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Arno Carstens is an award-winning singer-songwriter and fine-artist based in Cape Town, South Africa.

During his career as the lead singer of The Springbok Nude Girls,and subsequently as a bilingual solo artist; with recordings in both English and Afrikaans; Arno has released multiple albums, spawned a string of successful singles & received numerous awards including Best Rock Album, Best Alternative Album & Song of the Year.

Arno has headlined every major South African music festival, performed at the Isle of Wight Festival, Glastonbury, V Festival, T in the Park & Hard Rock Calling and toured with The Rolling Stones, U2, REM, INXS, Bryan Ferry, Simple Minds, Ultravox, Paulo Nutini and The Police. Arno also features as lead vocalist and co-writer on three tracks on the Mike + The Mechanics 2011 album The Road.

He’s been called “The godfather of South African Rock” by Mail & Guardian & Sunday Times have hailed him as “One of the most prolific songwriters & performers of our time”

Arno is also a celebrated fine artist who paints in oils and acrylicon canvas and draws with charcoal on paper. He has worked with Lionel Smith, Beezy Bailey and the late Bared de Wet. His work can be viewed and purchased online at www.arnocarstensfineart.com or in person via appointment in Simonstown, Cape Town at his home based studio and gallery.

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Koop ANDERKANT op iTunes

In die kar, in die nuus, op die radio
In die ry, in die maal, in die Pick & Pay
En op die strand waai die wind my woorde weg
Sit op die stoep tot laat

As die lig in die skemer in die aand verdwyn en die donker oor my spoel
Skryf ek nog ‘n liedjie om beter te voel en ek wonder wat jy doen
En aan die anderkant, van die baai het jy ‘n huis
En as die liggies brand weet ek daar’s iemand tuis

My hele lewe lank in ‘n band gejol
Die lyne van die pad deur die land gevolg
En op ‘n strand waai die wind my woorde weg
Sit in die hotel tot laat

En as die lig in die skemer in die aand verdwyn en die donker oor my spoel
Skryf ek nog ‘n liedjie om beter te voel en ek wonder wat jy doen
En aan die anderkant, van die baai het jy ‘n huis
En as die liggies brand weet ek daar’s iemand tuis
En as die lig in die skemer in die aand verdwyn en die donker oor my spoel
Skryf ek nog ‘n liedjie om beter te voel en ek wonder wat jy doen
En aan die anderkant, en aan die ander kant

Jou oë, jou somer skouers blink
Jou hare is terug geborsel
en jy is besig om dit vas te bind
Jou sonbrille vang vir ‘n oomblik die son lig

En aan die anderkant, van die baai het jy ‘n huis
En as die liggies brand weet ek weet ek daar’s iemand tuis

Buy ANOTHER UNIVERSE on iTunes

Let’s take the final bow
Let’s make the silent sign
Nobody needs to know where we’re off to
We’re invisible alive
We’re the whispers in the scream
We’re not living in the west
And we’re not coming from the east

Sharp is the knife
And alive is the night
I’m gonna slit the throat of the holy goat
Ceremony to the UFO
SMS them where we wanna go

From the galaxy of blues to a universe we choose
No more crying and just maybe somebody to hold

Let’s play the metal music slow
Leave the car on the highway and go
Nobody needs to know Another Universe
Make a distance between us and them
Lonely, lonely never us again
A galaxy to explore
Don’t wanna return to a world at war

From a galaxy of blues to a universe we choose
No more crying and just maybe somebody to hold

From the galaxy of blues to a universe we choose
No more crying and just maybe somebody to hold

Koop EK WEET NIE op iTunes

Nog nooit so alleen nie
Net die wind van voor
Oor en oor
Wie is ek?
Ek ken jou nie
Nog nooit so onseker nie
Gaan dit êrens heen
Dis heen en weer
Daar’s fout hier
Sal maar weer probeer

Ek seker daar’s geluk oppad
Na my huis toe
Wag by die deur
Gooi die druk van die dae met ‘n kombers toe
Miskien is ek die gelukkigste
Dis eintlik klaar bewys
Die hofrol sê so

Maar ek leef my lewe met my oë toe

Verstaan assseblief as ek nie weet nie
Ek raak ouer maar die oplossing kom nog nie
En die vrae raak nie minder nie

