ULTERIA, 2021

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Could've sworn I saw the outcome
    Could've kept it to myself
    Baby, we were made titans
    Built to stand this change

    Would've given you every ounce of
    Whatever you desired most
    Should probably’ve kept my mouth shut
    Colliding as we were

    Now you're gone with the wind just like that
    Left with the clothes on your back
    My mind and soul
    Forever roams
    At ease with you
    We're pieces pulled, oh baby
    From the same moon

    Surrender all my pardons
    Withhold my every need
    As I let you dance your heart out
    With anyone you’d please

    Now you're gone with the wind just like that
    Left with no trace for me to track
    My mind and soul
    Forever roams
    At ease with you
    We're pieces pulled, oh baby
    From the same moon

    That we would go beyond some
    The stars of which we're made
    Baby, we were made titans
    Long before we met

    Forever, always
    Forever, always
    Forever, always

    Forever darling, maybe always (forever, always)
    Meant to be, built to stand this change (forever, always)
    Forever darling, maybe always (forever, always)
    Meant to be, built to stand this change (forever, always)

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Did we crash into the stairs, or
    Wake your neighbours, when we came home
    Late and drunk in love, so
    Young and oh, so golden

    Did I crack this broken marble floor
    Don’t remember that line from before
    Suppose back then I didn’t know
    Things break, when you least want them to

    We crashed into each other’s worlds
    Tore down the roof in every room
    Crystal skies, velvet walls
    Water garden and pink somersaults

    Broken, bruised, confused and blue
    Oh baby, how I wanted you
    I learned a lasting lesson though
    Hearts break, when you least want them to

    Never will I let go, you know
    I’ll love you on my own
    Baby, if I have to
    Make it work, paint it over
    Never golden but beautiful

    Beautiful, beautiful
    Beautiful, beautiful

    Lock the door and throw away the key
    Leave the ruins that are me 
    Shatter every single piece
    Heart in hand, leave it be

    So reliant on the moon
    Jealous how it shines on you
    Guess I’ll have to face the truth
    Hearts break, when you least want them to

    But never will I let go, you know
    I’ll love you on my own
    Baby, if I have to
    Make it work and paint it over
    Never golden but beautiful

    Beautiful, beautiful
    Beautiful, beautiful

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Lovers in orbit
    Launched into space
    It was real though - wasn’t it?

    Stop mocking me, please
    Show some etiquette
    All the things I bended on really took a toll on me
    Did you forget

    Now who do I talk to, baby
    Who do you love more than me - who?
    I don’t know if I should’ve come over
    What will I do now
    When my heart gets sober

    Heart drenched in wine
    Wrapped under my skin
    If it was real
    Why break so easily

    Who do I turn to, baby
    Who could you love more than me - who?
    I don’t know if I should’ve come over
    What do I do now
    When my heart gets sober

    Bullets on parade
    Shards of broken glass
    Open wounds that I fill up with champagne and all that jazz
    A glittered joy in lovers that may come and go and pass
    Oh, it’ll never fill the void you left in me
    That’s a fact

    Now who do I turn to, baby
    Who put that spell on your love
    I don’t wanna feel
    Don’t want you to hold her, no

    Said, who do I turn to, baby
    Real love is hard to come by
    I don’t wanna feel, no
    I’d rather drown it all than try
    Do what I can do to keep my heart
    From being sober

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Fuck it up just to feel something
    Exactly what you’d expect of me
    Expiration on everything
    Tainted love, jealous reign

    Fuck it up at your own expense
    Know we tried, said in my defense
    Say I lost all evidence
    Of our love ever on my skin

    The upper hand
    Has an ugly feel
    Sour taste, hungry guilt
    Petty tears don’t work for me
    Sharp tongues cut eventually

    Upper hand as a point proven
    Once, tends to fuck it up again
    Takes a toll on your will to bend
    Less will to keep the cut clean

    The upper hand
    Has an ugly feel
    Sour taste, hungry guilt
    Balancing on brittle bones
    Couldn’t handle this sharp turn

