MELANCHOLIC SWEDE - FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY (2021)

01. LOSING THE ONES WE LOVE (Funeral Version)

Intro

I'm losing you

We´re losing each other

That's the way it be

You're losing me

1st Verse

At some point in life we all go through

the pain of losin' the ones we love

We saw it comin' or had no clue

It doesn't matter when it comes to love

We question everything we believe in

when it feels like the world is about to end

Never downplay why people be grievin'

That pet maybe meant the world to them

We don't realize what they mean to us

until they are gone and left a hole

But sometimes we gottaleave because

it ain't good for mind, body and soul

Relationships gets destroyed

by different forms of abuse

Pain is impossible to avoid

Who we love is nothin' we can choose

Hook x 2

I'm losing you

We're losing each other

That's the way it be

You're losing me

2nd Verse

The cause of death, the reason they died

From accident, age and sickness

To murder, OD and suicide

Some things you shouldn't have to witness

Whatever you believe, there's no doubt

That 6 feet underground is real

If you have people you care about

You should let 'em know how you feel

Yeah, I'm suggestin' that

you tell 'em today and not tomorrow

It's too late when you're dressed in black

You don't need regrets untop of sorrow

Somehow, life keeps movin' on

If they still live in your memory

then they're never truly gone

When I pass I hope you'll remember me

Hook x 2

I'm losing you

We're losing each other

That's the way it be

You're losing me

Outro

We're losing each other

That's the way it gonna be

You're losing me

I'm losing you

02. FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY featuring Jenny Johansson

Hook x 4

What would you do?

For the love of money

1st Verse

The things they do to become wealthy

Sellin' us products that's unhealthy

Human lives doesn't matter to them

Or the environment, they rather pretend

Exploit and destroy all that we got

Companies and banks callin' the shots

We're under attack, but not islamic

This warfare is economic

Hook x 4

What would you do?

For the love of money

2nd Verse

Just imagine if money disappeared

You lookin' at me funny: "this is weird"

But think about it, there be less crime

There be more "ours" and less "mine"

We would treat each other way different

without the monetary system

It's possible, we got the technology

A resource-based economy

Hook x 4

What would you do?

For the love of money

03. LOVE THERAPY

Intro

(It’s time for another session)

Yeah, it’s been awhile

(How you doin’?)

You know, I’ve been workin’ a lot

(Okay. What else?)

Um… Honestly… I feel very conflicted right now. 

(Can you elaborate?)

It’s like a war between my heart and my brain. 

Emotion versus Logic

(Tell me more)

It feels like I’m about to open up Pandora’s Box

You see… I’m in love

(Well, that’s great)

But it’s complicated…

1st Verse

She’s beautiful, no wonder I’m nervous

But there’s much more under the surface

I’m drawn to her like magnetism

And when she speak I have to listen

A strong woman, she won’t take no crap

She inspires me to make more tracks

She got charisma, I really adore her

Whatever she do I’ll support her

I can be myself when I’m around her

Thank the Universe that I found her

Never loved someone the way that I love her

But I’m too afraid to say that I love her

(Why? What do you fear?)

(Rejection is not the end of the world)

Well… It feels like it’s near

The problem is my best friend is this girl

Hook x 2

Keep hearin’

(Come on now)

Voice in my head

(Come on now)

Tellin’ me

(Come on now)

I gotta

(Let it go)

Interlude

(Do you think that she feels the same?)

I don’t know… I haven’t picked up any signs

(Okay)

2nd Verse

This is so hard, what should I do?

Speak now or forever hold my peace?

Reveal my cards? Wait for my cue?

Or should this part be untold by me

The special bond we have means a lot

The thoughts in my head never seems to stop

Can’t get rid of these feelings… Blasphemy!