Vestaan assseblief as ek nie weet nie
Ek weet nie

Voete was koud en huiwerig
Kan nog steeds nie nee sê nie
Kan nêrens heen hardloop nie
Wegkruiper dwaal op die strand
‘Hier gaan ons!’
Instruksies uitgesluit
Ek gee oor
Ek gee in

Buy HOLE HEART on iTunes

I heard you talking about your goals love
My role is a mere shadow
You say you’re going straight to the top
But the top is a foot of a hill

I heard voices from above
Saying I’ve got choices not that tough
Now you praise me baby for talents I’ve never seen
It’s like you are talking to an invisible machine

You say you love me with your hole heart
Your hole heart seems to fall apart
You say you love me with your hole heart
Your hole heart seems to fall apart

I never seem to feel this fit I wear
I hear you saying that you’re going to be a doctor model
An archeologist who’s going to find
An end to some struggle
These illusions, it is just the sweetest dream

You say you love me with your hole heart
Your hole heart seems to fall apart
You say you love me with your hole heart
Your hole heart seems to break, break, break it up

I never used to feel this can’t be real
A place of self respect from God knows love
Now you’re a hungry machine
A destination to a terrible dream
What’s it all about lover
Where does it seem to go
I know

You say you love me with your hole heart
Your whole heart seems to fall apart
You say you love me with your hole heart
You hole heart seems to rip, rip, rip it up

Illusions

You say you love me with your hole heart
Your whole heart seems to fall apart
You say you love me with your hole heart
You hole heart seems to fall apart

I heard you talking about your goals love
My role is a mere shadow
You say you’re going straight to the top
But the top is a foot of a hill

Koop ONTWAAK op iTunes

Die som van ons probleme stuur vir almal ‘n boodskap van hoop
Ek dink my vriend is die Mesia eenvoudig volmaak
Verafsku deur die massas aleendenkend en knaend onvanpas
Sou dit hy wees wat die wereld eendag laat herontwaak

Wakker klap
Wakker klap

Ontwaak in hierdie uur van nood
Laat die storie aan jou behoort
Waar daar rook is daar ‘n vuur
Ontwakend self
Die gemaskerde dier

Ek verstik in hierdie fokken rook
Dis onsin hierdie ondier
Die gebou val n waterwal
Ontwakend self
Agter die masker

Ja agter die masker
‘n Gewapende dier

Som skryf vir almal n getikte brief met n pen
Om ons te herriner in die prag van eenvoud en ons doel om te verken, verken
Ontwortel omhoog voorwaarts wees sag
In hierdie oerwoud is jy die byl
In hierdie leeftyd is jy gesag

Varsklap
Varsklap

Ontwaak in hierdie uur van nood
Laat die storie aan jou behoort
Waar daar rook is daar n vuur
Ontwakend self
Die gemaskerde dier

Ek verstik in hierdie rook
Dis onsin hierdie ondier
Die gebou val n waterwal
Ontwakend self
Agter die masker

Ja agter die masker
‘n Gemaskerde dier

Hy se ons moet glimlag en dans in die tronke van verdriet
En nooit op sy staan vir n beter lied
‘n Atoombom van hartstog is net tydelik my vriend
En jou voorbeeld van blydskap is sterker as verdriet

Ontwaak in hierdie uur van nood
Laat die storie aan jou behoort
Waar daar rook is daar n vuur
Ontwakend self
Die gemaskerde dier

Ek verstik in hierdie rook
Dis onsin hierdie ondier
Die gebou val n waterwal
Ontwakend self
Agter die masker

Ja agter die masker, agter doe masker
‘n Gewaapende dier

Buy DREAMER on iTunes

While you were sleeping
I had a vision
That gently took the pain away
Am I still dreaming
I search for meaning
You turn my world from night to day

I hear you calling like a stone are you falling?
Red lights and sirens sings
I missed the warnings
I knew it was coming
Can’t fly with broken wings
I’m a dreamer, I know
I’m a dreamer, I know
I’m a dreamer, I’m a dreamer
Dreamer, a dreamer
How does it feel to be on your own?
How does it feel to be on your own?

How did this happen
I hear you breathing
You give me what I don’t understand
There is no reason
Why we still searching
For something that can’t be found

I hear you calling like a stone are you falling?
Red lights and sirens sings
I missed the warnings
I knew it was coming
Can’t fly with broken wings
I’m a dreamer, I know (love just don’t need a reason)
I’m a dreamer, I know (love just don’t need a reason)
I’m a dreamer, I’m a dreamer
Dreamer, a dreamer
How does it feel to be on your own?
How does it feel to be on your own?

