“Majestic and wistful, ‘Firmament’ is a sweeping, beautiful journey. Dim Gray deserve their moment in the sun”
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“A beautiful album bursting with musicality and a treasury of exquisite songs to soften even the hardest of hearts. Exceptional *****”
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Symphonic pop splendour. Firmament is a shiny diamond of a record.
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“With influences from the classical and cinematic oeuvres, this represents arty pop at its finest”
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  • Music by Håkon Høiberg

    Lyrics by Håkon Høiberg & Oskar Holldorff

    On the horizon

    Far away in the unknown

    Wherever you go, there’s snow

    Pulling you forward

    Towering like a shrouded spire

    A peak forever out of reach

    The rock slips from your fingers

    Rolling down the hill again

    You heed your only dream and

    Roll it up the hill again

    A world below you

    As you blink, it calls your name

    Knees twitch and you lose your grip

    The rock slips from your fingers

    Rolling down the hill again

    You gaze to distant skies and

    Roll it up the hill again

    Show me the path and I’ll follow along

    I will get there someway

    Take me back to the place I belong

    I will be there someday

    I will be there someday

    I will not fade away

    The rock slips from your fingers

    Rolling down the hill again

    You heed your only dream and

    Roll it up the hill again

    The rock slips from your fingers

    Rolling down the hill again

    You gaze to distant skies and

    Roll it up the hill again

    Defiance

    Rolling down the hill again

    Defiance

    Roll it up the hill again

    (Can’t go on anymore)

  • Music and lyrics by Oskar Holldorff

    Inside a hidden hollow

    Tunnels underground

    There was a jarring echo

    And the chamber walls could not douse the sound

    Beneath a weeping willow

    The ants were marching on

    And sick of their oppression

    A torch was lit, our shades grew stronger

    On that day

    We fanned the flames

    Of our myopia

    We watched the blaze

    As fire rained

    Onto the soil

    And from the ash

    We prophesied

    A new utopia

    A vision of

    Steel and stone

    And broken homes

    Buried underneath hard clay

    Tunnel vision was our way

    As we walked in single file

    Something crucial passed us by

  • Music and lyrics by Håkon Høiberg

    Here’s where I live

    I don’t belong and never will

    Can’t you see?

    I’ve felt your pain

    The chaos in your ruthless chains

    And in the dusk, forgotten trails of us

    Alone running in a tunnel

    Looking for a way out

    Leaving our murals on the walls

    I hear the tunnel rumble

    Round and round it echoes

    Leaving our murals on the walls

    Lost out of sight

    Thought I could see eye to eye

    Here with you

    Against the grain

    I see you bite your tongue again

    And you don’t know where you want to go

    Alone running in a tunnel

    Looking for a way out

    Leaving our murals on the walls

    I feel the tunnel tremble

    Pray the stone remembers

    Leaving our murals on the walls

  • Music & lyrics by Oskar Holldorff

    Snowflakes dance and

    Then dissolve

    Passing glances and stories told

    Like a shredded

    Piece of paper

    Fragments hinting at something whole

    Please come back

    Being alone is hard and lonely

    I had a dream, but now it’s over

    Someone please wake me up

    Perched on aspen

    Silent, still

    Watching on as I climb this hill

    Onyx blinking

    Feathers glinting

    As I fall to my knees again

  • Music and lyrics by Oskar Holldorff

    Ocean, still now

    No wind, not a cloud

    Nothing to break the drought

    Left at first light

    Faded out of sight

    Where will you fly, my dear?

    Breathe in and drift out from shore

    Set sail, it’s time to let go

    Travel towards the unknown

    To where the moon’s devoured by the sea

  • Music by Håkon Høiberg

    Lyrics by Håkon Høiberg & Oskar Holldorff

    Sight of dawn

    It’s been so long

    Since I had a thought I could call my own

    In that light

    Ashes fly

    Drifting with the memories of you and I

    Every time I close my eyes

    I see a great divide

    Stories of you, cluttered and wild

    That I can’t realign

    Wide open sky

    Where will you fly?

    Far away

    Peril awaits

    As your courage wanes with the light of day

    Cold winds blow

    You’re alone

    Setting out a course for the unknown

    Every time I close my eyes

    I’m going back in time

    Stories of you, glimpses of light

    Outlined against the night

    Wide open sky

    Where will you fly?

    I’m right behind

    It will be alright

  • Music & lyrics by Håkon Høiberg & Oskar Holldorff

    I was deep down under the ground

    Looking up at you

    Hanging my head, holding my breath

    Looking up at you

    Water fell down, onto the ground

    Nothing scared me more

    Hanging my head, holding my breath

    Nothing scared me more

    I was chained to soil and field

    Then you came to me and told me I was free

    Rise up, shake your feet

    You’re with me now

    Water was cold, water so old

    Falling down on me

    Out in the hills time stood still

    You looked down on me

    The path went up, up to the top

    I held on to you

    Dazzling heights, I covered my eyes

    Clinging on to you

    I was nearly at the top

    Then you said to me our journey doesn’t stop

    Top-down, bottom-up

    Just like raindrops

    I was standing on the edge

    Then you whispered in my ear that I was dead

    Fly-fall, little one

    Don’t go breaking bones

    Little one

    Falling on his head again

    Little one

    Breaking all his bones

    I was falling in a dream

    Then I saw you standing down there at the peak

    Black clouds, white relief

    Somehow looking weak

    I knew nothing then of fear

    To the sound of rolling thunder I drew near

    Look up, little one

    See what I’ve become

  • Music & lyrics Oskar Holldorff

    Reigning from above

    Your looming shadow

    Shrouded more

    Than you could know

    Your crown fell in your eyes

    And hid me from your

    Line of sight

    I bode my time

    Howling with the wind

    Willing me to cave in

    What you tried to break resolved to bend

    Slipping through your fingers once again

    And I can see the outline of your old and weary soul

    Emptiness has floated into cracks and taken hold

    Lying gently on the ground

    The rusted shards from a broken crown

    All that’s left of your renown

    Are rusted shards from a broken crown

  • Music and lyrics by Oskar Holldorff

    Hill and hollow

    Sparrow and swallow

    Blackberry, redwood

    Pass and peak

    Bank and bower

    Snowfall and shower

    River and ridgeway

    Mighty, meek

    Oh, Black Dome, what have I done?

    Bound here to roam upon your stone

    Show me where to go

    After dreams of hills and storm clouds

    I have come to

    In the shade of your throne

    And I shall know each crevice

    Each stone

    At the highest height

    There’s a shining light

    Hidden from unseeing eyes

    Flicker under dark blue skies

    At the proudest peak

    Show me what I seek

    Visions that will shepherd me

    When I reach the apex I will see

    Planning now for my ascent

    See the mountain as it stands

    Rising up from Earth’s bowels

    Unmoving in its vigilance

    It’s an island

    I’m the sea

    Beneath the shadow of your walls

    I slip and slide in search of hold

    In time I’ll find the best face to climb

    Around the mountainside I go

    With no regard for what’s below

    In time I’ll see what you have in store for me

    Scarlet sunlight fading away

    Past rolling hills as colours decay

    Moonlit midnight breaks into dawn

    Time marches on as I waver

    I won’t take you head on

    Until I’ve seen each crevice

    Each stone

    Tunnel vision fades away

    I’m emerging from the mist

    Passing footprints and murals

    A winding path that pulls me in

    Now I know what I’ve become

    Tracing a circle

    I will rise, I will fade

    Like a wave that breaks

    On stone

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