I even consider us family

It’s more than just a good friendship

But only three words could end it

I’d be really dumb if I risk it

And maybe it’s unrealistic

(How so?) A big obstacle

A relationship is impossible

One day she gonna leave because

my love will never be enough

Hook x 2

Keep hearin’

(Come on now)

Voice in my head

(Come on now)

Tellin’ me

(Come on now)

I gotta

(Let it go)

Interlude

You know, we all have a different ways to cope with anxiety, depression, and trauma…

(Go on)

3rd Verse

Whatever happens, she always got a brother

Right now, she needs a friend, not a lover

Codependent, yeah, I’m playin’ the role

No resentment, but it’s takin’ a toll

I’m a stand up guy, I wanna help her, but

deep down I know she gonna self-destruct

She said ”I’d be dead if it wasn’t for you”

For real, but I feel there is nothin’ to do

Powerless, how I wish it weren’t so

But I can’t just abandon her, you know

Society wants us all to fit in a box

Some try to escape, start pickin’ the locks

We punish those who needs us the most

That’s how it goes, the doors being closed

They don’t need the drama, just heal from trauma

Until the end I’m still a friend

Bridge

(Stand up)

(It’s time)

(Are you ready?)

Yeah

(Wait for it…)

(Come on now)

(Now!)

(Let it go)

Hook x 3

Keep hearin’

(Come on now)

Voice in my head

(Come on now)

Tellin’ me

(Come on now)

I gotta

(Let it go)

Outro

(That was some heavy stuff)

Yeah, but it feels better now

(Time’s up)

Already?

(See you next session)

MELANCHOLIC SWEDE - IT AIN'T LOVE (2020)

01. IT AIN'T LOVE

Intro

Ey, man! Wake up! Calm down. I’m not gonna hurt you.

I just wanna talk to you. There’s a few things that you need to hear.

Listen…

1st Verse

You won’t be saved by your peers

Let me explain why you’re here

Relax and don’t resist for a second

I’ma give you a history lesson

One of the oldest form of government

Monarchy, that you’ve sworn to represent

To rule and never have to resign

They used to claim that they were divine

Placed in charge by the grace of God

in order to keep up their fake facade

They created a myth: blue blood

We’ll see about that when it do flood

Syke! I just said that to shock people

who believe you and me are not equal

Ain’t gonna physically hurt you, fool

Got some dirt on you, but this ain’t personal

Hook x2

Every time they smile and clap their hands

(It ain’t love)

Look them in their eyes and understand

(It ain’t love)

2nd Verse

We call Sweden a democracy

Well aware of the hypocrisy

Politicians may say it’s wrong

They play along in this phony charade

They’re only afraid of losin’ votes

It’s sad how the fab life seducin’ folks

Maybe they need fables to dream

Or simply they’re not able to see

that monarchy is obsolete

The people get rocked to sleep

The media provides the fairy tales

They just care ’bout sales

The rubbish they publish is bias crap

Embedded journalists hide the facts

So we just watch as the scandal grows

It’s embarrassing like camel toes

Hook x2

Every time they smile and clap their hands

(It ain’t love)

Look them in their eyes and understand

(It ain’t love)

3rd Verse

Your supporters’ a bunch of fake friends

Wake up, it’ll make sense

They just wanna maintain traditions

with you in the same, lame position

’Cos on the pyramid you’re at the top

of this class society that we got

They need you to let us know we’re different

in a way to uphold their system

This plot created something that’s not right

Indoctrinated kids in the spotlight

There’s more violations in the constitution

And taxpayers give their contribution

Deep down you wanna leave the whole display

They say that you’re trapped in a golden cage

But it doesn’t have a lock any more

You’re just afraid to walk through the door

Hook x2

Every time they smile and clap their hands

(It ain’t love)

Look them in their eyes and understand

(It ain’t love)

Outro

Thanks for listening. Remember. It ain’t personal. Just politics.

You’re free to go. Your bodyguards can cut you loose once they’re awake.

Oh, yeah. One more thing. Long live the republic!

02. MY LOVE

Intro:

How y’all feeling tonight?

