NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY ALBUM LYRICS
Text & Music By: Tilde Ingham

All About The Man 

Moving grounds, I feel reborn, I think. 

Out and about

Until I fall right back where you last left me

Obscured by the night, by your hands

My head’s long gone (my head’s long gone)

And I’m drunk but you’re higher

Reach for you to be my pacifier

And I need you more, I need you more than you want me

History is destined to repeat itself

Then, what is it about me? 

Why am I looking for more 

When I know you’re already gone

It’s all about the man,  all about the man.. 

And it ain’t about me losing

And it ain’t always my fault

Feel I am hauled into this drama, 

Why I can’t let go?

And alarm bells ring 

Everytime I let you in

It’s all about the man, it’s all about the man, all about the man 

How did it come to be all about the man?

Mixing past with the present 

Can’t seem to leave

The tears have yet not dried 

But I’m looking for more

Give me something so I can feel again

You got nothing for me 

Yet I’m there in a heartbeat 

Been over and through

Way too many times 

Nothing more to say

Nothing more to give

History is destined to repeat itself

Then, what is it about me? 

Why Im looking for more when I know

you’re already gone

It’s all about the man, all about the man.. 

And it ain’t about me losing

And it ain’t always my fault

Feel I am hauled into this drama, 

Why I can’t let go?

And alarm bells ring

Everytime I let you in

It’s all about the man, all about the man, it’s all about the man..

I Think I Made You Up In My Head 

Take your bags and leave

Your love brought nothing but pain and misery

So take all your stuff and leave

Well, this was over sooner than last week´s peace

Nothing left to prove

We were always gonna lose

So, get out of here (get out of here)

Played me all along 

Appeared in all my songs

Now, get out of here (get out of here)

I think I made you up in my head

It was never gonna work out anyway

I think I made you up in my head

You were never gonna change anyway

Longing for our encounter

Whenever life was hard

You were my silver lining

That would light up my heart

Nothing left to prove

We were always gonna lose

So, get out of here (get out of here)

Played me all along 

Appeared in all my songs

Now, get out of here (get out of here)

I think I made you up in my head

It was never gonna work out anyway

I think I made you up in my head

You were never gonna change anyway

Thought love would set you free

But in time it was better in the dream

That you would die for

And then the dream leaves.. 

I think I made you up in my head

It was never gonna work out anyway

I think I made you up in my head

You were never gonna change anyway

Are You Willing

Wasn’t easy to forget you

Wasn’t easy to let go

I’ve been loving you for too long

I was yours more than my own

And I loved you more than you’ll ever know

But I’ve loved you for too long

Wish I could love you less

Wish I could yearn you less, little darling 

Wish I could love you less

Wish I could come to rest, oh darling

(but) Are you willing to love me now?

I’ve been waiting for time to erase your memory

I’ve been waiting for memory, to let go of your face 

And I loved you more than you’ll ever know

But I’ve loved you for too long

Wish I could love you less

Wish I could yearn you less, little darling 

Wish I could love you less

Wish I could come to rest, oh darling

(so) Are you willing to love me now?

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Everytime you leave 

It’s like you take another piece of me

Everytime you leave

It’s like you take what’s left of me

´cos you stole the night and you took the day and even the sun too

But I guess, nothing gold can stay

Well I heard it through the grapevine, I heard people say before

To love you was never easy, to love you would always be hard

And I guess nothing gold can stay

Dear sun, dear moon, dear the ocean too

I begged and I prayed - let me please keep you

But I guess nothing gold can stay 

Wish I could have told you how much you mean to me

Wish I could turn back time

And for us to see

For us to see, that love

Is the most delicate thing 

´cos as the spring yearns for summer

Like the desert misses the rain

Love me a little, ´cos I adore you

I know, you’re not all to blame

Guess I rushed in like one of these fools

But when you undressed me to my bones

You put light on my darkest wounds

And I guess nothing gold can stay

Nothing gold can stay.

Take A Little More

Working  myself to the edge now

ain’t no cure for this love, no time in this world 

That could heal this wound

But baby I’ve been here for well over a while

And Im tired I need some kind of sign

From you

And Ive said to myself one too many times, 

That I’m, I’m on the line

And I’ve paid those debts for way too long

Can’t pay those bills no more

And I have pleaded, I’ve begged to you, a broken cry           

I’ve given you all, I’ll be your light

So take a little more, 

Take it all now, I am already gone

So take a little more

´til im nothing left but yours

Pushing myself to the very edge now

Pushing every corner it is hard to breath around you

And I’ve played along

In this act of yours for too long

´til it’s right before my eyes

That I won’t see nobody

I won’t love nobody

Unless it’s you

Tonight is ours, 

Give me your blessing

I’m your slave,

Please let me obey

Take a little more, 

take it all now, I’m already gone

So take a little more 

´til im nothing left but yours

Your face is haunting me

Oh how I long to be free

´cos everything I do, 

Everything I say

It all leads me back to you

Take a little more, 

Take it all now

I am already gone

So take a little more ´til i’m nothing left but yours

Our Day Won’t Come

Dear love, it’s me again

Just wanted to tell you that I’m better, I’m well

Oh babe, I know we’re unsolved

I’m sorry for calling, I just need a friend

I know you’re tired of me going over this now

But I’ve really been trying to reclaim my pride

You and me, we’re rootless babe

Lets build a life together somewhere else

We could go to Shanghai, or Spain

Stay there forever and create a new game

Our day won’t come.