    There’s a price for a winning hand
    The way that power is positioned
    Cold grip, sore purple veins
    Forced, inevitable win

    Here comes the bitter end
    More than honorable mentions
    The more you lose, the more you’re all in
    Go blind for the upper hand

    The upper hand
    The upper hand
    The upper hand

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Omen
    Don’t you see I’m the bearer of
    These bittersweet but bad news for us
    I’ve kept it down and at this point
    My silver tongue can turn anything to dust

    Omen
    Don’t be fooled by the thrill of us
    In no time have you staring down the barrel of
    Biting bullets long enough
    Careful dear, is it even worth the shot

    Never had the nerve to
    Scared you’re gonna see through
    My caged heart in this curfew
    Blessed are the solitary lone few
    Just let me adore you
    ‘Til it starts to burn through
    Your cyanide for perfume
    Shielded, guarded virtue
    Maybe it’s an omen
    Omen, omen

    Mark my words, spare those tears
    Too precious for my duly noted fears
    Timely matter set in motion
    Something’s changed
    Oh honey, don’t you notice?

    Never had the nerve to
    Scared you’re gonna see through
    My caged heart in this curfew
    Blessed are the solitary lone few
    Just let me adore you
    ‘Til it starts to burn through
    Your cyanide for perfume
    Shielded, guarded virtue
    Maybe it’s an omen

    Omen, omen
    Omen, omen

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Little figurine
    You carry the weight of my dreams
    Put my faith in you, high hopes
    Light a match, become the poet

    Phoenix, set me on fire
    Burn all the schemes
    All but one desire
    Take what’s left
    It’ll rise again
    I’ll let it in, I’ll let it all burn

    Like a lion roaring from the flame
    Candle in the wind that can’t be tamed
    I’ll let the flare carry my pen and rule
    As I trade the piece of me that used to love you

    I’ll trade your broken promises for prose and verses
    Melodies from ashes, rhymes outburst
    How it burns to part with a piece of the soul
    That’s the fate of the poet

    Take these lips of mine that used to want you
    And I’ll trade these broken arms that used to hold you, darling
    I’ll let the flare carry my pen and rule
    A heart that bled for you sings so sweet and true
    A forever-framed piece of our love to be told

    That’s the fate, deep in the soul
    The fate of the poet

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    How I put you on the highest mountain, highest
    I could think of, highest place
    Far beyond the grasp of imagination
    You were always outta reach

    You’re so high in my mind and
    It takes a little timing
    To get it right
    Let me close my eyes
    I’m scared to raise the flag on this
    Let it peak, reach the summit
    Where do I go after Everest
    Everest, Everest

    I think I tread a million tracks, and followed
    Your every lead now, and every step
    Been climbing all Himalayas
    I’ve never seen anything
    Quite like this

    You’re so high in my mind and
    It takes a little timing
    To get it right
    Let me close my eyes
    I’m scared to raise the flag on this
    And let it peak, reach the summit
    Where do we go, baby
    After Everest

    Uh, baby come on over
    Let me hold ya
    Long ago, should’ve told ya
    I’ve never met anyone giving me
    This vertigo, so
    Let’s reach the summit, reach the summit
    You’re my Everest

    You’re so high in my mind, babe
    It takes a little timing
    To get it right
    Let me close my eyes
    I’m scared to raise the flag on this
    And let it peak, yeah
    Reach the summit, reach the summit
    You’re my Everest

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Feels like every other word you leave unsaid
    Guards up, far away from me, playing it safe

    Won’t you let me in, just a little bit
    I won’t ask for much, just that you know at least
    There’s a still little bit of you left in me
    Always was, always

    There’s a little bit of you in every
    song that I sing
    Every word and note, echoing correlation

    Won’t you let me in, just a little bit
    I’ve loved you for so long, kinda think I always have
    There’s still a little bit of the love you left in me
    Always was, always

    Watch me fall apart
    See how it’ll all crumble
    ‘Til I’m all crushed, and all stripped down
    All that’s left of me, is a little bit of you
    How it always was, always