Hook

Hip Hop (My love)

Poetry, spray cans, turntables, break dance

Hip Hop (My love)

Poetry, spray cans, turntables, break dance

Hip Hop, Hip Hop

1st Verse

Been under the radar, it took some time

Life distracts me from my book of rhymes

Never tried to surf the radio waves

Couldn’t care less if they gave me no plays

I’m supposed to blow up like dynamite

When the stars align the time is right

I’m old, but age doesn’t count in the booth

Takin’ a piss in the Fountain of Youth

Appreciate me while you can, bro

Not after I’m gone like van Gogh

Before you place the rose above

Throw that “M”-sign up, show me love

Hook

Hip Hop (My love)

Poetry, spray cans, turntables, break dance

Hip Hop (My love)

Poetry, spray cans, turntables, break dance

Hip Hop, Hip Hop

2nd Verse

I’m here to spread love, keep the street gimmicks

I ain’t hatin’ but, peep the weak lyrics

Won’t mention your name for attention or fame

Show pride in my craft, no lyin’ on tracks

Yeah, I’m a nerd puttin’ words together

Respect in return when I burn you clever

Pen game, not the same, but you claim the title

A shame, who’s to blame, it’s the same recycle

Got love for the culture, make it unique

I know some of y’all hate my critique

But from my side it’s only love

Throw that “M”-sign up, show me love

Hook

Hip Hop (My love)

Poetry, spray cans, turntables, break dance

Hip Hop (My love)

Poetry, spray cans, turntables, break dance

Hip Hop, Hip Hop

03. I DON'T LOVE YOU featuring Jenny Johansson

Intro

Ey, come here.

We need to talk.

There’s something I have to get off my chest.

Listen…

1st Verse

I don’t care if you think I’m too sincere

Ever since I was a kid you’ve been there

But movin’ here to be close to you

turned me into one of those who knew

you ain’t shit once we expose you, boo

If I turn my back you’d stab me now

I had enough, you’re mad because

crabs in the bucket can’t drag me down

Friends told me that I should replace you

It would be good if I could erase you

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Forgot this time, you’re gone when I wake up

Most people are not strong ‘nuff to break up

Too comfortable, they long for the make up

But me, I’m leavin’, I don’t joke around

Cry me a river, I hope you drown

Hook

I don’t love you x 2

2nd Verse

Yeah, I met somebody new

You can bet she’s better than you

She got more to offer than you ever could

Our relationship was never good

You denied me love and deprived me of

experience and opportunities

All you gave me was bad memories

I’m takin’ the kid, let my boy be

You were this close to destroy me

You’re wrong if you think I’ma come home

I’m no longer scared of the unknown

Finally put all my fears aside

But I’m still bitter ‘bout the years I tried

to leave you… There’s my ride

Goodbye!

Hook

I don’t love you x 2

MELANCHOLIC SWEDE - FINDING LOVE (2020)

01. LOVE HURTS

Hook

(So I just sit here all alone)

There’s no turnin’ back, it’s etched in stone

(So I just sit here all alone)

It’s over, she ain’t pickin’ up the phone

(So I just sit here all alone)

Never gonna hear: “honey, I’m home”

(So I just sit here all alone)

Love hurts so I stay in my comfort zone

(So I just sit here all alone)

1st Verse

Just know this before you holla at me

There’s a lock on my heart, I swallowed the key

I feel safer if nobody cracks the safe

But if that’s the case I put my guard down

I’m honest, might take it too far now

Believe every word that you’ve just been told

I’m a pessimist like Rustin Cohle

At some point we all get exhausted

Anti-depressives, I’m off it

But I’ve got other flaws like mood swings

I’m inconsiderate, say rude things

Socially awkward, a bit introvert

A sucker for love, I’ve been through hurt

Maybe I’m too stubborn for things to work

Look, I can’t be somebody I’m not

I doubt that I’ll give it another shot

Hook

There’s no turnin’ back, it’s etched in stone

(So I just sit here all alone)

It’s over, she ain’t pickin’ up the phone

(So I just sit here all alone)

Never gonna hear: “honey, I’m home”

(So I just sit here all alone)

Love hurts so I stay in my comfort zone

(So I just sit here all alone)

2nd Verse

I have to be open if you mess with me

Cockblock myself, bringin’ up STD

Got a lovechild and a baby mama

Don’t worry, it’s not like a Shady drama

He’s stuck in the middle, it hurts my soul

Yeah, I’m a big fan of birth control

Sorry for destroyin’ your family plans

Guess I’m not that much of a family man

So you’re still lookin’ for Mr. Right, huh?

