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Synchronised Swimmers

by Hafdís Huld

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1.
Action Man 03:52
I think he lives across the hall And I don't know him at all But I have a plan In it he's the action man He shifts across the street I can't see his feet He can save me anytime From this little life of mine I'm wishing, I'm wishing, I'm wishing Away by my window every day While he's on a mission For a damsel in distress I'm almost Happy and I guess I can live without the action man He will rocket and sky dive In order to survive Catch him if you can He's the action man Never needs a second chance Brave with big strong hands Makes everything okay Always knows just what to say, what to say I'm wishing, I'm wishing, I'm wishing Away by my window every day While he's on a mission For a damsel in distress I'm almost Happy and I guess I can live without the action man We'll have a moment in slow motion And I replay in my head all the clever Things I could have said Wishing, I'm wishing, I'm wishing away By my window every day While he's on a mission For a damsel in distress I'm almost Happy and I guess I can live without Wishing, I'm wishing, I'm wishing away By my window every day While he's on a mission For a damsel in distress I'm almost Happy and I guess I can live without my action man Live without my action man Live without my action man Action man
2.
Over noodles from yesterday I'm attempting some kind of a talk Not that it matters anyway It's a lonely road you walk Life size cut-out in the living room Of a woman that should be cold I think it's safe for me to assume That you need to be told Not sure what I'm doing here But you're my oldest friend Things were so much easier at school This grown up world is tricky I'm holding out my hand It's unwritten but it's the rule The green clock on the table Tells me you should be dressed by now You might feel slightly unable But you'll get back up somehow Were it the other way around I know you'd sit in the dark with me Until the courage could be found To get on with plan B Not sure what I'm doing here But you're my oldest friend Things were so much easier at school This grown up world is tricky I'm holding out my hand It's unwritten but it's the rule There's a storm in the cup of coffee I'm about to drink In it you are treading water Trying not to sink Not sure what I'm doing here But you're my oldest friend Things were so much easier at school This grown up world is tricky I'm holding out my hand It's unwritten but it's the rule It's unwritten but it's the rule
3.
Kónguló 02:54
It was a swing from a cable That sat by the tabourn EK Suffer you for your even way This could style and still betide the police Just wait he'll come down on one heath He's lucky poor that's the risk I note Feeling almost tight as butterflies shows They call him kongulo You never see him in an elevator It's most too slow See you later, see you later Let's hope the winds don't blow Watch out Here comes the kongulo Afraid of hides when it comes to flights of sex But when it starts to move Nobody gets No safety-line he takes his time out-there Stops for coffee And rests the first years there The side before there is a risk I know Feeling almost tight as butterflies shows They call him kongulo You never see him in an elevator It's most too slow See you later, see you later Please don't make it snow Watch out Here comes the kongulo It made us so even keener When he hits the the right With the window cleaner Human kongulo say yeah Now it's on tv who took him about his hand They call him kongulo You never see him in an elevator It's most too slow See you later, yeah see you later Let's hope the winds don't blow Watch out Here comes the kongulo La-la la-la la-la la-la-la Watch out Here comes the kongulo La-la la-la la-la la-la-la Watch out Here comes the kongulo La-la la-la la-la la-la la-la la-la la-la la-la a-la la-la la-la la-la la-la-la
4.
When you're angry And you're walking away Waiting for them to stop you But they don't Then it's ok To wait for a while Before you go back there again With a smile It's just one of those things I wish someone had told me If you're hurting Needing a tear That is the time when they just don't Seem to fall It gets better You give up the wait And they come streaming down your face When it's too late It's just one of those things I wish someone had told me If I had the answers to all my questions There wouldn't be anywhere to go from here If I had the answers to all my questions There wouldn't be anywhere There wouldn't be anywhere To go from here When you're happy And you just don't know why Don't waste precious time Don't even try If you're dancing And nobody's there Enjoy the fact that you don't Even care It's just one of those things I wish someone had told me If I had the answers to all my questions There wouldn't be anywhere There wouldn't be anywhere There wouldn't be anywhere To go from here It's just one of those things I wish someone had told me
5.
Nothing makes sense in the mornings anyway So feelings are back in demand from today Close my eyes and hope for a better one 'Cause life goes on Boys and perfume from a pound store Cheap Mona Lisa print on the wall And I feel like the girl who's got it all I feel like the girl who's got it all, got it all Misery feels so out of place Moment's happiness staring you in the face Can't find love, then lust will do I'm playing with you, I'm playing Boys and perfume from a pound store Cheap Mona Lisa print on the wall And I feel like the girl who's got it all I feel like the girl who's got it all Nothing like my boy needs to be It all happened so soon They can't tell me what works for me Let's have Christmas in June Christmas in June Boys and perfume from a pound store Cheap Mona Lisa print on the wall And I feel like the girl who's got it all I feel like the girl who's got it all I feel like, I feel like I've got it all
6.
Like synchronised swimmers In an ocean of sounds We're only beginners Still looking around It's a little bit deafening How my inner voice is shouting out What a lovely mess Through the days we walk There's liberating loneliness In how you never talk It's a little bit deafening How my inner voice is shouting out They'll come around Just leave you be Feet firmly on the ground When you're standing next to me Feet firmly on the ground When you're standing next to me Maybe we're different Different from who They so wanna tell us When they thing we should do It's a little bit deafening How my inner voice is shouting out They'll come around Just leave you be Feet firmly on the ground When you're standing next to me Feet firmly on the ground When you're standing next to me Shouting out It's a little bit deafening When my inner voice is shouting out It's a little bit deafening It's a little bit deafening It's a little bit deafening When my inner voice is shouting out Shouting out We're synchronised swimmers Shouting out
