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"That was in the middle of the so called 'refugee crisis', when all these children were drowning in the mediterranean. The album title is taken from a line in this song. It's about falling in love while the world is going nuts. We're all people, we're all human beings. And all we have is each other and we will drown if we allow divisions to kick in. The key line though is that we should be building ships, ie we need to organise. "

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1) In a time when living gets harder
and the struggle for survival too
you ask yourself what is wrong with this world
it used to be a place i loved

and i put my arms around you
and we hold each other tight
its the only thing that keeps us
that keeps us alive

oh oh oh

2) We fell in love as the world was going crazy
we talked and talked for hours
it was easy to collapse into your arms now
and your scent's still in my bed

driving through clouds of people on the cold floor
these are dark dark times
oh im so scared of the things that might come now
and i dont know what to do

oh oh oh

3) we spent the afternoon on rollercoasters
as the leaves turned brown
and the wind said autumn and the cold air
proved the blue skies liars

human bodies stranded somewhere on a cold shore
this could have been my child
what if we have to flee someday too now
into some rotten paradise

oh oh oh

4) these days we're writing poems and lighting candles
for our hearts and for our minds
im falling deeper and deeper as i hold you
this could have been my child

these days we're keeping our heads down low now
until we're ready to fight
we used to sing this song past midnight
this could have been my child

oh oh oh

5) and if we ever lose our fear now
together we will stand
we could end the pain and the hardship
it is divided that we fall

we're swimmers in the arctic sea now
we should b building ships
our anger is a starting point now
our pain is our guide

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from Swimmers in the Arctic Sea, track released October 21, 2016
Laura Rafetseder / Lindo Records

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Laura Rafetseder Vienna, Austria

Singer/Songwriter Laura Rafetseder has made herself a name among the Vienna Singer/Songwriter Scene with her band Laura & the Comrats and their debut album Creating Memories. In 2012 she released her first solo album The Minor Key Club, and in autumn 2016 second album Swimmers in the Arctic Sea. ... more

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