Well, that’s cute, but let me enlight ya

I know a Hollywood ending would feel nice

But this ain’t no movie, this is real life

No fairytales, white knights and soul mates

It’ll cost to get through it like a tollgate

That’s why most people prefer the pretty lie

than the ugly truth from a witty guy

Hook x 2

There’s no turnin’ back, it’s etched in stone

(So I just sit here all alone)

It’s over, she ain’t pickin’ up the phone

(So I just sit here all alone)

Never gonna hear: “honey, I’m home”

(So I just sit here all alone)

Love hurts so I stay in my comfort zone

(So I just sit here all alone)

02. IN LOVE

Intro

(In love)

(I’m in love)

1st Verse

I was shot by Cupid, had no protection

Sometimes you act stupid with an erection

Now you have become a stone in my kicks

That’s what I get for bonin’ a chick

The next 18 years I’m stuck with you

It’s a gift and a curse that I fucked with you

I’ll keep the lovechild, we’re fine without you

I’ve got nothin’ good to say about you

For the sake of my son, I’m keepin’ it short

I’ll bite my tongue ’til I see you in court

(In love)

(I’m in love)

It’s been so long since I’ve seen her face

Don’t want me around, she need her space

We spoke, but, wasn’t sayin’ much

She broke up, and don’t stay in touch

How ironic that we don’t communicate

Every other day there’s a new debate

Tellin’ people what to do like Doctor Phil

Yet, you’re the one with problems, poppin’ pills

Hope you’re passed that, no longer feelin’ blue

‘Cos I wish you the best, I really do

But now you’re just somebody that I used to know…

Hook

Fallin’ (In love)

Fallin’ (In love), Fallin’ (In love)

Fallin’ (In love, I’m in love)

2nd Verse

I’m sorry that I had to break your heart

Must’ve hurt watchin’ me take apart

all that we built, what am I doin’?

Yeah, it’s the guilt for things I’ve ruined

Too bad I can’t make it better

‘Cos you and my son were great together

Deep down I know it’s for the best

I’m just an asshole, more or less

Just carry (Carrie) on chasin’ Mister Big

I’m busy makin’ music in the crib

(In love)

(I’m in love)

Yeah, we got this chemistry

And we should’ve act more sensibly

Left the friend zone, proceed to touch

But you self-medicate, you need a crutch

Carry your baggage, I ain’t able to

Plus, my help only enables you

Lettin’ go is somethin’ that I must do

Your decease makes it hard to trust you

So nah, I can’t see you, aight?

What if you relapse after we reunite

We can’t be lovers, but we always be friends...

But I wish I didn’t love you so much

Hook

Fallin’ (In love)

Fallin’ (In love), Fallin’ (In love)

Fallin’ (In love, I’m in love)

Interlude

When I thought I got out they pulled me right back in

Here we go again

Hook

Fallin’ (In love)

Fallin’ (In love), Fallin’ (In love)

Fallin’ (In love, I’m in love)

03. FORBIDDEN LOVE Featuring Jenny Johansson

Intro

Big Brother is watching you. Yeah, he watching you.

1st Verse

I'm so happy that I met you

No, I will never regret to

Even though they condemn your crime

I wish that we could spend more time

Love the few moments when you're mine

Secret meetings at discreet spots

Our room above the antiques shop

feels like a safe haven to me

No telescreens' able to see

But it's so wack 'cos I know that

we will never be together

Too late to restore mistakes, 'cos before

you know it they'll break through the door

The Thought Police

Soon they will come

Take us to the Ministry of Love

Room 101

Hook

Close your eyes and pretend

Don't think about the world outside

Brand new life that we spend

A love without the need to hide

2nd Verse 

How can love and sex be a crime?

