Ampop is an Icelandic melodic-pop/rock band from Reykjavík, Iceland. The name of the band is actually the name of the first song they ever wrote, and is made from the words ambient and pop, which they thought was the definition of the music they were making at that time.
The band was originally a duo, but before making their third album they added a drummer to the band. The band currently consists of 3 members:
Those in the know will have first come across the band through their two critically acclaimed electronic based albums released in their homeland. The second of these (“Made for Market”) was considered by many local critics the best Icelandic album of 2003. Their one supporter outside Iceland was John Peel.
Keen to develop their sound the band bunkered down in their own studio and over time developed a more organic and song based direction moving away from the more electronic influences of their earlier material. The first examples of the band’s new direction were demo versions of two songs, “My Delusions” and “Don’t let me down” which saw the light of day early in 2005. These tracks were instantly picked up on by Radio 1’s; Zane Lowe who played “My delusions” on several occasions and invited the band to play live on his show from Austin, Texas, during this year’s SXSW music festival. AMPOP played alongside The Bravery, Hot Hot Heat, The Blood Arm and Queens of the Stone Age as the only unsigned band.
I’m not pessimistic
I believe in miracles
In order to make it happen
I work hard
As long as I please you
I get paid, a place to stay
Don’t let me down
I’m sorry, forgive me
I always try to
follow your demands
All that I wish for
seems to be in your hands
Don’t let me down
I’m sorry, forgive me
I believe in miracles
I believe in miracles
She sounds so friendly
over the phone
She sounds so nicely
when she's not around
She might find another one
while I am away
It's so far away, so far away
So far away now
She sounds unfriendly
over the phone
I'm worried about her
She might turn me down
It's so far away, so far away
My Desilusions
How long does it take
To land this plane
This flight is making me afraid
I'm not sure whether I
can face the pain
I'm all alone with my delusions
I might be wrong but I feel
I've much to prove
I might be wrong but I feel
I've much to prove
My mind is playing tricks on me
I feel like I am losing it
How long does it take
To land this plane
I might be wrong but I feel
I've much to prove
I might be wrong but I feel
I've much to prove
I might be wrong but I feel (like I am ooh..)
I've much to prove
I might be wrong but I feel (like I am ooh...)
I've much to prove
I might be wrong but I feel (like I am ooh...)
I've much to prove
My mind is playing tricks on me
My mind is playing tricks on me
My mind is playing tricks on me
Like a rodent
I work all nights
I wake up when everyone is asleep
I use the silence to concentrate
What I do?
I'm not able to tell you
No matter what
No one will know
What I am up to
I love risk
I feed on the oxygen
Like a fish
I sleep with my eyes open
What I do?
Will one day run up to you
No matter what
No one will know
What I am up to
Maybe one day you'll be delayed
cause your phone has a bomb in it
But when it does it wont be seen
It's just a consequence of a human being
Who is mean
Who is me
No matter what
No one will know
We try to sleep
But we're awake and we weap
We tried to set ourselves free
But when we came out
there was nothing to see
I?ll sit here and wait for you
But when you appear
it will be to late
We try to sleep
But we're awake and we weap
We try to set ourselves free
But we are awake
cause it?s so hard to be
We live by the sea
in a small shack
There we all meet
and put on our masks
Today is ok
so calm and pretty
Darkness don?t come
my worst enemy
We try to set ourselves free
But we are awake
cause there is nowhere to be
We try to set ourselves free
But we are awake
Sight, she enters the night
with pride and joy
She filled into the gap
which I lay in trapped
Since I want it to be like this
I want you to see
I want you to see the same things
I always see
I never ask
because I know it
before it happens
The sun will never shine
without you and all your power
I want you to be like me
I want you to see
Inside of my feelings
It's precious to me
It's precious to me
I can't stand it
I can't be without it
It's the only thing I want
It's the only thing I see
I'm addicted
To it
I just can't help it
I can't be without it
It's the only thing I want
It's the only thing I need
It's the only thing I want
It's the only thing I see
I don?t feel pain the way you do
I don?t feel fear at all
I?m a sociopath
I?m a menace to society
Don?t want your company
I?m a sociopath
There is nothing you can do
to change my point of view
cause I don?t care about anything
I?m just a sociopath
I can?t help it I am bad
I have no remorse about the past
Don?t care what happens next
I?m a sociopath
Hurting people is my speciality
Breaking hearts a part of me
Time, time
I?m caught by the past
Future, what do you come up with next?
