JEANETTE LINDSTRÖM/QUEEN ON THE HILLSIDE

QUEEN ON THE HILLSIDE

You were the Queen of the MountainYou were the Mistress of forest and streamYou made me run on the HillsideYou made me a bearer of dreamsYou made me move a mountainBecause you never gave in

You were the Queen on the HillsideYou were the Mistress of forest and streamYou made me breathe on the HillsideYou made me hold on to my dreams

You knew how to find the goldYou didn’t do as you’d been toldThose years in captivity taught youYou found your own ways

You made me move a mountainBecause you never gave inBecause you never gave in

JL: vocalsJÖ: pianoDB: double bassTSQ: stringsString arrangement by Per Mårtensson

FRAGMENTS

Sitting in a forestTrying to use my paletteAll I see is fragmentsIt’s a place for truthIn my little cottageThe skylights

Sitting in a rainbowTrying to find a way toPut them all togetherIn this place for new   Looking at the skylights

I know This placeBecome My shadeThe lightIt’s allThe sameI guideYou thereIt’s play To beDon’t beafraidYou are The oneFor youIt’s doneI findYou hereTo comeTo seeYou willGet through

JL: vocals, backing vocalsAH: guitarDK: pianoDB: double bassMÖ: drums, percussionRG: backing vocals

FALLING

Walking in spaceWalking on the rooftopsFeeling so gracefulAlmost as if my mind stopsI have to pretendI don’t existMeaning to mendCatch up with what I’ve missed

We are falling Away from the coldFinally fallingExploring it all

It’s a beautiful night(I’m) dreaming awayListening to the soundsI think of what to sayWhat if I jump And land on my feetAbsolving for allNo more defeat

We are falling Away from it allFinally fallingExploring it all

You have to dive inNo matter what nowYou have to dive in It has to begin

We are fallingAway from it allFinally fallingExploring it all

We are falling Away from the coldFinally fallingExploring it all

JL: vocalsAH: guitarJÖ: piano, Wurlitzer, vibraphoneTG: electric bassMÖ: drums, gongs, glockenspiel, electronics

VEM

I stop and fill my sensesI fear the broken sentencesThough shapes are falling into placeI’m hanging loose here in this open space

Vem, vemVem ska ta dig hemVem, vemVem ska ta dig hem igen

I stop and lean against your cheekI hear the silence of the windYou’ll find me left here in betweenBut knowing things aren’t always what they seem

Vem, vemVem ska ta dig hemVem, vemVem ska ta dig hem igen

JL: vocals, WurlitzerAH: guitarDK: pianoDB: double bassMÖ: drums, percussionTSQ: stringsString arrangement by Jeanette Lindström 

THAT CLOUD

I will leave you in the darkest cloudThen you can take a guessWhat happened with the windAnd scream your fear out loud

I won’t see you Maybe hear youBut I won’t care ‘causeYou’ll be covered with that cloud

You’ll be there before the morning comesI’m watching as you fade awayComprehension of the things I fearThe mask falls off your face

But I won’t see you Maybe hear youBut I won’t care ‘causeYou’ll be covered with that cloud

I won’t see you Maybe hear youBut I won’t care ‘causeYou’ll be coveredI won’t see you Maybe hear youBut I won’t care ‘causeYou’ll be covered with that cloud

JL: vocals, backing vocalsTSQ: stringsString arrangement by Per Mårtensson

THIS IS HOW

When you question meWhen you think there’s something wrong with meWhen I feel I can’t get you to seeWhen I can’t get the words to be

This is how I talk to youThis is how my voice comes throughThis is how I reach to youThis is how, This is how

All those words I’d like to sayAll the things I wish I could explainJust seem to slip away like soapSeems like singing is my only hope

This is how I talk to youThis is how my voice comes throughThis is how I challenge youThis is how, This is how

JL: vocals, Hammond organAH: guitar, backing vocalsJÖ: piano, Fender Rhodes, backing vocalsTG: electric bass, backing vocalsMÖ: drums, backing vocals 

SOMEHOW

Out of nothingComes this thingOut of hopelessComes something

Out of giving upComes newOut of closed comesReach through

SomehowSomehowIn some waySome day

Got me a ticketDon’t know whereExpectations as IWalked down the stairs

One reflectionI could never dreamThere would be so muchLetting off steam

SomehowSomehowSome dayIn some way

SomehowSomehowIn some waySome dayWe’ll reach

A higher groundWe’ll findSomething

JL: vocals, MoogAH: guitarJÖ: pianoTG: electric bassMÖ: drums, electronics  

COMMENCE

See the tiny offspringHide behind a boulderVintage now, and coughingIt sure is getting colder

I have to commence my workI have to commence my searchI have to commence my workI have to commence my research

Stars on the horizonWhere are you little wild thing?Stars are getting brighterI’ve always been a fighter

I have to commence my workI have to commence my searchI have to commence my workI have to begin my research

Light on the horizonSlowly coming closerThe room is getting smallerWhile I am getting taller

