“Lilies on the Radio” – new single out now!

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It is always nerve wrecking and scary, but also so exciting and fun to release new music!
This new one is a bit different from my previous releases and I’m eager to see how my listeners will receive it.
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“Lilies on the Radio” was written in 2019, or maybe it as late 2018 – I can’t quite remember, after I dreamt part of the lyrics. Originally it was written in a slow tempo with soft finger picking guitar play. I have played it every now and then in my solo shows.

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This spring I brought it to the band as a “new” song because I wanted to work it into a band-version and this is the result! It’s faster, it’s got more groove, it’s got a happier vibe and it’s got drums!

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“Lilies on the Radio” is about not being perfect and not bending over backwards to get things done just to look good. It’s about finding your people – the ones who care about you and love you regardless of whether you succeed or fail. It’s about appreciating one another for who you are and not what you achieve in life. It’s a love song for those people in your life.
My love song was written for one friend in particular, but I am lucky to have more than one.

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”Lilies on the Radio” is for all of you -friends and family, who stand by me and show your support in my private life or my musical life, in sunshine and in rain. You mean more than you will ever know!

☮️💟🙏

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”Lilies on the Radio”

lyrics and music by Rebekka Lundstrøm

You can’t hear the lilies on the radio

you can’t feel the breeze behind a door

you cannot relive what happened long ago

and you cannot buy your happiness in store

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But if you see the moonlight when the night is dark

you know you’re not alone

you can’t hear the lilies on the radio

but I’ll be with you when all the lilies are gone

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You can’t feel the waves when the wind dies down

you cannot undo what you have done

and you cannot break the fall when you have hit the ground

you cannot hug your loved ones when they’re gone

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But if you hear the music when the sound is off

you know you’re not alone

you can’t hear the lilies on the radio

but I’ll be with you when all the lilies are gone

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And when you’re cold and lonely and the fire is out

I will lend you a coat

I’ll play you songs from the radio

I’ll try to keep you afloat

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And if you hear this song when you’re far away

you know you’re not alone

you can’t hear the lilies on the radio

but I’ll be with you when all the lilies are gone.

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Guitar & vocals: Rebekka Lundstrøm

Electric guitar: Simen Svanevik Bendiksen

Bass & backing vocals: André Sandal Stenersen

Banjo: Geir Emanuelsen

Drums: Tor Anders Stadheim

Recorded, mixed and mastered: Rasmus Solem

Production: Rasmus Solem & Rebekka Lundstrøm

Artwork: Enyeto Kotori Design

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