Their meanings have been redefined

I'm upset by the way they take

portray and shape the sex drive

Transform desire into a force

The norm require that you indorse

the Party/ Burstin' with energy

Projecting, cursin' the enemy

Express your love and chant his name

Most people don't understand this game

They're probably too confused to see

The family ain't what it used to be

Your own children can turn you in

and willingly affirm your sins

Close surveillance, there's no escape

That's why they let you procreate

Hook

Close your eyes and pretend

Don't think about the world outside

Brand new life that we spend

A love without the need to hide

3rd Verse

The book written by Goldstein

reveals the truth and the whole scheme

The purpose for the endless war

is to consume labor and supplies

And just as long it carries on

standard of living will never rise

It's more, let me show you the rest

People don't even know they're oppressed

No comparison, no awareness

Just look at how the proles are careless

Newspeak's meant to reduce thoughts

It's a smart way to defuse thoughts

They want us to have the same thoughts

Doublethink, got ourselves brainwashed

Don't like it? They'll end your misery

and write you out of history

Hook

Close your eyes and pretend

Don't think about the world outside

Brand new life that we spend

A love without the need to hide

Talking

If they can make me change my feelings, they can stop me from loving you. 

That would be real betrayal. But they can't do that. It's the one thing they can't do.

They can torture you, make you say anything. 

But they can't make you believe it. 

They can't get inside you. 

They can't get to your heart... 

Thought Police!

Outro

(*voice from the telescreen*)

Remain exactly where you are.

Make no move until you are ordered.

Now we can see you.

Grasp your hands behind your heads.

Stand out in the middle of the room.

Stand back to back.

Do not touch one another.

The house is surrounded.

You may as well say goodbye

MELANCHOLIC SWEDE - PRISONER OF LOVE (2019)

01. THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE

Intro

This is a message for the aliens, when they study us, long after we're gone.

Tryna understand what drove us.

Love.

Love is a powerful force that can't be controlled.

Many have tried and failed. Here's some of the things we do for love.

Check it out...

They closed the gates, Now he's doin' time

I guess love is blind, She chose to wait

Their son is gay they can not accept it

Only option left is to run away

To save her cat the old lady returns

into a house that burns and makes it back

He ties a rope to place around his neck

To the woman that left he writes a note

Self-sacrifice, Parents struggle to give

kids a chance to live a better life

Thinks she need him, Every day it's more crap

Treated like a doormat, She cant' leave him

A true soulmate, When she got real sick

her boyfriend was quick to donate

She rather die, Take a course that's scary

than be forced to marry another guy

He fell in love, For a gangsta it's strange

She makes him wanna change, Stop sellin' drugs

Confession booth, A dad shot the priest

Had to stop the beast from molestin' youth

She can not leave, Checkin' into rehab

Her daughter will be glad mommy got clean

He saved his wife and children from harm

then dies in their arms, He gave his life

Get paid to rap? No, I had to write

So I grab the mic to make you clap

The things we do for love...

02. LOVE SAVED ME featuring JENNY JOHANSSON

Hook

Love saved me

1st Verse

What I found at sea: a little peace

But suddenly, I hit a reef

Man, I'm goin' down with the ship

Didn't plan to drown on this trip

The page I wrote

The message in the bottle I never sent you

Can't stay afloat

My baggage is pullin' me down like cement shoes

I'm too deep, can't take the pressure

There's no use to make an effort

Unable to perform that Houdini act

I can't escape my emotions

In a place I don't want you to see me at

At the bottom of the ocean

Still got some hope that maybe

someone will come and save me

Hook

Love saved me

2nd Verse

My life is a series of bad mistakes

Shipwreck every time I navigate

I never followed the stream

The Kraken swallowed my dreams

Time after time, it has failed

Happiness, that ship has sailed

Should I pull the plug, non-exist?

Sharks sense the blood from my wrist

Sleep with the fishes breaks the curse

But that would only make it worse

for people I love the most when I´m dead

Hate to live as a ghost in their heads

But I'm unable to breathe

Is this the day when I leave?