    Oh, won’t you let me in, just a little bit
    I’ve loved you for so long, you know I always will
    Do with it what you want
    There’s no way around this for you and me
    Never was, never

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    A heart to heart
    In this temper
    Might tip the balance
    I don’t really think it’s clever
    Deliberate the state of our nature
    All fired up
    If it’s all the time we’ve left together

    Buckle up
    The devil’s in the detail
    Waging war inside these walls
    When we’re meant to fit, not really made to reset
    Don’t know if we’re gonna break this fall

    How clever are you now
    How clever are you now
    How clever are you now
    How clever

    A finish line
    Right in front of us
    Racing hearts
    Beating faster than ever
    Raging on
    Proceed with caution
    MIB, you caught me off guard
    This arguing can turn us

    Buckle up
    The devil’s in the detail
    Waging war behind these eyes
    Meant to keep calm, at least try
    Never was the type to let go of my pride

    Don’t look down
    I’m hiding here
    Soaked outside your window
    And I never thought
    We’d end up here
    Compromised and final

    Caught red-handed came to fight
    Clever leaving first, I was so surprised
    Clever never was your strong side

    How clever are you now
    How clever are you now
    How clever are you now
    How clever

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Here we are
    In Ulteria
    Drowning, flooded inner parlour
    Soul pouring out

    We’re closing in
    On the distance that
    Held the blame last time
    Tore us apart

    Ghost of us
    Lurking in the corridors
    Rotten soil, ruined crops
    Closure calls for fault

    Hold your horses
    While my breaking heart
    Fits the mold of
    Yours, unharmed

    Hold my breath ‘til I’m losing it
    Lost all track of the oxygen
    You last held in your lungs
    So close to your heart
    In our final form

    Return to dust
    From ashes of us
    No boundaries of
    A love ulterior

    Ulteria, Ulteria
    Ulteria, Ulteria

    Hear me out
    I loved you, don’t you know
    Ulteria
    It’s the art of letting go

    Maybe I’ll
    Learn to call some other time
    And sober up
    Just need a little on my own

    Staring much
    At things I’ve yet to return
    Ulteria
    It’s time to let it go


  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    I’d keep my eyes open
    But I was never any good at keeping them
    On the price, I’m the kind that never was chosen
    First in line, back when we were kids

    I’ve made a lot of promises
    I was never any good at keeping them
    I sure kept my heart wide open for you
    That I’m bad at showing
    Doesn’t mean I didn’t let you in

    To be sensitive to all around
    Like magnets do, I feel this pull
    So enchanted by their every turn
    It’s out of my hands
    Can’t help but follow

    I gave my heart to you
    One day you gave it back
    Well, ever since then I kept it close to home
    Feeling it was never really mine to have

    I’ve made my fair share of mistakes
    I’m soft-spoken, but deeply felt
    So secretive to the ones I loved
    Disguised by the coldest hands
    You’ve ever held

    To be fair I feel it all around
    Drawn to this magnetic pull
    Despite of all my love and running hope
    Wherever it takes me
    I’ll blindly follow

    I’ll take the blame
    Someone should have told you, my love
    I never was one to tell
    But I can show you
    For seasons to come

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Last time the snow fell this deep
    That’s when you fell for me
    In winter coats, streets covered in white
    Footsteps and diamond shaped lights

    I don’t mind the sky raining down on me
    As long as it’s below zero degrees
    Now, whenever the snow falls that deep
    I still hope you think of me

    Je pense, je pense, tout le temps à toi
    Je te regarde toujours, touche jamais
    Mais c’est la vie pour moi, tu sais
    Quand la neige tombe si profonde, je pense à toi
    Dis-moi, mon cœur, est-ce que tu penses à moi?

    The snow, the snow is falling I see
    Falling much further than you ever did, for me
    Now it’s so cold and cruel
    Then again it’s nothing compared to you, no

    Je pense, je pense, tout le temps à toi
    Je te regarde toujours, touche jamais
    Mais c’est la vie pour moi, tu sais
    Quand la neige tombe si profonde, je pense à toi
    Dis-moi, mon cœur, est-ce que tu penses à moi?