Hold on to what you’ve got
Keep on believing
I’ll never stop dreaming
And I know that you know and I won’t let you go
Our love needs no reason
And I know that you know and I can’t let you go
Our love needs no reason

I’m a dreamer, I know (love just don’t need a reason)
I’m a dreamer, I know (love just don’t need a reason)
I’m a dreamer, I’m a dreamer
Dreamer, a dreamer
How does it feel to be on your own?
How does it feel to be on your own?

Love just don’t need a reason
Love just don’t need a reason

Koop BOTTLE SONDER PROP op iTunes

Met jou rug teen die muur
En die kranse van bo
En die toorende reen, wat nat nat woed
Gly ons heen en weer tussen donder en branders
En branders breek teen die hawe muur

Dis n bottel sonder prop
En branders breek teen die hawe muur
’n Bottel sonder prop
Vergeet ons hier, vergeet ons hier

En die vlae van wind
En die vlae van weer
In ‘n vissersdorp, met rooi dak en 4 muur
Platespeler bring nuwe genot uit n ou melodiee
Roman x 9

Dis ‘n bottel sonder prop
En branders breek teen die hawe muur
’n Bottel sonder prop
Vergeet ons hier teen die hawe muur

Bottel sonder prop
En branders breek teen die hawe muur
’n Bottel sonder prop
Vergeet ons hier, vergeet ons hier

Dit is storms soos die
wat baie laat bid
En dis ’n aand soos vannaand where living ain’t easy
Maar veiligheid bloei uit ’n gloed van n kaggel
En dis ’n aand soos vannaand waar branders breek uit ‘n hawe muur

En dis ’n bottel sonder prop, en branders breek teen die hawe muur
Bottel sonder prop, vergeet ons hier, vergeet ons hier
Bottel sonder prop, en branders breek teen die hawe muur
Bottel sonder prop, vergeet ons hier, vergeet ons hier
Vergeet ons hier, vergeet ons hier

‘n Bottle sonder prop

Buy FEEL IT on iTunes

Come carry me from loneliness
Remind me of what I’ve missed
I kill the demons at your door
Sleep softer than before

Cos if you say you love him
And if you say you miss me
I will carry you from your loneliness
And I will always always be there

Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
It is heaven on earth
And there’s a light around you
You are burning in the rain

Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
It is heaven on earth
And there’s a wall between us
You are burning in the rain

If you say you love
And if you say you miss
I will carry you from your loneliness
And I will always always be there

Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
It is heaven on earth
And there’s a light around you
You are burning in the rain

Can you feel it? Can you feel it?
It is heaven on earth
And there’s a wall between us
You are burning in the rain

You can’t choose your family

Buy LITTLE EVIL on iTunes

You keep on telling me that I’m aloof
Lonely teenage years broke down my groove
If anybody here is a little evil dear
It’s probably you

You keep on breaking every rule there is
If I’m still human what is this?
What is over is over
What is broken is broken
Make no mistake I wouldn’t wish this on you

You keep on breaking every rule there is
If I’m still human what is this?
When it’s over it’s over
What is broken is broken
Make no mistake
Just a little evil
Just a little evil
Just a little evil

You keep on asking me for the proof
When a mirror is all you need
If anybody here is a little evil dear
Just not you

So I hope and I pray that maybe someday
Your life will be amazing too

You keep on breaking every rule there is If I’m still human what is this?
When it’s over it’s over
What is broken is broken
Make no mistake
Just a little evil
Just a little evil
Just a little evil
Just a little evil
Just a little evil

Buy HIGHWAY TO HELL on iTunes

Livin’ easy
Livin’ free
Season ticket on a one way ride
Askin’ nothin’
Leave me be
Takin’ everythin’ in my stride

I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell

Askin’ nothin’
Leave me be
I’m takin’ everythin’ in my stride
Don’t need reason
Don’t need rhyme
There ain’t nothin’ I’d rather do

I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell

No stop signs
Speed limit
Nobody’s gonna slow me down
Like a wheel
Gonna spin it
Nobody’s gonna mess me around

I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell

Hey, Satan
Payin’ my dues
Playin’ in a rockin’ band
Hey, mamma
Look at me
I’m on my way to the promised land

I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell
I’m on a highway to hell

Buy EMERGENCY on iTunes

I look for reasons
But I always want too much
We live through the seasons
Oh, but it goes no where

It’s a love worn out, it’s a love gone down
And maybe next time I’ll care
It’s a love worn out, it’s a love gone down
Maybe next time you’ll be there

How long, too long, right now
This is an Emergency
How long, too long, right now
This an Emergency

Content without pleasing
I think we’ve almost lost our touch
Can’t live without feeling
Or are we brave enough?

