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This Too Shall Pass

by State of Mind (DK)

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Let’s get together – go and join the others Now’s the time to celebrate and cheer Still I wonder do we even bother About those who can’t be here? The lonely are invisible In ways we’ll never know We never see them coming round Never notice when they go he door is locked – the windows never open It’s hard to tell who’s tucked away inside What happened here – how did they get so broken That all they want to do is hide? The lonely are invisible In ways we’ll never know We never see them coming round Never notice when they go
2.
Anything worth doing You can do again I can wait forever If you tell me when Doing what they tell you Is how you get your kicks Anything is magic If you know the tricks Did you ever wonder Where you are? Hey – hey Walk it off You’ll never beat the odds Hey – hey Here it comes The twilight of the Gods You used to laugh at money Now it’s all you’ve got It’s no use pretending When you don’t know what Is it any wonder That you’re lost Hey – hey Walk it off You’ll never beat the odds Hey – hey Here it comes The twilight of the Gods
3.
This is all it takes To make a grown man cry You only had to say goodbye This is all it takes To make a fool of me Like I was always meant to be There’s a million broken hearts out there Yours and mine are only two It makes no sense that anyone should care But you know I do This is all it takes To knock me off my feet While you never missed a beat This is all it takes To make me feel alone Pretend you’re happy on your own There’s a million broken hearts out there Yours and mine are only two It makes no sense that anyone should care But you know I do This is all it takes To make a grown man cry You only had to say goodbye
4.
We know the rules so well We forget that it’s a game We only punish those That surely are to blame You lock your door at night When evil walks the land If you came face to face with evil You would never understand Feel sorry for the psychopath Living a life out of control If you care enough to take pity on a broken soul Feel sorry for the psychopath You cry for those who suffered Remember those who died Appalled by the destruction æg But did you ever try To feel sorry for the psychopath Living a life out of control If you care enough to take pity on a broken soul Feel sorry for the psychopath
5.
Lost in an empty car park Don’t know which way to go No one there to help me No one will ever know So far away from home Out of my comfort zone I’ve forgotten where I came from And what am I doing here I want to run and hide forever But I’m paralyzed by fear So far away from home Out of my comfort zone It’s not the end of the world It feels much worse than that It’s not the end of the world It feels much worse than that
6.
You hurt the one you love And now I am a mess If I could choose I’d try a little tenderness But you don’t work that way As time has clearly shown Am I that afraid to be alone? I feel a sadness Whenever we’re apart But when we’re together You really break my heart Don’t say you love me Just tell me when you don’t Am I that afraid to be alone? Some things never change The rest just stay the same You’ll have it all your way And I will take the blame. I feel the urge to leave But you know that I wont. Am I that afraid to be alone? With you I feel a solitude Like I have never known Am I that afraid to be alone?
7.
You didn’t catch The rising sun And now you never will You missed the point And now it’s gone But you still have time to kill Let every second Last a lifetime Who can say If it comes round again It’s time to stop The Earth from spinning It’s time to feel What I felt then What I felt back then Some may say That life goes fast But it’s all we’ll ever know And in the end To make it last You have to let it go Let every second Last a lifetime Cause who can say If it comes round again It’s time to stop The Earth from spinning It’s time to feel What I felt then Let every second Last a lifetime Cause who can say If it comes round again It’s time to stop The Earth from spinning It’s time to feel What I felt then What I felt back then
8.
When I find myself in trouble And no help is on the way When I find I have to struggle To get through another day I know that I could save the world If I only had a clue But I never did So all I ever do I write a fucking song Write a fucking song I’d do anything else If I only knew how But I’m afraid that for now I write a fucking song I’ve turned my back on anyone Who really needs my help I hope you realize I couldn’t even help myself All I ever do you for you Is sit and watch you break And when it’s time To fix my own mistakes I write a fucking song Write a fucking song I’d do anything else If I only knew how But I’m afraid that for now I write a fucking song Is anyone listening Is anyone listening At all? I write a fucking song
9.
This little boy Got hurt so bad This little boy lost all he had This shy young man Walked into town I never knew my way around And all grown up I had no clue What I could have done I never knew I missed my chance It’s too late to begin I could never be what I could have been No, there’s no way That I could ever be What I could have been And growing old Too late to know What to do or where to go I feel just like The first time round When the shy young man walked into town Because I’m still That little boy Who hurt so bad and felt no joy I missed my chance It’s too late to begin I could never be what I could have been No, there’s no way That I could ever be What I could have been
10.
It’s not an unusual story But this time it happened to me Exactly the kind of drama That I never wanted to see You flew out the door like an angel I could just stumble and fall I thought you’d found someone better But you left me for no one at all I was expecting to see you Walk hand in hand down the street With some amazing new boyfriend With whom I could never compete If I heard the voice of a stranger In the background whenever I call I’d know that you had replaced me But you left me for no one at all You’re not in the arms of a lover You’re out somewhere all by yourself At least I don’t have to have to be jealous It’s funny how that doesn’t help You could have found someone handsome Or not so alarmingly tall You could have married for money But you left me for no one at all

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State of Mind returns with a 10-track release - continuing in the melodic and accessible vein of the predecessor "Chorus of Disapproval".

The album features a multitude of moods - from the folksy "Am I That Afraid to Be Alone?" to the foreboding drone of "Out of My Comfort Zone".

The production has a more physical and live feel than ever - bringing Kim Bülow Bonfils' vocals and Morten Barnekov Johansen's bass work to the fore. An extra layer of texture is added by the harmony vocals - including guest vocalist Lars Vangen Christensen.

Both heartfelt and humorous, the lyrics once again explores the erratic workings of the human mind - including a number of suitably quirky love songs.

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released September 9, 2023

State of Mind are:
Kim Bülow Bonfils: Lead vocals, keyboards, guitars, programming
Morten Barnekov Johansen: Bass, backing vocals, acoustic guitar on “No One at All”

Additional musicians:
Lars Vangen Christensen: Backing vocals on all tracks, electric space piano on “No One at All”

Words and music by Kim Bülow Bonfils

Produced by State of Mind

Mastered by Jan Eliasson, AudioPlanet

Graphic Design by Mark Toxværd from a photo by Benny Meincke Rasmussen

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State of Mind (DK) Copenhagen, Denmark

STATE OF MIND is the Nom de Guerre of Kim Bonfils, a Danish keyboard player and multi-instumentalist, with a long career as songwriter and synthesizer player on the Danish art rock scene.

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