In my previous attempts at blogging, I sometimes posted bits and pieces of music lyrics, mostly because whatever they expressed suited me or touched me in some way or the other. And yes, these lyrics tend to be rather emo-ish, in the past I've quoted Nine Inch Nails and Tool. I've just been listening to Lars Winnerbäck, a swedish singer/songwriter I first heard when I stumbled into a live show he did at Arvika festivalen 2000, when I was about 14. My eleven year old sister liked him instantly, and as I grew older and wiser (but not taller), I did too, he has beautiful simplistic lyrics about life and love, often with a bitter-sweet undertone. This is the bit of lyric I got caught up in this time, it's from a song called "Tanken som räknas":
"Det är somliga dar som man vänder sig om
Och känner hur allting försvinner
Hur man jagar och far, hur man snålar och spar
Hur man lever så mycket man hinner.
Jag är inte fångad och frälst, jag har sålt mina enda maximer
Jag kan leva som vem som helst om jag tar mine mediciner.
Hjärter Dam, hur är du, har du samlat dig nu?
Har du funnit din mening i livet?
Lite mat och ett hem, et glas vin och en vän
Allt annat känns så överdrivet."
I'll try to translate into English, this rhymes in it's original language, but I'll at least try to get the meaning of the lyric right.
"Some days you turn around and feel like everything is disappearing.
You're on the go and chasing, you're saving and being stingy
You live as much as you have time for
I'm not caught or redeemed, I've sold my only aphorisms
I can live like anybody if I take my medication
Queen of hearts, how are you, have you gathered yourself?
Have you found your meaning of life?
Some food and a home, a glas of wine and a friend
Everything else seems so overstated."