But then, a half fish/half lady

came for my rescue and saved me

Hook

Love save me

3rd Verse

Reached the surface, It was her kiss

that brought me back to life again

I felt worthless without purpose

She taught me that the time we spend

shouldn't be under a black cloud

No more adventures with Jack now

Already found the biggest treasure

All the money in the world can't measure

that type of love, she made me whole

She possess my heart like Davy Jones

I don't know what she sees in me

but it feels so peacefully

I guess it's time to drop the anchor

Before the gallows, I got to thank her

for all of the things she gave me

But most of all that she saved me

Hook

Love save me

04. LOVE AND HATE

1st Verse

This story's about love and hate

A rebellious teen with low self-esteem

No role-models to turn him straight

Peer-pressure defeat those who are weak

His friends' views on race explain

why he swallowed the ideology

It's easier to place the blame

on minorities than what's beneath

the surface if you scratch and scrape

The things he believe, he's so naive

Got an outfit to match the hate

Appear to conceal the fear that he feel

Is he just another sad case

of a mislead teen who shaved his head clean?

Suddenly a car with bad brakes

swept him off his feet as he crossed the street

Hook x 2

Open up your eyes

It's time for a change

You will realize

We are all the same

2nd Verse

Soon, he woke up and noticed that

He's hospitalized, The doctor describes

the accident that broke his back

made him paralysed, He could barely hide

the idea of bein' held back

made him petrified, Wished they let him die

Stuck in a wheelchair, He felt trapped

the rest of his life, Depressed, the advice:

for him to get on the right track

there's a way to find a new state of mind

Now, he could no longer fight back

The shrink analyzed, He began to cry

when he finally understood that

it's all stupid lies, She just scrutinized

Still, he thought it was a good chat

He left with a smile, the first in a while

Hook x 2

Open up your eyes

It's time for a change

You will realize

We are all the same

3rd Verse

His heart is no longer cold

He's speakin' in schools 'bout bein' a fool

Believin' what he was told

Now he know the truth, Gotta show the youth

Every lie must be exposed

Like every excuse for every abuse

See straight through it like a ghost

They used to wear boots, now they wearin' suits

But they still got the same goals

So it's nothin' new what they tryna do

They wanna be in control

History will prove that it's a smart move

It works all over the globe

But with the right tools  we can change the rules

And even a xenophobe

is capable to changin' their views

Hook x 2

Open up your eyes

It's time for a change

You will realize

We are all the same

05. LOSING THE ONES WE LOVE featuring VICTORIA NILAS

Intro

I remember somebody who said:

"We're meant to lose the people we love. 

How else would we know how important they are to us"

1st Verse

At some point in life we all go through

the pain of losin' the ones we love

We saw it comin' or had no clue

It doesn't matter when it comes to love

We question everything we believe in

when it feels like the world is about to end

Never downplay why people be grievin'

That pet maybe meant the world to them

We don't realize what they mean to us

until they are gone and left a hole

But sometimes we gotta leave because

it ain't good for mind, body and soul

Relationships gets destroyed

by different forms of abuse

Pain is impossible to avoid

Who we love is nothin' we can choose

Hook

I'm losing you

We're losing each other, that's the way it be

You're losing me

We're losing each other, that's the way it be

2nd Verse

Sometimes it ain't easy to let go

At the same time it's hard to hold on

Thought you'd bounce back like an echo

You tried to work it out for so long

A good marriage turned to a bad divorce

Too much history to just move on

It doesn't matter if you have remorse

'Cos once you've cheated the trust is gone

Please, can you keep it civil?

Fightin' over assets and custody

only got your kids stuck in the middle

It's bigger than you and your fuckery

Love is fluid, you can't promise me

to love me til death do us part

Instead take a vow of honesty

Tell me when a new arrow hits your heart

Hook

I'm losing you

We're losing each other, that's the way it gonna be

You're losing me

We're losing each other, that's the way it be

3rd Verse

The cause of death, the reason they died

From accident, age and sickness

To murder, OD and suicide

Some things you shouldn't have to witness

Whatever you believe, there's no doubt

That 6 feet underground is real

If you have people you care about

You should let 'em know how you feel

Yeah, I'm suggestin' that

you tell 'em today and not tomorrow

It's too late when you're dressed in black

You don't need regrets untop of sorrow

Somehow, life keeps movin' on

If they still live in your memory

then they're never truly gone

When I pass I hope you'll remember me

Hook

I'm losing you

We're losing each other, that's the way it be

You're losing me

We're losing each other, that's the way it be

Outro

We're losing each other, that's the way it gonna be

You're losing me

I'm losing you