Memories are holding me back
and I can?t carry on
Youth, youth
You?ve stolen my pride
Tomorrow, please be by my side
Memories are holding me back and I can?t continue
after all I?ve been through
I can?t continue
after all I?ve been through
I?m stuck in past tense
and it does not make sense
How do I cross this fence?
Youth, youth
You?re still on my mind
Past days have been unkind
I must admit
that youve been entrapped
dear consumer
But since, you keep me alive
Thanks, we all have to try
Today,
I heard someone say
that Im here to meet
your greatest needs
Yet another day
so prominently displayed
Buy me! Cause Im made for market
Buy me! Cause Im made especially for you
Now, you look so amazed
Have you been informed of what I am made of?
It?s not my fault
though your heart gave up
What an insult
I can improve your life, fulfil your needs
you just have to buy
Buy me! Cause Im made for market
Our live is set,
a gamble, a pointed gun
At the end of the day
the shadow hides the sun
No matter how I try to bend my fate
All of a sudden I met you
I felt as reborn
and we had the time of our lives
together as one
But when you got ill
you were taken away
now you are gone
I like to choose and decide
I have so much to say
But, someone so blind above
has chosen my way
No matter how I try to bend my fate
Will I meet someone like you?
I look around me
My mind is falling apart
Thinking about you
really brakes my heart
I live at my parents house
I do what I please
I love my mom
she is so kind
She does anything for me
Away from home
forever gone
At last I feel free
I met someone
who treats me well
Eternal Bliss
Eternal bliss is an eye blink away
Pick up the phone and do as we say
Please listen to my hypnotic words
they will make you agree and obey
Just make the move and you?ll be fine
Do not fear we?re controlling your mind
You can?t be without us
You can?t live without us
Turn on the screen, sit back and relax
We decide what happens next
Just make the move and you?ll be fine
Do not fear we?re controlling your mind
You can?t be without us
You can?t live without us
It?s all around us
You just can?t ignore it
It?s all around us
You just can?t escape it
I got to get it out of my head
A recycled board
I don't want to be ignored
like the rest of them
I'm seventy-four
the years count much more
than that
They said she was just seventeen
They said she had been through everything in this life
Who would be able to tell how she feels
It sounds sad
A young little head
filled with horror threat
I want to see inside
your ruined little pride
You've been reflected to reality
Don't look like seventeen
You sound like a bird in a bloom
frantic sound
You sound all so sad
You've been inside of me
You've been inside of this
I rest my body on the ground
My wings are to heavy to lift me up
The river carries me away
Towards the ocean closer everyday
Where am I now?
Where should I go
I have to carry on, life must carry on
My friends are on the riverside
They are whatching me floating by
Life is short and death is long
Is there a place where I belong?
Where am I now?
Where should I go
I have to carry on, life must carry on
Where am I now, where should I go?
I've been drifting for so long
How does it feel
to do what you do?
Wandering around
in a costume that stinks
High above the clouds
trying to get by
You don?t make me smile
Even when you pass me by
You can?t make me smile
It?s plain and simple
what you have to do to get by
How does it feel
to do what you do?
Wandering around
In a complete misery
You don?t make me smile
Even when you pass me by
You can?t make me smile
It?s plain and simple
There is no way out of here
I?m stuck in a thought
Of all the people
nothing compares to you
There is no way out of here
I?m stuck in a thought of you
Of all the people
see so many faces
Although I am alone
Here I am in new places
left alone in the dark
Please return cause I need you
to get back on my feet
It?s no ordinary world