    Je tiens tellement à toi
    Alors, tu triches, c’est vrai
    Caring much deeper than you ever did for me
    La neige est profonde et lourde, et il fait trop froid
    Mais, ce n’est rien comparé à toi

    Je pense à toi
    Dis-moi, mon cœur
    Dis-moi, mon cœur
    Dis-moi, mon cœur
    Est-ce que tu penses à moi?

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    You’ve got that glint in your eyes
    You bow your head and speak too low
    Drawing me closer to hear you
    Teasing me, then letting go

    You keep your hand in your pocket
    And your words well said
    My foolish fears are far from friendly
    So condescendingly red

    I know you’ve got them all waiting
    Confidently in line just for you
    Like links in a chain, pearls on a string
    The more, the merrier, oh the fools

    I keep my actions well tempered
    I try to keep it cool
    Until our timing gets just right, my dear
    I’ll be waiting just for you

    What kinda fool rushes in
    On the mere idea of you
    What kinda hope is there for me to cling to
    Will our some day soon come true

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Round in this spinning wheel
    We go, I’m head over heels
    Countless encores on this carousel
    Whatever you’re doing to me, you do it well

    I’m wrapped around your fingertips
    I’m all yours, you just don’t know it yet
    So who will let their guards down first
    I’m strong but not strong enough
    To tare down the walls we built

    I’m hanging by my fingertips
    So close to let it slip
    Round and round, we chase in this
    For heaven’s sake, I would’ve fallen for less

    You’re a saint and I’m a sinner
    A mere pawn, but I delivered
    Playing your game with your crossed fingers
    Pouring salt in the wounds on my skin, cuts deeper

    Edge of my seat, hanging by my nails
    So close to let it slip
    Can’t get these words right off of my lips
    Why can’t you see, I’m all in for this

    Bells ringing, sail’s high
    I’m waving my white flag in front of your eyes
    What a sight, hands up and my tongue tied
    Out in your waters, nowhere to hide
    I’m down on my knees for you
    Too in love to let it show
    Hallelujah, hell if I know
    But I surrender, bow down to you

    Only you’ve got that power over me
    Call it faith in the saint you are to me, to me

    I’m out of tricks up my sleeve
    I’ve come to terms with your winning spree
    Oh, I’m a fool that stays beside with no leash
    Forever all tied up in your chains, I chose to be

    Bells ringing, sail’s high
    I’m waving my white flag in front of your eyes
    What a sight, hands up and my tongue tied
    I’m out in your waters, nowhere to hide
    I’m down, scratched my knees for you
    Too in love to let you go
    Hallelujah, hell if I know
    I surrender, bow down to you

    Only you’ve got that power over me
    Call it faith in the saint you are to me, to me

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Summer came and summer went
    Just like all the years before
    Still every time the first leaf falls
    I think of life when I first saw
    A love as bittersweet as yours

    The tick of time and seasons change
    Yearly reminder of our lovers haze
    Now, I don’t find it true that saying
    Not everything is washed away in the rain

    Birds and years are flying by
    Reminds of how foolishly I still try
    Though countless times men have tried
    But nothing stops the tick of time

    But I’ll keep an eye out for you
    Wherever I go from now on
    Just leave the sight of you in my window
    Slowly dancing in the kitchen with
    Morning softly sailing in on us

    The tide is gone and still it stays
    Water’s low but soon will rise
    I can’t help it, I can’t hide
    Back and forth I go to the tick of time

    It’s bittersweet but sweet, you know
    To be chained to you when all it takes
    Is for the first leaf to fall

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    Starry, starry night
    Shining down on me
    Why have I always been drawn this way to you
    Won’t you loosen up your skies
    That surround me
    Turn down all your lights tonight

    Starry, starry how
    You seem so hollow
    Thought all I ever said to you was said in confidence
    Confessed up all my sins
    They’re too hard to swallow
    Just couldn’t be alone with this on my conscience

    Starry, starry night
    Why do you taunt me
    Did much more than I could ever do
    I was as close as I dared
    What do you want here
    Shining oh so brightly

