Last Year Cats On Fire released a fantastic pop album that made some noise around the blogsphere. In order to celebrate such a good year, the band released a free digital single a couple of days before the end of 2009. It is a cozy acoustic number called The Hague with the usual bittersweet vocals and melody by singer Mattias Björkas. The song is coupled with a demo recording of The Borders of This Land. Click to hear the track and read the lyrics.

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Looking for something to fully embrace
Is how I think I will spend the rest of my days
If I stay in this place where
There is neither hope nor despair

I want to be a saint, I want to be brave
I have started by yelling at those who misbehave
There are moments when I want to be
Shackled and brought to The Hague

These are my ideals
If you don’t like them, I might have to change them
My way is the right way if there’s a lover in the end
The morals of my parents, they rang hollow after all
Nowadays I live just to appear a bit above my friends

Looking for something to fully embrace
Is how I think I will spend the rest of my days
If I stay here with you where
There is neither hope nor despair

If something happened
A riot on our square
I am not going to lie to you
I wouldn’t be there
I would be passing out judgements
Condemning the clothes that they wear

These are my ideals
If you don’t like them, I might have to change them
My way is the right way if there’s a lover at the end
The morals of my parents, they rang hollow after all
And nowadays I live just to appear a bit above my friends