I have to commence my workI have to commence my searchI have to commence my workI have to begin my research

JL: vocals, backing vocalsPJ: marimbaJE: marimbaMarimba arrangement: JL 

BREATHE

I help you breatheI take your breathI watch your stepI wrap my arms around youWhen the cold surrounds youSo happy to have found you

I make your callI take your fallI pave the groundThe hole is getting biggerI push away the diggerSo happy to be around you

Where are youWhere are you

I call your nameI take you inWash off the stainMy head is all confusionIs this just an illusion

I turn aroundReset the gameI make you spinI re-arrange the framingI try to stop the blamingSo happy to have found you

But where are youWhere are youWhere are youWhere are you

I only see me here You’re goneIs this how it will continue‘Til I’m gone

JL: vocals, keyboards, backing vocalsAH: guitars, backing vocalsJÖ: piano, keyboards, backing vocalsTG: electric bass, backing vocalsMÖ: drums, percussion, electronics, backing vocals

TRY TO BE

Pave me,Pave me with this strengthAs if it were mine

HeroesWe could try to be heroesHeroesWe could try to be…

I go where the wind blowsWas thinking it came hereFor reasonsI didn’t knowTo stayFor a long, long timeBut no one knowsNow no one knows

Save youYou say you want me to save youI even tried toI tried to beYour heroI tried to be yourHeroineCan’t you see

Shield meCover mePut me in a safe pocket When the strong winds blow

HeroCould you be my hero

Whenever the winds blowCould you try to be

HeroesWe could try to be heroesWhenever the winds blowWe could try to be

Stand upStand up before meLove and adore meSay you still doAnd maybeMaybe I will beSteering my footstepsBack to you

JL: vocalsSD: pianoTSQ: StringsString arrangement & programming by Karl-Johan Ankarblom

NORTH

I head for the NorthThat’s where I come fromThat’s what feels like home

I turn towards the skyBig glowing green lightA sense of knowing

I turn towards the nightThough I want to stay warmBig green light glowing

Icy, cold, whiteDiamond brightGlittering, glimmeringNow the night

I hide in the nightI hide out of sightIn beauty

JL: vocalsSD: piano 

Jeanette Lindström: vocals, keyboards, Wurlitzer, Hammond organ, backing vocalsAndreas Hourdakis: electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocalsJonas Östholm: piano, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, vibraphone, backing vocalsThobias Gabrielson: electric bass, backing vocalsMagnus Öström: drums, percussion, electronics, backing vocals 

Daniel Karlsson: pianoSteve Dobrogosz: pianoDan Berglund: double bassPelle Jacobsson: marimba John Eriksson: marimbaRigmor Gustafsson: backing vocals

The Stenhammar QuartetPeter Olofsson: violinPer Öman: violinRobert Westlund: violaMats Olofsson: cello

String arrangements:Per Mårtensson (Queen on the Hillside and That Cloud)Karl-Johan Ankarblom (Try to be)Jeanette Lindström (Vem)

All music & lyrics by Jeanette Lindström

Produced by Jeanette Lindström Album Production Assistant: Göran PeterssonRecorded and mixed by Janne Hansson at Atlantis Studio, Stockholm in May 2012, except Commence by Göran Petersson with the Brus & Knaster Mobile Studio in April and June 2012. Additional recordings and overdubs recorded by Göran Petersson at Brus & Knaster Studio, Jeanette Lindström at Occupied Mind Studios, Magnus Öström at Islandstream Studios, and Janne Hansson at Atlantis in May 2012. Mastered by Claes Persson, CRP Recording in June 2012, remastered in December 2019.A&R: Lars Tengroth 

Art Direction by Dan AbbottGraphic Design by Johan MånssonPhotos by Per Kristiansen Hair & Makeup by Tove JanssonStylist: Maria Sjödin/Maria Sjödin Stockholm 

www.jeanettelindstrom.com

Magnus Öström plays Zildjian Cymbals exclusivelyRigmor Gustafsson appears courtesy of ACT Music

This album is dedicated to my grandmothers Mormor Ebba & Farmor Gull-Britt, to my parents, and all my ancestors. Also to Sheila Jordan, Chris Thom, Mariann and Sylvia. And to you, who listen.

Thanks to Magnus, Andreas, Tobbe, Jonas, Daniel, Dan B, Steve, Pelle, John, Rigmor, The Stenhammar Quartet, Göran P, Janne & Lalla, Classe, Per M, Kalle A, Dan A, Johan M, Per K, Tove, Maria S, Jonas S, Lasse, Robert Wyatt & Alfreda Benge, Beata, Johan H, Leif, Kirsty, Ken P & Chris F, Joy, Kate H-V, Don, Sue Anne, George Kentros, Sven-Erik Johansson, Palle & Ulla, Ewik, Aitor Ortiz, Marshall Glover, Jeanette M.

Very special extra thanks to Torsten.Photo of Jeanette and Torsten by Magnus Öström