Kerim Arhan

(Words and music: Kerim Arhan)

The officer said: “Mustafa Kerim

Can I see your license and registration?

Please roll down the backseat window”

Bright lamps flashing in the border station

Looking at the city view

And my mind is all on you

There’s an almost clear blue sky

Waiting for your tears to dry

Kerim Arhan: Lead vocals and electric guitar

(Words and music: Kerim Arhan)

Bankalar Caddesindeyim

Taksiler bekliyor tepede

Nehir kıyısından karşıya

Işıkları parlıyor

Kışın ilk kar yağdı

Sokaklar şimdi örtülü

Beyoğlu’na çıktım tünelden

Şehirde dolanıyorum

Cafede oturup haberleri okuyamam

Duvarda Ara güler resimleri

Kışın ilk kar yağdı

Sokaklar şimdi örtülü

Bahar gelince çamaşırlar

Binaların arasında sallanacak

Uyan köpekleri burada artık yok

Meydan boşca sessiz dinleniyor

Kışın ilk kar yağdı

Sokaklar şimdi örtülü

Kerim Arhan: Lead vocals, electric piano, electric guitar

Åsa Gjerstad: Cello

Neill Cardinal Furio: Modular synth

Miranda Gjerstad: Backing vocals

(Words and music: Kerim Arhan)

I crossed the entrance

Of the Halil Rifat Paşa football institution

Team portraits in the staircase

And roses by the fencing appear like part of my illusions

They all go away, the decades too

Can I be apart from you?

Yaiha bey Zade

I crossed the backyard

As if skies of cream were swirling beneath the universe

Trashcans between the benches

And a line of trees stand naked where the clouds disperse

They all go away, the decades too

Can I be apart from you?

Yaiha bey Zade

I crossed the street

To a warehouse where a friend works in a carpet art depot

The reelings of the staircase

Turn to balconies and circles in a never ending flow

They all go away, the decades too

Can I be apart from you?

Yaiha bey Zade

Yaiha bey Zade

Yaiha bey Zade

Yaiha bey Zade

Yaiha bey Zade

Kerim Arhan: Lead vocals and acoustic guitar

Åsa Gjerstad: Cello

Tomas Forssell: Electric guitar

Neill Cardinal Furio: Modular synth

Ozan Ragnar Arhan, Zak-Julian Necati Arhan, Renée Sema Arhan: Backing vocals

(Arhan, Gjerstad, Hansen, Furio)

Haci Mimi Mahallesi: Street scene

(Words and music: Kerim Arhan)

I remember

Fountains sparking

At the airport

Pale and quiet

The surroundings

Escalator rotating

Border pounding

Senses launching

Integrating, illuminating

I got off onto Burrard

Mountains rising in the background

Coming at me

From above and underneath

I called collect from the reception

And the spring bled, believe you me

Coming at me

From above and underneath

The neons glow on Robson Street

And the rain fell down on Davie

Coming at me

From above and underneath

We had dinner by the seawall

I remember, will forever

Will forever

Kerim Arhan: Lead vocals, electric guitar, piano

Åsa Gjerstad: Cello

Peter Minorsson: Drums, tambourine, shakers

Neill Cardinal Furio: Modular synth

(Words: Kerim Arhan / Music: Arhan, Gjerstad, Minorsson)

Oh yeah well

Det fanns en sömmerska där någonstans i ett brunt trähus

Med matchande staket av plank och en schäfer i trädgården

Hon hade gul klänning vill jag minnas eller så är det en efterkonstruktion

Ibland väntade jag i bilens baksäte då evigheten

Infann sig på riktigt på en bortglömd adress

Bortom cementornens horisont

Fru Lindholm Blues

Oh yeah well

Gatan står gles och husen såsom kuliseer

Ett vanligt kvarter en sval och grå eftermiddag

Halvvägs till Lucia

Du parkerar stiger ur och lämnar ensamheten

Som ett smycke på mitt bröst

När bildörrens metalliska smäll ekar vid galaxens utkant

Fru Lindholm Blues

Kerim Arhan: Spoken word

Åsa Gjerstad: Cello

Peter Minorsson: Cymbals and shakers

(Hansen, Furio)

