I haven’t got one particular way of starting a new song. It might be a bass riff, a drum groove, lyrics, an image: anything really. For this one, it was this one line which kept going around in my head: ‘I never said it wasn’t’…
Joel Sattler picked it up, provided lyrics and I built the song to it. With loads of influences shimmering through. Subsequently Steve Johnson, Bill McCarthy, Pere Mari and Tarjei Skarlund picked up their instruments and delivered like only they can: a splendid time is guaranteed for all…
I never said it wasn’t
I never said it doesn’t
a difference is a little thing
a difference can be everything
I said that I wouldn’t
I said that I couldn’t
that wasn’t what I meant
the meaning was not sent
You’ve gotta mean what you say
Say what you mean
If you want to be more than a dream
Mean what you say
Live your own life
Day after day
I wanted only love
that is what it does
I want to be understood
my intentions are always good
and if your dreams are haunted
that wasn’t what I wanted
don’t forget me don’t
that wasn’t what I wanted
I never said it was
it was only love
You’ve gotta mean what you say
Say what you mean
If you want to be more than a dream
Mean what you say
Live your own life
Day after day
(Lyrics Joel Sattler, vocals by Tarjei Skarlund)