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# Liquid Elements - I Believe That
- URL: https://tjomlid.com/liquid-elements-i-believe-that/
- Published: 2007-12-24T13:21:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-09T00:37:57.000Z
- Author: Gunnar R. Tjomlid
- Tags: Bloggpost, PublishedPost, #substack, #substack-type-newsletter, #substack-access-only_paid, #Import 2024-12-22 18:32

Men jeg ligger her i sofaen på julaften, litt småsyk og dvask, slenger jeg ut enda en gammel låt. Sangen *I Believe That* er det nærmeste jeg har kommet en skikkelig plateinnspilling.

Tilbake i 1998/99 sendte jeg inn noen av mine sanger til et publishing-selskap som het *Melodimakeriet*. Tiden gikk og jeg tenkte ikke så mye mer på det, før jeg en kveld fikk en telefon fra dem med melding om at de ville spille inn sangen med en kjent artist. De lette fortsatt etter den rette artisten, men sa de for tiden jobbet med en stor svensk artist som ønsket å spille inn sangen. De likte godt refrenget, men ville muligens skrive om versene litt. Dessverre stoppet det der og sangen ble nok aldri spilt inn likevel.

På denne sangen gjør jeg alt selv, og den er også spilt inn på loftet i min lille siviltjeneste-kåk med en skrøpelig PC, et billig miksebord, kassegitar, råtten bassgitar og et lite MIDI-keyboard. Ah, those were the days...

En dose Auto-Tune hadde nok gjort seg på vokalen, men dette var alltid ment som demoer med håp om en dag å få dem spilt inn med en skikkelig vokalist, så du får prøve å ignorere de råtne vokalprestasjonene mine ;-)

> sometimes I feel you - I feel you staring at my mind  
> just when I need you - you show me light where I was blind  
>  
> you come inside me - and touch my every single nerve  
> and then you tell me - it's only me you'll ever serve  
>  
> even if you're gone, I can feel that you are here  
> and even when I cry, you will brush away my tears  
>  
> Ref:  
> *'cause you're here in me* 
> *and eventually* 
> *you'l come back, you'll see* 
> *I believe that* 
> *'cause we live like one* 
> *even when you're gone* 
> *it depends upon* 
> *if I believe that* 
> *but I do, yes I do*  
>  
> and when I'm sleeping - it's as if you're next to me  
> when I'm dozing - you're always there for me to see  
>  
> even if you're gone, I can feel that you are here  
> and even when I cry, you will brush away my tears  
>  
> Ref:  
> *'cause you're here in me* 
> *and eventually* 
> *you'l come back, you'll see* 
> *I believe that* 
> *'cause we live like one* 
> *even when you're gone* 
> *it depends upon* 
> *if I believe that* 
> *but I do, yes I do*  
>  
> sometimes I feel you - I feel you staring at my mind  
> just when I need you - you show me light where I was blind  
>  
> you come inside me - and touch my every single nerve  
> and then you tell me - it's only me you'll ever serve  
>  
> even if you're gone, I can feel that you are here  
> and even when I cry, you will brush away my tears  
>  
> Ref:  
> *'cause you're here in me* 
> *and eventually* 
> *you'l come back, you'll see* 
> *I believe that* 
> *'cause we live like one* 
> *even when you're gone* 
> *it depends upon* 
> *if I believe that* 
> *but I do, yes I do*

Synther/bass/gitarer/vokal/kor/trommeloops: Gunnar R Tjomlid