only yesterday, was the time of our lives.
We were born and raised in a summer haze.
Bound by the surprise of our glory days.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited, But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded, That for me, it isn't over.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you say:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead".

Nothing compares, no worries or cares.
Regrets and mistakes they're memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead".

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remembered you say:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead...

© Adele

Got My Eye On a Boy
He's Eyeing Me Back
It's Looking Real Good
This Could Be It
And I Know That All of You Girls
Would Love to Steal Him Away
He Bought Me a Drink
I Thanked Him Real Sweet
It's Always So Nice When You First Meet
And I Know That All of You Women Would Love to Steal Him Away
So I'm Warning You

Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend
Building Up An Appetite
You Can Look But You Can't Buy
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend

Pretty As a Picture
Comin' On So Strong
He's Twisting My Ignition Key
Turn My Motor On
But Anyone Can See, All His Attention's On Me
Give Us Some Privacy

Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend
Better Keep Your Hands Off My
It's a Welcome Turn to Try
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend

Leave Us Alone Tonight
Then If It Don't Work Out Right
He's All Your's
Until Then

Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend
They Keep Crowdin' in On Me
He Smiles Rather Unsuspiciously
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend

Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend
Building Up An Appetite
You Can Look But You Can't Buy
Better Keep Your Hands Off My Potential New Boyfriend

I, I long to be beside of you,
I was wrong to tell you what was true,
Yes I, know I'm a victim of my pride,
I belong to all that I've been through.

I drove for miles in a city trance,
I came to ask for a second chance,
But I won't dance, no I won't dance. I came for miles on a broken wheel,
I came to see whether love can heal,
But I won't kneel, no I won't kneel

'Cause I can't bend, can't hold,
Can't lend, can't fold,
Can't lose, won't cry,
Can't choose 'cause I know why. I, I want to always be with you,
What's wrong to tell you what I knew,
'Cause I know, I know I'm a slave to lonely pride,
I belong to all that I've been through. I drove for miles in a city trance,
I came to ask for a second chance,
But I won't dance, no I won't dance.

I came for miles on a broken wheel,
I came to see whether love can heal,
But I won't kneel, no I won't kneel.

'Cause I can't bend, can't hold,
Can't dance, can't fold,
I get close and get scared,
And this grows in my head.

Won't you give me something, something to hold?
Won't you give me something, something to hold?

Won't you give me something, something to hold?
Won't you give me something, something to hold?

I lived for my art, I lived for love,
I never did harm to a living soul!
With a secret hand
I relieved as many misfortunes as I knew of.
Always with true faith
my prayer
rose to the holy shrines.
Always with true faith
I gave flowers to the altar.
In the hour of grief
why, why, o Lord,
why do you reward me thus?
I gave jewels for the Madonna’s mantle,
and I gave my song to the stars, to heaven,
which smiled with more beauty.
In the hour of grief
why, why, o Lord,
ah, why do you reward me thus?

***

Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore,
non feci mai male ad anima viva!
Con man furtiva
quante miserie conobbi aiutai.
Sempre con fè sincera
la mia preghiera
ai santi tabernacoli salì.
Sempre con fè sincera
diedi fiori agl’altar.
Nell’ora del dolore
perchè, perchè, Signore,
perchè me ne rimuneri così?
Diedi gioielli della Madonna al manto,
e diedi il canto agli astri, al ciel,
che ne ridean più belli.
Nell’ora del dolor
perchè, perchè, Signor,
ah, perchè me ne rimuneri così?

contra omnia discrimina