7.
Daisy 03:33
I don't want to smile You can't make me I've been dumped for a girl called Daisy And it hurts I picture her eating apples All glowing happy and healthy Girl next door My blue bikini's faded And I don't even care I think she's over rated With really stupid hair I think the sun is wasted on me I think the sun is wasted on me I've taken a vow of misery That's why the sun is wasted on me I wear my purple dress And walk like I mean business and I do She sounds like a greeting card phrase Little Miss Daisy at the door Not the best beginning for my fantasy catfight I've painted on a smile But I'll be back tomorrow night I think the sun is wasted on me I think the sun is wasted on me I've taken a vow of misery That's why the sun is wasted on me I think the sun is shining on me I think the sun is shining on me I've broken the vow of misery That's why the sun is shining on me Shining on me, shining
8.
Orange car people sit in trees Hard to digest all the memories Fell off a bike the blood still fresh Focus on saving my party dress I'm in bed it's after dark Still hear them playing in the park Run around and laugh out loud That is it I'm sneaking out Waiting for things to run around Summer should have a different sound Sad situations too much of a wait The time of my life is starting late With mum in the early morning rush People watching the on the bus Day after day always the same And they don't even know my name Waiting for the things to run around Summer should have a different sound Sad situations too much of a wait The time of my life is starting late Dreams of impossible happiness Sugar coated truth I need to wake up And shake off my youth The time of my life is starting late The time of my life is starting late The time of my life is starting late The time of my life is starting late
9.
A girl in a nylon apron serves me cinnamon toast On a plate with a picture of a cat The man on the next table pretends to read the paper We all know he's asleep under his hat Look out on the street And I see a lady feeding birds too fat to fly Everything is basic in a town like this You get your picture in the paper if you catch a fish Dwelling on if onlys on a rainy day Just like Dolly I will get away Goodbye to homemade lemonade The girl with the apron talks way too loud on the phone About a boy she wants to snog They still have that sign up But someone has decided that Patch doesn't count as a dog Look out on the street And I see a lady feeding birds too fat to fly Everything is basic in a town like this You get your picture in the paper if you catch a fish Dwelling on if onlys on a rainy day Just like Dolly I will get away Goodbye to homemade lemonade Everything is basic in a town like this You get your picture in the paper if you catch a fish Dwelling on if onlys on a rainy day Just like Dolly I will get away Goodbye to homemade lemonade
10.
Flying high as a kite With proper starts there in the night Just when she's starting to shine Gets tangled on a power line From looking at her face She's the nicest person in this place They clearly don't know She's putting on a little snow And she tries so hard to prove She's got nothing to prove Every little fall is a signature move She's made a deal with the devil You can't take those back She will always be The prettiest insomniac around here I almost know a criminal Pushes them out of her head Thoughts when she's alone in bed She'll get away with it Looks nothing like her photo fit And she tries so hard to prove She's got nothing to prove Every little fall is a signature move She's made a deal with the devil You can't take those back She will always be The prettiest insomniac around here Fear eats my sanity I say I like her dress This time she doesn't shout at me We must be making progress Tries so hard to prove She's got nothing to prove Every little fall is a signature move She's made a deal with the devil You can't take those back She will always be The prettiest insomniac around here I almost know a criminal I almost know a criminal I almost know a criminal
11.
Robot Robot 02:14
I'm gonna build a robot and I'll name it after you I've got everything I need Using nuts and bolts and just a little bit of glue And some tin foil on his feet We'll go for walks And feed the ducks with bread He scares them off With the lasers on his head Remote control Needs no compromise The look of love In this bright red eyes I'm gonna build a robot and I'll name it after you I've got everything I need Using nuts and bolts and just a little bit of glue And some tin foil on his feet He doesn't breathe And never needs to sleep His hardware heart Never skips a beat I'm gonna build a robot and I'll name it after you I've got everything I need Using nuts and bolts and just a little bit of glue And some tin foil on his feet
12.
Vampires 03:01
We live in a house with a blue door When we're going out, they're coming home And if sometimes all day, the curtains are drawn It's just that we'd rather be left alone They think we're vampires That could be cool But we're not vampires We're just me and you Here in the dark Me and you and our little spark They think we're vampires
13.
Winter Sun 04:04
Somehow it hurts to be happy In your head I see your seasonal sadness setting in So much unsaid Somehow it hurts to be happy In your head Learn to let it go I tell you things will better Just wait and see You shake your head in disbelief And whisper not for me Learn to let it go Learn to let it go As the days become longer Glimpse of winter sun I see you smile Spring has begun Learn to let it go Learn to let it go Learn to let it go Let it go Let it go Let it go

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Singer-songwriter Hafdís Huld was born in Reykjavik, Iceland and now divides her time between the UK and Iceland. From the age of 15 she sang and toured the world with iconic Icelandic collective Gus Gus. Synchronised Swimmers is the second album from Hafdís Huld. It contains two Icelandic number one hits – Kónguló, which means spider in Icelandic and is about urban climber Alain Robert, and the title track, Synchronised Swimmers. The album finds that special place just left of center in the sphere of deliciously melodic and witty pop. The mood is playful and the touch is light on songs that sound like they were recorded with all participants sporting an ear-to-ear grin.

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released November 23, 2010

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