Titeln We Have The Time anspelar på ett vanligt använt uttryck av talibanerna. Ni har klockan vi har tiden. Det betyder att de kan bida sin tid i 100 år, medan västmakterna har väljaropinion att ha hänsyn till och således allteftersom åren går successivt kommer att nötas ned och slutligen lämna Afghanistan, vilket ju skedde våren 2021 under dramatiska former.

Själv påverkades jag lite extra eftersom jag var i landet 2011/2012 med Försvarsmakten. Då var tongångarna positiva och säkerhetsläget relativt bra i flera områden. Det var också då NATO-länderna hade störst antal soldater i landet. Sen flaggade Obama för att USA skulle dra sig ur 2014 och resten är så att säga historia. Talibanerna har återigen makten i landet och utvecklingen verkar ju, enligt de få artiklar man numera ser i västlig media, gå åt fel håll.

Avseende musiken gillar jag det dragspelsliknande ljudet i introt och refrängerna.

We have the time

Hey, I´m gonna take you down

No matter where you come from, I´ll take your life

You tried to tear down the city walls

While we were waiting in the shadow

Fooled you all

Hey, you have the watches, we have the time

Oh we have waited years and hours

Now we are back in power

This time it will be fine

Let´s go back in time

Hey, we just drove right in

We cut a deal with the devil, we did win

Now we´re gonna save your lives

If you try to run from us, we will hunt you down

Hey, you have the watches, we have the time

Oh we have waited years and hours

Now we are back in power

This time it will be fine

Let´s go back in time

Been here for twenty years now you´re running like cowards

They try to get on the plane but they´re falling like rain

Wish I could have told them, the dream is here to stay know

Today, and til the end of days

The Hidden Fire är en systerlåt till What If It Remains This Way och We Have The Time. Låtarna bygger på ungefär samma grepp och speltekniker. Textmässigt handlar låten om en uppbyggd frustration som under en längre tid byggts upp under felaktiga antaganden.

The Hidden Fire

Fail, failure´s not an option, failure´s what I do

Everywhere rejection, following my every move

But somewhere something´s burning

Waiting to get out

Concentrated power

Time to scream and shout

In my darkest hour

In my darkest time

We will stand together

We will fight all night

Maybe chose the wrong one

Maybe going down

Does it really matter?

Feeling like a child, tonight

It is the hidden fire

The norm, silently oppressing

Infiltrating minds

Silence is a blessing

People are going blind

I´m gonna see them landing

Gonna break em down

No matter who´s before me

Won´t be a second round

In my darkest hour

In my darkest time

We will stand together

We will fight all night

Maybe chose the wrong one

Maybe going down

Does it really matter?

Feeling like a child

It´s the hidden fire

I wanna be wasted

I wanna pick a random guy

And go all in

In my darkest hour

In my darkest time

We will stand together

fight all night

Into The Leader var bland de första låtarna jag spelade in under pandemin. Det var, vid den tiden, inte tanken att det skulle bli ett album men låtarna fortsatte att komma så jag beslutade att ta med Into The Leader på albumet. Detta trots att den rent inspelningstekniskt och genomförandemässigt knappast hör till albumets höjdpunkter. Det finns bra partier men framför allt solot lämnar något i övrigt att önska. Texten? Handlar om det fatala i att följa dåliga ledare.

Into the leader

Late November, no winter only rain

I thought I´d won the lottery, but the giver was to blame

Secteristic, oh I didn´t see it then

But before too long they reeled me in

They said I was their friend

You should never see the outside

We can never let them in

They know we are superior

We will win

We´re into the leader

All she is telling us

Into the leader

For her I will die, for the leader

Never I´d give her up

Into the leader

For her I will die, for the leader

I would shoot em down, for the leader

I would never betray her

Into the leader

I would take em out, for the leader

She loves me, I know

And I love her too

Years would follow, and she hijacked our brains

Made us crawl in agony and forget about our names

No one questioned, no one ever said a word

Risk position in the hierarchy, that would be absurd

You should never see the outside

We can never let them in

They know we are superior  

We will win

We´re into the leader

All she is telling us

Into the leader

For her I will die, for the leader

Never I´d give her up

Into the leader

For her I will die, for the leader

I would shoot em down, for the leader

I would never betray her

Into the leader

I would take em out, for the leader

She loves me, I know

But somehow I got out the door my friend

Others will stay til the end

I got my pride back, no longer was I blind

I´m out

Too Steep är en av mina absoluta favoritlåtar på albumet. Låten bygger faktiskt på mellanspelet i What If It Remains This Way. Tyckte det var en så snygg ackordgång att jag började spela vidare på den och så blev den en vers också. Sen kom pianoslingan och resten av låten som en blixt från klar himmel. Låten skrev klart sig själv på nolltid. Underbart när det händer, för det händer nästan aldrig. Och när det händer vet jag nästan alltid att jag har en bra låt.

Texten handlar om förändring och om hur svårt det kan vara. Ibland känns det omöjligt. Hur mycket man än försöker så står man gång på gång där nere vid foten av berget, och vägen upp verkar allt brantare.

Too Steep

Another dream, another time, different choices, different mind

Guess it could have been avoided

Now the tracks run too deep, the way back up is too steep

My common sence has been exploited

From high above I see the water, darkness turn to colour

Oh I´m comin down

When the grey is here to stay

It is hard to make it go away

Abandonment is haunting me

Too Steep

They all tell me what to do

What is right I wish I knew

Unfortunately you see

It´s all up to me

I am stuck in a place, too late to save my face

Everything is moist and blurry

No solid ground anywhere

They´re all gone no one cares

I´m descending in a hurry

From high above I see the water, darkness turn to colour

Oh I´m comin down

When the grey is here to stay

It is hard to make it go away

Abandonment is haunting me

Too Steep

They all tell me what to do

What is right I wish I knew

Unfortunately you see

It´s all up to me

When the grey is here to stay

It is hard to make it go away

When the grey is here to stay

It is hard to make it go away

No solid ground anywhere

They´re all gone no one cares

I´m descending in a hurry

No solid ground anywhere

They´re all gone no one cares

I´m descending in a hurry