    You keep an eye on me
    Maybe I’m too blind to see
    The only place I ever felt like I belonged
    I’m tied up to my path
    Too good for my own self
    Now look at the mess I made
    How I wish you didn’t have this hold on me, you have

    Worry for my vow
    To stay away
    I never was freed of you
    Wasn’t supposed to hide
    And you to recognize

    One day I’ll cheat the stars
    Make it out of their light
    Shining down on me
    So bright

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    When I’m awake, I’m thinking about you
    Now you’re not here, oh how I wish you were
    And when I’m asleep, I’m always dreaming about you
    I guess it’ll get a little less hard every day

    When I’m alone, I get lost in my thoughts
    In thoughts and in memories of us, oh how
    The smell of your perfume has still to leave the room
    But I guess it’ll get a little less hard very soon

    Sunny days, still clouds above
    Rainy thoughts on lonely nights without you, my love
    I don’t care much for these changes
    Here they go again
    I guess it’ll get a little less hard in the end

    Sunny days, still clouds above
    Rainy thoughts on lonely nights without you, my love
    And I don’t care much for these changes
    Oh, here they go again
    I guess it’ll get a little less hard in the end

    How, now when I speak I get lost in my words
    Now when I breathe it hurts
    My darling I’m so lost
    And I’m gonna be so lost without you

    I guess it’ll get a little less hard
    I guess I’m gonna make it work
    I guess it’ll get a little less hard
    In the end

  • Tekst/musik: Ginne Marker

    I’ve been hearing you
    Even though it’s just in my head
    I track your every step
    But now it’s fading everyday
    I guess it’s just the way this world spins
    My favourite things

    All the things I know
    About you, still not how
    You’re doing today
    What you eat, who you’re talking with
    But I picture it in my head
    And guess it’s just the way this world turns

    When, when I wish upon a star
    I close my eyes
    Try to see what you’re seeing where you are
    And whether you’d smile
    If you heard me sing
    This lullaby for you

    When, when I wish upon a star
    I wish to know
    Are they shining bright ‘bove you today
    Are they lighting up your way
    As I sing my lullaby for you

    When, when I wish upon a star
    I close my eyes
    Try to see what you’re seeing where you are
    And whether you’d smile

    So when I wish upon a star
    I wish to know how you are
    But most of all I wish you well
    With this lullaby for you

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    I hope you found
    What you were looking for
    What I couldn’t see
    What you saw clearly

    What’s going on
    Do you still sleep with that one
    Orange light on and do you still
    Wake up to that same old song
    Humming along, all on my own

    Paris or Berlin
    Tokyo or London, you’re in
    Where you’ve gone to this time
    Lately I’m wondering

    While I’m alone
    Here in my own little world
    All by myself, I’m still here
    Or wherever you want me to

    No, I don’t mind
    Giving you all that I’ve got, dear
    Maybe some day
    We’ll feel the same way
    Be in the same place
    All at the same time

    A little too late
    Our timing was just not that great, right
    We are just like day and night
    I’m in love, you’re sometimes
    I’m in 3 and you’re in 5

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    Goodnight good love
    I’m still treading in the same old tracks
    Chasing down every memory lane
    Whenever I get back to where the way
    The stars aligned still mares my mind when starred at
    Where my hometown glory’s tainted
    With the moments of the past

    Knees to the ground, no religion on my tongue
    I still keep you in my prayers though, if I’d ever have one
    And time and time again you’ve shown up on my path
    And this bed I made I’m laying in
    Heavier each day that’s passed

    I’ll keep on running, with punctured lungs I sing
    And I’m taking on water
    Oh, I’m a broken hearted heroine fighting her way
    Please have mercy on me

    A goodnight’s in its place, if I’m never letting go
    Of our late-night rendez-vous
    The memory of your footsteps in the snow
    Seems like a case of you, in every story that I’ve told

    Through the maze you’ve made for me
    I’ll find my way
    So every night I’ll go, if only I
    Could dream a million dreams of you

    What a mess you’ve made of me
    For tonight I’ll let it be
    Goodnight good love
    Sweet dreams