Stand Up

Kjell-Vidar Åhman Teig

Stand up. For the words the you’ve spoken.

Stand up. Now is time for changes, we were there on the day our mother drowned.

Stand up. For a planet bleeding.

Stand up. Our waters boiling. Burning oil, sharks are nowhere to be found.

You and me we want to dance together,

we can stop, but can never turn around.

You and me we gonna stand toghether.

You and me we want to sing forever,

we can stop, but can never turn around.

You and me we gonna stand toghether.

Stand up. I see satan´s coming.

Stand up. I see the Wall returning, "sure as hell don’t want that kind inbound”.

Stand up. Oh, there are bullets wasted.

Stand up. I see kids are killing, firing guns when we should all be safe and sound.

You and me we want to dance together,

we can stop, but can never turn around.

You and me we gonna stand toghether.

You and me we want to sing forever,

we can stop, but can never turn around.

You and me we gonna stand toghether.

Stand up. All bloodlines lost now.

Stand up. See the helmets coming, white can help, black will force you to the ground.

Stand up. For the words the you’ve spoken.

Stand up. Now is time for changes, we were there on the day our mother drowned.

You and me we want to dance together,

we can stop, but can never turn around.

You and me we gonna stand toghether.

You and me we want to sing forever,

we can stop, but can never turn around.

You and me we gonna stand toghether.

I sat down to write a song that would be my Rocking in the Free World. Of course I knew it was impossible, but it was an interesting trail to go down. On the way it turned out to be something else, but has some hints to what I was trying to do. 

I was also so lucky to meet Heinz Karnitschar online and he reached out to me. We agreed that we should do some collabse, and this is the first song to come out of it. Heinz is playing keys, and has given me plenty of good advices. His daughter Natasha, and my daughter Ida is also singing on the track. 

Its time to Stand Up!