Hadji Mousthapa and Alice: Midnight footsteps

Words: Kerim Arhan / Music: Arhan, Sebastian Borg, Jens Jungmark Jonas Hult, Ola Strand (STIM)

Deep down there somewhere but I can not reach

We must forget about it and go home

I’m walking empty streets and I can breathe

‘Cause nothing really matters when they sleep

‘Cause nothing really matters when they sleep

My eyes are open but I cannot see

We must forget about it and go home

I’m walking empty streets and I can breathe

‘Cause nothing really matters when they sleep

‘Cause nothing really matters when they sleep

It was so close that I could almost taste it

I missed the train because I had to tie my laces

They’re robbing banks on TV but they never make it

I switch the channels ‘cause I just can’t take it

Your lips are moving but I cannot hear

We must forget about it and go home

I’m walking empty streets and I can breath

‘Cause nothing really matters when they sleep

‘Cause nothing really matters when they sleep

It was so close that I could almost taste it

I missed the train because I had to tie my laces

They’re robbing banks on TV but they never make it

I switch the channels ‘cause I just can’t take it

Kerim Arhan: Lead vocals, acoustic guitar, low drum

Åsa Gjerstad: Cello

Neill Cardinal Furio: Modular synth

Miranda Gjerstad: Backing vocals

(Words and music: Kerim Arhan)

All I ever wanted is here

All I gotta shake is my fear

Looking at my boys fall asleep

My girl is still awake when I weep

You were a prisoner but now you’re free

The darkness made it harder to see

Now lay down in the grass if you care

You never knew that pain was to share

You were insecure, you were shy

Sometimes you just wanted to die

You said I don’t wanna see nobody today

When I left you asked me to stay

Kerim Arhan: Lead vocals and electric piano

Åsa Gjerstad: Cello

Peter Minorsson: Cymbals, plates, shakers

Neill Cardinal Furio: Beatboxes

(Words: Kerim Arhan / Music: Arhan, Gjerstad, Minorsson)

Solen går upp över takåsen

Sömnen ligger tung som en filt

Den är gulorange och leder tankarna

Till en röd BMW på Nobelvägen

Jag spolar tillbaka kassetbandet

Och tänder en cigarett

Står i det som en gång var Konstantinopel

Men in mitt inre passerar skivesset utanför rutan

Neil Young maler på bra Volym

Universums paralleller är outhärdliga

Fallet jag är slut

Det finns ingen mer utredning att göra

Jag lyfter min pojke för att han ska kunna se

Kerim Arhan: Spoken word

Åsa Gjerstad: Cello

Peter Minorsson: Kalimba, cymbals, rattle

Neill Cardinal Furio: Modular synth

(Karadeniz Türküsü)

Sabahattin Arhan: First vocal

Anja Westling Arhan: Second vocal

(Words and music: Kerim Arhan)

The officer said: “Mustafa Kerim

Can I see your license and registration?

Please roll down the backseat window”

Bright lamps flashing in the border station

Sabahattin dancing with his brother

I was playing with my band in the gallery

The clapped and laughed as if there was no another

Day to rise it seemed to me

I used to be the carpet dealer’s boy

From an Island on the east coast

In the sweetest country side

To a rooftop on the Marmara

Another pace for you to hide

Seref Amca in a white tuxedo

Hand in hand with my oldest son

Holding up a puppet monkey on the sidewalk

Playing games with my younger one

I used to be the carpet dealer’s boy

You know

Akif Dede brought a truckload of sand

And sat in the shadow of a tree

Looking at the sun go down

Into the backyard of the sea

There’s a picture of my mother

In the terrace of that house

Although she said she never really liked the place

I’d never seen her so relaxed

I used to be the carpet dealer’s boy

But now I'm the man with the golden toe

The man with the golden toe

Back in 1981

Standing by my father’s side

Sabahattin told me that his brother said

That the rain was God had cried

The sank Akif to the ground

Still hear the singing fade away

And the muffed sobs that sound

Guess there’s nothing left to say

Kerim Arhan: Lead vocals and acoustic guitar

Åsa Gjerstad: Cello

Neill Cardinal Furio: Modular synth

Peter Minorsson: Drumset

Miranda Gjerstad: Backing vocals