Said you’d be waiting

That you loved me too

I did not dream it was really you

Then winter turned to spring and summer came

Guess you forgot sooner, maybe I’m to blame

He was like me

With all the scars and the wounds

Said ”don't cry little girl, you’ll be home soon"

'cos you and me we’re rootless babe

Let’s build a life together somewhere else

So let’s start somewhere new

Where we can play by our rules

A world for us lovers

On the back of the moon

Our day won’t come

A distant cry

Moves in my ear

Twisted faces

Haunt the dreamer in me

The trembling of time split the night the sky

A dawn is breaking

Let it hear our cry

Our day won’t come

I Was Made To Love Him

If you wanna say something, say it now

I’m tired of guessing, what’s on your mind

If you wanna leave, then just leave

I’m tired pursuing you to let me in

So if you wanna go, then just go

´cos I can’t bring myself to leave

Still hope we can settle now, put behind this everlasting fight 

I shut my eyes to see your face

In my sleep, please come to me

And only then, when you’re near

You take me there, where hell´s fires fade

You take me higher, where I need to be

You take me places, I’ve never seen

You lift me up, where I can breath

And forget about the bad..

With a pen as my source of relief 

Will I ever find lasting peace?

So take me in your open arms, 

Where I can break, where I can heal

Where our love will do no harm

Where love doesn’t scar

Lift me up where I am free

Take me there, where I can breath 

Love me now or let me leave

Love me forever, or leave me to bleed

You take me higher, where I need to be

You take me places, I’ve never seen

You lift me up, where I can breath

And forget about the bad..

I Should Have Loved Your Friend

I should have loved you, I should have loved you as a friend

I should have loved, I should have loved your friend instead

He was always sweeter

And we would always get along

Compared to you, he’s someone I can always turn to

I should have loved, I should have loved your friend instead

And from what I heard, he’s really good in bed

Don’t think I underestimate how you can really burn

But when the lattice of scars

Showing on your arms

I knew i’d found my man 

Im not your woman, 

Just as little as your my man 

You’re not someone to settle for

Seems like that’s what I´m going for

And he ask what I see in you

Why women follow, like they do

A burning kiss, my heart dazzles, and i’m forever his to keep

I should have loved you, I should have loved you as a friend

I should have loved, I should have loved your friend instead

Nights sweats, or moon-struck I stumble from bed

There you sit lightning up a Marlboro red

Oh a life with you my eternal defeat

I should have loved you, I should have loved you as a friend

I should have loved, I should have loved your friend instead

He was always sweeter

And we would always get along

Compared to you, he’s someone I can always turn to

You’ve Been Burned

You say you never fall in love

Say you never loved

Say that people, just don’t understand

They will never understand you 

But I know those words don’t come without a reason

Your eyes are telling you’ve been burned

Each time, you’ve been burned

You’ve been burned 

Say you always kill the things you love

But please save our love

Don’t let your demons, ruin it all

´cos the colder you get, the more attached I get

´cos I know, you’ve been burned

Been burned too many times 

Can’t let anyone in

You’ve been burned 

People say you’ve been burned before

But please let me in

Oh please open your heart to me

Please open your heart to me

God Knows I Haven’t Lived Yet

I wish I could let, everyone see

See all what’s growing inside of me

To let go of all this fear, all this fear

Thats been keeping me

Been everywhere and nowhere

Been through the fire and the rain

Try to keep out all, what’s overwhelming me from each and every side

Scared of loosing words

Scared of loosing all what’s worth

And God knows, God knows 

I haven’t lived yet

Life gave you those shoes to fill 

Heavy burden

Life seemed mean

´cos anyway, you’re not satisfied

Always looking for the way to find

The key that would calm

Calm that restless mind

But the fight kept on 

The war inside so strong

Always looking for the big new fix

Easy treasures

Life seemed rich

But alone, alone 

Those tears could not hold back for long

And God knows, God knows 

I haven’t lived yet

And you dream your days away

Always looking for the escape

Thinking, is this life i’d rather be without

And all the pain, all the grief

The guilt, the pressure, ”let me release”

A prayer let out in this song

Because you live with your eyes closed

Never sees what life’s got in hold for you

Worrying about the past and done

Worrying about the past and done

Well anyway 

You’re not satisfied

And God knows, God knows 

We haven’t lived yet