It’s a love worn out, it’s a love gone down
And maybe next time I’ll care
It’s a love worn out, its a love gone down
Maybe next time you’ll be there

How long, too long, right now
This is an Emergency
How long, too long, right now
This an Emergency

Don’t say tomorrow, tomorrow I will be out of reach
Don’t wait and follow, tomorrow I will be out of reach

And we’ll never look back
And we’ll always be free
Our life becomes a mystery
And we’ll never look back
And we’ll always be free
Our life becomes a mystery

How long, too long, right now
This is an Emergency
How long, too long, right now
This an Emergency

Buy ILLUMINATE on iTunes

Soft spoken words I understand
She talks in tongues, I hold her hand
Sorry my love, I’ll have go
The calling from beyond
It’s hear and in the air
The haunting everywhere
The sharpness of your breath
Illuminating Light

I really want to live forever
I really want to, if you’re acting clever
Illuminate your love on me
Illuminate and set us free

I really want to live forever
I really want to, if you’re acting clever
Illuminate your love
Illuminate, Illuminate

All greatness comes from sanity
She talks in tongues, I hold her hand
Sorry my love, I’ll have to go
A calling from beyond

The sharpness of your breath
Illuminating Light
Soft spoken words I understand
Now, I understand

Illuminate, brother, sister

I really want to live forever
I really want to, if you’re acting clever
Illuminate your love on me
Illuminate and set us free

I really want to live forever
I really want to, if you’re acting clever
Illuminate your love
Illuminate Love

I really want to live forever
I really want to, if you’re acting clever
Illuminate your love on me
Illuminate and set us free

I really want to live forever
I really want to, if you’re acting clever
Illuminate your love
Illuminate, Illuminate

Buy GENIE on iTunes

Shoot your face out of your body

Cos your clothes are too heavy
Let your eyes roll around
Get that thing straightened out in your town

Then you can visit me
And we can talk, and we can talk
Night after night, after pillar after pillar
And the arms of my back will be breaking so hard
Fall down

Uh oh, my little bit of money
Yeah yeah, from a little bit of hurry
Uh oh, my little bit of money
Yeah yeah from a little bit of hurry

Cry softer little children
Cry here comes God
He’s gonna help us all today
Maybe not in the way that we must have seen
But now it is a different
I can cry night and you can cry
Grey skies, blue white, red eyes
Here comes new waves
Died down, on your own

Uh oh, my little bit of money
Yeah yeah, from a little bit of hurry
Uh oh, my little bit of money
Yeah yeah from a little bit of hurry

I believe in all the things that they said you could lose your body
I believe in all those things where they said you could lose your mind
And even in the day now when I see myself in the mirror
I find my little body crumble to the ground

Hey now with the fist of a man,
now with the fist of a God,
now with the fist of mine oh mine
I heard what he said
Don’t worry, no more
No more, no worry

Uh oh, my little bit of money
Yeah yeah, from a little bit of hurry
Uh oh, my little bit of money
Yeah yeah from a little bit of hurry

Genie x 9
Genie, Genie

Buy BLUE EYES on iTunes

We’re gonna grow you up slowly
We’re gonna chain you to steal
Sand in the hand
We’ll tell you in the end
Nest your veins in slumber
While I feed my arms for love murder

Round about, round about, round about now
Sorry to say the others didn’t make it
Round about, round about, round about now
You’re my ticket out of here

Devour you slowly
Love you to death
Sand in the hand
We’ll tell you in the end
Nest your veins in slumber
For it’s a coming …

Round about, round about, round about now
Sorry to say the others didn’t make it
Round about, round about, round about now
You’re my ticket out of here

Daddy’s little blue eyes I come for you
Ain’t gonna leave her behind
Daddy’s little blue eyes I come for you
Ain’t gonna leave you behind
Daddy’s little blue eyes I come for you
Ain’t gonna leave her behind

Daddy’s little blue eyes I come for you
Ain’t gonna leave her behind
Daddy’s little blue eyes I come for you
Ain’t gonna leave her behind
Leave her behind
Aint gonna leave her behind

Blue eyes
You’re my ticket out of here